Gardner Wins USAC Western States Midget Car Feature at Tulare

Ronnie Gardner SCRAFAN photo

From Lance Jennings

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 8, 2016 – Tulare, California – Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway – “KRC Safety Fall Shootout”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-15.651; 2. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-15.792; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-15.830; 4. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-15.851; 5. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-15.886; 6. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-15.989; 7. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-16.018; 8. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-16.164; 9. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-16.248; 10. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-16.283; 11. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-16.369; 12. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-16.540; 13. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-16.698;

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faccinto, 2. Schutte, 3. Elliott, 4. Gardner, 5. Dalby, 6. Dolacki, 7. Wait. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Guerrini, 2. Crone, 3. McQueen, 4. Cofer, 5. Pankratz, 6. Swanson. NT

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Frankie Guerrini, 3. Courtney Crone, 4. Cory Elliott, 5. Maria Cofer, 6. Cody Swanson, 7. Alex Schutte, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Robert Dalby, 10. Michael Faccinto, 11. Randi Pankratz, 12. Tyler Dolacki, 13. Nate Wait. NT
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**Swanson and Pankratz flipped during the second heat. McQueen and Dalby flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Schutte, Laps 29-30 Gardner.
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Ronnie Gardner (7th to 1st)