BURDETT #1 AT RMR, TIES WATERS FOR POINT LEAD!

 


Salt Lake City, UT……..Ryan Burdett of West Jordan, Utah led the final four laps to win Sunday night’s 25-lap USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car race at Rocky Mountain Raceways. He passed Jim Waters on the 22nd lap and held on for the win over Waters, Bryan Shafer (who led the first three laps), Eric Barlow and Paul Marconi. Burdett and Waters emerged from the race tied for the Rocky Mountain point lead going into a September 3 race at RMR.


 


USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 14, 2011 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.748; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.838; 3. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.093; 4. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.206; 5. Bryan Shafer, 24x, Waters-14.349; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.526; 7. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.605.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Shafer, 3. Barlow, 4. Bergener. 2:00.10


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Marconi, 3. Andrus. 1:57.54


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Burdett, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Bryan Shafer, 4. Eric Barlow, 5. Paul Marconi, 6. Ray Bergener, 7. Mel Andrus. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Shafer, Laps 4-21 Waters, Laps 22-25 Burdett.


 


NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Burdett-598; 2-Waters-598; 3-Barlow-520; 4-Marconi-433; 5-Johnny Geisler-401; 6-Andrus-397; 7-Bergener-367; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.


 


NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: September 3 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways