Clauson Claims California Cash

From Dick Jordan, photo from Jim Fisher

Bryan Clauson led all 30 laps on his way to victory at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night during the final Lucas Oil USAC/CRA event of the season. Chasing Clauson was Tony Jones, Damion Gardner, Garrett Hansen and Mike Spencer.

LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 28, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Glenn Howard Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.848, 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.899, 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.984, 4. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-17.082, 5. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.094, 6. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.231, 7. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-17.263, 8. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.273, 9. Dave Darland, 41k, Kruseman-17.276, 10. Bryan Clauson, 7c, Tucker-17.442, 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.462, 12. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-17.466, 13. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.475, 14. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.522, 15. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.559, 16. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-17.621, 17. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.704, 18. Charles Davis Jr., 66, Miller-17.710, 19. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.731, 20. Cole Carter, 7x, Carter-17.734, 21. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-17.804, 22. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.833, 23. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.884, 24. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camarillo-17.958, 25. Brian Camarillo, 22, Camarillo-18.033, 26. Ludvig Solberg
IV, 84, Persall-18.134, 27. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-18.167, 28. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.254, 29. Billy Felts Jr., 39, Gardner-18.302, 30. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.577, 31. Cal Smith, 39c, Smith-18.640, 32. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-19.019, 33. Matt Stewart, 27, McWilliams-19.517.

DASH: (3 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Mitchell, 3. Spencer, 4. D.Gardner. 51.49

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brian Camarillo, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Crawford, 4. T.Jones, 5. Kruseman, 6. Felts, 7. Howell, 8. Stewart, 9. Darland. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Solberg, 2. Clauson, 3. Spencer, 4. Davis, 5. Ford, 6. Miller, 7. Bragg, 8. Bates. 2:55.02

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Mitchell, 3. Hansen, 4. Sheridan, 5. A.Williams, 6. Shedarowich, 7. Smith, 8. C.Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brent Camarillo, 2. Cardey, 3. Faas, 4. Carter, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Ellis, 7. Adderson, 8. Welton. 2:56.48

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Kruseman, 3. A.Williams, 4. Darland, 5. Miller, 6. R.Gardner, 7. Ford, 8. Ellis, 9. Shedarowich, 10. Felts, 11. C.Williams, 12. Adderson, 13. Bates, 14. Stewart, 15. Smith, 16. Howell, 17. Welton. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Garrett Hansen, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. David Cardey, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Nic Faas, 10. Greg Bragg, 11. Rip Williams, 12. Danny Sheridan, 13. Austin Williams, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Blake Miller, 16. Ludvig Solberg IV, 17. Brent Camarillo, 18. Cole Carter, 19. Josh Ford, 20. Brian Camarillo, 21. Charles Davis Jr., 22. Cody Williams, 23. Jimmy Crawford, 24. Ronnie Gardner. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Clauson

FINAL LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,056; 2-Cardey-949; 3-Hansen-904; 4-Miller-743; 5-Bragg-738; 6-Sheridan-732; 7-Mitchell-687; 8-R.Williams-640; 9-Kruseman-608; 10-D.Gardner-510.