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Honda USAC Western Midget Series
-#73 Trey Marcham in Victory Circle at Bakersfield. Photo by Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com.
TREY MARCHAM RETURNS TO BAKERSFIELD VICTORY CIRCLE
By Lance Jennings
BAKERSFIELD, CA – SEPTEMBER 22, 2014... Continuing his impressive sophomore campaign, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s Trey Marcham earned the Saturday night victory at Bakersfield Speedway. Taking the lead from Alex Schutte on lap ten, last season’s Rookie of the Year claimed his third Honda USAC Western Midget Series triumph of 2014. Ronnie Gardner, Sean Dodenhoff, Jonathon Henry, and Schutte followed Marcham to the checkered flags.
Piloting Keith Ford’s #73 Berry Pack / King Racing Products TCR, Trey Marcham qualified tenth out of the twenty racers at Bakersfield and ran third in his heat race. To date, Marcham is second in both the dirt and overall standings with two VanLare Steering Repair Fast Time Awards, two heat race victories, nine top-10 finishes, and 77 feature laps led to his credit.
Continuing his bid for a second title, Ronnie Gardner of Norco ran second at Bakersfield Speedway. Driving the Six8 Motorsports’ #68 Baldozier Racing / Esslinger Engineering Stewart, Gardner was second fast in time trials and won the 8-lap DJ Safety Heat Race #2. Currently first in the dirt and overall point chase, Ronnie has a 36-point advantage with two feature wins, four VanLare Steering Repair Fast Time Awards, four heat race victories, ten top-10 finishes, and 83 feature laps led.
Bakersfield’s Sean Dodenhoff took third at his hometown racetrack. Racing his #9D Lightning Medical Pro / Torco Oil Spike, Dodenhoff qualified seventh overall and won the 8-lap Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1. To date, Sean has one heat race victory, five top-10 finishes, and 18 feature laps led on the year.
Johnathon Henry of Stockton placed fourth in the 30-lap feature. Racing Chad Nichols’ #17 Spike Chassis / Finishline Construction Spike, Henry was credited with eighteenth fast in time trials and ran second to Kyle Smith in his heat race. Running a limited schedule, the versatile driver has one heat race victory and two top-10 finishes.
Redding’s Alex Schutte led the first nine laps of the main event before scoring fifth at the checkered flags. Driving the Schutte / McElwee #28 Proficio / Aircraft Electrical Components Spike, Schutte qualified fifth overall and placed third in his heat race. To date, the former champion is third in the dirt series and fourth in the overall points with two heat race victories and six top-10 finishes in the campaign.
David Prickett of Fresno earned his first VanLare Steering Repair Fast Time Award of 2014. Piloting Gary Conterno’s #55X Terno Products & Manufacturing / Western Performance Parts Spike, Prickett was fourth in his heat race and scored thirteenth in the Bakersfield feature.
Moorpark’s Kyle Smith returned to USAC Competition and won the night’s Saldana Racing Products / Pyrotect Racing Cells Heat Race #3. Racing the family owned #55 Agromin Soil / Waste Management Stealth, Smith qualified twelfth overall and placed seventh in the main event.
The Honda USAC Western Midget Series will take a break, before returning to action on November 20th for the 3-day “47th Annual Sands Chevrolet Western World Championships” at Canyon Speedway Park. Co-sanctioned with the Honda USAC National Midgets, the events will also showcase the USAC SouthWest and West Coast Sprint Cars. For more event and ticket information, visit www.canyonspeedwaypark.com or call 602.258.RACE (7223).
The Honda USAC Western Midget Series thanks Hoosier Tire, Competition Suspension Inc., DJ Safety, Extreme Mufflers, Pyrotect Racing Cells, Rugged Radios, Saldana Racing Products, and VanLare Steering Repair for their support. If you or your company would like to become part of the series, email PR Director Lance Jennings at [email protected].
For more information on the Honda USAC Western Midget Series, visit www.usacracing.com or follow the series on Facebook (www.facebook.com/usacwsmidgets), or Twitter (www.twitter.com/USAC_WSMIDGET).
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USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
September 20, 2014 - Bakersfield, California - Bakersfield Speedway
VANLARE STEERING REPAIR TIME TRIALS:
1. David Prickett, 55x, Conterno-13.241; 2. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-13.398; 3. Barry Pries Jr., 14, Pries-13.442; 4. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-13.443; 5. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-13.474; 6. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-13.665; 7. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-13.773; 8. Ricky Shelton, 71, Full Circle-13.801; 9. Tyler Dolacki, 99, JK-13.803; 10. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-13.881; 11. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-13.887; 12. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-13. 965; 13. Steve Davis, 2, Davis-14.032; 14. Terry Nichols, 1p, Nichols-14.135; 15. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.802; 16. Jeff Harrington, 9E, Harrington-NT; 17. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-NT; 18. Jonathan Henry, 17, Nichols-NT; 19. Cody Swanson, 71s, Swanson-NT; 20. Doug Hunting, 2H, Hunting-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE #1: (8 laps)
1. Dodenhoff, 2. McQueen, 3. Marcham, 4. Prickett, 5. Harrington, 6. Davis, 7. Swanson. NT
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE #2: (8 laps)
1. R.Gardner, 2. Guerrini, 3. Schutte, 4. Blondel, 5. T.Nichols, 6. Shelton. NT
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / PYROTECT RACING CELLS HEAT RACE #3: (8 laps)
1. Smith, 2. Henry, 3. Ennis, 4. Pankratz, 5. Pries, 6. Dolacki. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Trey Marcham, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Sean Dodenhoff, 4. Jonathan Henry, 5. Alex Schutte, 6. Randi Pankratz, 7. Kyle Smith, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Tyler Dolacki, 10. Barry Pries, 11. Jeff Harrington, 12. Jarid Blondel, 13. David Prickett, 14. Ricky Shelton, 15. Chris Ennis, 16. Frankie Guerrini, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Cody Swanson. NT
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**Nichols flipped on lap 6 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Schutte, Laps 10-30 Marcham.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-629, 2-Marcham-593, 3-Schutte-390, 4-Blondel-342, 5-McQueen-296, 6-Scott Pierovich-288, 7-Dodenhoff-283, 8-Ennis-216, 9-Dolacki-194, 10-Shelton-175.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-629, 2-Marcham-593, 3-Blondel-563, 4-Schutte-443, 5-Chad Nichols-433, 6-Scott Pierovich-327, 7-Nick Chiello-322, 8-McQueen-296, 9-Dodenhoff-283, 10-Ennis-216.
2014 HONDA USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET SERIES SCHEDULE
DATE - TRACK - LOCATION
November 20: #Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park (Western World Championships)
November 21: #Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park (Western World Championships)
November 22: #Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park (Western World Championships)
November 27: #Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway (Turkey Night Grand Prix)
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# = Co-Sanctioned Event with USAC National Midgets.
This schedule is subject to change.
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