Gardner wins USAC / CRA feature at Perris

Damion Gardner overcame a heat race flip that bent the frame on his car to win the USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series feature at Perris Auto Speedway. (Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com)

Perris, CA — (July 4, 2015) — Damion Gardner won the Amsoil USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. Richard Vander Weerd, Austin Williams, Mike Spencer, and Brody Roa rounded out the top five.

George Morris won the Young Guns feature while Bruce Douglass won the Senior Sprint main event.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 4, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Firecracker 40”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.550; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.629; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.676; 4. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.733; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.780; 6. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.789; 7. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-16.874; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.980; 9. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-16.993; 10. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.014; 11. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.018; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.066; 13. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.097; 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.184; 15. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.188; 16. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Bowman-17.306; 17. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.356; 18. Danny Sheridan, 9, McDonald-17.380; 19. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.567; 20. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.641; 21. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.663; 22. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.699; 23. Anthony Lopiccolo, 42, Springstead-17.736; 24. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeler-17.759; 25. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.818; 26. Kyle Edwards, 39E, Edwards-18.047; 27. Austin Smith, 33, Smith-18.052; 28. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-18.094; 29. Braedon Enos, 00, Enos-18.105; 30. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.602; 31. Eddie Tafoya, 51T, Tafoya-19.082; 32. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-19.131; 33. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Pelkey, 3. Malcolm, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Schank, 6. Ellertson, 7. Enos, 8. Everhart, 9. Colston. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. L.Williams, 2. Swanson, 3. A.Williams, 4. Sheridan, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Gansen, 7. Edwards, 8. Sampson. 2:57.66

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Mitchell, 3. Roa, 4. Bender, 5. Sweeney, 6. Lopiccolo, 7. Tafoya, 8. A.Smith. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faria, 3. C.Williams, 4. Bezio, 5. Gaunt, 6. Curtis, 7. C.Smith, 8. Dyson. 2:59.04

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Colston, 2. Gaunt, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Gansen, 5. Sweeney, 6. Schank, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Curtis, 9. Everhart, 10. Edwards, 11. C.Smith, 12. A.Smith, 13. Ellertson, 14. Dyson, 15. Enos. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Brody Roa, 6. Jake Swanson, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Josh Pelkey, 9. Danny Faria Jr., 10. Logan Williams, 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 12. Tommy Malcolm, 13. Terry Schank Jr., 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 16. Verne Sweeney, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18. A.J. Bender, 19. Rickie Gaunt, 20. R.J. Johnson, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Parker Colston, 23. David Bezio. NT
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**Mitchell flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Swanson, Laps 6-16 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 17-40 Gardner.