6/1/2014
Sprint Source
POINT LEADER MARCHAM WINS AT TULARE
Tulare, CA……..Honda USAC Western Dirt Midget point leader Trey Marcham of Oklahoma City, Okla. won Saturday night’s 30-lap featue at Thunderbowl Raceway, leading the last 12 laps after passing defending series champion Ronnie Gardner on lap 19. Ricky Shelton, Nick Chivello and Gardner all took turns leading before Marcham bolted to the front in the Keith Ford King Racing Products/A & A Precision Machine TCR/Esslinger. Gardner finished second ahead of Chivello, Chris Ennis and Britton Bock.
HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2014 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-16.464; 2. Jake Swanson, 19W, Sala-16.486; 3. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-16.489; 4. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-16.552; 5. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-16.574; 6. Ricky Shelton, 71, Full Circle-16.628; 7. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-16.891; 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 19S, Sala-16.999; 9. Sean Dodenhoff, 9D, Dodenhoff-17.123; 10. Scott Pierovich, 19, Sala-17.161; 11. Barry Pries Jr., 14, Pries-17.184; 12. Chad Nichols, 17, Nichols-17.192; 13. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-17.211; 14. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-17.268; 15. Tyler Dolacki, 99, Hokanson-17.540; 16. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-17.791; 17. Terry Nichols, 45, Nichols-NT; 18. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Dodenhoff, 3. Marcham, 4. McQueen, 5. Gardner, 6. Schutte, 7. Dolacki. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Shelton, 3. Swanson, 4. Chivello, 5. Bock, 6. Blondel, 7. C.Nichols, 8. Vander Weerd. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Trey Marcham, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Nick Chivello, 4. Chris Ennis, 5. Britton Bock, 6. Matt Streeter, 7. Sean Dodenhoff, 8. Shannon McQueen, 9. Tyler Dolacki, 10. Jarid Blondel, 11. Alex Schutte, 12. Ricky Shelton, 13. Jake Swanson, 14. Scott Pierovich, 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 16. Chad Nichols. NT
Pries flipped during qualifications.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Shelton, Laps 2-3 Chivello, Lap 4 Shelton, Laps 5-18 Gardner, Laps 19-30 Marcham.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Marcham-203, 2-Gardner-174, 3-Schutte-157, 4-Blondel-116, 5-Dodenhoff-109, 6-Swanson-97, 7-Ennis-92, 8-McQueen-88, 9-Dolacki-80, 10-Pierovich-72.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Schutte-210, 2-Marcham-203, 3-Gardner-174, 4-Blondel-166, 5-Swanson-140, 6-C.Nichols-139, 7-Chivello-120, 8-Pierovich-111, 9-Dodenhoff-109, 10-Ennis-92.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: July 5 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – “Party At The Coast”
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET PAEMENT RACE: June 7 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Pombo/Sargent Classic”
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