By Dick Jordan
USAC’s Midwest, Western and Utah Ford Focus series continue this week with events at four racing facilities in Indiana, Utah and California. The Midwest Ford Focuses are at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway Friday and are joined by the Midwest Focus Young Guns Saturday at Montpelier (Ind.) Motor Speedway. The Western Ford Focuses and Focus Young Guns compete at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway (Dirt) and at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. (Pavement) Saturday and the Western /Utah series combine for Saturday’s race at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Austin Luttmer of West Jordan, Utah led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Western/Utah Ford Focus race at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Gregg Fuette, fast qualifier Chuck Groat, Ron Duncombe and Guy Sainsbury rounded out the “top-five.” Series point leader Jim Waters originally finished second but his car failed post-race technical inspection. He continues, however, as the point leader.
Rain forced cancellation of Monday’s scheduled Eastern Ford Focus race at Ace Speedway in Altamahaw, N.C.
USAC NATIONAL FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Drake-717, 2-Ross Rankine-699, 3-Scott Hunter-672, 4-Brodie Kostecki-669, 5-Jarett Andretti-651, 6-Jessica Clark-645, 7-Chris Lamb-639, 8-Jim Waters-630, 9-Jarid Blondel-612, 10-Tyler Dolacki-594.
USAC NATIONAL FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS:
1-Cole Custer-480, 2-Brodie Kostecki-480; 3-Sam McGhee-474, 4-Trevor Hunt-474, 5-Jared Irvan-465; 6-Parker Colston-456, 7-Stevie Kuhn-453, 8-Cooper Clouse-453, 9-Mikell McGee-417, 10-Christine Breckenridge-411.
USAC MIDWESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Ross Rankine-760, 2-James Robertson-635, 3-Toby Alfrey-598, 4-Jarett Andretti-585, 5-Nick Drake-571, 6-Jessica Bean-524, 7-Nick Hamilton-506, 8-Joey Greening-470, 9-Tyler Shullick-392, 10-Kent Kriegbaum-340.
USAC MIDWESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Sam McGhee-540, 2-Stevie Kuhn-501, 3-Cooper Clouse-446, 4-Michael Fanelli-308, 5-Mikell McGee-305, 6-Emmy Gray-285, 7-Cole Custer-168, 8-Tyler Schullick-137, 9-Adam Thomason-114, 10-Justen Garmenn-105.
USAC EASTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1- Nick Drake-787, 2-Scott Hunter-747, 3-Jarett Andretti-703, 4-Chris Lamb-673, 5-Nic Davidson-612, 6-Tyler Corriher-541, 7-Austin Prock-502, 8-Ross Rankine-376, 9-Cole Custer-339, 10-Steven Intravaia-329.
USAC EASTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jared Irvan-572; 2-Cole Custer-435; 3-Trey Hutchens-337; 4-Sam McGhee-319; 5-Mikell McGee-243; 6-Cooper Clouse-117; 7-Michael Fanelli-104; 8-Tyler Shullick-70; 9-Brendon Bock-64; 10-Stevie Kuhn-64.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Brodie Kostecki-785; 2-Jim Waters-748; 3-Jessica Clark-725; 4-Jarid Blondel-691; 5-Chuck Groat-684; 6-Wally Pankratz-665; 7-Tyler Dolacki-655; 8-Austin Luttmer-648; 9-Daniel Williams-594; 10-Brandon White-550.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Trevor Hunt-569; 2-Brodie Kostecki-569; 3-Parker Colston-516; 4-Cole Custer-461; 5-Christine Breckenridge-453; 6-James Eden-399; 7-Katlyn Leer-380; 8-Keegan Walmer-320; 9-Ricky Bowers-300; 10-Brandon White-264.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jim Waters-760; 2-Chuck Groat-684; 3-Austin Luttmer-648; 4-Gregg Fuette-507; 5-Ron Duncombe-479; 6-J.R. Williams-468; 7-Jeff Kelley-464; 8-Jessica Clark-386; 9-Brandon White-342; 10-Michael Daniels-341.