By Dick Jordan
Mike Murgoitio took the victory in USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT action at Meridian Speedway Saturday. Davey Hamilton Jr. took the Ford Focus feature.
USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2011 – Meridian, Idaho – Meridian Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-12.361; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-12.395; 3. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-12.434; 4. Bryan Warf, 91, Warf-12.488; 5. Chris Ratterree, 18, Ratterree-12.488; 6. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-12.494; 7. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-12.496; 8. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-12.508; 9. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.521; 01. Sierra Jackson, 25, Jackson-12.628; 11. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-112.675; 12. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-12.683; 13. Robert Beck, 3, Beck-12.800;14. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-12.856; 15. Cody Veenstra, 05, Rule-12.926; 16. Mark Floyd, 86, Floyd-13.897; 14. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-14.568.
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Murgoitio, 2. Geisler, 3. Warf, 4. Ramos. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Veenstra, 3. Barlow, 4. Ratterree, 5. Ramos, 6. Sasselli, 7. Beck, 8. Mitchell, 9. Murgoitio. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdette, 2. Jackson, 3. Skoglund, 4. Geisler, 5. Warf, 6. Waters, 7. Gerhardt, 8. Floyd. NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Bryan Warf, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Luis Ramos III, 6. Robert Beck, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Audra Sasselli, 9. Jim Waters, 10. Cody Veenstra, 11. Ryan Burdette, 12. Marvin Mitchell, 13. Chris Ratterree, 14. Eric Barlow, 15. Sierra Jackson, 16. Mark Floyd, 17. Johnny Geisler. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Skoglund, Laps 2-38 Warf, Laps 39-50 Murgoitio.
NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-391; 2-Waters-376; 3-Geisler-329; 4-Barlow-327; 5-Murgoitio-266; 6-Paul Marconi-258; 7-Skoglund-244; 8-Ramos-235; 9-Mel Andrus-233; 10-Gerhardt-222.
NEW WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-445; 2-Sasselli-443; 3-Gerhardt-439; 4-Skoglund-435; 5-Ramos-431; 6-Scott Pierovich-267; 7-Geisler-210; 8-Geoff Ensign-199; 9-Murgoitio-193; 10-Tim Barber-177.
NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: July 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways
NEXT AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT RACE: August 27 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale
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USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2011 – Meridian, Idaho – Meridian Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-13.214; 2. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-13.280; 3. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Western Speed-13.327; 4. Jim Waters, 28, Walton-13.392; 5. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-13.596; 6. Austin Luttmer, 49, Luttmer-13.610; 7. Jeff Kelley, 55, Kelley-13.771; 8. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.248; 9. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-NT.
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Kostecki, 3. Groat, 4. Hamilton. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Kostecki, 3. Duncombe, 4. Kelley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Groat, 3. Luttmer, 4. Williams. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Davey Hamilton Jr., 2. Jim Waters, 3. Chuck Groat, 4. Ron Duncombe, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Austin Luttmer, 7. Jeff Kelley, 8. J.R. Williams. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hamilton.
NEW USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Jessica Clark-642; 2-Waters-589; 3-Groat-544; 4-Luttmer-523; 5-J.R. Williams-453; 6-Jarid Blondel-448; 7-Kelley-415; 8-Tyler Dolacki-414; 9-Gregg Fuette-382; 10-Daniel Williams-374.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-588; 2-Groat-544; 3-Luttmer-523; 4-Kelley-415; 5-Gregg Fuette-382; 6-Duncombe-374; 7-Michael Daniels-341; 8-J.R. Williams-326; 9-Jessica Clark-296; 10-Cheyenne Torgerson-235.
NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 23 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway
NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways