Visalia, CA…….Sean Watts of Atwater, Calif. won Friday night’s 25-lap USAC Western HPD Midget race at Plaza Park Raceway. It was his first series start! He passed Courtney Crone on lap eight and led the final 18 laps to beat Ashley Hazelton, Crone, Shawn Buckley and Jessop. Watts also had the fastest qualifying time and won the heat race. Saturday night’s race at Lemoore, Calif. has been cancelled.
HPD USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 22, 2014 - Visalia, California - Plaza Park Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sean Watts, 11E, Elliott-12.028, 2. Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-12.187, 3. Courtney Crone, 98jr., Pankratz-12.292, 4. Nick Breidinger, 37, Pankratz-12.890, 5. Cody Jessop, 25, Mitchell-13.039, 6. Shawn Buckley, 91s, Rambull-13.074.
HEAT RACE: (8 Laps) 1. Watts, 2. Hazelton, 3. Crone, 4. Jessop, 5. Buckley, 6. Breidinger. NT
FEATURE: (25 Laps) 1. Sean Watts, 2. Ashley Hazelton, 3. Courtney Crone, 4. Shawn Buckley, 5. Cody Jessop, 6. Nick Breidinger. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Crone, Laps 8-25 Watts.
NEW USAC HPD WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS:1-Hazelton-254, 2-Cory Elliott-219, 3-Marvin Mitchell-169, 4-Wally Pankratz-135, 5-Jessop-112, 6-Buckley-111, 7-Watts-74, 8-Randi Pankratz-69, 9-Crone-64, 10-Davey Marcotte-60.
NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET POINTS:1-Buckley-8843, 2-Toni Breidinger-533, 3-Jessop-505, 4-Hazelton-491, 5-Joey Rayborne-444, 6-Annie Breidinger-442, 7-Dylan Nobile-427, 8-Christine Breckenridge-426, 9-Tom Patterson-339, 10-Jeff Kelley-259.
NEXT HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Dirt):September 6 - Santa Maria (CA) Speedway
- administrator on Aug 25, 2014
- Article Date: 8/25/2014