From Dick Jordan
Madera, CA — (July 13, 2013) — Nick Chivello won the Honda USAC Western / Bay Cities Auto Racing Association midget car portion of the Gerhardt Classic Saturday night at Madera Speedway. Kevin Morris, Scott Pierovich, Dan Gundo, and Darrin Sinder rounded out the top five.
Jarid Blondel won the Honda USAC Ignite Midget Car Series feature.
HONDA WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2013 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic” – Co-sanctioned by BCRA
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 4, Rosen-13.736; 2. Chad Nichols, 17, Team 17/Eskesen-13.741; 3. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-13.762; 4. Nick Chivello, 27B, Blackwell-13.935; 5. Kevin Morris, 17k, Morris-13.964; 6. Michael Snider, 6k, Snider-13.986; 7. David Goodwill, 88, Arata-14.053; 8. Darrin Snider, 2k, Snider-14.123; 9. Dan Gundo, 6x, Gundo-14.252; 10. Ken Nichols, 29, Nichols-14.460; 11. Gary Conterno, 55, Conterno-14.630; 12. Floyd Alvis, 18, Alvis-14.767; 13. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.289; 14. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Gerhardt-NT; 15. Kyle Vanderpool, 93, Belfiore-NT; 16. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-NT; 17. Ron Hazelton, 32, Hazelton-NT; 18. Marina Turner, 98T, Turner-NT.
FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Nick Chivello, 2. Kevin Morris, 3. Scott Pierovich, 4. Dan Gundo, 5. Darrin Sinder, 6. Gary Conterno, 7. Floyd Alvis, 8. Cody Gerhardt, 9. Kyle Vanderpool, 10. Michael Fanelli, 11. Ron Hazelton, 12. J.R. Williams, 13. Michael Snider, 14. David Goodwill, 15. Ken Nichols, 16. Marina Turner, 17. Chad Nichols, 18. Tanner Swanson. NT
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**Chad Nichols transported to a local hospital for bruises after an early-feature crash.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 M.Snider, Laps 25-100 Chivello.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-C.Nichols-187, 2-Pierovich-182, 3-Gundo-171, 4-Chivello-165, 5-T.Swanson-164, 6-K.Nichols-132, 7-Frankie Guerrini-108, 8-Kody Swanson-72.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT RACE: August 10 – Madera (CA) Speedway
HONDA USAC WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2013 – Madera, California – Madera Speedweay – “Gerhardt Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryant Dawson, 99, Dawson-14.642; 2. Dylan Noble, 40, Gerhardt-14.766; 3. Jake Swanson, 59, Swanson-14.781; 4. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-14.787; 5. Cody Jessop, 00, Jessop-14.931; 6. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.957; 7. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.022; 8. Kyle Vanderpool, 93, Belfiore-15.086; 9. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-15.162; 10. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-15.174; 11. Ron Hazelton, 32, Hazelton-15.261; 12. Toni Briedanger, 80, Briedanger-15.489; 13. Marina Turner, 98T, Turner-15.574; 14. Annie Briedanger, 75, Briedanger-15.625.
FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Dawson, 3. Fanelli, 4. Jessop, 5. Hazelton, 6. Breckenridge, 7. T.Briedanger. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Blondel, 2. Noble, 3. Buckley, 4. Elliott, 5. Turner, 6. A.Briedanger, 7. Vanderpool. NT
FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Jarid Blondel, 2. Bryant Dawson, 3. Kyle Vanderpool, 4. Cody Jessop, 5. Christine Breckenridge, 6. Ron Hazelton, 7. Dylan Noble, 8. Marina Turner, 9. Annie Briednager, 10. Toni Briedanger, 11. Shawn Buckley, 12. Cory Elliott, 13. Jake Swanson, 14. Michael Fanelli. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Noble, Laps 18-30 Blondel.
NEW HONDA WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Blondel-580, 2-Breckenridge-481, 3-Dawson-355, 4-Elliott-305, 5-Fanelli-268, 6-Buckley-267, 7-George Blacker-241, 8-Jessop-223, 9-Clayton Ruston-222, 10-Turner-216.
NEW HONDA WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET POINTS: 1-Dawson-355, 2-Blondel-338, 3-Breckenridge-294, 4-Fanelli-268, 5-Buckley-267, 6-Jessop-223, 7-Turner-217, 8-George Blacker-197, 9-Hazelton-141, 10-Vanderpool-56.
NEXT HONDA WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE: August 10 – Madera (CA) Speedway