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WESTERN STATES MIDGETS AT TULARE APRIL 9; GARDNER TAKES PLACERVILLE OPENER

USAC’s Western States Midgets will invade the Merle Stone Chevrolet Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. April 9 and defending series champion Ronnie Gardner will be seeking his first Tulare win.

Gardner, who leads the standings after winner the 2016 series opener last Wednesday at Placerville, Calif., finished second in a 2014 race at Tulare, but came short of cracking the “top-10” in two appearances there last year.

Gardner led the final 19 laps of the “Placerville Short Track Showdown” at Placerville Speedway in his Baldozier Racing/Ram Bull Racing Stewart/Esslinger. He passed Shane Golobic for the lead on lap 12 and Golobic grabbed the second-place finish ahead of Cody Swanson, Sean Dodenhoff and Michael Faccinto.

Wednesday’s victory was the 14th career Western States win for Gardner, who is seeking his fourth consecutive series title this year.

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UPCOMING USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT

DATE: Saturday, April 9, 2016

SERIES: USAC Western States Midget Championship

TRACK: Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, California) – 1/3-mile, high-banked clay oval

EVENT: USAC Western States Midgets, USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars and "Legends Of Kearney Bowl" Vintage Cars

TRACK ADDRESS: 6080 Leonard Noel Dr., Tulare, CA 93274

TRACK PHONE: (559) 688-0909

TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.thunderbowlraceway.com/

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PAST USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS AT THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY

9/17/1988: P.J. Jones

4/8/1989: Robby Flock

8/12/1989: Sleepy Tripp

11/13/2010: Tracy Hines

5/31/2014: Trey Marcham

5/2/2015: Michael Faccinto

5/30/2015: Brady Bacon

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2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10)

1.** (78) Ronnie Gardner

2.** (74) Shane Golobic******************************************* *******************************

3.** (69) Cody Swanson

4.** (67) Sean Dodenhoff

5.** (63) Michael Faccinto

6.** (61) Randi Pankratz

7.** (60) Brady Bacon

*8.** (54) Britton Bock

9.** (49) Taylor Simas

10. (46) Frankie Guerrini

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2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP OWNER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10)

1. **(78) Six8 Motorsports #68

2. **(74) Bock Racing #26

3. **(69) Kirk Swanson #71s

4. **(67) Sean Dodenhoff #9D

5. **(63) MF Racing #35F

6. **(61) Wally Pankratz #8

7. **(60) Keith Ford #73

8. **(54) Bock Racing #67

9. **(49) Bock Racing #62

10. (46) MF Racing #35s

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2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS

Mar 23: Placerville, CA - Placerville Speedway

WINNER: Ronnie Gardner

Apr 9: Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway

Apr 30: Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway

May 21: Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway

Jun 4: Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway

Jun 25: Hanford, CA - Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds

Jul 16: Petaluma, CA - Petaluma Speedway

Sep 3: Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway

Sep 4: Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway

Sep 8: Chico, CA - Silver Dollar Speedway

Sep 17: Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Raceway

Oct 8: Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway

Oct 29: Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway

Nov 19: Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway

Nov 24: ### Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway

**Races noted with ### represent a race with the USAC National Midget Series.

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2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS

FEATURE WINS:

1. (1) Ronnie Gardner (Placerville Speedway on March 23)

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FEATURE LAPS LED:

1. (19) Ronnie Gardner

2. (9) Shane Golobic

3. (2) Sean Dodenhoff

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TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:

1. (1) Sean Dodenhoff, Michael Faccinto, Ronnie Gardner, Shane Golobic & Cody Swanson

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TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES:

1. (1) Brady Bacon, Britton Bock, Sean Dodenhoff, Michael Faccinto, Ronnie Gardner, Shane Golobic, Frankie Guerrini, Randi Pankratz, Taylor Simas & Cody Swanson

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FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:

1.

