GAUNT WINS “DOUG FORT MEMORIAL”

Santa Maria, CA……..Rickie Gaunt of Torrance, Calif. scored an emotional victory in Friday night’s 30-lap “Doug Fort Memorial” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Santa Maria Raceway. He led all 30 laps in his Shawn McDonald Sander Engineering/Smiley Crane Sled/Don Ott machine to beat Richard Vander Weerd, Matt Mitchell, Damion Gardner and Austin Williams. Gardner was the night’s fastest qualifier.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 3, 2015 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Raceway – “Doug Fort Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-14.527; 2. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.639; 3. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14,703; 4, Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.722; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.831; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-14.837; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.852; 8. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-14.876; 9. Danny Sheridan, 93, Gardner-14.982; 10. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-15.014; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.029; 12. Luke Boles, 56A, Boles-15.041; 13. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-15.084; 14. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-15.247; 15. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-15.290; 16. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.306; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-15.354; 18. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-15.444; 19. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-15.605; 20. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-15.616; 21. James Herrera, 91, Herrera-15.649; 22. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-15.730; 23. Jordan Linson, 10J, Linson-16.393; 24. Geoffrey Strole, 09S, Strole-16.698.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Roa, 3. Gardner, 4. Colston, 5. Swanson, 6. Spencer, 7. Ellertson, 8. Schmidt. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Malcolm, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Mitchell, 4. C.Williams, 5. Gansen, 6. Sibley, 7. Dyson, 8. Linson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Bender, 3. A.Williams, 4. L.Williams, 5. Boles, 6. Herrera, 7. Strole, 8. Sheridan. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Sheridan, 3. Boles, 4. Gansen, 5. Sibley, 6. Swanson, 7. Schmidt, 8. Ellertson, 9. Strole, 10. Dyson, 11. Linson, 12. Herrera. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Tommy Malcolm, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Danny Sheridan, 9. A.J. Bender, 10. Parker Colston, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Logan Williams, 13. Jeremy Ellertson, 14. Mike Spencer, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Tyler Schmidt, 17. Geoffrey Strole, 18. Jeff Sibley, 19. Cody Williams, 20. Jace Vander Weerd, 21. Luke Boles, 22. Chris Dyson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gaunt 

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-529, 2-Mitchell-521, 3-Gardner-520, 4-R.Vander Weerd-483, 5-A.Williams-477, 6-Swanson-431, 7-Roa-347, 8-C.Williams-300, 9-L.Williams-249, 10-J.Vander Weerd-233.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 4– Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Firecracker 40”