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USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

July 1, 2009 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-15.444; 2. Tanner Whitten, 85, Whitten-15.564; 3. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-15.634; 4. Jimmy Simpson, 38, Simpson-15.749; 5. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-15.852.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Trainor, 3. Whitten, 4. Cottongim, 5. Liguori. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jimmy Simpson, 2. Tyler Trainor, 3. Joe Liguori, 4. Tanner Whitten, 5. Tyler Cottongim. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Cottongim, Laps 6-20 Simpson.

NEW USAC UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-416; 2-Simpson-397; 3-Cottongim-375; 4-Trainor-335; 5-Whitten-305; 6-Kent Kriegbaum-210; 7-Michael May-128; 8-Zach Kanizer-98; 9-Bob Adams-89; 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.

NEXT USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: July 18 – Morris, IL – Grundy County Speedway

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS:

July 1, 2009 – Concord, North Carolina – Concord Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeremy Frankoski, 2 Trotter-12.794; 2. Michael Sboro, 24, Sboro-12.821; 3. Steven Intravaia, 96, Brown/Noffsinger-12.879; 4. Bryce Burden, 17, Brown-12.946; 5. Scott Hunter, 14, Brown-12.947; 6. Shane MacMillan, 45, Fedrizzi-12.948; 7. Eric Coomes, 44, Coomes-13.014; 8. Chris Lamb, 19L, Lamb-13.067; 9. Tim Craver, 27, Craver-13.194; 10. Billy Gaule, 22, Gaule-13.364; 11. Scott Gordon, 16, Gordon-13.462; 12. Kyle Bonsignore, 50, Noffsinger-13.549; 13. Amanda Quinones, 00, Bigley-13.706;14. Shane MacMillan, 43, Fedrizzi-NT.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Scott Hunter, 2. Steven Intravaia, 3. Eric Coomes, 4. Bryce Burden, 5. Jeremy Frankoski, 6. Michael Sboro, 7. Tim Craver, 8. Chris Lamb, 9. Scott Gordon, 10. Amanda Quinones, 11. Kyle Bonsignore, 12. Billy Gaule, 13. Shane MacMillan (#45). NT .---------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Hunter.

NEW USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Frankoski-251; 2-Hunter-218; 3-Intravaia-198; 4-Coomes-196; 5-MacMillan-193; 6-Sboro-173; 7-Lamb-160; 8-Burden-155; 9-Quinones-141; 10-Gaule-138.

NEXT USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS RACE: July 15 – Concord (NC) Motor Speedway

“BATTLE AT THE BRICKYARD” ATTRACTING 4TH GENERATION DRIVERS

The July 8-11 “Battle at the Brickyard” USAC .25 Midget spectacular is beginning to attract a stellar field of drivers from across the country.

In addition to the various class point leaders and 2009 race winners, entire families are expected to take part in what promises to be an historic event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, the World’s Greatest Race Course.

One fourth-generation driver in particular has deep roots in USAC and other forms of racing. Austin “A.J.” Jordon Nemire of Toledo, Ohio is the son of Kenny, grandson of former USAC racer Jerry and great-grandson of the late Kenny Sr. The great-grandfather raced in the early to mid-1950s with ARCA and MARC and recorded many wins at Toledo Raceway Park. Jerry competed for four decades and was a regular in USAC Silver Crown and sprint racing. The Nemire Racing Team, including Jerry and his two sons J.D. and Kenny, won the 1997 ARCA Midget Series championship.

Jerry, who won the 1996 Knoxville (IA) Master Classic Rookie honors, was forced into retirement from race driving due to his bout with cancer but his passion for the sport has never waned. His racing talent produced a victory and a second indoors at Fort Wayne, Ind. as well as numerous top USAC-sanctioned race finishes.

A.J.’s career began in the Junior Novice Quarter Midgets and has included track records and top finishes. He is slated to compete in the Light AA, Light BB and Mod Classes at the Brickyard.

Entries have already been received from drivers representing Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Michigam, Illinois, New York, North Carolina, California and Florida.

The July 8-11 “Battle at the Brickyard” will mark the first .25 Midget event at IMS under USAC sanction. Class competition is slated in Junior and Senior Rookie, Junior, Senior and Heavy Honda, Junior and Senior Stock, Light and Heavy 160, Light and Heavy World Formula, Light and Heavy AA, Light BB, Heavy B, Light and Heavy Mod and Half classes.

CONCORD, MORRIS & SALT LAKE CITY ALL HOSTS FOCUS RACES; WUERDEMAN, PETERSON, SIMUNOVICH WIN; RAIN AT GRUNDY COUNTY

Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. hopes to tie a USAC Ford Focus victory record this week as USAC Ford Focus racing occurs on three fronts.

Frankoski leads the Carolina Series to Concord Motorsports Park Wednesday night where he will try to post his fourth consecutive series win. That would tie the USAC record set by Tate Martz (2004 Midwest), Tim Skoglund (2006 California), Mario Clouser (2007 UMARA) and Tim Savage (2007 Utah).

Joe Liguori, who posted the fastest qualifying time Saturday night before rains washed out the USAC/UMARA race at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill., leads that series back to Grundy County this Wednesday. Kipp Posey is atop the Utah Series, which resumes action this Saturday at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City.

Ronnie Wuerdeman of Cincinnati, Ohio won Friday night’s 15-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus Midget race at the Gas City I-69 Speedway. He passed Liguori on lap two and led the rest of the way in his Bell Helmets/Klotz Lubricants Hawk. Liguori finished second ahead of Jimmy Simpson, Kent Kriegbaum and Tyler Cottongim. The Midwest series now prepares for a July 10 race at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.

Garrett Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. won Saturday night’s 40-lap USAC California Pavement Ford Focus feature at All American Speedway. He passed Cody Gerhardt on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to beat series point leader and fast qualifier Nick Romano, Keegan Walmer, Luis Ramos III and Jessica Clark. Gerhardt led the first 19 laps of the race. The next California pavement race is July 18 at Madera Speedway.

Dennis Simunovich of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Junior Ford Focus race at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. He grabbed the lead from Andrew Murray on lap three and led the rest of the way to beat Ethan Quinn, Alex Jacobsen, Tanner Kershaw and Murray. Point leader Kyle Edwards was sixth. The series continues this Saturday night at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-811, 2-Tyler Cottongim-746, 3-Jimmy Simpson-744, 4-Kent Kriegbaum-469, 5-Michael May-306, 6-Tyler Trainor-296, 7-Tanner Whitten-240, 8-Zach Kanizer-209, 9-Chris Lamb-206, 10-Adam Wilsdon-191.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Romano-545, 2-Cody Gerhardt-501, 3-Jeff Oleen-474, 4-Zach Stout-405, 5-Michael J. Lewis-379, 6-Garrett Peterson-298, 7-Eric Gunderson-283, 8-J.R. Williams-269, 9-Connor Kassik-207, 10-Luis Ramos III-177.

USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff-351, 2-Brody Roa-336, 3-Jet Davison-315, 4-Nick Rossi-297, 5-Cody Swanson-288, 6-Kevin Michnowicz-273, 7-Nick Carlson-246, 8-Eric Gunderson-225, 9-Connor Kassik-212, 10-Andrew Mulhearn-196.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kipp Posey-290, 2-Chuck Groat-188, 3-Cody Gerhardt-187, 4-Gregg Fuette-183, 5-Austin Luttmer-183, 6-Eric Gunderson-179, 7-Michael J. Lewis-178, 8-J.R. Williams-170, 9-Mike Daniels-158, 10-Nick Romano-151.

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Jeremy Frankoski-197, 2-Shane MacMillan-165, 3-Scott Hunter-156, 4-Eric Coomes-142, 5-Steven Intravaia-137, 6-Michael Sboro-123, 7-Chris Lamb-121, 8-Billy Gaule-109, 9-Amanda Quinones-108, 10-Bryce Burden-101.

USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kyle Edwards-652, 2-Andrew Murray-561, 3-Taylor Ferns-344, 4-Alex Jacobsen-296, 5-Ethan Quinn-294, 6-Tanner Kershaw-269; 7-Dennis Simunovich-266; 8-Casey Martinez-212, 9-Logan Williams-197; 10-Winn Frazin-187.

USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-352, 2-Jimmy Simpson-326, 3-Tyler Cottongim-320, 4-Tyler Trainor-267, 5-Tanner Whitten-243, 6-Kent Kriegbaum-210, 7-Michael May-128, 8-Zach Kanizer-98, 9-Bob Adams-89, 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.

WESTERN SPRINTS “OFF” UNTIL JULY 25 AT SLC; HUNT FINALLY CRACKS THE WINNER’S CIRCLE AT ROSEVILLE

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. and JoJo Helberg of Rohnert Park, Calif. are in a virtual “tie” for the 2009 USAC Western Sprint Car point lead. The series is idle until July 25 when it resumes action at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah, where Helberg captured last year’s Rocky Mountain championship.

Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. finally ended recent frustrations with a 100-lap USAC Western Sprint Car feature victory Saturday night at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. Hunt grabbed the lead from Nick Green on lap 18 in his Metal Works/Red Line Oil Beast and led the final 83 laps of the race to beat Tanner Swanson, Brian McClish, Nick Green and fast qualifier Helberg.

McClish’s third-place finish left him just two points behind Swanson and Helberg in the new Western Sprint standings.

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Tanner Swanson-243, 2-JoJo Helberg-243, 3-Brian McClish-241, 4-Eric Humphries-203, 5-Nick Green-185, 6-Kody Swanson-176, 7-Tony Hunt-172, 8-Shauna Hogg-154, 9-Audra Sasselli-146, 10-Jimmy Riddell-135.

CARDEY SET FOR “FIRECRACKER 40”AT PERRIS JULY 4

David Cardey leads the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint cars back to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway this Saturday for the track’s big “Firecracker 40” program, which also includes the USAC California Dirt Ford Focuses and Junior Ford Focuses.

Cardey, of Riverside, Calif., is the only driver to repeat as a feature winner this season. He won at Perris in April and in the most recent race at Petaluma, Calif. and has a 21-point lead over Blake Miller entering Saturday night’s race.

A total of 74 points are available Saturday, meaning any one of four drivers could emerge with the new series lead. Defending champion Mike Spencer is 33 back of Cardey, while Garrett Hansen is fourth in the points, 59 in arrears.

Danny Sheridan, currently sixth in the series points, is the defending winner of the “Firecracker” race.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-David Cardey-434, 2-Blake Miller-403, 3-Mike Spencer-401, 4-Garrett Hansen-375, 5-Greg Bragg-313, 6-Danny Sheridan-304, 7-Rip Williams-262, 8-Matt Mitchell-256, 9-Cory Kruseman-231, 10-Cody Williams-200.

ROMANO EXTENDS USAC FORD FOCUS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD WITH RUNNER-UP FINISH AT ALL AMERICAN SPEEDWAY

Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle teenager started from the pole position and earned a sixth consecutive second place result in Round 10

ROSEVILLE, CALIF. (June 29, 2009) – Talented young American Nik Romano remains the driver everyone is chasing in the USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Car Series point standings, after yet another pole position and runner-up finish at All American Speedway on June 27th. The Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle race pilot has now been the fastest qualifier in two consecutive races, and piloted his USAC Ford Focus Midget to second place in six consecutive series races.

When the USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Car Series traveled to All American Speedway on Saturday, many of those in attendance were keeping a close eye on Romano. The first-year USAC Ford Focus Midget driver has quickly established himself as not only a contender for race wins week after week, but also as one of the leading forces in the championship fight.

Romano, having earned his first-ever series pole position in the previous event at The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway, promptly kept the momentum going when qualifying got underway at the ¼-mile All American Speedway oval. Turning a fast lap of 13.97s behind the wheel of his No. 42 Dr. Glass Reactor Repair/Romold Precision Molding/Romano Cosmetic Surgery/Ron Sutton’s Winner’s Circle USAC Ford Focus Midget, Romano earned his second consecutive pole position.

Next up for the Atherton, Calif.-based RSWC driver was his eight-lap Heat race. Taking a conservative approach, in an effort to save his car and tires for the 40-lap Feature race at the end of the night, Romano finished a comfortable fourth when the checkered flag waved. This plan obviously paid dividends when Round 10 got underway, as the 2008 San Francisco Region SCCA Formula Ford Champion/Rookie of the Year and former Micro Sprints and Quarter Midgets champion immediately battled for the lead. Running in close formation with the eventual race winner lap after lap, the second-year RSWC race pilot came up just short when all 40 laps were completed, crossing the stripe a close second. With the result, Romano not only earned an impressive sixth consecutive trip to the podium, all second place finishes, but also widened his lead in the championship fight. Given the 18 year-old went on a six race win streak in the second half of the season last year to capture his Formula Ford title, Romano is well positioned to earn a second championship trophy when the USAC Ford Focus Midget season ends in late November.

“Nik is a champion in everything he does,” Head of RSWC Driver Development, Ron Sutton stated. “He is on track to win another championship in his pursuit of a racing career. His current string of six runner-up finishes reminds me of John Force, who before he ever won an event, had nine runner-ups. Once Force broke through, he became the winningest driver in NHRA history. Nik is still in his rookie year, but races like a champion every race. Just wait until he starts winning,"

Romano and the Ron Sutton Winner’s Circle USAC Ford Focus Midget team resume their pursuit of the USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Car Series title on July 18th, with a visit to Madera Speedway.

For direct contact, please email Nik Romano at nromano210@aol.com

“J.D. BYRIDER 100” AT ORP NEXT FOR SILVER CROWN; TYLER TOPS EAST IN RICHMOND’S “JAMES RIVER GROUNDS 100”

Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. continues to lead the USAC K & N Silver Crown series standings in quest of becoming USAC’s second three-time Silver Crown champion. Jimmy Sills was the first, winning the title in 1990, 1994 and 1996.

Kaeding will try to protect his 21-point lead over Tracy Hines when the series visits O’Reilly Raceway Park in Indianapolis, Ind. July 23 for the “J.D. Byrider 100.” Brian Tyler resides third in points, only six behind Hines after winning Saturday night’s race at Richmond, Va.

Tyler, of Parma, Mich. caught leader Bobby East in turn three on the 87th lap of Saturday night’s “James River Grounds 100” Richmond International Raceway, then led the final 14 laps to win the 100-lap race on the 3/4-mile paved oval. Tyler’s win, in the Lucas Oil/Fatheadz Sunglasses Beast/Toyota, was the 15th of his USAC Silver Crown career.

East led the first 86 laps from the pole before Tyler’s winning move and finished second ahead of Cameron Dodson, Ryan Smith and A.J. Fike. Dodson’s run was remarkable, coming from 14th to third. He was critically injured in a highway accident in November and has made a remarkable recovery. The Richmond race was his first since the accident.

USAC K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Bud Kaeding-147, 2-Tracy Hines-126, 3-Brian Tyler-120, 4-A.J. Fike-113, 5-Zach Daum-100, 6-Shane Hmiel-96, 7-Levi Jones-92, 8-Jerry Coons Jr.-90, 9-Jesse Hockett-81, 10-Jon Stanbrough-74.

CONCORD, MORRIS & SALT LAKE CITY ALL HOSTS FOCUS RACES; WUERDEMAN & PETERSON VICTORIOUS; RAIN HALTS GRUNDY COUNTY

Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. hopes to tie a USAC Ford Focus victory record this week as USAC Ford Focus racing occurs on three fronts.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kyle Edwards-601, 2-Andrew Murray-513, 3-Taylor Ferns-344, 4-Alex Jacobsen-238, 5-Ethan Quinn-237, 6-Casey Martinez-212, 7-Tanner Kershaw-211, 8-Dennis Simunovich-198, 9-Winn Frazin-187, 10-Devan Myrick-183.

USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

WESTERN MIDGETS, BCRA COMBINE FOR FRIDAY’S RACE AT SHASTA

USAC’s Western Midget Series, led by Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif., heads for Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. Friday for a race co-sanctioned by the Bay Cities Racing Association (BCRA).

Hansen’s point lead is comfortable, 102 over runner-up Jerome Rodela going into Friday’s race. Nick Foster Jr. of San Jose, Calif. is currently atop the BCRA standings.

Ryan Kaplan won the last USAC Midget race at Shasta, in 2006.

Third-ranking Scott Pierovich is hoping for a better result this year when he returns to Shasta, where he finished 24th three years ago. He trails Rodela by just 28 points in the current standings.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Garrett Hansen-442, 2-Jerome Rodela-340, 3-Scott Pierovich-312, 4-Kody Swanson-309, 5-Alex Schutte-294, 6-Shannon McQueen-267, 7-Tanner Swanson-265, 8-David Prickett-256, 9-Josh Ford-245, 10-Bryan Clauson-205.

KUHN LEADS MIDGET RETURN TO TOLEDO FRIDAY

Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. leads the USAC Mopar National Midget series to Toledo (Ohio) Speedway Friday night for the first USAC Midget race at the 1/2-mile paved oval in two years. Kuhn holds a 36-point lead over two-time series champion Jerry Coons Jr. entering the race, with Darren Hagen only 48 behind. A total of 74 points are available at Toledo.

The Midgets share billing with the USAC “Thunder & Lightning” Sprint Cars for Friday’s racing program, with 50-lap feature events on tap.

Bryan Clauson won the last USAC Midget race at Toledo, in 2007, and former Toledo USAC Midget winners include Kevin Swindell (2006), Michael Lewis (2005) and the late Jimmy Knight (1957).

Kuhn is the only driver to finish all 13 races in the “top-10” so far this season. He won at Bloomington, Ind. during Indiana Midget Week and has added seconds at Gas City, Ind. and Newton, Ia. and thirds at Knoxville, Iowa and Kokomo, Ind.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Kuhn-701, 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-665, 3-Darren Hagen-653, 4-Brad Sweet-618, 5-Tracy Hines-600, 6-Bobby East-523, 7-Kevin Swindell-514, 8-Cole Whitt-486, 9-Chad Boat-485, 10-Bryan Clauson-455.

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 27, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-12.84; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-12.88; 3. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-12.99; 4. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.02; 5. Tanner Swanson, 75, TK-13.02; 6. Nick Green, 14, Pierson-13.14; 7. Eric Humphries, 16, Mott-13.27; 8. John Sarale, 32, Riddell-13.30; 9. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-13.50; 10. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.52; 11. Jerry Kobza, 19x, Riddell-13.86; 12. Alissa Geving, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.45; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-15.62; 14. Mike Murgoitio, 60, Western Speed-NT; 15. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-NT.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Sasselli, 3. Hunt, 4. Helberg. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Tony Hunt, 2. Tanner Swanson (#75), 3. Brian McClish, 4. Nick Green, 5. JoJo Helberg, 6. Eric Humphries, 7. John Sarale, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Marvin Mitchell, 10. Audra Sasselli, 11. Jimmy Riddell, 12. Jerry Kobza, 13. Alissa Geving. NT ------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Green, Laps 3-12 Sasselli, Laps 13-17 Green, Laps 18-100 Hunt.

NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swanson-243; 2-Helberg-243; 3-McClish-241; 4-Humphries-203; 5-Green-185; 6-Kody Swanson-176; 7-Hunt-172; 8-Hogg-154; 9-Sasselli-146; 10-Riddell-135.

NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 27, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-13.97; 2. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.04; 3. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-14.22; 4. Greg Paul, 70, Paul-14.31; 5. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.33; 6. Luis Ramos III, 60, Western Speed-14.35; 7. Jessica Clark, 9, Sutton-14.38; 8. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-14.44; 9. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-14.79; 10. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-14.95.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Paul, 3. Oleen, 4. Romano. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clark, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Oleen, 4. Romano, 5. Kassik. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Walmer, 2. Peterson, 3. Ramos, 4. Paul, 5. Williams. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Luis Ramos III, 5. Jessica Clark, 6. Cody Gerhardt, 7. J.R. Williams, 8. Greg Paul, 9. Connor Kassik. NT (NOTE: Jeff Oleen’s car disqualified after finishing second for failing to pass post-race technical inspection). ----------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Gerhardt, Laps 20-40 Peterson.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-545; 2-Gerhardt-501; 3-Oleen-474; 4-Zach Stout-405; 5-Michael J. Lewis-379; 6-Peterson-298; 7-Eric Gunderson-283; 8-Williams-269; 9-Kassik-207; 10-Ramos-177.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): July 18 – Madera (CA) Speedway

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 27, 2009 – Roseville, California – All American Speedway

DASH: (4 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Sasselli, 3. Hunt, 4. Helberg. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Green, Laps 3-12 Sasselli, Laps 13-17 Green, Laps 18-100 Hunt.

NEW USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swanson-243; 2-Helberg-243; 3-McClish-241; 4-Humphries-203; 5-Green-185; 6-Kody Swanson-176; 7-Hunt-172; 8-Hogg-154; 9-Sasselli-146; 10-Riddell-135.

NEXT USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: July 25 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

USAC K & N SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 26-27, 2009 – Richmond, Virginia – Richmond International Raceway – “James River Grounds 100”

QUALIFICATIONS: (June 26) 1. Bobby East, 6, Klatt-20.386; 2. Levi Jones, 10, Stewart-20.473; 3. Tracy Hines, 22, Stewart-20.551; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-20.555; 5. Brian Tyler, 21, Team Six-R-20.565; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 27, RW-2-.659; 7. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-20.706; 8. Ryan Smith, 155, S & S-20.752; 9. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-20.783; 10. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-20.805; 11. Jay Drake, 8, Rev 1-20.888; 12. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-20.962; 13. Josh Wise, 199, Edwards/RE-20.977; 14. Cameron Dodson, 991, Edwards/RE-20.979; 15. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-20.995; 16. Zach Daum, 50, Daum-21.013; 17. Eric Gordon, 2, Bowman/Canine-21.023; 18. Mike Lichty, 94, Lichty-21.320; 19. Kody Swanson, 19, Team Six-R-21.876; 20. Carl Smith, 141, Smith-21.977; 21. Derek Hagar, 35, Edwards/RE-22.131; 22. Davey Hamilton, 41, Paternoster-24.000; 23. Rodney Weesner, 96, Weesner-NT; 24. Von McGee, 65, Hartenstine-NT.

FEATURE: (100 laps – June 27) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Bobby East, 3. Cameron Dodson, 4. Ryan Smith, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Chet Fillip, 7. Jacob Wilson, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Bud Kaeding, 10. Jay Drake, 11. Bobby Santos III, 12. Mike Lichty, 13. Zach Daum, 14. Levi Jones, 15. Jerry Coons Jr., 16. Josh Wise, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Carl Smith, 20. Davey Hamilton, 21. Eric Gordon, 22. Rodney Weesner, 23. Von McGee, 24. Derek Hagar. NT -----------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-86 East, Laps 87-100 Tyler.

NEW SILVER CROWN POINTS: 1-Kaeding-147; 2-Hines-126; 3-Tyler-120; 4-Fike-113; 5-Daum-100; 6-Hmiel-96; 7-Jones-92; 8-Coons-90; 9-Jesse Hockett-81; 10-Jon Stanbrough-74.

NEXT USAC SILVER CROWN RACE: July 23 – Indianapolis, IN – O’Reilly Raceway Park – “J.D. Byrider 100”

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 26, 2009 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Ronnie Wuerdeman (#33 Wuerdeman), 2. Jimmy Simpson (#41 Griffith), 3. Joe Liguori (#22 Givens), 4. Tyler Cottongim (#28 Cottongim), 5. Kent Kriegbaum (#12 Kriegbaum). NT

FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Ronnie Wuerdeman, 2. Joe Liguori, 3. Jimmy Simpson, 4. Kent Kriegbaum, 5. Tyler Cottongim. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Liguori, Laps 2-15 Wuerdeman.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-811; 2-Cottongim-746; 3-Simpson-744; 4-Kriegbaum-469; 5-Michael May-306; 6-Tyler Trainor-296; 7-Tanner Whitten-240; 8-Zach Kanizer-209; 9-Chris Lamb-206; 10-Adam Wilsdon-191.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: July 10 – Anderson (IN) Speedway

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 26, 2009 – Richmond, Virginia – Richmond International Raceway – “Rotondo Weirich Showdown”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Sweet, 9, Kahne/Curb-20.009; 2. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-20.095; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-20.112; 4. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-20.149; 5. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-20.154; 6. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-20.186; 7. Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-20.227; 8. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-2-.269; 9. Shane Hmiel, 17, RW-20.300; 10. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-20.327; 11. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-20.349; 12. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.487; 13. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-20.525; 14. Brian Tyler, 44, Contos-20.535; 15. Eric Gordon, 51, Bowman/Canine-20.621; 16. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-20.662; 17. Troy DeCaire, 81, Blake-22.062.

FEATURE: (60 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Darren Hagen, 3. Brad Sweet, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Bobby East, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Henry Clarke, 11. Brian Tyler, 12. Jacob Wilson, 13. Eric Gordon, 14. Jesse Hockett, 15. Troy DeCaire, 16. Shane Hmiel, 17. Damion Gardner. NT ------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-43 Sweet, Laps 44-60 Santos.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jones-702; 3-Darland-700; 3-Hockett-647; 4-Coons-636; 5-Whitt-630; 6-Hines-545; 7-Gardner-538; 8-Sweet-508; 9-Hagen-442; 10-Chris Windom-412.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: July 2 – Winchester (IN) Speedway – “Thursday Night Thunder”

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINTS RESUME JULY 11 AFTER RAINOUT AT RMR

The USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series resumes action July 11 at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Mike Murgoitio continues to lead the series standings, 17 points ahead of former series titlist Jim Waters, following last Saturday’s rainout at the 3/8-mile paved oval.

Four drivers are separated by only 36 points, with 76 points available on July 11.

USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Murgoitio-268, 2-Jim Waters-251, 3-Ryan Burdett-237, 4-Brian McClish-232, 5-Ray Bergener-176, 6-Chauncey Filler-165, 7-Kipp Posey-159, 8-Jeff Bergener-149, 9-Eric Barlow-146, 10-Kody Swanson-145.

HELBERG’S 5-POINT LEAD IN JEOPARDY SATURDAY AT ROSEVILLE

JoJo Helberg of Rohnert Park, Calif. has a five-point lead over Tanner Swanson in the latest USAC Western Sprint Car Series standings as he continues his quest for a second straight USAC Sprint car title after winning last year’s “Rocky Mountain” championship.

Helberg will try to protect that lead Saturday when the series visits All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. for a USAC “doubleheader” with the California Paved Ford Focus Midgets.

Helberg won this year’s opener at Madera, Calif. and has finished third twice at Roseville. Each time a Swanson won the feature!

Tanner won the April race at Roseville, while Kody Swanson took the May race there. Kody is fourth in the current series points, only 13 out of the lead. Brian McClish, who has a second, third and a fourth so far in three series races, is third in points, only six behind the leader. The quartet of drivers form the closest battle for a USAC championship this season.

Since 74 points are available Saturday, a half-dozen drivers are mathematically in the hunt for the point lead, including fifth-ranking Eric Humphries and sixth-ranking Nick Green.

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-JoJo Helberg-189, 2-Tanner Swanson-184, 3-Brian McClish-183, 4-Kody Swanson-176, 5-Eric Humphries-158, 6-Nick Green-133, 7-Shauna Hogg-115, 8-Audra Sasselli-110, 9-Tony Hunt-107, 10-Jimmy Riddell-104.

“FIRECRACKER 30” AT PERRIS NEXT UP FOR USAC/CRA SPRINTS; POINT LEADER CARDEY TAKES PETALUMA SPRINT DEBUT

David Cardey of Riverside, Calif. finds himself 31 points ahead of Blake Miller and 33 ahead of Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car defending champ Mike Spencer as the series prepares for the July 4 “Firecracker 30” & Sky Concert at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Cardey took home the trophy Saturday night at Petaluma (Calif.) Speedway, winning the 30-lap feature event in his ITI Performance/Empire Plumbing Viper/Downing Chevy. Spencer led the first 16 laps but Cardey led the final 14 for the win. Miller finished second ahead of Spencer, lady driver Alissa Geving and Matt Streeter. Geving posted the second fastest time behind Cardey in the field of 28 cars and she also won her heat race.

Cardey became the first driver to repeat as a feature winner this year. He previously won at Santa Maria, Calif. Saturday’s race at Petaluma was the first for the series at the 3/8-mile dirt Petaluma oval.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

“ROTONDO WEIRICH SHOOTOUT” FOR SPRINTS at RICHMOND FRIDAY; SANTOS ON HOT STREAK AFTER 30-LAP SPRINT VICTORY AT KALAMAZOO

Only two points separate Dave Darland and Levi Jones going into this weekend’s “Rotondo Weirich Shootout” for the USAC National Sprint Cars at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

The 60-lap race is part of the track’s “SunTrust Indy Challenge” IRL weekend, which also includes a 100-lap race for the USAC K & N Silver Crown Championship Cars on Saturday.

Drivers will aim for Bobby East’s 1-lap Richmond track record of 139.911 mph (2005) when qualifying begins Friday. Jerry Coons Jr. of Tucson, Ariz., currently fourth in the standings, won last year’s Richmond Sprint race.

Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. capped a great weekend of USAC racing by winning Saturday night’s 40-lap National Sprint race at Kalamazoo (Mich.) Speedway. Santos also won Friday’s 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Santos caught Tracy Hines on lap 25 and led the final 16 laps in his Santos Motorsports Beast/Gaerte. Coons finished second ahead of Hines, Cole Whitt and East. Jones and Darland wound up seventh and sixth respectively.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dave Darland-664, 2-Levi Jones-662, 3-Jesse Hockett-622, 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-584, 5-Cole Whitt-577, 6-Damion Gardner-519, 7-Tracy Hines-500, 8-Brad Sweet-448, 9-Chris Windom-412, 10-Darren Hagen-380.

FOCUSES AT GAS CITY FRIDAY, ROSEVILLE & MORRIS SATURDAY; LEWIS, WILSDON, WHITTEN & RAIN (TWICE) TRIUMPH

Dirt and Paved Ford Focus competition are on this week’s slate of races. Midwest series participants take to the dirt Friday night at Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway, while the California Paved Ford Focus series continues Saturday at All American Speedway in Roseville, Calif. The USAC/UMARA Series returns to Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. Saturday night as well.

Michael J. Lewis of Laguna Beach, Calif. scored his second USAC California Pavement Ford Focus feature win Saturday night at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring. Battling his Western Speed Racing teammate, Lewis traded the lead back and forth with Cody Gerhardt before leading the final nine laps for the win. Nick Romano, Keegan Walmer, Jeff Oleen and Gerhardt rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.

Adam Wilsdon of Howell, Mich. scored his first USAC feature victory in Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus race at the Anderson Speedway. Leading all the way in his Bell Bullet, he beat series point leader Joe Liguori to the stripe. Jimmy Simpson, Katie Hargitt and Tyler Cottongim rounded out the “top-five.”

Tanner Whitten of Congerville, Ill., who recently won USAC’s 500th Ford Focus race, took the checkered flag again at Grundy County Speedway Saturday night, leading all 20 laps to beat Jimmy Simpson, Tyler Trainor and Bob Adams. Trainor was the fastest qualifier.

Rain forced cancellation of races at Salt Lake City, Utah and Concord, N.C. last week. The Utah series resumes July 4 at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City and the Carolina series resumes July 1 at Concord Motor Speedway.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-748, 2-Tyler Cottongim-693, 3-Jimmy Simpson-683, 4-Kent Kriegbaum-414, 5-Michael May-306, 6-Tyler Trainor-296, 7-Tanner Whitten-240, 8-Zach Kanizer-209, 9-Chris Lamb-206, 10-Adam Wilsdon-191.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Romano-482, 2-Jeff Oleen-470, 3-Cody Gerhardt-454, 4-Zach Stout-405, 5-Michael J. Lewis-379, 6-Eric Gunderson-283, 7-Garrett Peterson-233, 8-J.R. Williams-227, 9-Connor Kassik-171, 10-Kipp Posey-145.

USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Jimmy Simpson-390, 2-Joe Liguori-346, 3-Tyler Trainor-328, 4-Tyler Cottongim-318, 5-Tanner Whitten-312, 6-Kent Kriegbaum-210, 7-Bob Adams-148, 8-Michael May-128, 9-Zach Kanizer-98, 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.

REGIONALS TAKE WEEK OFF FOLLOWING ILLIANA CANCELLATION; ARMSTRONG, WELCH, WILSDON TAKE ANDERSON FEATURES

The next USAC “regional” tripleheader is now scheduled for July 10 at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway following cancellation of this Wednesday night’s (June 24) scheduled events at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Ind.

Caleb Armstrong of New Castle, Ind. piloted his Bungee North America/Anderson’s Grain Beast/Mopar to victory in Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Regional Midget race at the Anderson Speedway. Armstrong led all 30 laps to beat Jeremy Warren, Alison MacLeod, Kyle Hamilton and Mario Marietta. Hamilton retained the Regional Midget Series point lead with his finish. Dakoda Armstrong was the fastest qualifier.

Dillon Welch of Indianapolis, Ind. scored his third feature victory of the 2009 USAC Kenyon Midget campaign Friday night, leading all 30 laps at the Anderson Speedway in his St. Vincent Sports Performance/VCS Yamaha. He was trailed at the checkered flag by Grant Galloway, Dalton Armstrong, Taylor Ferns and Jared Marks.

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kyle Hamilton-486, 2-Alison MacLeod-412, 3-Brian Olson-282, 4-Mario Marietta-282, 5-Danielle Dickson-256, 6-Jeremy Warren-250, 7-Mike Larrison-233, 8-Dakoda Armstrong-229, 9-Caleb Armstrong-200, 10-Dave Fuhrman-196.

USAC KENYON MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dillon Welch-1,639, 2-Grant Galloway-1,545, 3-Taylor Ferns-1,420, 4-Jared Marks-1,333, 5-Dalton Armstrong-1,306, 6-Nick Hamilton-1,289, 7-Adam Wilsdon-767, 8-Jake Blackhurst-698, 9-Isaac Chapple-360, 10-Brock Anderson-327.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

JULY 3 TOLEDO RACE NEXT FOR MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGETS; SANTOS TAKES 30-LAP IOWA SPEEDWAY FEATURE

Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. continues atop the USAC Mopar National Midget Series standings as participants prepare for a July 3 race at Toledo (Ohio) Speedway. The USAC National Sprint Cars share the “doubleheader” on the half-mile paved oval.

Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. ran down Kuhn on the 19th lap and led the final 12 laps on Friday night’s 30-lap race at Iowa Speedway in Newton, Iowa. Santos started third in the Santos Motorsports Beast/Esslinger Ford and trailed pole starter Kuhn for the first 18 laps around the 7/8-mile paved oval.

Kuhn finished second beating Darren Hagen, Brad Sweet and Jerry Coons Jr. Kuhn’s fast qualifying speed was 136.287 mph.

Bryan Clauson won USAC’s last Midget race at Toledo, in 2007. He is currently 10th in the series points.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Kuhn-701, 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-665, 3-Darren Hagen-653, 4-Brad Sweet-618, 5-Tracy Hines-600, 6-Bobby East-523, 7-Kevin Swindell-514, 8-Cole Whitt-486, 9-Chad Boat-485, 10-Bryan Clauson-455.

CAMERON DODSON RETURNS FOR RICHMOND’S “JAMES RIVER GROUNDS 100” JUNE 27

Cameron Dodson of Greenfield, Ind., USAC’s 2007 K & N Silver Crown Series “Rookie of the Year”, returns to series competition this weekend in the “James River Grounds 100” at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway. He finished second to Chet Fillip is last year’s Richmond 100-lapper. Saturday’s race gets the green flag at 6:15 pm.

Critically injured in a November, 2007 crash on a public Indiana highway, Dodson has made a remarkable recovery and looks forward to his first race since that life-changing accident.

Dodson, who competed in a car fielded by NASCAR Sprint Cup star Carl Edwards, himself a graduate of the USAC Silver Crown series, will make his return as part of a two-car team backed by Edwards. Dodson’s teammate will be veteran USAC racer Josh Wise of Riverside, Calif.

The now-20-year-old Dodson suffered injuries which could have ended his racing career. A brain injury, collapsed lungs, broken ribs and sternum, vertebrae fractures and injuries to his spleen, liver and kidneys resulted in a hospital stay of over a month but doctors were absolutely amazed when he finally regained consciousness and proclaimed “I’ve got to get out of here. I’ll do anything you say.” He was comatose for nearly a month while family and friends prayed for his recovery. Surprisingly, he awoke just before Christmas and just a couple of short weeks later he was home undergoing re-hab.

Dodson’s career was skyrocketing when it was suddenly interrupted. His rookie Silver Crown season produced a victory at Phoenix International Raceway, three thirds, two fourths and a pole start at New Hampshire International Speedway. In 2008 he won again at Iowa Speedway and added seconds at Phoenix and also at Richmond.

“I guess God was watching over me,” Cameron admits. “I’m really pumped about this weekend. I tested at Memphis Motorsports Park last week and ran consistent times. My chief mechanic Chris Santucci does a fantastic job and has been a great help in my return.” Teammate Wise also tested at Memphis and feels that the team has a good chance at winning at Richmond.

“Carl (Edwards) called me when I got out of the hospital and I think he’s just as pumped as I am about this weekend. I’m driving the same car I ran last year and hope this time I can put it in victory lane.”

KAEDING LEADS SILVER CROWN SERIES TO “JAMES RIVER GROUNDS 100” SATURDAY AT RICHMOND

Two-time USAC K & N Silver Crown Series Champion Bud Kaeding of Campbell, Calif. hopes to join Jimmy Sills as the only three-time champions in series history. The 2006 and 2007 series champ has a 24-point lead over Tracy Hines entering this weekend’s “James River Grounds 100” at Richmond (Va.) International Raceway.

Saturday’s 100-lap race is part of the track’s “SunTrust Indy Challenge” IRL weekend, which also includes a 60-lap USAC National Sprint race on Friday.

Kaeding won this year’s opener at Phoenix, Ariz. and finished fourth in the “Hoosier Hundred” in Indianapolis, Ind. in May. He will pilot the Alviso Rock/Kaeding Performance DRC/Mopar in search of a sixth career triumph.

Defending race winner Chet Fillip of Speedway, Ind. was the first entrant for this year’s Richmond race. He passed Hines on the 39th lap of last year’s race and led the rest of the way to score his first series triumph, becoming the oldest race winner in series history at age 51!

Kaeding won at Richmond in 2006 and he and Fillip are expected to be joined this weekend by former race winners Brian Tyler (2007) and Bobby East (2004).

Jerry Coons Jr. won last year’s Silver Crown title but this year’s two races have produced only a ninth and 11th-place finish. Saturday’s Richmond race is the first on the pavement in 2009.

USAC K & N SILVER CROWN SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Bud Kaeding-111, 2-Tracy Hines-87, 3-Jesse Hockett-81, 4-Shane Hmiel-79, 5-Jon Stanbrough-74, 6-Zach Daum-73, 7-Derek Hagar-73, 8-Jerry Coons Jr.-67, 9-Levi Jones-67, 10-Shane Hollingsworth-66.

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 20, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-15.482; 2. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-15.525; 3. Keegan Walmer, 3, Sutton-15.581; 4. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.587; 5. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-15.686; 6. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-15.714; 7. Brody Roa, 91, Roa-15.817; 8. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-16.629; 9. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Oleen, 2. Romano, 3. Walmer, 4. Roa. 1:36.68

SECOND HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Stout, 4. Williams. 1:50.28

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael J. Lewis, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Jeff Oleen, 5. Cody Gerhardt, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Zach Stout, 8. J.R. Williams, 9. Connor Kassik. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Gerhardt, Lap 14 Lewis, Laps 15-21 Gerhardt, Laps 22-30 Lewis.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-482; 2-Oleen-470; 3-Gerhardt-454; 4-Stout-305; 5-Lewis-379; 6-Eric Gunderson-283; 7-Garrett Peterson-233; 8-Williams-227; 9-Kassik-171; 10-Kipp Posey-145.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): June 27 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 20, 2009 – Petaluma, California – Petaluma Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-14.616;2 . Alissa Gebing, 3x, Gebing-14.640; 3. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-14.760; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.858; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.881; 6. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-14.933; 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.995; 8. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-15.020; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.027; 10. Greg Alexander, 75, Stansberry-15.044; 11. Terry Schenk, 3J, Gebing-15.055; 12. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.144; 13. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-15.308; 14. Shane Golobic, 88, Golobic-15.400; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.426; 16. Jason MacIntosh, 33, MacIntosh-15.437; 17. Dave Press, 41. Press-15.444; 18. Brandon Davis, 19x, Davis-15.569; 19. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.704; 20. Dennis Rodriguez, 20, Richardson-15.797; 21. Buddy Joe Bomont, 0, Soares-15.857; 22. Norm Johns, 32, Johns-15.868; 23. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-16.068; 24. Arvo Backholm, 96x, Backholm-16.106; 25. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-16.193; 26. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-16.285; 27. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-17.066; 28. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Spencer, 3. Streeter, 4. Sheridan, 5. Press, 6. Terrell, 7. Bomont. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gebing, 2. Golobic, 3. Johns, 4. Shedarowicz, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Davis, 7. Alexander. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Schenk, 3. A.Williams, 4. R.Williams, 5. Bragg, 4. C.Williams, 7. Hawkins. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Mitchell, 3. Howell, 4. Schmidt, 5. MacIntosh, 6. Backholm, 7. Rodriguez. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Alexander, 3. R.Gardner, 4. C.Williams, 5. Backholm, 6. Press, 7. MacIntosh, 8. Davis, 9. Terrell, 10. Bomont, 11. Rodriguez, 12. Hawkins. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. David Cardey, 2. Blake Miller, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Alissa Gebing, 5. Matt Streeter, 6. Shane Golobic, 7. Tyler Schmidt, 8. Cody Williams, 9. Dave Press, 10. Garrett Hansen, 11. Austin Williams, 12. Rip Williams, 13. Greg Alexander, 14. Matt Mitchell, 15. Arvo Backholm, 16. Terry Schenk, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18. Greg Bragg, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Dennis Howell, 21. Norm Johns, 22. Mathew Shedarowicz. NT ------------------------------------ **Terrell flipped during the semi. Schenk flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Spencer, Laps 17-30 Cardey.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Cardey-434; 2-Miller-403; 3-Spencer-401; 4-Hansen-375; 5-Bragg-313; 6-Sheridan-304; 7-R.Williams-262; 8-Mitchell-256; 9-Cory Kruseman-231; 10-C.Williams-200.

NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: July 4– Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 20, 2009 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-15.494; 2. Tanner Whitten, 85, Whitten-15.568; 3. Bob Adams, 9, Adams-16.120; 4. Jimmy Simpson, 38, Simpson-16.472.

HEAT RACE: (8 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Whitten, 3. Trainor, 4. Adams. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Tanner Whitten, 2. Jimmy Simpson, 3. Tyler Trainor, 4. Bob Adams. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Whitten.

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 20, 2009 – Las Vegas, Nevada – Las Vegas Motor Speedway Bullring

FIRST HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Oleen, 2. Romano, 3. Walmer, 4. Roa. 1:36.68

SECOND HEAT: (6 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Gerhardt, 3. Stout, 4. Williams. 1:50.28

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Michael J. Lewis, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Keegan Walmer, 4. Jeff Oleen, 5. Cody Gerhardt, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Zach Stout, 8. J.R. Williams, 9. Connor Kassik. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Gerhardt, Lap 14 Lewis, Laps 15-21 Gerhardt, Laps 22-30 Lewis.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): June 27 – Roseville, CA – All American Speedway

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 20, 2009 – Kalamazoo, Michigan – Kalamazoo Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-12.316; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-12.342; 3. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-12.396; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-12.425; 5. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-12.492; 6. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-12.551; 7 Jacob Wilson, 07, WBR/Team 6R-12.585; 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-12.634; 9. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-12.640; 10. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-12.703; 11. Darren Hagen, 67, Kunz-12.714; 12. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-12.756; 13. Jesse Hockett, 13, Buch/VKCC-12.872; 14. Henry Clarke, 67x, Kunz-12.044;15. Jim Swain, 46, Swain-13.209.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. East, 3. Wilson, 4. Santos, 5. Darland, 6. Hockett, 7. Hagen, 8. Swain. 1:42.84

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Coons, 3. Bloom, 4. Armstrong, 5. Jones, 6. Whitt, 7. Clarke. 1:40.91

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Bobby East, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Jacob Wilson, 11. Henry Clarke, 12. Darren Hagen, 13. Jeff Bloom, 14. Jesse Hockett. 8:43.20 ------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Hines, Laps 25-40 Santos.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-664; 2-Jones-662; 3-Hockett-622; 4-Coons-584; 5-Whitt-577; 6-Gardner-519; 7-Hines-500; 8-Brad Sweet-448; 9-Chris Windom-412; 10-Hagen-380.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 26 – Richmond (VA) International Raceway – “Rotondo Weirich Showdown”

JUNE 24 ILLIANA “TRIPLEHEADER” CANCELLED

DK Promotions and USAC have announced the cancellation of next Wednesday night’s scheduled USAC regional “tripleheader” racing program at the Illiana Motor Speedway in Schererville, Ind.

The next events in the USAC Regional Midget and Kenyon Midget series will be July 10 at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway. The USAC Midwest Ford Focus Series is scheduled Friday, June 26 at the Gas City (Ind.) I-69 Speedway, then joins the Regional and Kenyon series for the July 10 Anderson tripleheader.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 19, 2009 – Newton, Iowa – Iowa Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-23.113; 2. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-23.234; 3. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-23.253; 4. Shane Hmiel, 1, Kunz-23.253; 5. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-23.322; 6. Mario Clouser, 06, MCM-23.333; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-23.363; 8. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-23.437; 9. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-23.442; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-23.509; 11. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-23.619; 12. Brian Olson, 77, Olson-23.637; 13. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-23.658; 14. A.J. FIke, 69, RFMS-23.757; 15. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-23.775; 16. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-23.996; 17. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-24.067; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-24. 228; 19. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-24.724; 20. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-25.374.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Brad Sweet, 5. Jerry Coons Jr., 6. Cole Carter, 7. Shane Hmiel, 8. Kevin Swindell, 9. A.J. FIke, 10. Adam Kramer, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Nick Wagner, 14. Zach Daum, 15. Brian Olson, 16. Levi Jones, 17. Bobby East, 18. Chase Scott, 10. Mario Clouser. NT ------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Kuhn, Laps 19-30 Santos.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Kuhn-701; 2-Coons-665; 3-Hagen-653; 4-Sweet-618; 5-Hines-0; East-523; 7-Swindell-514; 8-Cole Whitt-486; 9-Chad Boat-485; 10-Bryan Clauson-455.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: July 3 – Toledo (OH) Speedway

USAC KENYON MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 19, 2009 – Anderson, Indiana – Anderson Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dillon Welch, 14, Welch-12.729; 2. Jared Marks, 5, Marks-12.798; 3. Grant Galloway, 84, Galloway-12.814; 4. Dalton Armstrong, 1, C & A-12.884; 5. Taylor Ferns, 7A, Ferns-12.937; 6. Nick Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-12.954; 7. Isaac Chapple, 52, Chapple-13.395.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Welch, 2. Galloway, 3. Ferns, 4. Chapple. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Armstrong, 2. Marks, 3. N.Hamilton. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dillon Welch, 2. Grant Galloway, 3. Dalton Armstrong, 4. Taylor Ferns, 5. Jared Marks, 6. Isaac Chapple, 7. Nick Hamilton. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Welch.

NEW USAC KENYON MIDGET POINTS: 1-Welch-1,639; 2-Galloway-1,545; 3-Ferns-1,420; 4-Marks-1,333; 5-D.Armstrong-1,306; 6-N.Hamilton-1,289; 7-Adam Wilsdon-767; 8-Jake Blackhurst-698; 9-Chapple-360; 10-Brock Anderson-327.

NEXT USAC KENYON MIDGET RACE: June 24 – Schererville, IN – Illiana Motor Speedway

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 19, 2009 – Anderson, Indiana – Anderson Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-11.686; 2. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-11.695; 3. Jeremy Warren, 57, Warren-11.801; 4. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-11.837; 5. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-11.887; 6. Tate Martz, 7, Steele/Alexander/Martz-11.894; 7. Alison MacLeod, 6, East-11.929; 8. Mike Larrison, 06, Larrison-12.088; 9. Danielle Dickson, 44, Perona-12.227; 10. Dan Drinan, 33x, Drinan-12.594; 11. Chris Phillips, 64, Phillips-12.714; 12. Dave Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman-13.427; 13. Samantha Taylor, 17, Hargitt-19.277.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. C.Armstrong, 2. D.Armstrong, 3. MacLeod, 4. Warren, 5. Dickson, 6. Phillips, 7. Taylor. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Larrison, 3. Marietta, 4. Drinan, 5. Fuhrman, 6. Martz. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Caleb Armstrong, 2. Jeremy Warren, 3. Alison MacLeod, 4. Kyle Hamilton, 5. Mario Marietta, 6. Mike Larrison, 7. Dan Drinan, 8. Danielle Dickson, 9. Dakoda Armstrong, 10. Chris Phillips, 11. Tate Martz, 12. Dave Fuhrman. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 C.Armstrong.

NEW USAC REGIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hamilton-486; 2-MacLeod-412; 3-Brian Olson-282; 4-Marietta-282; 5-Dickson-256; 6-Warren-250; 7-Larrison-233; 8-D.Armstrong-229; 9-C.Armstrong-200; 10-Fuhrman-196.

NEXT USAC REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 24 – Schererviile, IN – Illiana Motor Speedway

NORTH VERNON MIDGET/FOCUS “DOUBLEHEADER” MOVED TO JULY 14

The USAC Mopar National Midget and Midwest Ford Focus Midget “doubleheader” at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, Ind. has been rescheduled for Tuesday night, July 14. The event, which was originally rained out June 11 and slated for August 14, will now fall between segments of this year’s “Indiana Sprint Week,” which runs from July 10-18.

“We felt that the new July 14 date would be more conducive to attracting teams and fans,” said USAC Competition Director Jason McCord. “The July 14 date will augment an already-popular nine-night period which features some of the most intense dirt-track racing on the USAC calendar.”

“Indiana Sprint Week” opens July 10 at Lawrenceburg and continues July 11 at Gas City and July 12 at Kokomo, then resumes July 15 at Terre Haute, July 16 at Boswell, July 17 at Bloomington and July 18 at Haubstadt.

The races at the 3/8-mile dirt Twin Cities Raceway Park are the first there since Mat Neely’s 2006 “Indiana Sprint Week” victory.

FOCUSES COMPETE IN 5 STATES THIS WEEK; WHITTEN (500), SIMPSON & OLEEN NOTCH VICTORIES

Nevada, Indiana, Illinois, Utah and North Carolina all host USAC Ford Focus races this week following USAC’s historic 500th Ford Focus race unfolded last Saturday.

Series point leaders entering this week’s competition are Nick Romano (California Pavement), Joe Liguori (Indiana and UMARA), Kipp Posey (Utah) and Jeremy Frankoski (Carolina).

Jeff Oleen of Bethesda, Md. passed USAC California Pavement Ford Focus point leader Romano on the 23rd lap and went on to win Saturday night’s 25-lap race at Madera (Calif.) Speedway. Romano trailed the winner’s Oleen Pinnacle/Best Buddies Maryland Kent to the flag and was followed by Garrett Peterson, Nick Carlson and fast qualifier Michael J. Lewis. Oleen cut Romano’s point lead to just three going into this Saturday night’s race at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway Bullring.

Tanner Whitten of Congerville, Ill. made his first USAC feature victory a memorable one Saturday night at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. Whitten led all 20 laps ton win the historic 500th USAC Ford Focus feature event, beating series point leader Joe Liguori, Tyler Cottongim, Tyler Trainor and Jimmy Simpson in the Midwest/UMARA event. The UMARA Ford Focus series continues this Saturday night at Grundy County Speedway.

Jimmy Simpson of Indianapolis, Ind. led all 30 laps to win Wednesday night’s USAC Midwest/UMARA Ford Focus feature at Plymouth Speedway. Simpson and his Fat Tommy’s Restaurant Beast were followed to the line by Jordan Pennington, series points leader Joe Liguori, Tyler Trainor and Adam Wilsdon. Liguori was the fastest qualifier. This Friday night’s Midwest race is at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.

Frankoski, who is undefeated in three previous USAC Carolina Ford Focus races this season, tries for number four Saturday night at Concord (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Thursday night’s Midwest Ford Focus race at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, Ind. was postponed by rain to August 14.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-677, 2-Tyler Cottongim-639, 3-Jimmy Simpson-616, 4-Kent Kriegbaum-366, 5-Michael May-306, 6-Tyler Trainor-296, 7-Tanner Whitten-240, 8-Chris Lamb-160, 9-Zach Kanizer-156, 10-Adam Wilsdon-120.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Romano-412, 2-Jeff Oleen-409, 3-Cody Gerhardt-396, 4-Zach Stout-356, 5-Michael J. Lewis-306, 6-Eric Gunderson-283, 7-Garrett Peterson-233, 8-J.R. Williams-183, 9-Kipp Posey-145, 10-Connor Kassik-135.

USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-346, 2-Jimmy Simpson-322, 3-Tyler Cottongim-318, 4-Tyler Trainor-262, 5-Tanner Whitten-240, 6-Kent Kriegbaum-210, 7-Michael May-128, 8-Zach Kanizer-98, 9-Bob Adams-88, 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.

4-WAY ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT BATTLE CONTINUES SATURDAY

Four drivers are locked in a tight battle for the 2009 USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car championship. They resume their quest this Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah, with a 40-lap feature event on tap.

Only 36 points separate Mike Murgoitio, Jim Waters, Ryan Burdett and Brian McClish in the current standings, with 76 available Saturday.

Murgoitio has two wins and a second in four starts this season. Waters has a pair of seconds and Burdett a pair of third, while McClish has a second and three other “top-10s” so far.

USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

REGIONAL, KENYON, FORD FOCUS “TRIPLEHEADER” AT ANDERSON FRIDAY; MacLEOD, SIMPSON, GALLOWAY, WHITTEN, GALEDRIGE ALL WIN

Last week’s USAC Regional competition included a historic victory by Tanner Whitten in the 500th USAC Ford Focus race. Regional action this week is focused on Anderson (Ind.) Speedway Friday night, where a “tripleheader” featuring the Regional, Kenyon and Ford Focus Midgets is slated.

Whitten, of Congerville, Ill., made his first USAC feature victory a memorable one Saturday night at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. Whitten led all 20 laps ton win the historic 500th USAC Ford Focus feature event, beating series point leader Joe Liguori, Tyler Cottongim, Tyler Trainor and Jimmy Simpson in the Midwest/UMARA event.

USAC’s winningest female driver in history, Alison MacLeod of Mississauga, Ont., Canada, added her eighth career feature victory Wednesday night at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway, leading wire-to-wire to win the Regional Midget main event. Lady driver Danielle Dickson finished second ahead of Kyle Hamilton, Terry Ahern and Jim Anderson. MacLeod drove the East Enterprises Ford/Beast Esslinger Ford. Hamilton was the fastest qualifier and continues to lead the series standings.

Bradley Galedrige and Alfred Galedrige Jr. of Los Altos, Calif. finished 1-2 in Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Regional Midget race at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich. Alfred was the fastest qualifier but Bradley won the heat race, then led all 25 laps of the feature in his Galedrige Construction/Wirtgen Group Gerhardt/Mopar to beat Aflred, Kim Hughes, Tom Fedorczyk and Doug Dietsch.

Grant Galloway of nearby Lakeville, Ind. scored the victory in Wednesday night’s 30-lap USAC Kenyon Midget Series main event at Plymouth Speedway. Piloting the Todd Galloway Construction/84 Lumber Yamaha, Galloway led all the way to beat series point leader Dillon Welch, Taylor Ferns, Nick Hamilton and Jared Marks.

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kyle Hamilton-422, 2-Alison MacLeod-352, 3-Brian Olson-282, 4-Mario Marietta-223, 5-Danielle Dickson-213, 6-Jeremy Warren-184, 7-Mike Larrison-181, 8-Dakoda Armstrong-180, 9-Terry Ahern-176, 10-Jim Anderson-169.

USAC KENYON MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dillon Welch-1,394, 2-Grant Galloway-1,327, 3-Taylor Ferns-1,219, 4-Jared Marks-1,127, 5-Nick Hamilton-1,104, 6-Dalton Armstrong-1,089, 7-Adam Wilsdon-767, 8-Jake Blackhurst-698, 9-Brock Anderson-327, 10-Chris Lamb-190.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

WESTERN MIDGETS NOW TARGET SHASTA JULY 3; SWANSON ON TOP AGAIN AT MADERA SPEEDWAY

The USAC Western Midget Series is on a three-week hiatus, preparing for its next event, July 3 – at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson., Calif. The race at the 3/8-mile paved oval is the first for USAC’s Midgets there since Ryan Kaplan’s victory there in 2006.

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. led the final 12 laps in his McKenney Midget to win Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Midget race, co-sanctioned by BCRA, at Madera Speedway. Swanson passed Jerome Rodela on lap 19 and led the rest of the way to beat Rodela, Alex Bowman, Levi Roberts and Nick Schiavello. Swanson was also the fastest qualifier. Schiavello led the first two laps of the race before yielding to Rodela.

Rodela’s finish cut Garrett Hansen’s series point lead to 102 entering the July 3 race.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

CRA SPRINTS MAKE PETALUMA DEBUT SATURDAY; HANSEN TAKES SANTA MARIA 30-LAPPER

The Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint cars make their debut appearance at the Petaluma (Calif.) Speedway Saturday night and four drivers will contest the point lead. David Cardey, Mike Spencer, Blake Miller and Garrett Hansen are separated by just 26 points entering Saturday night’s race.

Hansen, of Manhattan Beach, Calif., passed new National Sprint Car Hall of Fame member Rip Williams on the sixth lap and led the final 25 laps of Saturday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint race at Santa Maria Speedway. The win solidified Hansen’s number four point ranking as he wheeled the Roy Miller Freightlines/Sander Engineering Maxim/Chevy to the win, beating Spencer, Cardey, Danny Faria Jr. and Cory Kruseman.

All four of the point leaders have scored a feature win this season, but nobody has been able to repeat as a winner in the first eight races of the USAC/CRA calendar.

The 3/8-mile Petaluma oval is located at the Sonoma-Marin Fairgrounds.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-David Cardey-360, 2-Mike Spencer-338, 3-Blake Miller-338, 4-Garrett Hansen-334, 5-Greg Bragg-288, 6-Danny Sheridan-279, 7-Cory Kruseman-231, 8-Rip Williams-228, 9-Matt Mitchell-221, 10-Tyler Brown-191.

KUHN LEADS MIDGETS TO IOWA SPEEDWAY FRIDAY CLAUSON TAKES 2 & INDIANA MIDGET WEEK TITLE, COONS, KUHN ALSO VICTORIOUS IN INDIANA

Brad Kuhn of Avon, Ind. is the new point leader in the USAC Mopar National Midget Series, which heads for Iowa Speedway for this Friday’s race, part of the track’s “Iowa Corn Indy 250” Indy Racing League weekend.

Kuhn scored a first, second and third in four “Indiana Midget Week” appearances last week and has a 21-point lead over two-time series titlist Jerry Coons Jr. entering Friday’s race at the 7/8-mile paved oval. Friday’s feature is 30 laps.

Drivers at Iowa Speedway will be trying to eclipse Bobby Santos III.’s all-time USAC Midget qualifying record of 139.553 mph, established in 2006.

Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. is the 2009 “Indiana Midget Week” Champion after winning Sunday night’s 30-lap series finale at the Kokomo Speedway. Clauson passed Dave Darland on lap 27 and led the final four laps to win an exciting 30-lap USAC Mopar National Midget race at the quarter-mile dirt oval in his All Star Performance/Bryan Clauson Racing Spike/Esslinger Ford. Clauson ended up with an eight point margin over Kuhn in the final “Indiana Midget Week” standings. Darland took second in Sunday night’s feature, ahead of Kuhn, Cole Whitt and Kevin Swindell. Ricky Ehrgott flipped during qualifying and was treated and released from St. Joseph’s Hospital.

Clauson caught Steve Buckwalter on lap 25 and led the rest of the way to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Indiana Midget Week” feature at the Lawrenceburg Speedway. Clauson drove the All Star Performance/Bryan Clauson Racing Spike/Esslinger Ford to the win. Brad Sweet finished second ahead of Buckwalter, Darren Hagen and Tracy Hines.

Kuhn passed Sweet on the final lap to win Friday night’s 30-lap “Indiana Midget Week” feature at Bloomington Speedway in the Rotondo Weirich Beast/Fontana. Sweet led 27 of the first 29 laps before Kuhn’s last-lap pass. Josh Wise also led two feature laps and finished third, ahead of Hines and Clauson. Buckwalter posted a new track qualifying record and was the fastest qualifier for the second straight race.

Coons, of Tucson, Ariz., won Wednesday night’s “Indiana Midget Week” opener for the USAC Mopar National Midgets at Gas City I-69 Speedway, leading all 30 laps in his Speedway Motors/Toyota Spike/Stanton Toyota to beat Kuhn, Hagen, Clauson and Ryan Kaplan.

Heavy rains forced postponement of Thursday night’s scheduled race at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, Ind. to August 14.

Winners of performance cash awards from Prosource Management Solutions of Grand Saline, Texas during “Indiana Midget Week” included Zach Daum (Series Hard Work), Dene McAllan, Buckwalter, Chad Boat and Sweet (Fast Qualifiers), Hines, Kuhn, Kody Swanson and Jones (Hard Chargers), and Bobby East, Brent Beauchamp and McAllan (Race Hard Work Awards).

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brad Kuhn-638, 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-617, 3-Darren Hagen-599, 4-Tracy Hines-569, 5-Brad Sweet-565, 6-Bobby East-504, 7-Cole Whitt-486, 8-Chad Boat-485, 9-Kevin Swindell-475, 10-Bryan Clauson-455.

USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” FINAL POINT STANDINGS

1-Bryan Clauson-250; 2-Brad Kuhn-242; 3-Jerry Coons Jr.-207; 4-Tracy Hines-205; 5-Darren Hagen-182; 6-Brad Sweet-178; 7-Steve Buckwalter-172; 8-Chad Boat-167; 9-Cole Whitt-144; 10-Josh Wise-141.

KALAMAZOO HOSTS 1ST USAC SPRINT RACE SATURDAY

Dave Darland’s six-point lead over Levi Jones in USAC’s National Sprint Car Series is a perilous one and could be tested this Saturday night when the series makes its initial visit to the Kalamazoo (Mich.) Speedway.

The track which has hosted three previous USAC Midget races, including one in 1960 won by Gene Hartley, will offer a 50-lap feature and Darland’s position atop the standings could also be threatened by third-ranking driver Jesse Hockett, who is just 20 points back.

Darland has 10 “top-10” finishes in 11 starts this season, including a victory at Gas City, Ind. Jones won the “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute, Ind. and has added three runner-up finishes so far, while Hockett won at Bechtelsville, Pa. and has three other podium finishes.

The 3/8-mile Kalamazoo oval also hosted a 1989 USAC Midget race won by Mike Fedorcak and a 2005 Ford Focus race won by Tate Martz.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dave Darland-614, 2-Levi Jones-608, 3-Jesse Hockett-594, 4-Cole Whitt-522, 5-Jerry Coons Jr.-517, 6-Damion Gardner-475, 7-Brad Sweet-448, 8-Tracy Hines-438, 9-Chris Windom-412, 10-Darren Hagen-351.

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 13, 2009 – Marne, Michigan – Berlin Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 26, Galedrige-16.360; 2. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galedrige-16.581; 3. Kim Hughes, 6z, Lefere-16.802; 4. Doug Dietsch, 0, Dietsch-16.997; 5. Tom Fedorczyk, 21x, Fedorczyk-17.065; 6. Dave Troyer, 23, Troyer-17.155; 7. Dick Osborn, 8, Osborn-17.231; 8. Phil Rutledge, 97, Rutledge-17.534; 9. Aaron Shroad, 48, Shroad-17.674; 10. Dan VanderMolen, 11, VanderMolen-17.709; 11. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B.Galedrige, 2. Shroad, 3. A.Galedrige, 4. Rutledge, 5. Fedorczyk., 6. Hughes, 7. Dietsch, 8. Osborn, 9. Troyer, 10. VanDerMolen.

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bradley Galedrige, 2. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 3. Kim Hughes, 4. Tom Fedorczyk, 5. Doug Dietsch, 6. Dick Osborn, 7. Dan VanderMolen, 8. Aaron Shroad, 9. Dave Troyer, 10. Phil Rutledge. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 B.Galedrige.

NEW USAC REGIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kyle Hamilton-422; 2-Alison MacLeod-352; 3-Brian Olson-282; 4-Mario Marietta-223; 5-Danielle Dickson-213; 6-Jeremy Warren-184; 7-Mike Larrison-181; 8-Dakoda Armstrong-180; 9-Terry Ahern-176; 10-Jim Anderson-169.

NEXT USAC REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 19 – Anderson, IN - Mount Lawn Speedway

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 14, 2009 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-13.449; 2. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-13.522; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.527; 4. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-13.631; 5. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-13.632; 6. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.679; 7. Dave Darland, 69, RFMS-13.729; 8. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.743; 9. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.755; 10. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-13.789; 11. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-13.800; 12. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.806; 13. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-13.828; 14. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-13.830; 15. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-13.866; 16. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-13.869; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-13.920; 18. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-13.948; 19. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.960; 20. Miranda Throckmorton, 54, Burke-13.962; 21. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-13.980; 22. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-13.982; 23. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.028; 24. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.053; 25. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.065; 26. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-14.274; 27. Matt Westfall, 14, Bordner-24.302; 28. Wes Gutierrez, 07. Walker-14.311; 29. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-14.370; 30. Justin Grant, 10, Moore-14.385; 31. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-14.405; 32. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-14.455; 33. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-15.404.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Wise,.3. Whitt, 4. Sweet, 5. Beauchamp, 6. Carter, 7. Sherrell, 8. Grant. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clauson, 2.Kuhn, 3. Meseraull, 4. Swindell, 5. Darland, 6. Jones, 7. Barber, 8. Westfall. 1:54.35

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Clarke, 3. East, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. Boat, 6. High, 7. Gutierrez, 8. Throckmorton. 1:53.63

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1.D.Armstrong, 2. Coons, 3. Daum, 4. Hmiel, 5. Buckwalter, 6. Swanson, 7. McAllan, 8. Lowther. 1:53.59

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Darland, 3. McAllan, 4. Boat, 5. Jones, 6. Beauchamp, 7. Barber, 8. Gutierrez, 9. Sherrell, 10. Swanson, 11. High, 12. Throckmorton, 13. Grant, 14. Lowther, 15. Carter. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Brad Kuhn, 4. Cole Whitt, 5. Kevin Swindell, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Brent Beauchamp, 10. Caleb Armstrong, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Dene McAllan, 13. Thomas Meseraull, 14. Dakoda Armstrong, 15. Steve Buckwalter, 16. Henry Clarke, 17. Zach Daum, 18. Shane Hmiel, 19. Josh Wise, 20. Bobby East, 21. Darren Hagen, 22. Chad Boat, 23. Brad Sweet. NT ------------------------------------ **Ehrgott flipped during qualifying and was treated and released from St. Joseph’s Hospital. Coons, Sweet and Boat flipped on lap 3 of the feature. Clarke and Daum flipped on lap 27 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hagen, Laps 4-26 Darland, Laps 27-30 Clauson.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Kuhn-638; 2-Coons-617; 3-Hagen-599; 4-Hines-569; 5-Sweet-565; 6-East-504; 7-Whitt-486; 8-Boat-485; 9-Swindell-475; 10-Clauson-455. FINAL USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Clauson-250, 2-Kuhn-242; 3-Hines-205; 4-Coons-204; 5-Hagen-182.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 19 – Newton, Iowa - Iowa Speedway

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 13, 2009 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.440; 2. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-14.465; 3. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-14.467; 4. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-14.508; 5. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-14.532; 6. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-14.535; 7. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-14.609; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.635; 9. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.650; 10. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.708; 11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.710; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.776; 13. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-14.935; 14. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett-14.945; 15. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-14.965; 16. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-14.967; 17. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-15.087; 18. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-15.095; 19. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-15.105; 20. John Aden, 7a, Aden-15.133; 21. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.182; 22. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.380; 23. John Butler, 54, Butler-16.162; 24. Hobie Conway, 29k, Kruseman-16.355.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Argo, 3. Kruseman, 4. R.VanderWeerd , 5. Shedarowich, 6. Cardey, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Gardner. 2:26.60

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Aden, 2. Sheridan, 3. R.Williams, 4. Miller, 5. Solberg, 6. Ballard, 7. Logan, 8. Butler. 2:28.37

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Spencer, 3. Faria, 4. Hansen, 5. Mitchell, 6. Ford, 7. A.Williams, 8. Conway. 2:26.26

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Garrett Hansen, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. David Cardey, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Greg Bragg, 8. Matt Mitchell, 9. Richard VanderWeerd, 10. Josh Ford, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Jonathan Logan, 13. Mathew Shedarowich, 14. Hobie Conway, 15. Alan Ballard, 16. Blake Miller, 17. Ronnie Gardner, 18. Austin Williams, 19. Ludvig Solberg IV, 20. John Butler, 21. Danny Sheridan, 22. Jace VanderWeerd, 23. Rodney Argo, 24. John Aden. NT **Aden flipped on the first lap of the Feature. Sheridan flipped on the feature restart.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 R.Williams, Laps 6-30 Hansen.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Cardey-360; 2-Spencer-338; 3-Miller-338; 4-Hansen-334; 5-Bragg-288; 6-Sheridan-279; 7-Kruseman-231; 8-R.Williams-228; 9-Mitchell-221; 10-Tyler Brown-191.

NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 – Petaluma, CA – Petaluma Speedway

USAC MIDWEST/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 13, 2009 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-15.446; 2. Jimmy Simpson, 38, Simpson-15.467; 3. Zach Kanizer, 06, Kanizer-15.544; 4. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-15.707; 5. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-15.726; .6. Tanner Whitten, 85, Whitten-15.798; 7. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-16.839.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitten, 2. Cottongim, 3. Trainor, 4. Liguori, 5. Kanizer, 6. Simpson, 7. Kriegbaum. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Tanner Whitten, 2. Joe Liguori, 3. Tyler Cottongim, 4. Tyler Trainor, 5. Jimmy Simpson, 6. Zach Kanizer, 7. Kent Kriegbaum. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Whitten.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-346; 2-Simpson-322; 3-Cottongim-318; 4-Trainor-262; 5-Whitten-240; 6-Kriegbaum-210; 7-Michael May-128; 8-Kanizer-98; 9-Bob Adams-88; 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: June 17 – New Castle, IN – Mount Lawn Speedway

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 13, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-14.882; 2. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.908; 3. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-14.963; 4. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-15.000; 5. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.147; 6. Nick Carlson, 55, Bowman-15.167; 7. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-15.277; 8. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.690; 9. Mindy McCord, 3, Sutton-15.812.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Lewis, 3. Oleen, 4. Stout. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Romano, 3. Carlson, 4. Williams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeff Oleen, 2. Nick Romano, 3. Garrett Peterson, 4. Nick Carlson, 5. Michael J. Lewis, 6. Cody Gerhardt, 7. Zach Stout, 8. J.R. Williams. NT ----------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Gerhardt, Laps 15-22 Romano, Laps 23-25 Oleen.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Romano-412; 2-Oleen-409; 3-Gerhardt-396; 4-Stout-356; 5-Lewis-306; 6-Eric Gunderson-283; 7-Peterson-233; 8-Williams-183; 9-Kipp Posey-145; 10-Connor Kassik-135.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): June 20 – Las Vegas (NV) Motor Speedway Bullring

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 13, 2009 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway (Co-sanctioned by BCRA)

QUALIFYING: 1. Tanner Swanson, 88, McKenney-13.898; 2. Levi Roberts, 11D, DeBeaumont-14.006; 3. Alex Bowman, 21D, DeBeaumont-14.009; 4. Kyle Dickerson, 11k, Dickerson-14.029; 5. Nick Foster Jr., 1x, Fowler-14.187; 6. Bobby Grewohl, 10c, Eskesen-14.244; 7. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-14.324; 8. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-14.383; 9. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-14.495; 10. Nick Schiavello, 27, Schiavello-14.510; 11. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-14.577; 12. Dan Gundo, 6, Gundo-14.807.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bowman, 2. T.Swanson, 3. Pierovich, 4. McQueen, 5. Foster, 6. Prickett. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rodela, 2. Dickerson, 3. Roberts, 4. Grewohl, 5. Schiavello, 6. Gundo. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Jerome Rodela, 3. Alex Bowman, 4. Levi Roberts, 5. Nick Schiavello, 6. Bobby Grewohl, 7. Scott Pierovich, 8. Kyle Dickerson, 9. Shannon McQueen, 10. David Prickett, 11. Nick Foster Jr., 12. Dan Gundo. NT --------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Schiavello, Laps 3-18 Rodela, Laps 19-30 Swanson.

NEW USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES POINTS: 1-Garrett Hansen-442; 2-Rodela-340; 3-Pierovich-312; 4-Kody Swanson-309; 5-Alex Schutte-294; 6-McQueen-267; 7-T.Swanson-265; 8-Prickett-256; 9-Josh Ford-245; 10-Bryan Clauson-205.

NEXT USAC WESTERN MIDGET SERIES RACE: July 3 – Anderson, CA – Shasta Raceway Park

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 13, 2009 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-14.432; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-14.482; 3. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-14.581; 4. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-14.656; 5. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-14.681; 6. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-14.687; 7. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-14.774; 8. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-14.796; 9. Dave Darland, 69, RFMS-14.822; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-14.824; 11. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-14.836; 12. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-14.846; 13. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-14.849; 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-14.873; 15. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-14.896; 16. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-14.896; 17. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-14.907; 18. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-14.929; 19. Mark Brown, 1x, Rinkin-14.946; 20. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-14.967; 21. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.992; 22. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-15.008; 23. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-15.017; 24. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-15.048; 25. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.146; 26. Jonathan Hendrick, 85, Hollingsworth-15.233; 27. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-15.287; 28. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-16.446.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Boat, 3. Coons, 4. Barber, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Swanson, 7. Brown, 8. Sherrell, 9. Jones, 10. Hmiel. 1:59.66

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ehrgott, 2. C.Armstrong, 3. East, 4. Sweet, 5. Hines, 6. Buckwalter, 7. McAllan, 8. Wise, 9. Hendrick. 2:00.96

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Clarke, 3. Darland, 4. Hagen, 5. Clauson, 6. Kaplan, 7. Swindell, 8. High, 9. Daum. 1:59.38

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Daum, 3. Kaplan, 4. Wise, 5. Brown, 6. Swanson, 7. McAllan, 8. Swindell, 9. Sherrell, 10. Jones, 11. High, 12. Hendrick, 13. Hmiel. 2:59.60

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Steve Buckwalter, 4. Darren Hagen, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Chad Boat, 7. Brad Kuhn, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Dave Darland, 10. Kody Swanson, 11. Bobby East, 12. Henry Clarke, 13. Caleb Armsrong, 14. Ricky Ehrgott, 15. Levi Jones, 16. Chase Barber, 17. Ryan Kaplan, 18. Dakoda Armstrong, 19. Dene McAllan, 20. Cole Whitt, 21. Kevin Swindell, 22. Mark Brown, 23. Josh Wise, 24. Zach Daum. NT ------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Buckwalter, Laps 25-30 Clauson.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Hagen-577; 2-Kuhn-577; 3-Coons-571; 4-Sweet-541; 5-Hines-519; 6-East-485; 7-Boat-467; 8-Whitt-429; 9-Swindell-422; 10-Clauson-382. NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Kuhn-181; 2-Clauson-177; 3-Coons-161; 4-Hagen-160; 5-Hines-155.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 14 – Kokomo (IN) Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 12, 2009 – Bloomington, Indiana – Bloomington Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-11.565; 2. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-11.575; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-11.607; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-11.628; 5. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-11.660; 6. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-11/697; 7. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-11.699; 8. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-11.721; 9. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-11.728; 10. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-11.728; 11. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-11.731; 12. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-11.735; 13. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-11.757; 14. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-11.762; 15. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-11.765; 16. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-11.775; 17. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-11.779; 18. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-11.789; 19. Dave Darland, 69, RFMS-11.809; 20. Mark Brown, 1x, Rinkin-11.813; 21. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-11.816; 22. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-11.825; 23. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-11.8292; 24. Matt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-11.857; 25. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-11.868; 26. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-11.872; 27. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-11.895 ; 28. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-11.929; 29. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-11.936; 30. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-11.937; 31. Miranda Throckmorton, 54, Burke-11.952; 32. Brent Beauchamp, 112, Beauchamp-11.985; 33. Billy Wease, 92, Burrow-11.991; 34. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-11.994; 35. Andrew Deal, 15D, Deal-11.996; 36. Wes Gutierrez, 07, Walker-12.042; 37. Matt Westfall, 14, Bordner-12.363; 38. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-13.093.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Clauson, 3. Buckwalter, 4. Sweet, 5. Swanson, 6. Ehrgott, 7. Jones, 8. Westfall, 9. Wease, 10. East. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Hagen, 3. Loyet, 4. High, 5. Hendrick, 6. Wise, 7. Lowther, 8. Barber, 9. Clarke, 10. C.Armstrong. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Carter, 3. Swindell, 4. Daum, 5. Hmiel, 6. Darland, 7. Throckmorton, 8. Deal, 9. Kaplan. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kuhn, 2. Sherrell, 3. Coons, 4. Beauchamp, 5. McAllan, 6. D.Armstrong, 7. Hines, 8. Brown, 9. Gutierrez. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Wise, 2. Hines, 3. Swanson, 4. Hmiel, 5. Kaplan, 6. Jones, 7. McAllan, 8. D.Armstrong, 9. Clarke, 10. Hendrick, 11. Barber, 12. Throckmorton, 13. Lowther, 14. Ehrgott, 15. Darland, 16. Westfall, 17. Wease, 18. East, 19. C.Armstrong. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Kuhn, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Josh Wise, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Steve Buckwalter, 7. Chad Boat, 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 9. Brent Beauchamp, 10. Shane Hmiel, 11. Thomas Meseraull, 12. Darren Hagen, 13. Cole Whitt, 14. Kevin Swindell, 15. Nathan High, 16. Kody Swanson, 17. Ryan Kaplan, 18. Levi Jones, 19. Cole Carter, 20. Dakoda Armstrong, 21. Zach Daum, 22. Matt Sherrell, 23. Brad Loyet, 24. Bobby East. NT ------------------------------------ **Clarke & Wise flipped during the second heat. Deal flipped during the third heat. Gutierrez flipped during the fourth heat and was transported to Bloomington Hospital.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Sweet, Laps 21-22 Wise, Laps 23-29 Sweet, Lap 30 Kuhn.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Kuhn-527; 2-Coons-526; 3-Hagen-517; 4-Sweet-474; 5-Hines-467; 6-East-448; 7-Boat-409; 8-Swindell-409; 9-Whitt-408; 10-Jones-335. NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Kuhn-131; 2-Clauson-112; 3-Coons-109; 4-Wise-105; 5-Hines-103.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 13 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - “Indiana Midget Week”

USAC KENYON MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 10, 2009 – Plymouth, Indiana – Plymouth Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Grant Galloway, 84, Galloway-13.619; 2. Taylor Ferns, 7A, Ferns-13.739; 3. Dillon Welch, 14, Welch-13.769; 4. Dalton Armstrong, 1, C & A-13.778; 5. Nick Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-13.850; 6. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-13.888; 7. Jared Marks, 5, Marks-13.981.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Galloway, 2. Welch, 3. Hamilton, 4. Marks. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dalton Armstrong, 2. Ferns, 3. Blackhurst. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Grant Galloway, 2. Dillon Welch, 3. Taylor Ferns, 4. Nick Hamilton, 5. Jared Marks, 6. Jake Blackhurst, 7. Dalton Armstrong. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Galloway.

NEW USAC KENYON MIDGET POINTS: 1-Welch-1,394; 2-Galloway-1,327; 3-Ferns-1,219; 4-Marks-1,127; 5-Hamilton-1,104; 6-Dalton Armstrong-1,089; 7-Adam Wilsdon-767; 8-Blackhurst-698; 9-Brock Anderson-327; 10-Chris Lamb-190.

NEXT USAC KENYON MIDGET RACE: June 17 – New Castle, IN – Mount Lawn Speedway

USAC MIDWEST/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 10, 2009 – Plymouth, Indiana – Plymouth Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Liguori, 22, Givens-13.549; 2. Adam Wilsdon, 9, Wilsdon-13.605; 3. Jimmy Simpson, 38, Simpson-13.608; 4. Tyler Trainor, 25, Trainor-13.665; 5. Tyler Cottongim, 28, Cottongim-13.681; 6. Jordan Pennington, 55x, Pennington-13.741; 7. Zach Kanizer, 06, Kanizer-13.847; 8. Kent Kriegbaum, 12, Kriegbaum-15.175.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Liguori, 3. Wilsdon, 4. Cottongim, 5. Trainor, 6. Kanizer, 7. Kriegbaum. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jimmy Simpson, 2. Jordan Pennington, 3. Joe Liguori, 4. Tyler Trainor, 5. Adam Wilsdon, 6. Tyler Cottongim, 7. Zach Kanizer, 8. Kent Kriegbaum. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Simpson.

NEW USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-609; 2-Cottongim-575; 3-Simpson-560; 4-Kriegbaum-324; 5-Michael May-306; 6-Trainor-237; 7-Tanner Whitten-171; 8-Chris Lamb-160; 9-Coleman Gullick-119; 10-Scott Hunter-109. NEW USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS MIDGET POINTS: 1-Liguori-278; 2-Simpson-266; 3-Cottongim-254; 4-Trainor-203; 5-Tanner Whitten-171; 6-Kriegbaum-168; 7-Michael May-128; 8-Bob Adams-88; 9-Sara Hyslop-40.

NEXT USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS MIDGET RACE: June 11 – North Vernon, IN – Twin Cities Raceway Park

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 10, 2009 – Plymouth, Indiana – Plymouth Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-12.776; 2. James Anderson, 36x, Guess-13.110; 3. Alison MacLeod, 6, East-13.116; 4. Danielle Dickson, 44, Perona-13.307; 5. Terry Ahern, 66T, Ahern-13.590; 6. Dave Fuhrman, 32, Fuhrman-14.273; 7. James Anderson, 36, Guess-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. MacLeod, 2. Anderson (#36x), 3. Hamilton, 4. Dickson, 5. Ahern, 6. Fuhrman. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Alison MacLeod, 2. Danielle Dickson, 3. Kyle Hamilton, 4. Terry Ahern, 5. Jim Anderson (#36x), 6. Dave Fuhrman. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 MacLeod.

NEW USAC REGIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hamilton-422; 2-MacLeod-352; 3-Brian Olson-282; 4-Mario Marietta-223; 5-Dickson-213; 6-Jeremy Warren-184; 7-Mike Larrison-181; 8-Dakoda Armstrong-180; 9-Aaron Andruskevitch-167; 10-Zach Daum-166.

NEXT USAC REGIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 13 – Marne, MI – Berlin Raceway

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 10, 2009 – Gas City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Indiana Midget Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-12.975; 2. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-12.990; 3. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-13.026; 4. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-13.037; 5. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-13.060; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 11, Wilke-Pak-13.139; 7. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-13.168; 8. Kevin Swindell, 67, Kunz-13.189; 9. Thomas Meseraull, 2, Bush-13.207; 10. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-13.220; 11. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker-13.221; 12. Dene McAllan, 29, Berry-13.252; 13. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-13.261; 14. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.285; 15. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Kaplan-13.289; 16. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-13.312; 17. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-13.331; 18. Nathan High, 12J, Allen-13.337; 19. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-13.348; 20. Shane Hmiel, 56, Hmiel-13.364; 21. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-13.394; 22. Andrew Deal, 15D, Deal-13.403; 23. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-13.426; 24. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-13.438; 25. Mark Brown, 1x, Rinkin-13.448; 26. Henry Clarke, 97, Kunz-13.453; 27. Caleb Armstrong, 7C, C & A-13.478; 28. Ma tt Sherrell, 35, Sherrell-13.520; 29. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-13.553; 30. Kody Swanson, 19k, Team 6R/TK-13.583; 31. Matt Westfall, 14, Bordner-13.597; 32. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-13.660; 33. Wes Gutierrez, 07, Walker-13.665; 34. Miranda Throckmorton, 54, Burke-14.042; 35. Billy Wease, 92, Burrow-NT; 36. Buddy Lowther, 31, Lowther-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Loyet, 2. Hines, 3. Buckwalter, 4. Wise, 5. Meseraull, 6. Daum, 7. Brown, 8. Gutierrez, 9. Hendrick. 1:46.93

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. High, 2. Coons, 3. Kuhn, 4. Sweet, 5. Jones, 6. Deal, 7. Clarke, 8. Swanson, 9. Throckmorton. 1:45.13

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Whitt, 2. Kaplan, 3. Clauson, 4. Hagen, 5. Boat, 6. C.Armstrong, 7. Fike, 8. Westfall, 9. Wease. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Swindell, 3. McAllan, 4. Sherrell, 5. D.Armstrong, 6. Ehrgott, 7. East, 8. Barber, 9. Lowther. 1:43.93

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Ehrgott, 3. Daum, 4. East, 5. Jones, 6. Swanson, 7. Hendrick, 8. C.Armstrong, 9. Meseraull, 10. Fike, 11. Throckmorton, 12. Brown, 13. Clarke, 14. Lowther, 15. Barber, 16. D.Armstrong, 17. Westfall, 18. Deal, 19. Gutierrez. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Brad Kuhn, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Ryan Kaplan, 6. Brad Loyet, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Josh Wise, 9. Matt Sherrell, 10. Bobby East, 11. Shane Hmiel, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Nathan High, 14. Kevin Swindell, 15. Cole Whitt, 16. Zach Daum, 17. Ricky Ehrgott, 18. Dene McAllan, 19. Kody Swanson, 20. Caleb Armstrong, 21. Levi Jones, 22. Dakoda Armstrong, 23. Steve Buckwalter, 24. Brad Sweet. NT ------------------------------------ **Boat flipped on lap 28 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Coons.

NEW USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Coons-478; 2-Hagen-476; 3-Kuhn-459; 4-East-435; 5-Hines-413; 6-Sweet-410; 7-Swindell-378; 8-Whitt-373; 9-Boat-355; 10-Jones-317. NEW USAC “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” POINTS: 1-Coons-68; 2-Kuhn-63; 3-Hagen-59; 4-Clauson-57; 5-Kaplan-55.

NEXT USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 11 – North Vernon, IN – Twin Cities Raceway Park - “Indiana Midget Week”

REGIONAL MIDGETS AT BERLIN RACEWAY SATURDAY, NOT MORRIS

Saturday night’s USAC Regional Midget race will be held at Berlin Raceway in Marne, Mich., not as announced in yesterday’s release at Morris, Ill. Saturday’s racing program at Grundy County Speedway in Morris includes only the USAC Midwest/UMARA Ford Focus Midgets.

Berlin Raceway has a rich tradition of USAC history and will be hosting its 34th USAC event. Recent USAC Regional races there have been won by Mario Marietta (2008) and Adam Kramer (2007).

Marietta is fourth in the current USAC Regional standings, having finished in the “top-10” the last four races.

Kyle Hamilton of Danville, Ind. is atop the points entering Saturday’s race and already has two victories this year. Other series winners so far in 2009 have been Caleb Armstrong, Brian Olson, Jeremy Warren and Alison MacLeod, USAC’s winningest female driver in history.

In 173 USAC races in the state of Michigan A.J. Foyt is the all-time win leader with eight. Leroy Warriner won the first USAC race in Michigan, at Grand Rapids Stadium in 1956.

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kyle Hamilton-356, 2-Brian Olson-282, 3-Alison MacLeod-280, 4-Mario Marietta-223, 5-Jeremy Warren-184, 6-Mike Larrison-181, 7-Dakoda Armstrong-180, 8-Aaron Andruskevitch-167, 9-Zach Daum-166, 10-Danielle Dickson-148.

FOCUSES VISIT PLYMOUTH, TWIN CITIES, MADERA & GRUNDY COUNTY; WINS FOR LIGUORI, FRANKOSKI, DODENHOFF, POSEY, COTTONGIM & SIMUNOVICH

USAC Ford Focus competition is scheduled this week in Indiana, Illinois and California. Plymouth Speedway and Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon host Indiana races Wednesday and Thursday, while Saturday races are slated at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. and Madera (Calif.) Speedway.

Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. is atop the current Midwest and UMARA standings entering the Indiana races, while Nick Romano of Atherton, Calif. leads the California Pavement contingent to Madera. USAC’s Utah Ford Focus Series, led by Kipp Posey of Lehi, Utah, is off until June 20 at Salt Lake City, while the next race for the Carolina Series, led by Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. is set June 17 at Concord (N.C.) Motor Speedway.

Liguori paced all 30 laps in his C & R Racing Beast to win Friday’s feature race at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway over Tyler Cottongim, Adam Wilsdon, Zach Kanizer and Katie Hargitt.

Frankoski extended his lead in the Carolina standings Saturday night, winning the 35-lap feature event at Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway. Piloting the Tracy Trotter Calico Coatings machine, Frankoski took the lead from Michael Sboro on the 17th lap and led the rest of the way to beat Sboro, Scott Hunter, Steven Intravaia and Shane MacMillan. Intravaia led the first two laps and Sboro the next 14 before yielding to Frankoski.

Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff of Bakersfield, Calif. led all 20 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC California Dirt Ford Focus feature at the Ventura Raceway. Trailing him to the checkered flag were Nick Carlson, Brody Roa, Jet Davison and Eric Gunderson. Dodenhoff leads the series standings into a July 4 race at Perris, Calif.

Posey grabbed the checkered flag Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways in the Utah capital, winning the 25-lap USAC Utah Ford Focus race. He passed James Powell on lap 15 and led the rest of the way after Powell scraped the wall on the frontstretch. Fast qualifier Chuck Groat finished second ahead of Gregg Fuette, Michael Daniels and Austin Luttmer.

Tyler Cottongim of Avon, Ind. led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s Midwest/UMARA race at Grundy County Speedway, part of the track’s “Salute to Mel Kenyon.” Trailing Cottongim’s O’Kelly’s Restaurant Equipment/Detro Trailer Sales Stealth at the checkered flag were fast qualifier Liguori, Jimmy Simpson, Tanner Whitten and Tyler Trainor.

Dennis Simunovich of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Junior Ford Focus feature at Ventura Raceway, leading the final six laps after passing series point leader Kyle Edwards on lap 15. Alex Jacobsen finished second ahead of Casey Martinez, Ethan Quinn and Edwards. Martinez led the first four laps and Edwards led 10. The Junior Focuses return to Ventura June 27.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-542, 2-Tyler Cottongim-523, 3-Jimmy Simpson-488, 4-Michael May-306, 5-Kent Kriegbaum-282, 6-Tyler Trainor-176, 7-Tanner Whitten-171, 8-Chris Lamb-160, 9-Coleman Gullick-119, 10-Scott Hunter-109.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Romano-345, 2-Cody Gerhardt-341, 3-Jeff Oleen-339, 4-Zach Stout-309, 5-Eric Gunderson-283, 6-Michael J. Lewis-245, 7-Garrett Peterson-166, 8-Kipp Posey-145, 9-J.R. Williams-139, 10-Connor Kassik-135.

USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC/UMRA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-211, 2-Tyler Cottongim-202, 3-Jimmy Simpson-194, 4-Tanner Whitten-171, 5-Tyler Trainor-142, 6-Michael May-128, 7-Kent Kriegbaum-126, 8-Bob Adams-85, 9-Sara Hyslop-49.

ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINTS RESUME JUNE 20; SWANSON TOPS SALT LAKE CITY 40-LAPPER

Mike Murgoitio of Boise, Idaho stayed atop the USAC Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Series standings despite his sixth-place finish in Saturday’s race at Salt Lake City, but his lead over former series titlist Jim Waters has slipped to 17 points. They will renew the battle for the 2009 title in the Utah capital June 20.

Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. passed Ryan Burdett on lap eight and led the rest of the way to win Saturday night’s 40-lap feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Burdett led the first seven laps but ended up third behind second-place finisher Waters. Kipp Posey and Brian McClish rounded out the “top-five” behind Swanson’s TK Motorsports entry.

Swanson was also the fastest qualifier with a nea track record of 13.836 seconds and now ranks 10th in the series standings. Swanson also established a new qualifying record at Roseville, Calif. the previous week.

USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

REGIONAL “TRIPLE” AT PLYMOUTH, “DOUBLE” AT MORRIS; WARREN, MacLEOD, COTTONGIM, WELCH, LIGUORI POST WINS

USAC “regional” Midget racing occurs in Indiana and Illinois this week. Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway hosts a Wednesday night “tripleheader,” featuring the Regional, Kenyon and Midwest/UMARA Ford Focus series, while Saturday’s “doubleheader” at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. showcases the Regional and Midwest/UMARA Ford Focuses.

Kyle Hamilton (Regional), Dillon Welch (Kenyon), and Joe Liguori (Midwest and UMARA Focus) are the regional point leaders entering this week’s competition.

Alison MacLeod of Mississauga, Ont., Canada won Saturday night’s 50-lap “Salute to Mel Kenyon” USAC Regional Midget race at Grundy County. It was the seventh USAC feature win for the winningest female driver in USAC history as she passed Hamilton on lap 32 and led the final 19 laps in her East Enterprises Ford/Beast Esslinger Ford. Jeremy Warren finished second ahead of Zach Daum, Billy Hulbert III and Terry Ahern.

Warren, of Noblesville, Ind., sped to victory in his Warren Auto/Renner’s Body Works Beast/Chevy, leading all 30 laps of Friday night’s Regional Midget race at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway. He was trailed at the checkered flag by MacLeod, fast qualifier Brian Olson, Hamilton and Mario Marietta.

Tyler Cottongim of Avon, Ind. led all 25 laps to win Saturday night’s USAC Midwest/UMARA Ford Focus race at Grundy County, part of the track’s “Salute to Mel Kenyon.” Trailing Cottongim’s O’Kelly’s Restaurant Equipment/Detro Trailer Sales Stealth at the checkered flag were fast qualifier Liguori, Jimmy Simpson, Tanner Whitten and Tyler Trainor.

Liguori paced all 30 laps in his C & R Racing Beast to win Friday’s Midwest Ford Focus feature at the Anderson Speedway over Cottongim, Adam Wilsdon, Zach Kanizer and Katie Hargitt.

