GARD TOPS CHICO’S “GOLD CUP” MIDGETS

Chico, CA……..Brian Gard of Kelseyville, Calif. won Thursday night’s 30-lap “Gold Cup Race of Champions” Honda USAC Western Midget race at Silver Dollar Speedway, leading the final 16 laps in his Storcks Garage/Cliff Marden Snap-On Tools Ellis/Chevy. Gard took the lead from Western Midget point leader Trey Marcham on lap 15. Marcham took second at the checkered flag ahead of Shane Golobic, Richard Vander Weerd and Geoff Ensign. The race was co-sanctioned by BCRA.

USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2014 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup Race of Champions” – (Co-sanctioned by BCRA)

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-14.047; 2. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-14.411; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 19S, Sala-14.517; 4. Barry Pries Jr., 14, Pries-14.517; 5. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-14.567; 6. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.590; 7. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-14.617; 8. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-14.634; 9. Sean Becker, 19, Sala-14.14.638; 10. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-14.645; 11, Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-14.680; 12. Geoff Ensign, 11, Thurston-14.732; 13. Tyler Seavey, 57, Cofer-14.767; 14. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-1797; 15. Chad Nichols, 17, Nichols-14.851; 16. Gary Conterno, 55, Conterno-15.019; 17. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-15.075; 18. Scott Kinney, 27C, Blackwell-15.127; 19. Sparky Howard, 3, Faeth-15.290; 20. Floyd Alvis, 11F, Champion-15.407; 21. Rick Cook II, 7R, Cook-15.469; 22. Doug Hunting, 2, Hunting-15.527; 23. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.851; 24. Tanner Thorson, 27B, Blackwell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Marcham, 3. Guerrini, 4. Conterno, 5. Howard, 6. Pries, 7. Hunting, 8. Ensign. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gard, 2. Dodenhoff, 3. Golobic, 4. Seavey, 5. Alvis, 6. Hallmark, 7. Williams, 8. Blondel. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. McQueen, 3. Vander Weerd, 4. Kinney, 5. Cook, 6. Nichols, 7. Becker. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brian Gard, 2. Trey Marcham, 3. Shane Golobic, 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Sean Dodenhoff, 7. Ronnie Gardner, 8. Alex Schutte, 9. Shannon McQueen, 10. Frankie Guerrini, 11. Lance Hallmark, 12. Floyd Alvis, 13. J.R. Williams, 14. Gary Conterno, 15. Doug Hunting, 16. Sparky Howard, 17. Tyler Seavey, 18. Barry Pries Jr., 19. Jarid Blondel, 20. Scott Kinney, 21. Chad Nichols. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Marcham, Laps 15-30 Gard.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-559, 2-Marcham-527, 3-Schutte-334, 4-Blondel-308, 5-Scott Pierovich-288, 6-McQueen-247, 7-Dodenhoff-221, 8-Chris Ennis-186, 9-Nichols-172, 10-Tyler Dolacki-155.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-559, 2-Marcham-527, 3-Blondel-471, 4-Schutte-387, 5-Nichols-359, 6-Scott Pierovich-327, 7-Nick Chivello-255, 8-McQueen-247, 9-Dodenhoff-221, 10-Chris Ennis-186.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET RACE: September 20 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN (Paved) MIDGET RACE: September 13 – Madera (CA) Speedway