HAZELTON BECOMES USAC'S WINNINGEST FEMALE WITH HPD VICTORY AT LEMOORE

Lemoore, CA……..Ashley Hazelton of Chatsworth, Calif. became USAC's winningest female driver after winning Saturday night’s 15-lap USAC HPD Midget race at Lemoore Raceway. She took the lead from Tom Paterson on lap three and led the rest of the way to beat Paterson, Jesse Love IV, John Gerber and Antonia Boscacci.

USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 23, 2016 – Lemoore, California – Lemoore Raceway

QUALIFYING: 1. Tom Paterson, 9, Paterson-12.782; 2. Jesse Love IV, 38, Love-12.956; 3. Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-12.994; 4. John Gerber, 20w, WHPD-13.206; 5. Antonia Boscacci, 44, Love-13.340; 6. Annie Breidinger, 15, Breidinger-13.379.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hazelton, 2. Love IV, 3. Paterson, 4. Boscacci, 5. Gerber, 6. A.Breidinger. NT

FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Ashley Hazelton, 2. Tom Paterson, 3. Jesse Love IV, 4. John Gerber, 5. Antonia Boscacci, 6. Annie Breidinger. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Paterson, Laps 3-15 Hazelton.

NEW USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET POINTS: 1-Love IV-953, 2-A.Breidinger-774, 3-Toni Breidinger-716, 4-Boscacci-630, 5-Hazelton-488, 6-Blake Brannon-436, 7-Davey Hamilton Jr.-288, 8-Paterson-257, 9-Cody Jessop-212, 10-Adam Lemke-172.

NEW USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-Love IV-382, 2-Boscacci-326, 3-Hazelton-323, 4-A.Breidinger-261, 5-Paterson-159, 6-Wally Pankratz-145, 7-Toni Breidinger-113, 8-Ariel Biggs-84, 9-Jesse Love III-74, 10-David Prickett-68.

NEXT USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET RACE: August 3 – Ventura (CA) Raceway – “Ventura County Fair”