MERCED, CALIFORNIA (May 16, 2026) – Stockton’s Caden Sarale won his second consecutive BCRA/WMR Super Series Midgets feature on Saturday night, with the 2025 champion leading the way against a large field at Merced Speedway. Logan Mitchell of Santa Cruz was the top Western Midget Racing finisher yet again, his third consecutive run at the front for the WMR win. 20 Midgets filled the pit area in search of the $1,500 prize in the third round of the 2026 Super Series.
Drake Edwards of Surprise, Ariz. led Quick Change Liquid Energy time trials while heat races went to Bakersfield’s Broedy Graham and Sarale.
WMR rookie Nicholas Leonard, Jr. and multiple-time USAC Western States Midgets feature winner Jett Yantis of Bakersfield shared the front row for the 30-lap contest. Sarale quickly worked from fifth on the grid, seizing the lead on lap 16 and leading the final 14 circuits. Placerville Super Series winner Preston Norbury brought his No. 77AZ to second position followed by 14th-starting Connor Speir in car 14. Yantis was fourth ahead of Graham in fifth. Mitchell finished seventh to lead the WMR contingent ahead of Leonard in ninth and Isak Johnson in 11th…