SPENCER SETS USAC/CRA RECORD WITH 5TH STRAIGHT PERRIS WIN


Perris, CA……..Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. scored his fifth consecutive AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car victory at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night, establishing a new record in the process. He led the final 15 laps after taking the lead on lap 16 and held on to beat David Cardey, Rip Williams, Rickie Gaunt and Nic Faas. Williams and Danny Sheridan led the early laps but Spencer took over for good at the mid-point.


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 28, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.320; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.647; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.669; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.775; 5. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.844; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.855; 7. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-16.867; 8. Danny Sheridan, 73, Ford-16.895; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.038; 10. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.069; 11. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-17.090; 12. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.246; 13. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.302; 14. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.581; 15. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.589; 16. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-17.645; 17. Johnny McCall, 44J, McCall-17.750; 18. Patrick Clark, 71k, Kruseman-17.849; 19. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.878; 20. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.944; 21. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-18.328; 22. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.405; 23. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.762; 24. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.234.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Gardner, 3. Kruseman, 4. A.Williams, 5. Alexander, 6. Ballard, 7. McCall, 8. Welton. 2:52.11


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Faas, 3. Cardey, 4. Roa, 5. Matlock, 6. Clark, 7. Kairot, 8. Ercse. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Bezio, 3. C.Williams, 4. Gaunt, 5. Aden, 6. Sweeney, 7. Collins. 2:59.69


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. David Cardey, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Cody Williams, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. David Bezio, 11. John Aden, 12. Corey Ballard, 13. Verne Sweeney, 14. Gavin Matlock, 15. Patrick Clark, 16. Jon Kairot, 16. Danny Sheridan, 18. Mike Collins, 19. Jerry Welton, 20. Austin Williams, 21. Ronnie Gardner, 22. Johnny McCall. NT


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**Smith flipped during qualifying. Ercse flipped during the second heat. A.Williams flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 R.Williams, Laps 2-11 Sheridan, Lap 12 Spencer, Laps 13-15 Sheridan, Laps 16-30 Spencer.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-683, 2-Faas-595, 3-A.Williams-501; 4-Roa-471, 5-Matt Mitchell-461, 6-Ryan Bernal-458; 7-R.Williams-438, 8-Kruseman-417, 9-C.Williams-353, 10-Seth Wilson-313.


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 10 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway