GARDNER WINS CRA’S “GLENN HOWARD CLASSIC”

Perris, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. won Saturday night’s “Glenn Howard Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Wheeling the Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike, he took the lead from Austin Williams on lap 19 and led the rest of the way to beat Mike Spencer, Austin Williams, Cody Williams and Brody Roa.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 19, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.435; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.489; 3. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.499; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.525; 5. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-16.744; 6. Matt Mitchell, 93, Gardner-16.843; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.919; 8. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.960; 9. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.019; 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.020; 11. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.056; 12. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.157; 13. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.169; 14. Dwayne Marcum, 25, Yount-17.363; 15. Eddie Tafoya, 51, Tafoya-17.426; 16. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.435; 17. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-17.444; 18. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.538; 19. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-17.738; 20. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.843; 21. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.647; 22. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-NT; 23. Mikey Lovas, 36X, Lovas-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. L.Williams, 3. Vander Weerd, 4. A.Williams, 5. C.Williams, 6. Lopiccolo, 7. Sweeney. 2:53.28

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. Bender, 4. Colston, 5. Howell, 6. Lovas, 7. Ellertson, 8. Marcum. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bezio, 2. Swanson, 3. Malcolm, 4. Mitchell, 5. Gansen, 6. Sampson, 7. Tafoya. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Parker Colston, 9. Jake Swanson, 10. Tommy Malcolm, 11. A.J. Bender, 12. Verne Sweeney, 13. Tobey Sampson, 14. Logan Williams, 15. David Bezio, 16. Mikey Lovas, 17. Dennis Howell, 18. Chris Gansen, 19. Anthony Lopiccolo, 20. Dwayne Marcum, 21. Eddie Tafoya, 22. Jeremy Ellerston. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Mitchell, Laps 2-18 A.Williams, Laps 19-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,052, 2-Gardner-1,012, 3-R.Vander Weerd-958. 4-A.Williams-904, 5-Swanson-849, 6-Roa-799, 7-Mitchell-772, 8-C.Williams-651, 9-L.Williams-577, 10-Ryan Bernal-482.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 23 – Peoria, Arizona - Canyon Speedway Park - 15th Annual Sands Chevrolet "USAC Hall of Fame Classic"