By Dick Jordan
Virginia and California share the spotlight in USAC HPD Midget action this week with the Eastern and Western Dirt series continuing their 2014 campaigns.
Saturday’s Eastern race is at Lonesome Pine Raceway in Coeburn, Va. while Western Dirt races are slated Friday and Saturday nights at the Lemoore (Calif.) Raceway.
Chase Goetz of Snohomish, Wash. scored his 10th USAC Washington HPD victory of 2014 Saturday night as the series concluded at Grays Harbor Raceway. In wrapping up the championship Goetz led all 25 laps to beat Garrett Thomas, Jeremy Miller, Michael Vollbrecht and Lance Sargent. Award winners Saturday were Lance Sargent (SPEEDMART Hard Charger), Todd Hartman (Highline Performance), Tristin Thomas (Earhof Fast Time) and Nic Larson (Emma Lanes).
2014 HPD USAC Western Dirt Midget Standings: 1-Ashley Hazelton-438, 2-Marvin Mitchell-322, 3-Cory Elliott-287, 4-Cody Jessop-279, 5-Shawn Buckley-279, 6-Wally Pankratz-200, 7-Davey Marcotte-114, 8-Sean Watts-74, 9-Randi Pankratz-69, 10-Courtney Crone-64.
2014 HPD USAC Western Midget Standings: 1-Shawn Buckley-1,198, 2-Ashley Hazelton-789, 3-Cody Jessop-741, 4-Toni Briedinger-716, 5-Christine Breckenridge-624, 6-Annie Briedinger-581, 7-Joel Rayborne-572, 8-Tom Paterson-522, 9-Dylan Nobile-498, 10-Jeff Kelley-392.
2014 HPD USAC Washington Midget Standings: 1-Chase Goetz-903, 2-Garrett Thomas-750, 3-Michael Vollbrecht-683, 4-Hannah Lindquist-681, 5-Tristin Thomas-629, 6-Dougie James-601, 7-Lance Sargent-545, 8-Todd Hartman-503, 9-Chance Crum-426, 10-Jeremy Miller-404.
2014 HPD USAC Eastern Midget Standings: 1-Scott Hunter-789, 2-Calvin Carroll-677, 3-Tyler Corriher-650, 4-Nikki Carroll-567, 5-Chris Lamb-559, 6-Matt Lundstrom-442, 7-Blaine Leydig-409, 8-Nolan Allison-307, 9-Jessica Bean-270, 10-Jake Nelke-228.