From Dick Jordan
Blake Miller picked up the USAC/CRA feature at Santa Maria Speedway Saturday. Following Miller across the stripe was Troy Rutherford, Bud Kaeding, Mike Spencer and Rip Williams.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 14, 2010 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.352; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.380; 3. Davey Pombo, 3X, Bowman-14.387; 4. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-14.457; 5. Troy Rutherford, 73, Ford-14.523; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.525; 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.527; 8. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-14.533; 9. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-14.660; 10. Bud Kaeding, 2X, Bowman-14.663; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-14.675; 12. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.748; 13. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.751; 14. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.766; 15. Rusty Carlile, 51,Carlile-14.788; 16. Jesse Mack, 71X, Kruseman-14.828; 17. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-14.849; 18. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-14.905; 19. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-14.919; 20. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.922; 21. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-14.947; 22. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.970; 23. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-15.058; 24. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-15.143; 25. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.205; 26. Jimmy Crawford, 11,
Crawford-15.250; 27. Peter Murphy, 11X, Buster and Ziggy-15.271; 28. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-15.347; 29. Lynn Anderson, 7X, Anderson-15.515; 30. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-15.659; 31. Steve Hix, 57, Hix-15.712.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Gaunt, 3. Rutherford, 4. R.Williams, 5. Hawkins, 6. Anderson, 7. Faria, 8. Schmidt. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Crawford, 2. Kruseman, 3. Mitchell, 4. Sheridan, 5. Spencer, 6. Kaeding, 7. C.Williams. 8. Everhart. 2:28:30
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Murphy, 2. Hendrix, 3. Gardner, 4. Pombo, 5. Carlile, 6. J.VanderWeerd, 7. B.Jones. 2:26:69
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Mack, 3. T.Jones, 4. Howell, 5. R.VanderWeerd, 6. Bragg, 7. Faas. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. J.VanderWeerd, 3. Kaeding, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. Carlile, 6. Hawkins, 7. Faria, 8. B.Jones, 9. Hix, 10. Anderson, 11. Faas, 12. Bragg. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Blake Miller, 2. Troy Rutherford, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Danny Faria Jr., 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 9. Danny Sheridan, 10. Marty Hawkins, 11. Peter Murphy, 12. Jimmy Crawford, 13. Tony Jones, 14. Rusty Carlile, 15. Austin Williams, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Ronnie Gardner, 18. Rick Hendrix, 19. Jesse Mack, 20. Richard VanderWeerd, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Dennis Howell. NT
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**Waitman and Kershaw flipped during the semi. Crawford flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Gaunt, Laps 8-30 Miller.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-729; 2-Sheridan-649; 3-Kruseman-572; 4-Miller-559; 5-Mitchell-489; 6-Bragg-409; 7-Crawford-385; 8-David Cardey-375; 9-Jones-359; 10-C.Williams-343.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway