"Our start was good and then it went away", said the winner. "The car really changed at the end of the race and I was super tight in turns three and four. Larry (Trigueiro Jr.) was giving me hand signals and he was trying to tell me (Thomas) Meseraull was coming on the bottom but I thought he was telling me to get to the bottom. It worked out though, thanks to the great equipment we have which is possible because of Red Line Oil, Wirtgen, Hoosier Tires, and all of our sponsors."

Greg Dennet of Livermore had luck on his side when scheduled outside front row starter John Sarale scratched. That moved Dennet up to the front row and he outgunned polesitter Wally Pankratz to lead lap one. Michael Hubert III led laps two through five. It didn’t take Lewis long to get going. He moved to the top groove and hustled from eighth starting into fourth by lap three. The Noblesville, Indiana driver was in second spot by lap four and took the lead from Hubert III on lap six.

Jerome Rodela did a quick spin on lap eight which force a caution flag. The restart was a showcase for Thomas Meseraull who darted into the top three on lap nine. Meseraull and Hubert chased after Lewis to the point of locking up their brakes each lap upon entry to turn three. The resulting front tire smoke kept fans on the edge of their seats as the two seemingly drove deeper and deeper into the corner with each tour of the paved 1/3 mile oval.

Garrett Hansen spun on lap 16 on the back chute to bring out another caution. USAC Western States points leader Johnny Rodriguez was moving forward at this point. "J-Rod" took fourth on the restart with a low move in turn four.

After a lap 24 caution, Meseraull snared second from Hubert and set sail after Lewis. He pressured Lewis heavily but ultimately dropped from the race on lap 35 with a mechanical problem. Lewis won by seven car lengths over Hunt. Hubert III finished third, and Rodriguez was fourth. Pankratz earned a hard fought fifth. A photo finish for sixth saw Rodela edge Brian Gard.

Rodela and Matt Mitchell won heats. The top ten qualifiers did not have to run heats as they were locked into the front five rows of the feature. Lewis established quick time, turning the fast surface in 14.17 seconds. Pete Davis won the B-Main.

Chris Rahe of Placentia, CA. won the companion USAC Ford Focus California North feature event. Rahe led all 40 laps from the pole.

First Heat: 1. Rodela, 2. Gard, 3. Galedridge, 4. Sarale, 5. Alvis, 6. McKenney, 7. McQueen, 8. Lawrence, 9. Pricket

Second Heat: 1. Mitchell, 2. Joyce, 3. Pierovich, 4. Kaplan, 5. Servetti, 6. Mostin, 7. Abrew, 8. Lindsey, 9. Parker, 10. Davis.

Semi main: 1. Davis, 2. McKenney, 3. Gundo, 4. Alvis, 5. Servetti, 6. Abrew, 7. McQueen, 8. Lindsey, 9. Lawrence, 10. Mostin, 11. Pricket

Main Event: 1. Michael Lewis, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Michael Hubert III, 4. Johnny Rodriguez, 5. Wally Pankratz, 6. Jerome Rodela, 7. Brian Gard, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Garratt Boyden, 10. Bradley Galedrige, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. Greg Dennett, 13. Tim Joyce, 14. Dallen McKenney, 15. Dan Gundo, 16. Shannon McQueen, 17. Floyd Alvis, 18. Thomas Meseraull, 19. Ryan Kaplan, 20. Tyler Brown, 21. Garrett Hansen, 22. John Sarale.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby Grewohl, 42, Sutton-14.90; 2. Nick Morago, 99, Morago-14.99; 3. Josh Lakatos, 4, Bristing-15.07; 4. Bradley Galedrige, 19, Galedrige-15.10; 5. Ryan pace, 14, Pace-15.18; 6. Chris Rahe, 31, Rahe-15.19; 7. Bobby McGowan, 15, McGowan-15.26; 8. Audra Sasselli, 17, Sasselli-15.33; 9. Chase Barber, 91, Barber-15.35; 10. Todd Hunsaker, 7, Owens-15.38; 11. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.46; 12. Randi Pankratz, 32, Pankratz-15.52; 13. Chris Veach, 35, Veach-15.64; 14. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-15.99.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Chris Rahe, 2. Bobby Grewohl, 3. Josh Lakatos, 4. Bobby McGowan, 5. Nick Morago, 6. Bradley Galedrige, 7. Chase Barber, 8. Audra Sasselli, 9. Ryan Pace, 10. Chris Veach, 11. Randi Pankratz, 12. J.R. Williams, 13. Todd Hunsaker, 14. Cal Smith. 9:58.40

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Rahe.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS NORTH MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Galedrige-914;

2-Rahe-854; 3-Lakatos-675; 4-Barber-659; 5-McGowan-651; 6-Sasselli-601;

7-Eric Pace-552; 8-R.Pace-532; 9-Morago-506; 10-Bobby Michnowicz-492.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR RACE (South): September 25 – Ventura

(CA) Raceway