USAC: Western Sprint Car Series Race Results, Salt Lake City

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 23, 2001

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 21, 2001 – Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Waters, 24, Waters-14.475; 2. Bobby McMahan, 26, Espindola-14.528; 3. Todd Ellison, 14x, Ellison-14.583; 4. Marc Zieske, 10z, Zieske-14.585; 5. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Hamilton-14.697; 6. James Wysong, 00, Wysong-14.770; 7. Troy Thorne, 65, Thorne-14.780; 8. Eric Pardee, 01, Pardee-14.795; 9. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-14.796; 10. Tony Hunt, 77, Scott-14.850; 11. Ryan Flynn, F1, Flynn-14.856; 12. Dave Fitzgerald, 32, Fitzgerald-14.858; 13. Curtis Brown, 11, Brown-14.887; 14. Bryan Bullard, 14, Pierson-14.906; 15. Ray Evans, 82, Evans-14.924; 16. Mel Andrus, 0x, Andrus-14.943; 17. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.998; 18. Damion Gardner, 20, Gardner-15.000; 19. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-15.028; 20. Kevin Kierce, 2, Swann-15.043; 21. Marty Dailey, 02, Dailey-15.044; 22. Mike Ford, 46, Ford-15.085; 23. Mike Gollinger, 55, Gollinger-15.106; 24. Phillip Mortensen, 85, Mortensen-15.190; 25. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-15.200; 26. Brian Evans, 87, Evans-15.227; 27. Jeff Bergener, 13, Gunn-15.232; 28. Jerry Hupp, 50, Hupp-15.297; 29. Shaun Hale, 9x, Hale-15.300; 30. Randy Mello, 25, Mello-15.330; 31. Mike Aaby, Jr., 07, Aaby-15.355; 32. Chuck Maddox, 23, Maddox-15.633; 33. Amy Barnes, 12, Barnes-15.599; 34. Kevin Urton, 21, Urton-15.638; 35. Mark Savage, 71x, Savage-15.777; 36. Butch Freeman, 1x, Freeman-16.007; 37. Pat Whittet, 75w, Whittet-16.100.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brown, 2. Kierce, 3. K.Hamilton, 4. Hansen, 5. Waters, 6. Hupp, 7. Hogg, 8. Mortensen. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McMahan, 2. Burdett, 3. Bullard, 4. Mello, 5. Wysong, 6. Hunt, 7. Dailey, 8. Hale. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Flynn, 2. D.Gardner, 3. B.Evans, 4. Ellison, 5. Ford, 6. Thorne, 7. Aaby, 8. R.Evans. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andrus, 2. Fitzgerald, 3. Maddox, 4. J.Gardner, 5. Pardee, 6. Gollinger, 7. Bergener, 8. Zieske. NT

SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Waters, 3. Wysong, 3. Pardee, 4. Hunt, 5. R.Evans, 6. Zieske, 7. Ford, 8. Hale, 9. Barnes, 10. Aaby, 11. Freeman, 12. Hogg, 13. Whittet, 14. Dailey, 15. Thorne, 16. Gollinger, 17. Savage, 18. Urton, 19. Mortensen, 20. Bergener. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bobby McMahan, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Jim Waters, 4. Ryan Flynn, 5. Dave Fitzgerald, 6. Mel Andrus, 7. Bryan Bullard, 8. Eric Pardee, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Curtis Brown, 11. Ray Evans, 12. Jeff Gardner, 13. James Wysong, 14. Brian Evans, 15. Ryan Burdett, 16. Mike Ford, 17. Chuck Maddox, 18. Randy Mello, 19. Shaun Hale, 20. Scott Hansen, 21. Kevin Kierce, 22. Todd Ellison, 23. Kenny Hamilton, 24. Amy Barnes, 25. Marc Zieske, 26. Mike Aaby, Jr. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 McMahan.

WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-521; 2-J.Gardner-515; 3-Flynn-412; 4-Troy Cline-397; 5-Bullard-371; 6-McMahan-367; 7-D.Gardner-360; 8-John Ryals-352; 9-Kierce-341; 10-Barnes-281.

NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACES: August 11 - Carson City, NV - Carson Tahoe Champion Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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