FACCINTO TOPS SANTA MARIA MIDGET FIELD

Santa Maria, CA……..Michael Faccinto of Hanford, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap Light Up The World Beverages USAC Western States Midget race (presented by CBD Living Water) at Santa Maria Raceway. He passed Frankie Guerrini on lap 12 and led the rest of the way to beat Cory Elliott, series point leader Alex Schutte, fast qualifier Robby Josett and defending series champ Ronnie Gardner. The series now gears up for a June 16 race at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway.

LIGHT UP THE WORLD USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES PRESENTED BY CBD LIVING WATER RACE RESULTS: April 28, 2018 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway

 WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-14.786; 2. Clayton Ruston, 7R, CR-14.920; 3. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-15.008; 4. Michael Faccinto, 9D, Dodenhoff-15.178; 5. Ryan Bernal, 73X, Ford-15.308; 6. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-15.363; 7. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-15.387; 8. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-15.501; 9. David Prickett, 24X, Neverlift-15.513; 10. Ronnie Gardner, 14D, Dalby-15.717; 11. Bryan Drollinger, 71, Drollinger-15.746; 12. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.819; 13. Kyle Beilman, 31, Beilman-15.912; 14. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.946; 15. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-16.059; 16. Dylan Ito, 73, Ford-16.114; 17. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-16.187; 18. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-16.245; 19. Marvin Mitchell, 78, Mitchell-16.947; 20. Austin Liggett, 3F, Finkenbinder-NT; 21. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-NT; 22. Koen Shaw, 2D, Neverlift-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. Faccinto, 3. Gardner, 4. Josett, 5. Ito, 6. Beilman, 7. Mitchell. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Guerrini, 3. Ruston, 4. Drollinger, 5. Pankratz, 6. Bock. NT

COMPETITION SUSPENSION INCORPORATED / ROD END SUPPLY THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. McQueen, 3. Elliott, 4. Cofer, 5. Dalby, 6. Sarna, 7. Hazelton. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael Faccinto, 2. Cory Elliott, 3. Alex Schutte, 4. Robby Josett, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Shannon McQueen, 7. David Prickett, 8. Robert Dalby, 9. Clayton Ruston, 10. Maria Cofer, 11. Frankie Guerrini, 12. Randi Pankratz, 13. C.J. Sarna, 14. Dylan Ito, 15. Kyle Beilman, 16. Bryan Drollinger, 17. Marvin Mitchell, 18. Ryan Bernal, 19. Ron Hazelton, 20. Koen Shaw, 21. Britton Bock. NT

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**Sarna flipped during qualifications. 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Guerrini, Laps 12-30 Faccinto.

SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Cory Elliott (9th to 2nd)

NEW LIGHT UP THE WORLD USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET PRESENTED BY CBD LIVING WATER POINTS: 1-Schutte-151, 2-Elliott-146, 3-McQueen-136, 4-Gardner-124, 5-Dalby-118, 6-Ruston-114, 7-Faccinto-112, 8-Josett-111. 9-Guerrini-108, 10-Cofer-95.

NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET PRESENTED BY CBD LIVING WATER RACE: June 16 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway