Gardner opens Western Midget Series season in victory lane

Ronnie Gardner. 2013 & 2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Champion. (Chuck Fry Photo)
Ronnie Gardner. 2013 & 2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Champion. (Chuck Fry Photo)
Ronnie Gardner. 2013 & 2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Champion. (Chuck Fry Photo)

Bakersfield, CA — (March 21, 2015) — Ronnie Gardner won the USAC HPD Western Midget Car Series feature Saturday night at Bakersfield Speedway. Trey Marcham, Scott Pierovich, David Prickett, and Randi Pankrtatz rounded out the top five.

Chris Ennis won the Western RaceSaver feature.

HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 21, 2015 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.532; 2. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-13.547; 3. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.603; 4. Cody Swanson, 71s, Swanson-13.634; 5. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.653; 6. David Prickett, 55x, Conterno-13.680; 7. Ricky Shelton, 71, Full Circle-13.893; 8. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-13.924; 9. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-13.924; 10. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-14.039; 11. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-14.094; 12. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.410; 13. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-14.453; 14. Jeff Harrington, 9E, Dodenhoff-14.656; 15. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-15.055; 16. Jack Hawley, 56, Hawley-15.160; 17. Tyler Dolacki, 99, KT-NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dodenhoff, 2. Pankratz, 3. Voitel, 4. Nichols, 5. McQueen, 6. Chivello, 7. Gard, 8. Dolacki. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Marcham, 3. Swanson, 4. Prickett, 5. Davis, 6. Harrington, 7. Hawley, 8. Pierovich. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Trey Marcham, 3. Scott Pierovich, 4. David Prickett, 5. Randi Pankratz, 6. Terry Nichols, 7. Steve Davis, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Jimmy Voitel, 10. Jeff Harrington, 11. Sean Dodenhoff, 12. Cody Swanson, 13. Ricky Shelton, 14. Brian Gard, 15. Tyler Dolacki. NT
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**Swanson and Dodenhoff flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Marcham, Laps 16-20 Gardner.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-73, 2-Marcham-64, 3-Pankratz-57, 4-Prickett-57, 5-Pierovich-55, 6-Nichols-50, 7-Davis-49, 8-McQueen-47, 9-Dodenhoff-45, 10-Voitel-42.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: May 2 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway