GARDNER LANDS ANOTHER CRA WIN AT PERRIS

Perris, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. continues his drive toward a fourth AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car championship after recording his 59th series victory Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. He passed Mike Spencer on lap 12 and led the rest of the way in his Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike andled the rest of the way to beat Richard Vander Weerd, Spencer, Austin Williams and Jake Swanson. David Bezio led lap one and Spencer 2-11.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 2, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.636; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.644; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.669; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.773; 5. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-16.806; 6. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.808; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.849; 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.873; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.023; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.052; 11. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.155; 12. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.179; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.203; 14. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.203; 15. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.547; 16. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-17.571; 17. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.600; 18. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.900; 19. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.983; 20. Tom Hendricks, 14, Hendricks-18.048; 21. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.722.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. A.Williams, 3. Swanson, 4. C.Williams, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Denome, 7. Smith. 2:52.06.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Gardner, 3. Colston, 4. Bezio, 5. L.Williams, 6. Hendricks, 7. Everhart. 2:49.50.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Roa, 3. Bender, 4. Sweeney, 5. Gansen, 6. Ellertson, 7. Lopiccolo. 2:52.70.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. David Bezio, 9. Logan Williams, 10. Parker Colston, 11. A.J. Bender, 12. Chris Gansen, 13. Anthony Lopiccolo, 14. Tom Hendricks, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Jeremy Ellertson, 17. Jesse Denome, 18. Brody Roa, 19. Tony Everhart, 20. Cal Smith, 21. Verne Sweeney. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Bezio, Laps 2-11 Spencer, Laps 12-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-332, 2-Spencer-321, 3. Mitchell-270, 4-A.Williams-233, 5-Swanson-233, 6-R.Vander Weerd-226, 7-C.Williams-178, 8-L.Williams-147, 9-Roa-146, 10-Brady Bacon-136.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 9– Ventura (CA) Raceway