HUNT TAKES 100-LAP “GERHARDT CLASSIC” SPRINT

 


Madera, CA……..Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. captured Saturday night’s 100-lap “Gerhardt Classic” USAC AMSOIL Western and Western Classic Sprint race at the Madera Speedway. He took the lead from Scott Pierovich on lap 57 and led the final 44 laps in his Metal Works/Red Line Oil Beast/Chevy LS to beat Audra Sasselli, Geoff Ensign, fast qualifier Brian McClish and Luis Ramos III. The victory was Hunt’s 31st in USAC Western Sprint competition.


 


USAC AMSOIL WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 2, 2011 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – 8th “Gerhardt Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brian McClish, 69, Kaiser-13.888; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.950; 3. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-13.951; 4. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.081; 5. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.157; 6. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.177; 7. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.261; 8. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.427; 9. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-14.626; 10. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.736; 11. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.772; 12. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-14.862; 13. Don Emory, 50, Emory-NT; 14. Bill Logan, 98, Logan-NT; 15. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Pierovich, 4. Sasselli, 5. Rodgers, 6. Ensign, 7. Emory. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Skoglund, 2. Hunt, 3. Hogg, 4. Kobza, 5. Ramos, 6. Barber, 7. Logan, 8. Mitchell. NT


 


FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Tony Hunt, 2. Audra Sasselli, 3. Geoff Ensign, 4. Brian McClish, 5. Luis Ramos III, 6. Gordon Rodgers, 7. Jerry Kobza, 8. Cody Gerhardt, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Marvin Mitchell, 11. Tim Barber, 12. Don Emory, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. Bill Logan, 15. Tim Skoglund. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Hogg, Laps 26-56 Pierovioch, Laps 57-100 Hunt.


 


NEW AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-72; 2-McClish-65; 3-Sasselli-64; 4-Ensign-57; 5-Ramos-55; 6-Rodgers-49; 7-Kobza-47; 8-Gerhardt-46; 9-Pierovich-46; 10-Barber-34.


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Pierovich-91; 2-Hunt-88; 3-Kobza-86; 4-Ensign-75; 5-Barber-74; 6-Bill Rose-69; 7-Hogg-68; 8-Kyle Hirst-65; 9-McClish-65; 10-Andy Forsberg-64.


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT PAVEMENT POINTS: 1-Pierovich-91; 2-Hunt-88; 3-Kobza-86; 4-Ensign-75; 5-Barber-74; 6-Hogg-68; 7-McClish-65; 8-Sasselli-64; 9-Ramos-55; 10-Rodgers-49.


 


NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: April 23 – Anderson, CA - Shasta Raceway Park