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March 14th, 2009 Race
Results - 95 Havasu Speedway
Bowman sweeps Spring
Break event at Lake Havasu
15 year old 2008 Ford Focus
National Champion Alex Bowman took up where he left off last
November with a sweep of the season opening Utah-California Pavement
Ford Focus event Saturday night at 95 Havasu Speedway in Lake
Havasu, Arizona. A near capacity crowd took time off from the
beginning of "Spring Break" to attend 95 Havasu Speedways 2nd Annual
Winter Nationals. Bowman took the qualifying honors to begin the
night followed by the Western Speed entries of Michael Lewis and
Cody Gerhardt. Bowman won the trophy dash and the first heat race.
The other heats were captured by West Valley City's Jim Waters and
Gerhardt.
Luis Ramos III driving the Steve Christie owned
Beast used by Bowman at last year's Nationals jumped to a early lead
from the pole but was overtaken on lap 3 by Nick Romano. Bowman took
the point from Romano on lap 11 and was never challenged.
Bowman is expected to compete at the Las Vegas and
Blythe events before moving to a new Esslinger powered USAC National
Midget when he turns 16 later in April
QUALIFICATIONS:1. Alex Bowman, 55,
Bowman-14.846; 2. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western
Speed-15.045; 3. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western
Speed-15.081; 4. Nick Romano, 42, Sutton-14.039;
5. Kipp Posey, 37, Posey-15.142; 6. Luis Ramos
III, 00, Christie-15.175; 7. Eric Gunderson, 98,
Gunderson-15.198; 8. Jim Waters, 25,
Ault-15.217; 9. Jeff Oleen, 8, Sutton-15.234;
10. Gregg Fuette, 15, Fuette-15.345; 11. Bob
Brewer, 5. Brewer-15.372; 12. Zach Stout, 95,
Stout-15.418; 13. Chuck Groat, 24, Groat-15.424;
14. Austin Luttmer, 49, Burdett-15.454; 15. J.R.
Williams, 74, Williams-15.487; 16. Connor Kassik,
26, Kassik-15.646; 17. Jeremy McKenna, 17,
McKenna-15.702; 18. Ron Duncombe, 4,
Duncombe-15.779; 19. Mike Daniels, 87,
Daniels-15.788; 20. Billy Cox, 12, Cox-NT
DASH:(4 laps) 1. Bowman, 2.
Lewis, 3. Romano, 4. Gerhardt. NT
FIRST HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Bowman, 2. Gunderson, 3.
Romano, 4. Groat, 5. Fuette, 6. Kassik, 7. Daniels. NT
SECOND HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Lewis, 3.
Posey, 4. Luttmer, 5. Cox, 6. McKenna, 7. Brewer. NT
THIRD HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Ramos, 3.
Duncombe, 4. Stout, 5. Oleen, 6. Williams. NT
FEATURE:(30 laps) 1. Alex Bowman, 2. Michael J.
Lewis, 3. Eric Gunderson, 4. Nick Romano, 5. Luis Ramos III, 6. Jim
Waters, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Zach Stout, 9. Kipp Posey, 10. Jeff
Oleen, 11. Chuck Groat, 12. Gregg Fuette, 13. Bob Brewer, 14. Connor
Kassik, 15. Billy Cox, 16. Austin Luttmer, 17. J.R. Williams, 18.
Ron Duncombe, 19. Jeremy McKenna, 20. Mike Daniels. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:Laps 1-2 Ramos, Laps 3-11
Romano, Laps 12-30 Bowman.
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