HUNT WINS “POMBO CLASSIC” 50-LAPPER AT MADERA

 


Madera, CA……..Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. piloted his Mike Phulps entry to victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap “Al Pombo Classic” USAC Western Classic Sprint feature at Madera Speedway. He took the lead from Tim Skoglund and never looked back as he paced the final 22 laps to beat Brian McClish, Western point leader Audra Sasselli, Skoglund and Johnny Geisler. Hunt was also the fastest qualifier and is now on top of the new Western Classic points.


 


AMSOIL USAC WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2011 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Al Pombo Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.764; 2. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.779; 3. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-13.888; 4. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-13.933; 5. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-13.933; 6. Brian McClish, 69, Kaiser-13.950; 7. Johnny Giesler, 12x, Bard-13.977; 8. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.016; 9. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.026; 10. 94 Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-14.176; 11. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.204; 12. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.375; 13. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-14.981; 14. Don Emory, 50x, Emory-15.342 ; 15. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT; 16. Bill Logan, 98, Logan-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Ensign, 4. McClish, 5. Sasselli, 6. Rodgers, 7. Emery, 8. Mitchell. 1:55.52


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ramos, 2. Barber, 3. Pierovich, 4. Skoglund, 5. Hunt, 6. Giesler, 7. Kobza. 1:53.81


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tony Hunt, 2. Brian McClish, 3. Audra Sasselli, 4. Tim Skoglund, 5. Johnny Giesler, 6. Tim Barber, 7. Scott Pierovich, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Luis Ramos III, 10. Cody Gerhardt, 11. Geoff Ensign, 12. Gordon Rodgers, 13. Jerry Kobza, 14. Don Emery, 15. Marvin Mitchell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Skoglund, Laps 29-50 Hunt.


 


NEW AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sasselli-237; 2-Ramos-222; 3-Hunt-213; 4-Skoglund-203; 5-Gerhardt-197; 6-Pierovich-171; 7-McClish-160; 8-Ensign-142; 9-Hogg-126; 10-Rodgers-114.


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-229; 2-Pierovich-216; 3-Sasselli-182; 4-McClish-160; 5-Hogg-160; 6-Ramos-160; 7-Ensign-160; 8-Barber-153; 9-Kobza-153; 10-Gerhardt-151.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC SPRINT RACE: July 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: June 17 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway