Perris, CA — (May 26, 2012) — Mike Spencer won the USAC / CRA Salute to Indy Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. Nic Faas, Richard Vander Weerd, Cory Kruseman, and Austin Williams rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 26, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Salute To Indy”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.774; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.836; 3. Ryan Bernal, 18, Kittle-17.064; 4. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.077; 5. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.101; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.170; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.213; 8. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.246; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.351; 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.395; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.413; 12. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.435; 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.473; 14. Danny Sheridan, 73, Ford-17.495; 15. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.525; 16. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.632; 17. Ronnie Gardner, 42, Cheney-17.654; 18. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.722; 19. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.819; 20. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.831; 21. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-18.072; 22. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-18.073; 23. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-18.149; 24. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.471; 25. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-18.477; 26. Adam Frith-Smith, 62A, Frith-Smith-18.487; 27. Bobby Bender, 11, Bender-18.566; 28. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-18.640; 29. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.939; 30. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-19.328; 31. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.909; 32. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. J. Vander Weerd, 3. Spencer, 4. Ercse, 5. C. Williams, 6. Gardner, 7. Potter, 8. Ballard. 2:51.99
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Sheridan, 3. Alexander, 4. R. Vander Weerd, 5. Frith-Smith, 6. A. Williams, 7. Smith, 8. Perkins. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.J. Bender, 2. Bezio, 3. Mitchell, 4. Bernal, 5. Roa, 6. Sweeney, 7. B. Bender, 8. Kairot. 2:57.38
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. R. Williams, 3. Cardey, 4. Gaunt, 5. Blinn, 6. Matlock, 7. Welton. NT
SEMI: (5 laps) 1. A. Williams, 2. C. Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Gardner, 5. Sweeney, 6. Ballard, 7. Blinn, 8. Welton, 9. Frith-Smith, 10. Kairot, 11. Smith, 12. Potter, 13. B. Bender, 14. Matlock. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Ryan Bernal, 8. Danny Sheridan, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Rip Williams, 12. David Cardey, 13. David Bezio, 14. Cody Williams, 15. Jace Vander Weerd, 16. A.J. Bender, 17. Verne Sweeney, 18. Rickie Gaunt, 19. Corey Ballard, 20. Greg Alexander, 21. J.J. Ercse, 22. Ronnie Gardner. NT
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**Everhart crashed during practice was transported to local hospital for observation. Perkins flipped during the second heat. Mitchell and Cardey flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 R. Vander Weerd, Laps 6-30 Spencer.
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