Gardner Wins USAC Western Midget Car Feature at Bakersfield

Ronnie Gardner. - Rob Hargraves Photo
Ronnie Gardner. - Rob Hargraves Photo
Ronnie Gardner. – Rob Hargraves Photo

From Lance Jennings

Bakersfield, CA — (September 21, 2013) — Ronnie Gardner won the USAC Honda Western Midget Car Series feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway.   David Prickett, Sean Dodenhoff, Trey Marcham, and Shannon McQueen rounded out the top five.
USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 21, 2013 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-13.210; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.412; 3. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-13.477; 4. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.507; 5. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-13.576; 6. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.605; 7. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.625; 8. Bobby Michnowicz, 21jr. Michnowicz-13.813; 9. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.816; 10. Dan Hillberg Jr., 49, Hillberg-13.868; 11. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Gardner, 3. Marcham, 4. R.Pankratz, 5. Prickett, 6. Nichols. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dodenhoff, 2. C.Swanson, 3. McQueen, 4. Hillberg, 5. Michnowicz. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. David Prickett, 3. Sean Dodenhoff, 4. Trey Marcham, 5. Shannon McQueen, 6. Terry Nichols, 7. Chris Ennis, 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Bobby Michnowicz, 10. Dan Hillberg Jr., 11. Cody Swanson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Prickett, Laps 24-40 Gardner.
NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-962, 2-Jake Swanson-773, 3-Prickett-649, 4-McQueen-444, 5-C.Swanson-424, 6-R.Pankratz-410, 7-Scott Pierovich-378, 8-Nichols-306, 9-Johnathon Henry-301, 10-Marcham-297.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 28 – Ventura (CA) Raceway