RMS: Final race notes, standings

WYSONG HEADED FOR INDIANAPOLIS IN JANUARY!

Jimmy Wysong of Salt Lake City, Utah will be celebrated as the 2005 USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Group Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champion when USAC presents its 50th "Champions Night" National Awards function in Indianapolis next January.

Wysong unseated two-time defending series titlist Jim Waters Saturday night, finishing second behind Rick Pardee in the 40-lap series finale at Rocky Mountain Raceways in the Utah capital.

Wysong emerges with a 73-point margin over Waters after Waters suffered through a disappointing final race, losing two engines and finishing 12th in his backup car in the 40-lap feature.

Pardee, of Salt Lake City, earned his initial series triumph in his Racecraft/Bee Hive Bail Bonds Chevy, leading the final 37 laps of the race after passing Chuck Maddox on lap four. Paul Marconi, Maddox and Shauna Hogg rounded out the "top-five" behind Pardee and Wysong. <pre> FINAL USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE GROUP ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS 1. Jimmy Wysong 726 2. Jim Waters 653 3. Rick Pardee 576 4. Dave Fitzgerald 487 5. Mel Andrus 465 6. Chuck Maddox 419 7. Jim Campbell 369 8. Mark Bergener 354 9. Tony Hunt 301 10. Todd Ellison 259

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