GERHARDT LAST-LAP SPRINT VICTOR AT RMR

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Cody Gerhardt of Madera, Calif. snatched victory away from Johnny Geisler on the final lap of Saturday night’s 50-lap AMSOIL USAC Western/Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint race at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Gerhardt led only the final in his Western Speed entry to beat Geisler, Western point leader Audra Sasselli, Tim Skoglund and Tony Hunt. Ryan Burdett led the first 15 laps, Scott Pierovich then led for 24 and Geisler led for 10 before Gerhardt made his dramatic pass on the last circuit.


 


USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 2, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-13.878; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-13.990; 3. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.002; 4. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.024; 5. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.075; 6. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.077; 7. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.080; 8. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.137; 9. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.144; 10. Bryan Shafer, 24x, Waters-14.173; 11. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.281; 12. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.388; 13. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.434. 14. Austin Luttmer, 36x, Burdett-14.944.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Barlow, 3. Hunt, 4. Sasselli, 5. Pierovich, 6. Ramos, 7. Marconi. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Skoglund, 3. Shafer, 4. Waters, 5. Geisler, 6. Bergener, 7. Luttmer. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Cody Gerhardt, 2. Johnny Giesler, 3. Audra Sasselli, 4. Tim Skoglund, 5. Tony Hunt, 6. Jim Waters, 7. Luis Ramos III, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Eric Barlow, 10. Bryan Shafer, 11. Ray Bergener, 12. Ryan Burdett, 13. Paul Marconi, 14. Austin Luttmer. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Burdett, Laps 16-39 Pierovich, Laps 40-49 Geisler, Lap 50 Gerhardt.


 


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Waters-308; 2-Burdett-306; 3-Barlow-269; 4-Marconi-258; 5-Geisler-234; 6-Mel Andrus-233; 7-Bergener-212; 8-Mike Murgoitio-138; 9-Skoglund-125; 10-Sasselli-118.


NEW WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sasselli-296; 2-Ramos-271; 3-Hunt-269; 4-Gerhardt-265; 5-Skoglund-261; 6-Pierovich-220; 7-Brian McClish-160; 8-Geoff Ensign-142; 9-Shauna Hogg-126; 10-Geisler-117.


 


NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: July 30 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways


NEXT AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT RACE: July 9 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway