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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 Concord, Morris and Salt Lake City All Hosts Focus Races; Wuerdeman and Peterson Victorious; Rain Halts Grundy County
 by Dick Jordan
INDIANAPOLIS -- Jeremy Frankoski of Huntersville, N.C. hopes to tie a USAC Ford Focus victory record this week as USAC Ford Focus racing occurs on three fronts.
Frankoski leads the Carolina Series to Concord Motorsports Park Wednesday night where he will try to post his fourth consecutive series win. That would tie the USAC record set by Tate Martz (2004 Midwest), Tim Skoglund (2006 California), Mario Clouser (2007 UMARA) and Tim Savage (2007 Utah).
Joe Liguori, who posted the fastest qualifying time Saturday night before rains washed out the USAC/UMARA race at Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill., leads that series back to Grundy County this Wednesday. Kipp Posey is atop the Utah Series, which resumes action this Saturday at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City.
Ronnie Wuerdeman of Cincinnati, Ohio won Friday night’s 15-lap USAC Midwest Ford Focus Midget race at the Gas City I-69 Speedway. He passed Liguori on lap two and led the rest of the way in his Bell Helmets/Klotz Lubricants Hawk. Liguori finished second ahead of Jimmy Simpson, Kent Kriegbaum and Tyler Cottongim. The Midwest series now prepares for a July 10 race at Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.
Garrett Peterson of West Sacramento, Calif. won Saturday night’s 40-lap USAC California Pavement Ford Focus feature at All American Speedway. He passed Cody Gerhardt on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to beat series point leader and fast qualifier Nick Romano, Keegan Walmer, Luis Ramos III and Jessica Clark. Gerhardt led the first 19 laps of the race. The next California pavement race is July 18 at Madera Speedway.
Dennis Simunovich of Hollister, Calif. won Saturday night’s 20-lap USAC Junior Ford Focus race at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. He grabbed the lead from Andrew Murray on lap three and led the rest of the way to beat Ethan Quinn, Alex Jacobsen, Tanner Kershaw and Murray. Point leader Kyle Edwards was sixth. The series continues this Saturday night at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-811, 2-Tyler Cottongim-746, 3-Jimmy Simpson-744, 4-Kent Kriegbaum-469, 5-Michael May-306, 6-Tyler Trainor-296, 7-Tanner Whitten-240, 8-Zach Kanizer-209, 9-Chris Lamb-206, 10-Adam Wilsdon-191.
USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Romano-545, 2-Cody Gerhardt-501, 3-Jeff Oleen-474, 4-Zach Stout-405, 5-Michael J. Lewis-379, 6-Garrett Peterson-298, 7-Eric Gunderson-283, 8-J.R. Williams-269, 9-Connor Kassik-207, 10-Luis Ramos III-177.
USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff-351, 2-Brody Roa-336, 3-Jet Davison-315, 4-Nick Rossi-297, 5-Cody Swanson-288, 6-Kevin Michnowicz-273, 7-Nick Carlson-246, 8-Eric Gunderson-225, 9-Connor Kassik-212, 10-Andrew Mulhearn-196.
USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Kipp Posey-290, 2-Chuck Groat-188, 3-Cody Gerhardt-187, 4-Gregg Fuette-183, 5-Austin Luttmer-183, 6-Eric Gunderson-179, 7-Michael J. Lewis-178, 8-J.R. Williams-170, 9-Mike Daniels-158, 10-Nick Romano-151.
USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Jeremy Frankoski-197, 2-Shane MacMillan-165, 3-Scott Hunter-156, 4-Eric Coomes-142, 5-Steven Intravaia-137, 6-Michael Sboro-123, 7-Chris Lamb-121, 8-Billy Gaule-109, 9-Amanda Quinones-108, 10-Bryce Burden-101.
USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Kyle Edwards-652, 2-Andrew Murray-561, 3-Taylor Ferns-344, 4-Alex Jacobsen-296, 5-Ethan Quinn-294, 6-Tanner Kershaw-269; 7-Dennis Simunovich-266; 8-Casey Martinez-212, 9-Logan Williams-197; 10-Winn Frazin-187.
USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS
1-Joe Liguori-352, 2-Jimmy Simpson-326, 3-Tyler Cottongim-320, 4-Tyler Trainor-267, 5-Tanner Whitten-243, 6-Kent Kriegbaum-210, 7-Michael May-128, 8-Zach Kanizer-98, 9-Bob Adams-89, 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.
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