Round seven of the 12 race NMRA-TQ Midget Series season took place at Bakersfield Speedway as part of weekly multi-division Saturday night racing at the Kern County track. Kenny Wiley became the fourth different feature winner of the TQ season in his own Wiley chassis with Honda power. The 2002 TQ rookie of the year and two-time 2013 feature winner started first and led all 20 laps on the third-mile, semi-banked clay. He moved up one position in driver points from fourth to third.

Chuck West started third and finished second. His first cousin West Evans started second and finished third in the Evans Motorsports team car. Anthony Lopiccolo started and finished fourth in the No. 21 owned by his father Paul. Bruce Hiroshima, the point-leader and four-time 2014 TQ winner, started and finished fifth in his own car. He was the 2004 NMRA-TQ rookie of the year and is seeking his first TQ championship. He increased his point lead from 24 to 25 points (434-409) over Lopiccolo.

Don Kiefer started and finished sixth and completed all 20 laps. Britt Grissom started and finished seventh and completed 19 laps. With a season-low seven cars present, only one heat race was run and that went to West, who started fifth. All seven drivers completed eight laps.

Hiroshima's No. 5 Stewart/Clerc Honda now leads in owner points by 25 (455-430) over Lopiccolo's No. 21. The next NMRA race will be Saturday, August 9 at the third-mile, banked clay Santa Maria Speedway as part of regular SMS multi-division action. Two TQ races at Bakersfield on August 23 and September 13 and two more at Santa Maria on September 27 and October 18 will conclude the NMRA-TQ season.

Summary:

Heat – 8 laps: Chuck West, Bruce Hiroshima, Kenny Wiley, West Evans, Anthony Lopiccolo, Don Kiefer, Britt Grissom.

Main – 20 laps: Wiley, West, Evans, Lopiccolo, Hiroshima, Kiefer, Grissom.

POINTS:

Drivers                                           Car Owners

1 Bruce Hiroshima       434     1 No. 5 Bruce Hiroshima  455

2 Anthony Lopiccolo    409     2 No. 21 Paul Lopiccolo   430

3 Kenny Wiley            396     3 No. 38 West Evans       426

4 West Evans             393     4 No. 96 Kenny Wiley      417

5 Chuck West            352      5 No. 36 West Evans       414

6 Don Kiefer               279      6 No. 9 Don Kiefer           297

7 Britt Grissom           273     7 No. 43 Britt Grissom      291

8 Chris Thomas          210     8 No. 55 Dave Lambert     216

9 Dave Lambert          201     9 No. 40 Ed Thomas        180

10 Doyle Mosley        156   10 No. 87 Doyle Mosley     168