EDWARDS 1ST AT KINGS; FERNS TAKES “CALIFORNIA FOCUS WEEK” TITLE

Hanford, CA…….Kyle Edwards of Fountain Valley, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC Junior Ford Focus feature at Kings Speedway, but Taylor Ferns emerged as the “California Ford Focus Week” champion after the three-race mini-series. Edwards passed Andrew Murray on lap eight and led the rest of the way to beat Dennis Simunovich, Ferns, Daniel Voyles and Murray. Alex Jacobsen was the fastest qualifier.



USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 8, 2009 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Alex Jacobsen, 24k, Kruseman-12.131; 2. Taylor Ferns, 98k, Kruseman-12.162; 3. Daniel Voyles, 62k, Kruseman-12.201; 4. Casey Martinez, 94, Martinez-12.276; 5. Dennis Simunovich, 5, Simunovich-12.319; 6. Andrew Murray, 18, Murray-12.323; 7. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-12.608.


 


HEAT RACE: (10 laps) 1. Edwards, 2. Simunovich, 3. Ferns, 4.Murray, 5. Voyles, 6. Jacobsen, 7. Martinez. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Edwards, 2. Dennis Simunovich, 3. Taylor Ferns, 4. Daniel Voyles, 5. Andrew Murray, 6. Casey Martinez, 7. Alex Jacobsen. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Murray, Laps 8-30 Edwards.


 


NEW USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINTS: 1-Edwards-990; 2-Murray-886; 3-Ferns-670; 4-Simunovich-613; 5-Jacobsen-454; 6-Martinez-439; 7-Ethan Quinn-399; 8-Tanner Kershaw-322; 9-Winn Frazin-298; 10-Logan Williams-291.


 


FINAL :CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS WEEK” POINTS: 1-Ferns-195; 2-Edwards-181; 3-Simunovich-181.


 


NEXT USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS RACE: August 29 – Ventura (CA) Raceway