WATERS TOPS BURDETT IN RMR SPRINT “30”
Salt Lake City, UT……..Jim Waters of Salt Lake City, Utah scored another home-town victory Saturday night, winning the 30-lap USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Waters passed Ryan Burdett on lap 24 and led the final seven laps to beat Burdett, Paul Marconi, Eric Barlow and Mel Andrus. Burdett was the fastest qualifier and leads the series standings by 16 over Waters.
USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.970; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.076; 3. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.240; 4. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.244; 5. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.299; 6. Chuck Groat, 24x, Ault-14.406; 7. Austin Luttmer, 36x, Burdett-14.591; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.685.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barlow, 2. Burdett, 3. Andrus, 4. Luttmer. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Marconi, 3. Groat. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Ryan Burdett, 3. Paul Marconi, 4. Eric Barlow, 5. Mel Andrus, 6. Ray Bergener, 7. Chuck Groat, 8. Austin Luttmer. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Barlow, Laps 2-4 Marconi, Laps 5-23 Burdett, Laps 24-30 Waters.
NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-269; 2-Waters-253; 3-Andrus-233; 4-Marconi-229; 5-Barlow-226; 6-Bergener-175; 7-Johnny Geisler-166; 8-Mike Murgoitio-138; 9-Groat-104; 10-Tim Skoglund-66.
NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: July 2 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways