LUTTMER TAKES 25-LAP UTAH FORD FOCUS FEATURE
Salt Lake City, UT……..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.
USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.355; 2. Jim Waters, 28, Walton-15.457; 3. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.548; 4. Austin Luttmer, 49, FRB-15.821; 5. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-16.205; 6. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.415; 7. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-NT.
HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Luttmer, 2. Waters, 3. Groat, 4. Fuette, 5. Duncombe, 6. Sainsbury, 7. Williams. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Austin Luttmer, 2. Gregg Fuette, 3. Chuck Groat, 4. Ron Duncombe, 5. Guy Sainsbury, 6. J.R. Williams. (NOTE: The car of Jim Waters failed to pass post-race technical inspection after finishing second and was disqualified)
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Luttmer.
NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Brodie Kostecki-785; 2-Jim Waters-748; 3-Jessica Clark-725; 4-Jarid Blondel-691; 5-Groat-684; 6-Wally Pankratz-665; 7-Tyler Dolacki-655; 8-Luttmer-648; 9-Daniel Williams-594; 10-Brandon White-550.
NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-760; 2-Groat-684; 3-Luttmer-648; 4-Fuette-507; 5-Duncombe-479; 6-Williams-468; 7-Jeff Kelley-464; 8-Jessica Clark-386; 9-Brandon White-342; 10-Michael Daniels-341.
NEXT WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: September 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways