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KRUSEMAN GRABS VENTURA “HOME-TRACK” MIDGET WIN

KRUSEMAN GRABS VENTURA “HOME-TRACK” MIDGET WIN

 

Ventura, CA……..Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. passed Jake Swanson on lap 11 and led the final 20 laps to take Saturday night’s “All-Coast Challenge #1” USAC Mopar Western Midget feature at Ventura Raceway. Swanson finished second ahead of Chris Ennis, Brent Camarillo and Alex Bowman. Camarillo led the first two laps and Swanson led the next eight before Kruseman took over in his Lucas Oil/Sander Engineering Spike/Esslinger Ford. Shannon McQueen finished ninth and assumed the series point lead as a result.

 

MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: March 19, 2011 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – “All-Coast Challenge #1”

 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnathan Henry (#88 Henry), 2. Alex Bowman (#72 Wadsworth), 3. Robby Josett (#2 Josett), 4. Bruce Douglas (#31 Douglas), 5. Cody Swanson (#71 Swanson), 6. Kyle Smith (#55 Smith). NT

 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Connor Kassik (#15N Neverlift), 2. Jake Swanson (#05 Swanson), 3. Tanner Swanson (#19 TK/6R), 4. Greg Edenholn (#73x Edenholm), 5. Steve Stasa (#22 Stasa), 6. Victor Davis (#31v Davis). NT

 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chris Ennis (#97 Martens), 2. Brent Camarillo (#51 CamLand), 3. Wink Schweitzer (#60 Schweitzer), 4. Shannon McQueen (#7 McQueen), 5. Ariel Briggs (#22s Stasa), 6. Bill Badger (#75 Badger). NT

 

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Austin Smith (#33 Smith), 2. Cory Kruseman (#21k Kruseman), 3. Rick Shuman (#2az Shuman), 4. Chris Gansen (#4 Gansen), 5. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 6. David Prickett (#15 Neverlift). NT

 

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Josh Lakatos (#4x Lakatos) and Bruce Hiroshima (#5 Hiroshima)

 

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. C.Swanson, 2. Josh Ford (#73 Ford), 3. Prickett, 4. Brian Camarillo (#22 CamLand), 5. Pankratz, 6. Davis, 7. Briggs, 8. Stasa, 9. Badger. NT

 

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Chris Ennis, 4. Brent Camarillo, 5. Alex Bowman, 6. Johnathon Henry, 7. Cody Swanson, 8. Tanner Swanson, 9. Shannon McQueen, 10. Austin Smith, 11. Chris Gansen, 12. David Prickett, 13. Greg Edenholm, 14. Rick Shuman, 15. Brian Camarillo, 16. Robby Josett, 17. Josh Ford, 18. Connor Kassik, 19. Bruce Douglas, 20. Wink Schweitzer. NT

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**Kyle Smith flipped during the first heat.

 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Brent Camarillo, Laps 3-10 J.Swanson, Laps 11-30 Kruseman.

 

NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-McQueen-103; 2-J.Swanson-100; 3-T.Swanson-96; 4-C.Swanson-78; 5-Prickett-78; 6-Bryan Clauson-71; 7-Kody Swanson-69; 8-Kruseman-67; 9-Ennis-62; 10-Scott Pierovich-61.

 

NEXT MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: April 2 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic”