Gardner Lands “Louie Vermeil Classic” at Calistoga

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From Dick JordanDamion Gardner led all 30 laps on his way to winning the USAC/CRA portion of the “Louie Vermeil Classic” at Calistoga Speedway Sunday

. Chasing Gardner was Daron Clayton, Mike Spencer, Kyle Larson and Blake Miller.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2010 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.340; 2. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-19.449; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.632; 4. Geoff Ensign, 5, Ensign-19.697; 5. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-19.714; 6. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-19.807; 7. Robert Ballou, 3F, Finkenbinder-19.833; 8. Keith Bloom, 27, Braund-19.899; 9. Damion Gardner, 83, Tiner-19.915; 10. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-20.037; 11. Chris Windom, 73x, Ford-20.037; 12. Scott Pierovich, 18v, Vertullo-20.089; 13. Jeff Griffin, 50x, Griffin-20.122; 14. JoJo Helberg, 7F, Helberg-20.196; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.549; 16. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-20.576; 17. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.635; 18. Shane Golobic, 88, Golobic-20.658; 19. James Sweeney, 20J, Sweeney-20.704; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-20.732; 21. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-20.742; 22. Andy Forsberg, 92N, Forsberg-20.753; 23. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-20.898; 24. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.765; 25. Daron Clayton, 14s, Smith-NT; 26. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-NT; 27. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-NT; 28. Harlan Willis, 21x, Kruseman-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Ballou, 3. Cardey, 4. Kruseman, 5. Griffin, 6. Clayton, 7. Ensign, 8. Forsberg, 9. Sweeney. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Bragg, 3. Bloom, 4. Windom, 5. Miller, 6. Ford, 7. Schmidt, 8. Helberg, 9. A.Williams (#3). NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Golobic, 3. Mitchell, 4. Pierovich, 5. Sheridan, 6. Richardson, 7. Hawkins, 8. C.Williams. NT

SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Ensign, 3. Ford, 4. Richardson, 5. Forsberg, 6. Hawkins, 7. A.Williams (# 3), 8. Schmidt. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Daron Clayton, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Kyle Larson, 5. Blake Miller, 6. Marty Hawkins, 7. David Cardey, 8. Andy Forsberg, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Austin Williams (#3), 11. Danny Sheridan, 12. Keith Bloom, 13. Cory Kruseman, 14. Tyler Schmidt, 15. Geoff Ensign, 16. Jeff Griffin, 17. Greg Bragg, 18. Robert Ballou, 19. Matt Mitchell, 20. Shane Golobic, 21. Josh Ford, 22. Chris Windom, 23. Jim Richardson. NT
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**Sweeney flipped during the first heat. Helberg flipped during the second heat. C.Williams flipped during the third heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-937; 2-Sheridan-774; 3-Miller-709; 4-Kruseman-709; 5-Mitchell-586; 6-Cardey-470; 7-Bragg-453; 8-A.Williams-437; 9-Jimmy Crawford-422; 10-Tony Jones-421.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 18 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway