GARDNER TAKES “TURNER MEMORIAL” AT HANFORD

Hanford, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. won Friday night’s 30-lap “Jim Turner Memorial” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds. He led the final 24 laps in his Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike after taking the lead from Richard Vander Weerd on lap seven. Ryan Bernal took second at the checkered flag ahead of Mike Spencer, Brody Roa and Jake Swanson. California Sprint Week ends tonight (Saturday) at Santa Maria Raceway.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 11, 2015 – Hanford, California – Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds – “Jim Turner Memorial” – California Sprint Week

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.451; 2. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-15.552; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.563; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.596; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.685; 6. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.792; 7. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-15.836; 8. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-15.954; 9. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-15.966; 10. Austin Mero, 98M, Ellertson-16.098; 11. Jeff Sibley, 42N, Sibley-16.120; 12. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.187; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.191; 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.250; 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-16.323; 16. Eric Rossi, 17S, Shanoian-16.343; 17. Danny Faria Jr., 17V Bowman-16.407; 18. Chris Ennis, 4X, Gansen-17.090; 19. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Mero, 3. A.Williams, 4. L.Willams, 5. C.Williams, 6. Colston, 7. Rossi. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. Faria, 3. Roa, 4. Gardner, 5. Swanson, 6. Sibley. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Gansen, 4. Bender, 5. Ellertson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Jeff Sibley, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Cody Williams, 10. Jeremy Ellertson, 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 12. Logan Williams, 13. Parker Colston, 14. Austin Mero, 15. Eric Rossi, 16. A.J. Bender, 17. Chris Gansen, 18. Chris Ennis, 19. Jace Vander Weerd. NT

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**Bender flipped during the feature. 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Gardner, Laps 4-6 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 7-30 Gardner, 

NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Bernal-336, 2-Spencer-269, 3-Swanson-268, 4-R.Vander Weerd-239, 5-Gardner-222, 6-Roa-221, 7-A.Williams-186, 8-Faria-172, 9-L.Williams-164, 10-C.Williams-163.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-917, 2-Gardner-875, 3-R.Vander Weerd-854, 4-A.Williams-787, 5-Swanson-774, 6-Matt Mitchell-724, 7-Roa-686, 8-C.Williams-556, 9-L.Williams-504, 10-Bernal-417.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 12 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway – California Sprint Week