From Lance Jennings
Calistoga, CA — (September 1, 2013) — Kyle Larson added to his legend on Sunday night winning the USAC / CRA-Western Classic sprint car and Western Midget Car Series portions of the Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga Speedway. Larson took the lead with two laps to go from Mike Spencer in the sprint car event and led all but three laps of the midget car main.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.504; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-19.598; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-19.831; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.085; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.109; 6. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-20.113; 7. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.138; 8. Kyle Larson, 73X, Ford-20.241; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.352; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-20.359; 11. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.370; 12. Andy Forsberg, 7C, Geaney-20.426; 13. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-20.526; 14. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-20.535; 15. Tim Barber, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.535; 16. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-20.577; 17. Colby Copeland, 23, Melgoza-20.643; 18. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.766; 19. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-20.865; 20. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.040; 21. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.060; 22. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-21.062; 23. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-21.411; 24. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-21.473; 25. Evan Pardo, 21, Spear-21.618; 26. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-21.757; 27. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-21.847; 28. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-21.948; 29. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.959; 30. Tim Sherman Jr., 1JR, Sherman-21.998; 31. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-22.290; 32. Sparky Howard, 5D, VanLare-22.439; 33. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-23.282; 34. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Terrell, 3. C.Williams, 4. Mitchell, 5. Copeland, 6. Hogg, 7. Pardo, 8. R.Gardner, 9. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hunt, 4. Ensign, 5. Faas, 6. Boespflug, 7. Hall, 8. Sherman. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Roa, 3. Johnson, 4. Hirst, 5. Sweeney, 6. Schmid, 7. Barber, 8. Richardson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. A.Williams, 3. Clauson, 4. Forsberg, 5. Martin, 6. Schank, 7. Simpson, 8. Howard. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Faas, 2. R.Gardner, 3. Boespflug, 4. Copeland, 5. Schank, 6. Barber, 7. Martin, 8. Simpson, 9. Sherman, 10. Pardo, 11. Schmid, 12. Sweeney, 13. Hall, 14. Richardson, 15. Hogg, 16. Howard, 17. Barber. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Bradley Terrell, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Nic Faas, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Colby Copeland, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Andy Forsberg, 14. Cody Williams, 15. Ronnie Gardner, 16. Matt Streeter, 17. Terry Schank Jr., 18. Tony Hunt, 19. Tim Barber, 20. D.J. Johnson, 21. Kyle Hirst, 22. Damion Gardner. NT
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**Hall flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Johnson, Laps 8-28 Spencer, Laps 29-30 Larson.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 14 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Memorial”
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup Race of Champions”
HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.759; 2. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz-21.070; 3. Kyle Larson, 71K, Kunz-21.125; 4. Tanner Thorson, 67X, Kunz-21.252; 5. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.293; 6. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-21.466; 7. Johnathon Henry, 55, Neverlift-21.491; 8. Jake Swanson, 05, Van Dyne/Swanson-21.539; 9. Bryan Clauson, 73, Ford-21.607; 10. Alex Schutte, 28, Morris-21.640; 11. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-21.914; 12. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-21.970; 13. Scott Buckley, 7NZ, Buckley-22.534; 14. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-22.627; 15. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-22.686; 16. David Prickett, 15, Prickett-22.800; 17. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-22.892; 18. Scott Kinney, 27C, Blackwell-23.203; 19. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-23.205; 20. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-23.324; 21. Jim Christian, 0, LaMott-23.644; 22. Mike Gehringer, 27X, Gehringer-23.833; 23. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-24.271.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Gardner, 3. Buckley, 4. Henry, 5. Schutte, 6. Prickett. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. J.Swanson, 3. Pierovich, 4. C.Swanson, 5. Edwards, 6. Bock, 7. Hallmark. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Clauson, 3. Golobic, 4. Pankratz, 5. Simas, 6. Kinney, 7. Christian. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Shane Golobic, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7. Tanner Thorson, 8. Alex Schutte, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Taylor Simas, 11. Scott Buckley, 12. Jake Swanson, 13. David Prickett, 14. Randi Pankratz, 15. Scott Kinney, 16. Lance Hallmark, 17. Johnathon Henry, 18. Kyle Edwards, 19. Jim Christian, 20. Terry Nichols, 21. Mike Gehringer, 22. Pete Davis, 23. Britton Bock. NT
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**Bock flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Golobic, Laps 3-25 Larson.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS:
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup Race of Champions