POINT LEADER GARDNER TOPS PETALUMA MIDGETS

Petaluma, CA……..Ronnie Gardner of Norco, Calif. wheeled his Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Engineering Stewart to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap Honda USAC Western Midget race at Petaluma Speedway, a race co-sanctioned by BCRA. Gardner led the last eight laps after Shane Golobic had led the first 22. Alex Schutte finished second ahead of David Prickett, Shannon McQueen and Jake Swanson.

HONDA WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: June 15, 2013 – Petaluma, California – Petaluma Speedway – Co-sanctioned by BCRA

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-14.425; 2. Johnathon Henry, 55, Neverlift-14.596; 3. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.638; 4. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.647; 5. Alex Schuitte, 9E, Dodenhoff-14.714; 6. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-14.773; 7. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-14.784; 8. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.838; 9. Jake Swanson, 05, VanDyne/Swanson-14.838; 10. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-14.864; 11. Greg Bragg, 11, Thurston-14.925; 12. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-14.955; 13. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-14.958; 14. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-14.966; 15. Floyd Alvis, 11x, Alvis-15.102; 16. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-15.129; 17. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-15.130; 18. Nick Foster Jr., 0, Foster-15.341; 19. Bill Lindsey, 8, Lindsey-15.356; 20. Kevin Morris, 17k, Morris-15.451; 21. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-15.510; 22. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.814; 23. Michael Donaldson, 9, Donaldson-15.851; 24. Sparky Howard, 3, Howard-17.101; 25. Gary Conterno, 98, Conterno-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Edwards, 2. Ennis, 3. Gardner, 4. Prickett, 5. Bock, 6. Lindsey, 7. Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dodenhoff, 2. Bragg, 3. Chivello, 4. Schutte, 5. McQueen, 6. Henry, 7. Morris, 8. Donaldson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Guerrini, 2. Golobic, 3. J.Swanson, 4. Pierovich, 5. Alvis. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Alex Schutte, 3. David Prickett, 4. Shannon McQueen, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Chris Ennis, 7. Sean Dodenhoff, 8. Greg Bragg, 9. Gary Conterno, 10. Britton Bock, 11. Nick Chivello, 12. Floyd Alvis, 13. Kevin Morris, 14. J.R. Williams, 15. Shane Golobic, 16. Pete Davis, 17. Frankie Guerrini, 18. Scott Pierovich, 19. Terry Nichols, 20. Bill Lindsey, 21. Michael Donaldson, 22. Kyle Edwards, 23. Nick Foster Jr. NT

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**Conterno flipped during qualifying.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Golobic, Laps 23-30 Gardner.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Gardner-485, 2-J.Swanson-444, 3-Prickett-400, 4-McQueen-252, 5-Cody Swanson-219, 6-Pierovich-199, 7-Trey Marcham-169, 8-Randi Pankratz-152, 9-Nichols-146, 10-Bryan Clauson-143.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: June 29 – Visalia, CA – Plaza Park Raceway