BURDETT WINS RMR SPRINT FINALE; WATERS GETS TITLE #3

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Ryan Burdett of West Jordan, Utah sped to victory in Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint finale at Rocky Mountain Raceways, but Jim Waters of West Jordan, Utah won the war, finishing 10 points ahead of Burdett in the final standings to claim his third series championship. Waters was second Saturday, ahead of Jimmy Wysong, Eric Barlow and Paul Marconi. Mel Andrus led the first nine laps and Burdett led the rest.


 


USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.888; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.903; 3. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-13.932; 4. Jimmy Wysong, 360, FRB-14.242; 5. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.331; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.600; 7. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-14.616; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.688; 9. Chuck Groat, 24x, Waters-14.743.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Marconi, 3. Barlow, 4. Groat, 5. Straub. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Wysong, 3. Bergener, 4. Andrus. NT


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Burdett, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Jimmy Wysong, 4. Eric Barlow, 5. Paul Marconi, 6. Mel Andrus, 7. Ray Bergener, 8. Mike Straub, 9. Chuck Groat. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Andrus, Laps 10-25 Burdett.


 


FINAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Waters-745; 2-Burdett-735; 3-Barlow-630; 4-Marconi-547; 5-Andrus-509; 6-Bergener-460; 7-Johnny Geisler-401; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.