HAZELTON CLOSES OUT CHAMPIONSHIP WITH BACK-TO-BACK VISALIA WINS!

Visalia, CA……..Ashley Hazelton of Chatsworth, Calif. became the sixth female driver to earn a USAC driving championship Saturday night, leading wire-to-wire to win the 25-lap USAC HPD Western Dirt Midget finale at Plaza Park Raceway. She also led all 25 laps to win Friday’s race. Trailing her in Saturday’s feature were Wally Pankratz, Cody Jessop, Marvin Mitchell and Toni Briedinger.

HPD USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 15, 2014 – Visalia, California – Plaza Park Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shawn Buckley, 91s, Rambull-13.367; 2. Wally Pankratz, 37, Pankratz-13.449; 3. Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-13.455; 4. Cody Jessop, 3L, Love-13.473; 5. Marvin Mitchell, 25, Mitchell-13.497; 6. Joel Rayborne, 2U, RamBull-13.504; 7. Toni Briedinger, 98, Pankratz-13.917.

FEATURE: (25 Laps) 1. Ashley Hazelton, 2. Wally Pankratz, 3. Cody Jessop, 4. Marvin Mitchell, 5. Toni Briedinger, 6. Shawn Buckley, 7. Joel Rayborne. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Hazelton.

FINAL USAC HPD WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hazelton-717, 2-Buckley-539, 3-Mitchell-524, 4-Pankratz-466, 5-Jessop-391, 6-Cory Elliott-287, 7-Davey Marcotte-216, 8-Davey Key-125, 9-Dalby-105, 10-T.Briedinger-98.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Buckley-1,658, 2-Hazelton-1,099, 3-Jessop-1,026, 4-T.Briedinger-1,016, 5-Christine Breckenridge-805, 6-Rayborne-786, 7-Annie Briedinger-714, 8-Tom Paterson-581, 9-Dylan Nobile-572, 10-JMarvin Mitchell-524.

NEXT HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Pavement): November 22 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring