SPEEDWAY, Ind. The 44th season of Avanti Windows & Doors USAC Western States Midget will feature 12 race dates at six different dirt ovals throughout California.

The season opens and closes at the southern California seaside oval of Ventura. The slate kicks off on March 8 at Ventura Raceway and closes out the series season at the same fifth-mile dirt venue on Oct. 25. Sandwiched between the bookmarks are another pair of Ventura events on June 14 and July 12.

Thereafter, Placerville Speedway hosts a duo of series rounds on April 5 and again on July 5 at the northern California quarter-mile dirt oval.

Two dates await the series at Nipomo, Californias Santa Maria Speedway as competitors return to the third-mile clay oval on both May 17 and Aug. 9.

Visalia, Californias Plaza Park Raceway is back on the slate for the first time since the series 2013 trip to the Central Valley fifth-mile dirt track. The Plaza Park return will take place on April 26 for its one and only series date of the year.

The newly-rechristened Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvicks Kern Raceway welcomes the series on June 13. Also making single appearances on the tour in the coming year are the fairgrounds of Merced Speedway on Sept. 13 while Antioch Speedway hosts the series on Oct. 11.

Cade Lewis enters 2025 as the reigning USAC Western States Midget champion, a series which also boasts as its champions such as Jeff Heywood, Sleepy Tripp, Robby Flock, Billy Boat, Jay Drake, Wally Pankratz, Cory Kruseman, Ronnie Gardner and Michael Faccinto.

2025 AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC WESTERN STATES MIDGET SCHEDULE

March 8           Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California

April 5 Placerville Speedway | Placerville, California

April 26           Plaza Park Raceway | Visalia, California

May 17            Santa Maria Speedway | Nipomo, California

June 13            Bakersfield Speedway at Kevin Harvicks Kern Raceway | Bakersfield, California

June 14            Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California

July 5   Placerville Speedway | Placerville, California

July 12 Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California

Aug. 9  Santa Maria Speedway | Nipomo, California

Sept. 13           Merced Speedway | Merced, California

Oct. 11 Antioch Speedway | Antioch, California

Oct. 25 Ventura Raceway | Ventura, California