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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 21, 2014
DICK JORDAN 14-140
WESTERN MIDGETS MAKE LEMOORE DEBUT SATURDAY
Lemoore (Calif.) Raceway hosts its first Honda USAC Western Midget race and Trey Marcham and Jarid Blondel will try to protect their respective point leads in Saturday's event at the 1/5-mile dirt oval.
Marcham, of Oklahoma City, Okla., leads the Western Midget Dirt points and Blondel, of Orange, Calif., tops the overall Western Midget points.
Marcham has won twice this year, at Bakersfield and Tucson, and added a third at Peoria, Ariz. Blondel's four dirt starts have yielded three "top-10s" while his pavement starts include a pair of podium finishes.
Marcham's dirt lead is 18 points over defending series champ Ronnie Gardner, while Blondel has a 65-point margin over Chad Nichols in the overall points.
2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Dirt Standings: 1-Trey Marcham-254, 2-Ronnie Gardner-236, 3-Jarid Blondel-158, 4-Alex Schutte-157, 5-Shannon McQueen-154, 6-Chris Ennis-127, 7-Sean Dodenhoff-109, 8-Tyler Dolacki-106, 9-Scott Pierovich-101, 10-Ricky Shelton-101.
2014 Honda USAC Western Midget Standings: 1-Jarid Blondel-321, 2-Chad Nichols-256, 3-Trey Marcham-254, 4-Ronnie Gardner-236, 5-Alex Schutte-210, 6-Nick Chivello-164, 7-Shannon McQueen-154, 8-Jake Swanson-140, 9-Scott Pierovich-140, 10-Chris Ennis-127.
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