USAC Kenyon Midget Series point leader Welch, of Indianapolis, Ind., led all 30 laps to win Friday night’s feature race at Anderson. He and his St. Vincent Sports Performance/VCS Yahama were trailed by Dalton Armstrong, Grant Galloway, Jared Marks and Taylor Ferns. Welch was also the fastest qualifier and won his heat race.

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC KENYON MIDGET SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dillon Welch-1061, 2-Grant Galloway-968, 3-Taylor Ferns-896, 4-Jared Marks-828, 5-Nick Hamilton-803, 6-Dalton Armstrong-782, 7-Adam Wilsdon-662, 8-Jake Blackhurst-405, 9-Brock Anderson-327, 10-Chris Lamb-190.

USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

WESTERN MIDGETS HEADED TO MADERA FOR “SUPER SATURDAY”

The USAC Western and BCRA Midgets return to Madera (Calif.) Speedway for “Supar Saturday” at the 1/3-mile paved oval and Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. continues to hold a comfortable lead in the USAC standings.

Kody Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. trails by 133 points but his victories in the last two outings at Madera signal him as the odds-on favorite Saturday. Brother Tanner also won at Madera this year and they finished first and third in the May 9 race.

Hansen, on the other hand, competed in just one of the three previous Madera contests, posting a fifth-place finish on April 4.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Garrett Hansen-442, 2-Kody Swanson-309, 3-Alex Schutte-294, 4-Jerome Rodela-275, 5-Scott Pierovich-264, 6-Josh Ford-245, 7-Shannon McQueen-226, 8-David Prickett-220, 9-Bryan Clauson-205, 10-Tanner Swanson-192.

MILLER LEADS CRA SPRINTS TO SANTA MARIA

Blake Miller of Yorba Linda, Calif. leads the Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Cars to Saturday night’s race at the Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway, but his lead isn’t as comfortable as he would like.

He’s just four points ahead of David Cardey of Riverside, Calif., with defending series champ Mike Spencer of Temecula only 33 back. Garrett Hansen (38 back), Danny Sheridan (48) and Greg Bragg (69) are also within a single race of catching the leader.

Saturday night’s race marks the only appearance of the USAC/CRA Sprints at the 1/3-mile dirt oval, but in true USAC/CRA style, could extend the list of new winners this season. So far the first seven races produced different race winners, Miller among them. Other winners have been Darren Hagen, Cole Whitt, Rickie Gaunt, Spencer, Cardey and Matt Mitchell.

Tyler Brown, currently seventh in the standings, and Nic Faas, currently competing in the USAC National Sprint Series, won last year’s races at Santa Maria. Saturday’s event is part of the “Ron Otto Memorial” program.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Blake Miller-307, 2-David Cardey-303, 3-Mike Spencer-274, 4-Garrett Hansen-269, 5-Danny Sheridan-259, 6-Greg Bragg-238, 7-Tyler Brown-191, 8-Matt Mitchell-178, 9-Rip Williams-177, 10-Cole Whitt-175.

DEFENDING CHAMP HINES EYES “INDIANA MIDGET WEEK” REPEAT?

Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. hopes to parlay this week’s five-race “Indiana Midget Week” series into a giant leap toward what would be the final leg of his personal USAC “Triple Crown” quest. Despite winning last year’s “Indiana Midget Week” title, Hines fell one point shy of Cole Whitt in the final Mopar National Midget Series standings.

Hines coupled a second, third, fourth and seventh in last year’s “Indiana Midget Week” races to claim the title and he hopes to match Shane Cottle’s 2005-2006 back-to-back championships. Jerry Coons Jr. won the 2007 “Indiana Midget Week” title.

Hines is still seeking his initial feature win during “Indiana Midget Week.” The previous 13 events have produced 11 different winners, only Cottle and Davey Ray having been able to repeat.

Wednesday night’s opener is at Gas City I-69 Speedway, while Thursday’s race is at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon. Bloomington Speedway hosts Friday night’s race, while the series travels to Lawrenceburg Speedway Saturday and concludes Sunday night at Kokomo Speedway.

Brad Kuhn (Gas City), Davey Ray (Bloomington), Brad Sweet (Lawrenceburg) and Bryan Clauson (Kokomo) are the defending race winners.

Both Hines and his Tony Stewart Racing teammate, Levi Jones, are among the “top-10” in the current USAC Mopar National Midget Series points.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Darren Hagen-417, 2-Jerry Coons Jr.-410, 3-Bobby East-401, 4-Brad Kuhn-396, 5-Brad Sweet-387, 6-Tracy Hines-364, 7-Kevin Swindell-346, 8-Cole Whitt-342, 9-Chad Boat-318, 10-Levi Jones-303.

SPRINTS PREPARE FOR KALAMAZOO DEBUT JUNE 20; WHITT (2) & HOCKETT GRAB “EASTERN STORM” VICTORIES

Dave Darland continues to lead the USAC National Sprint Car standings as the series gears up for its first appearance in Michigan in nine years! Kalamazoo Speedway will host the June 20 race, marking the first time the USAC Sprint cars have competed there. Jay Drake won the last USAC Sprint race in Michigan, in 2000 at Hartford Speedway Park.

Darland has a slim six-point lead over Levi Jones in the new standings after finishing second, fifth and sixth in three Pennsylvania races last week. Eastern race winners Jesse Hockett and Cole Whitt round out the “top-four” in the points, 20 and 92 points in arrears respectively.

Whitt, of Alpine, Calif., earned his second straight “Eastern Storm” Thunder & Lightning Tour victory Saturday night at Mercer (Pa.) Raceway Park, leading the final 27 laps of the 30-lap race in his Red Bull/Ferguson Bullet/Brannan Chevy. Hockett led the first three laps of the race presented by Rotondo Weirich but finished fourth behind Whitt, Jones and Darren Hagen. Darland rounded out the “top-five” in USAC’s inaugural race at the Mercer oval.

Whitt repeated his 2008 victory at Big Diamond Raceway in Minersville, Pa., leading all 30 laps of Thursday night’s feature. He piloted the Red Bull/Ferguson Bullet/Brannan Chevy to the win over Darland, Jones, Damion Gardner and Hagen.

Hockett, of Warsaw, Mo., led all 50 laps of Tuesday night’s “Eastern Storm” Thunder & Lightning Tour opener at Grandview Speedway in Bechtelsville, Pa. Hockett drove the VKCC Motorsports/Parker Store of Phoenix JEI/Stanton Mopar to victory over Chris Windom, Bryan Clauson, fast qualifier Tracy Hines and Jerry Coons Jr.

Rains forced cancellation for the second consecutive year of Wednesday night’s scheduled race at the Williams Grove (Pa.) Speedway.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Dave Darland-614, 2-Levi Jones-608, 3-Jesse Hockett-594, 4-Cole Whitt-522, 5-Jerry Coons Jr.-517, 6-Damion Gardner-475, 7-Brad Sweet-448, 8-Tracy Hines-438, 9-Chris Windom-412, 10-Darren Hagen-351.

2ND-GENERATION STREICHER EARNS FIRST USAC TRIUMPH AT TOLEDO!

Richie Streicher, the 12-year-old son of 1991 USAC National Midget Champion Mike Streicher, earned his first USAC .25 Midget feature victory Sunday afternoon at Toledo, Ohio. The Findlay, Ohio driver won the Heavy AA Class title at USAC’s “Generation Next” Round Three event at the Lucas County Recreation Center, beating a full field of cars and drivers in the race honoring the late Bob Nervo. Streicher also finished second at Xenia, Ohio May 17.

Streicher, whose father Mike also won six times in USAC National Midget competition, was joined at Toledo by USAC .25 Midget class winners Blake Schneider of Seymour, Ind., (Junior Rookie Race #1), Madison Woods of Franklin, Ohio (Junior Rookie Race #2), Miranda Beighler of Plainfield, Ind. (Senior Rookie), Jeff Dunfee III of Mantua, Ohio (Junior Honda), Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio (Senior Honda and Light World Formula), Kyle Compton of Dublin, Ohio (Heavy Honda), Louis McGrath of Strasburg, Ohio (Junior Stock), Cooper Clouse of Ohio City, Ohio (Senior Stock), Austin Nemire of Toledo, Ohio (Light Mod), Andrew Blakely of Holland, Ohio (Light 160), Cannon Konzer of Holly, Mich. (Heavy 160), Brendon Bock of Franklin Square, N.Y. (Light B), Noah Gallandt (Heavy B), Justen Garmenn of Grand Rapids, Mich. (Heavy World Formula), Erika Newcombe of Pickerington, Ohio (Light AA) and Daniel Hall of Columbus, Ohio (Half).

Round four of USAC’s “Generation Next” .25 Midget tour is the “Bob Nock Memorial” July 4-5 at the “Bullring” at West Liberty, Ohio. USAC’s Western District Championships unfold June 20-21 at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway.

FOCUS RACE #500 AT NORTH VERNON THURSDAY

Thursday night’s “Indiana Midget Week” USAC racing event at Twin Cities Raceway Park in North Vernon, Ind. is expected to include a significant milestone in the history of USAC’s Ford Focus Midget program, which debuted just seven years ago. It marks the 500th race in a program which has witnessed events at 81 tracks in 24 different states!

It’s also the initial Ford Focus race at the 3/8-mile dirt oval, where Joe Liguori of Tampa, Fla. will try to protect a 19-point lead over Tyler Cottongim in the Midwest Ford Focus point standings.

The initial USAC Ford Focus race at Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway in 2002 was won by Josh Lakatos and the first 498 races (the Ford Focuses are scheduled to race Wednesday night at Plymouth, Ind.) have produced 142 different winners. That figures out to a brand new winner every third or fourth race!

Indiana’s Tate Martz is the all-time victory leader at 25 wins, while Chase Scott racked up 21 and James Robertson 16. Ventura (Calif.) Raceway has hosted the most races, 38, while 31 have been held at Irwindale (Calif.) and 29 at Anderson, Ind. California leads the way with 168 total races, while 101 have been held in Indiana and 40 in North Carolina.

Thursday night’s Twin Cities events include the Mopar National Midgets in round two of this year’s “Indiana Midget Week,” the first appearance of the USAC Midgets at Twin Cities since Jay Drake’s 2000 victory.

USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 6, 2009 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kevin Michnowicz (#21k Michnowicz), 2. Bobby Michnowicz (#21m Michnowicz), 3. Nick Rossi (#4 Rossi), 4. Jet Davison (#59 Davison), 5. Andrew Mulhearn (#14 Mulhearn), 6. Henry Steele III (#92 Steele). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Eric Gunderson (#37 Pankratz), 2. Brody Roa (#91 Roa), 3. Nick Carlson (#19 Carlson), 4. Sean Dodenhoff (#17x Dodenhoff), 5. Cody Swanson (#71 Swanson), 6. Connor Kassik (#26 Kassik).NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Sean Dodenhoff, 2. Nick Carlson, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Jet Davison, 5. Eric Gunderson, 6. Cody Swanson, 7. Nick Rossi, 8. Kevin Michnowicz, 9. Bobby Michnowicz. 10. Andrew Mulhearn, 11. Henry Steele III, 12. Connor Kassik. NT ----------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Dodenhoff.

NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS DIRT SERIES POINTS: 1-Dodenhoff-351; 2-Roa-336; 3-Davison-315; 4-Rossi-297; 5-C.Swanson-288; 6-K.Michnowicz-273; 7-Carlson-246; 8-Gunderson-225; 9-Kassik-212; 10-Mulhearn-196.

NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Dirt): July 4 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

USAC REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:

June 6, 2009 – Morris, Illinois – Grundy County Speedway – “Salute to Mel Kenyon”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-14.589; 2. Brian Olson, 77, Olson-14.597; 3. Aaron Andruskevitch, 5, Domark-14.605; 4. David Gough, 11, Gough-14.648; 5. Mario Marietta, 85, Marietta-14.664; 6. Jim Anderson, 36, Guess-14.679; 7. Brad Galedrige Jr., 26, Galedrige-14.693; 8. Alison MacLeod, 6, East-14.735; 9. Kyle Hamilton, 33, Hamilton-14.739; 10. Danielle Dickson, 44, Perona-14.744; 11. Mario Clouser, 06, Clouser-14.778; 12. Tom Schnabel, 20s, Schnabel-14.825; 13. Jeremy Warren, 57, Warren-14.887; 14. Patrick Wilda, 33w, Wilda-14.980; 15. Sara Hyslop, 18, Hyslop-15.349; 16. Terry Ahern, 66T, Ahern-15.377; 17. Billy Hulbert III, 88, Hulbert-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clouser, 2. Warren, 3. Galedrige, 4. Marietta, 5. Daum, 6. Andruskevitch, 7. Hamilton, 8. Hulbert, 9. Hyslop. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gough, 2. Wilda, 3. Anderson, 4. Olson, 5. Schnabel, 6. MacLeod, 7. Ahern, 8. Dickson. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Alison MacLeod, 2. Jeremy Warren, 3. Zach Daum, 4. Billy Hulbert III, 5. Terry Ahern, 6. Kyle Hamilton, 7. Danielle Dickson, 8. Brad Galedrige Jr., 9. Patrick Wilda, 10. David Gough, 11. Mario Clouser, 12. Brian Olson, 13. Tom Schnabel, 14. Aaron Andruskevitch, 15. Sara Hyslop, 16. Jim Anderson, 17. Mario Marietta. NT ------------------------------------------------------------

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 MacLeod, Laps 14-31 Hamilton, Laps 32-50 MacLeod.

NEW USAC REGIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hamilton-356; 2-Olson-284; 3-MacLeod-280; 4-Marietta-203; 5-Warren-184; 6-Mike Larrison-181; 7-Dakoda Armstrong-180; 8-Andruskevitch-169; 9-Daum-166; 10-Dickson-148.

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