Perris, California (July 13, 2024)………Tommy Malcolm raced to his third consecutive Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car feature victory on Saturday night at southern California’s Perris Auto Speedway 1/2-mle dirt oval.
Malcolm (Corona, Calif.) led all 30 laps from the pole position to score his latest triumph. In fact, Malcolm has gone wire-to-wire to lead all 80 laps that have been contested by the series in the three most recent events at Perris, Santa Maria and Perris once again.
Overall, it’s Malcolm’s sixth USAC CRA main event victory, meaning he’s doubled his career win total in just the last three events. In the process, Malcolm extended his USAC CRA championship point lead from two to eight over R.J. Johnson (Laveen, Ariz.) who turned the quickest lap in Woodland Auto Display Qualifying.
Behind Malcolm at the checkered flag were runner-up A.J. Bender (San Diego, Calif.), Austin Williams (Yorba Linda, Calif.) and Johnson while Charles Davis Jr. (Buckeye, Ariz.) rounded out the top-five.
Four different drivers were involved in upside down accidents during the course of the evening’s program Gary Marshall Jr. flipped on lap two of the first heat. Austin Grabowski flipped on the opening lap of the feature. Logan Williams and Jeff Dyer flipped on lap 24 of the feature. Dyer was transported to a local hospital where he will be going into surgery for a broken humerus bone. Dyer also suffered a concussion in the accident.
AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 13, 2024 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. R.J. Johnson, 51, Johnson-16.425; 2. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-16.742; 3. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-16.750; 4. Logan Williams, 5w, McCarthy-16.783; 5. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-16.807; 6. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-16.974; 7. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-17.056; 8. Austin Grabowski, 72, Grabowski-17.092; 9. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.240; 10. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.250; 11. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-17.433; 12. Tom Hendricks, 14, Hendricks-17.622; 13. Gary Marshall Jr., 23, Bellegante-17.811; 14. Brent Sexton, 44s, Sexton-17.842; 15. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-18.153; 16. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-NT.
FLOWDYNAMICS INCORPORATED / SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION / WC FRIEND COMPANY FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. A.J. Bender, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Cody Williams, 4. R.J. Johnson, 5. David Gasper, 6. Jeff Dyer, 7. Elexa Herrera, 8. Gary Marshall Jr. NT
BILLSJERKY.NET / FACTORY WRAPS / IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, all transfer to the feature) 1. Verne Sweeney, 2. Tommy Malcolm, 3. Logan Williams, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Austin Grabowski, 6. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 7. Tom Hendricks, 8. Brent Sexton. 3:00.85
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tommy Malcolm (1), 2. A.J. Bender (9), 3. Austin Williams (5), 4. R.J. Johnson (6), 5. Charles Davis Jr. (4), 6. Cody Williams (2), 7. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (15), 8. Austin Grabowski (8), 9. Brent Sexton (13), 10. Verne Sweeney (10), 11. Tom Hendricks (12), 12. Elexa Herrera (14), 13. Logan Williams (3), 14. Jeff Dyer (11), 15. David Gasper (7). NT
**Gary Marshall Jr. flipped on lap 2 of the first heat. Austin Grabowski flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Logan Williams and Jeff Dyer flipped on lap 24 of the feature. Dyer was transported to a local hospital for observation.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Tommy Malcolm.
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: Eddie Tafoya Jr. (15th to 7th)
AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tommy Malcolm-657, 2-R.J. Johnson-649, 3-Austin Williams-616, 4-A.J. Bender-588, 5-Logan Williams-580, 6-Cody Williams-545, 7-David Gasper-539, 8-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-452, 9-Verne Sweeney-413, 10-Austin Grabowski-381.
NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 10 – Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, California
