CODY SWANSON WINS AT BAKERSFIELD
Bakersfield, CA……..Cody Swanson of Norco, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Western Midget feature at Bakersfield Speedway piloting his Edmunds Autoresearch/K & N Filters machine. Ronnie Gardner finished second ahead of Ryan Bernal, Jake Swanson and David Prickett. Gardner and Jake Swanson are tied for the dirt point lead while Kody Swanson, 20th in Saturday’s race, leads the overall Western points.
USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: March 30, 2013 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.393; 2. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-13.617; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-13.617; 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 8v, Vander Weerd-13.664; 5. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-13.670; 6. Troy Rutherford, 11, Martens-13.680; 7. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.702; 8. Ryan Bernal, 72, Ford-13.715; 9. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-13.751; 10. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.767; 11. Kody Swanson, 55, Neverlift-13.801; 12. Richard Vander Weerd, 19F, Sala-13.815; 13. Johnathon Henry, 88, Graunstadt-13.854; 14. Alex Schutte, 9E, Dodenhof-13.889; 15. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-13.914; 16. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-13.943; 17. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-13.952; 18. Tanner Swanson, 27B, Blackwell-14.015; 19. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-14.080; 20. Rick Shuman, 22a, Shuman-14.178; 21. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-14.191; 22. Nick Chivello, 27N, Chivello-14.192; 23. Sean Dodenhof, 9d, Dodenhof-14.194; 24. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-14.222; 25. Greg Edenholm, 73, Ford-14.341; 26. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-14.405.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. C.Swanson, 2. Pankratz, 3. McQueen, 4. Marcham, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Chivello, 7. Edenholm, 8. Bock, 9. Henry. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Swanson, 2. Bernal, 3. K.Swanson, 4. Edwards, 5. Shuman, 6. Dodenhof, 7. Prickett, 8. Voitel. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Gardner, 5. Niemela, 6. Josett, 7. Rutherford, 8. Nichols. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. Schutte, 3. Dodenhof, 4. Josett, 5. Voitel, 6. Nichols, 7. Edenholm, 8. Henry, 9. Rutherford, 10. Bock, 11. Chivello. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cody Swanson, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Davd Prickett, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Pierovich, 9. Markus Niemela, 10. Shannon McQueen, 11. Trey Marcham, 12. Alex Schutte, 13. Tanner Swanson, 14. Jimmy Voitel, 15. Greg Edenholm, 16. Randi Pankratz, 17. Kyle Edwards, 18. Robby Josett, 19. Terry Nichols, 20. Kody Swanson, 21. Sean Dodenhof, 22. Rick Shuman. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 C.Swanson.
NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-R.Gardner-150, 2-J.Swanson-150, 3-Bryan Clauson-143, 4-Pierovich-138, 5-Rico Abreu-128, 6-Christopher Bell-125, 7-Prickett-118, 8-Marcham-90, 9-K.Swanson-85, 10-Tanner Thorson-72.
NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET OVERALL POINTS: 1-K.Swanson-157, 2-R.Gardner-150, 3-J.Swanson-150, 4-Bryan Clauson-143, 5-Pierovich-138, 6-Rico Abreu-128, 7-Christopher Bell-125, 8-Prickett-118, 9-Marcham-90, 10-Tanner Thorson-72.
NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: April 6, 2013 – Ventura (CA) Raceway