HIRST #1 CLASSIC AT PLACERVILLE


Placerville, CA………Kyle Hirst of West Sacramento, Calif. led the final 18 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Classic Sprint race at Placerville Speedway. He took the lead from Jimmy Sills on lap 13 and never looked back, beating Matt Streeter, fast qualifier James Sweeney, Jimmy Trulli and Marc Mackay. Western Classic point leader Shauna Hogg finished 17th.


USAC-WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 4, 2012 – Placerville, California  – Placerville Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. James Sweeney, 11x, Lewis-12.006; 2. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-12.061; 3. Jimmy Sills, 4, Sills-12.176; 4. Kyle Hirst, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-12.184; 5. Scott Hall, 56x, VanWare-12.206; 6. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-12.206; 7. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-12.215; 8. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-12.291; 9. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-12.302; 10. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-12.332; 11. Justin Johnson, 25, Johnson-12.470; 12. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.539; 13. Jake Morgan, 1J, Morgan-12.566; 14. Johnny Reeves, 25x, Miller-12.747; 15. C.J. Humphrey, 85, Happy Camper-12.789; 16. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-12.903; 17. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-12.987; 18. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-13.097; 19. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.501; 20. Rusty Baglin, 44, Tabor-13.572; 21. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-14.110; 22. Dustin Sanders, 1H, Smitty-NT


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trulli, 2. Hirst, 3. Morgan, 4. Sweeney, 5. Hogg, 6. Tabor. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Richardson, 2. Johnson, 3. Schank, 4. Mackay, 5. Baglin, 6. Hall, 7. Reeves. NT


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Streeter, 3. Humphrey, 4. Baker, 5. Sills, 6. Hawkins, 7. Cisco. NT



FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Hirst, 2. Matt Streeter, 3. James Sweeney, 4. Jimmy Trulli, 5. Marc Mackay, 6. Tom Baker, 7. Justin Johnson, 8. Tony Hunt, 9. Jim Richardson, 10. Mark Tabor Jr., 11. Jake Morgan, 12. Gordon Rodgers, 13. Scott Hall, 14. Johnny Reeves, 15. Jimmy Sills, 16. Jerry Cisco, 17. Shauna Hogg, 18. C.J. Humphrey, 19. Terry Schank Jr., 20. Marty Hawkins. NT


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**Flips: N/A


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Streeter, Laps 8-12 Sills, Laps 13-30 Hirst.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-478, 2-Hunt-420, 3-Rodgers-258, 4-Scott Pierovich-248, 5-Hawkins-233, 6-Brian McClish-209, 7-Baker-209, 8-Tim Skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 10 – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway