CORY ELLIOTT ADDS SANTA MARIA TO WESTERN STATES MIDGET WIN LIST

Cory Elliott of Bakersfield, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night's USAC Light Up The World Beverages Western States Midget race at Santa Maria Raceway. Series point leader Ronnie Gardner finished second ahead of Jake Swanson, David Prickett and Mason Daniel.

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LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 19, 2017 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway 

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 73, Ford-14.344; 2. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-14.356; 3. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-14.427; 4. Mason Daniel, 33, Daniel-14.460; 5. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.537; 6. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.600; 7. David Prickett, 2Q, Neverlift-14.636; 8. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-14.721; 9. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-14.861; 10. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-15.018; 11. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-15.038; 12. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-15.262; 13, Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-15.274; 14. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.360; 15. Brennan Rogers, 20X, Rogers-15.635; 16. Clayton Ruston, 7R, Ruston-15.714; 17. Bryan Drollinger, 71, Drollinger-18.178; 18. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. Daniel, 3. Swanson, 4. Guerrini, 5. Ruston. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Sarna, 3. McQueen, 4. Crone, 5. Pankratz, 6. Drollinger. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Dalby, 3. Ensign, 4. Cofer, 5. Rogers, 6. Hazelton. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Elliott, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. David Prickett, 5. Mason Daniel, 6. Robert Dalby, 7. Shannon McQueen, 8. Maria Cofer, 9. Geoff Ensign, 10. Courtney Crone, 11. Randi Pankratz, 12. C.J. Sarna, 13. Clayton Ruston, 14. Bryan Drollinger, 15. Brennan Rogers, 16. Frankie Guerrini, 17. Terry Nichols. NT

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**Guerrini flipped on lap 3 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Elliott

ESSLINGER ENGINEERING HARD CHARGER: Jake Swanson (7th to 3rd)

NEW LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 

NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACES:  September 2 & 3 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “10th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”