NICHOLS SCORES LAST-LAP “HARVEST CLASSIC WIN AT MADERA

Madera, CA……..Honda USAC Western Pavement Midget point leader Chad Nichols of Colma, Calif. passed Jerome Rodela on the final lap to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Harvest Classic” feature at Madera Speedway. Rodela led the first 29 laps and finished second ahead of Nick Chivello, David Goodwill and Jarid Blondel.

HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT RACE RESULTS (Co-sanctioned by BCRA): September 13, 2014 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Harvest Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Nichols, 17, Team 17-13.973; 2. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-14.051; 3. David Goodwill, 3G, Goodwill-14.158; 4. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-14.250; 5. Jerome Rodela, 5, VanDyne-14.261; 6. Kevin Morris, 17k, Morris-14.540; 7. Gary Conterno, 55, Conterno-14.741; 8. Tommy McCarthy, 5x, McCarthy-14.808; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.842; 10. Floyd Alvis, 18, Alvis-15.009; 11. Cody Gerhardt, 74x, Williams-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nichols, 2. Goodwill, 3. Rodela, 4. Conterno, 5. Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Blondel, 3. Morris, 4. McCarthy, 5. Alvis. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chad Nichols, 2. Jerome Rodela, 3. Nick Chivello, 4. David Goodwill, 5. Jarid Blondel, 6. Kevin Morris, 7. Gary Conterno, 8. J.R. Williams, 9. Tommy McCarthy, 10. Cody Gerhardt, 11. Floyd Alvis. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Rodela, Lap 30 Nichols.

FINAL HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-Nichols-261, 2-Blondel-221, 3-Chivello-169, 4-Darin Snider-116, 5-Alex Schutte-53, 6-Jake Swanson-43, 7-Scott Pierovich-39.

NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Ronnie Gardner-559, 2-Blondel-529, 3-Trey Marcham-527, 4-Nichols-433, 5-Alex Schutte-387, 6-Scott Pierovich-327, 7-Chivello-322, 8-Shannon McQueen-247, 9-Sean Dodenhoff-221, 10-Chris Ennis-186.

NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Dirt): September 20 – Bakerfield (CA) Speedway