FACCINTO WINS WESTERN MIDGET RACE AT THUNDERBOWL

Madera, CA……..Michael Faccinto of Hanford, Calif. wheeled the MF Motorsports Spike/Chevy to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap Honda USAC Western Midget race at Thunderbowl Raceway on J.D. Heiskell Race Night. He passed Trey Marcham on lap four and led the rest of the way to beat Cody Swanson, Shannon McQueen, Brian Gard and Terry Nichols. Series point leader Ronnie Gardner was the fastest qualifier but finished 11th.

HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 2, 2015 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway – “J.D. Heiskell Race Night”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-17.168; 2. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-17.261; 3. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-17.270; 4. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-17.546; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 19W, Sala-17.600; 6. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-17.661; 7. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-17.780; 8. Steve Davis, 2D, Davis-17.861; 9. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-17.987; 10. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-17.991; 11. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-18.265; 12. Jack Hawley, 56, Hawley-18.615; 13. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-NT; 14. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-NT; 15. Tyler Dolacki, 99, JK-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nichols, 2. Marcham, 3. Faria, 4. Gardner, 5. Gard, 6. Pierovich, 7. Wait. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Dodenhoff, 3. Swanson, 4. Faccinto, 5. McQueen, 6. Davis. 7. Hawley. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael Faccinto, 2. Cody Swanson, 3. Shannon McQueen, 4. Brian Gard, 5. Terry Nichols, 6. Nick Chivello, 7. Jack Hawley, 8. Nate Wait, 9. Trey Marcham, 10. Scott Pierovich, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Steve Davis, 14. Sean Dodenhoff. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Marcham, Laps 4-30 Faccinto.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-115, 2-Marcham-111; 3-C.Swanson-106, 4-Nichols-106, 5-McQueen-105, 6-Pierovich-91, 7-Gard-82, 8-Dodenhoff-80, 9-Davis-76, 10-Faccinto-65.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: May 30 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway