BARBER ANNEXES “JIMMY SILLS CLASSIC” AT SHASTA


Anderson, CA……..Tim Barber, of Sonoma, Calif. led all but one lap of Saturday night’s “Jimmy Sills Classic” AMSOIL USAC Western/Western Classic” Sprint race at Shasta Raceway Park. Barber led the first 47 laps, then yielded to fast qualifier Johnny Geisler on laps 48 before regaining the lead on the white-flag lap! Trailing Barber in the 50-lapper were Geisler, Tim Skoglund, Audra Sasselli and Luis Ramos III. Sasselli’s finish propelled her into the AMSOIL Western Sprint point lead, while Western Classic Sprint leader Geoff Ensign finished 10th. 
 
USAC AMSOIL USAC/WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 8, 2011 – Anderson, California – Shasta Raceway Park – “Jimmy Sills Classic”
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Geisler, 12x, Bar-D Racing-14.776; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.780; 3. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.830; 4. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.886; 5. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.985; 6. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-15.146; 7. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.146; 8. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.166; 9. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-15.207; 10. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.216; 11. John C. Anderson, 50x, Phulps-15.475; 12. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-15.539; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-17.093; 14. Don Emory, 50, Emory-NT.
 
DASH: (4 laps) 1. Geisler, 2. Sasselli, 3. Ramos, 4. Hunt. NT
 
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Ensign, 3. Geisler, 4. Skoglund, 5. Ramos, 6. Anderson, 7. Mitchell. NT
 
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Barber, 3. Sasselli, 4. Rodgers, 5. Hogg, 6. Hunt. NT
 
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tim Barber, 2. Johnny Geisler, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Audra Sasselli, 5. Luis Ramos III, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Gordon Rodgers, 10. Geoff Ensign, 11. John C. Anderson, 12. Marvin Mitchell, 13. Tony Hunt. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-47 Barber, Lap 48 Geisler, Laps 49-50 Barber.
 
NEW AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sasselli-640; 2-Hunt-620; 3-Skoglund-609; 4-Gerhardt-599; 5-Ramos-524; 6-Pierovich-441; 7-Ensign-351; 8-Geisler-340; 9-Barber-326; 10-Hogg-271.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-848; 2-Hunt-830; 3-Pierovich-756; 4-Barber-634; 5-Hogg-622; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.
 
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: November 24 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale