JARED PETERSON TAKES NORTHWEST DEBUT AT GRAYS HARBOR

Elma, WA……..Jared Peterson of Stanwood, Wash. won Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Northwest Focus debut at Grays Harbor Raceway, leading the final 12 laps after passing Garrett Thomas on lap 14. Jeremy Miller, Ariel Biggs, Garrett Johnson and Thomas rounded out the “top10.” Peterson leads the standings entering a May 12 race at Banks, Ore.


USAC NORTHWESTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 21, 2012 – Elma, Washington – Grays Harbor Raceway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jared Peterson, 3s, Stewart-16.457; 2. Garret Johnson, 3g, Johnson-16.690; 3. Chase Goetz, 91, Goetz-16.694; 4. Ariel Biggs, 11e, Emery-16.712; 5. Garrett Thomas, 14, Thomas-16.904; 6. Jeremy Miller, 44, Miller-17.016; 7. Todd Hartman, 21, Hartman-17.119; 8. Madison Hess, 5, Sherwood-17.178; 9. Hannah Lindquist, 3h, Lindquist-17.185; 10. Michael Millard, 23, Millard-17.152; 11. Zak DeBakker, 2, DeBakker-17.550; 12. Renee Angel, 2a, Angel-17.712; 13. Liz Miller, 46j, Miller-18.158; 14. Steve Hughes, 12, Hughes-18.458; 15. Annika Johanson, 27, Johanson-22.348.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Miller, 2. Goetz, 3. Angel, 4. Lindquist, 5. Johanson. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hess, 2. Thomas, 3. Johnson, 4. DeBakker, 5. Hughes. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Biggs, 3. Hartman, 4. Millard, 5. L.Miller. NT


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jared Peterson, 2. Jeremy Miller, 3. Ariel Biggs, 4. Garret Johnson, 5. Garrett Thomas, 6. Zak DeBakker, 7. Michael Millard, 8. Madison Hess, 9. Hannah Lindquist, 10. Renee Angel, 11. Todd Hartman, 12. Chase Goetz, 13. Liz Miller, 14. Steve Hughes, 15. Annika Johanson. NT


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**Goetz and Hartman flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Thomas, Laps 14-25 Peterson.


NEW USAC NORTHWESTERN FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Peterson-74, 2-J.Miller-66, 3-Johnson-62, 3-Biggs-61, 5-Thomas-57, 6-DeBakker-50, 7-Millard-47, 8-Hess-47, 9-Lindquist-41, 10-Goetz-40.


NEXT USAC NORTHWESTERN FOCUS MIDGET RACE: May 12 – Banks, OR – Sunset Speedway Park