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BARBER & MURGOITIO OFFER
CHALLENGE FOR SWANSON; |
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October 10, 2005...Tim Barber of San Francisco, Calif. and Mike Murgoitio
of Meridian, Idaho are poised to challenge Kody Swanson for the 2005 USAC Valvoline Western Sprint Car Championship. Swanson, of Kingsburg, Calif., is 39 and 43 points respectively ahead of the two challengers following his second-place finish in Saturday night's race at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway. The series finale comes November 24 as part of Irwindale's "Turkey Night Grand Prix." Defending series champion Tony Hunt has slipped from title contention after missing Saturday's event. Michael Lewis of Noblesville, Ind. recorded his fourth consecutive Irwindale Sprint Car triumph Saturday, leading all but the opening lap after passing Robert Beck. Swanson was second ahead of Barber, Bud Kaeding and Jeff Gardner. Lewis, who piloted the CMKXtreme.com/Wirtgen America Eagle/Kistler, remains undefeated at the Irwindale oval in Sprint cars and as a result is the odds-on favorite for the "Turkey Night" finale. VALVOLINE USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 8, 2005 Irwindale, California Irwindale Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Lewis, 40, Western Speed-16.529; 2. Kody Swanson, 75, Swanson-16.599; 3. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-16.825; 4. Bud Kaeding, 60, Western Speed-16.831; 5. Cody Veenstra, 07, Veenstra-16.881; 6. Robert Beck, 03, Beck-16.917; 7. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-16.937; 8. Michael Trimble, 15, CTR-17.012; 9. Scott Hansen, 3, Finkenbinder-17.016; 10. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-17.031; 11. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-17.051; 12. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-17.072; 13. Brian Geiszler, 44, Geiszler-17.131; 14. Jimmy Wysong, 29, Spiers-17.136; 15. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.155; 16. Tony Hunt, 94, Kaiser-17.268; 17. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-17.306; 18. Brian McClish, 04, McClish-17.444; 19. Chris Petersen, 18, Petersen-NT. FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Barber, 3. Ford, 4. Murgoitio, 5. Hogg, 6. Gardner, 7. Geiszler, 8. Veenstra, 9. Hansen. 2:17.80 SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. McClish, 3. Hendrix, 4. Waters, 5. Kaeding, 6. Beck, 7. Trimble, 8. Kaiser, 9. Wysong. 2:16.44 FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Michael Lewis, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Tim Barber, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Jeff Gardner, 6. Cody Veenstra, 7. Jim Waters, 8. Michael Trimble, 9. Mike Murgoitio, 10. Rick Hendrix, 11. Josh Ford, 12. Brian Geiszler, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. Bob Beck, 15. Jim Wysong, 16. Alan Kaiser, 17. Brian McClish, 18. Scott Hansen. 11:27.10 ------------------------------------ FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Beck, Laps 2-40 Lewis. NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Swanson-604; 2-Barber-565; 3-Murgoitio-561; 4-Tony Hunt-501; 5-Veenstra-485; 6-Trimble-459; 7-McClish-457; 8-Hogg-367; 9-Brad Bumgarner-343; 10-Chris Petersen-304. NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: November 24 Irwindale (CA) Speedway |
