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HUNT WILL LEAD WESTERN SPRINTS TO
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June 27, 2005...Defending Valvoline USAC Western Sprint Car Champion Tony
Hunt of Fair Oaks, Calif. is back atop the 2005 series standings and will lead the series to Shasta Speedway in Anderson, Calif. July 9. The Western Sprint Cars were rained out in their scheduled April appearance at Shasta. Hunt finished second to Brian McClish in Saturday's 50-lap feature at the Stockton (Calif.) 99 Speedway and has a nine-point margin in the new standings over runner-up Kody Swanson. Tim Barber ranks third in the current standings and is the defending winner at the Shasta oval. McClish, of Santa Rosa, Calif., led the final 24 laps of the Stockton feature in his McClish Motorsports/Consani Racing Beast/Chevy. Nick Rescino, Jr. led the first 26 laps but slipped to third behind McClish and Hunt at the checkered flag. Barber was fourth and Scott Hansen fifth. VALVOLINE USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 25, 2005 Stockton, California Stockton 99 Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brian McClish, 04, McClish-13.162; 2. Tony Hunt, 94, Kaiser-13.213; 3. Nick Rescino, Jr., 11, Rescino-13.354; 4. Destiney Hays, 28, Hays-13.403; 5. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-13.431; 6. Chris Peterson, 18, Petersen-13.461; 7. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-13.443; 8. Kody Swanson, 75, Swanson-13.497; 9. Audra Sasselli, 3x, Finkenbinder-13.581; 10. Scott Hansen, 3F, Finkenbinder-13.627; 11. Michael Trimble, 15, CTR-13.640; 12. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-13.652; 13. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-13.680; 14. Cody Veenstra, 07, Veenstra-13.713; 15. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-13.843; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.936; 17. Peter Gobel, 27, Gobel-14.129. FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Trimble, 2. Barber, 3. Simone, 4. Rescino, 5. Murgoitio, 6. Sasselli, 7. Hendrix, 8. Gobel, 9. McClish. NT SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bumgarner, 2. Hansen, 3. Swanson, 4. Veenstra, 5. Hogg, 6. Hays, 7. Peterson, 8. Hunt. NT SEMI: (10 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Hays, 3. Murgoitio, 4. Hunt, 5. Petersen, 6. Hendrix, 7. Sasselli, 8. Hogg, 9. Gobel. NT FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Brian McClish, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Nick Rescino, Jr., 4. Tim Barber, 5. Scott Hansen, 6. Mike Murgoitio, 7. Cody Veenstra, 8. Chris Peterson, 9. Audra Sasselli, 10. Peter Gobel, 11. Destiney Hays, 12. Kody Swanson, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. Rick Hendrix, 15. Michael Trimble, 16. Brad Bumgarner, 17. Anthony Simone. NT --------------------------------- **Bumgarner flipped during the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Rescino, Laps 27-50 McClish. NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-299; 2-Swanson-290; 3-Barber-285; 4-Murgoitio-246; 5-Bumgarner-246; 6-McClish-223; 7-Trimble-214; 8-Veenstra-207; 9-Hogg-197; 10-Peterson-161. NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 9 Anderson, CA - Shasta Speedway |
