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APRIL 11, 2005...The 2005 USAC
Valvoline Western Sprint Car and Rocky Mountain
Sprint Car Series open this weekend with back-to-back races at Meridian (Idaho)
Speedway Friday and Saturday nights.
Tony
Hunt of Fair Oaks, Calif. (Western) and Jimmy Waters of Salt Lake City, Utah
(Rocky Mountain) are expected to open defense of 2004 USAC driving championships
in the two-night racing program on the 1/4-mile paved oval. A 40-lap feature
caps Friday night's events, while a big 50-lapper is set to close Saturday
night's program.
Hometown favorite Mike Murgoitio and 10th-ranking 2004 Western Sprint driver
Greg Anderson earned their initial USAC feature victories in last year's
Meridian races, but 2004 Western series runner-up Michael Lewis was the fastest
qualifier for both nights of racing last year.
Murgoitio's victory and sixth-place final point ranking helped him earn the 2004
Western Sprint Car "Rookie of the Year" Award.
Hunt
and Lewis were the two USAC feature winners at Meridian Speedway in 2003.
Female
drivers are also expected to gain their share of attention in the Meridian
openers, with drivers Shauna Hogg and Destiney Hays both former USAC Western
Sprint Car feature winners.
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