2 IN A ROW FOR SANTA MARIA WINNER KRUSEMAN

 


Santa Maria, CA……..Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. posted his second AMSOIL USAC/CRA – Western Classic Sprint Car feature victory in as many nights Saturday night, leading the final eight laps of the 30-lap race at Santa Maria Speedway. Defending USAC/CRA titlist Mike Spencer led the first 22 laps before retiring from the event with mechanical problems. Nic Faas, Greg Bragg, Austin Williams and Rickie Gaunt trailed Kruseman’s Lucas Oil/Sander Engineering Eagle/Mopar at the finish. Matt Mitchell (USAC/CRA) and Tony Hunt (Western Classic) emerged as the respective series point leaders.


 


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.664; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.798; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.827; 4. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.906; 5. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-14.917; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 2x, Bowman-14.965; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-14.968; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.052; 9. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.100; 10. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-15.159; 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.175; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.352; 13. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-15.360; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.394; 15. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.412; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.423; 17. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-15.426; 18. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.458; 19. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.490; 20. Tim Sherman Jr., 1JR, Sherman-15.621; 21. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.621; 22. Jerry Kobza, 93, Kobza-15.767; 23. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-15.824; 24. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.093; 25. Richard Brace Jr., 21J, Adel-16.131; 26. Jeff Shurley, 50s, Shurley-16.159; 27. Todd Miller, 96, Miller-16.230.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Kruseman, 4. Gutierrez, 5. Barber, 6. Hunt, 7. Brace. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Mitchell, 3. Faria, 4. Gaunt, 5. Ensign, 6. Shurley, 7. Kobza. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. J.VanderWeerd, 3. Faas, 4. Bragg, 5. A.Williams, 6. Hawkins, 7. Miller. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Sherman, 3. Spencer, 4. Kirkbride, 5. C.Williams, 6. Jones. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. C,Williams, 3. A.Williams, 4. Ensign, 5. Barber, 6. Hawkins, 7. Brace, 8. Kobza, 9. Jones, 10. Miller, 11. Shurley. NT


 


LAST MAN STANDING DASH Winner: Nic Faas.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Greg Bragg, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Rickie Gaunt, 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 7. Ronnie Gardner, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Wes Gutierrez, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 12. Tim Barber, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Tim Sherman, 16. Marty Hawkins, 17. Tony Hunt, 18. Mike Spencer, 19. Matt Mitchell, 20. Danny Sheridan, 21. Rip Williams, 22. Geoff Ensign. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Spencer, Laps 23-30 Kruseman.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Mitchell-371; 2-Spencer-366; 3-Faas-348; 4-Bragg-303; 5-Gaunt-281; 6-A.Williams-280; 7-Blake Miller-277; 8-David Cardey-273; 9-Kruseman-246; 10-C.Williams-231.


NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-353; 2-Ensign-290; 3-Hogg-288; 4-Barber-274; 5-Scott Pierovich-264; 6-Kobza-242; 7-Audra Sasselli-182; 8-Luis Ramos III-160; 9-Brian McClish-160; 10-Sherman-156.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 2 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway


NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: July 9 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway