GARDNER TAKES VICTORY #4 AT PLAZA PARK
Visalia, CA……..Honda USAC Western Midget Series point leader Ronnie Gardner of Norco, Calif. scored his fourth win of the year Saturday night at Plaza Park Speedway. He passed Michael Faccinto on lap 15 and led the rest of the 30-lapper in his Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Engineering Stewart to beat Faccinto, Sean Dodenhoff, Tyler Smith and Jake Swanson.
HONDA WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: June 29, 2013 – Visalia, California – Plaza Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-12.120; 2. T.J. Smith, 55, Neverlift-12.213; 3. Jake Swanson, 05, VanDyne/Swanson-12.268; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 68, SIX-EIGHT-12.286; 5. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-12.432; 6. Michael Faccinto, 62, Bock-12.469; 7. Taylor Simas, 62T, Bock-12.498; 8. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-12.555; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-12.611; 10. Greg Bragg, 0, Foster-12.712; 11. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-12.761; 12. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-12.821; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-12.850; 14. Mitchell Faccinto, 81, Faccinto-12,891; 15. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-12,894; 16. Dylan Black, 84, Black-13.963.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Gardner, 3. Prickett, 4. Simas, 5. Black, 6. Pankratz. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell Faccinto, 2. Davis, 3. Dodenhoff, 4. Smith, 5. Edwards. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McQueen, 2. Nichols, 3. Michael Faccinto, 4. J.Swanson, 5. Voitel. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Michael Faccinto, 2. Sean Dodenhoff, 4. T.J. Smith, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Greg Bragg, 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Taylor Simas, 9. Pete Davis, 10. Kyle Edwards, 11. Dylan Black, 12. Jimmy Voitel, 13. David Prickett, 14. Shannon McQueen, 15. Terry Nichols, 16. Mitchell Faccinto. NT
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**McQueen flipped on lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-Laps 1-14 Michael Faccinto, Laps 15-30 Gardner.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Gardner-555, 2-J.Swanson-501, 3-Prickett-439, 4-McQueen-285, 5-Cody Swanson-219, 6-Scott Pierovich-199, 7-R.Pankratz-197, 8-T.Nichols-176, 9-Trey Marcham-169, 10-Edwards-156.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: July 12 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway