MURGOITIO BACK IN VICTORY LANE AT RMR

Salt Lake City, UT…….Mike Murgoitio returned to victory lane Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways, winning the 40-lap USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint race over Brian McClish, Ryan Burdett, Jeff Bergener and Tony Hunt. Murgoitio took the lead from Brian McClish on lap 31 in his GM Land & Cattle Eagle and led the final 10 laps for the win. McClish led 22 laps and Bergener led eight before Murgoitio took over.



USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 11, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.018; 2. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-14.086; 3. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.107; 4. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.145; 5. Jeff Bergener, 21, Gunn-14.148; 6. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.171; 7. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.352; 8. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.411; 9. Kipp Posey, 29, Posey-14.433; 10. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.789; 11. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.803; 12. Jeremy Johnson, 18, Johnson-15.003; 13. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Hunt, 4. R.Bergener, 5. Barlow, 6. Campbell, 7. Johnson. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Waters, 3. Marconi, 4. Posey, 5. Filler, 6. J.Bergener. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Brian McClsih, 3. Ryan Burdett, 4. Jeff Bergener, 5. Tony Hunt, 6. Jim Waters, 6. Paul Marconi, 8. Kipp Posey, 9. Eric Barlow, 10. Chauncey Filler, 11. Ray Bergener, 12. Jim Campbell, 13. Jeremy Johnson. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 McClish, Laps 3-10 J.Bergener, Laps 11-30 McClish, Laps 31-40 Murgoitio.


 


NEW USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Murgoitio-342; 2-Waters-311; 3-Burdett-305; 4-McClish-300; 5-J.Bergener-215; 6-R.Bergener-206; 7-Posey-203; 8-Filler-202; 9-Barlow-188; 10-Campbell-166.


 


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