PIEROVICH WINS “FALL HARVEST CLASSIC” 50-LAPPER AT MADERA

 


Madera, CA……..Scott Pierovich of Alamo, Calif. passed Geoff Ensign on lap six and went on to lead the remaining 45 laps to win Saturday night’s “Fall Harvest Classic” USAC Western/Western Classic Sprint race at Madera Speedway. Audra Sasselli was second ahead of Tony Hunt, Ensign and Chad Nichols. Hunt emerged with a five-point lead over Sasselli in the AMSOIL Western Sprint points, but trails Ensign by nine points in the Western Classic standings. Pierovich was also the fastest qualifier.


 


USAC AMSOIL USAC/WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Fall Harvest Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-13.640; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.642; 3. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.739; 4. Chad Nichols, 50x, Phulps-13.896; 5. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-13.956; 6. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.075; 7. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.124; 8. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.231; 9. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-14.259; 10. Bill Logan, 98, Logan-15.052; 11. Don Emory, 50, Emory-15.638; 12. Dave Dias, 93, Kobza-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. Sasselli, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Pierovich, 5. Rodgers, 6. Emory. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Barber, 3. Nichols, 4. Skoglund, 5. Logan, 6. Dias. NT


 


FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Scott Pierovich, 2. Audra Sasselli, 3. Tony Hunt, 4. Geoff Ensign, 5. Chad Nichols, 6. Cody Gerhardt, 7. Tim Skoglund, 8. Gordon Rodgers, 9. Tim Barber, 10. Don Emory, 11. Bill Logan, 12. Dave Dias. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Ensign, Laps 6-50 Pierovich.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-585; 2-Sasselli-580; 3-Gerhardt-549; 4-Skoglund-548; 5-Luis Ramos III-468; 6-Pierovich-388; 7-Ensign-311; 8-Johnny Geisler-271; 9-Barber-258; 10-Shaunna Hogg-228.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-806; 2-Hunt-797; 3-Pierovich-700; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Barber-566; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.


 


NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: October 8 – Anderson, CA – Shasta Raceway Park