HAZELTON TAKES CALIFORNIA'S 2,500TH USAC RACE

Bakersfield, CA……..Ashley Hazelton of Chatsworth, Calif. won Friday night’s 20-lap USAC Western HPD Midget race at The Dirt Track at Kern County Raceway Park. The race was the 2,500th for USAC in the state of California! She took the lead on lap two from Wally Pankratz and led the rest of the way to beat Tom Paterson, David Prickett, Pankratz and Jesse Love IV.

USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 17, 2016 – Bakersfield, California – The Dirt Track @ Kern County Raceway Park

QUALIFYING: 1. Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-15.985; 2. Tom Paterson, 9, Paterson-16.377; 3. Wally Pankratz, 98jr, Pankratz-16.457; 4. Jesse Love IV, 38L, Love-16,637; 5. Annie Breidinger, 15, Breidinger-16.921; 6. Mike Leach, 33, Leach-17.122; 7. Antonia Boscacci, 44L, Love-17.300; 8. Toni Breidinger, 37, Pankratz-18.565; 9. David Prickett, 20w, WHPD-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hazelton, 2. Pankratz, 3. Boscacci, 4. A.Breidinger. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Paterson, 2. Love, 3. T.Breidinger, 4. Leach, 5. Prickett. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Ashley Hazelton, 2. Tom Paterson, 3. David Prickett, 4. Wally Pankratz, 5. Jesse Love IV, 6. Annie Breidinger, 7. Antonia Boscacci, 8. Toni Breidinger, 9. Mike Leach. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Pankratz, Laps 2-20 Hazelton.

NEW USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET POINTS: 1-Love-671, 2-T.Breidinger-517, 3-A.Breidinger-505, 4-Boscacci-378, 5-Blake Brannon-373, 6-Hazelton-273, 7-Davey Hamilton Jr.-236, 8-Cody Jessop-190, 9-Ethan Lesser-142, 10-Tommy McCarthy-134.

NEW USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Love IV-229, 2-Boscacci-200, 3-Hazelton-159, 4-A.Breidinger-138, 5-Ariel Biggs-84, 6-Paterson-80, 7-Jesse Love III-74, 8-W.Pankratz-72, 9-Prickett-68, 10-T.Breidinger-55.

NEXT USAC WESTERN HPD MIDGET RACE: June 18 – Dixon (CA) Speedway