SWANSON TAKES CHICO’S 30-LAP WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT

 


Chico, CA……..Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. ran down Geoff Ensign on lap 25 and led the final six laps to win Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Classic Sprint feature at Silver Dollar Speedway in the Alan Kaiser entry. Ensign took second ahead of Kyle Hirst, fast qualifier Andy Forsberg and Jason York. Tony Hunt was seventh and leads the series standings by 44 over Ensign going into Saturday’s race at Placerville, Calif.


 


USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 5, 2011 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-14.131; 2. Jason York, 25, York-14.237; 3. James Sweeney, 20J, Sweeney-14.285; 4. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-14.379; 5. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-14.387; 6. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-14.410; 7. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.446; 8. Mark Tabor Jr., 38N, Tabor-14.48 ; 9. Kody Swanson, 69, Kaiser-14.504; 10. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-14.506; 11. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.508; 12. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.533; 13. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.550; 14. Cody Myers, 9, Myers-14.571; 15. Kyle Hirst, 14s, Hirst-14.610; 16. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-14.660; 17. Kirk Simpson, 84, Simpson-14.705; 18. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-14.752; 19. Richard Brace Jr., 21J, Brace-14.761; 20. Scott Hall, 56x, Santiago-14.765; 21. Cody Smith, 3s, Smith-14.878; 22. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-14.956; 23. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.992; 24. Mark Beck, 50s, Beck-15.007; 25. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-15.058; 26. Randy Freeman, 88, Freeman-15.165; 27. Don Emory, 50, Emory-15.580; 28. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-NT; 29. Rowdy McClennon, 13, McClennon-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Hogg, 3. Forsberg, 4. Smith, 5. Simpson, 6. K.Swanson, 7. Freeman. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Myers, 2. Copeland, 3. York, 4. Pierovich, 5. Emory, 6. Rodgers, 7. Miller. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Ensign, 3. Brace, 4. T.Sherman, 5. Hunt, 6. Sweeney, 7. Richardson. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simas, 2. Hawkins, 3. Tabor, 4. Hall, 5. Barber, 6. Beck, 7. McClennon. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Sweeney, 3. Hunt, 4. Simpson, 5. Barber, 6. Richardson, 7. Miller, 8. Rodgers, 9. Emory. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kody Swanson, 2. Geoff Ensign, 3. Kyle Hirst, 4. Andy Forsberg, 5. Jason York, 6. Taylor Simas, 7. Tony Hunt, 8. Kirk Simpson, 9. Colby Copeland, 10. Matt Streeter, 11. Shauna Hogg, 12. James Sweeney, 13. Mark Tabor Jr., 14. Tim Barber, 15. Tim Sherman, 16. Cody Myers, 17. Richard Brace Jr., 18. Scott Hall, 19. Scott Pierovich, 20. Marty Hawkins, 21. Cody Smith, 22. Todd Miller Jr. NT


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**Kobza flipped during qualifying. Hogg and Myers flipped during the feature,


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Ensign, Laps 25-30 K.Swanson.


 


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-455; 2-Ensign-411; 3-Hogg-378; 4-Barber-363; 5-Pierovich-332; 6-Audra Sasselli-245; 7-Kobza-242; 8-Gody Gerhardt-222; 9-Luis Ramos III-204; 10-Tim Skoglund-197.


 


NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 6 – Placerville, CA - Placerville Speedway