INDIANAPOLIS -- USAC’s Ford Focus Series continue to search for 2009 champions this week, with races slated in Illinois, North Carolina and California.

Joe Liguori leads the Midwest series to Grundy County Speedway in Morris, Ill. Saturday night, while Jeremy Frankoski sits atop the Carolina standings heading into Wednesday night’s race at Concord (NC) Motor Speedway. Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway hosts the California Dirt and Junior Focus series, led by Brody Roa and Kyle Edwards respectively.

Wednesday’s competition at Plymouth (Ind.) Speedway will not carry USAC sanction due to a change in the racing format. A similar circumstance was encountered regarding last Wednesday’s competition at the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.

Defending USAC Carolina Ford Focus Champion Bradley Riethmeyer of Hutto, Texas was the winner of Saturday night’s race at Hickory (NC) Motor Speedway, driving for car owner Tracy Trotter. He passed Steven Intravaia on lap 23 and led the rest of the way for the win, beating series point leader Frankoski, Michael Sboro, Intravaia and Scott Hunter.

Kipp Posey of Lehi, Utah led all the way to win Saturday night’s 25-lap USAC Utah Ford Focus feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. Posey was trailed by teammates Tanner Swanson and Michael J. Lewis, plus Gregg Fuette and Austin Luttmer. Posey continues to lead the series standings into an August 15 race at RMR.


USAC MIDWEST FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-994, 2-Jimmy Simpson-933, 3-Tyler Cottongim-910, 4-Kent Kriegbaum-605, 5-Michael May-377, 6-Zach Kanizer-304, 7-Tyler Trainor-296, 8-Chris Lamb-258, 9-Tanner Whitten-240, 10-Adam Wilsdon-235.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Nick Romano-601, 2-Cody Gerhardt-576, 3-Jeff Oleen-541, 4-Zach Stout-465, 5-Michael J. Lewis-379, 6-Garrett Peterson-362, 7-Eric Gunderson-325, 8-J.R. Williams-316, 9-Luis Ramos III-251, 10-Connor Kassik-251.

USAC CALIFORNIA DIRT FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Brody Roa-528, 2-Sean-Mikael Dodenhoff-507, 3-Cody Swanson-456, 4-Jet Davison-454, 5-Nick Carlson-437, 6-Nick Rossi-418, 7-Kevin Michnowicz-378, 8-Eric Gunderson-320, 9-Connor Kassik-309, 10-Bobby Michnowicz-290.

USAC UTAH FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kipp Posey-425, 2-Chuck Groat-302, 3-Austin Luttmer-301, 4-Gregg Fuette-298, 5-Mike Daniels-273, 6-Michael J. Lewis-243, 7-Bob Brewer-220, 8-J.R. Williams-206, 9-Cody Gerhardt-187, 10-Eric Gunderson-179.

USAC CAROLINA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Jeremy Frankoski-365, 2-Scott Hunter-338, 3-Steven Intravaia-315, 4-Eric Coomes-306, 5-Shane MacMillan-287, 6-Michael Sboro-269, 7-Chris Lamb-250, 8-Bryce Burden-227, 9-Tim Craver-183, 10-Scott Gordon-166.

USAC/UMARA FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Joe Liguori-486, 2-Jimmy Simpson-462, 3-Tyler Cottongim-442, 4-Tyler Trainor-391, 5-Tanner Whitten-367, 6-Kent Kriegbaum-210, 7-Bob Adams-138, 8-Michael May-128, 9-Zach Kanizer-98, 10-Adam Wilsdon-59.

USAC JUNIOR FORD FOCUS SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Kyle Edwards-809, 2-Andrew Murray-728, 3-Taylor Ferns-475, 4-Dennis Simunovich-432, 5-Alex Jacobsen-355, 6-Ethan Quinn-346, 7-Tanner Kershaw-322, 8-Casey Martinez-269, 9-Winn Frazin-262, 10-Logan Williams-252.