GUNDERSON WINS AT LAS VEGAS, TAKES POINT LEAD

Las Vegas, NV…….Eric Gunderson of La Jolla, Calif. Is the new point leader in the USAC California Pavement and USAC Auto Trader Utah Ford Focus Series standings after winning Saturday night’s 30-lap race at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Gunder son passed Cody Gerhardt on lap 11 and led the rest of the way to beat Cody Swanson, Gerhardt, fast qualifier Jim Waters and Michael J. Lewis.



USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT/AUTO TRADER UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 4, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada – The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 25, Ault-15.267; 2. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-15.273; 3. Eric Gunderson, 98, Gunderson-15.277; 4. Bob Brewer, 5, Brewer-15.359; 5. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.394; 6. Cody Swanson, 55, Bowman-15.431; 7. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.436; 8. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-15.467; 9. Kipp Posey, 37, Posey-15.510; 10. Luis Ramos III, 00, Christie-15.643; 11. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-15.643; 12. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-15.669; 13. Jeff Kelley, 55x, Kelley-15.767; 14. Gregg Fuette, 15, Fuette-15.826; 15. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-15.973; 16. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.121; 17. Michael Daniels, 87, Daniels-16.365; 18. Ron Duncombe, 4, Duncombe-16.603; 19. Christiana Remick, 13, Remick-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Brewer, 3. Groat, 4. Ramos, 5. Kelley, 6. Williams. 2:15.42


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Oleen, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Romano, 4. Lewis, 5. Fuette, 6. Daniels. 2:05.54


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gunderson, 2. Stout, 3. Posey, 4. C.Swanson, 5. Kassik, 6. Duncombe. 2:14.44


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Eric Gunderson, 2. Cody Swanson, 3. Cody Gerhardt, 4. Jim Waters, 5. Michael J. Lewis, 6. Kipp Posey, 7. Nick Romano, 8. Jeff Oleen, 9. Zach Stout, 10. Bob Brewer, 11. Chuck Groat, 12. Luis Ramos III, 13. Connor Kassik, 14. J.R. Williams, 15. Ron Duncombe, 16. Gregg Fuette, 17. Jeff Kelley, 18. Michael Daniels. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Gerhardt, Laps 11-30 Gunderson.


 


NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Gunderson-133; 2-Lewis-122; 3-Waters-118; 4-Gerhardt-117; 5-Romano-113; 6-Posey-95; 7-Ramos-90; 8-Stout-87; 9-Oleen-84; 10-Alex Bowman-74.


NEW AUTO TRADER UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Gunderson-133; 2-Lewis-122; 3-Waters-118; 4-Gerhardt-117; 5-Romano-113; 6-Posey-95; 7-Ramos-90; 8-Stout-87; 9-Oleen-84; 10-Alex Bowman-74.


 


NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Paved): April 18 – Blythe, CA, - Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway


NEXT AUTO TRADER UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: April 18 – Blythe, CA, - Lucas Oil I-10 Speedway