SWANSONS 1-2 AT SLC; MURGOITIO TAKES ROCKY MOUNTAIN TITLE

Salt Lake City, Utah……..Kody and Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. finished 1-2 in Saturday night’s 50-lap USAC Western/Rocky Mountain Sprint feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways but Mike Murgoitio emerged as the 2009 USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champion after his third-place finish. Ryan Burdett and Tony Hunt rounded out the “top-five.” Burdett led the opening lap but Kody Swanson led the rest of the way. Tanner Swanson continues to lead the USAC Western Sprint points.


 


USAC WESTERN/YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-13.722; 2. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-13.829; 3. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.951; 4. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.975; 5. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-13.977; 6. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.985; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.016; 8. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.023; 9. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.031; 10. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-14.082; 11. Eric Humphries, 16, Humphries-14.098; 12. Chase Scott, 40, Western Speed-14.099; 13. Paul Marconi, 75x, Marconi-14.112; 14. Jeff Bergener, 21, Gunn-14.140; 15. Chauncey Filler, 5x, Filler-14.236; 16. Kipp Posey, 29, Posey-14.423; 17. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.514; 18. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.607; 19. Jeremy Johnson, 18, Johnson-15.181; 20. Trevor Moran, 80x, Murgoitio-15.340; 21. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Posey, 2. Burdett, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Helberg, 5. Hunt, 6. Marconi, 7. Johnson. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott, 2. Waters, 3. Hogg, 4. Sasselli, 5. R.Bergener, 6. Filler, 7. Campbell. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.Bergener, 2. Humphries, 3. K.Swanson, 4. Barlow, 5. Murgoitio, 6. McClish. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Tanner Swanson, 3. Mike Murgoitio, 4. Ryan Burdett, 5. Tony Hunt, 6. Chase Scott, 7. Audra Sasselli, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. JoJo Helberg, 10. Jeff Bergener, 11. Kipp Posey, 12. Brian McClish, 13. Eric Barlow, 14. Ray Bergener, 15. Jim Waters, 16. Chaucey Filler, 17. Eric Humphries, 18. Paul Marconi, 19. Jeremy Johnson, 20. Jim Campbell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Burdett, Laps 2-50 K.Swanson.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swnason-518; 2-Helberg-441; 3-McClish-438; 4-Hunt-401; 5-K.Swanson-383; 6-Humphries-364; 7-Hogg-344; 8-Sasselli-321; 9-Murgoitio-230; 10-Jimmy Riddell-204.


FINAL USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Murgoitio-542; 2-Waters-479; 3-Burdett-453; 4-McClish-439; 5-J.Bergener-368; 6-Posey-319; 7-R.Bergener-307; 8-Filler-298; 9-K.Swanson-288; 10-Barlow-263.


 


NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: September 19 – Madera (CA) Speedway