JAKE SWANSON GETS 1ST USAC WIN AT SANTA MARIA

Santa Maria, CA……..Jake Swanson of Anaheim, Calif. scored his first USAC Western Midget feature victory Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway, leading all 25 laps in the process. Series point leader Ronnie Gardner took second ahead of T.J. Smith, Cody Swanson and David Prickett. Nic Faas was the fastest qualifier.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: May 11, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 25, Rodela-14.666; 2. T.J. Smith, 55, Smith-14.865; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-14.894; 4. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.018; 5. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-15.048; 6. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-15.063; 7. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-15.087; 8. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-15.088; 9. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-15.343; 10. Jimmy Voitel, 21, Voitel-15.895; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.951; 12. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-16.004; 13. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-16.106.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. C.Swanson, 3. Gardner, 4. Faas, 5. Guerrini, 6. R.Pankratz, 7. Marcham. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Swanson, 2. Nichols, 3. Smith, 4. Bock, 5. Voitel, 6. McQueen. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jake Swanson, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. T.J. Smith, 4. Cody Swanson, 5. David Prickett, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Shannon McQueen, 8. Frankie Guerrini, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Trey Marcham, 11. Jimmy Voitel, 12. Britton Bock, 13. Terry Nichols. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 J.Swanson.

NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-284, 2-J.Swanson-284, 3-Prickett-235, 4-Kody Swanson-212; 5-Scott Pierovich-200, 6-C.Swanson-156, 7-Guerrini-151, 8-Bryan Clauson-143, 9-McQueen-139, 10-Rico Abreu-128.

NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Gardner-284, 2-J.Swanson-284, 3-Prickett-235, 4-C.Swanson-156, 5-Bryan Clauson-143, 6-Kody Swanson-140, 7-McQueen-139, 8-Scott Pierovich-138, 9-Rico Abreu-128, 10-Christopher Bell-125.

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: May 18 – Ventura (CA) Raceway