Golobic Captures USAC Western States Win at Merced

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USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 23, 2022 – Merced Speedway – Merced, California – “Elk Grove Ford Mini Series Round #2” – Co-Sanctioned with BCRA

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Golobic, 17W, Wood-12.390; 2. Michael Faccinto, 14J, Graunstadt-12.791; 3. Blake Bower, 9, Boscacci-12.813; 4. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-12.858; 5. Ryan Bernal, 73X, Ford-12.894; 6. Ben Worth, 5K, Alexander-12.941; 7. Jake Hodges, 4, Hodges-12.981; 8. Dawson Faria, 14JR, Streeter-13.098; 9. A.J. Bender, 1X, LKK-13.099; 10. Travis Buckley, 7NZ, Buckley-13.178; 11. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols/Peckfelder-13.220; 12. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-13.248; 13. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-13.281; 14. Brody Fuson, 51, Carlile-13.343; 15. Michael Snider, 6K, Snider-13.469; 16. Danika Jo Parker, 13, Parker-13.528; 17. Thomas Esberg, 8X, Esberg-13.750; 18. Anthony Esberg, 1K, Esberg-14.112; 19. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-NT.

JORDAN HANNI WELL DRILLING FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Sarale, 3. Liggett, 4. Buckley, 5. Parker. NT.

AMMONIA REFRIGERATION SERVICE SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faccinto, 2. Faria, 3. Bernal, 4. Fuson, 5. T.Esberg, 6. Nichols. NT.

WIRELESS 101 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Snider, 2. Andreotti, 3. Bender, 4. Bower, 5. Worth, 6. A.Esberg. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps, With Starting Positions) 1. Shane Golobic (6), 2. Michael Faccinto (5), 3. Ben Worth (1), 4. A.J. Bender (10), 5. Dawson Faria (9), 6. Caden Sarale (14), 7. Jake Hodges (8), 8. Travis Buckley (11), 9. Brody Fuson (15), 10. Danika Jo Parker (16), 11. Thomas Esberg (17), 12. Jake Andreotti (13), 13. Austin Liggett (3), 14. Terry Nichols (12), 15. Blake Bower (4), 16. Michael Snider (7), 17. Ryan Bernal (2).
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**Pankratz and A.Esberg did not start feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Bernal, Laps 7-30 Golobic.

ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Caden Sarale (14th to 6th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Austin Liggett

NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-A.J. Bender-275, 2-Ben Worth-243, 3-Michael Faccinto-227, 4-Travis Buckley-221, 5-Jake Andreotti-211, 6-Brody Fuson-190, 7-Blake Bower-188, 8-Michael Snider-175, 9-Thomas Esberg-160, 10-Shane Golobic-159.

NEW ELK GROVE FORD MINI SERIES POINTS: 1-Shane Golobic-159, 2-Michael Faccinto-157, 3-A.J. Bender-137, 4-Jake Andreotti-126, 5-Ben Worth-120, 6-Austin Liggett-110, 7-Travis Buckley-104, 8-Caden Sarale-94, 9-Blake Bower-91, 10-Danika Jo Parker-82.

NEW TOP QUALIFIER POINTS: 1-Ben Worth-15, 2-Michael Faccinto-13, 3-Shane Golobic-12, 4-Jake Andreotti-8, 5-Chase Johnson-6, –Mitchel Moles-6, 7-Shannon McQueen-4, –Travis Buckley-4, –Austin Liggett-4, –Blake Bower-4.

NEW PASSING MASTER POINTS: 1-A.J. Bender-20, 2-Thomas Esberg-13, 3-Dankia Jo Parker-11, 4-Brody Fuson-8, –Caden Sarale-8, 6-Michael Snider-7, –Shane Golobic-7, 8-Blake Bower-6, 9-Randi Pankratz-5, –Anthony Esberg-5, –C.J. Sarna-5, –Mitchel Moles-5, –Travis Buckley-5.

NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: May 7 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California – “Mother’s Day Madness” / “Elk Grove Ford Mini Series Round #3” – Co-Sanctioned with BCRA