SASSELLI WINS “HARVEST CLASSIC;” TITLES TO HUNT & McCLISH
 
Madera, CA……..Audrta Sasselli of Visalia, Calif. led all 50 laps to win Saturday night’s “Harvest Classic” USAC Western Classic Sprint race at Madera Speedway. Brian McClish finished second ahead of Tim Skoglund, Tony Hunt and Shauna Hogg. Hunt clinched his 10th USAC driving title as the overall Western Classic champion, while McClish ended up as the Western Classic Pavement champion.
 
USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2012 - Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Harvest Classic”QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.562; 2. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-13.636; 3. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-13.654; 4. JoJo Helberg, 69, Kaiser-13.701; 5. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.727; 6. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.831; 7. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-13.969; 8. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-14.085; 9. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.096; 10. Greg Anderson, 50, Phulps-14.220; 11. Mark Beck, 4, Beck-14.645; 12. Justin Kawahata, 45, Kawahata-14.949; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT.
 
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Hogg, 3. Hunt, 4. Beck, 5. Rodgers, 6. Skoglund. NT
 
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kobza, 2. Sasselli, 3. McClish, 4. Helberg, 5. Kawahata, 6. Anderson. NT
 
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Audra Sasselli, 2. Brian McClish, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Tony Hunt, 5. Shauna Hogg, 6. JoJo Helberg, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Gordon Rodgers, 9. Jerry Kobza, 10. Marvin Mitchell, 11. Justin Kawahata, 12. Mark Beck, 13. Greg Anderson. NT
 
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Sasselli.
 
FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-821, 2-Hogg-802, 3-Rodgers-511, 4-Tom Baker-416, 5-Scott Pierovich-388, 6-Marty Hawkins-359, 7-Taylor Simas-312, 8-McClish-277, 9-Skoglund-240, 10-Gerhardt-224.
 
FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC PAVEMENT SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-McClish-277, 2-Skoglund-240, 3-Hogg-226, 4-Gerhardt-224, 5-Hunt-222, 6-Rodgers-198, 7-Scott Pierovich-174, 8-Mitchell-147, 9-Tom Baker-88, 10-Kobza-88.