2011 Midget News

KRUSEMAN TAKES WESTERN MIDGET LEAD WITH SANTA MARIA VICTORY

KRUSEMAN TAKES WESTERN MIDGET LEAD WITH SANTA MARIA VICTORY

 

Santa Maria, CA........Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. is the new point leader in the 2011 Mopar USAC Western Midget series after winning Saturday night's 30-lap race at Santa Maria Speedway. Kruseman took the lead from Jimmy Crawford on lap eight and led the rest of the way to beat David Prickett, Crawford, Josh Lakatos and Jake Swanson. Lakatos led the first two laps of the race. 

 

MOPAR USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 2, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-15.197; 2. Chris Ennis, 97, Martens-15.203; 3. Jimmy Crawford, 73, Ford-15.248; 4. Josh Lakatos, 4x, Lakatos-15.294; 5. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-15.358; 6. Johnathan Henry, 88, Graunstadt-15.365; 7. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.443; 8. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-15.500; 9. Bruce Douglas, 31, Douglas-15.597; 10. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-15.672; 11. Connor Kassik, 15N, Neverlift-15.790; 12. Greg edenholm, 73x, Edenholm-15.908; 13. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-16.078.

 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. C.Swanson, 3. Crawford, 4. Voitel, 5. Pankratz, 6. Douglas. NT

 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Henry, 2. Lakatos, 3. J.Swanson, 4. Ennis, 5. Prickett. NT

 

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. David Prickett, 3. Jimmy Crawford, 4. Josh Lakatos, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Johnathan Henry, 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Chris Ennis, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Greg Edenholm, 11. Connor Kassik, 12, Bruce Douglas, 13. Jimmy Voitel. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Lakatos, Laps 3-7 Crawford, Laps 8-30 Kruseman. 

 

NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kruseman-203; 2-J.Swanson-197; 3-C.Swanson-173; 4-Prickett-157; 5-Ennis-137; 6-Henry-127; 7-Tanner Swanson-96; 8-Pankratz-86; 9-Kassik-79; 10-Bryan Clauson-71.

 

NEXT MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: July 9 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway