2010 Midget News

KRUSEMAN NAILS DOWN BAKERSFIELD MIDGET TRIUMPH

KRUSEMAN NAILS DOWN BAKERSFIELD MIDGET TRIUMPH

Bakersfield, CA……..Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. walked off with the trophy after Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Mopar Western Midget race at the Bakersfield Speedway. Driving the Lucas Oil/Agromin Spike/Esslinger Ford, Kruseman passed Robby Josett on lap 12 and led the rest of the way to beat fast qualifier Kody Swanson, Josett, Randi Pankratz and Mike Gehringer. Kruseman has vaulted to second in the series standings as a result of his win.

MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 17, 2010 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 7, McQueen-13.471; 2. Alex Schutte, 25, Rodela-13.479; 3. Sean Dodenhoff, 9d, Dodenhoff-13.545; 4. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.548; 5. Josh Lakatos, 4x, Bristing-13.717; 6. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-13.741; 7. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-13.797; 8. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-13.816; 9. Austin Smith, 33, Smith-13.855; 10. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-13.891; 11. Mike Gehringer, 27, Gehringer-14.161; 12. Ernie Bartley III, 74, Bartley-14.644.

 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. C.Swanson, 3. Josett, 4. Dodenhoff, 5. Gehringer, 6. K.Swanson. 1:49.29

 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Lakatos, 3. Schutte, 4. Pankratz, 5. Bartley, 6. J.Swanson. NT

 

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Robby Josett, 4. Randi Pankratz, 5. Mike Gehringer, 6. Ernie Bartley III, 7. Sean Dodenhoff, 8. Austin Smith, 9. Josh Lakatos, 10. Cody Swanson, 11. Alex Schutte, 12. Jake Swanson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Josett, Laps 12-30 Kruseman.

 

NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Brad Sweet-207; 2-Kruseman-192; 3-Bobby East-169; 4-Brad Loyet-155; 5-Darren Hagen-155; 6-Tracy Hines-155; 7-Schutte-154; 8-Josett-153; 9-Bryan Clauson-149; 10-Dave Darland-148.

 

NEXT MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: May 1 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway