Cody Williams Wins at Santa Maria

“The Cadillac” Cody Williams. 7th in USAC/CRA points. Photo by Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos.
“The Cadillac” Cody Williams. 7th in USAC/CRA points. Photo by Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos.
“The Cadillac” Cody Williams. Photo by Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos.

From Lance Jennings

Santa Maria, CA — (July 5, 2014) — Cody Williams won the USAC / CRA Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.   Mike Spencer, Damion Gardner, Austin Williams, and Bud Kaeding rounded out the top five.

Richard Vander Weerd won the USAC Western Midget Car Series feature.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 5, 2014 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – Party at the Coast /”Doug Fort Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-14.999; 2. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-15.489; 3. Dennis Howell, 62, 15.659; 4. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.681; 5. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-15.818; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.823; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.861; 8. Gary Taylor, 04G, Cook-15.874; 9. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-15.894; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.969; 11. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.017; 12. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.028; 13. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.081; 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.160; 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 98X, Ellertson-16.171; 16. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-16.206; 17. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-16.251; 18. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.278; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.288, 20. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.380; 21. Danny Faria Jr., 2F, Bowman-16.455; 22. Shon Deskins, 4X, Deskins-16.529; 23. Hobie Conway, 3K, Kruseman-16.537; 24. Luke Boles, 56A, Boles-16.555; 25. James Herrera, 16J, Jones-17.689; 26. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-17.689.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Kaeding, 3. C.Williams, 4. A.Williams, 5. Deskins, 6. J.Swanson, 7. Kassik, 8. D.J.Johnson, 9. R.J. Johnson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. Hendrix, 5. Taylor, 6. L.Williams, 7. Gansen, 8. Conway, 9. Herrera. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Faas, 3. Spencer, 4. Boles, 5. Bernal, 6. Howell, 7. Faria, 8. Ellertson. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. J.Swanson, 2. L.Williams, 3. Taylor, 4. R.J.Johnson, 5. D.J.Johnson, 6. Howell, 7. Bernal, 8. Gansen, 9. Deskins, 10. Ellertson, 11. Kassik, 12. Conway, 13. Herrera, 14. Faria. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cody Williams, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Gary Taylor, 7. Shon Deskins, 8. Nic Faas, 9. Chris Gansen, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Jake Swanson, 13. Ryan Bernal, 14. Dennis Howell, 15. Rick Hendrix, 16. D.J. Johnson, 17. R.J. Johnson, 18. Matt Mitchell, 19. Jace Vander Weerd, 20. Logan Williams, 21. Ryan Bernal, 22. Jeremy Ellertson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 A.Williams, Laps 19-30 C.Williams.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-714, 2-Spencer-603, 3-Faas-603, 4-R.Vander Weerd-471, 5-C.Williams-459, 6-Mitchell-456, 7-Roa-446, 8-A.Williams-444, 9-J.Swanson-404, 10-Cory Kruseman-381.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE:August 16 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: July 5, 2014 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Party at the Coast” / “Doug Fort Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-15.463; 2. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-15.707; 3. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-15.740; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8- 15.796; 5. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-15.937; 6. Heath Duinkerken, 81, Watt-16.004; 7. Tyler Dolacki, 99, Hokanson-16.042; 8. Terry Nichols, 45, Nichols-16.055; 9. Bruce Douglass, 31, Douglass-16.123; 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 19, Sala-16.248; 11. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-16.258; 12. Johnathon Henry, 17, Nichols-16.420; 13. Danny Ebberts, 5, Van Dyne-16.446; 14. Terre Rothweiler, 10, Walker-16.460; 15. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-16.511; 16. Michelle Decker, 7D, McQueen-16.550; 17. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-16.754; 18. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.355; 19, Ricky Shelton, 71, Full Circle-17.507; 20. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-19.980.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vander Weerd, 2. Ebberts, 3. Pierovich, 4. Decker, 5. Shelton, 6. Dolacki, 7. Gardner. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pankratz, 2. McQueen, 3. Smith, 4. Nichols, 5. Rothweiler, 6. Blondel, 7. Gard. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Douglass, 3. Duinkerken, 4. Marcham, 5. Denome, 6. Henry. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Shannon McQueen, 4. Heath Duinkerken, 5. Randi Pankratz, 6. Brian Gard, 7. Trey Marcham, 8. Jarid Blondel, 9. Jesse Denome, 10. Terry Nichols, 11. Michelle Decker, 12. Ricky Shelton, 13. Chris Ennis, 14. Johnathon Henry, 15. Tyler Dolacki, 16. Terre Rothweiler, 17. Bruce Douglass, 18. Scott Pierovich, 19. Kyle Smith, 20. Danny Ebberts. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Nichols, Laps 11-30 Vander Weerd.