LEWIS GETS USAC VICTORY #2 AT LAS VEGAS

Las Vegas, NV…….Michael J. Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. scored his second USAC California Pavement Ford Focus feature win Saturday night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Battling his Western Speed Racing teammate, Lewis traded the lead back and forth with Cody Gerhardt before leading the final nine laps for the win. Nick Romano, Keegan Walmer, Jeff Oleen and Gerhardt rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.



USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-15.482; 2. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-15.525; 3. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-15.581; 4. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.587; 5. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-15.686; 6. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-15.714; 7. Brody Roa, 91, Roa-15.817; 8. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.629; 9. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Oleen, 2. Romano, 3. Walmer, 4. Roa. 1:36.68


 


SECOND HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Stout, 4. Williams. 1:50.28


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael J. Lewis, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Jeff Oleen, 5. Cody Gerhardt, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Zach Stout, 8. J.R. Williams, 9. Connor Kassik. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Gerhardt, Lap 14 Lewis, Laps 15-21 Gerhardt, Laps 22-30 Lewis.


NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-482; 2-Oleen-470; 3-Gerhardt-454; 4-Stout-305; 5-Lewis-379; 6-Eric Gunderson-283; 7-Garrett Peterson-233; 8-Williams-227; 9-Kassik-171; 10-Kipp Posey-145.


NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): June 27 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway