RONNIE GARDNER CLAIMS BAKERSFIELD WESTERN MIDGET TRIUMPH

Bakersfield, CA........Riverside, California's Ronnie Gardner led all 30 laps to score his third Light Up The World Beverages USAC Western States Midget feature of the year. Hard charger Michael Faccinto, Robert Dalby, David Prickett, and Frankie Guerrini chased the point leader to the checkered flags.

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 30, 2017 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.729; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-12.805; 3. Michael Faccinto, 11E, Elliott-12.919; 4. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-12.925; 5. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-12.985; 6. David Prickett, 22Q, Neverlift-12.999; 7. J.J. Ercse, 9E. Dodenhoff-13.092; 8. Mason Daniel, 33M, Daniel-13.173; 9. Sterling Cling, 6K, Kruseman-13.175; 10. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.177; 11. Danny Faria Jr., 46, Brutton-13.270; 12. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-13.328; 13. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-13.376; 14. Landon Cling, 12K, Kruseman-13.446; 15. Clayton Ruston, 7R, CR-13.524; 16. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-13.649; 17. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-13.674; 18. Bryan Drollinger, 71, Drollinger-13.790; 19. Jake Vermeer, 87, Vermeer-NT; 20. Kyle Beilman, 31, Beilman-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Guerrini, 3. Ercse, 4. Crone, 5. Sarna, 6. Vermeer, 7. Hazelton. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McQueen, 2. Daniel, 3. Josett, 4. L.Cling, 5. Nichols, 6. Beilman, 7. Faria. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dalby, 2. Prickett, 3. Faccinto, 4. S.Cling, 5. Ruston, 6. Drollinger. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Michael Faccinto, 3. Robert Dalby, 4. David Prickett, 5. Frankie Guerrini, 6. Shannon McQueen, 7. Robby Josett, 8. Landon Cling, 9. Mason Daniel, 10. J.J. Ercse, 11. Courtney Crone, 12. Sterling Cling, 13. Clayton Ruston, 14. C.J. Sarna, 15. Kyle Beilman, 16. Bryan Drollinger, 17. Ron Hazelton, 18. Terry Nichols, 19. Jake Vermeer, 20. Danny Faria Jr. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner

ESSLINGER ENGINEERING HARD CHARGER: Michael Faccinto (9th to 2nd)

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NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: October 14 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway