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SWANSON TAKES POINT LEAD TO REDWOOD
ACRES SATURDAY |
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June 6, 2005...Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. leads the USAC Valvoline
Western Sprint Car Series to Redwood Acres Raceway in Eureka, Calif. this
Saturday. He has an 11-point lead over former series leader Brad Bumgarner, with
Tony Hunt and Tim Barber close on their heels going into the first USAC Sprint
race at the 3/8-mile paved oval. Swanson caught Hunt on lap 31 at the Douglas County Speedway in Roseburg, Ore. and led the final 10 laps to win Saturday's 40-lapper over Hunt, Barber, Bumgarner and Michael Trimble. Jeff Montgomery was the fastest qualifier. Hunt led the first 30 laps before slipping behind Swanson. Barber is coming off a successful two weeks, finishing third May 28 in the famed "Little 500" in Anderson, Ind., then following that up with a fifth at Salt Lake City, Utah May 31 and another third at Roseburg. Barber won the Western Sprint Car opener at Boise, Idaho in April. VALVOLINE USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 4, 2005 Roseburg, Oregon Douglas County Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Montgomery, 37, LeJenne-14.385; 2. Kody Swanson, 75, Swanson-14.443; 3. Brian McClish, 04, McClish-14.490; 4. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-14.500; 5. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-14.516; 6. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-14.552; 7. Tony Hunt, 94, Kaiser-14.574; 8. Cody Veenstra, 07, Veenstra-14.591; 9. Chad Nichols, 7, Scott-14.639; 10. Michael Trimble, 15, CTR-14.659; 11. Rick Brown, 98, Marquardt-14.793; 12. Andrew Alberding, 99, Diemert-14.797; 13. Randy DuBois, 79, DuBois-14.837; 14. Robert Beck, 03, Beck-14.840; 15. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.905; 16. Brian Geiszler, 44, Geiszler-14.905; 17. Chris Petersen, 18, Petersen-14.950; 18. Peter Gobel, 27, Gobel-15.055; 19. Rick Hendrix, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.136; 20. Ray Douglas, 2, Douglas-15.331. DASH: (4 laps) 1. Murgoitio, 2. Swanson, 3. McClish, 4. Montgomery. NT FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Geiszler, 2. Hendrix, 3. DuBois, 4. Trimble, 5. Hunt, 6. Montgomery, 7. Murgoitio. NT SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Petersen, 2. Brown, 3. Beck, 4. Barber, 5. Swanson, 6. Veenstra, 7. Douglas. NT THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Nichols, 3. McClish, 4. Bumgarner, 5. Gobel, 6. Alberding. NT FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Tim Barber, 4. Brad Bumgarner, 5. Michael Trimble, 6. Mike Murgoitio, 7. Brian Geiszler, 8. Rick Brown, 9. Cody Veenstra, 10. Robert Beck, 11. Shauna Hogg, 12. Rick Hendrix, 13. Andrew Alberding, 14. Jeff Montgomery, 15. Chris Petersen, 16. Ray Douglas, 17. Peter Gobel, 18. Randy DuBois, 19. Brian McClish, 20. Chad Nichols. NT -------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hunt, Laps 31-40 Swanson. NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Swanson-191; 2-Bumgarner-180; 3-Hunt-179; 4-Barber-175; 5-Murgoitio-137; 6-Hogg-127; 7-McClish-126; 8-Michael Lewis-122; 9-Trimble-121; 10-Veenstra-95. NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: June 11 Eureka, CA Redwood Acres Raceway |