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HEAT RACE WINS:

1. (1) Brady Bacon, Danny Carroll & Ronnie Gardner

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FEATURE STARTS:

1. (1) Brady Bacon, Britton Bock, Danny Carroll, Bryan Clauson, Maria Cofer, Courtney Crone, Robert Dalby, Sean Dodenhoff, Tyler Dolacki, Cory Elliott, Michael Faccinto, Brian Gard, Ronnie Gardner, Dustin Golobic, Shane Golobic, Frankie Guerrini, Terry Nichols, Randi Pankratz & Taylor Simas, Matt Streeter, Cody Swanson & Nate Waite

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ALL-TIME USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP FEATURE WINS

1. [104 wins] Sleepy Tripp

2. [52 wins] Robby Flock

3. [41 wins] Billy Boat

4. [19 wins] Wally Pankratz

5. [18 wins] Page Jones

6. [16 wins] P.J. Jones, Jason Leffler & Rusty Rasmussen

9. [14 wins] Ronnie Gardner & Garrett Hansen

11. [13 wins] Jimmy Sills & Tony Stewart

13. [12 wins] Jay Drake & Tommy White

15. [11 wins] Josh Wise

16. [10 wins] Johnny Cofer, Jerry Coons, Jr., Dave Darland, Cory Kruseman & Ron Shuman

21. [9 wins] Bobby East, Tracy Hines, Kasey Kahne & Rich Vogler

25. [8 wins] Stan Fox, Michael Lewis, Steve Paden, Dave Steele & Danny Stratton

30. [7 wins] Rick Hendrix, Chad Nichols & Kody Swanson

33. [6 wins] Rico Abreu, Bryan Clauson, Johnathon Henry, Ken Nichols, Brad Noffsinger & Dave Strickland Jr.

39. [5 wins] Tommy Astone, Christopher Bell, Bob Davison, Ronnie Day, Robert Dolacki, Davey Hamilton, Tony Hunt, Brad Kuhn & J.J. Yeley

48. [4 wins] Tyler Brown, Hank Butcher, Nick Chivello, Marc DeBeaumont, Nic Faas, Josh Ford, Chuck Gurney, Darren Hagen, Jordan Hermansader, Ryan Kaplan, Thomas Meseraull, Frank Pedregon, Chris Rahe, Keith Rauch, Jerome Rodela, Johnny Rodriguez, Shane Scully, Ricky Shelton, Tanner Swanson, Brad Sweet & Billy Wease

69. [3 wins] Ryan Bernal, Bobby Boone, Mario Bringetto, Jr., Danny Ebberts, Shane Golobic, Jeff Gordon, Scott Hansen, Alex Harris, Robby Josett, Trey Marcham, Danny McKnight, Ryan Newman, Johnny Parsons, Scott Pierovich, Troy Rutherford, Alex Schutte & Chuck West

86. [2 wins] Floyd Alvis, Alex Bowman, Rick Bussell, Tony Elliott, Michael Faccinto, Terry Farrar, Mike Figliomeni, Bobby Grewohl, Darryl Haugh, Dennis Hart, Jeff Heywood, Gary Howard, R.J. Johnson, Josh Lakatos, Kyle Larson, Evan Margeson, Matt Mitchell, Rory Price, Stevie Reeves, Bobby Santos, Darin Snider, Michael Snider & Bryan Stanfill

