Stockton
,
CA
.
–
September
4, 2004
.
…Tim
Barber showed again at Stockton 99 Speedway why he could be a force
to be reckoned with on the pavement oval track scene. The ‘road
racer’ from San Francisco started Ken Pierson’s Eagle #14
outside of the second row and snatched the lead from Greg Anderson
on lap three before cruising to a late-night win Saturday. Barber
was challenged by Tony Hunt in the final set of turns but slammed
the door on the former champion and won his second United States
Auto Club Western States Sprint Car feature event.
Anderson
led the opening two of 40 laps on the tight quarter-mile. Later,
Anderson
, while running third, made contact with another car on the back
chute and hit the third corner fence. He was done for the race. Hunt
started sixth but charged up to the runner-up spot at the checkered
flag. He left
Stockton
with a seven point lead over teammate and sixth place finisher
Michael Lewis.
Brad Bumgarner finished third in his family owned #88. Meridian
Speedway winner Mike Murgoitio gave another solid performance in
finishing fourth. Brian McClish was the Weld Hard Charger of the
night. The
Santa Rosa
driver started eleventh and wound up fifth. Matt DeMartini was
knocked out of the race after hitting the turn one wall. The
Antioch
, CA. driver walked away under his own power.
Hunt earned quick time honors by blasting around the quarter-mile
in 12.987 seconds. Nick Rescino Jr. and Shauna Hogg won heats. Round
12 of 15 is up next for the USAC Western Sprints,
September 11, 2004
at Rocky Mountain Raceways in
Salt Lake City
,
Utah
.
USAC VALVOLINE WESTERN SPRINT
CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
September 4, 2004
– DuWayne Starr Sprint Classic.
Stockton
,
California
– Stockton 99
Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 60, Western Speed-12.987; 2.
Michael Lewis, 60, Western Speed-12.989; 3. Brian McClish, 80,
Western Speed-13.033; 4. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-13.087; 5. Brad
Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-13.150; 6. Mike Murgoitio, 19,
Murgoitio-13.196; 7. Greg Anderson, 2, Anderson-13.214; 8. Michael
Trimble, 15, Trimble-13.324; 9. Nick Rescino, Jr., 11,
Rescino-13.332; 10. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.439; 11. Mark Monico,
21, Monico-13,507; 12. Matt DeMartini, 6, Carr-13.662; 13. Robert
Beck, 03, Beck-13.714; 14. Alan Kaiser, 45, Kaiser-13.727; 15. Craig
Smith, 32, Smith-13,969; 16. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-14.449;
17. Garrett Peterson, 16, Peterson-18.061; 18. Anthony Simone, 10,
Simone-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rescino, 2. Hunt, 3. Bumgarner, 4.
Anderson
, 5. Monico, 6. McClish, 7. Beck, 8. Smith, 9. Peterson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Trimble, 4.
Barber, 5. Lewis, 6. Simone, 7. Kaiser, 8. Mitchell, 9. DeMartini.
NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tim Barber, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Brad
Bumgarner, 4. Mike Murgoitio, 5. Brian McClish, 6. Michael Lewis, 7.
Robert Beck, 8. Nick Rescino, Jr., 9. Shauna Hogg, 10. Anthony
Simone, 11. Alan Kaiser, 12. Michael Trimble, 13. Mark Monico, 14.
Marvin Mitchell, 15. Craig Smith, 16. Matt DeMartini, 17. Greg
Anderson, 18. Garrett Peterson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2
Anderson
, Laps 3-40 Barber.
NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR
POINTS: 1-Hunt-667; 2-Lewis-660; 3-Bumgarner-606; 4-McClish-550;
5-Hogg-484; 6-Barber-481; 7-Trimble-480; 8-Murgoitio-476;
9-Anderson-454; 10-Beck-432.
NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE:
September 11 –
Salt Lake City
, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways
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