Ronnie Gardner Wins at Bakersfield

Ronnie Gardner – 2016 USAC Western States Midget Champion. Photo by MMRacingPhotos.com

From Lance Jennings

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 11, 2017 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.988; 2. Nic Faas, 25X, Rodela-13.044; 3. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-13.088; 4. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.109; 5. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-13.116; 6. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-13.133; 7. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-13.189; 8. J.J. Ercse, 9E, Dodenhoff-13.212; 9. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.277; 10. Matt Mitchell, 75, Mitchell-13.331; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.404; 12. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-13.412; 13. David Prickett, 22Q, Neverlift-13.448; 14. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.498; 15. Austen Figueroa, 49JR, Bach-13.500; 15. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-13.554; 17. Bryan Drollinger, 71, Drollinger-13.566; 18. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.661; 19. Mason Daniel, 33M, Daniel-13.742; 20. Clayton Ruston, 7X, Ruston-13.856; 21. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-13.888; 22. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-14.119; 23. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dalby, 2. Mitchell, 3. Gardner, 4. McQueen, 5. Sarna, 6. Prickett, 7. Daniel, 7. Hazelton. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Pankratz, 3. Nichols, 4. Ercse, 5. Cofer, 6. Ruston, 7. Drollinger, 8. Faccinto. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Ennis, 3. Crone, 4. Guerrini, 5. Dolacki, 6. Josett, 7. Figueroa. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Cory Elliott, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Frankie Guerrini, 5. Terry Nichols, 6. Courtney Crone, 7. J.J. Ercse, 8. Mason Daniel, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Chris Ennis, 11. Robert Dalby, 12. Clayton Ruston, 13. Austen Figueroa, 14. C.J. Sarna, 15. Matt Mitchell, 16. Shannon McQueen, 17. Maria Cofer, 18. Tyler Dolacki, 19. David Prickett, 20. Robby Josett, 21. Ron Hazelton, 22. Bryan Drollinger. NT
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**Dolacki flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Faas, Laps 6-30 Gardner
ESSLINGER ENGINEERING HARD CHARGER: Mason Daniel (19th to 8th)

NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE:March 29 – Placerville (CA) Speedway – “Placerville Short Track Outlaw Showdown”