PETERSON #1 IN ROSEVILLE FOCUSES
Roseville, CA…….Garrett Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. won Saturday night’s 40-lap USAC California Pavement Ford Focus feature at All American Speedway. He passed Cody Gerhardt on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to beat series point leader and fast qualifier Nick Romano, Keegan Walmer, Luis Ramos III and Jessica Clark. Gerhardt led the first 19 laps of the race.
USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 27, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-13.97; 2. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.04; 3. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-14.22; 4. Greg Paul, 70, Paul-14.31; 5. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.33; 6. Luis Ramos III, 60, Western Speed-14.35; 7. Jessica Clark, 9, Sutton-14.38; 8. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-14.44; 9. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-14.79; 10. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.95.
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Paul, 3. Oleen, 4. Romano. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clark, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Oleen, 4. Romano, 5. Kassik. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Walmer, 2. Peterson, 3. Ramos, 4. Paul, 5. Williams. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Luis Ramos III, 5. Jessica Clark, 6. Cody Gerhardt, 7. J.R. Williams, 8. Greg Paul, 9. Connor Kassik. NT (NOTE: Jeff Oleen’s car disqualified after finishing second for failing to pass post-race technical inspection).
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Gerhardt, Laps 20-40 Peterson.
NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-550; 2-Gerhardt-508; 3-Oleen-480; 4-Zach Stout-405; 5-Michael J. Lewis-379; 6-Peterson-305; 7-Eric Gunderson-283; 8-Williams-273; 9-Kassik-211; 10-Ramos-183.
NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): July 18 – Madera (CA) Speedway