Placerville, California (September 7, 2024)………When the door is left open, you’ve got to step through.
That’s the tactic Cade Lewis took when presented the opportunity during the early stages of Saturday night’s Avanti Windows & Doors USAC Western States Midget feature at California’s Placerville Speedway.
The fifth-starting Lewis (Bakersfield, Calif.) moved swiftly through the field and found himself right within arms reach of T.J. Smith who led the opening seven circuits.
When Smith swung wide off the bottom of turn four on the eighth lap, Lewis flashed under Smith to take over the lead, and was never challenged for the remaining 23 laps en route to a 1.531 second of victory in his Dean Alexander owned machine. The victory was the fourth of Lewis’ career with the series.
Tanner Carrick (Lincoln, Calif.) raced around the outside of Smith for the second spot on lap 11 and went on to finish as the runner-up. Smith took third in the 30-lap main event while fellow series Rookies Brandon Wiley and Drake Edwards rounded out the top-five.
USAC AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 7, 2024 – Placerville Speedway – Placerville, California
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Tanner Carrick, 32x, Sarale-12.080; 2. Cade Lewis, 101, Alexander-12.112; 3. Jett Yantis, 4, Carlile-12.128; 4. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-12.182; 5. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-12.258; 6. Drake Edwards, 3p, Petty-12.285; 7. T.J. Smith, 68, Six8-12.286; 8. Dane Culver, 50, Knuckles Up-12.434; 9. Brandon Wiley, 00, Davis-12.492; 10. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-12.694; 11. Ben Covich, 65NZ, Covich-12.751; 12. Bryant Bell, 14, Graunstadt-12.753; 13. Dale Johnson, 20J, Johnson-12.991; 14. Troy DeGaton, 39T, DeGaton-13.041; 15. Floyd Alvis, 18, Champion-13.546; 16. Ron Hazelton, 78, Mitchell-13.814.
CAL WEST WELDING FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Jett Yantis (5), 2. Tanner Carrick (6), 3. T.J. Smith (3), 4. Dale Johnson (7), 5. Floyd Alvis (8), 6. Brandon Wiley (2), 7. Ben Covich (1), 8. Caden Sarale (4). NT
HOT HEAD COMPETITION ENGINE HEATERS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Drake Edwards (4), 2. Dane Culver (3), 3. Bryant Bell (1), 4. Cade Lewis (6), 5. Shannon McQueen (5), 6. Troy DeGaton (7), 7. C.J. Sarna (2), 8. Ron Hazelton (8). NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Cade Lewis (5), 2. Tanner Carrick (6), 3. T.J. Smith (1), 4. Brandon Wiley (9), 5. Drake Edwards (2), 6. Shannon McQueen (3), 7. Bryant Bell (12), 8. C.J. Sarna (10), 9. Ben Covich (11), 10. Dale Johnson (13), 11. Troy DeGaton (14), 12. Dane Culver (8), 13. Floyd Alvis (15), 14. Caden Sarale (7), 15. Ron Hazelton (16), 16. Jett Yantis (4). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 T.J. Smith, Laps 8-30 Cade Lewis.
USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Cade Lewis-477, 2-Drake Edwards-450, 3-Dane Culver-357, 4-Caden Sarale-345, 5-Brandon Wiley-287, 6-C.J. Sarna-283, 7-Ben Covich-262, 8-Brandt Twitty-250, 9-Dalten Gabbard-232, 10-Garrett Twitty-224.
NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: September 14, 2024 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California
