VENTURA, Calif. — Connor Speir led all 25 laps to win his first career USAC Avanti Windows & Doors Western States Midget feature Saturday night during the season finale at Ventura Raceway.
Broedy Graham finished fourth to win his first series driving championship, and his BGR Racing Team won the entrant title.
Drake Cardey was second with two laps to go and needed only to finish ahead of Graham to win the title.
But as four of the top five cars ran in formation along the bottom in Turn 2, Cardey, Jake Swanson and Dane Culver collided, and Cardey spun to a stop in the infield. He finished 15th and was named series Rookie of the Year.
Jett Yantis finished second, by inches over Culver in third. Swanson was fifth. Graham also won the Billy’s Tequila Cup points championship for the three Western States Midget events held at Ventura this season, edging Yantis by one point.
The finish:
FEATURE: (25 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Connor Speir (1), 2. Jett Yantis (3), 3. Dane Culver (8), 4. Broedy Graham (2), 5. Jake Swanson (4), 6. C.J. Sarna (7), 7. Zach Daum (5), 8. Kevin Mahoney (14), 9. Gary DeWitt (13), 10. Randi Pankratz (10), 11. Ron Hazelton (16), 12. Kyle Hawse (15), 13. Brody Fuson (9), 14. Todd Hawse (11), 15. Drake Cardey (6), 16. Adam Weisberg (17), 17. Billy Rayburn (18), 18. Hailey Lambert (12), 19. Brayton Roberts (19).
