4/28/2019
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Liggett doubles up USAC West Coast Sprints and Western States Midgets at Santa Maria
By USAC Media (Santa Maria, CA) -- After winning the companion USAC Western States Midget feature at Santa Maria, Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA) scored his first USAC West Coast Sprint Car victory of 2019. Driving the family owned #83 Excel Environmental Services / Liggett Trucking Maxim, Liggett claimed his eighth career win over fast qualifier Michael Faccinto, Tristan Guardino, Kaleb Montgomery, and J.J. Ringo.
Ringo earned the night's Saldana Racing Products Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job honors with a fifth place run from sixteenth. Austin Ervine scored the Wilwood Disc Brakes "Lucky 13 Award" with a thirteenth place finish.
Defending USAC Western States Midget Champion Faccinto claimed Santa Maria's Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award over the 22-car roster with a time of 14.109.
The ten-lap heat race victories went to Liggett (Extreme Mufflers First Heat), D.J. Johnson (Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat), and Guardino (Competition Suspension Incorporated / Ultra Shield Race Products Third Heat).
The USAC West Coast Sprint Cars are back in action on Friday, May 17th at Tulare's Thunderbowl Raceway for the "Peter Murphy Classic." The following night, the series will travel to Petaluma Speedway for their first of two appearances at the Sonoma-Marin County Fairgrounds.
The USAC West Coast Sprint Car Series thanks AMSOIL, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Butlerbuilt Professional Seat Systems, Chris Kearns Presents, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Extreme Mufflers, Five Star Grafix, Hoosier Racing Tire, Loudpedal Productions, Pyrotect Racing Cells, Saldana Racing Products, Ultra Shield Race Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.
For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on westcoastsprintcars.com and the USAC West Coast Sprint Car Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2019 - Santa Maria Raceway - Santa Maria, California
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Michael Faccinto, 8, Richardson-14.109; 2. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-14.111; 3. Tristan Guardino, 15T, Guardino-14.119; 4. Kaleb Montgomery, 3, Montgomery-14.179; 5. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-14.365; 6. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-14.430; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.444; 8. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-14.445; 9. Cody Majors, 81, Watt-14.449; 10. Brandon Wiley, 33B, Team 33-14.457; 11. Hannah Mayhew, 43, Mayhew-14.587; 12. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-14.616; 13. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Kirkbride-14.633; 14. Koen Shaw, 88, Shaw-14.658; 15. Trent Carter, 13, Carter-14.747; 16. J.J. Ringo, 2, Keller-14.776; 17. Cody Fendley, 73C, Russell-15.040; 18. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-15.126; 19. Slater Helt, 81X, Watt-15.180; 20. Ryan Stolz, 72, Ford-15.263; 21. Gage Rucker, 87K, Kruseman-15.288; 22. James Herrera, 5J, Herrera-15.515.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Kirkbride, 3. Ringo, 4. Faccinto, 5. Wiley, 6. Montgomery, 7. Helt, 8. Herrera. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Timmons, 3. Rutherford, 4. Shaw, 5. Mayhew, 6. Stolz, 7. Fendley. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ULTRA SHIELD RACE PRODUCTS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Guardino, 2. Carter, 3. Majors, 4. Edwards, 5. Hix, 6. Rucker, 7. Ervine. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions) 1. Austin Liggett (1), 2. Michael Faccinto (6), 3. Tristan Guardino (4), 4. Kaleb Montgomery (7), 5. J.J. Ringo (16), 6. Cody Fendley (17), 7. Brandon Wiley (10), 8. Hannah Mayhew (11), 9. Steve Hix (12), 10. Gage Rucker (21), 11. James Herrera (22), 12. D.J. Johnson (5), 13. Austin Ervine (18), 14. Koen Shaw, 15. Ricky Kirkbride (13), 16. Kyle Edwards (2), 17. Slater Helt (19), 18. Ryan Stolz (20), 19. Cody Majors (9), 20. Ryan Timmons (8), 21. Troy Rutherford (3), 22. Trent Carter. NT
**Rutherford flipped on lap 2 of the feature. Edwards flipped on lap 15 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Edwards, Laps 7-30 Liggett.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: J.J. Ringo (16th to 5th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Austin Ervine
NEW USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Guardino-352, 2-Jake Swanson-238, 3-Timmons-229, 4-Shaw-223, 5-Danny Faria Jr.-186, 6-Helt-185, 7-Edwards-178, 8-Mayhew-172, 9-Ringo-170, 10-Ervine-158.
