MURGOITIO 2-FOR-2 IN RMR SPRINTS

Salt Lake City, UT…….Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho continues to lead the 2009 USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car standings after his 40-lap feature victory at Rocky Mountain Raceways in the Utah capital Saturday night. Mike and his GM Land & Cattle Eagle caught Brian McClish on lap 20 and led the rest of the way to beat Jim Waters, JoJo Helberg, Jeff Bergener and James Powell. Ryan Burdett posted the fastest qualifying time. Bergener led the first four laps and McClish the next 15 before yielding to Murgoitio.



USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 16, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.966; 2. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-14.041; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.087; 4. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.143; 5. Jeff Bergener, 21, Gunn-14.201; 6. Kipp Posey, 29, Posey-14.281; 7. James Powell, 20u, Powell-14.374; 8. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-14.375; 9. Jeremy Johnson, 18, Johnson-14.432; 10. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.489; 11. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.541; 12. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-14.792; 13. Sierra Jackson, 25, Jackson-14.794; 14. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.799; 15. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.940.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.Bergener, 2. Burdett, 3. J.Bergener, 4. Powell, 5. Jackson, 6. McClish, 7. Johnson, 8. Barlow. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Filler, 4. Posey, 5. Helberg, 6. Marconi, 7. Campbell. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Jim Waters, 3. JoJo Helberg, 4. Jeff Bergener, 5. James Powell, 6. Kipp Posey, 7. Brian McClish, 8. Paul Marconi, 9. Sierra Jackson, 10. Eric Barlow, 11. Chauncey Filler, 12. Ryan Burdett, 13. Ray Bergener, 14. Jeremy Johnson, 15. Jim Campbell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 J.Bergener, Laps 5-19 McClish, Laps 20-40 Murgoitio.


 


NEW USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Murgoitio-143; 2-McClish-116; 3-Waters-115; 4-Burdett-113; 5-Powell-99; 6-Filler-88; 7-R.Bergener-87; 8-Barlow-81; 9-Johnson-71; 10-Campbell-69.


 


NEXT USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways