HAMILTON GETS USAC WIN #1 AT MERIDIAN

 


Meridian, ID……..Idaho’s own Davey Hamilton Jr. sped to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Western/Utah Ford Focus feature at Meridian Speedway. The win was his first in USAC competition as he beat Utah point leader Jim Waters, Chuck Groat, Ron Duncombe and fast qualifier Brodie Kostecki to the line.


 


USAC WESTERN/UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: July 16, 2011 – Meridian, Idaho – Meridian Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-13.214; 2. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-13.280; 3. Davey Hamilton Jr., 60, Western Speed-13.327; 4. Jim Waters, 28, Walton-13.392; 5. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-13.596; 6. Austin Luttmer, 49, Luttmer-13.610; 7. Jeff Kelley, 55, Kelley-13.771; 8. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.248; 9. Guy Sainsbury, 88, Sainsbury-NT.


 


DASH: (4 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Kostecki, 3. Groat, 4. Hamilton. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Kostecki, 3. Duncombe, 4. Kelley. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Groat, 3. Luttmer, 4. Williams. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Davey Hamilton Jr., 2. Jim Waters, 3. Chuck Groat, 4. Ron Duncombe, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Austin Luttmer, 7. Jeff Kelley, 8. J.R. Williams. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hamilton.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Jessica Clark-642; 2-Waters-589; 3-Groat-544; 4-Luttmer-523; 5-J.R. Williams-453; 6-Jarid Blondel-448; 7-Kelley-415; 8-Tyler Dolacki-414; 9-Gregg Fuette-382; 10-Daniel Williams-374.


NEW UTAH FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-Waters-588; 2-Groat-544; 3-Luttmer-523; 4-Kelley-415; 5-Gregg Fuette-382; 6-Duncombe-374; 7-Michael Daniels-341; 8-J.R. Williams-326; 9-Jessica Clark-296; 10-Cheyenne Torgerson-235.


 


NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: July 23 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway


NEXT UTAH FORD FOCUS RACE: July 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways