BLONDEL WIRE-TO-WIRE AT THE “BULLRING”

Las Vegas, NV……..Jarid Blondel of Orange, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s Honda USAC Western Ignite Midget race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Blondel was also the fastest qualifier and he was followed at the checkered flag by Bryant Dawson, Christine Breckenridge, Shawn Buckley and Michael Fanelli.

HONDA USAC WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 24, 2013 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-15.518; 2. Bryant Dawson, 99, Dawson-15.569; 3. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15,831; 4. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.832; 5. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-15.896; 6. Marina Turner, 98T, Turner-16.763; 7. Ron Hazelton, 32, Hazelton-16.912; 8. Cody Jessop, 00, Jessop-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Blondel, 2. Fanelli, 3. Breckenridge, 4. Hazelton. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Dawson, 2. Buckley, 3. Turner. NT

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Jarid Blondel, 2. Bryant Dawson, 3. Christine Breckenridge, 4. Shawn Buckley, 5. Michael Fanelli, 56. Marina Turner, 7. Ron Hazelton. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Blondel.

NEW HONDA WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Blondel-897, 2-Breckenridge-757, 3-Cory Elliott-530, 4-Dawson-496, 5-Buckley-385, 6-Fanelli-384, 7-Parker Colston-322, 8-Turner-304, 9-Jessop-271, 10-Wally Pankratz-267.

NEW HONDA WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET POINTS: 1-Dawson-496, 2-Blondel-474, 3-Breckenridge-401, 4-Buckley-385, 5-Fanelli-384, 6-Turner-304, 7-Jessop-271, 8-George Blacker-197, 9-Hazelton-189, 10-Jake Swanson-112.

NEXT HONDA WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE: September 14 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring