WESTERN SPRINTS TO BOISE

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                  JULY 31, 2006

Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER                                                                                                       06-206

 

 

MERIDIAN SPEEDWAY WELCOMES SPRINTS BACK SATURDAY;

HUNT EXTENDS WESTERN LEAD WITH ALTAMONT TRIUMPH

 

 

            Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. will take a 46-point lead over Mike Murgoitio into this Saturday's USAC Western Sprint Car race at Meridian Speedway in Boise, Idaho. The track was originally scheduled to host this year's series openers in April but rains forced postponement of those events.

 

            Hunt's lead blossomed as a result of his victory in Saturday's USAC/CASA 50-lap feature at Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, Calif.  He passed Murgoitio on the 17th lap and led the rest of the way in his Thomposon Toyota/Paul Oil Cpmpany Eagle/Chevy. Nick Green, Billy Wease, Murgoitio and Jeff Gardner rounded out the "top-five" at the finish.

 

            Wease, in his Western Sprint Car debut, was Saturday's fastest qualifier.

 

            Tim Barber and Michael Lewis were the feature winners in USAC's 2005 feature events at the 1/4-mile paved Meridian oval.

 

 

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

 

      1.
     Tony Hunt
     502
      
     6.
     Shauna Hogg
     315
     
      2.
     Mike Murgoitio
     456
      
     7.
     Nick Rescino Jr.
     286
     
      3.
     Bradley Galedrige
     406
      
     8.
     Jeff Gardner
     264
     
      4.
     Kody Swanson
     389
      
     9.
     Nick Green
     254
     
      5.
     Brian McClish
     375
      
     10.
     Matt DeMartini
     229