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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
JULY 16, 2007
Contact: DICK JORDAN 07-169
KAPLAN-HUNT POINT BATTLE RESUMES AT SALT LAKE CITY;
TANNER SWANSON 1ST IN ALTAMONT SPRINT
Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah hosts Saturday’s “shootout” between Lucas Oil USAC Western Sprint Car point leaders Ryan Kaplan and Tony Hunt, while Ryan Burdette will try to maintain his lead in the USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series.
Kaplan and Hunt enter Saturday’s race separated by just two points, while Burdett holds a 39-point edge over Jim Campbell.
Hunt finished second and Kaplan 10th in Saturday’s Lucas Oil Western Sprint race at Altamont Motorsports Park in Tracy, Calif. Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. won Saturday’s 50-lap USAC/CASA Altamont feature in his Keith Williams Eagle/Chevy, beating Hunt, Greg Anderson, JoJo Helberg and Nick Green. Green led the first 25 laps and Swanson led the final 25.
Burdette is the only driver to repeat as a feature winner this year at RMR. Kody Swanson, Anderson and Jim Waters have also won there.
LUCAS OIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS
1 Ryan Kaplan 327
2 Tony Hunt 325
3 Greg Anderson 314
4 JoJo Helberg 308
5 Shauna Hogg 277
6 Tanner Swanson 243
7 Jim Kaiser 219
8 Laura Hayes 190
9 Kody Swanson 189
10 Nick Rescino Jr. 185
USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS
1 Ryan Burdett 336
2 Jim Campbell 297
3 Jeff Bergener 277
4 Rick Pardee 269
5 Jim Waters 262
6 Greg Anderson 260
7 Paul Marconi 238
8 Audra Sasselli 221
9 Mike Straub 170
10 Mel Andrus 133
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