IT’S “ASH SATURDAY” AT LVMS

Las Vegas, NV……..Dustin Ash of Las Vegas, Nev. debuted in the USAC Western HPD Midgets Saturday night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring and walked off with an impressive 30-lap feature victory. Ash led the final seven laps in the Jamie Belfiore entry after passing Michael Fanelli on lap 24. Shawn Buckley led the first 16 laps and Fanelli led the next seven before Ash took over. Michael Fanell finished second ahead of Jeff Kelley, Christine Breckenridge and Shane Buckley at the checkered flag.

HPD USAC WESTERN PAVEMENT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: April 26, 2014 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dustin Ash, 11, Belfiore-15.499; 2. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.521; 3. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.553; 4. Jeff Kelley, 55x, Kelley-15.672; 5. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-15.794; 6. Toni Breidinger, 75, Breidinger-16.251; 7. Joel Rayborne, 2U, USAC-17.250; 9. Dezel West, 2, West-17.293; 9. Annie Breidinger, 80, Breidinger-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Ash, 2. Buckley, 3. Breckenridge, 4. Rayborne. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Kelley, 2. Fanelli, 3. Breidinger, 4. West. NT

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Dustin Ash, 2. Michael Fanelli, 3. Jeff Kelley, 4. Christine Breckenridge, 5. Shawn Buckley, 6. Toni Breidinger, 7. Joel Rayborne, 8. Annie Breidinger, 9. Dezel West. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Buckley, Laps 17-23 Fanelli, Laps 24-30 Ash.

NEW HPD WESTERN PAVEMENT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Buckley-363, 2-T.Breidinger-231, 3-Rayborne-185, 4-Ashley Hazelton-147, 5-Dylan Noble-144, 6-A.Breidinger-138, 7-Fanelli-136, 8-Kelley-134, 9-Bryant Dawson-132, 10-Breckenridge-132.

NEXT HPD WESTERN PAVEMENT MIDGET RACE: May 3 – Madera (CA) Speedway