HUNT FINALLY CRACKS THE WINNERS CIRCLE AT ROSEVILLE

Roseville, CA…….Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. finally ended recent frustrations with a 100-lap USAC Western Sprint Car feature victory Saturday night at All American Speedway. Hunt grabbed the lead from Nick Green on lap 18 in his Metal Works/Red Line Oil Beast and led the final 83 laps of the race to beat Tanner Swanson, Brian McClish, Nick Green and fast qualifier JoJo Helberg. Swanson’s finish left him tied with Helberg fir the series point lead entering a July 25 race at Salt Lake City, Utah.


 


USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 27, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-12.84; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.88; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-12.99; 4. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.02; 5. Tanner Swanson, 75, TK-13.02; 6. Nick Green, 14, Pierson-13.14; 7. Eric Humphries, 16, Mott-13.27; 8. John Sarale, 32, Riddell-13.30; 9. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-13.50; 10. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.52; 11. Jerry Kobza, 19x, Riddell-13.86; 12. Alissa Geving, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.45; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-15.62; 14. Mike Murgoitio, 60, Western Speed-NT; 15. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-NT.


 


DASH: (4 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Sasselli, 3. Hunt, 4. Helberg. NT


 


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Tony Hunt, 2. Tanner Swanson (#75), 3. Brian McClish, 4. Nick Green, 5. JoJo Helberg, 6. Eric Humphries, 7. John Sarale, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Marvin Mitchell, 10. Audra Sasselli, 11. Jimmy Riddell, 12. Jerry Kobza, 13. Alissa Geving. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Green, Laps 3-12 Sasselli, Laps 13-17 Green, Laps 18-100 Hunt.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swanson-243; 2-Helberg-243; 3-McClish-241; 4-Humphries-203; 5-Green-185; 6-Kody Swanson-176; 7-Hunt-172; 8-Hogg-154; 9-Sasselli-146; 10-Riddell-135.


 


NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways