RICHARD VANDER WEERD GRABS “WEIRD” PERRIS CRA FEATURE

Perris, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. earned his first career AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint feature victory Saurday nigh at Perris Auto Speedway. He halted Damion Gardner’s three-race unbeaten streak although Gardner made a spirited bid for the win. Gardner ended up underneath a flipping Matt Mitchell on lap three but restarted at the back and came on to take second behind Vander Weerd’s Vander Weerd Constrcution/Stony Gate Development entry. Greg Alexander was third ahead of Nic Faas and Mike Spencer. Cody Williams led three laps and Austin Willams led 17 before yielding to Vander Weerd on lap 21.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 3, 2014 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.693; 2. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-16.703; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.865; 4. Jake Swanson, Sertich-16.912, 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.916; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.946; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.020; 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-17.102; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.124; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.132; 11. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.169; 12. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.214; 13. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-17.270; 14. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.296; 15. Seth Wilson, 6W, Wilson-17.384; 16. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.419; 17. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.689; 18. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.759; 19. Ryan Bernal, 91X, Ferro-17.822; 20. J.J. Ercse, 14, Springstead-17.825; 21. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.837; 22. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.840; 23. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.935; 24. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-18.075; 25. Jeremy Ellertson, 98X, Ellertson-18.249; 26. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.300; 27. Jack Hawley, 81, Watt-18.447; 28. Gary Potter, 6P, Potter-18.794; 29. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-NT; 30. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen- NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. C.Swanson, 5. L.Williams, 6. Ellertson, 7. D.Gansen, 8. Hurst. 2:53.82

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bender, 2. Faas, 3. A. Williams, 4. Perkins, 5. J. Vander Weerd, 6. Sweeney, 7. Everhart, 8. C. Gansen. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Mitchell, 3. C.Williams, 4. Wilson, 5. Smith, 6. Hawley, 7. Bernal. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. J.Swanson, 3. Alexander, 4. Ercse, 5. Denome, 6. Potter, 7. Gaunt. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. L.Williams, 2. Sweeney, 3. Hurst, 4. C.Gansen, 5. Everhart, 6. Ellertson, 7. J.Vander Weerd, 8. Smith, 9. D. Gansen, 10. Potter. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Greg Alexander, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Cody Williams, 10. Logan Williams, 11. Cody Swanson, 12. Matt Mitchell, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Verne Sweeney, 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 16. J.J. Ercse, 17. Austin Williams, 18. Landon Hurst, 19. A.J. Bender, 20. Chris Gansen, 21. Tony Everhart, 22. Kenny Perkins. NT

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**Gaunt flipped during the fourth heat. Mitchell flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 C.Williams, Laps 4-20 A.Willliams, Laps 21-30 R.Vander Weerd.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-286, 2-Faas-247, 3-Spencer-228, 4-Mitchell-195, 5-Roa-152, 6-Kruseman-150, 7-Gary Taylor-143, 8-J.Swanson-141, 9-C.Williams-139, 10-R.Vander Weerd-120.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 10, 2014 – Ventura (CA) Raceway – “Fred Thomson Tribute Race”