Results from Dick Jordan, image courtesy of Jim Fisher / FSC Pictorial
Perris, CA — Bryan Clauson won the opening night of the Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway in dominating fashion. Clauson pulled away to a big lead and held off Jon Stanbrough during a late race restart for the victory in his Parker Stone sponsored Gaerte powered Maxim Chassis.
Clauson moved up to the front row after Tony Jones stopped on the race track during the pace laps and was relegated to the tail of the field. Clauson took advantage of moving up to the front row and pulled away from the rest of the field.
Jon Stanbrough tried to close in during the late states of the feature, but could not close the gap and finished second. Levi Jones, Damion Gardner, and Rip Williams rounded out the top five.
“We were starting fourth behind Rip Williams, Tony Jones, and Garrett Hansen. I’m not sure what happened (with Jones), but it looked like he re-fired. It made our job a lot easier,” said Clauson. “We were fast yesterday in practice, and we installed a new dri-bar system on this thing tonight, and it works great.”
Stanbrough was disappointed with second place, but realized it was a great start to the weekend.
“I was a tight after the red, and I could not get into the corner as well as before the red,” said Stanbrough. “You have to fight the battle to get to the war, good night for points. I have to thank Terry Riggs and all the crew for helping and putting me in the car out here.”
USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-16.364, 2. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.570, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-16.659, 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-16.680, 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.758, 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.934, 7. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-16.935, 8. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.954, 9. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-16.957, 10. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.999, 11. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.006, 12. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-17.020, 13. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-17.031, 14. Darren Hagen, 4x, Alexander-17.047, 15. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-17.050, 16. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.061, 17. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-17.063, 18. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.098, 19. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-17.103, 20. Jeff Bland, Jr., 36r, Short-17.112, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.116, 22. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.132, 23. Blake Miller, 93x, Gardner-17.181, 24. Brady Short, 36, Short-17.183, 25. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-17.185, 26. Kevin Swindell 83, Roth-17.191, 27. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-17.195, 28. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.245, 29. Matthew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.262, 30. Jerry Coons Jr., 73, Ford-17.262, 31. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK Racing-17.285, 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.287, 33. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.318, 34. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.353, 35. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.355, 36. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.389, 37. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-17.448, 38. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.452, 39. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-17.465, 40. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.494, 41. Keith Bloom, Jr., 27, Braund-17.506, 42. Brian Camarillo, 22, Camarillo-17.517, 43. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.529, 44. Cody Kershaw, 51k, Camarillo-17.650, 45. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.670, 46. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.738, 47. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG Motorsports-17.759, 48. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-17.762, 49. Steve Sussex, 0, Price-17.815, 50. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camarillo-18.014, 51. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.027, 52. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-18.332. (Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-withdrawn)
“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Solberg, 2. Brian Camarillo, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Sussex, 5. Bates, 6. Murphy, 7. Kershaw, 8. Brent Camarillo, 9. Perkins, 10. Hawkins, 11. Gutierrez. 2:56.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Mero, 4. R. Williams, 5. Crawford, 6. Riggs, 7. Pombo, 8. Boat. 2:51.58
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Aden, 4. Hansen, 5. Faas, 6. Gullick, 7. Johnson, 8. Kruseman. 2:53.79
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Short, 3. Whitt, 4. Bragg, 5. St. James, 6. R.Gardner, 7. Shedarowicz, 8. Clarke. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Clauson, 5. Mitchell, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. Hagen, 8. Coons. NT
FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Bland, 3. T.Jones, 4. Kaeding, 5. Bloom, 6. L.Jones, 7. Swindell. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. L.Jones, 2. Clarke, 3. Faas, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Mitchell, 6. Hagen, 7. Boat, 8. Crawford, 9. Swindell, 10. Johnson, 11. Pombo, 12. R.Vander Weerd, 13. Bloom, 14. Solberg, 15. Coons, 16. Sussex, 17. J.Vander Weerd, 18. Riggs, 19. Brian Camarillo, 20. St. James, 21. Gullick, 22. Kruseman, 23. Shedarowicz. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Cole Whitt, 10. Ronnie Gardner, 11. Greg Bragg, 12. Brady Short, 13. David Cardey, 14. Bud Kaeding, 15. Nic Faas, 16. Dave Darland, 17. John Aden, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Jeff Bland Jr., 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Garrett Hansen, 23. Cody Williams, 24. Tony Jones, 25. Austin Williams, 26. Chad Boat, 27. Austin Mero. NT
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**Blake Miller flipped #93 during qualifying. Blake Miller flipped #93x during qualifying. Clarke flipped during the third heat. Swindell flipped during the fifth heat. A.Williams flipped on lap 17 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Clauson.
NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,614; 2-Darland-1,554; 3-Whitt-1,490; 4-Coons-1,352; 5-Hines-1,282; 6-D.Gardner-1,178; 7-Hagen-938; 8-Boat-875; 9-Clauson-834; 10-Brad Sweet-784.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-795; 2-Cardey-772; 3-Blake Miller-687; 4-Hansen-680; 5-Sheridan-606; 6-Bragg-602; 7-Mitchell-518; 8-R.Williams-491; 9-Kruseman-410; 10-C.Williams-352.
NEXT USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”