BURDETT RETURNS TO THE RMR WINNERS CIRCLE
Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. owns a 45-point lead in the latest USAC AMSOIL Western Sprint Car Series despite finishing 14th in last Saturday’s race at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. He leads Luis Ramos III entering an August 7 race at the Madera (Calif.) Speedway.
Ryan Burdett of West Jordan, Utah grabbed his first victory of the 2010 USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car campaign Saturday night, winning the 50-lap USAC AMSOIL Western Sprint Car feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Burdett trailed Ramos for 34 laps, then put his FRB Welding/Harrison Chiropractic Wysong/Klein in front to stay. New Rocky Mountain point leader Jim Waters took second ahead of Ramos, Kipp Posey and Scott Pierovich.
Waters emerged from the race with a one-point lead over Jimmy Wysong in the new Rocky Mountain standings going into an August 15 race at RMR.