SWANSON COMPLETES MADERA “SWEEP” WITH SPRINT WIN




Madera, CA…….Tanner Swanson completed a “sweep” of Saturday night’s USAC racing program at Madera Speedway by winning the 50-lap Western Sprint race. The Kingsburg, Calif. driver had previously won the 25-lap Ford Focus feature. In the Sprint race, Swanson took the lead from JoJo Helberg on lap 33, relinquished it to Kody Swanson on lap 36, then regained it for the final 14 laps in his TK Motorsports entry. Kody took second ahead of Tony Hunt, Brian McClish and Eric Humphries. The victory enhanced Swanson’s series point lead







USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 15, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-13.494; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.501; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-13.589; 4. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-13.611; 5. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-13.613; 6. Davey Hamilton, 40, Western Speed-13.634; 7. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.714; 8. Eric Humphries, 16, Mott-13.748; 9. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.906; 10. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-14.402; 11. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-14.613; 12. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-15.145.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Sasselli, 3. Helberg, 4. K.Swanson, 5. Hogg, 6. Riddell. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Humphries, 2. Hamilton, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Hunt, 5. Simone, 6. Mitchell. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Tony Hunt, 4. Brian McClish, 5. Eric Humphries, 6. JoJo Helberg, 7. Audra Sasselli, 8. Davey Hamilton, 9. Shauna Hogg, 10. Anthony Simone, 11. Marvin Mitchell, 12. Jimmy Riddell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-32 Helberg, Laps 33-35 T.Swanson, Lap 36 K.Swanson, Laps 37-50 T.Swanson.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swanson-449; 2-McClish-406; 3-Helberg-400; 4-Hunt-349; 5-Humphries-338; 6-K.Swanson-315; 7-Hogg-299; 8-Sasselli-270; 9-Riddell-204; 10-Nick Green-185.


 


NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE:  September 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways