Gardner wins at Bakersfield

Ronnie Gardner (Serena Dalhamer photo)

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS:April 30, 2016 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-13.036; 2. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-13.120; 3. Darren Hagen, 73X, Ford-13.247; 4. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.339; 5. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-13.369; 6. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.387; 7. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-13.428; 8. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-13.473; 9. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-13.525; 10. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.538; 11. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-13.563; 12. Danny Faria Jr., 35S, MF-13.637; 13. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-13.667; 14. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.668; 15. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.710; 16. Troy Rutherford, 11R, Britton-13.748; 17. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-13.786; 18. Ashley Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-14.059; 19. Cory Kruseman, 12K, Kruseman-14.063; 20. Chris Dyson, 16K, Kruseman-14.103; 21. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-14.107; 22. Nate Waite, 35W, MF-14.178; 23. Dylan Ito, 73, Ford-14.397; 24. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-17.941; 25. Jeff Harrington, 9E, Dodenhoff-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dodenhoff, 2. Faccinto, 3. Elliott, 4. McQueen, 5. Kruseman, 6. Rutherford, 7. Crone, 8. Waite, 9. Harrington. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Swanson, 3. Nichols, 4. Dalby, 5. Dolacki, 6. Guerrini, 7. Dyson, 8. Ito. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Schutte, 3. Pankratz, 4. Josett, 5. Cofer, 6. Hazelton, 7. Davis, 8. Faria. NT

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ROD END SUPPLY SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Guerrini, 2. Rutherford, 3. Crone, 4. Dyson, 5. Waite, 6. Ito, 7. Harrington, 8. Hazelton, 9. Davis. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Michael Faccinto, 3. Terry Nichols, 4. Alex Schutte, 5. Tyler Dolacki, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Sean Dodenhoff, 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Frankie Guerrini, 10. Troy Rutherford, 11. Shannon McQueen, 12. Maria Cofer, 13. Jeff Harrington, 14. Courtney Crone, 15, Dylan Ito, 16. Robert Dalby, 17. Nate Waite, 18. Chris Dyson, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Cody Swanson, 21. Robby Josett, 22. Cory Elliott. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Faccinto, Laps 28-30 Gardner.

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Tyler Dolacki (14th to 5th)

NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-161, 2-Faccinto-143, 3-Dodenhoff-127, 4-Pankratz-117, 5-Nichols-113, 6-Dolacki-104, 7-Swanson-101, 8-Guerrini-96, 9-Cofer-82, 10-Shane Golobic-74.

NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: May 21 – Ventura (CA) Raceway