109. [1 win] Mike Appio, Caleb Armstrong, Brady Bacon, Donnie Beechler, Wayne Bennet, Pat Bliss, Garratt Boyden, Greg Bragg, Larry Brown, Keith Chrisco, Michelle Decker, Larry Derwin, Kevin Doty, Dan Drinan, Dale Durbin Jr., Cory Elliott, Bob Ellis, Tommie Estes Jr., Duane Feduska, Billy Felts Jr., A.J. Fike, Joe Gaerte, Russ Gamester, Brian Gard, Damion Gardner, Cody Gerhardt, Rick Gerhardt, Frankie Guerrini, Jac Haudenschild, Lloyd Hemman, Nathan High, Rick Hood, Kenny Irwin Jr., A.J. Johnson, Jim Keene, Steve Knepper, Brad Loyet, Dallen McKenney, Shannon McQueen, Lealand McSpadden, Jeff Meyer, Andy Michner, Kevin Olson, Aaron Pollock, David Prickett, Davey Ray, C.J. Sarna, Zach Schiff, Ryan Scott, Jeremy Sherman, Graham Standring, John Starks, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chase Stockon, Matt Streeter, Cody Swanson, Jake Swanson, Sammy Swindell, Tanner Thorson, Richard Vander Weerd, Eric Wilkins, Rip Williams & Paul Zimmerly

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ALL-TIME USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONS

1982: **Jeff Heywood

1983: Sleepy Tripp

1984: Tommy White

1985: Sleepy Tripp

1986: Robby Flock

1987: Sleepy Tripp

1988: Sleepy Tripp

1989: Robby Flock

1990: Sleepy Tripp

1991: Sleepy Tripp

1992: Sleepy Tripp

1993: Robby Flock

1994: Johnny Cofer

1995: Billy Boat

1996: Jay Drake

1997: Ricky Shelton

1998: Rick Hendrix

1999: Marc DeBeaumont

2000: Wally Pankratz

2001: Danny Ebberts

2002: Robby Flock

2003: Steve Paden

2004: Johnny Rodriguez

2005: Jerome Rodela

2006: Jerome Rodela

2007: Johnny Rodriguez

2008: Nic Faas

2009: Garrett Hansen

2010: Alex Schutte

2011: Cory Kruseman

2012: Shannon McQueen (Overall), Chad Nichols (Pave) & David Prickett (Dirt)

2013: Ronnie Gardner (Overall), Chad Nichols (Pave) & Ronnie Gardner (Dirt)

2014: Ronnie Gardner (Overall), Chad Nichols (Pavement), Ronnie Gardner (Dirt)

2015: Ronnie Gardner

**The 1982 Western Midget championship was derived from finishes posted in a number of “west coast” races held under National sanction. These events were NOT promoted, recognized or reported as “western” races and no series standings were generated.

