GARDNER WINS VENTURA 30-LAP MIDGET

Ventura, CA……..Honda USAC Western Midget Dirt point leader Ronnie Gardner of Norco, Calif. once again extended his lead by winning Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Ventura Raceway. Driving the Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Engineering Stewart, he passed Cody Swanson on lap 13 and led the final 18 laps to beat Jake Swanson, David Prickett, Cory Kruseman and Trey Marcham.

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 28, 2013 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jake Swanson (#89k Kruseman), 2. Cory Kruseman (#38 Kruseman), 3. Josh Lakatos (#4x Lakatos), 4. Shannon McQueen (#7 McQueen), 5. Cody Swanson (#71 Swanson), 6. Bruce Douglas (#31 Douglas), 7. Rick Hendrix (#12 Hendrix). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. David Prickett (#15 Neverlift), 2. Markus Niemela (#81 Watt), 3. Ronnie Gardner (#68 SIX-EIGHT), 4. Terry Nichols (#45 Neverlift), 5. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 6. Trey Marcham (#37 McQueen), 7. Kyle Smith (#55 Smith). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. David Prickett, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Trey Marcham, 6. Terry Nichols, 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Kyle Smith, 9. Josh Lakatos, 10. Rick Hendrix, 11. Cody Swanson, 12. Markus Niemela, 13. Shannon McQueen, 14. Bruce Douglas. NT

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**Douglas flipped on lap 1 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 C.Swanson, Laps 13-30 Gardner.

NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-1,028, 2-J.Swanson-838, 3-Prickett-711, 4-McQueen-477, 5-C.Swanson-458, 6-Pankratz-456, 7-Scott Pierovich-378, 8-Nichols-356, 9-Marcham-348; 10-Johnathon Henry-301.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: October 5 – Petaluma (CA) Raceway