Damion Gardner Garners Oval Nationals

From Dick Jordan

Damion Gardner captured the 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night after taking the lead on the 37th og 40 laps. Gardner was chased to the stripe by Mike Spencer , Levi Jones , Bryan Clauson and Bud Kaeding

USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 7, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

“C” MAIN: (20 laps) 1. Austin Williams (#2 Jory), 2. Keith Bloom Jr. (#27 Braund), 3. Chad Boat (#30 Boat), 4. Dave Darland (#2B RWB), 5. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 6. Brent Camarillo (#51 Camarillo), 7. Peter Murphy (#21t Tarlton), 8. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd), 9. Austin Mero (#71k Kruseman), 10. Justin Grant (#5 Baldwin), 11. Matthew Shedarowich (#8z Shedarowich), 12. Marty Hawkins (#3m Hawkins), 13. Rusty Carlile (#151 Carlile), 14. Jonny Bates (#33 Bates), 15. Blake Miller (#93 Gardner), 16. Ludvig Solberg IV (#84 Persall), 17. Cody Williams (#44 Jory), 18. Cody Kershaw (#51k Camarillo), 19. Kenny Perkins (#0K Perkins). NT

“B” MAIN: (20 laps) 1. Cole Whitt (#67k Kunz), 2. Tracy Hines (#21 Stewart), 3. Tony Jones (#4 Alexander), 4. Darren Hagen (#4x Alexander), 5. Kevin Swindell (#83 Roth), 6. Bud Kaeding (#29 BK Racing), 7. Cory Kruseman (#21k Kruseman), 8. Bloom, 9. Greg Bragg (#92 Sertich), 10. Garrett Hansen (#7x Priestley), 11. Ronnie Gardner (#96 Gardner), 12. Boat, 13. Davey Pombo (#11p Buster & Ziggy), 14. Jimmy Crawford (#11 Crawford), 15. Murphy, 16. J.VanderWeerd, 17. Brent Camarillo, 18. John Aden (#7a Aden), 19. Steve Sussex (#0 Price), 20. Darland, 21. Bruce St. James (#7k St. James), 22. R.VanderWeerd, 23. A.Williams, 24. R.J. Johnson (#15 Martin). NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Damion Gardner (#71 DG), 2. Mike Spencer (#50 Chaffin), 3. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 4. Bryan Clauson (#7 Tucker), 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Rip Williams (#3 Jory), 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Henry Clarke (#67 Kunz), 10. Brady Short (#36 Short), 11. Greg Bragg, 12. Keith Bloom Jr., 13. Danny Sheridan (#18 Kittle), 14. Ronnie Gardner, 15. Austin Williams, 16. Tony Jones, 17. David Cardey (#38 Crossno), 18. Blake Miller, 19. Kevin Swindell, 20. Nic Faas (#17F Faas), 21. Cole Whitt, 22. Tracy Hines, 23. Chad Boat, 24. Jon Stanbrough (#37 Indiana Underground), 25. Matt Mitchell (#37x Mitchell), 26. Darren Hagen. NT
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**Hagen flipped on lap 5 of the feature. Hines flipped on lap 10 of the feature. Whitt flipped on lap 11 of the feature. Swindell flipped on lap 29 of the feature. Cardey flipped on lap 32 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 R.Williams, Laps 22-36 Spencer, Laps 37-40 Gardner.

NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,735; 2-Darland-1,557; 3-Whitt-1,545; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,352; 5-Hines-1,312; 6-D.Gardner-1,295; 7-Hagen-1,004; 8-Clauson-933; 9-Boat-889; 10-Stanbrough-831.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-913; 2-Cardey-835; 3-Hansen-748; 4-Miller-705; 5-Sheridan-665; 6-Bragg-652; 7-Mitchell-584; 8-R.Williams-562; 9-Kruseman-485; 10-T.Jones-392.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: November 13-14 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway – 30th “Pacific Coast Nationals”