2009 News

SWANSON ON TOP AGAIN IN MADERA MIDGETS

SWANSON ON TOP AGAIN IN MADERA MIDGETS

Madera, CA…….Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. led the final 12 laps in his McKenney Midget to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Midget race, co-sanctioned by BCRA, at Madera Speedway. Swanson passed Jerome Rodela on lap 19 and led the rest of the way to beat Rodela, Alex Bowman, Levi Roberts and Nick Schiavello. Swanson was also the fastest qualifier. Schiavello led the first two laps of the race before yielding to Rodela.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway (Co-sanctioned by BCRA)

 

QUALIFYING: 1. Tanner Swanson, 88, McKenney-13.898; 2. Levi Roberts, 11D, DeBeaumont-14.006; 3. Alex Bowman, 21D, DeBeaumont-14.009; 4. Kyle Dickerson, 11k, Dickerson-14.029; 5. Nick Foster Jr., 1x, Fowler-14.187; 6. Bobby Grewohl, 10c, Eskesen-14.244; 7. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.324; 8. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-14.383; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.495; 10. Nick Schiavello, 27, Schiavello-14.510; 11. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.577; 12. Dan Gundo, 6, Gundo-14.807.

 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bowman, 2. T.Swanson, 3. Pierovich, 4. McQueen, 5. Foster, 6. Prickett. NT

 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rodela, 2. Dickerson, 3. Roberts, 4. Grewohl, 5. Schiavello, 6. Gundo. NT

 

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Jerome Rodela, 3. Alex Bowman, 4. Levi Roberts, 5. Nick Schiavello, 6. Bobby Grewohl, 7. Scott Pierovich, 8. Kyle Dickerson, 9. Shannon McQueen, 10. David Prickett, 11. Nick Foster Jr., 12. Dan Gundo. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Schiavello, Laps 3-18 Rodela, Laps 19-30 Swanson.

 

NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Garrett Hansen-442; 2-Rodela-340; 3-Pierovich-312; 4-Kody Swanson-309; 5-Alex Schutte-294; 6-McQueen-267; 7-T.Swanson-265; 8-Prickett-256; 9-Josh Ford-245; 10-Bryan Clauson-205.

 

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES RACE: July 3 – Anderson, CA – Shasta Raceway Park