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Message started by AStewart37 on 03/21/15 at 11:41pm

Title: Bakersfield Speedway 3/21 Results
Post by AStewart37 on 03/21/15 at 11:41pm

Bakersfield Speedway
March 21, 2015
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Gardner triumphs in Western Midget Series at Bakersfield

by Lance Jennings
BAKERSFIELD, CA (March 21) - Powering past Trey Marcham on lap sixteen, Norco’s Ronnie Gardner won the shortened 20-lap season opening feature at Bakersfield Speedway. With the victory, Gardner earned his twelfth career Honda USAC Western Midget Series victory, tying Tommy White and Jay Drake for twelfth overall on the series win list. Marcham, Scott Pierovich, David Prickett, and Randi Pankratz followed Gardner to the checkered flags.

Piloting the Six8 Motorsports’ #68 Baldozier Racing / Esslinger Engineering Stewart, Ronnie Gardner qualified second out of the seventeen racers in the pit area. The two-time defending series champion won the 10-lap DJ Safety Heat Race #2 and left Bakersfield with a nine-point advantage.

After leading the first fifteen laps, Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma had to settle for second in the main event. Racing Keith Ford’s #73 Berry Pack / King Racing Products TCR, Marcham was eighth fast in time trials and ran second to Gardner in his heat race. On May 2nd, the former Rookie of the Year will head to Tulare ranked second in the point chase.

Racing from twelfth, Alamo’s Scott Pierovich earned the night’s DMI / Ultra Shield Race Products “Hard Charger / Best Passing Job” honors with a third place finish. Driving the family owned #35 Mid-Coast Trans / Good Guys Spike, Pierovich qualified twelfth overall and scored eighth in his heat race. The veteran driver is currently ranked fifth in championship points.

David Prickett of Fresno scored fourth in the Bakersfield 20-lap main event. Piloting Gary Conterno’s #55X Terno Products & Manufacturing / Western Performance Spike, Prickett was sixth fast in time trials and placed fourth in his heat race. Heading to Tulare, the 2012 Dirt Champion sits fourth in the point standings.

Atascadero’s Randi Pankratz claimed fifth in the season opening feature at Bakersfield. Racing the family owned #8 HASA Pool Products / Trench Shoring Edmunds, Pankratz qualified fifth overall and ran second to Sean Dodenhoff in her heat race. After the checkered flags, Randi left Bakersfield Speedway sitting third in the point chase.

Sean Dodenhoff of Bakersfield earned the first Woodland Auto Display of the season. Driving his #9D Lightning Medical Pro / Torco Oil Spike, Dodenhoff also won the 10-lap Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1 and finished eleventh in the main event. Sean heads to Thunderbowl Raceway placed ninth in points.

IMCA Northern Sport Mods (16 Cars)

A Main
1. #97 Gary Dutton
2. #40 Nick Spainhoward
3. #22c Michael Johnson
4. #32 Tina McGowan
5. #74 Wayne Dotson
6. #68J Billy Simkins
7. #20s Kevin Johnson
8. #33 Cale Kanke
9. #3 Jared Schweitzer
10. #89M Michael Black
11. #9J Jordan Hagar
12. #16 Rick Childress Jr
13. #88c Austin Ruskauff
14. #09 Brylon Holder
15. #11B Brian Baker
16. #7 Gary Spiller Jr

California Lightning Sprints (28 Cars)

A Main
1. #21 Bobby Michnowicz
2. #11 Scott Kinney
3. #4 Jeff Dyer
4. #3B Scott Brown
5. #10 Dan Hillberg
6. #29 Zach Zauss
7. #22 Cori Andrew
8. #17 Dale Gamer
9. #69 James Heling
10. #9 Corey Hoover
11. #15P Joe Prevost
12. #35^JR Dakota Albright
13. #75c Chris Hansen
14. #42 Jon Robertson
15. #14 Steve Roza
16. #92 AJ Bender
17. #86 Alex Girgoreas
18. #10x Jarrett Kramer
19. #03 Pat Kelley
20. #11^VP Laura Lopez
21. #17E Mike Girlati

DNS
#5 Brian Corso
#6 Donald Kuehner
#9x Scott Males
#11B Tyler Searey
#25K Hunter Kenney
#63 Marshall Sexton
#90 Tom Downing

USAC Midgets (17 Cars)

A Main
1. #68 Ronnie Gardner
2. #73 Trey Marcham
3. #35 Scott Pierovich
4. #55 David Prickett
5. #8 Randi Pankratz
6. #1P Terry Nichols
7. #2D Steve Davis
8. #7 Shannon McQueen
9. #21 Jimmy Viotel
10. #9E Jeff Harrington
11. #9D Sean Dodenhoff
12. #71s Cody Swanson
13. #71 Ricky Shelton
14. #88 Brian Gard
15. #99 Tyler Dolacki
DNS #56 Jack Howley
DNS #27 Nick Chivello

American Stocks (13 Cars)

A Main
1. #44 Brian Childress
2. #25 Cody Sly
3. #14 Mark Irwin
4. #17 Traci Childress
5. #9 Charles Morrison
6. #38DD Mike Conway
7. #74 Austin Keifer
8. #57 Jeb Bailey
9. #86 Mike Waters
10. #33 Jeremy Watts
DNS #10 Trevor Baker
DNS #27 Eric Cimental
DQ #38 Tyler Sylvester

IMCA Race Saver Sprints (3 Cars)

A Main
1. #86 Chris Ennis
2. #71M Jesse Mack
3. #72K Scott Meisner