DAWSON REMAINS TOUGH AT LVMS BULLRING

Las Vegas, NV........Bryant Dawson of Phoenix, Ariz. once again  prevailed in Saturday's 30-lap USAC Western Pavement Ignite Midget feature at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. He passed Michael Fanelli on lap 11 and led the final 20 laps for the victory over Christine Breckenridge, Jarid Blondel, Cody Jessop and George Blacker. Dawson led the first two laps and then Fanelli led the next eight.

USAC WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 18, 2013 – Las Vegas Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Christine Breckenridge, 26, Breckenridge-15.478; 2. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-15.567; 3. Michael Fanelli, 19, Fanelli-15.586; 4. Bryant Dawson, 99, Dawson-15.615; 5. George Blacker, 9, Blacker-15.635; 6. Winn Frazin, 59, Frazin-15.818; 7. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-15.819; 8. Cody Jessop, 00, Jessop-16.099; 9. Ron Hazelton, 32, Hazelton-17.061; 10. Marina Turner, 98T, Turner-17.231.

FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Fanelli, 2. Breckenridge, 3. Buckley, 4. Blacker, 5. Hazelton. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Dawson, 2. Blondel, 3. Jessop, 4. Frazin, 5. Turner. NT

FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Bryant Dawson, 2. Christine Breckenridge, 3. Jarid Blondel, 4. Cody Jessop, 5. George Blacker, 6. Michael Fanelli, 7. Ron Hazelton, 8. Shawn Buckley, 9. Marina Turner, 10. Winn Frazin. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Dawson, Laps 3-10 Fanelli, Laps 11-30 Dawson.

NEW WESTERN IGNITE MIDGET POINTS: 1-Blondel-371, 2-Breckenridge-314, 3-Dawson-218, 4-Wally Pankratz-201, 5-Cory Elliott-198, 6-Parker Colston-188, 7-Fanelli-188, 8-Blacker-188, 9-Buckley-162, 10-Ariel Biggs-159.

NEW WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET POINTS: 1-Dawson-218, 2-Blondel-196, 3-Fanelli-188, 4-Breckenridge-183, 5-Buckley-162, 6-Blacker-144, 7-Turner-132, 8-Jessop-110, 9-Ariel Biggs-47, 10-R.Hazelton-42.

NEXT WESTERN IGNITE (PAVEMENT) MIDGET RACE: June 15 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring