EAST STAYS “HOT” IN TOLEDO SPRINT 30-LAPPER

 


Toledo, OH……..Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind., winner of USAC’s last two pavement Silver Crown races this year, won Friday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC Pavement Sprint race on Jerry Nemire Appreciation Night  at Toledo Speedway. He beat fast qualifier Tanner Swanson by less than a tenth of a second in his Klatt Motorsports Classic Car Sales/East Enterprises Beast/Chevy, leading the final 19 laps after passing early leader Brian Gerster on the bottom of turn one. Chris Windom took third ahead of Bobby Santos III and Gerster. Santos, East and Swanson exited the race separated by two points in their battle for the Pavement Sprint title. East's elapsed time on the 30 laps fell just short of the track record set by Bobby Santos III in 2006.


 


AMSOIL USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 1, 2011 – Toledo, Ohio – Toledo Speedway – “Jerry Nemire Appreciation Night”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tanner Swanson, 17T, TK-14.758; 2. Brian Olson, 59, Powell-15.011; 3. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-15.025; 4. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.099; 5. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-15.165; 6. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-15.187; 7. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-15.197; 8. Russ Gamester, 35, Gamester-15.274; 9. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.275; 10. Billy Wease, 159, Powell-15.756; 11. Chad Atkinson, 39, Atkinson-16.388; 12. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-NT; 13. Kody Swanson, 07w, WBR/Team 6R-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Santos, 3. Wilson, 4. T.Swanson, 5. Windom, 6. Atkinson. 2:02.55


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. East, 3. Wease, 4. Gerster, 5. Olson. 2:02.30


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Tanner Swanson, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Bobby Santos III, 5. Brian Gerster, 6. Brian Olson, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Jacob Wilson, 10. Chad Atkinson, 11. Billy Wease, 12. Kody Swanson (#07w).  7:42.95


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Gerster, Laps 12-30 East.


 


NEW AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT POINTS: 1-Santos-181; 2-East-180; 3-T.Swanson-179; 4-K.Swanson-165; 5-Wilson-159; 6-Windom=152; 7-Gerster-145; 8-Hines-122; 9-Gamester-122; 10-Olson-106.


 


NEXT AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT RACE: July 7 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis