ELLIOTT WIRE-TO-WIRE IN VISALIA HPDs

Visalia, CA……..USAC HPD Western Midget point leader Cory Elliott of Bakersfield, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Friday night’s 20-lap feature at Plaza Park Raceway. Fast qualifier Wally Pankratz took second ahead of Ashley Hazelton, Davey Marcotte and Shawn Buckley.

HPD USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2014 – Visalia, California – Plaza Park Raceway

0QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Wally Pankratz, 32, Pankratz-12.334; 2. Cory Elliott, 11E, Elliott-12.719; 3. Davey Marcotte, 37, Pankratz-13.419; 4. Shawn Buckley, 91, USAC-13.711; Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-NT (time disallowed); Marvin Mitchell, 25, Mitchell-NT.

HEAT RACE: (8 Laps) 1. Pankratz, 2. Elliott, 3. Hazelton, 4. Marcotte, 5. Buckley. NT

FEATURE: (20 Laps) 1. Cory Elliott, 2. Wally Pankratz, 3. Ashley Hazelton, 4. Davey Marcotte, 5. Shawn Buckley, 6. Marvin Mitchell. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Elliott.

NEW HPD WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Elliott-219, 2-Hazelton-185, 3-Mitchell-169, 4-W.Pankratz-135, 5-Randi Pankratz-69, 6-Marcotte-60, 7-Cody Jessop-57, 8-Buckley-55, 9-Jesse James Burks-54, 10-Dahne Lynn McKay-1.

NEW HPD WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Buckley-671, 2-Toni Breidinger-430, 3-Christine Breckenridge-383, 4-Hazelton-382, 5-Joel Rayborne, 354, 6-Annie Breidinger-331, 7=Cody Jessop-315, 8-Dylan Nobile-286, 9-Jeff Kelley-259, 10-Elliott-219.

NEXT HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Dirt): August 22– Visalia, CA – Plaza Park Raceway

NEXT HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Pavement): July 12– Madera (CA) Speedway