Ronnie Gardner Gets Another USAC West Win
VENTURA, Cal. (May 21, 2016) – USAC Western States Midget point leader Ronnie Gardner of Corona, Calif. extended his lead in the standings with his victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap race at Ventura Raceway. He led all the way in his Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Engineering Stewart to beat Cory Elliott, Frankie Guerrini, Michael Faccinto and Troy Rutherford.
USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 21, 2016 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.455; 2. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-12.561, 3. Troy Rutherford, 11R, Brutton-12.830; 4. Darren Hagen, 73X, Ford-12.877; 5. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-12.887; 6. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.908; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 19S, Sala-12.946; 8. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-12.972; 9. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-12.975; 10. Jerome Rodela, 25K, Rodela-13.102; 11. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-13.169; 12. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.198; 13. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.208; 14. Jeff Harrington, 9H, Dodenhoff-13.305; 15. Chris Dyson, 16K, Kruseman-13.350; 16. Cody Williams, 5, Van Dyne-13.352; 17. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-13.373; 18. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-13.394; 19. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-13.406; 20. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-13.445; 21. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-13.454; 22. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.483; 23. Dylan Ito, 73, Ford-13.494; 24. Ashley Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-13.585; 25. Rick Shuman, 9E, Dodenhoff-13.678; 26. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-13.721; 27. Gio Scelzi, 12K, Kruseman-13.881; 28. Austen Figueroa, 49JR, Bach-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Dodenhoff, 3. McQueen, 4. Swanson, 5. Dolacki, 6. Shuman, 7. Davis. NT
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Faccinto, 3. Dalby, 4. Rodela, 5. Nichols, 6. Harrington, 7. Cofer. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Scelzi, 3. Ito, 4. Rutherford, 5. Dyson, 6. Bock, 7. Crone. NT
STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Guerrini, 3. Josett, 4. Williams, 5. Pankratz, 6. Hazelton, 7. Figueroa. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ROD END SUPPLY SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Dolacki, 2. Dyson, 3. Shuman, 4. Pankratz, 5. Davis, 6. Crone, 7. Bock, 8. Hazelton, 9. Cofer, 10. Nichols, 11. Harrington. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Cory Elliott, 3. Frankie Guerrini, 4. Michael Faccinto, 5. Troy Rutherford, 6. Jerome Rodela, 7. Tyler Dolacki, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Robert Dalby, 10. Robby Josett, 11. Darren Hagen, 12. Sean Dodenhoff, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Courtney Crone, 15. Rick Shuman, 16. Maria Cofer, 17. Gio Scelzi, 18. Chris Dyson, 19. Cody Swanson, 20. Steve Davis, 21. Shannon McQueen, 22. Dylan Ito, 23. Cody Williams. NT
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**Ito flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Troy Rutherford
NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-245, 2-Faccinto-216, 3-Dodenhoff-173, 4-Guerrini-167, 5-Dolacki-160, 6-Pankratz-155, 7-Elliott-141, 8-Swanson-133, 9-Nichols-123, 10-Dalby-115.
NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: June 4 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
(Photo courtesy of Mike Grosswendt)
