9.3.17 USAC Western States Midgets Results

Calistoga, CA……..Rico Abreu of St. Helena, Calif. captured Sunday night’s 30-lap USAC Western States Midget feature at the 10th “Louie Vermeil Classic” at Calistoga Speedway. He took the lead from Shane Golobic on lap 20 and led the rest of the way to beat Spencer Bayston, Michael Faccinto, Holly Shelton and Frankie Guerrini.

LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2017 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – 10th “Louie Vermeil Classic”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Spencer Bayston, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-19.676 (New Track Record); 2. Chad Boat, 84, Tucker/Boat-19.920; 3. Rico Abreu, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-19.950; 4. Holly Shelton, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.000; 5. Tanner Carrick, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.087; 6. Shane Golobic, 17W, Wood-20.099; 7. Michael Faccinto, 35F, MF-20.188; 8. Jake Swanson, 73X, Ford-20.214; 9. Tyler Courtney, 73, Ford-20.388; 10. Courtney Crone, 25, Rodela-20.485; 11. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-20.522; 12. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-20.625; 13. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-20.679; 14. Ronnie Gardner, 73T, Ford-20.690; 15. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerrini-20.864; 16. Randi Pankatz, 8, Pankratz-20.995; 17. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-21.013; 18. David Prickett, 22Q, Neverlift-21.210; 19. Nate Wait, 35W, MF-22.499; 20. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bayston, 2. Faccinto, 3. Crone, 4. Shelton, 5. Pankratz, 6. Cofer. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Carrick, 3. Josett, 4. Swanson, 5. Dalby, 6. Gardner. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Abreu, 3. Courtney, 4. Elliott, 5. Guerrini, 6. Prickett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Spencer Bayston, 3. Michael Faccinto, 4. Holly Shelton, 5. Frankie Guerrini, 6. Cory Elliott, 7. Tanner Carrick, 8. Maria Cofer, 9. Randi Pankratz, 10. Robert Dalby, 11. Chad Boat, 12. Shane Golobic, 13. Jake Swanson, 14. Courtney Crone, 15. Robby Josett, 16. David Prickett, 17. Tyler Courtney, 18. Nate Wait, 19. Ronnie Gardner. NT

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**Swanson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Courtney, Lap 2 Crone, Lap 3 Courtney, Laps 4-8 Golobic, Lap 9 Abreu, Laps 10-19 Golobic, Laps 20-30 Abreu

ESSLINGER ENGINEERING HARD CHARGER: Frankie Guerrini (15th to 5th)

NEW LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-452, 2-Elliott-450, 3-Guerrini-391, 4-Crone-387, 5-Faccinto-331, 6-Prickett-324, 7-Dalby-322, 8-Pankratz-311, 9-Cofer-284, 10-Swanson-232.

NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: September 7 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – 64th “Gold Cup Race of Champions”