Jake Swanson Grabs Western Midget Go at Santa Maria, Pankratz wins Ignites

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From Lance Jenningsusac United States Auto Club 2012 logo
Jake Swanson took the win in USAC Western Midget action at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday.
USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 25, Rodela-14.666; 2. T.J. Smith, 55, Smith-14.865; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-14.894; 4. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.018; 5. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-15.048; 6. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-15.063; 7. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-15.087; 8. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-15.088; 9. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-15.343; 10. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-15.895; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.951; 12. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-16.004; 13. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-16.106.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. C.Swanson, 3. Gardner, 4. Faas, 5. Guerrini, 6. R.Pankratz, 7. Marcham. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Swanson, 2. Nichols, 3. Smith, 4. Bock, 5. Voitel, 6. McQueen. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. T.J. Smith, 4. Cody Swanson, 5. David Prickett, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Shannon McQueen, 8. Frankie Guerrini, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Trey Marcham, 11. Jimmy Voitel, 12. Britton Bock, 13. Terry Nichols. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 J.Swanson.
NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-284, 2-J.Swanson-284, 3-Prickett-235, 4-Kody Swanson-212; 5-Scott Pierovich-200, 6-C.Swanson-156, 7-Guerrini-151, 8-Bryan Clauson-143, 9-McQueen-139, 10-Rico Abreu-128.
NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Gardner-284, 2-J.Swanson-284, 3-Prickett-235, 4-C.Swanson-156, 5-Bryan Clauson-143, 6-Kody Swanson-140, 7-McQueen-139, 8-Scott Pierovich-138, 9-Rico Abreu-128, 10-Christopher Bell-125.
NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: May 18 – Ventura (CA) Raceway
USAC WESTERN IGNITE (DIRT) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013 – Santa Maria, California– Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-16.073; 2. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-16.223; 3. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-16.264; 4. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-16.321; 5. Clayton Ruston, 55k, Custer-16.454; 6. Wally Pankratz, 37, Pankratz-16.556; 7. Randi Pankratz, 32, Pankratz-16.685; 8. George Blacker, 88, Blacker-18.172.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Blondel, 2. Elliott, 3. R.Pankratz, 4. Colston. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Ruston, 2. W.Pankratz, 3. Breckenridge, 4. Blacker. NT

FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Wally Pankratz, 2. Cory Elliott, 3. Randi Pankratz, 4. Jarid Blondel, 5. Parker Colston, 6. Clayton Ruston, 7. Christine Breckenridge, 8. George Blacker. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 R.Pankratz, Laps 3-20 W.Pankratz.

NEW WESTERN IGNITE (DIRT) MIDGET POINTS: 1-W.Pankratz-201, 2-Elliott-198, 3-Colston-188, 4-Blondel-175, 5-Ruston-159, 6-Breckenridge-131, 7-Ariel Biggs-112, 8-Michael Steele-100, 9-Ashley Hazelton-95, 10-R.Pankratz-60.
NEW WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Blondel-305, 2-Breckenridge-244, 3-W.Pankratz-201, 4-Elliott-198, 5-Colston-188, 6-Ariel Biggs-159, 7-Ruston-159, 8-Bryant Dawson-147, 9-Blacker-133, 10-Michael Fanelli-131.

NEXT WESTERN IGNITE (DIRT) MIDGET RACE: June 1 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
NEXT WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE: May 18 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring