By Dick Jordan
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Leemoore (Calif.) Raceway hosts its first Honda USAC Western Midget race and Trey Marcham and Jarid Blondel will try to protect their respective point leads in Saturday’s event at the 1/5-mile dirt oval.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Marcham, of Oklahoma City, Okla., leads the Western Midget Dirt points and Blondel, of Orange, Calif., tops the overall Western Midget points.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Marcham has won twice this year, at Bakersfield and Tucson, and added a third at Peoria, Ariz. Blondel’s four dirt starts have yielded three “top-10s” while his pavement starts include a pair of podium finishes.
ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย ย Marcham’s dirt lead is 18 points over defending series champ Ronnie Gardner, while Blondel has a 65-point margin over Chad Nichols in the overall points.
2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Dirt Standings: 1-Trey Marcham-254, 2-Ronnie Gardner-236, 3-Jarid Blondel-158, 4-Alex Schutte-157, 5-Shannon McQueen-154, 6-Chris Ennis-127, 7-Sean Dodenhoff-109, 8-Tyler Dolacki-106, 9-Scott Pierovich-101, 10-Ricky Shelton-101.
2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Standings: 1-Jarid Blondel-321, 2-Chad Nichols-256, 3-Trey Marcham-254, 4-Ronnie Gardner-236, 5-Alex Schutte-210, 6-Nick Chivello-164, 7-Shannon McQueen-154, 8-Jake Swanson-140, 9-Scott Pierovich-140, 10-Chris Ennis-127.