TANNER SWANSON STAYS HOT, WINS AT ROSEVILLE

Roseville, CA…….Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. continues to impress many with his USAC racing success, winning Saturday night’s 50-lap USAC Western Sprint feature at All American Speedway. Driving the TK Motorsports entry, he battled Nick Green until taking the lead for good on lap 42 and leading the final nine laps to record the win. Brian McClish took second ahead of JoJo Helberg, Audra Sasselli and Eric Humphries. Tony Hunt was the fastest qualifier. McClish and Helberg are in a virtual tie for the series point lead going into a May 2 race at Stockton, Calif. Indianapolis 500 veteran Davey Hamilton, making a rare series start, won his heat race but finished seventh in the feature.



USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.464; 2. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-12.473; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-12.520; 4. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-12.578; 5. Nick Green, 14, Pierson-12.606; 6. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-12.608; 7. Davey Hamilton, 40, Western Speed-12.613; 8. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-12.713; 9. Snake Livernash, 23, Livernash-12.822; 10. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-12.848; 11. Eric Humphries, 16, Mott-12.862; 12. Jerry Kobza, 56J, Phulps-13.517; 13. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-13.568; 14. Allen Harney, 25, Harney-14.574.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Riddell, 3. Hunt, 4. Livernash, 5. McClish, 6. Green, 7. Humphries. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Sasselli, 3. Helberg, 4. T.Swanson, 5. K.Swanson, 6. Kobza, 7. Harney. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Brian McClish, 3. JoJo Helberg, 4. Audra Sasselli, 5. Eric Humphries, 6. Nick Green, 7. Davey Hamilton, 8. Snake Livernash, 9. Shauna Hogg, 10. Allen Harney, 11. Kody Swanson, 12. Jerry Kobza, 13. Tony Hunt, 14. Jimmy Riddell. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Green, Laps 22-24 T.Swanson, Laps 25-41 Green, Laps 42-50 T.Swanson.


 


NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-McClish-125; 2-Helberg-125; 3-T.Swanson-119; 4-K.Swanson-110; 5-Humphries-103; 6-Green-97; 7-Hogg-81; 8-Hunt-81; 9-Riddell-74; 10-Sasselli-58.


 


NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 2 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway