TONI BREIDINGER EARNS 12TH USAC WIN AT MADERA

Madera, CA……..Toni Breidinger of Hillsborough, Calif., USAC’s winningest all-time female driver, scored her 12th career victory Saturday night at Madera Speedway, winning the 30-lap USAC Speed2 Western US Midget race. She passed Jesse Love IV on lap 23 and led the final eight laps to beat fast qualifier Adam Lemke, Love, Tom Paterson and Annie Breidinger.

USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET PAVEMENT RACE RESULTS: August 12, 2017 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Adam Lemke, 98, Lemke-14.702; 2. Jesse Love IV, 44, Love-14.813; 3. Cody Jessop, 00J, Jessop-15.090; 4. Toni Breidinger, 80, Briedinger-15.106; 5. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-15.234; 6. Tom Paterson, 9, Paterson-15.355; 7. Johnny Nichols, 14, Nichols-15.409; 8. Annie Breidinger, 75, Breidinger-15.422; 9. Kristen Hickman, 60H, Hickman-15.501; 10. George Tuttle, 98x, Pankratz-16.169.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lemke, 2. Jessop, 3. Hickman, 4. Nichols, 5. Brannon. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. T.Breidinger, 2. Paterson, 3. Love. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Toni Breidinger, 2. Adam Lemke, 3. Jesse Love IV, 4. Tom Paterson, 5. Annie Briedinger (#75 Briedinger), 6. Kristen Hickman, 7. Cody Jessop, 8. Blake Brannon, 9. Johnny Nichols. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Love, Laps 23-30 T.Briedinger.

NEW USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-Love-466, 2-A.Breidinger-426, 3-T,Breidinger-398, 4-TPaterson-397. 5-Lemke-363, 6-Brannon-338, 7-Nichols-280, 8-Joey Iest-268, 9-Antonia Boscacci-206, 10-Jessop-174.

NEW USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET OVERALL POINTS: 1-Love-986, 2-Paterson-913, 3-Lemke-887, 4-A.Breidinger-826, 5-Brannon-631, 6-T.Breidinger-398, 7-Antonia Boscacci-288, 8-Nichols-280, 9-Joey Iest-268, 10-Jessop-234.

NEXT USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET RACE: August 18 – Bakersfield, CA – The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park