3-STRAIGHT FOR ROA! BRODY WINS AGAIN WITH USAC CRA AT PERRIS
Perris, California (July 15, 2023)………Brody Roa picked off his third consecutive AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car victory, and his eighth overall of the season, on Saturday night at California’s Perris Auto Speedway.
Starting fifth, Roa (Garden Grove, Calif.) raced to the lead on the 17th lap following stints up front by Cody Williams from laps 1-3 and by Tommy Malcolm from laps 4-16.
From that point forward, Roa led the remaining 14 circuits to capture the victory in his Tom & Christy Dunkel/BR Performance No. 17R.
Roa’s 21st career USAC CRA victory moved him ahead of 2007 series champion Tony Jones for sole possession of fourth on the all-time series win list. Cory Kruseman is the next closest with 35 triumphs, while Mike Spencer has 38 and Damion Gardner possesses an all-time record of 95.
Additionally, Roa pushed his point lead to 151 over Malcolm in the quest for a series championship.
A.J. Bender (San Diego, Calif.) earned his best career USAC CRA result with a runner-up finish behind Roa. Cody Williams (Corona, Calif.) scored a third while Ricky Lewis (Camarillo, Calif.) took fourth and Logan Williams (Yorba Linda, Calif.) rounded out the top-five, earning In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner Hard Charger honors after starting 18th.
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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 15, 2023 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. R.J. Johnson, 51, Johnson-16.537; 2. Brody Roa, 17R, Dunkel/BR-16.562; 3. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-16.606; 4. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-16.707; 5. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-16.746; 6. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.792; 7. Brent Owens, 71, Martin-16.799; 8. Ricky Lewis, 11o, O’Brien-16.811; 9. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.852; 10. Matt McCarthy, 28m, McCarthy-16.979; 11. Chris Bonneau, 15, Bonneau-17.037; 12. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-17.138; 13. Grant Sexton, 22, Sexton-17.190; 14. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-17.198; 15. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.249; 16. Braden Chiaramonte, 73B, Chiaramonte-17.472; 17. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-17.491; 18. Logan Williams, 5w, McCarthy-17.527; 19. Tyler Hatzikian, 27, Hatzikian-17.676; 20. Tommy Dunkel, 17A, Dunkel-17.844; 21. Austin Grabowski, 72, Grabowski-17.993; 22. Brent Sexton, 22x, Sexton-18.217; 23. Gary Marshall Jr., 23, Bellegante-18.468; 24. James Herrera, 5E, Herrera-18.838; 25. Austin Williams, 2, Williams-NT.
FLOWDYNAMICS INCORPORATED / BILLSJERKY.NET FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Grant Sexton, 2. Tommy Malcolm, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Matt McCarthy, 5. Brent Owens, 6. Tyler Hatzikian, 7. Brent Sexton, 8. Braden Chiaramonte, 9. Austin Williams. 2:58.32
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ricky Lewis, 2. Cody Williams, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Chris Bonneau, 5. Verne Sweeney, 6. Logan Calderwood, 7. Tommy Dunkel, 8. Gary Marshall Jr. 2:58.84
WC FRIEND COMPANY THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.J. Bender, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Logan Williams, 4. Don Gansen, 5. Chris Gansen, 6. Austin Grabowski, 7. Jeff Dyer. 2:55.59
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Brody Roa (5), 2. A.J. Bender (9), 3. Cody Williams (2), 4. Ricky Lewis (1), 5. Logan Williams (18), 6. Chris Gansen (7), 7. Logan Calderwood (14), 8. Tommy Dunkel (20), 9. Verne Sweeney (17), 10. Tyler Hatzikian (19), 11. R.J. Johnson (6), 12. Matt McCarthy (10), 13. Tommy Malcolm (3), 14. Jeff Dyer (12), 15. Chris Bonneau (11), 16. Grant Sexton (13), 17. Charles Davis Jr. (4), 18. Brent Sexton (22), 19. Don Gansen (15), 20. Braden Chiaramonte (16), 21. Austin Grabowski (21), 22. Brent Owens (8), 23. Gary Marshall Jr. (23), 24. James Herrera (24). NT.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Cody Williams, Laps 4-16 Tommy Malcolm, Laps 17-30 Brody Roa.
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: Logan Williams (18th to 5th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Tommy Malcolm
NEW AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Brody Roa-991, 2-Tommy Malcolm-840, 3-Austin Williams-745, 4-Cody Williams-723, 5-A.J. Bender-717, 6-Logan Calderwood-609, 7-Grant Sexton-506, 8-Charles Davis Jr.-500, 9-Verne Sweeney-417, 10-R.J. Johnson-377.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 12, 2023 – Santa Maria Raceway – Nipomo, California
