
MIKE MAIER TOPS TRACY FOCUS FEATURE
USAC - The USAC California Pavement and Utah Developmental Ford Focus Series combine for this Saturday’s race at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Western & Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Cars share billing at the 3/8-mile oval. The race is the first for the Utah series this season.
Mike Maier of Riverside, Calif. captured Saturday’s 30-lap USAC California Pavement Ford Focus Midget feature at Altamont Motorsports Park, leading the final eight laps in his K & N Engineering Beast to beat Garrett Peterson, who had led the first 22 laps. Alex Bowman took third in the “Pacific Coast Spring Nationals” race ahead of Charles Maier and Ian Miille. Mike Maier was also the fastest qualifier.
Miille emerged as the series point leader, five ahead of Bowman heading into Saturday’s race at Salt Lake City.
Charlie Butcher of Santa Barbara, Calif. won Saturday night’s 20-lap Junior Ford Focus feature at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. He leads the series standings going into this Saturday night’s race at Ventura.
The USAC California Pavement and Utah Developmental Ford Focus Series combine for this Saturday’s race at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. The Western & Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Cars share billing at the 3/8-mile oval. The race is the first for the Utah series this season.
USAC CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 19 - Tracy, California - Altamont Motorsports Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Maier, 33, Maier-13.306; 2. Ian Miille, 81, Miille-13.404; 3. Justin Hommel, 97, Hommel-13.462; 4. Alex Bowman, 55, Bowman-13.544; 5. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-13.639; 6. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-13.646; 7. Jessica Brunelli, 3, Sutton-13.655; 8. Tommy Astone III, 39, Astone-13.698; 9. Charles Maier, 32, Maier-13.701; 10. Brennan Newberry, 09, Sutton-13.758; 11. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.711.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. C.Maier, 2. M.Maier, 3. Brunelli, 4. Oleen, 5. Hommel, 6. Stout. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peterson, 2. Bowman, 3. Newberry, 4. Astone, 5. Miille. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Maier, 2. Garrett Peterson, 3. Alex Bowman, 4. Charles Maier, 5. Ian Miille, 6. Jeff Oleen, 7. Justin Hommel, 8. Brennan Newberry, 9. Zach Stout, 10. Jessica Brunelli, 11. Tommy Astone III. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Peterson, Laps 23-30 M.Maier.
NEW CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT SERIES POINTS: 1-Miille-237; 2-Bowman-232; 3-Hommel-222; 4-Oleen-192; 5-Newberry-173; 6-Brendan Langlois-168; 7-Stout-152; 8-Brunelli-132; 9-Austin Smith-121; 10-Peterson-99.
NEXT CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS RACE (Pavement): April 26 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways