Vander Weerd wins CRA feature at Perris

Richard Vander Weerd. - Tear Off Heaven Fotos
Richard Vander Weerd. - Tear Off Heaven Fotos
Richard Vander Weerd. – Tear Off Heaven Fotos

From Lance Jennings

Perris, CA — (April 18, 2015) — Richard Vander Weerd won the Amsoil USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway Vander Weerd took the lead from Mike Spencer on lap eight and never looked back in route to the victory. Damion Gardner, Spencer, Ryan Bernal, and Austin Williams rounded out the top five.

Bruce Douglass won the Perris Senior Sprint feature.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “So-Cal Showdown”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.607; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.640; 3. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.737; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.825; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.834; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.841; 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.971; 8. A.J. Bender, 21B, Bender-16.940; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.944; 10. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.071; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.090; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-17.190; 13. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.312; 14. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.448; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.599; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.607; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.615; 18. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.637; 19. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.744; 20. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.782; 21. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-17.842; 22. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.915; 23. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.996; 24. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.240; 25. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.345; 26. Gary Potter, 6P, Potter-19.151; 27. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-19.301.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. L.Williams, 5. Colston, 6. Bezio, 7. Smith, 8. Sampson, 9. Swanson. 2:57.80

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Kruseman, 3. R.Gardner, 4. Spencer, 5. Bender, 6. Sweeney, 7. Ellertson, 8. Gansen, 9. Potter. 2:58.19

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. A.Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Gaunt, 5. Schank, 6. Malcolm, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Dyson, 9. Mitchell. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Swanson, 3. Bezio, 4. Bender, 5. Shank, 6. Gansen, 7. Malcolm, 8. Sweeney, 9. Ellertson, 10. Colston, 11. Lopiccolo, 12. Smith, 13. Dyson, 14. Sampson, 15. Potter. 3:32.13

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Rickie Gaunt, 10. David Bezio, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Cory Kruseman, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Tommy Malcolm, 17. A.J. Bender, 18. Verne Sweeney, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Terry Schank Jr., 21. Jeremy Ellertson, 22. Parker Colston. NT
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**Mitchell flipped during the third heat. Schank flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Spencer, Laps 8-30 R.Vander Weerd,