SWANSON TAKES 40-LAP ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT

Salt Lake City, UT…….Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. passed Ryan Burdett on lap eight and led the rest of the way to win Saturday night’s 40-lap USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Burdett led the first seven laps but ended up third behind second-place finisher Jim Waters. Kipp Posey and Brian McClish rounded out the “top-five” behind Swanson’s TK Motorsports entry. Swanson was also the fastest qualifier with a track record time of 13.836 seconds, while Mike Murgoitio, who finished sixth, continues to lead the series standings.


 


USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 6, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 75x, TK-13.836; 2. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-13.995; 3. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.999; 4. Kipp Posey, 29, Posey-14.093; 5. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.171; 6. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.319; 7. Jeff Bergener, 21, Gunn-14.403; 8. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.453; 9. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.634; 10. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-14.687; 11. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.968; 12. Jeremy Johnson, 18, Johnson-15.713; 13. Mel Andrus, 22, Andrus-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Posey, 4. Campbell, 5. Barlow, 6. Johnson. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. McClish, 3. Swanson, 4. R.Bergener, 5. Filler, 6. J.Bergener. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Ryan Burdett, 4. Kipp Posey, 5. Brian McClish, 6. Mike Murgoitio, 7. Jeff Bergener, 8. Ray Bergener, 9. Chauncey Filler, 10. Jim Campbell, 11. Jeremy Johnson, 12. Eric Barlow. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Burdett, Laps 8-40 Swanson.


 


NEW USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Murgoitio-268; 2-Waters-251; 3-Burdett-237; 4-McClish-232; 5-R.Bergener-170; 6-Filler-165; 7-Posey-159; 8-J.Bergener-157; 9-Barlow-147; 10-Swanson-145.


 


NEXT USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways