Annie Breidinger Wins “Gerhardt Classic” at Madera
Madera, CA……..Annie Breidinger of Hillsborough, Calif. won Saturday night’s “Gerhardt Classic” 30-lap USAC Speed2 Western US Midget race at Madera Speedway. She passed Jesse Love IV on lap 21 and led the final 10 laps to beat Tom Patrson, Love, Joey Iest and Blake Brannon.
USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET PAVEMENT RACE RESULTS: July 8, 2017 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joey Iest, 17, Iest-14.665; 2. Annie Breidinger, 75, Breidinger-14.833; 3. Tom Paterson, 9, Paterson-14.835; 4. Adam Lemke, 98, Lemke-14.879; 5. Jesse Love IV, 38, Love-15.026; 6. Johnny Nichols, 14, Nichols-15.487; 7. Blake Brannon, 40, Brannon-NT
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Iest, 2. Breidinger, 3. Paterson, 4. Lemke, 5. Love, 6. Brannon, 7. Nichols. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Annie Breidinger, 2. Tom Paterson, 3. Jesse Love IV, 4. Joey Iest, 5. Blake Brannon, 6. Adam Lemke, 7. Johnny Nichols. NT—————————–
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Love, Laps 21-30 A.Breidinger.
NEW USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-Love-391, 2-A.Breidinger-368, 3-Paterson-328, 4-Toni Breidinger-317, 5-Brannon & Lemke-282, 7-Iest-268, 8-Nichols-230, 9-Antonia Boscacci-206, 10-Cody Jessop-111.
NEW USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET OVERALL POINTS: 1-Love-686, 2-A.Breidinger-655, 3-Paterson-636, 4-Lemke-578, 5-Brannon-531, 6-Toni Breidinger-317, 7-Antonia Boscacci-288, 8-Iest-268, 9-Nichols-230, 10-Cody Jessop-171.
NEXT USAC SPEED2 WESTERN US MIDGET RACE: July 14 – Bakersfield, CA – The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park – “#MiaStrong Night”
Sources: USAC PR