Jones Wins Wild Second Night at Perris

From Dick Jordan, Mudclodbob Photo

Perris, CA — Levi Jones won the second night of the Budweiser Oval Nationals Friday night at the Perris Auto Speedway. Jones topped Jon Stanbrough, who finished held down the runner up position for a second consecutive night, in a close finish. Mike Spencer, Damion Gardner, and Darren Hagen rounded out the top five.

USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 6, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-16.303; 2. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-16.312; 3. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-16.337; 4. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-16.359; 5. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-16.401; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.430; 7. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-16.447; 8. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.499; 9. Darren Hagen, 4x, Alexander-16.516; 10. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-16.516; 11. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.546; 12. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.600; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-16.606; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.611; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-16.653; 16. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-16.656; 17. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Braund-16.697; 18. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-16.703; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK Racing-16.710; 20. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-16.731; 21. Brady Short, 36, Short-16.778; 22. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.780; 23. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-16.787; 24. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.807; 25. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-16.809; 26. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.838; 27. Cody Kershaw, 51k, Camarillo-16.842; 28. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.852; 29. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.857; 30. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-16.928; 31. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.975; 32. Steve Sussex, 0, Price-17.051; 33. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camarillo-17.062; 34. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-17.081; 35. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.101; 36. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.134; 37. Kevin Swindell 83, Roth-17.135; 38. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.155; 39. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.208; 40. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-17.224; 41. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.298; 42. Matthew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.299; 43. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.304; 44. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.342; 45. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.382; 46. Brian Camarillo, 22, Camarillo-17.497; 47. Rusty Carlile, 151, Carlile-17.599; 48. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-17.991; 49. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-NT; 50. Jeff Bland, Jr., 36r, Short-NT; 51. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-NT.

“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Solberg IV, 2. C.Williams, 3. Aden, 4. Carlile, 5. Brian Camarillo, 6. Shedarowich, 7. J.Vander Weerd, 8. Hawkins. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. L.Jones, 3. Spencer, 4. Short, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Hansen, 7. Miller, 8. A.Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swindell, 2. Sheridan, 3. Sussex, 4. Clarke, 5. Faas, 6. Crawford, 7. Kershaw, 8. Bloom. 2:52.52

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Brent Camarillo, 3. D.Gardner, 4. Kruseman, 5. Bragg, 6. Hines, 7. Mero, 8. Clauson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. T.Jones, 2. St. James, 3. Johnson, 4. Hagen, 5. Whitt, 6. Boat, 7. Kaeding, 8. R.VanderWeerd. NT

FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Riggs, 3. Perkins, 4. Pombo, 5. Grant, 6. Murphy, 7. Darland, 8. Gardner. 2:55.70

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Faas, 3. Clauson, 4. Crawford, 5. Whitt, 6. Hansen, 7. Bloom, 8. Hines, 9. Boat, 10. Kaeding, 11. R.Gardner, 12. Grant, 13. Miller, 14. Bragg, 15. R.VanderWeerd, 16. Murphy, 17. Kershaw, 18. A.Williams, 19. Mero, 20. C.Williams, 21. Aden, 22. Solberg, 23. Carlile. 3:22.84

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Cole Whitt, 9. David Cardey, 10. Nic Faas, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Brady Short, 13. Henry Clarke, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Garrett Hansen, 16. Rip Williams, 17. Greg Bragg, 18. Tracy Hines, 19. Kevin Swindell, 20. R.J. Johnson, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 22. Bruce St. James, 23. Davey Pombo, 24. Steve Sussex, 25. Brent Camarillo, 26. Kenny Perkins, 27. Tony Jones, 28. Casey Riggs. NT

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**Gullick flipped during practice. Hawkins and Bland flipped during qualifications. Darland flipped during the fifth heat. T.Jones flipped on lap 6 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Jones, Laps 3-6 Hagen, Laps 7-12 Jones, Lap 13 D.Gardner, Laps 14-25 Jones.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,681; 2-Darland-1,557; 3-Whitt-1,532; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,352; 5-Hines-1,299; 6-D.Gardner-1,235; 7-Hagen-991; 8-Clauson-882; 9-Boat-876; 10-Stanbrough-818.

NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-856; 2-Cardey-816; 3-Hansen-703; 4-Miller-688; 5-Sheridan-638; 6-Bragg-621; 7-Mitchell-571; 8-R.Williams-520; 9-Kruseman-446; 10-T.Jones-371.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 7 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”