Carson Macedo’s Late Charge Earns First Ventura USAC Western Midget Victory
Ventura, CA…….. Taking advantage of a late race bobble by Ronnie Gardner, Carson Macedo led the final three laps to claim Saturday’s main event at Ventura Raceway. For Macedo, the 30-lap victory was his first career Light Up The World Beverages USAC Western States Midget triumph.
Macedo took the Ventura checkered flags ahead of fast qualifier Ronnie Gardner, Jake Swanson, Robby Josett, and David Prickett. Cody Swanson earned the night’s Esslinger Engineering Hard Charger Award with a 15th to 6th place finish.
LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 28, 2017 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-12.056; 2. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.304; 3. Carson Macedo, 73X, Ford-12.349; 4. Jake Swanson, 73, Ford-12.384; 5. Mason Daniel, 33M, Daniel-12.410; 6. Randi Pankratz, 25, Rodela-12.471; 7. J.J. Ercse, 9E, Dodenhoff-12.483; 8. Robby Josett, 2, Josett-12.502; 9. Cody Swanson, 17, Swanson-12.511; 10. Brody Roa, 3F, Finkenbinder-12.515; 11. David Prickett, 22Q, Neverlift-12.541; 12. Frankie Guerrini, 63, Guerini-12.580; 13. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-12.643; 14. Cody Williams, 5, Van Dyne-12.689; 15. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-12.826; 16. Maria Cofer, 57, Cofer-12.910; 17. Tristan Guardino, 16K, Kruseman-13.145; 18. Clayton Ruston, 7R, CR-13.236; 19. Jake Vermeer, 87JR, Vermeer-13.299; 20. Kyle Beilman, 33, Beilman-13.461; 21. Sterling Cling, 12K, Kruseman-13.498; 22. Bryan Drollinger, 71, Drollinger-15.954; 23. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-NT; 24. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa. 3. J.Swanson, 4. Ercse, 5. Cofer, 6. Nichols, 7. Vermeer, 8. Drollinger. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Josett, 2. Prickett, 3. Elliott, 4. Daniel, 5. Dalby, 6. Guardino, 7. Williams, 8. Beilman. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Macedo, 2. Guerrini, 3. Ruston, 4. Smith, 5. C.Swanson, 6. Cling, 7. Pankratz. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Carson Macedo, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Robby Josett, 5. David Prickett, 6. Cody Swanson, 7. Cory Elliott, 8. Frankie Guerrini, 9. J.J. Ercse, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Mason Daniel, 12. Maria Cofer, 13. Kyle Smith, 14. Robert Dalby, 15. Terry Nichols, 16. Cody Williams, 17. Clayton Ruston, 18. Kyle Beilman, 19. Jake Vermeer, 20. Sterling Cling, 21. Tristan Guardino, 22. Bryan Drollinger. NT
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**Cling flipped during qualifications. Drollinger flipped on lap 5 of the feature. Guardino flipped on lap 13 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Josett, Laps 3-5 Macedo, Laps 6-27 Gardner, Laps 28-30 Macedo.
ESSLINGER ENGINEERING HARD CHARGER: Cody Swanson (15th to 6th)
NEW LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-751, 2-Guerrini-623, 3-Prickett-595, 4-Elliott-577, 5-Dalby-547, 6-Courtney Crone-501, 7-Michael Faccinto-451, 8-Pankratz-417, 9-Shannon McQueen-400, 10-Daniel-370.
NEXT LIGHT UP THE WORLD BEVERAGES USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: November 18 – Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
Sources: USAC PR