BUCKLEY TAKES LEMOORE & DIRT POINT LEAD

Lemoore, CA……..Shawn Buckley of Simi Valley, Calif. won Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Western HPD Midget race at Lemoore Raceway and has moved to the lead in the series standings as a result. He took the lead from Ashley Hazelton on lap eight and led the rest of the way to beat Cody Jessop, Hazelton, Ron Hazelton and Jet Davison. Jessop now leads the overall Western HPD Midget chase.

USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 16, 2015 – Lemoore, California – Lemoore Raceway

QUALIFYING: 1. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-11.962; 2. Ron Hazelton, 15, Hazelton-11.978; 3. Tom Paterson, 51, Paterson-12.125; 4. Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-12.195; 5. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-12.266; 6. John Gerber, 11E, Elliott-12.298; 7. Cody Jessop, 00, Jessop-12.306; 8. Robert Dalby, 4D, Holmes-12.520; 9. Jesse Love IV, 38, Love-12.625; 10 Antonia Bosacci, 44, Love-13.058.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckley, 2. Jessop, 3. Davison, 4. Paterson, 5. Love IV. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R. Hazelton, 2. A.Hazelton, 3. Dalby, 4. Gerber, 5. Bosacci. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Shawn Buckley, 2. Cody Jessop, 3. Ashley Hazelton, 4. Ron Hazelton, 5. Jet Davison, 6. Robert Dalby, 7. Jesse Love IV, 8. John Gerber, 9. Antonia Bosacci, 10. Tom Paterson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 A.Hazelton, Laps 8-25 Buckley.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jessop-528, 2-A.Hazelton-419, 3-Dylan Nobile-398, 4-Love IV-391, 5-Annie Breidinger-353, 6-Toni Breidinger-339, 7-Paterson-332, 8-Buckley-294, 9-Davison-223, 10-Dalby-186.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Buckley-261, 2-R.Hazelton235, 3-Davison-223, 4-Jessop-203, 5-A.Hazelton-187, 6-Dalby-186, 7-Love IV-184, 8-Paterson-140, 9-Randi Pankratz-129, 10-Bosacci-86.

NEXT USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE: May 30 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring