GARDNER RETURNS TO VICTORY LANE AT HANFORD
Hanford, CA……..USAC Western States Midget Series point leader Ronnie Gardner of Corona, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s feature race at Keller Auto Speedway at the Kings Fairgrounds in the Baldozier Racing/Esslinger Engineering Stewart/Esslinger. He was trailed at the checkered flag by fast qualifier Michael Faccinto, Cody Swanson, Courtney Crone and Frankie Guerrini.
USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 25, 2016 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-16.279; 2. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-16.476; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-16.503; 4. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-16.820; 5. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-16.832; 6. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-16.851; 7. Tyler Dolacki, 18, Dolacki-16.880; 8. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-16.894; 9. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-16.998; 10. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-16.999; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-17.229; 12. Ashley Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-17.522; 13. Dylan Ito, 73. Ford-17.834; 14. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-19.905.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faccinto, 3. Dolacki, 4. Pankratz, 5. Dalby, 6. Ito, 7. Dodenhoff. NT
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Swanson, 3. Guerrini, 4. Cofer, 5. Crone, 6. Hazelton. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Michael Faccinto, 3. Cody Swanson, 4. Courtney Crone, 5. Frankie Guerrini, 6. Dylan Ito, 7. Maria Cofer, 8. Tyler Dolacki, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Cory Elliott, 11. Ashley Hazelton, 12. Robert Dalby. NT
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**Dalby, Ito, and Dolacki flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Courtney Crone (10th to 4th)
NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-408, 2-Faccinto-376, 3-Guerrini-292, 4-Dolacki-279, 5-Swanson-269, 6-Elliott-266, 7-Dodenhoff-242, 8-Pankratz-239, 9-Crone-224, 10-Cofer-208.
NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: July 16 – Petaluma (CA) Speedway