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Wednesday’s victory was the 14th career Western States win for Gardner, who is seeking his fourth consecutive series title this year. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- UPCOMING USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT DATE: Saturday, April 9, 2016 SERIES: USAC Western States Midget Championship TRACK: Thunderbowl Raceway (Tulare, California) – 1/3-mile, high-banked clay oval EVENT: USAC Western States Midgets, USAC West Coast Sprint Cars, Western RaceSaver Sprint Cars and "Legends Of Kearney Bowl" Vintage Cars TRACK ADDRESS: 6080 Leonard Noel Dr., Tulare, CA 93274 TRACK PHONE: (559) 688-0909 TRACK WEBSITE: http://www.thunderbowlraceway.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- PAST USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP WINNERS AT THUNDERBOWL RACEWAY 9/17/1988: P.J. Jones 4/8/1989: Robby Flock 8/12/1989: Sleepy Tripp 11/13/2010: Tracy Hines 5/31/2014: Trey Marcham 5/2/2015: Michael Faccinto 5/30/2015: Brady Bacon ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP DRIVER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10) 1. (78) Ronnie Gardner 2. (74) Shane Golobic***************************************** *************************** 3. (69) Cody Swanson 4. (67) Sean Dodenhoff 5. (63) Michael Faccinto 6. (61) Randi Pankratz 7. (60) Brady Bacon 8.* (54) Britton Bock 9. (49) Taylor Simas 10. (46) Frankie Guerrini ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP OWNER POINT STANDINGS (TOP-10) 1. (78) Six8 Motorsports #68 2. (74) Bock Racing #26 3. (69) Kirk Swanson #71s 4. (67) Sean Dodenhoff #9D 5. (63) MF Racing #35F 6. (61) Wally Pankratz #8 7. (60) Keith Ford #73 8. (54) Bock Racing #67 9. (49) Bock Racing #62 10. (46) MF Racing #35s ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE & RESULTS Mar 23: Placerville, CA - Placerville Speedway WINNER: Ronnie Gardner Apr 9: Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway Apr 30: Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway May 21: Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway Jun 4: Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway Jun 25: Hanford, CA - Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds Jul 16: Petaluma, CA - Petaluma Speedway Sep 3: Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway Sep 4: Calistoga, CA - Calistoga Speedway Sep 8: Chico, CA - Silver Dollar Speedway Sep 17: Santa Maria, CA - Santa Maria Raceway Oct 8: Tulare, CA - Thunderbowl Raceway Oct 29: Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway Nov 19: Bakersfield, CA - Bakersfield Speedway Nov 24: ### Ventura, CA - Ventura Raceway Races noted with ### represent a race with the USAC National Midget Series. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2016 USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP STATISTICS FEATURE WINS:** 1. (1) Ronnie Gardner (Placerville Speedway on March 23) * FEATURE LAPS LED: 1. (19) Ronnie Gardner 2. (9) Shane Golobic 3. (2) Sean Dodenhoff * TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES: 1. (1) Sean Dodenhoff, Michael Faccinto, Ronnie Gardner, Shane Golobic & Cody Swanson * TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES: 1. (1) Brady Bacon, Britton Bock, Sean Dodenhoff, Michael Faccinto, Ronnie Gardner, Shane Golobic, Frankie Guerrini, Randi Pankratz, Taylor Simas & Cody Swanson * FAST QUALIFYING TIMES: 1. * HEAT RACE WINS: 1. (1) Brady Bacon, Danny Carroll & Ronnie Gardner * FEATURE STARTS: 1. (1) Brady Bacon, Britton Bock, Danny Carroll, Bryan Clauson, Maria Cofer, Courtney Crone, Robert Dalby, Sean Dodenhoff, Tyler Dolacki, Cory Elliott, Michael Faccinto, Brian Gard, Ronnie Gardner, Dustin Golobic, Shane Golobic, Frankie Guerrini, Terry Nichols, Randi Pankratz & Taylor Simas, Matt Streeter, Cody Swanson & Nate Waite ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL-TIME USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONSHIP