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

24 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 22, 2000 Salt Lake City, Utah - Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Pardee, 1, Pardee-14.138; 2. Rick Williams, 3, Finkenbinder-14.164; 3. Davey Hamilton, 4, Consani-14.202; 4. Tony Hunt, 14, Pierson-14.377; 5. Burney Lamar, 3x, Lamar-14.400; 6. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-14.424; 7. Mike Boat, 74, Boat-14.433; 8. Mel Andrus, 31, Andrus-14.465; 9. Mark Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.470; 10. Todd Ellison, 20, Powell-14.533; 11. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-14.543; 12. Jim Waters, 24, Alt/Waters-14.621; 13. Kevin Kierce, 2, Swann-14..625; 14. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.683; 15. Scott Hansen, 88, Bumgarner-14.700; 16. Mike McCreary, 71, McCreary-14.713; 17. Jimmy Sills, 04, Consani-14.743; 18. Danny Lyons, 94, Hamilton-14.786; 19. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Tyler-14.797; 20. Jimmy Hamilton, 93, Elliott-14.815; 21. Brian Evans, 87, Evans-14.895; 22. Mike Gollinger, 55u, Gollinger-14.955; 23. Rick Ellison, 14x, Ellison-15.027; 24. Michael Dean, 4u, Shafer-15.038; 25. Amy Barnes, 12, Barnes-15.047; 26. Rodney Rowland, 00, Rowland-15.054; 27. Chuck Maddox, 99, Maddox-15.063; 28. Phillip Mortensen, 85, Mortensen-15.448; 29. Eric Ferrin, 5x, Ferrin-15.618; 30. David Klamm, 99x, Klamm-NT; 31. Mark Savage, 71x, Savage-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sills, 2. Barnes, 3. Kierce, 4. Lamar, 5. Bergener, 6. Evans, 7. Pardee, 8. Ferrin. 1:57.56

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rowland, 2. Williams, 3. Hogg, 4. T.Ellison, 5. Gardner, 6. Gollinger, 7. Klamm, 8. Lyons. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K.Hamilton, 2. D.Hamilton, 3. Maddox, 4. Boat, 5. Burdett, 6. Savage, 7. Hansen. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. J.Hamilton, 3. Waters, 4. McCreary, 5. Dean, 6. Andrus, 7. Mortensen. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Pardee, 2. Burdett, 3. Lyons, 4. Bergener, 5. Andrus, 6. Gollinger, 7. Gardner, 8. Savage, 9. Ferrin, 10. Klamm, 11. Dean, 12. Hansen. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jeff Gardner, 2. Rick Williams, 3. Jimmy Sills, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Davey Hamilton, 6. Kevin Kierce, 7. Jim Waters, 8. Todd Ellison, 9. Amy Barnes, 10. Shauna Hogg, 11. Burney Lamar, 12. Kenny Hamilton, 13. Ryan Burdett, 14. Mel Andrus, 15. Mark Bergener, 16. Chuck Maddox, 17. Mike Boat, 18. Danny Lyons, 19. Rick Pardee, 20. Mike Gollinger, 21. Rodney Rowland, 22. Jimmy Hamilton, 23. Mike McCreary, 24. Mark Savage. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Gardner, Laps 17-20 Williams, Laps 21-40 Gardner.

NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-638; 2-T.Ellison-638; 3-D.Hamilton-624; 4-Lamar-590; 5-Gardner-583; 6-Boat-556; 7-Kierce-519; 8-Williams-398; 9-Sills-390; 10-Barnes-376.

NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: September 2 - Tucson, AZ - Tucson Raceway Park

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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