WATERS TIGHTENS ROCKY MOUNTAIN POINTS WITH 30-LAP WIN

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Jim Waters of West Jordan, Utah closed to within just two points of series leader Ryan Burdett after winning Saturday night’s 30-lap Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint race at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Waters ended up the winner of one of the most competitive races of the season, taking the lead from Johnny Geisler on lap 28 and leading the final three laps to beat Geisler, Eric Barlow, Mel Andrus and Ray Bergener. Burdett was sixth.


 


USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.777; 2. Johnny Geisler, 12, Geisler-13.857; 3. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.975; 4. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.140; 5. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.263; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.361; 7. Chuck Groat, 24x, Waters-14.633; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.751; 9. Austin Luttmer, 36x, Burdett-14.775; 10. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.847.


 


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


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Waters, 3. Marconi, 4. Bergener, 5. Filler. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Johnny Geisler, 3. Eric Barlow, 4. Mel Andrus, 5. Ray Bergener, 6. Ryan Burdett, 7. Chauncey Filler, 8. Paul Marconi, 9. Austin Luttmer, 10. Chuck Groat. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Marconi, Laps 2-11 Burdett, Laps 12-27 Geisler, Laps 28-30 Waters.


 


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-453; 2-Waters-451; 3-Geisler-401; 4-Barlow-392; 5-Marconi-307; 67-Andrus-294; 7-Mike Murgoitio-266; 8-Bergener-263; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.


 


NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: August 6 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways