By Dick Jordan
Saturday’s “Doug Fort Memorial” at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway features the Honda USAC Western Midgets along with the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprints and other racing on the spectacular one-third mile dirt oval.
Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, Okla. tops the standings in the Honda USAC Western Dirt Midgets, 29 points ahead of defending series champ Ronnie Gardner. Marcham is third behind Jarid Blondel and Alex Schutte in the overall Western Midget points.
Jake Swanson, sixth in the current dirt points, could be the one to watch Saturday, having won last year’s Santa Maria Midget outing.
2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Dirt Standings: 1-Trey Marcham-203, 2-Ronnie Gardner-174, 3-Alex Schutte-157, 4-Jarid Blondel-116, 5-Sean Dodenhoff-109, 6-Jake Swanson-97, 7-Chris Ennis-92, 8-Shannon McQueen-88, 9-Tyler Dolacki-80, 10-Scott Pierovich-72.
2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Standings: 1-Jarid Blondel-225, 2-Alex Schutte-210, 3-Trey Marcham-203, 4-Chad Nichols-202, 5-Ronnie Gardner-174, 6-Nick Chivello-164, 7-Jake Swanson-140, 8-Darrin Snider-116, 9-Scott Pierovich-111, 10-Sean Dodenhoff-109.