BUCKLEY TAKES DIRT HPD TITLE;

THOMAS, EVANS SCORE WESTERN DIRT VICTORIES; LAKE HAVASU CITY NEXT

Shawn Buckley of Simi Valley, Calif. emerged as the champion of the 2015 USAC HPD Western Dirt Midget Series following a pair of races the past week at Lemoore and Ventura, Calif.

The USAC HPD Western Midgets continue their 2015 campaign on pavement with an October 17 race at Havasu 95 Speedway in Lake Havasu City, Ariz.

Nick Evans of Granite Falls, Wash. scored a surprise victory in Saturday night’s USAC Western HPD Midget Dirt finale at Ventura Raceway. Evans led all 20 laps to beat Robert Dalby, Ariel Biggs, Tristin Thomas and Joel Rayborne.

Tristin Thomas of Burlington, Wash. won Friday night’s 25-lap USAC Western HPD Midget race at Lemoore Raceway. He passed Dalby on lap 21 and led the final five laps to beat Dalby, Evans, Michael Vollbrecht and Ryan Cully.