Josett Tops Turkey Tuneup

VENTURA, Cal. (October 29, 2016) – Robby Josett of Santa Clarita, Calif. led all 30 laps of Saturday night’s tuneup for the Nov. 24 “Turkey Night Grand Prix” as the USAC Western States Midgets competed at Ventura Raceway. Josett was trailed by Ronnie Gardner, Cory Elliott, Cody Swanson and Michael Faccinto. Josett piloted his RL & Sons Construction/Justice Brothers Spike/Esslinger.

(Mike Grosswendt photo)

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 29, 2016 – Ventura, California – Ventura  Raceway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.039; 2. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-12.042; 3. Josh Lakatos, 6K, Kruseman-12.155; 4. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-12.213; 5. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-12.325; 6. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-12.347; 7. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-12.348; 8. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.363; 9. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-12.365; 10. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-12.391; 11. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-12.431; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73, Ford-12.451; 13. Jake Swanson, 17, Swanson-12.482; 14. Danny Ebberts, 5, Van Dyne-12.496; 15. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-12.513; 16. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-12.517; 17. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-12.647; 18. Jake Hagopian, 14, Hagopian-12.670; 19. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-12.730; 20. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-12.943; 21. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-13.005; 22. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-13.125; 23. Tyler Seavey, 88, Arata-13.265; 24. Brennan Rogers, 20, Rogers- NT; 25. Austen Figueroa, 49JR, Bach-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. Gardner, 3. C.Swanson, 4. J.Swanson, 5. Pankratz, 6. Cofer, 7. Wait, 8. Guerrini. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Faccinto, 3. Josett, 4. Dalby, 5. Ebberts, 6. Nichols, 7. Dolacki, 8. Seavey. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Crone, 3. Lakatos, 4. Kruseman, 5. Smith, 6. Hagopian, 7. Hazelton, 8. Rogers. NT

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robby Josett, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Cory Elliott, 4. Cody Swanson, 5. Michael Faccinto, 6. Josh Lakatos, 7. Danny Ebberts, 8. Randi Pankratz, 9. Courtney Crone, 10. Jake Hagopian, 11. Tyler Dolacki, 12. Maria Cofer, 13. Kyle Smith, 14. Robert Dalby, 15. Nate Wait, 16. Tyler Seavey, 17. Cory Kruseman, 18. Terry Nichols, 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Jake Swanson, 22. Ron Hazelton, 23. Brennan Rogers. NT

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**Guerrini flipped during the first heat. J.Swanson, Schutte, Thomas, and Nichols flipped during the feature

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Josett

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Tyler Dolacki (20th to 11th)

NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-922, 2-Faccinto-801, 3-Elliott-717, 4-Guerrini-676, 5-Crone-620, 6-C.Swanson-564, 7-Pankratz-531, 8-Cofer-523, 9-Dalby-521, 10-Dolacki-420.

NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACES: November 19 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway