Ben Worth Wins In First USAC Start

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. — Making his first USAC Western States Midget start, Ben Worth reclaimed the lead from Jake Swanson on lap 22 and sailed to victory at Bakersfield Speedway.

Starting on the pole position, the pilot of Dean Alexander’s No. 5g Walker Air Filtration / WFX Spike finished ahead of Swanson, Michael Faccinto, Austin Liggett, and hard charger David Prickett.

Prickett claimed the night’s hard charger award / best passing job honors with a 15th to fifth place run.

Cody Swanson earned the Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award over the 23-car roster by posting a time of 12.972.

The finish:

Ben Worth, Jake Swanson, Michael Faccinto, Austin Liggett, David Prickett, Cory Elliott, Alex Schutte, Shannon McQueen, C.J. Sarna, Kyle Beilman, Dylan Ito, Ricky Lewis, Marvin Mitchell, Bryan Drollinger, Randi Pankratz, Cody Swanson, Terry Nichols, Mike Leach Jr., Robert Dalby, Kyle Heckman.