HUNTER TAKES COLUMBUS FOCUS FEATURE

Columbus, OH…….Scott Hunter of Walled Lake, Mich. Led the final 11 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus opener at the Columbs Motor Speedway. The race was part of the “JEGS Crown” Midget Super Nationals. Hunter took the lead from Rick Fedrizzi on lap 20 and led the rest of the way in his Brown & Miller Racing Solutions/Kenny’s Components Ascot to beat Steven Intravaia, Joe Liguori, Eric Coomes and Jimmy Simpson.


 


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 4, 2009 – Columbus, Ohio – Columbus Motor Speedway – “JEGS Crown” Midget Super Nationals


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chris Lamb, 19L, Lamb-14.448; 2. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-14.495; 3. Eric Coomes, 44, Fedrizzi-14.496; 4. Rick Fedrizzi, 43, Fedrizzi-14.509; 5. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-14.600; 6. Steven Intravaia, 96, Brown/Noffsinger-14.693; 7. Michael May, 75, May-14.707; 8. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-14.742; 9. Bryce Burden, 17, Brown-14.775; 10. Jimmy Simpson, 38, Simpson-14.795; 11. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.476; 12. Zach Kanizer, 06, Kanizer-NT; 13. Amanda Quinones, 00, Bigley-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. May, 2. Coomes, 3. Lamb, 4. Burden, 5. Cottongim, 6. Kriegbaum. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunter, 2. Fedrizzi, 3. Intravaia, 4. Liguori, 5. Simpson. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Scott Hunter, 2. Steven Intravaia, 3. Joe Liguori, 4. Eric Coomes, 5. Jimmy Simpson, 6. Tyler Cottongim, 7. Bryce Burden, 8. Rick Fedrizzi, 9. Kent Kriegbaum, 10. Chris Lamb, 11. Michael May. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Intravaia, Laps 7-19 Fedrizzi, Laps 20-30 Hunter.



NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hunter-68; 2-Intravaia-64; 3-Liguori-64; 4-Coomes-62; 5-Simpson-52; 6-Cottongim-51; 7-Fedrizzi-49; 8-Burden-47; 9-Lamb-45; 10-Kriegbaum-39.



NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: April 17 – Gas City (IN) I-69 Speedway