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WESTERN SPRINTS IDLE UNTIL JULY 19 AT TRACY;
SMITH EARNS FIRST USAC VICTORY IN ALTAMONT 50-LAPPER
JUNE 30, 2008 --- Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. continues to lead the USAC Western Sprint Car Series as it pauses between races at Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, Calif. The series resumes at the 1/2-mile paved oval July 19.
Porter Smith of Aztec, N.M. earned his first USAC feature victory Saturday night at Altamont, leading the final 14 laps of the 50-lap USAC Western Sprint race in his K & N Filters/Platinum Powder Coating Eagle/Losorwith.
Teammate Ryan Kaplan took second ahead of Chase Scott, Nick Rescino Jr. and point leader Swanson. Eric Humphries led the first 36 laps and finished ninth.
Rescino trails Swanson in the standings by only 13 points after his second-place finish.
USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1 Tanner Swanson 365
2 Nick Rescino Jr. 352
3 Eric Humphries 326
4 Porter Smith 306
5 JoJo Helberg 301
6 Greg Anderson 273
7 Chase Scott 223
8 Tony Hunt 186
9 Snake Livernash 176
10 John Sarale 165
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