NEXT USAC WEST COAST SPRINT CAR RACES: May 17 - Thunderbowl Raceway - Tulare, California - "Peter Murphy Classic"
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2 IN A ROW FOR AUSTIN LIGGETT AT SANTA MARIA
By USAC Media (Santa Maria, CA) -- Racing past Cory Elliott on lap 26, Austin Liggett (Tracy, CA) sailed to his second straight USAC Western States Midget triumph. Piloting the family owned #83 Excel Environmental Services / Liggett Trucking Spike, Liggett topped the 30-lap Santa Maria feature over fast qualifier Robert Dalby, Chase Stockon, Elliott, and Shannon McQueen.
Missouri’s Gage Rucker earned the night’s Saldana Racing Products Hard Charger Award / Best Passing Job honors with an eleventh place run from sixteenth. Marvin Mitchell claimed his third Wilwood Disc Brakes “Lucky 13 Award” with a thirteenth place finish in the main event.
Robert Dalby earned his first Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award of the campaign by posting a time of 14.079 over the 17-car roster.
The eight-lap heat race victories went to Kyle Beilman (Extreme Mufflers First Heat) and David Prickett (Brown & Miller Racing Solutions Second Heat).
The USAC Western States Midgets will take a break in their schedule before returning to action on June 22 at Ventura Raceway.
The USAC Western States Midget Series thanks AMSOIL, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Butlerbuilt Professional Seat Systems, Competition Suspension Incorporated, Extreme Mufflers, Five Star Grafix, Hoosier Racing Tire, Loudpedal Productions, Pyrotect Racing Cells, Saldana Racing Products, Ultra Shield Race Products, Wilwood Disc Brakes, and Woodland Auto Display for their support.
For more information on the series, visit usacracing.com and the social media for USAC Racing. You can also find exclusive content on the USAC Western States Midget Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 27, 2019 – Santa Maria Raceway – Santa Maria, California
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Robert Dalby, 4D, Dalby-14.079; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.141; 3. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.333; 4. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.414; 5. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-14.466; 6. Chase Stockon, 25, Malloy-14.565; 7. Terry Nichols, 1P, Nichols-14.567; 8. Cody Swanson, 71S, Campbell-14.576; 9. Tyler Edwards, 73K, Ford-14.580; 10. C.J. Sarna, 20, Sarna-14.647; 11. Kyle Beilman, 31K, Beilman-14.651; 12. David Prickett, 22Q, Neverlift-14.771; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 78, Mitchell-15.284; 14. Dylan Ito, 73, Ford-15.298; 15. Mike Leach Jr., 33P, Leach-15.338; 16. Gage Rucker, 11K, Kruseman-15.867; 17. Jackson Dukes, 73T, Ford-16.109.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Beilman, 2. Elliott, 3. Dalby, 4. Liggett, 5. Edwards, 6. Mitchell, 7. Leach, 8. Dukes, 9. Nichols. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Prickett, 2. Stockon, 3. Swanson, 4. McQueen, 5. Sarna, 6. Pankratz, 7. Rucker, 8. Ito. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, with starting positions) 1. Austin Liggett (4), 2. Robert Dalby (6), 3. Chase Stockon (2), 4. Cory Elliott (3), 5. Shannon McQueen (5), 6. Cody Swanson (1), 7. Kyle Beilman (11), 8. David Prickett (12), 9. C.J. Sarna (10), 10. Dylan Ito (14), 11. Gage Rucker (16), 12. Mike Leach Jr. (15), 13. Marvin Mitchell (13), 14. Tyler Edwards (9), 15. Terry Nichols (8), 16. Jackson Dukes (17), 17. Randi Pankratz (7). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Stockon, Laps 13-17 Swanson, Laps 18-25 Elliott, Laps 26-30 Liggett.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Gage Rucker (16th to 11th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Marvin Mitchell
NEW USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liggett-231, 2-Elliott-202, 3-McQueen-173, -Dalby-173, 5-Prickett-172, 6-Sarna-156, 7-Ben Worth-144, 8-Mitchell-119, 9-Pankratz-118, 10-Beilman-107
NEXT USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: June 22 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California
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Submitted By: Kirk Elliott