USAC SPEED2 MIDGETS CLOSE AT LAS VEGAS NOVEMBER 18

USAC’s 2017 Speed2 Midget calendar closes November 18 when the Western US Midgets return to The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Jesse Love IV leads both the Overall and Pavement series points entering the finale.

A pair of points races last weekend found Toni Breidinger and Love scoring feature wins at the “Bullring,” while Chad Labastie and Dan Cugini captured a pair of “non-points” winged Eastern events at Dominion Raceway in Spotsylvania, Va.

Love, of Menlo Park, Calif., scored a last-lap win in Saturday’s “Senator’s Cup Fall Classic” at the Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. Annie Breidinger led the first 29 laps and finished second ahead of Toni Breidinger, Cody Jessop and Joey Iest.

Toni Breidinger of Hillsborough, Calif. scored an all-time USAC female feature victory record 14th win Friday night at Las Vegas. She led the final eight laps after passing Love in a race featuring four different lap leaders. Love finished second ahead of Annie Breidinger, Jessop and Iest.

Labastie, of Uxbridge, Mass., and Cugini, of Marshfield, Mass., scored 35-lap feature wins at Dominion Raceway Saturday night. Fast Qualifier Cugini was second in the opener ahead of Jake Stergios, Neal Allison and Ryan Locke. Labastie led all but the opening lap. In the nightcap, Cugini passed Nolan Allison on lap 29 and led the final seven laps to beat Nolan and Neal Allison, Labastie and Jessica Bean.

2017 USAC Speed2 Western Overall Midget Series Standings: 1-Jesse Love IV-1,441, 2-Adam Lemke-1,297, 3-Annie Breidinger-1,262, 4-Tom Paterson-1,148, 5-Blake Brannon-856, 6-Toni Breidinger-630, 7-Joey Iest-609, 8-Johnny Nichols-565, 9-Cody Jessop-437, 10-Antonia Boscacci-288.

2017 USAC Speed2 Western Pavement Midget Series Standings: 1-Jesse Love IV-847, 2-Annie Breidinger-794, 3-Adam Lemke-707, 4-Toni Breidinger-630, 5-Joey Iest-611, 6-Johnny Nichols-595, 7-Blake Brannon-563, 8-Tom Paterson-558, 9-Cody Jessop-318, 10-Antonia Boscacci-206.