Nipomo, California (July 6, 2024)………Tommy Malcolm is heating up at just the right time.
The Corona, California racer collected his second consecutive Avanti Windows & Doors USAC CRA Sprint Car feature victory during Saturday night’s Doug Fort Memorial at Nipomo, California’s Santa Maria Speedway.
Malcolm led all 30 laps from the pole position to earn his fifth career USAC CRA triumph and his second overall score of the season, which helped vault him into the series point lead by a mere two markers over seventh place finisher R.J. Johnson.
Trailing Malcolm to the finish line was runner-up Austin Williams (Yorba Linda, Calif.) who was followed by Cody Williams (Corona, Calif.), David Gasper (Goleta, Calif.) and Andrew Sweeney (Queen Creek, Ariz.) while Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier Ryan Timmons (Pleasant Hill, Calif.) finished sixth.
Austin Grabowski (Riverside, Calif.) advanced from 22nd to 10th to earn hard charger honors in memory of Jim and Chet Gardner.
AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 6, 2024 – Santa Maria Speedway – Nipomo, California – Doug Fort Memorial
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-13.636; 2. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-13.657; 3. Kaleb Montgomery, 3, Montgomery-13.666; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Johnson-13.761; 5. Austin Williams, 17w, Dunkel-13.846; 6. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-13.860; 7. David Gasper, 18, Kittle/Gasper-13.902; 8. Andrew Sweeney, 98A, Guerrero-14.008; 9. Ryan Bernal, 17T, Dunkel-14.032; 10. Jeff Dyer, 39, Cal-Sun-14.040; 11. Logan Williams, 5w, McCarthy-14.061; 12. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-14.096; 13. Bryce Eames, 50, Abeytia-14.103; 14. Grant Sexton, 22, Sexton-14.140; 15. Davey Pombo, 38, Pombo-14.165; 16. Anthony Pombo, 3x, Pombo-14.467; 17. Mark Henry Jr., 39R, Henry-14.530; 18. Jon DeWees, 63D, DeWees-14.745; 19. Brent Sexton, 44s, Sexton-14.907; 20. Tom Dunkel, 17A, Dunkel-15.166; 21. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-15.394; 22. Blake Bower, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.983; 23. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-23.527; 24. Shane Sexton, 74, Sexton/Gatlin-NT; 25. Aaron Altaffer, 84, Altaffer-NT; 26. Austin Grabowski, 72, Grabowski-NT.
FLOWDYNAMICS INCORPORATED/SEXTON FIRE PROTECTION FIRST HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Bryce Eames, 2. David Gasper, 3. Ryan Timmons, 4. Jeff Dyer, 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Blake Bower, 7. Brent Sexton, 8. Aaron Altaffer, 9. Anthony Pombo. NT
BILLSJERKY.NET/FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Logan Williams, 2. Andrew Sweeney, 3. Cody Wiliams, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Grant Sexton, 6. Austin Grabowski, 7. Mark Henry Jr., 8. Tom Dunkel, 9. Verne Sweeney. NT
WC FRIEND COMPANY/IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER THIRD HEAT: (10 laps, top-5 transfer to the feature) 1. Kaleb Montgomery, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. A.J. Bender, 4. Davey Pombo, 5. Tommy Malcolm, 6. Jon DeWees, 7. Elexa Herrera, 8. Shane Sexton. NT
FACTORY WRAPS SEMI: (12 laps, top-7 transfer to the feature) 1. Jon DeWees, 2. Blake Bower, 3. Brent Sexton, 4. Verne Sweeney, 5. Elexa Herrera, 6. Austin Grabowski, 7. Mark Henry Jr., 8. Tom Dunkel, 9. Aaron Altaffer, 10. Shane Sexton. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tommy Malcolm (1), 2. Austin Williams (2), 3. Cody Williams (5), 4. David Gasper (7), 5. Andrew Sweeney (8), 6. Ryan Timmons (6), 7. R.J. Johnson (3), 8. Logan Williams (11), 9. Blake Bower (20), 10. Austin Grabowski (22), 11. Davey Pombo (15), 12. Mark Henry Jr. (16), 13. Elexa Herrera (19), 14. Jeff Dyer (10), 15. Brent Sexton (18), 16. Verne Sweeney (21), 17. Kaleb Montgomery (4), 18. Ryan Bernal (9), 19. A.J. Bender (12), 20. Grant Sexton (14), 21. Jon DeWees (17), 22. Bryce Eames (13). NT.
**Grant Sexton flipped on lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Tommy Malcolm.
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: Austin Grabowski (22nd to 10th)
NEW AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tommy Malcolm-579, 2-R.J. Johnson-577, 3-Austin Williams-542, 4-Logan Williams-534, 5-A.J. Bender-513, 6-David Gasper-502, 7-Cody Williams-482, 8-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-397, 9-Verne Sweeney-362, 10-Austin Grabowski-328.
NEXT AVANTI WINDOWS & DOORS USAC CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: July 13, 2024 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California
