FRANKOSKI ONE-FOR-ONE AFTER HICKORY WIN!
Hickory, N.C……..Jeremy Frankoski’s initial USAC Carolina Ford Focus feature start ended in victory lane Saturday night at Hickory Motor Speedway. The Huntersville, N.C. driver led the last 28 laps to win the 35-lap 2009 series opener over Michael Sboro, Steven Intravaia, Eric Coomes and Scott Hunter. Driving for Tracy Trotter, Frankoski passed Coomes on lap eight and led the rest of the way for the win in his first-ever USAC start! He was also the night’s fastest qualifier.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2009 – Hickory, North Carolina – Hickory Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeremy Frankoski, 2 Trotter-15.207; 2. Michael Sboro, 24, Sboro-15.312; 3. Shane MacMillan, 43, Fedrizzi-15.327; 4. Eric Coomes, 44, Coomes-15.406; 5. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-15.473; 6. Chris Lamb, 19L, Lamb-15.522; 7. Steven Intravaia, 96, Brown/Noffsinger-15.523; 8. Tim Craver, 27, Craver-15.608; 9. Bryce Burden, 17, Brown-15.917; 10. Jeremy Tsihlis, 48, Tsihlis-16.093; 11. Amanda Quinones, 00, Bigley-16.255; 12. Billy Gaul, 22, Gaul-16.717; 13. Scott Gordon, 16, Gordon-NT.
FEATURE: (35 laps) 1. Jeremy Frankoski, 2. Michael Sboro, 3. Steven Intravaia, 4. Eric Coomes, 5. Scott Hunter, 6. Shane MacMillan, 7. Chris Lamb, 8. Tim Craver, 9. Amanda Quinones, 10. Bryce Burden, 11. Billy Gaul, 12. Scott Gordon, 13. Jeremy Tsihlis. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Coomes, Lap 7 Sboro, Lap 8 Coomes, Laps 9-35 Frankoski.
NEW USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Frankoski-66; 2-Sboro-62; 3-Intravaia-54; 4-Coomes-54; 5-Hunter-50; 6-MacMillan-49; 7-Lamb-43; 8-Craver-39; 9-Quinones-36; 10-Burden-33.
NEXT USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: April 8 – Location TBA