Jim Waters Takes Rocky Mountain Sprint Victory

From Dick Jordan

Jim Waters drove to victory in the USAC Rocky Mountain Sprint Series feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways Saturday while Chuck Groat took the Ford Focus checkers.

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

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.777; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-13.857; 3. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.975; 4. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.140; 5. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.263; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.361; 7. Chuck Groat, 24x, Waters-14.633; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.751; 9. Austin Luttmer, 36x, Burdett-14.775; 10. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.847.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Geisler, 2. Andrus, 3. Barlow, 4. Luttmer. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Waters, 3. Marconi, 4. Bergener, 5. Filler. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Johnny Geisler, 3. Eric Barlow, 4. Mel Andrus, 5. Ray Bergener, 6. Ryan Burdett, 7. Chauncey Filler, 8. Paul Marconi, 9. Austin Luttmer, 10. Chuck Groat. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Marconi, Laps 2-11 Burdett, Laps 12-27 Geisler, Laps 28-30 Waters.

NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-453; 2-Waters-451; 3-Geisler-401; 4-Barlow-392; 5-Marconi-307; 67-Andrus-294; 7-Mike Murgoitio-266; 8-Bergener-263; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.

NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: August 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

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USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.130; 2. Kipp Posey, 37, Posey-15.155; 3.Jim Waters, 28, Walton-15.403; 4. Jeff Kelley, 55, Kelley-15.504; 5. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.505; 6. Austin Luttmer, 49, FRB-15.548; 7. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.598; 8. Cheyenne Torgerson, 14, Torgerson-15.691; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.078; 10. Trent Kassik, 83, Kassik-17.156; 11. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Groat, 2. Waters, 3. Fuette, 4. Duncombe, 5. Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Posey, 2. Kelley, 3. Sainsbury, 4. Luttmer, 5. Kassik. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Chuck Groat, 2. Kipp Posey, 3. Jim Waters, 4. Gregg Fuette, 5. Austin Luttmer, 6. Ron Duncombe, 7. Guy Sainsbury, 8. Jeff Kelley, 9. J.R. Williams, 10. Trent Kassik. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Luttmer, Laps 4-25 Groat.

NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-653; 2-Groat-618; 3-Luttmer-577; 4-Kelley-464; 5-Fuette-441; 6-Duncombe-424; 7-Williams-366; 8-Michael Daniels-341; 9-Jessica Clark-296; 10-Sainsbury-259.

NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: September 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways