MURGOITIO LEADS ALL 40 TO WIN ROCKY MOUNTAIN OPENER

Salt Lake City, Utah…….Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho led all 40 laps to win Saturday night’s 2009 USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car opener at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Trailing Murgoitio’s GM Land & Cattle Eagle were Brian McClish, fast qualifier Ryan Burdett, John & Jim Waters and Ray Bergener.



USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 25, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.021; 2. James Powell, 20u, Powell-14.090; 3. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.224; 4. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.260; 5. Jeremy Johnson, 18, Johnson-14.365; 6. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.390; 7. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-14.412; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.756; 9. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-14.899; 10. John Waters, 24x, Waters-14.948; 11. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-15.030; 12. Austin Luttmer, 29, Posey-15.227.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Powell, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Filler, 4. Campbell, 5. Luttmer, 6. McClish. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Burdett, 3. Barlow, 4. John Waters, 5. Johnson, 6. Bergener. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Brian McClish, 3. Ryan Burdett, 4. John Waters/Jim Waters (#24x), 5. Ray Bergener, 6. Chauncey Filler, 7. Austin Luttmer, 8. Jim Campbell, 9. Jeremy Johnson, 10. Eric Barlow, 11. Jim Waters (#24), 12. James Powell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Murgoitio.


 


NEW USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Murgoitio-69; 2-Burdett-69; 3-McClish-65; 4-Bergener-52; 5-Filler-51; 6-Luttmer-46; 7-Campbell-44; 8-Johnson-44; 9-Powell-44; 10-Barlow-42.


 


NEXT USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways