MURGOITIO 1ST AT SALT LAKE CITY

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho led the final 27 laps to win Monday night’s 50-lap USAC AMSOIL Western/Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car series feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Murgoitio passed Luis Ramos III on lap 24 and led to the checkered flag. Tim Skoglund finished second ahead of Ramos, Johnny Gerisler and Audra Sasselli.


 


USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 30, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.805; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-13.896; 3. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-13.923; 4. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.945; 5. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.045; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.099; 7. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.105; 8. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.230; 9. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.259; 10. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.375; 11. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.386; 12. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.479; 13. Lynn Hardy, 24x, Waters-14.860.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barlow, 2. Sasselli, 3. Ramos, 4. Murgoitio, 5. Burdett, 6. Marconi. 2:02.60


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Waters, 4. Geisler, 5. Bergener, 6. Andrus. 2:00.20


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Tim Skoglund, 3. Luis Ramos III, 4. Johnny Geisler, 5. Audra Sasselli, 6. Mel Andrus, 7. Jim Waters, 8. Cody Gerhardt, 9. Ryan Burdett, 10. Paul Marconi, 11. Eric Barlow, 12. Ray Bergener. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Ramos, Laps 24-50 Murgoitio.


 


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-197; 2-Waters-178; 3-Andrus-173; 4-Geisler-166; 5-Marconi-163; 6-Barlow-163; 7-Murgoitio-138; 8-Bergener-129; 9-Skoglund-66; 10-Ramos-64.


NEW WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Ramos-178; 2-Sasselli-174; 3-Gerhardt-154; 4-Skoglund-145; 5-Tony Hunt-143; 6-Scott Pierovich-119; 7-Geoff Ensign-105; 8-Brian McClish-97; 9-Jerry Kobza-87; 10-Gordon Rodgers-82.


 


NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: June 11 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways


NEXT WESTERN SPRINT RACE: June 11 – Madera (CA) Speedway