ROSE WINS CHICO’S “JOHN PADJEN CLASSIC” SPRINT

 


Chico, CA…….Bill Rose of Plainfield, Ind. captured Friday night’s 30-lap “John Padjen Classic” Sprint feature in his R & B DRC/Chevy, leading all but one lap of the race. Fast qualifier Bryan Clauson caught Rose on lap 22 but on the following lap became entangled with another car and spun, giving the lead back to Rose. Kyle Hirst finished second in the inaugural USAC Western Classic Racing Series event and was followed by Colby Copeland, Andy Forsberg and Brent Kaeding.


 


USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 11, 2011 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “John Padjen Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.566; 2. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-13.698; 3. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-13.986; 4. Brent Kaeding, 69, Kaiser-14.056; 5. Bill Rose, 10T, R & B-14.294; 6. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.355; 7. Marcus Harding, 21x, Vermeil-14.445; 8. Kyle Hirst, 31, Fletcher-14.513; 9. Ryan Bernal, 11x, Olmstead-14.516; 10. Matt Sherman, 00z, Sherman-14.550; 11. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.559; 12. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-14.696; 13. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.727; 14. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-14.739; 15. Jason York, 25, York-14.828; 16. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-14.847; 17. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-14.901; 18. Richard Brace Jr., 21J, Brace-14.959; 19. Scott Hall, 56x, Santiago-14.979; 20. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-15.029; 21. Cody Smith, 3s, Smith-15.049; 22. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-15.282; 23. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-15.314; 24. Cody Myers, 9, Myers-15.352; 25. Jeff Shurley, 50s, Beck-15.703; 26. Cole Peard, 58, Peard-16.068; 27. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-16.244; 28. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-NT; 29. Jeff Griffin, 50, Griffin-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Rose, 3. Pierovich, 4. Copeland, 5. M.Sherman, 6. Ensign, 7. Shurley. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Forsberg, 2. Brace, 3. Richardson, 4. Bernal, 5. Barber, 6. Peard, 7. Smith. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kobza, 2. Streeter, 3. Hull, 4. Hogg, 5. Hardina, 6. Hunt, 7. York. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Hawkins, 3. Miller, 4. Kaeding, 5. T.Sherman, 6. Meyers. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bill Rose, 2. Kyle Hirst, 3. Colby Copeland, 4. Andy Forsberg, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Scott Hull, 7. Tim Sherman, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Tim Barber, 10. Marcus Hardina, 11. Jerry Kobza, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13. Bryan Clauson, 14. Marty Hawkins, 15. Matt Streeter, 16. Richard Brace Jr., 17. Jim Richardson, 18. Cody Smith, 19. Geoff Ensign, 20. Jason York, 21. Ryan Bernal, 22. Cole Peard, 23. Jerry Cisco, 24. Tony Hunt, 25. Jeff Shurley, 26. Matt Sherman, 27. Todd Miller Jr. NT
 


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**Miller and M.Sherman flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Rose, Lap 22 Clauson, Laps 23-30 Rose.


 


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Rose-69; 2-Hirst-65; 3-Forsberg-64; 4-Copeland-59; 5-Kaeding-56; 6-Hull-51; 7-T.Sherman-46; 8-Pierovich-45; 9-Clauson-41; 10-Barber-40;


 


NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: April 2 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Gerhardt Classic”