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Thomas Takes 18-lap Ventura Fair HPD Main

Ventura, CA……..Tristin Thomas of Burlington, Wash. won Wednesday night’s accident-shortened 18-lap USAC Western Dirt HPD Midget race at Ventura Raceway. Thomas passed Ashley Hazelton on lap 15 and led until Jared Pickens flipped on lap 19 at which time the race was halted. Trailing Thomas at the finish of the race which opened the Ventura County Fair were Hazelton, Shawn Buckley, Robert Dalby and Gary Howard.

USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 5, 2015 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ashley Hazelton (#5 Hazelton), 2. Ron Hazelton (#15 Hazelton), 3, Shawn Buckley (#7 Buckley), 4. Shayna Silvia (#44 Love), 5. Robert Dalby (#4D Holmes), 6. Dezel West (#21 West), 7. Jesse Love IV (#38L Love), 8. Jared Pickens (#37 Pankratz), 9. Tom Paterson (#9 Paterson). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tristin Thomas (#9T ‘Thomas), 2. Gary Howard (#7k Kruseman), 3. Daniel Anderson (#88 Shankerman), 4. Cody Jessop (#00 Jessop), 5. Joel Rayborne (#98 Blondel), 6. Jerry Jones (#22B Brousseau), 7. George Tuttle (#98jr Pankratz), 8. Dylan Ito (#21k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (18 laps – halted by acccident) 1. Tristin Thomas, 2. Ashley Hazelton, 3. Shawn Buckley, 4. Robert Dalby, 5. Gary Howard, 6. Dylan Ito, 7. Joel Rayborne, 8. Cody Jessop, 9. Dezel West, 10. Tom Paterson, 11. Jesse Love IV, 12. Jerry Jones, 13. Jared Pickens, 14. George Tuttle, 15. Shayna Silvia, 16. Daniel Anderson, 17. Ron Hazelton. NT

**Pickens flipped on lap 19.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 A.Hazelton, Laps 15-18 Thomas.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Jessop-862, 2-Dylan Noble-749, 3-A.Hazelton-677, 4-Toni Breidinger-631, 5-Love-595, 6-Annie Breidinger-517, 7-Paterson-488, 8-Buckley-354, 9-Ron Hazelton-308, 10-Dalby-241.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS: 1-Buckley-321, 2-R.Hazelton-261, 3-A.Hazelton-252, 4-Jessop-247, 5-Dalby-241, 6-Jet Davison-223, 7-Love-217, 8-Paterson-173, 9-Randi Pankratz-129, 10-Howard-111.

NEXT USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE: August 7 – Visalia, CA - Keller Auto Raceway At Plaza Park

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