LOVE LEADS ALL 20 AT KERN COUNTY

Bakersfield, CA……..Jesse Love IV of Menlo Park, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Friday night’s USAC Speed2 Western US Midget feature at the Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway. Annie Breidinger, Tom Paterson, Adam Lemke and TommyNichols rounded out the “top-five.”

USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 16, 2017 – Bakersfield, California – The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Paterson, 9, Paterson-15.943; 2. Terry Nichols, 20, USW-16.149; 3. Adam Lemke, 41, Lemke-16.172; 4. Annie Breidinger, 15, USAC-16.355; 5. Jesse Love IV, 44, Love-16.432; 6. Wally Pankratz, 98, Pankratz-16.451; 7. Tres Van Dyne, 37, Pankratz-16.531; 8. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-16.716; 9. David Prickett, 6, Holmes-20.629; 10. Ariel Biggs, 11R, Biggs-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Paterson, 2. Prickett, 3. Love, 4. Lemke, 5. Van Dyne. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Breidinger, 2. Nichols, 3. Biggs, 4. W.Pankratz, 5. Brannon. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jesse Love IV, 2. Annie Breidinger, 3. Tom Paterson, 4. Adam Lemke, 5. Terry Nichols, 6. Tres Van Dyne, 7. Blake Brannon, 8. Wally Pankratz, 9. David Prickett. NT (Ariel Biggs, #11R, disqualified for failing to pass post-race technical inspection).

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Love.

NEW USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Paterson-308, 2-Lemke-296, 3-Love-295, 4-A.Breidinger-287, 5-Brannon-249, 6-Antonia Boscacci-82, 7-Prickett-71, 8-Terry Nichols-70, 9-Joel Rayborne-67, 10-Cody Jessop-60.

NEW USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET OVERALL POINTS: 1-Love-616, 2-A.Breidinger-573, 3-Paterson-559, 4-Lemke-515, 5-Brannon-470, 6-Toni Breidinger-317, 7-Antonia Boscacci-288, 8-Joey Iest-193, 9-Johnny Nichols-175, 10-Cody Jessop-171.

NEXT USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET RACE: July 8 – Madera (CA) Speedway