DEFENDING UTAH CHAMP DANIELS TAKES RMR OPENER

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Defending USAC Utah Ford Focus Champion Michael Daniels of Magna, Utah won Saturday night’s 2011 series opener at Rocky Mountain Raceways. He passed Ron Duncombe on lap 11 and led the final 15 laps to win the 25-lapper over Jeff Kelley, Jim Waters, Gregg Fuette and Austin Luttmer. Chuck Groat posted the fastest qualifying time, while Daniels and Waters won the heats.


 


USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: May 7, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.277; 2. Jim Waters, 28, Waters-15.328; 3. Jeff Kelley, 55, Kelley-15.554; 4. Austin Luttmer, 49, Luttmer-15.585; 5. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-15.662; 6. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.671; 7. Gregg Fuette, 15, Strickland-15.822; 8. Terra Brower, 07, Remick-16.043; 9. Cheyenne Torgerson, 14, Torgerson-16.158; 10. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.481.


 


FIRST HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Daniels, 2. Groat, 3. Kelley, 4. Fuette, 5. Williams. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Duncombe, 3. Luttmer, 4. Torgerson, 5. Brower. NT


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Michael Daniels, 2. Jeff Kelley, 3. Jim Waters, 4. Gregg Fuette, 5. Austin Luttmer, 6. Cheyenne Torgerson, 7. Ron Dunconbe, 8. Terra Brower, 9. J.R. Williams, 10. Chuck Groat. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Brower, Laps 2-3 Duncombe, Laps 4-6 Waters, Laps 7-10 Duncombe, Laps 11-25 Daniels.


 


NEW WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Jarid Blondel-232; 2-Jessica Clark-227; 3-Brandon White-227; 4-Paul Graham-207; 5-Ricky Bowers-169; 6-Alex Jacobsen-160; 7-Williams-139; 8-Ross Rankine-137; 9-Wally Pankratz-112; 10-Jake Swanson-111.


NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Jessica Clark-189; 2-Brandon White-173; 3-Paul Graham-148; 4-Jake Swanson-111; 5-Luttmer-108; 6-Cody Gerhardt-107; 7-Ricky Bowers-104; 8-Alex Jacobsen-96; 9-Jimmy Moon-95; 10-Williams-93.


 


NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: May 14 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway


NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: May 21 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways