LARSON TAKES SUNDAY’S “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” MIDGET

Calistoga, CA………Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. wheeled the Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian Toyota TRD Bullet/Speedway Toyota to victory in Sunday’s 25-lap Honda USAC Western Midget race at Calistoga Speedway, part of the 6th “Louie Vermeil Classic.” He led the last 23 laps after passing Shane Golobic on lap three. Rico Abreu finished second, followed by Bryan Clauson, Golobic and fast qualifier and series point leader Ronnie Gardner.

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.759; 2. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-21.070; 3. Kyle Larson, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-21.125; 4. Tanner Thorson, 67X, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-21.252; 5. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.293; 6. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-21.466; 7. Johnathon Henry, 55, Neverlift-21.491; 8. Jake Swanson, 05, Van Dyne/Swanson-21.539; 9. Bryan Clauson, 73, Ford-21.607; 10. Alex Schutte, 28, Morris-21.640; 11. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-21.914; 12. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-21.970; 13. Scott Buckley, 7NZ, Buckley-22.534; 14. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-22.627; 15. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-22.686; 16. David Prickett, 15, Prickett-22.800; 17. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-22.892; 18. Scott Kinney, 27C, Blackwell-23.203; 19. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-23.205; 20. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-23.324; 21. Jim Christian, 0, LaMott-23.644; 22. Mike Gehringer, 27X, Gehringer-23.833; 23. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-24.271.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Gardner, 3. Buckley, 4. Henry, 5. Schutte, 6. Prickett. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. J.Swanson, 3. Pierovich, 4. C.Swanson, 5. Edwards, 6. Bock, 7. Hallmark. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Clauson, 3. Golobic, 4. Pankratz, 5. Simas, 6. Kinney, 7. Christian. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Shane Golobic, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7. Tanner Thorson, 8. Alex Schutte, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Taylor Simas, 11. Scott Buckley, 12. Jake Swanson, 13. David Prickett, 14. Randi Pankratz, 15. Scott Kinney, 16. Lance Hallmark, 17. Johnathon Henry, 18. Kyle Edwards, 19. Jim Christian, 20. Terry Nichols, 21. Mike Gehringer, 22. Pete Davis, 23. Britton Bock. NT

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**Bock flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Golobic, Laps 3-25 Larson.

NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-817, 2-J.Swanson-705, 3-Prickett-550, 4-Pierovich-550, 5-C.Swanson-383, 6-Nick Chivello-368, 7-Pankratz-366, 8-Shannon McQueen-342, 9-Edwards-295, 10-Frankie Guerrini-273.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway