LARSON CHARGES TO TINER FAMILY
CLASSIC WIN DURING GOLD CUP
SACRAMENTO,
CALIFORNIA (September 9, 2011) – 2010 King of California and 2011 USAC Midget standout Kyle
Larson of Elk Grove, CA charged from 14th win the “Tiner Family
Classic” during the Gold Cup Race of Champions at Silver Dollar Speedway on
Thursday night. The inaugural running of
USAC during the Gold Cup attracted 50 Sprint Cars and 24 Midgets before a
strong crowd in Chico.
The night
of action paid Sprint Car points for both the USAC/CRA and Western Classic
Racing Series honoring the rich racing tradition of the Tiner family.
Fremont’s Shane Golobic led the 24 car
field to green while Sebastopol’s Geoff Ensign leapt forward to challenge him quickly. Ensign bounced into Chico’s Jason York for second in a hard
impact but both cars were able to continue.
On a lap
four restart Golobic really felt the pressure from Ensign with Ensign taking
over the point on lap eight in his Ted Finkenbinder #3F.
The USAC
Western Classic Racing Series points leader led through lap 10 when the caution
came out again. On the single-file
restart, Yorba Linda’s Matt Mitchell sliced to the inside to take the lead
away. One lap later Ensign threw away
the lead as he jumped the turn four cushion and had to be towed off the track.
Ensign’s
crew feverishly worked on the car while the race restarted. The fans were brought to their feet in a wild
three-wide battle down the backstretch between Mitchell, Larson, and Loomis’
Kyle Hirst. Hirst nearly came off the
track down the backstretch but the caution came out for a stalled car in turn
two.
That
caution allowed Ensign time to rejoin the field still on the lead lap and on the
restart Hirst swept past Mitchell to take over the lead. While “The Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild
worked the cushion into the top-five, Larson moved into second and the Kyle
& Kyle show ensued up front.
Hirst and
Larson, Outlaw Kart graduates, put on one of the best races for the lead that
many observers have seen all season, with Larson finally taking over the lead
in lapped traffic on lap 21.
Yellow
flags flew on lap 23 as Austin Williams and BrownsValley’s Cody Myers crashed out of top-ten
runs. Larson had a fine restart but the
red flag came out on lap 25 when Williams and Gregg Bragg tumbled upside down
in turn four.
Larson had
a brilliant restart to rocket away to the victory while Haudenschild moved to
second at the line. Mitchell, Hirst, and
USAC/CRA points leader Mike Spencer rounded out the top-five. Ensign came back to 13th ahead of
rival Tony Hunt to enhance his USAC Western Classic points lead. Ensign also emerged from Chico as the USAC Western Classic dirt
champion on the strength of two runner-up finishes and a win in the eight race
season.
GrassValley’s Billy Wallace won the qualifying
race with heat races going to Haudenschild, Spencer, Larson, and Richard Brace,
Jr. Myers won the semi. Haudenschild took quick time in the Paul Silva
#57 at 13.60 seconds.
In
USAC/BCRA Western Midgets, it was Fresno’s David Prickett that led all 25
laps to grab the victory and make up some ground on USAC points leader Cory
Kruseman. Kruseman came home second in a
close finish with Golobic, Matt Streeter of Galt, and Oklahoma’s Michelle Decker. No qualifications were held with heats going
to Cody Swanson, Jake Swanson, and Shannon McQueen.
The USAC
Western Classic Racing Series will continue on Saturday September 17 on
pavement at the Madera Speedway with the final three races of the season to be
contested on asphalt.
More
information on the USAC Western Classic Racing Series is available on Facebook
at keywords “USAC Western Classic Racing Series”. The United States Auto Club is online at www.usacracing.com
The USAC
Western Classic Racing Series is brought to you by: Amsoil, Hoosier Tires West,
and Kaeding Performance.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES
RACE RESULTS: September 8, 2011 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway –
“Tiner Family Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac
Haudenschild, 57, Silva-13.60; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.84; 3. Kyle Hirst,
14S, Smith-13.93; 4. Cody Myers, 7, Snow-13.97; 5. Geoff Ensign, 3F,
Finkenbinder-14.03; 6. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.06; 7. Andy Forsberg, 92N,
Forsberg-14.06; 8. Jeff Parady, 6C, Parady-14.18; 9. Cody Williams, 44,
Jory-14.19; 10. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.19; 11. Kirk Simpson, 84,
Simpson-14.22; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.25; 13. Jason York, 25,
York-14.25; 14. Tom Baker, 93, Kobza-14.25; 15. Eddy Lewis, 7X, Prior-14.35;
16. Shane Golobic, 121, Von Schriltz-14.40; 17. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-14.44;
18. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-14.50; 19. Kyle Larson, 99, BK-14.50; 20. Trent
Canales, 2T, Grode-14.50; 21. Mark Tabor Jr., 38N, Tabor-14.53; 22. Tim Sherman
Jr., 1JR, Sherman-14.53; 23. Shawn Wright, 99X, Wright-14.54; 24. Richard Brace
Jr., 21J, Adel-14.57; 25. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-14.59; 26. Steven Tiner,
94, Tiner-14.59; 27. Scott Hall, 56X, Hall-14.60;
28. Gary Paulson, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.60; 29. Jeff Griffin, 50M, Griffin-14.65;
30. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.65; 31. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-14.69; 32. Scott
Pierovich, 14, Pierson-14.72; 33. Billy Wallace, 1, Moore-14.75; 34. Rusty
Baglin, 44X, Baglin-14.79; 35. Herman Klein, 91, Wondergem-14.81; 36. Mark
Beck, 50S, Shurley-14.81; 37. Brett Rollag, 27, Rollag-14.85; 38. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-14.87; 39. Kody Smith, 3S,
Smith-14.91; 40. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.96; 41. Shauna Hogg, 5,
Hogg-14.97; 42. Jay Waugh, 14K, Kruseman-15.12, 43. Jerry Cisco, 4B,
Basden-15.13; 44. Josh Bates, 94X, Pronol-15.16; 45. Colby Copeland, 24C, Copeland-15.25;
46. A.J. Martin, 70, Martin-15.28; 47. John Michael Bunch, 11VS, Bunch-15.41;
48. Matt Sherman, 00Z, Sherman-15.81; 49. Jimmy Steward, 16, Steward-24.72.
QUALIFYING RACE: (8 laps)
1. Wallace, 2. Klein, 3. Simas, 4. Smith, 5. Rollag, 6. Baglin, 7. Richardson, 8. Waugh, 9. Copeland, 10. Hogg, 11. Cisco, 12.
Beck, 13. Bates, 14. Martin. NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1.
Haudenschild, 2. York, 3. Ensign, 4. Bragg, 5. C.Williams, 6. Hawkins, 7. Wallace, 8. Tabor,
9. Griffin. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1.
Spencer, 2. Mitchell, 3. Tiner, 4. Hunt, 5. Faas, 6. Klein, 7. Miller, 8.
Baker, 9. Sherman. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1.
Larson, 2. Hirst, 3. Trulli, 4. Wright, 5. Simpson, 6. Simas, 7. Lewis, 8.
Forsberg, 9. Hall, NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1.
Brace, 2. Golobic, 3. A.Williams, 4. Smith, 5. Canales, 6. Parady, 7. Paulson,
8. Pierovich, 9. Myers. NT
SEMI: (9 laps) 1. Myers, 2.
Faas, 3. Hawkins, 4. C.Williams, 5. Baker, 6. Simas, 7. Wallace, 8. Pierovich,
9. Canales, 10. Parady, 11. Miller, 12. Paulson, 13. Lewis, 14. Sherman, 15.
Griffin, 16. Simpson, 17. Klein, 18. Tabor. NT
FEATURE: (28 laps) 1. Kyle
Larson, 2. Jac Haudenschild, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Kyle Hirst, 5. Mike Spencer,
6. Shane Golobic, 7. Nic Faas, 8. Jason York, 9. Jimmy Trulli, 10. Taylor
Simas, 11. Richard Brace Jr., 12. Steven Tiner, 13. Geoff Ensign, 14. Tony
Hunt, 15. Cody Myers, 16. Cody Williams, 17. Marty Hawkins, 18. Scott
Pierovich, 19. Shawn Wright, 20. Austin Williams, 21. Greg Bragg, 22. Kody
Smith, 23. Tom Baker, 24. Todd Miller Jr. NT
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**Steward flipped during qualifications. Hall and Forsberg flipped during the
third heat. Griffin and Klein flipped during the semi. A.Willliams and Bragg
flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Golobic, Laps 8-11 Ensign, Lap 12 Mitchell, Laps
13-20 Hirst, Laps 21-28 Larson.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-810; 2-Mitchell-773;
3-Faas-754; 4-A.Williams-570; 5-Bragg-508; 6-C.Williams-463; 7-Danny
Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-745; 2-Hunt-730;
3-Pierovich-629; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Tim Barber-522; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 24 – Perris (CA) Auto
Speedway
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 17 – Madera
(CA) Speedway
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