Petaluma, CA — (October 5, 2013) — Ronnie Gardner won the Soares Classic midget car feature for the USAC Honda Western / BCRA Midget Car Series Saturday night at Petaluma Speedway. Shane Golobic and Greg Bragg rounded out the podium.
USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 5, 2013 – Petaluma, California – Petaluma Speedway – 2nd “John Soares Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-14.200; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.420; 3. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.491; 4. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.525; 5. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-14.532; 6. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.561; 7. Grag Bragg, 11, Thurston-14.644; 8. Frankie Guerinni, 63, Guerinni-14.665; 9. Alex Schutte, 28, Morris-14.774; 10. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.779; 11. Nich Chivello, 27, Chivello-14.786; 12. Gary Conterno, 55, Conterno-14.939; 13. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-14.948; 14. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-14.951; 15.Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-15.143; 16. Nick Foster Jr., 0, Foster-15.296; 17. Floyd Alvis, 11x, Alvis-15.319; 18. Sparky Howard, 3, Howard-15.731; 19. Bill Lindsey, 8x, Lindsey-15.433; 20. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.585; 21. Michael Donaldson, 9, Donaldson-16.116; 22. Rick Holbrook, 2, Holbrook-16.805.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Golobic, 2. Lindsey, 3. Alvis, 4. Conterno, 5. Donaldson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps – no points) 1. Foster, 2. Davis, 3. Howard, 4. Williams, 5. Nichols. NT
FEATURE: (101 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Shane Golobic, 3. Greg Bragg, 4. Shannon McQueen, 5. Taylor Simas, 6. Nick Foster Jr., 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Sparky Howard, 9. Gary Conterno, 10. Floyd Alvis, 11. J.R. Williams, 12. Chris Ennis, 13. Alex Schutte, 14. Michael Donaldson, 15. Frankie Guerinni, 16. Scott Pierovich (#00), 17. David Prickett, 18. Bill Lindsey, 19. Rick Holbrook, 20. Nick Chivello. NT
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**Pierovich flipped during qualifying. Nichols flipped during the second heat. Chivello flipped on the first lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-73 Bragg, Laps 74-101 Gardner.
NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-1,094, 2-Jake Swanson-838, 3-Prickett-733, 4-McQueen-533, 5-Pankratz-498, 6-Cody Swanson-458, 7-Pierovich-400, 8-Nichols-357, 9-Trey Marcham-348, 10-Johnathon Henry-301.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: November 14-16 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park