FEATURE WINS 1. [104 wins] Sleepy Tripp 2. [52 wins] Robby Flock 3. [41 wins] Billy Boat 4. [19 wins] Wally Pankratz 5. [18 wins] Page Jones 6. [16 wins] P.J. Jones, Jason Leffler & Rusty Rasmussen 9. [14 wins] Ronnie Gardner & Garrett Hansen 11. [13 wins] Jimmy Sills & Tony Stewart 13. [12 wins] Jay Drake & Tommy White 15. [11 wins] Josh Wise 16. [10 wins] Johnny Cofer, Jerry Coons, Jr., Dave Darland, Cory Kruseman & Ron Shuman 21. [9 wins] Bobby East, Tracy Hines, Kasey Kahne & Rich Vogler 25. [8 wins] Stan Fox, Michael Lewis, Steve Paden, Dave Steele & Danny Stratton 30. [7 wins] Rick Hendrix, Chad Nichols & Kody Swanson 33. [6 wins] Rico Abreu, Bryan Clauson, Johnathon Henry, Ken Nichols, Brad Noffsinger & Dave Strickland Jr. 39. [5 wins] Tommy Astone, Christopher Bell, Bob Davison, Ronnie Day, Robert Dolacki, Davey Hamilton, Tony Hunt, Brad Kuhn & J.J. Yeley 48. [4 wins] Tyler Brown, Hank Butcher, Nick Chivello, Marc DeBeaumont, Nic Faas, Josh Ford, Chuck Gurney, Darren Hagen, Jordan Hermansader, Ryan Kaplan, Thomas Meseraull, Frank Pedregon, Chris Rahe, Keith Rauch, Jerome Rodela, Johnny Rodriguez, Shane Scully, Ricky Shelton, Tanner Swanson, Brad Sweet & Billy Wease 69. [3 wins] Ryan Bernal, Bobby Boone, Mario Bringetto, Jr., Danny Ebberts, Shane Golobic, Jeff Gordon, Scott Hansen, Alex Harris, Robby Josett, Trey Marcham, Danny McKnight, Ryan Newman, Johnny Parsons, Scott Pierovich, Troy Rutherford, Alex Schutte & Chuck West 86. [2 wins] Floyd Alvis, Alex Bowman, Rick Bussell, Tony Elliott, Michael Faccinto, Terry Farrar, Mike Figliomeni, Bobby Grewohl, Darryl Haugh, Dennis Hart, Jeff Heywood, Gary Howard, R.J. Johnson, Josh Lakatos, Kyle Larson, Evan Margeson, Matt Mitchell, Rory Price, Stevie Reeves, Bobby Santos, Darin Snider, Michael Snider & Bryan Stanfill 109. [1 win] Mike Appio, Caleb Armstrong, Brady Bacon, Donnie Beechler, Wayne Bennet, Pat Bliss, Garratt Boyden, Greg Bragg, Larry Brown, Keith Chrisco, Michelle Decker, Larry Derwin, Kevin Doty, Dan Drinan, Dale Durbin Jr., Cory Elliott, Bob Ellis, Tommie Estes Jr., Duane Feduska, Billy Felts Jr., A.J. Fike, Joe Gaerte, Russ Gamester, Brian Gard, Damion Gardner, Cody Gerhardt, Rick Gerhardt, Frankie Guerrini, Jac Haudenschild, Lloyd Hemman, Nathan High, Rick Hood, Kenny Irwin Jr., A.J. Johnson, Jim Keene, Steve Knepper, Brad Loyet, Dallen McKenney, Shannon McQueen, Lealand McSpadden, Jeff Meyer, Andy Michner, Kevin Olson, Aaron Pollock, David Prickett, Davey Ray, C.J. Sarna, Zach Schiff, Ryan Scott, Jeremy Sherman, Graham Standring, John Starks, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chase Stockon, Matt Streeter, Cody Swanson, Jake Swanson, Sammy Swindell, Tanner Thorson, Richard Vander Weerd, Eric Wilkins, Rip Williams & Paul Zimmerly ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ALL-TIME USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET CHAMPIONS 1982: Jeff Heywood 1983: Sleepy Tripp 1984: Tommy White 1985: Sleepy Tripp 1986: Robby Flock 1987: Sleepy Tripp 1988: Sleepy Tripp 1989: Robby Flock 1990: Sleepy Tripp 1991: Sleepy Tripp 1992: Sleepy Tripp 1993: Robby Flock 1994: Johnny Cofer 1995: Billy Boat 1996: Jay Drake 1997: Ricky Shelton 1998: Rick Hendrix 1999: Marc DeBeaumont 2000: Wally Pankratz 2001: Danny Ebberts 2002: Robby Flock 2003: Steve Paden 2004: Johnny Rodriguez 2005: Jerome Rodela 2006: Jerome Rodela 2007: Johnny Rodriguez 2008: Nic Faas 2009: Garrett Hansen 2010: Alex Schutte 2011: Cory Kruseman 2012: Shannon McQueen (Overall), Chad Nichols (Pave) & David Prickett (Dirt) 2013: Ronnie Gardner (Overall), Chad Nichols (Pave) & Ronnie Gardner (Dirt) 2014: Ronnie Gardner (Overall), Chad Nichols (Pavement), Ronnie Gardner (Dirt) 2015: Ronnie Gardner The 1982 Western Midget championship was derived from finishes posted in a number of “west coast” races held under National sanction. These events were NOT promoted, recognized or reported as “western” races and no series standings were generated.