Gardner Wins USAC / CRA Feature at Perris

The Demon” Damion Gardner. USAC/CRA Point Leader. Photo by Doug Allen.
The Demon” Damion Gardner. USAC/CRA Point Leader. Photo by Doug Allen.
The Demon” Damion Gardner. USAC/CRA Point Leader. Photo by Doug Allen.

From Lance Jennings

 

Perris, CA — (April 12, 2014) — Damion Gardner won the USAC / CRA Sprint  Car Series feature on Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway during the “So-Cal Sprint Car Spectacular”.  Mike Spencer, Matt Mitchell, Nic Faas, and Austin Williams rounded out the top five.

 

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 12, 2014 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “So-Cal Sprint Car Spectacular”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.307; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.350; 3. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-16.401; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.548; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.573; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.663; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.703; 8. Gary Taylor, 04G, Cook-16.712; 9. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.975; 10. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-16.803; 11. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-16.878; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.898; 13. J.J. Ercse, 14, Springstead-16.953; 14. Seth Wilson, 6W, Wilson-16.956; 15. Corey Ballard, 34, Ballard-16.975; 16. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.996; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.053; 18. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.075; 19. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.193; 20. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.329; 21. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.509; 22. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.735; 23. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-17.744; 24. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.761; 25. Jeremy Ellertson, 98X, Ellertson-18.053; 26. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-18.162; 27. Gary Potter, 6P, Potter-19.197; 28. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bender, 2. Bezio, 3. Roa, 4. Spencer, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Alexander, 7. Ercse, 8.Everhart, 9. Ellertson. 2:52.54

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Wilson, 3. Taylor, 4. C.Williams, 5. A.Williams, 6. C.Swanson, 7. Perkins, 8. L.Williams, 9. Denome. 2:49.61

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Faas, 3. Gaunt, 4. Mitchell, 5. Sweeney, 6. Ballard, 7. Gansen, 8. Smith, 9. Potter. 2:52.03

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R.Gardner, 2. A.Williams, 3. C.Swanson, 4. Alexander, 5. Ballard, 6. Ercse, 7. Sweeney, 8. Perkins, 9. L. Williams, 10. Smith, 11. Denome, 12. Everhart, 13. Ellertson, 14. Gansen. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer,3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Gary Taylor, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Cody Swanson, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Greg Alexander, 13. Logan Williams, 14. A.J. Bender, 15. Verne Sweeney, 16. J.J. Ercse, 17. Kenny Perkins, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Seth Wilson, 20. David Bezio, 21. Corey Ballard, 22. Cal Smith. NT
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**Gansen flipped during the semi. C.Williams flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Mitchell, Laps 4-30 D.Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-215, 2-Faas-184, 3-Spencer-171, 4-Mitchell-159, 5-Taylor-143, 6-R.J. Johnson-108, 7-Roa-103, 8-Kruseman-97, 9-C.Williams-97, 10-Jake Swanson-92.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 3, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway