Bill Rose Captures “John Padjen Classic” Sprint Car Feature

From Dick Jordan

Bill Rose won the 30 lap “John Padjen Classic” for USAC Western Sprint cars at Silver Dollar Speedway Friday night. Rose was chased by Kyle Hirst, Colby Copeland, Andy Forsberg and Brent Kaeding

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 11, 2011 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “John Padjen Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.566; 2. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-13.698; 3. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-13.986; 4. Brent Kaeding, 69, Kaiser-14.056; 5. Bill Rose, 10T, R & B-14.294; 6. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.355; 7. Marcus Harding, 21x, Vermeil-14.445; 8. Kyle Hirst, 31, Fletcher-14.513; 9. Brian Bernal, 11x, Olmstead-14.516; 10. Matt Sherman, 00z, Sherman-14.550; 11. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.559; 12. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-14.696; 13. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.727; 14. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-14.739; 15. Jason York, 25, York-14.828; 16. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-14.847; 17. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-14.901; 18. Richard Brace Jr., 21J, Brace-14.959; 19. Scott Hullo, 56x, Santiago-14.979; 20. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-15.029; 21. Cody Smith, 3s, Smith-15.049; 22. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-15.282; 23. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-15.314; 24. Cody Meyers, 9, Meyers-15.352; 25. Jeff Shurley, 50s, Beck-15.703; 26
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Cole Peard, 58, Peard-16.068; 27. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-16.244; 28. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baseen-NT; 29. Jeff Griffin, 50, Griffin-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Rose, 3. Pierovich, 4. Copeland, 5. M.Sherman, 6. Ensign, 7. Shurley. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Forsberg, 2. Brace, 3. Richardson, 4. Bernal, 5. Barber, 6. Peard, 7. Smith. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kobza, 2. Streeter, 3. Hull, 4. Hogg, 5. Hardina, 6. Hunt, 7. York. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Hawkins, 3. Miller, 4. Kaeding, 5. T.Sherman, 6. Meyers. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bill Rose, 2. Kyle Hirst, 3. Colby Copeland, 4. Andy Forsberg, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Scott Hull, 7. Tim Sherman, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Tim Barber, 10. Marcus Hardina, 11. Jerry Kobza, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13. Bryan Clauson, 14. Marty Hawkins, 15. Matt Streeter, 16. Richard Brace Jr., 17. Jim Richardson, 18. Cody Smith, 19. Geoff Ensign, 20. Jason York, 21. Brian Bernal, 22. Cole Peard, 23. Jerry Cisco, 24. Tony Hunt, 25. Jeff Shurley, 26. Matt Sherman, 27. Todd Miller Jr. NT

**Miller and M.Sherman flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Rose, Lap 22 Clauson, Laps 23-30 Rose.

NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Rose-69; 2-Hirst-65; 3-Forsberg-64; 4-Copeland-59; 5-Kaeding-56; 6-Hull-51; 7-T.Sherman-46; 8-Pierovich-45; 9-Clauson-41; 10-Barber-40;

NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: April 2 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic”