Richard Vander Weerd wins USAC / CRA feature at Perris

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Perris, CA — (May 23, 2015) — Richard Vander Weerd won the USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series featur Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. Matt Mitchell, Austin Williams, Cody Williams, and Jake Swanson rounded out the top five.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 23, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Salute to Indy”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.354; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.500; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.516; 4. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-16.584; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.645; 6. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.743; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.756; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.820; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.827; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.901; 11. Trent Williams, 52, Williams-16.920; 12. Cody Swanson, 93, Gardner-17.050; 13. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.062; 14. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.146; 15. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.208; 16. Chad Boespflug, 42, Cheney-17.324; 17. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.555; 18. Verne Sweeney, 98V, Tracy-17.591; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.641; 20. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.700; 21. Austin Smith, 33, Smith-17.798; 22. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-17.834; 23. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.343; 24. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.404.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. C.Williams, 3. J.Swanson, 4. Bender, 5. Gaunt, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Gansen, 8. Denome. 2:51.77

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Roa, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. T.Williams, 5. Ellertson, 6. Malcolm, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Colston. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. L.Williams, 3. Gardner, 4. Mitchell, 5. Sweeney, 6. C.Swanson, 7. Smith, 8. Sampson. 2:53.25

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Chad Boespflug, 9. A.J. Bender, 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 11. Cody Swanson, 12. Logan Williams, 13. Austin Smith, 14. Tommy Malcolm, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Anthony Lopiccolo, 17. Tobey Sampson, 18. Rickie Gaunt, 19. Damion Gardner, 20. Jeremy Ellertson, 21. Trent Williams, 22. Parker Colston, 23. Verne Sweeney, 24. Jesse Denome. NT
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**Ellertson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Mitchell, Laps 3-40 R.Vander Weerd

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: June 13 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

Senior Sprint Car Main Event
1. Dwayne Marcum – Riverside
2. Chris Wakim – Simi Valley
3. Jesse Denome – San Diego
4. Rick Hendrix – Palmdale
5. Richard McCormick – Canyon Country
6. Bruce Douglass – Ventura
7. Steve Brown – Corona
8. Ed Tafoya – Chino Hills
9. Jack DeArmond Jr. – Corona Del Mar
10. Mike Collins – Lake Forest
11. Tony Lima – Hacienda Heights
12. Jim Giardina – Riverside
13. Jerry Welton – Monrovia
Ed Schwarz – DNS

Young Gun Main Event
1. George Morris – Holtville
2. Courtney Crone – Corona