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11/20/16 2:32 AM GARDNER WINS BAKERSFIELD, TAKES NEXT TO LAST STEP TOWARD TITLE #4

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GARDNER WINS BAKERSFIELD, TAKES NEXT TO LAST STEP TOWARD TITLE #4

Bakersfield, CA……..Ronnie Gardner of Corona, Calif. caught Frankie Guerrini on lap 21 and led the final 30 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Western States Midget race at Bakersfield Speedway. Guerrini took second ahead of Chad Boat, Cory Elliott amd Courtney Crone. Gardner and his Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Engineering Stewart/Esslinger now look forward to putting the cap on the 2016 USAC Western States Championship next Thursday night at the 76th “Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Ventura, CA. Gardner was also Saturday’s Woodland Auto Display fast qualifier.

USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 19, 2016 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.869; 2. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.940; 3. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-12.951; 4. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-13.001; 5. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-13.014; 6. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-13.051; 7. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-13.099; 8. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.221 9. Troy Rutherford, 11B, Brutton-13.299; 10. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.308; 11. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-13.669; 12. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-13.703; 13. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-13.821; 14. David Prickett, 122Q, Nichols/Neverlift-13.904; 15. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-13.917; 16. Brennan Rogers, 20, Rogers-14.347; 17. Quintin Crye, 15X, Crye-14.520; 18. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Gardner, 3. Dalby, 4. Pankratz, 5. Rogers, 6. Hazelton. NT.

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faccinto, 2. Elliott, 3. Guerrini, 4. Wait, 5. Crye, 6. Prickett. NT.

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Crone, 2. Cofer, 3. Rutherford, 4. Dolacki, 5. Barber, 6. Nichols. NT.

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Frankie Guerrini, 3. Chad Boat, 4. Cory Elliott, 5. Courtney Crone, 6. Maria Cofer, 7. Robert Dalby, 8. Tyler Dolacki, 9. Troy Rutherford, 10. Tim Barber, 11. David Prickett, 12. Michael Faccinto, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Quintin Crye, 15. Ron Hazelton, 16. Brennan Rogers, 17. Nate Wait, 18. Terry Nichols. NT

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**Waite, Hazelton, Crye, Prickett, and Dalby flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Guerrini, Laps 21-30 Gardner

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Chad Boat (9th to 3rd)

NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-1,005, 2-Faccinto-850, 3-Elliott-790, 4-Guerrini-749, 5-Crone-690, 6-Cofer-585, 7-Dalby-582, 8-Pankratz-573, 9-Cody Swanson-564, 10-Dolacki-475.

NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACES: November 24 – *Ventura (CA) Raceway – 76th “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

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[BrentTFunk]

Another Boones Farm 50 success story. Congrats Ronnie