Gardner Wins Western Midget Feature at Plaza Park

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From Dick Jordan

Visalia, CA — (June 29, 2013) — Ronnie Gardner won the Honda USAC Western Midget Car feature Saturday night at Plaza Park Speedway. Michael Faccinto, Sean Dodenhoff, Tyler Smith, and Jake Swanson rounded out the top five.

HONDA WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: June 29, 2013 – Visalia, California – Plaza Park Speedway – Co-sanctioned by BCRA

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-12.120; 2. Tyler Smith, 55, Neverlift-12.213; 3. Jake Swanson, 05, VanDyne/Swanson-12.268; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-12.286; 5. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-12.432; 6. Michael Faccinto, 62, Bock-12.469; 7. Taylor Simas, 62T, Bock-12.498; 8. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-12.555; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-12.611; 10. Greg Bragg, 0, Foster-12.712; 11. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-12.761; 12. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-12.821; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-12.850; 14. Mitchell Faccinto, 81, Faccinto-12,891; 15. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-12,894; 16. Dylan Black, 84, Black-13.963.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Gardner, 3. Prickett, 4. Simas, 5. Black, 6. Pankratz. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell Faccinto, 2. Davis, 3. Dodenhoff, 4. Smith, 5. Edwards. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McQueen, 2. Nichols, 3. Michael Faccinto, 4. J.Swanson, 5. Voitel. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Michael Faccinto, 2. Sean Dodenhoff, 4. Tyler Smith, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Greg Bragg, 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Taylor Simas, 9. Pete Davis, 10. Kyle Edwards, 11. Dylan Black, 12. Jimmy Voitel, 13. David Prickett, 14. Shannon McQueen, 15. Terry Nichols, 16. Mitchell Faccinto. NT
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**McQueen flipped on lap 1 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-Laps 1-14 Michael Faccinto, Laps 15-30 Gardner.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Gardner-555, 2-J.Swanson-501, 3-Prickett-439, 4-McQueen-285, 5-Cody Swanson-219, 6-Scott Pierovich-199, 7-R.Pankratz-197, 8-T.Nichols-176, 9-Trey Marcham-169, 10-Edwards-156.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: July 12 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway