Murgoitio Wins at Rocky Mountain Raceways

From Dick Jordan

Salt Lake City, UT — (May 30, 2011) — Mike Murgoitio won Monday night’s USAC / SLVRA sprint car feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Tim Skoglund, Luis Ramos III, Johnny Geisler, and Audra Sasselli rounded out the top five.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 30, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.805; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-13.896; 3. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-13.923; 4. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.945; 5. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.045; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.099; 7. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.105; 8. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.230; 9. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.259; 10. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.375; 11. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.386; 12. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.479; 13. Lynn Hardy, 24x, Waters-14.860.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barlow, 2. Sasselli, 3. Ramos, 4. Murgoitio, 5. Burdett, 6. Marconi. 2:02.60

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Waters, 4. Geisler, 5. Bergener, 6. Andrus. 2:00.20

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Tim Skoglund, 3. Luis Ramos III, 4. Johnny Geisler, 5. Audra Sasselli, 6. Mel Andrus, 7. Jim Waters, 8. Cody Gerhardt, 9. Ryan Burdett, 10. Paul Marconi, 11. Eric Barlow, 12. Ray Bergener. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Ramos, Laps 24-50 Murgoitio.

NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-197; 2-Waters-178; 3-Andrus-173; 4-Geisler-166; 5-Marconi-163; 6-Barlow-163; 7-Murgoitio-138; 8-Bergener-129; 9-Skoglund-66; 10-Ramos-64.
NEW WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ramos-178; 2-Sasselli-174; 3-Gerhardt-154; 4-Skoglund-145; 5-Tony Hunt-143; 6-Scott Pierovich-119; 7-Geoff Ensign-105; 8-Brian McClish-97; 9-Jerry Kobza-87; 10-Gordon Rodgers-82.

NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: June 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways
NEXT WESTERN SPRINT RACE: June 11 – Madera (CA) Speedway