GERHARDT GETS SECOND VICTORY IN STOCKTON 50-LAPPER

 


USAC’s AMSOIL Western and Western Classic Sprint Series head for Idaho for this wekeend’s races at Meridian Speedway. Feature events are slated both Friday and Saturday nights at the quarter-mile paved oval. The USAC/Utah Ford Focuses are also on the racing program both nights.


 


Audra Sasselli of Visalia, Calif., attempting to become USAC’s second female driving champion, enters the Meridian races with a 23-point lead over Cody Gerhardt in the Western Sprint standings, while Lincoln, Calif.’s Tony Hunt sits atop the Western Classic points, 64 ahead of Geoff Ensign.


 


Gerhardt, of Madera, Calif., wheeled his Western Speed Racing machine to victory in Saturday night’s 50-lap AMSOIL USAC Western Classic Sprint feature at Stockton 99 Speedway. He passed teammate Tim Skoglund on lap 34 and led the final 17 laps to beat Tim Barber, Sasselli, Skoglund and Ensign. Western Classic point leader Tony Hunt was the fastest qualifier and finished sixth in the feature.


 


Mike Murgoitio won both Meridian Sprint features in 2010.