Gardner Wins Again at Santa Maria

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 Dick Jordan

Santa Maria, CA — (September 6, 2014) — Damion Gardner won the USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series feature on Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Cody Williams, Geoff Ensign, Brody Roa, and Mike Spencer rounded out the top five.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2014 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway – “Gold Cup” – “California Sprint Week”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.612; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-14.631; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.985; 4. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.099; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-15.196; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.205; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.218; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.317; 9. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-15.389; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.435; 11. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-15.560; 12. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.672; 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.690; 14. Jeremy Ellertson, 98X, Ellertson-15.714; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 4X, Gansen-15.724; 16. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-15.778; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-15.894; 18. Luke Boles, 56A, Boles-15.985; 19. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-16.203; 20. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-16.397; 21. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-16.541; 22. James Herrera, 16J, Jones-16.963; 23. Bill Jones, 16, Jones-NT; 24. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73, Ford-NT; 25. Cotton Farmer, 15, HAL-NT; 26. Eric Rossi, 17 Shanoian-NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Mitchell, 3. Ensign, 4. Roa, 5. A.Williams, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Hansen, 8. Herrera. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Ellertson, 3. D.Gardner, 4. Spencer, 5. L.Williams, 6. Gansen, 7. Schmidt (#17 Shanoian), 8. Jones. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boles, 2. C.Williams, 3. Hurst, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Swanson, 6. Johnson, 7. R.Gardner, 8. Farmer (#7D HAL). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Johnson, 3. Swanson, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Hansen, 6. R.Gardner, 7. L.Williams, 8. Gansen, 9. Schmidt, 10. Farmer, 11. Herrera, 12. Jones. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Cody Williams, 3. Geoff Ensign, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Jake Swanson, 10. D.J. Johnson, 11. Ryan Bernal, 12. Matt Mitchell, 13. Garrett Hansen, 14. Landon Hurst, 15. Logan Williams, 16. Luke Boles, 17. Chris Gansen, 18. Tyler Schmidt, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Jeremy Ellertson, 21. Cotton Farmer, 22. Richard Vander Weerd, 23. Kevin Thomas Jr. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Gaunt, Laps 11-24 C.Williams, Laps 25-30 Gardner

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-1,118, 2-Spencer-876, 3-Roa-743, 4-C.Williams-701, 5-Mitchell-692, 6-A.Williams-664, 7-Nic Faas-628, 8-Swanson-611, 9-R.Vander Weerd-551; 10-L.Williams-439.

FINAL CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-332, 2-Roa-247, 3-Thomas-246, 4-Spencer-245, 5-C.Williams-218, 6-Ensign-186, 7-Mitchell-175, 8-Bernal-166, 9-Johnson-160, 10-A.Williams-157.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE:September 13 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Classic”

HPD USAC WESTERN DIRT MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2014 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ashley Hazelton, 5, Hazelton-16.906; 2. Cody Jessop, 3L, Love-17.043; 3. Marvin Mitchell, 25, Mitchell-17.085; 4. Shawn Buckley, 91, USAC-17.185.

FEATURE #1: (15 Laps) 1. Ashley Hazelton, 2. Shawn Buckley, 3. Cody Jessop, 4. Marvin Mitchell. NT

FEATURE #2: (20 Laps) 1. Ashley Jazelton, 2. Shawn Buckley, 3. Marvin Mitchell, 4. Cody Jessop. NT

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FEATURE #1 LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Hazelton.

FEATURE #2 LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Mitchell, Laps 17-20 Hazelton.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS:1-Hazelton-380, 2-Mitchell-278, 3-Buckley-228, 4-Jessop-220, 5-Cory Elliott-219, 6-Wally Pankratz-135, 7-Sean Watts-74, 8-Randi Pankratz-69, 9-Courtney Crone-64, 10-Davey Marcotte-60.

NEW USAC HPD WESTERN MIDGET POINTS:1-Buckley-1,094, 2-Hazelton-697, 3-Toni Breidinger-646, 4-Jessop-615, 5-Christine Breckenridge-562, 6-Annie Breidinger-539, 7-Joel Rayborne-535, 8-Tom Paterson-469, 9-Dylan Nobile-427, 10-Jeff Kelley-392.

NEXT HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Dirt):September 20- Bakersfield (CA( Speedway

NEXT HPD WESTERN MIDGET RACE (Pavement):September 13- Madera (CA) Speedway