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NEXT RACE: Saturday, May 17th - Rocky Mountain Raceways

15 year old Bowman scores first USAC win!

Tuscon, Arizona rookie Alex Bowman scored his first USAC win in Ford Focus Midget competition on Saturday night at the Las Vegas Bullring. 15 year old Bowman moved up from the Junior Focus Series this year when USAC lowered the age limit to 14 at most facilities. It was also the first win for a "combo car" at a major pavement facility in almost a year. Bowman qualified 3rd behind Chuck Groat who scored his first career pole victory and Brendan Langlois. Early leader Ian Millie set the pace for the opening 6 laps before Bowman took the lead for the final 24 laps.

The race was red flagged for a serious crash at the beginning of lap 2. Fast qualifier Groat spun to the inside of the track near the start finish line. Groat's car rolled up the track and was struck head on by the car of previous Utah point leader Billy Cox. Groat's car appeared to be completely destroyed while Cox's car also sustained heavy front end damage. Caution flags slowed the race on 3 additional occasions.

Heat race victories were gathered by Brendan Newberry. Millie and Langlois.

The race was the 2nd of 4 scheduled joint California-Utah events. Utah series racing resumes on May 17th at Rocky Mountain Raceways, while the next joint event will be on July 3rd at the Las Vegas Bullring.  

Roush-Yates Engines to take over Focus Engine program

On April 23rd Roush-Yates Engines, Ford Racing and the United States Auto Club issued a press release naming Roush-Yates as the new engine supplier and outfitter for the Ford Focus Midget series. A copy of the press release may be viewed here:

Ford Focus engine press release