GARDNER WINS “FIRECRACKER 40” AT THE PAS

Perris, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. wheeled his Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike to victory in Saturday night’s “Firecracker 40” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. He ran down Richard Vander Weerd on lap 17 and led the last 24 laps to beat Vander Weerd, Austin Williams, Mike Spencer and Brody Roa. Spencer’s point lead over Gardner now stands at just three going into an August 15 race at Perris.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 4, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Firecracker 40”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.550; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.629; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.676; 4. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.733; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.780; 6. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.789; 7. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-16.874; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.980; 9. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-16.993; 10. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.014; 11. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.018; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.066; 13. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.097; 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.184; 15. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.188; 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-17.306; 17. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.356; 18. Danny Sheridan, 9, McDonald-17.380; 19. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.567; 20. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.641; 21. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.663; 22. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.699; 23. Anthony Lopiccolo, 42, Springstead-17.736; 24. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeler-17.759; 25. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.818; 26. Kyle Edwards, 39E, Edwards-18.047; 27. Austin Smith, 33, Smith-18.052; 28. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-18.094; 29. Braedon Enos, 00, Enos-18.105; 30. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.602; 31. Eddie Tafoya, 51T, Tafoya-19.082; 32. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-19.131; 33. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Pelkey, 3. Malcolm, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Schank, 6. Ellertson, 7. Enos, 8. Everhart, 9. Colston. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. L.Williams, 2. Swanson, 3. A.Williams, 4. Sheridan, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Gansen, 7. Edwards, 8. Sampson. 2:57.66

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Mitchell, 3. Roa, 4. Bender, 5. Sweeney, 6. Lopiccolo, 7. Tafoya, 8. A.Smith. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faria, 3. C.Williams, 4. Bezio, 5. Gaunt, 6. Curtis, 7. C.Smith, 8. Dyson. 2:59.04

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Colston, 2. Gaunt, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Gansen, 5. Sweeney, 6. Schank, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Curtis, 9. Everhart, 10. Edwards, 11. C.Smith, 12. A.Smith, 13. Ellertson, 14. Dyson, 15. Enos. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Jake Swanson, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Josh Pelkey, 9. Danny Faria Jr., 10. Logan Williams, 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 12. Tommy Malcolm, 13. Terry Schank Jr., 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 16. Verne Sweeney, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18. A.J. Bender, 19. Rickie Gaunt, 20. R.J. Johnson, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Parker Colston, 23. David Bezio. NT

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**Mitchell flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Swanson, Laps 6-16 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 17-40 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-594, 2-Gardner-591, 3-R.Vander Weerd-547, 4-Mitchell-545, 5-A.Williams-542, 6-Swanson-484, 7-Roa-401, 8-C.Williams-308, 9-L.Williams-290, 10-J.Vander Weerd-266.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 15– Perris (CA) Auto Speedway