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August 15, 2005...Two races remain in the 2005 USAC/SLVRA Young
Automotive Group Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series and drivers Jimmy Wysong and Jim Waters are separated by 32 points heading into a Sept. 5 race at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. USAC Western Sprint Car veteran Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho dropped in on the party Sunday night and walked off with the 40-lap victory at the 3/8-mile paved Salt Lake oval, leading the final 34 laps after passing Kenny Hamilton on lap seven. Waters finished second, just ahead of Wysong, Dave Fitzgerald and Rick Pardee. Wysong was Sunday's fastest qualifier, but Waters and Fitzgerald won the heat races. The series is slated for conclusion on Sept. 19 at the Salt Lake City track. USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE GROUP ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 14, 2005 Salt Lake City, Utah Rocky Mountain Raceways QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jimmy Wysong, 29, Spiers-14.299; 2. Dave Fitzgerald, 32, Hamblin-14.432; 3. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-14.439; 4. Rick Pardee, 10, Pardee-14.546; 5. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.560; 6. Mel Andrus, 22, Andrus-14.735; 7. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Hamilton-14.752; 8. Jeremy McKenna, 9, McKenna-14.858; 9. Paul Marconi, 70, Marconi-14.889; 10. Mark Bergener, 43, Bergener-15.001; 11. Chuck Maddox, 23, Maddox-15.132; 12. Steve Lober, 13x, Lober-15.364; 13. Jimmy Hamilton, 97H, Hamilton-15.515; 14. Everett Wysong, 29w, Spiers-15.535; 15. Cody Veenstra, 7x, Veenstra-15.789; 16. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-NT; 17. Robert Crowther, Jr., 11, Crowther-NT. FIRST HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Waters, 2. K.Hamilton, 3. J.Wysong, 4. Murgoitio, 5. Maddox, 6. Marconi, 7. Vennstra, 8. J.Hamilton. NT SECOND HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Fitzgerald, 2. Pardee, 3. M.Bergener, 4. Crowther, 5. E.Wysong, 6. McKenna, 7. Lober, 8. Andrus. NT FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Jimmy Wysong, 4. Dave Fitzgerald, 5. Rick Pardee, 6. Mel Andrus, 7. Mark Bergener, 8. Chuck Maddox, 9. Everett Wysong, 10. Kenny Hamilton, 11. Cody Veenstra, 12. Steve Lober, 13. Robert Crowther, Jr., 14. Jimmy Hamilton, 15. Jeremy McKenna. NT -------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 K.Hamilton, Laps 7-40 Murgoitio. NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jimmy Wysong-582; 2-Waters-550;3-Pardee-445; 4-Fitzgerald-408; 5-Andrus-401; 6-Maddox-322; 7-Campbell-321;8-M.Bergener-272; 9-Tony Hunt-242; 10-Todd Ellison-210. NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: September 5 Salt Lake City, UT Rocky Mountain Raceways |
