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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
APRIL 21, 2014
DICK JORDAN 14-48
HPD MIDGETS AT GAS CITY & LAS VEGAS;
HUNTER #1 AT SHENANDOAH
USAC's Midwest and Western HPD Midget Series resume action this weekend. The Midwest series visits Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway Friday, while the Western participants will compete at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring Saturday.
Scott Hunter of Wald Lake, Mich. is the new point leader in USAC's Eastern HPD Midget Series after winning Saturday night's 30-lap feature at Shenandoah Speedway. He passed Tyler Corriher on lap 21 and led the rest of the way to beat fast qualifier Blaine Leydig, Chris Lamb, Calvin Carroll and Jessica Bean. Corriher led the first 20 laps. Hunter is now two laps ahead of Lamb entering a May 9 race at Altamahaw, N.C.
Patrick Bruns leads the Midwest series to Gas City for the first of five races at the quarter-mile dirt oval. Shawn Buckley sits atop the Western series as it prepares for the second of nine 2014 Las Vegas appearances. Lady driver Christine Breckenridge won there on April 5.
2014 HPD USAC Eastern Midget Standings: 1-Scott Hunter-251, 2-Chris Lamb-249, 3-Blaine Leydig-234, 4-Calvin Carroll-214, 5-Tyler Corriher-206, 6-Jessica Bean-194, 7-Nikki Carroll-163, 8-Fletcher Wulf-134, 9-Eric Lewis-112, 10-Jake Nelke-85.
2014 HPD USAC Midwest Dirt Midget Standings: 1-Patrick Bruns-135, 2-Aaron Schuck-129, 3-Austin Nemire-120, 4-Bill Kriegbaum-56, 5-Alex Watson-1.
2014 HPD USAC Western Pavement Midget Standings: 1-Shawn Buckley-303, 2-Toni Breidinger-179, 3-Ashley Hazelton-147, 4-Dylan Noble-144, 5-Joel Rayborne-138, 6-Bryant Dawson-132, 7-Cody Jessop-127, 8-Tom Patterson-104, 9-Annie Breidinger-99, 10-Jesse James Burks-85.
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