SPENCER BACK ON TOP AT THE PAS
 
Perris, CA……..Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. returned to victory lane Saturday night, winning the 30-lap "Glenn Howard Memorial" AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. He took the lead from Rip Williams on lap six and led the final 25 circuits to beat Richard Vander Weerd, Williams, Nic Faas and David Cardey. Faas was the fastest qualifier.
 
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - "Glenn Howard Memorial"
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.370; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.479; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.796; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.830; 5. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.867; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 37, Mitchell-16.879; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.942; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.048; 9. Jake Swanson, 41, Henry/Jones-17.080; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.209; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.223; 12. Bobby Bender, 11, Bender-17.226; 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.244; 14. Chad Boespflug, 73, Ford-17.262; 15. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.333; 16. Charles Davis, 4G, Cook-17.341; 17. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.349; 18. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.368; 19. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.451; 20. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.531; 21. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.584; 22. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-17.648; 23. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-17.811; 24. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-18.017; 25. Ed Schwarz, 47, Perkins-18.273; 26. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.368; 27. John Aden, 12X, Blair-18.489; 28. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-19.137; 29. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.412; 30. Kyle LeDuc, 23, Bellegante-19.556; 31. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-NT; 32. Trevor Cooper, 21K, Kruseman-NT; 33. Tony Jones, 4x, Alexander-NT.
 
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bezio, 2. Kaeding, 3. Faas, 4. R.Williams, 5. Cardey, 6.  Aden, 7. Perkins, 8. Kruseman. NT
 
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Alexander, 3. Davis, 4. Gaunt, 5. Welton, 6. Cooper, 7. Smith, 8. B.Bender. NT
 
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ercse, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Roa, 5. Blinn, 6. Schwarz, 7. Kairot. NT
 
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Ballard, 3. C.Williams, 4. A.J. Bender, 5. Collins, 6. LeDuc, 7. Swanson. NT
 
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Kruseman, 3. Perkins, 4. Blinn, 5. Cooper, 6. Smith, 7. LeDuc, 8. Collins, 9. Aden, 10. Kairot, 11. Welton. NT
 
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Nic Faas, 5. David Cardey, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Charles Davis, 10. Chad Boespflug, 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Greg Alexander, 13. David Bezio, 14. J.J. Ercse, 15. Cal Smith, 16. Trevor Copper, 17. Billy Blinn, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Kenny Perkins, 20. Jace Vander Weerd, 21. A.J. Bender, 22. Corey Ballard. NT
 
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**Wilson flipped during qualifications. B.Bender flipped during the second heat. J.Vander Weerd flipped on lap 6 of the feature.
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 R.Williams, Laps 6-30 Spencer.
 
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,163, 2-Roa-837, 3-Faas-832, 4-Ryan Bernal-776, 5-R.Williams-755, 6-Austin Williams-706, 7-Kruseman-658, 8-C.Williams-545, 9-Matt Mitchell-461, 10-Seth Wilson-431.
 
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway