OLEEN LEADS FINAL 3 TO WIN AT MADERA

Madera, CA….Jeff Oleen of Bethesda, Md. passed USAC California Pavement Ford Focus point leader Nick Romaon on the 23rd lap and went on to win Saturday night’s 25-lap race at Madera Speedway. Romano trailed the winner’s Oleen Pinnacle/Best Buddies Maryland Kent to the flag and was followed by Garrett Peterson, Nick Carlson and fast qualifier Michael J. Lewis. Oleen cuty Romao=no’s point lead to just three going into a June 20 race at Las Vegas, Nev.



USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 13, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-14.882; 2. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.908; 3. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-14.963; 4. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-15.000; 5. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.147; 6. Nick Carlson, 55, Bowman-15.167; 7. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-15.277; 8. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.690; 9. Mindy McCord, 3, Sutton-15.812.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Lewis, 3. Oleen, 4. Stout. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Romano, 3. Carlson, 4. Williams. NT


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jeff Oleen, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Garrett Peterson, 4. Nick Carlson, 5. Michael J. Lewis, 6. Cody Gerhardt, 7. Zach Stout, 8. J.R. Williams. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Gerhardt, Laps 15-22 Romano, Laps 23-25 Oleen.


 


NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-412; 2-Oleen-409; 3-Gerhardt-396; 4-Stout-356; 5-Lewis-306; 6-Eric Gunderson-283; 7-Peterson-233; 8-Williams-183; 9-Kipp Posey-145; 10-Connor Kassik-135.


 


NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): June 20 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring