GARDNER TAKES 30-LAP BAKERSFIELD MAIN

Bakersfield, CA……..Honda USAC Western Midget point leader Ronnie Gardner of Norco, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Bakersfield Speedway in his Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Company Stewart/Esslinger. He took the lead from David Prickett on lap 24 and led the final seven laps to beat Prickett, Sean Dodenhoff, Trey Marcham and Shannon McQueen.

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 21, 2013 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-13.210; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.412; 3. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-13.477; 4. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.507; 5. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-13.576; 6. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.605; 7. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.625; 8. Bobby Michnowicz, 21jr. Michnowicz-13.813; 9. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.816; 10. Dan Hillberg Jr., 49, Hillberg-13.868; 11. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Gardner, 3. Marcham, 4. R.Pankratz, 5. Prickett, 6. Nichols. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dodenhoff, 2. McQueen, 3. C.Swanson, 4. Hillberg, 5. Michnowicz. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. David Prickett, 3. Sean Dodenhoff, 4. Trey Marcham, 5. Shannon McQueen, 6. Terry Nichols, 7. Chris Ennis, 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Bobby Michnowicz, 10. Dan Hillberg Jr., 11. Cody Swanson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Prickett, Laps 24-30 Gardner.

NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-962, 2-Jake Swanson-773, 3-Prickett-649, 4-McQueen-445, 5-C.Swanson-423, 6-R.Pankratz-410, 7-Scott Pierovich-378, 8-Nichols-306, 9-Johnathon Henry-301, 10-Marcham-297.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 28 – Ventura (CA) Raceway