PRIME MERIDIAN: GROAT WINS FIRST IN IDAHO
Meridian, Idaho (September 22, 2023)………Chuck Groat scored his first career USAC Rocky Mountain Radical Focus Midget feature victory on Friday night at Idaho’s Meridian Speedway, part of the Pink Lady Classic.
Groat (West Valley City, Utah) led all 30 laps in wire-to-wire fashion to take the win over teammate A.J. Luttmer (West Jordan, Utah). Cheyenne Merrill (Salt Lake City, Utah) took third with Tyler West (Silvana, Wash.) fourth and Ashlyn Powell (West Valley, Utah) fifth.
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USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADICAL FOCUS MIDGET RESULTS: September 22, 2023 – Meridian Speedway – Meridian, Idaho
QUALIFYING: 1. A.J. Luttmer, 31, Groat-13.209; 2. Anthony Quintana, 02, Quintana-13.241; 3. Devin Westover, 13, Groat-13.342; 4. River Merrill, 9, Merrill-13.391; 5. Cheyenne Merrill, 8, Merrill-13.415; 6. Chuck Groat, 14, Groat-13.441; 7. Ashlyn Powell, 25, Powell-13.559; 8. Nick Escobedo, 05y, 13.562; 9. Tyler West, 77, West-13.633; 10. Drew Crenshaw, 0, Crenshaw-13.760; 11. Brian Hayes, 3B, Hayes-14.047; 12. Duane Swanson, 1, Swanson-14.298; 13. Robert Clark, 36c, Clark-14.671; 14. Trevor Anderson, 69, Anderson-19.667.
FIRST HEAT: (7 laps) 1. Devin Westover, 2. Chuck Groat, 3. Tyler West, 4. Duane Swanson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (7 laps) 1. Anthony Quintana, 2. Nick Escobedo, 3. Brian Hayes, 4. Cheyenne Merrill, 5. Trevor Anderson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (7 laps) 1. Ashlyn Powell, 2. Drew Crenshaw, 3. River Merrill, 4. A.J. Luttmer, 5. Robert Clark. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chuck Groat, 2. A.J. Luttmer, 3. Cheyenne Merrill, 4. Tyler West, 5. Ashlyn Powell, 6. Devin Westover, 7. Drew Crenshaw, 8. Robert Clark, 9. Brian Hayes, 10. River Merrill, 11. Anthony Quintana, 12. Nick Escobedo, 13. Duane Swanson, 14. Trevor Anderson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Chuck Groat.
USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADICAL FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Devin Westover-920, 2-A.J. Luttmer-913, 3-River Merrill-852, 4-Cheyenne Merrill-636, 5-Anthony Quintana-488, 6-Nick Escobedo-308, 7-Aiden Parker-302, 8-Ashlyn Powell-201, 9-Chuck Groat-147, 10-William Ginn-146.
NEXT USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN RADICAL FOCUS MIDGET RACE: September 23, 2023 – Meridian Speedway – Meridian, Idaho
