HIRST WINS SILVER DOLLAR 30-LAP CLASSIC


Chico, CA……..Kyle Hirst of West Sacramento, Calif. captured Friday night’s 30-lap USAC Western Classic Sprint race at Silver Dollar Speedway. Hirst trailed Andy Forsberg for the first nine laps, then led the last 21 to beat Forsberg, Terry Schank Jr., Tony Hunt and Mark Tabor Jr. Western Classic point leader Shauna Hogg finished sixth. The series moves to Placerville (Calif.) Speedway Saturday night.


USAC-WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2012 – Chico, California  – Silver Dollar Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kyle Hirst, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-13.532; 2. Mark Tabor Jr., 38n, Tabor-13.846; 3. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-14.018; 4. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-14.028; 5. Kevin Sharrah, 04, Sharrah-14.074; 6. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.081; 7. Scott Hall, 56x, VanWare-14.115; 8. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-14.126; 9. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.195; 10. Ryan Bernal, 25B, Baxter-14.212; 11. Tyler Wolf, 19, Wolf-14.281; 12. Terry Schank, Jr., 1, Gleason-14.292; 13. James Sweeney, 11x, Lewis-14.304; 14. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.410; 15. Gary Burdick, 22x, Burdick-14.412; 16. Ron Laplant, 69, Laplant-14.466; 17. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-14.601; 18. Taylor Nelson , 74, Nelson-14.768; 17. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-14.976; 20. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Baisden-15.002.


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Laplant, 2. Bernal,Laplant, 2. Bernal, 3. Hawkins, 4. Hirst, 5. Sweeney, 6. Hall, 7. Rodgers. NT


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Baker, 2. Wolf, 4. Hogg, 4. Forsberg, 5. Sharrah, 6. Cisco, 7. Tabor. NT


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schank, 2. Nelson, 3. Hunt, 4. Richardson, 5. Mackay. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Hirst, 2. Andy Forsberg, 3. Terry Schank, Jr., 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Mark Tabor Jr., 6. Shauna Hogg, 7. Ron Laplant, 8. Jim Richardson, 9. James Sweeney, 10. Tyler Wolf, 11. Marty Hawkins, 12. Gordon Rodgers, 13. Kevin Sharrah, 14. Marc Mackay, 15. Taylor Nelson , 16. Scott Hall, 17. Ryan Bernal, 18. Tom Baker, 19. Jerry Cisco. NT


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**Burdick flipped during qualifying. Wolf and Bernal flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Forsberg, Laps 10-30 Hirst.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-455, 2-Hunt-373, 3-Scott Pierovich-248, 4-Rodgers-229, 5-Hawkins-217, 6-Brian McClish-209, 7-Tim Skoglund-179, 8-Cody Gerhardt-174, 9-Baker-159, 10-Taylor Simas-155.


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 4 – Placerville (CA) Speedway