ELLIOTT GRABS “JIM EVETT MEMORIAL” MIDGET FEATURE AT HANFORD

Hanford, CA……..Cory Elliott of Bakersfield, Calif. earned his first Honda USAC Western Midget feature victory Saturday night in his Factory Kahne/Oilwize Special, leading all 30 laps to win the “Jim Evett Memorial” at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds. Sean Dodenhoff finished second ahead of Ronnie Gardner, Michael Faccinto and Alex Schutte.

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE in  RESULTS: October 3, 2015 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds – “Jim Evett Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-16.451; 2. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte-16.481; 3. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-16.634; 4. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-16.663; 5. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-16.776; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 11R, Brutton-16.855; 7. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-16.865; 8. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-16.925; 9. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-16.932; 10. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-16.943; 11. Troy Rutherford, 87JR, Vermeer-16.944; 12. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-17.022; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-17.047; 14. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-17.400; 15. Jeff Harrington, 9E, Dodenhoff-17.530; 16. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McQueen, 2. Rutherford, 3. Gardner, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Elliott, 6. Pankratz, 7. Harrington. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Nichols, 3. Faccinto, 4. Schutte, 5. Gard, 6. Wait, 7. Chivello, 8. Davis. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Elliott, 2. Sean Dodenhoff, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Michael Faccinto, 5. Alex Schutte, 6. Shannon McQueen, 7. Brian Gard, 8. Jeff Harrington, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Troy Rutherford, 11. Nate Wait, 12. Steve Davis 13. Danny Faria Jr., 14. Terry Nichols. NT

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**Pierovich flipped during qualifications. Chivello flipped during second heat. Faria flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Elliott

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-672, 2-McQueen-491, 3-Cody Swanson-428, 4-Nichols-418, 5-Faccinto-389, 6-Pankratz-375, 7-Trey Marcham-339, 8-Gard-319, 9-Chivello-262, 10-Scott Pierovich-250.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: November 26 – Perris, CA – Perris Auto Speedway – 75th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”