Perris, CA……..Damion “The Demon” Gardner of Concord, Calif. scored his 31st AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car victort at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night, piloting the Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike to a 30-lap win. Kevin Thomas Jr. took second ahead of Austin Williams, Matt Mitchell and Jake Swanson. Nic Faas led the opening lap, Austin Williams led for 12 laps and Gardner led the rest of the way.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 16, 2014 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “California Racers Hall of Fame Night”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.512; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.710; 3. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.776; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.794; 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73X, Ford-16.798; 6. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-16.815; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.037; 8. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-17.081; 9. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.180; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.369; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.420; 12. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.608; 13. Kenny Perkins, OK, Perkins-17.710; 14. Corey Ballard, 34, Ballard-17.752; 15. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.756; 16. Jeremy Ellertson, 98X, Ellertson-17.825; 17. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.875; 18. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-18.121; 19. Cal Smith, 39, Smith-18.200; 20. Jon Kairot, 81, Watt- 19.104; 21. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-NT, 22. Austin Smith, 36J, Springstead-NT, 23. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Spencer, 3. A.Williams, 4. C.Williams, 5. Ellertson, 6. Perkins, 7. C.Smith. 2:57.13
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Swanson, 2. Bender, 3. Thomas, 4. Mitchell, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Ballard, 7. Kairot. 3:01.87
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Faas, 3. Bezio, 4. L.Williams, 5. Hansen, 6. Gansen, 7. A.Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Austin Williams, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 9. A.J. Bender, 10. Corey Ballard, 11. Chris Gansen, 12. Austin Smith, 13. Jeremy Ellertson, 14. Jon Kairot, 15. Kenny Perkins, 16. Logan Williams, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Nic Faas, 19. Mike Spencer, 20. David Bezio, 21. Cal Smith. NT
**C.Swanson flipped during qualifications. Bezio & C.WIlliams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Faas, Laps 2-13 A.Williams, Laps 14-30 D.Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-786, 2-Spencer-631, 3-Faas-628, 4-Mitchell-517, 5-A.Williams-507, 6-Roa-496, 7-C.Williams-483, 8-Richard Vander Weerd-471, 9-J.Swanson-460, 10-Cory Kruseman-381.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 30-31 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
- administrator on Aug 18, 2014
- Article Date: 8/18/2014