SLC VICTORY GIVES WATERS A ROCKY MOUNTAIN “HIGH”

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Jim Waters of West Jordan, Utah became the odds-on favorite for the 2011 USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car championship after winning Saturday night’s 20-lap feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Waters entered the race tied with Ryan Burdett for the point lead and exited with a 14-point lead as Burdett finished sixth. The series finale is next Saturday at RMR. Ken Hamilton made a surprise appearance Saturday, led eight laps and finished second, yielding the lead to Waters on the white-flag lap! Mel Andrus was third, ahead of Mike Straub and the team of Chuck Groat and Eric Barlow. Burdett was the fastest qualifier and led the first 11 laps of the feature.


 


USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.875; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.967; 3. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.243; 4. Ken Hamilton, 80, Murgoitio-14.284; 5. Chuck Groat, 24x, Waters-14.333; 6. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-14.434; 7. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.441; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.489; 9. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.717.


 


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


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, Bergener, 3. Straub, 4. Hamilton. NT


 


FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Ken Hamilton, 3. Mel Andrus, 4. Mike Straub, 5. Chuck Groat/Eric Barlow (#24x), 6. Ryan Burdett, 7. Paul Marconi, 8. Eric Barlow (#89), 9. Ray Bergener. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Burdett, Laps 12-18 Hamilton, Laps 19-20 Waters.


 


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Waters-673; 2-Burdett-659; 3-Barlow-567; 4-Marconi-488; 5-Andrus-456; 6-Bergener-411; 7-Johnny Geisler-401; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.


 


NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: September 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways