RAMOS GET WIN #1 IN MADERA FOCUS FEATURE

Madera, CA…….Luis Ramos III of Clovis, Calif. sped to victory in Saturday night’s 25-lap “Pombo Classic” USAC Ford Focus feature at the Madera Speedway. Ramos and his Western Speed Racing entry led the final 16 laps after passing Mindy McCord on lap 10. Cody Gerhardt finished second ahead of Zach Stout, Jeff Oleen and McCord. Series point leader Nick Romano was seventh, while fast qualifier Garrett Peterson wound up sixth.


 


USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 18, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Pombo Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.785; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.829; 3. Eric Gunderson, 98, Gunderson-14.934; 4. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-14.963; 5. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-15.015; 6. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-15.026; 7. Luis Ramos III, 60, Western Speed-15.037; 8. Mindy McCord, 3, Sutton-15.220; 9. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.355; 10. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-15.725.


 


DASH: (4 laps) 1. Oleen, 2. Gerhart, 3. Gunderson, 4. Peterson. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Oleen, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Stout, 5. Kassik. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ramos, 2. Romano, 3. Peterson, 4. Gunderson, 5. Williams. NT


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Luis Ramos III, 2. Cody Gerhardt, 3. Zach Stout, 4. Jeff Oleen, 5. Mindy McCord, 6. Garrett Peterson, 7. Nick Romano, 8. J.R. Williams, 9. Connor Kassik, 10. Eric Gunderson. NT


----------------------------------------------------------


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 McCord, Laps 10-25 Ramos.


 


NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-601; 2-Gerhardt-576; 3-Oleen-541; 4.Stout-465; 5-Michael J. Lewis-379; 6-Peterson-362; 7-Gunderson-325; 8-Williams-316; 9-Ramos-251; 10-Kassik-251.


 


NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Paved): August 15 – Madera (CA) Speedway