MURGOITIO WIRE-TO-WIRE FOR REPEAT WIN AT MERIDIAN

 


Meridian, Idaho……..Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho completed a “sweep” of the USAC AMSOIL Western/Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint features at his home track, leading all 50 laps of Saturday night’s race at Meridian Speedway.Luis Ramos III, Chris Ratterree, fast qualifier Jim Waters and Jimmy Wysong completed the first five ffinishers behind Murgoitio’s GM Land & Cattle/MM Demolition Eagle/Losorwith.


 


USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 18, 2010 – Meridian, Idaho – Meridian Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-12.725; 2. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-12.735; 3. Jimmy Wysong, 00, Wysong-12.762; 4. Chris Ratterree, 18, Ratterree-12.847; 5. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-12.876; 6. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-12.883; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.942; 8. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-12.977; 9. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.073; 10. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-13.075; 11. Johnny Giesler, 12, Newman-13.106; 12. Sierra Jackson, 25, Jackson-13.117; 13. Bryan Warf, 23, Spiers-13.155; 14. Brandon Johnson, 14J, Johnson-13.175; 15. Mel Andrus, 22, Andrus-13.357; 16. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-13.383; 17. Matt Elliott, 77, Elliott-13.385; 18. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-13.412; 19. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-17.136.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Warf, 2. Waters, 3. Hunt, 4. Ratterree, 5. Elliott, 6. Barlow, 7. Mitchell. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Giesler, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Burdett, 4. Pierovich, 5. Johnson, 6. Marconi. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wysong, 2. Rodgers, 3. Ramos, 4. Jackson, 5. Andrus. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Luis Ramos III, 3. Chris Ratterree, 4. Jim Waters, 5. Jimmy Wysong, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7. Sierra Jackson, 8. Tony Hunt, 9. Bryan Warf, 10. Shauna Hogg, 11. Eric Barlow, 12. Johnny Giesler, 13. Paul Marconi, 14. Matt Elliott, 15. Brandon Johnson, 16. Gordon Rodgers, 17. Ryan Burdett, 18. Mel Andrus, 19. Marvin Mitchell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Murgoitio.


 


NEW WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-696; 2-Ramos-653; 3-Pierovich-493; 4-Hogg-377; 5-JoJo Helberg-333; 6-Rodgers-324; 7-Mitchell-293; 8-Tanner Swanson-246; 9-Audra Sasselli-226; 10-Kody Swanson-129.


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Wysong-681; 2-Waters-662; 3-Ramos-636; 4-Barlow-472; 5-Marconi-428; 6-Burdett-424; 7-Andrus-398; 8-Ray Bergener-352; 9-Hunt-296; 10-Murgoitio-271.


 


NEXT WESTERN/ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: October 9 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring