WHITCHURCH TAKES FOURTH IN LAST SEVEN CALIFORNIA DIRT FOCUS RACES; BARBER CLOSING IN ON TITLE

INDIANAPOLIS – Californians Robbie Whitchurch of Chico and Chase Barber of
Morgan Hill are closing out the USAC California Ford Focus Dirt Midget Car
Series in style. Whitchurch won his fourth feature in the last seven races
Saturday at Santa Maria Speedway in Santa Maria, Calif., while Barber inched
closer to his first USAC title.

A pair of races occupy this weekend’s schedule. The first comes Friday, in
which a 20-lapper is scheduled at the Watsonville Speedway in Watsonville,
Calif. On Saturday, the Focus Midgets are back at Petaluma Speedway in
Petaluma, Calif. for a 20-lap feature.

Whitchurch traded the lead with Barber in Saturday’s 25-lapper, ultimately
taking the checkered flag first in his No. 82 Ford Focus powered machine
with Barber in tow. Whitchurch led all but Laps 15-18, as Barber occupied
the point.

Barber eventually finished second, ahead of Chris Veach, Jenna Frazier and
Audra Sasselli.

Barber’s lead flourished to 89 markers over Alex Harris, who finished 10th.
Only three races remain on the Dirt calendar.


CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1.	Chase Barber	800
2.	Alex Harris		711
3.	Audra Sasselli	702
4.	Chris Veach		683
5.	Robbie Whitchurch	678
6.	Keith Janca		629
7.	Cal Smith		585
8.	Bret Engstrom	581
9.	Jet Davison		551
10.	Cameron Veach	545

CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS

1.	Alex Harris		552
2.	Chase Barber	538
3.	Audra Sasselli	519
4.	Robbie Whitchurch	516
5.	Benny Moon		506
6.	Jace Meier		449
7.	Jeff Sakowicz	431
8.	Chris Veach		388
9.	Darrell Herzog	328
10.	Steve Davis		324