June 23, 2007 Race Results - Rocky Mountain Raceways

Cox gets first USAC win

Billy Cox of Herriman, Utah scored his first AutoTrader Ford Focus Midget Series victory of the year on Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Cox used a 1st turn pass on the 19th lap to get around leader James Powell for the win. Powell started from the pole and jumped to a sizable early lead. Bob Brewer moved up from his 5th starting position into 2nd and began to close the distance catching Powell on lap 10. On lap 16, Brewer's car jumped out of gear in Turn 4 while attempting to pass Powell. Cox and Savage used the recovery time to catch and pass Brewer. Powell attempted to retake Cox exiting turn 4 with the two making contact. Powell slid to the infield allowing the third place Savage to move to second. Kipp Posey brought the #37 Isagenix-Wysong car in 5th.

With optimal track conditions Savage set a new qualifying record of 15.440. 87.350 mph. Savage's fast time was .001 quicker than runner up Cox. Heat races were won by Savage and Cox. Savage was attempting to become the first Ford Focus driver in USAC history to win 5 consecutive victories but fell short.

Normal competitors Charley Hanna and Jamie Wysong were unable to participate on Saturday due to other obligations but the field was bolstered by the debut of the #49 FRB Welding car of Lindy Luttmer. Lindy is the daughter of long time Sprint Car owner Frank Burdett. Lindy's car carries the #49 used by her grandfather on his midget.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tim Savage, 22, Champion Motorsports-15.455; 2. Billy Cox, 12, Cox-15.456; 3. Jeff Kelley, 56, Kelley-15.532; 4. Bob Brewer, 5, Brewer-15.602; 5. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.819; 6. Kip Posey, 37, Posey-15.823; 7. James Powell, 32, Powell-16.040; 8. Mark Miran, 11, Miran-16.263; 9. Ed Thayer, 3, Thayer-17.205; 10. Lindy Luttmer, 49, Burdett-18.226.
 

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Savage, 2. Groat, 3. Kelley, 4. Powell, 5. Thayer. NT
 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cox, 2. Posey, 3. Brewer, 4. Luttmer, 5. M.Miran. NT
 

 FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Billy Cox, 2. Tim Savage, 3. James Powell, 4. Bob Brewer, 5. Kip Posey, 6. Jeff Kelley, 7. Chuck Groat, 8. Mark Miran, 9. Ed Thayer, 10. Lindy Luttmer. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Powell, Lap 20 Cox.
 

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