HUNT ANNEXES 50-LAP SALT LAKE SPRINT

Salt Lake City, Utah…….Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. won Monday night’s 50-lap USAC AMSOIL Western/Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint car race at Rocky Mountain Raceways, part of the track’s Young Chevrolet 100 program. Hunt caught Rocky Mountain point leader Jimmy Wysong on lap 36 and led the final 15 laps in his Metal Works/Red Line Oil Beast/Chevy to beat Wysong, Jim Waters, Ryan Burdett and Kody Swanson. Wysong was the night’s fastest qualifier and passed early leader Mel Andrus on lap seven for the led. He then led the next 29 laps before yielding to Hunt.



USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 31, 2010 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jimmy Wysong, 00, Wysong-13.818; 2. Kody Swanson, 15, Harvest Supply-13.899; 3. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.997; 4. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.001; 5. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.141; 6. Mel Andrus, 22, Andrus-14.195; 7. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.201; 8. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.598; 9. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.636; 10. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.668; 11. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.712; 12. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT; 13. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ramos, 2. Wysong, 3. Filler, 4. Sasselli, 5. Waters, 6. Bergener, 7. Mitchell. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andrus, 2. Swanson, 3. Burdett, 4. Marconi, 5. Barlow, 6. Hunt. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tony Hunt, 2. Jimmy Wysong, 3. Jim Waters, 4. Ryan Burdett, 5. Kody Swanson, 6. Audra Sasselli, 7. Luis Ramos III, 8. Mel Andrus, 9. Ray Bergener, 10. Paul Marconi, 11. Eric Barlow, 12. Chauncey Filler, 13. Marvin Mitchell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Andrus, Laps 7-35 Wysong, Laps 36-50 Hunt.


 


NEW USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-334; 2-Ramos-271; 3-Sasselli-226; 4-Shauna Hogg-223; 5-JoJo Helberg-222; 6-Tanner Swanson-175; 7-Mitchell-173; 8-Scott Pierovich-168; 9-K.Swanson-129; 10-Gordon Rodgers-78.


NEW USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Wysong-153; 2-Waters-138; 3-Ramos-115; 4-Andrus-106; 5-Barlow-97; 6-Marconi-84; 7-Bergener-80; 8-Filler-72; 9-Hunt-68; 10-Mike Murgoitio-65.


 


NEXT USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: June 26 – San Bernardino, CA – Orange Show Speedway


NEXT USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: June 12 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways