Ronnie Gardner Wins USAC Western States Feature at Bakersfield

Ronnie Gardner. (Chuck Fry Photo)
Ronnie Gardner. (Chuck Fry Photo)

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS:November 19, 2016 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.869; 2. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.940; 3. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-12.951; 4. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-13.001; 5. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-13.014; 6. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-13.051; 7. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-13.099; 8. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.221 9. Troy Rutherford, 11B, Brutton-13.299; 10. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.308; 11. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-13.669; 12. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.703; 13. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-13.821; 14. David Prickett, 122Q, Nichols/Neverlift-13.904; 15. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-13.917; 16. Brennan Rogers, 20, Rogers-14.347; 17. Quintin Crye, 15X, Crye-14.520; 18. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Gardner, 3. Dalby, 4. Pankratz, 5. Rogers, 6. Hazelton. NT.

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faccinto, 2. Elliott, 3. Guerrini, 4. Wait, 5. Crye, 6. Prickett. NT.

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Crone, 2. Cofer, 3. Rutherford, 4. Dolacki, 5. Barber, 6. Nichols. NT.

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Frankie Guerrini, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Cory Elliott, 5. Courtney Crone, 6. Maria Cofer, 7. Robert Dalby, 8. Tyler Dolacki, 9. Troy Rutherford, 10. Tim Barber, 11. David Prickett, 12. Michael Faccinto, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Quintin Crye, 15. Ron Hazelton, 16. Brennan Rogers, 17. Nate Wait, 18. Terry Nichols. NT
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**Waite, Hazelton, Crye, Prickett, and Dalby flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Guerrini, Laps 21-30 Gardner

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Chad Boat (9th to 3rd)

NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-1,005, 2-Faccinto-850, 3-Elliott-790, 4-Guerrini-749, 5-Crone-690, 6-Cofer-585, 7-Dalby-582, 8-Pankratz-573, 9-Cody Swanson-564, 10-Dolacki-475.

NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACES: November 24 – Ventura (CA) Raceway – 76th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”