GERHARDT CONTINUES WINNING WAYS IN STOCKTON 50-LAPPER

 


Stockton, CA……..Cody Gerhardt of Madera, Calif. wheeled his Western Speed Racng machine to victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap AMSOIL USAC Western Classic Sprint feature at Stockton 99 Speedway. He passed teammate Tim Skoglund on lap 34 and led the final 17 laps to beat Tim Barber, Western series point leader Audra Sasselli, Skoglund and Geoff Ensign. Western Classic point leader Tony Hunt was the fastest qualifier and finished sixth in the feature.


 


AMSOIL USAC WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 9 2011 – Stockton, California – Stockton 99 Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.802; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-12.803; 3. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-12.825; 4. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-12.881; 5. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-12.885; 6. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-12.933; 7. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-12.959; 8. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.017; 9. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-13.064; 10. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-13.236; 11. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ramos, 2. Ensign, 3. Pierovich, 4. Barber, 5. Hunt. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sasselli, 2. Hogg, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Skoglund, 5. Rodgers. NT


 


DASH: (4 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Hunt, 4. Ensign. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Cody Gerhardt, 2. Tim Barber, 3. Audra Sasselli, 4. Tim Skoglund, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Tony Hunt, 7. Shauna Hogg, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Luis Ramos III, 10. Gordon Rodgers, 11. Marvin Mitchell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-33 Skoglund, Laps 34-50 Gerhardt.


 


NEW AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sasselli-359; 2-Gerhardt-336; 3-Hunt-324; 4-Skoglund-320; 5-Ramos-315; 6-Pierovich-267; 7-Ensign-199; 8-Barber-177; 9-Hogg-175; 10-Rodgers-151.


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-411; 2-Ensign-347; 3-Hogg-340; 4-Barber-338; 5-Pierovich-311; 6-Sasselli-245; 7-Jerry Kobza-242; 8-Gerhardt-222; 9-Ramos-204; 10-Skoglund-197.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT RACE: July 15 – Meridian (ID) Speedway


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: July 15 – Meridian (ID) Speedway