ELLIOTT WINS BAKERSFIELD IGNITE FEATURE & DIRT TITLE

Bakersfield, CA……..Cory Elliott of Bakersfield, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Honda Western Ignite Midget race at Bakersfield Speedway. The victory finalized Cory Elliott's drive to the 2013 Honda USAC Western Dirt Ignite Midget championship! Jarid Blondel was second ahead of Parker Colston, Michael Steele and Christine Breckenridge.

HONDA IGNITE USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 21, 2013 – Bakersfield, California– Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Wally Pankratz, 37, Pankratz-14.531; 2. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-14.577; 3. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-14.621; 4. Michael Steele, 92, Steele-14.655; 5. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-14.740; 6. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-14.789; 7. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-14.851.

HEAT RACE: (8 Laps) 1. Blondel, 2. W.Pankratz, 3. Steele, 4. Elliott, 5. Colston, 6. Breckenridge, 7. Davison. NT

FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Cory Elliott, 2. Jarid Blondel, 3. Parker Colston, 4. Michael Steele, 5. Christine Breckenridge, 6. Jet Davison, 7. Wally Pankratz. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Elliott.

NEW HONDA IGNITE USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Blondel-1,018, 2-Breckenridge-866, 3-Elliott-596, 4-Bryant Dawson-570, 5-Shawn Buckley-452, 6-Michael Fanelli-440, 7-Colston-385, 8-Marina Turner-345, 9-Cody Jessop-332, 10-W.Pankratz-322.

FINAL HONDA IGNITE USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Elliott-519, 2-Blondel-492, 3-Breckenridge-409, 4-Colston-385, 5-W.Pankratz-322, 6-Clayton Ruston-222, 7-Brennan Rogers-164, 8-Steele-160, 9-Randi Pankratz-114, 10-Ariel Biggs-112.