MURGOITIO GETS WIN #4 AT ROCKY MOUNTAIN RACEWAYS

Salt Lake City, UT…….Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho earned his fourth victory of the 2009 USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car campaign Sunday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways, leading the final 19 of 40 laps in his GM Land & Cattle Eagle. Fast qualifier Jim Waters ended up second ahead of Jeff Bergener, Paul Marconi and Brian McClish. Marconi led lap one and Ryan Burdett led the next 20 laps before touching wheels with a lapped car and spinning. Burdett came back to finish seventh.


 


USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 9, 2009 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-14.023; 2. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-14.095; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-14.143; 4. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.193; 5. Jeff Bergener, 21, Gunn-14.253; 6. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.309; 7. Kipp Posey, 29, Posey-14.457; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.477; 9. Chauncey Filler, 5, Filler-14.678; 10. Jim Campbell, 66, Campbell-14.683; 11. Trevor Moran, 80x, Murgoitio-15.104; 12. Jeremy Johnson, 18, Johnson-NT; 13. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Marconi, 3. Murgoiti0, 4. Campbell, 5. R.Bergener. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Posey, 2. Waters, 3. J.Bergener, 4. Filler, 5. McClish, 6. Moran. NT


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Jeff Bergener, 4. Paul Marconi, 5. Brian McClish, 6. Kipp Posey, 7. Ryan Burdett, 8. Trevor Moran, 9. Ray Bergener, 10. Jim Campbell, 11. Chauncey Filler, 12. Jeremy Johnson, 13. Eric Barlow. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Marconi, Laps 2-21 Burdett, Laps 22-40 Murgoitio.


 


NEW USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Murgoitio-477; 2-Waters-446; 3-McClish-406; 4-Burdett-390; 5-J.Bergener-327; 6-Posey-280; 7-R,Bergener-278; 8-Filler-274; 9-Barlow-231; 10-Marconi-227.


 


NEXT USAC ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR RACE: September 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways