HIRST WRAPS UP “VERMIEL CLASSIC” WITH 30-LAP SPRINT WIN


Calistoga, CA……..Kyle Hirst of Elk Grove, Calif. piloted his Rod Tiner entry to victory in Sunday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA & Western Classic Sprint finale of this year’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” at the Calistoga Speedway. He led all 30 laps to beat fast qualifier and USAC/CRA leader Mike Spencer, Matt Streeter, Chad Boespflug and Brody Roa.


USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 2, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.767; 2. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.843; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-20.900; 4. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.907; 5. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.920; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.146; 7. Danny Sheridan, 73x, Ford-21.148; 8. Terry Schank Jr., 1x, Gleason-21.289; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-21.313; 10. Chad Boespflug, 25B, Baxter-21.393; 11. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-21.490; 12. Jeff Griffin, 50m, Griffin-21.508; 13. Andy Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-21.553; 14. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-21.615; 15. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.800; 16. Jonathan Henry, 88, Graunstadt-21.800; 17. Shane Golobic, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-21.866; 18. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-21.976; 19. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-22.292; 20. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-22.366; 21. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-22.399; 22. Jeff Parady, 6c, Parady-22.490; 23. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-22.800; 24. Jimmy Richardson, 8, Richardson-22.933; 25. Dusty Green, 52, Green-23.410; 26. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-23.473; 27. Jeremy Hawes, 7, Dolner-23.799; 28. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-23.869; 29. Sparky Howard, 6, Howard-24.078; 30. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-24.897; 31. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-NT.


CALISTOGA SPEEDWAY HALL OF FAME DASH: (12 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Parady, 3. Schank, 4. Forsberg, 5. Hogg, 6. Simas, 7. Hunt, 8. Howard, 9. Hawkins, 10. Cisco, 11. Rodgers, 12. Mitchell. NT


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Golobic, 2. Spencer, 3. C.Williams, 4. Hirst, 5. Simpson, 6. Howard, 7. Green, 8. Forsberg. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. Boespflug, 4. A.Williams, 5. Hunt, 6. Parady, 7. Rodgers, 8. Mitchell. NT


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. Simas, 3. Bernal, 4. Sheridan, 5. Streeter, 6. Hawkins, 7. Hawes. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Henry, 2. R.Williams, 3. Schank, 4. Griffin, 5. Hogg, 6. Richardson, 7. Cisco. NT


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Forsberg, 3. Hawkins, 4. Simpson, 5. Hogg, 6. Richardson, 7. Green, 8. Parady, 9. Howard, 10. Hawes, 11. Rodgers, 12. Mitchell, 13. Cisco, 14. Hunt. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Hirst, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Matt Streeter, 4. Chad Boespflug, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Klint Simpson, 8. Terry Schank Jr., 9. Rip Williams, 10. Shauna Hogg, 11. Ryan Bernal, 12. Tony Hunt, 13. Jonathan Henry, 14. Marty Hawkins, 15. Gordon Rodgers, 16. Austin Williams, 17. Andy Forsberg, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Shane Golobic, 20. Jeff Griffin, 21. Ronnie Gardner, 22. Jimmy Richardson, 23. Taylor Simas, 24. Danny Sheridan. NT


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**Sheridan and Forsberg flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hirst.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,090, 2-Roa-787, 3-Bernal-776, 4-Nic Faas-769, 5-A.Williams-706, 6-R.williams-696, 7-Cory Kruseman-613, 8-C.Williams-519, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-701, 2-Hogg-681, 3-Rodgers-441, 4-Tom Baker-395, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Hawkins-359, 7-Simas-278, 8-Brian McClish-209, 9-Tim Skoglund-179, 10-Cody Gerhardt-174.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-542, 2-Hogg-512, 3-Hawkins-359, 4-Tom Baker-307, 5-Rodgers-286, 6-Simas-278, 7-Scott Pierovich-214, 8-Cisco-100, 9-Mitchell-12,


NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 15 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway