AUGUST 30, 2004...Mike Murgoitio of Meridian, Idaho and Greg Anderson of
Roseville, Calif. recorded their initial USAC Western Sprint Car feature
victories at Meridian Speedway near Boise, Idaho last weekend, but little was
resolved regarding the battle for the 2004 series championship.
Defending titlist Michael Lewis of Noblesville, Ind., finished sixth and second
in the two races and leads former series champ Tony Hunt of Fair Oaks, Calif. by
nine points going into this Saturday night's event at the Stockton (Calif.) 99
Speedway. A 40-lap feature is on tap at the 1/4-mile paved oval. Hunt finished
second and fifth in the two Boise races.
Murgoitio led all 40 laps of Friday night's race in his K.L. Evans Bank/GM Land
& Cattle Eagle/Chevy. Hunt finished second ahead of Robert Beck, Brad
Bumgarner and Tim Barber. Anderson then led all 50 laps of Saturday night's race
in his Anderson Racing Eagle/Chevy to beat Lewis, Kenny Hamilton, Brian McClish
and Hunt.
Lewis, who posted fastest qualifying time for both nights of racing at Boise,
won last year's 40-lapper at Stockton, while Hunt finished fifth.
USAC VALVOLINE WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
August 27, 2004 - Boise, Idaho - Meridian Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Lewis, 40, Western Speed-12.827; 2. Tim Barber, 14,
Pierson-12.863; 3. Tony Hunt, 60, Western Speed-12.952; 4. Brad Bumgarner, 88,
Bumgarner-13.012; 5. Brian McClish, 80, Western Speed-13.027; 6. Mike Murgoitio,
19, Murgoitio-13.037; 7. Robert Beck, 03, Beck-13.077; 8. Greg Anderson, 2,
Anderson-13.132; 9. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Tyler-13.169; 10. Shauna Hogg, 5,
Hogg-13.171; 11. Michael Trimble, 15, Trimble-13.174; 12. Jimmy Hamilton, 97,
Hamilton-13.486; 13. Cody Veenstra, 7, Veenstra-13.568; 14. Butch Freeman, 01,
Freeman-13.834; 15. Chase Hightower, 94, Hamilton-14.076; 16. Stuart Birkinbine,
02, Hamilton-14.099.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Murgoitio, 3. Barber, 4. J.Hamilton, 5.
Bumgarner, 6. Veenstra, 7. Hightower, 8. Anderson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Trimble, 2. K.Hamilton, 3. Beck, 4. Hunt, 5. Lewis, 6.
McClish, 7. Birkinbine, 8. Freeman. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Murgoitio, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Robert Beck, 4. Brad
Bumgarner, 5. Tim Barber, 6. Michael Lewis, 7. Shauna Hogg, 8. Michael Trimble,
9. Brian McClish, 10. Stuart Birkinbine, 11. Cody Veenstra, 12. Jimmy Hamilton,
13. Chase Hightower, 14. Butch Freeman, 15. Kenny Hamilton. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Murgoitio.
USAC VALVOLINE WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
August 28, 2004 - Boise, Idaho - Meridian Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Lewis, 40, Western Speed-12.706; 2. Tony Hunt, 60,
Western Speed-12.923; 3. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-12.923; 4. Brian McClish, 80,
Western Speed-12.938; 5. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-12.999; 6. Mike
Murgoitio, 19, Murgoitio-13.026; 7. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Tyler-13.042; 8. Greg
Anderson, 2, Anderson-13.075; 9. Michael Trimble, 15, Trimble-13.164; 10. Cody
Veenstra, 7, Veenstra-13.192; 11. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.205; 12. Stuart
Birkinbine, 02, Hamilton-13.324; 13. Robert Beck, 03, Beck-13.403; 14. Gene
Johnston, 52, Johnson-13.404; 15. Jimmy Hamilton, 97, Hamilton-13.431; 16. Matt
Elliott, 77, Elliott-13.757; 17. Chase Hightower, 94, Hamilton-13.814; 18. Butch
Freeman, 01, Freeman-13.852.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Trimble, 3. Lewis, 4. K.Hamilton, 5. Barber,
6. J.Hamilton, 7. Beck, 8. Bumgarner, 9. Hightower. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Birkinbine, 2. Veenstra, 3. Anderson, 4. McClish, 5.
Hunt, 6. Murgoitio, 7. Johnston, 8. Freeman, 9. Elliott. NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Greg Anderson, 2. Michael Lewis, 3. Kenny Hamilton, 4.
Brian McClish, 5. Tony Hunt, 6. Tim Barber, 7. Michael Trimble, 8. Cody Veenstra,
9. Shauna Hogg, 10. Robert Beck, 11. Brad Bumgarner, 12. Jimmy Hamilton, 13.
Gene Johnston, 14. Butch Freeman, 15. Matt Elliott, 16. Chase Hightower, 17.
Stuart Birkinbine, 18. Mike Murgoitio. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Anderson.
NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Lewis-606; 2-Hunt-597; 3-Bumgarner-544;
4-McClish-495; 5-Trimble-445; 6-Hogg-440; 7-Anderson-432; 8-Murgoitio-417;
9-Barber-413; 10-Beck-390.
NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE:
September 4 - Stockton (Calif.) 99 Speedway
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