LARSON LEADS ALL 20 TO WIN AT SILVER DOLLAR; HUNT DIRT CHAMP


Chico, CA……..Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Wednesday night’s 20-lap “Gold Cup” USAC Western Classic Sprint feature at Silver Dollar Speedway in Keith Ford’s King Race Products/Josh Ford Motorsports Spike. Andy Forsberg finished second ahead of Shauna Hogg, Tony Hunt and Mark Tabor Jr. Hunt’s finish enabled him to claim the Western Classic Dirt championship, his ninth USAC driving title.


USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2011 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup”


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-14.409; 2. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.538; 3. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-14.586; 4. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-14.673; 5. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-14.702; 6. Kyle Larson, 73, Ford-14.845; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.900; 8. Klint Simpson,  84, Simpson-15.003; 9. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-15.006; 10. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-15.009; 11. Kyle Hirst, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.011; 12. Shane Golobic, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-15.049; 13. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-15.184; 14. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-15.353; 15. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-15.579; 16. Rowdy McClenon, 13, McClenon-15.676; 17. Rusty Baglin, 44, Baglin-15.935; 18. Pete Lawrent, 6R, Lawrent-17.104; 19. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-17.574.


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Simas, 3. Hunt, 4. Forsberg, 5. Baker, 6. Mitchell, 7. McClenon. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Simpson, 3. Boespflug, 4. Hogg, 5. Richardson, 6. Baglin. NT


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Streeter, 3. Golobic, 4. Tabor, 5. Rodgers, 6. Lawrent. NT


FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Andy Forsberg, 3. Shauna Hogg, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Mark Tabor Jr., 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Shane Golobic, 8. Matt Streeter, 9. Pete Lawrent, 10. Rusty Baglin, 11. Marvin Mitchell, 12. Rowdy McClenon, 13. Taylor Simas, 14. Klint Simpson, 15. Gordon Rodgers, 16. Terry Schank Jr., 17. Jim Richardson, 18. Tom Baker, 19. Kyle Hirst. NT


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**Simas, Simpson and Schank all flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Larson.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-758, 2-Hogg-745, 3-Rodgers-468, 4-Baker-416, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359, 7-Simas-312, 8-Brian McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-599, 2-Hogg-576, 3-Marty Hawkins-359, 4-Baker-328, 5-Rodgers-313, 6-Simas-312, 7-Scott Pierovich-214, 8-Jerry Cisco-100, 9-Mitchell-46.


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 15 – Madera (CA) Speedway – “Harvest Classic”