COLSTON GRABS BAKERSFIELD IGNITE MAIN EVENT

Bakersfield, CA……..Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Western Ignite Midget race was won by Parker Colston of Lake Elsinore, Calif. Colston trailed early leaders Jarid Blondel and Ariel Biggs, then took the lead on lap nine and led the final 12 laps to beat Wally Pankratz, Biggs, Cory Elliott and Blondel.

USAC WESTERN IGNITE (DIRT) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 20, 2013 – Bakersfield, California– Bakersfield Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Cory Elliott (#1 Elliott), 2. Ashley Hazelton (#59 Hazelton), 3. Michael Steele (#92 Steele), 4. Clayton Ruston (#55k Custer), 5. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Breckenridge). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 2. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 3. Ariel Biggs (#11E Biggs), 4. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 5. Alexander Bissett (#3 Turner). NT

FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Parker Colston, 2. Wally Pankratz, 3. Ariel Biggs, 4. Cory Elliott, 5. Jarid Blondel, 6. Michael Steele, 7. Ashley Hazelton, 8. Clayton Ruston, 9. Alexander Bissett, 10. Christine Breckenridge. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Blondel, Laps 5-6 Biggs, Lap 7 Blondel, Lap 8 Biggs, Laps 9-20 Colston.

NEW WESTERN IGNITE (DIRT) MIDGET POINTS: 1-Pankratz-133, 2-Elliott-130, 3-Colston-129, 4-Blondel-113, 5-Biggs-112; 6-Ruston-104, 7-Steele-100, 8-Hazelton-95, 9-Breckenridge-78, 10-Bissett-40.

NEW WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Blondel-243, 2-Breckenridge-191, 3-Biggs-159, 4-Bryant Dawson-147, 5-Pankratz-133, 6-Michael Fanelli-131, 7-Elliott-130, 8-Colston-129, 9-Shawn Buckley-117, 10-Ruston-104.

NEXT WESTERN IGNITE (DIRT) MIDGET RACE: May 11 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway