SCHUTTE SURPRISES WESTERN MIDGET FIELD AT BAKERSFIELD

Bakersfield, CA……..Alex Schutte of Rohnert Park, Calif. returned to the Honda USAC Western Midget Series for the first time this year and led all 30 laps to capture Saturday night’s feature event at Bakersfield Speedway. Series point leader and fast qualifier Ronnie Gardner finished second ahead of Shannon McQueen, J.J. Ercse and Cory Elliott.

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 19, 2015 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-13.335; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.371; 3. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-13.639; 4. Danny Faria Jr., 11R, Brutton-13.738; 5. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.781; 6. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-13.798; 7. J.J. Ercse, 7M, McQueen-13.829; 8. Troy Rutherford, 87JR, Vermeer-13.996; 9. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-14.054; 10. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-14.241; 11. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-14.288.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nichols, 2. Ercse, 3. Gardner, 4. Faccinto, 5. Pankratz. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. Rutherford, 3. McQueen, 4. Elliott, 5. Faria. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Alex Schutte, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Shannon McQueen, 4. J.J. Ercse, 5. Cory Elliott, 6. Terry Nichols, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Nate Wait, 10. Troy Rutherford, 11. Michael Faccinto. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-30 Schutte.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-606, 2-McQueen-436, 3-Cody Swanson-428, 4-Nichols-396, 5-Trey Marcham-339, 6-Pankratz-336, 7-Faccinto-329, 8-Brian Gard-273, 9-Nick Chivello-260, 10-Scott Pierovich-250.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: October 3 – Hanford, CA – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds