12-POINT GAP AT RMR

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                    JULY 3, 2006

Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER                                                                                                       06-170

 

 

12-POINT GAP HIGHLIGHTS JULY 22 SALT LAKE SPRINT

CAMPBELL SCORES 40-LAP RMR FEATURE VICTORY

 

 

            A 12-point gap is all that stands between defending champion Jimmy Wysong and former champion Jim Waters in the new USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Group Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series standings. The series resumes July 22 at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah.

 

            Waters closed the margin to 12 with his fifth-place finish last Saturday night, while Wysong was the first driver to retire from the 40-lap race.

 

            Jim Campbell, of Sandy, Utah, roared to victory in the main event, beating Dave Fitzgerald, Rick Pardee, Jeff Bergener and Waters. The win left Campbell sixth in the new points.

 

            Fitzgerald's finish has him in third in the standings, threatening to make it a three-way title chase. He's only 36 behind Wysong and is tied with Wysong at 12 for the most USAC feature victories in Utah history.

 

 

USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

 

      1.
     Jimmy Wysong
     417
      
     6.
     Jim Campbell
     327
     
      2.
     Jim Waters
     405
      
     7.
     Mel Andrus
     298
     
      3.
     Dave Fitzgerald
     381
      
     8.
     Mark Bergener
     278
     
      4.
     Jeff Bergener
     348
      
     9.
     Rick Pardee
     274
     
      5.
     Ryan Burdett
     341
      
     10.
     Mike Straub
     233