SCHUTTE #1 IN CHICO’S “GOLD CUP” MIDGETS
Chico, CA……..Alex Schutte of Redding, Calif. won Thursday’s 30-lap “Gold Cup Race of Champions” USAC Western States Midget race at Silver Dollar Speedway. Driving the Zito Vault Aero/Aircraft Electrical Components Spike/Esslinger, he grabbed the lead from Frankie Guerrini on lap 17 and led the rest of the way to beat Guerrini, Cory Elliott, Matt Streeter and Courtney Crone. Series point leader Ronnie Gardner was seventh. Robert Dalby was the Woodland Auto Display fastest qualifier. The race was co-sanctioned by BCRA.
USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 8, 2016 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – 63rd Annual “Gold Cup Race of Champions” – Co-sanctioned by BCRA
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-14.217; 2. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-14.224; 3. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-14.243; 4. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-14.257; 5. Jerome Rodela, 25K, Rodela-14.330; 6. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-14.353; 7. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-14.393; 8. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-14.395; 9. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-14.418; 10. Randi Pankratz, 8,Pankratz-14.429; 11. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-14.450; 12. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-14.508; 13. Bobby Wilson, 87, Wilson-14.556; 14. Dustin Golobic, 25G, Bock-14.653; 15. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-14.671; 16. Nate Waite, 35W, MF-14.884; 17. Floyd Alvis, 11F, Champion-15.050; 18. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15. 421; 19. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.631.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McQueen, 2. Eliott, 3. Dalby, 4. Pankratz, 5. Gardner, 6. Waite, 7. Wilson. NT
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. Guerrini, 3. Crone, 4. Rodela, 5. Golobic, 6. Alvis. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simas, 2. Gard, 3. Streeter, 4. Cofer, 5. Williams, 6. Faccinto. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Alex Schutte, 2. Frankie Guerrini, 3. Cory Elliott, 4. Matt Streeter, 5. Courtney Crone, 6. Jerome Rodela, 7. Ronnie Gardner, 8. Robert Dalby, 9. Taylor Simas, 10. Shannon McQueen, 11. Brian Gard, 12. Dustin Golobic, 13. Bobby Wilson, 14. Floyd Alvis, 15. Maria Cofer, 16. Randi Pankratz, 17. Nate Waite, 18. J.R. Williams, 19. Michael Faccinto. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Guerrini, Laps 17-30 Schutte.
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS/ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Ronnie Gardner (13th to 6th)
NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-682, 2-Faccinto-616, 3-Guerrini-521, 4-Elliott-505, 5-Crone-437, 6-Pankratz-386, 7-Dalby-384, 8-Cofer-362, 9-Cody Swanson-354, 10-Tyler Dolacki-279.
NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: September 17 – Santa Maria (CA) Raceway
