Shasta Next For Western Sprints

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                       SEPTEMBER 5, 2006

Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER                                                                                                       06-262

 

 

WESTERN SPRINTS PREP FOR SHASTA SEPT. 23

GREEN, GALEDRIGE TAKE USAC/CASA FEATURES AT TRACY & MADERA

 

 

            The battle for the USAC Western Sprint Car Championship will take a three-week hiatus as drivers and teams prepare for a Sept. 23 race at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif.

 

            Tony Hunt leads the USAC standings by 107 points over Mike Murgoitio after a pair of weekend races co-sanctioned by USAC and CASA. Hunt finished second and fourth respectively at Tracy and Madera, Calif., while Murgoitio was third and seventh in the two features.

 

            Nick Green of San Jose, Calif. won Saturday's "Best of the West Open Wheel Classic" 50-lapper at Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, while  Bradley Galedrige of Los Altos, Calif. won Monday's "Trigueiro Classic" 50-lapper at the Madera Speedway. Both drivers led wire-to-wire to post their wins.

 

            Trailing Green at Tracy were Hunt, Murgoitio, Kody Swanson and Tim Barber. At Madera, Swanson finished second ahead of Nick Rescino Jr., Hunt and Greg Anderson.

 

 

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

 

      1.
     Tony Hunt
     773
      
     6.
     Brian McClish
     462
     
      2.
     Mike Murgoitio
     666
      
     7.
     Nick Green
     425
     
      3.
     Kody Swanson
     642
      
     8.
     Nick Rescino Jr.
     381
     
      4.
     Bradley Galedrige
     602
      
     9.
     Jeff Gardner
     350
     
      5.
     Shauna Hogg
     477
      
     10.
     Jim Kaiser
     310