USAC: Western States Sprint Car Race Results, Albuquerque

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 9, 2001

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2001 – Albuquerque, New Mexico – Sandia Motorsports Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-17.842; 2. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-17.916; Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-17.945; 4. Bryan Bullard, 14, Pierson-18.083; 5. Damion Gardner, 20, Gardner-18.143; 6. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-18.163; 7. Tony Hunt, 77, Scott-18.200; 8. Brian Evans, 87, Evans-18.236; 9. Ryan Flynn, 1F, Flynn-18.320; 10. John Ryals, 66, Ryals-18.328; 11. Bobby McMahan, 26, Espindola-18.385; 12. Randy Mello, 25, Mello-18.422; 13. Kevin Kierce, 2, Swann-18.432; 14. Amy Barnes, 12, Barnes-18.551; 15. Ray Evans, 82, Evans-18.555; 16. Mike Aaby, Jr., 07, Aaby-18.585; 17. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-18.971; 18. Don O'Keefe, Jr., 0, O'Keefe-19.409; 19. Bud Goodwin, 15, Goodwin-19.445; 20. Joe Cockrum, 2x, Swann-21.101.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ryals, 2. Kierce, 3. Aaby, 4. Bullard, 5. Hunt, 6. Cline, 7. Goodwin. 2:27.23

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Barnes, 3.. McMahan, 4. J.Gardner, 5. B.Evans, 6. Burdett, 7. Cockrum. 2:27.98

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Flynn, 2. R.Evans, 3. Hogg, 4. Mello, 5. Hansen, 6. O'Keefe. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Cline, 2. Hansen, 3. Hunt, 4. B.Evans, 5. Burdett, 6. Goodwin, 7. O'Keefe, 8. Cockrum. 3:02.27

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jeff Gardner, 3. John Ryals, 4. Troy Cline, 5. Kevin Kierce, 6. Mike Aaby, Jr., 7. Ryan Burdett, 8. Randy Mello, 9. Amy Barnes, 10. Bud Goodwin, 11. Tony Hunt, 12. Ryan Flynn, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. Brian Evans, 15. Ray Evans, 16. Bryan Bullard, 17. Scott Hansen, 18. Bobby McMahan, 19. Don O'Keefe, 20. Joe Cockrum. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Hogg, Laps 5-40 D.Gardner.

WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-J.Gardner-387; 2-Hunt-376; 3-Cline-331; 4-Ryals-331; 5-D.Gardner-272; 6-Flynn-268; 7-Kierce-245; 8-Randy Bauer-235; 9-McMahan-227; 10-Barnes-225.

NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACES: July 13-14 - Boise, ID - Meridian Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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