By Dick Jordan
Perris, CA……..Chris Windom led all 40 laps to win Saturday night’s 15th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Trailing Windom’s Hoosier Tire/Jam It In Storage Maxim/Claxton were Damion Gardner, Bobby East, Mike Spencer and Jon Stanbrough. USAC National Drivers Championship combatants Levi Jones and Bryan Clauson finished seventh and 11th respectively and Jones remains nine points behind Clauson in those standings heading into next Saturday’s “Pacific Coast Nationals” at Tulare, Calif.
USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 6, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 15th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson (#2B RWB), 2. Cory Kruseman (#21k Kruseman), 3.Henry Clarke (#67 Kunz), 4. Austin Williams (#2 Jory), 5. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 6. J.J. Hughes (#76 Hughes), 7. Casey Riggs (#37 Indiana Underground), 8. Greg Bragg (#92 Sertich), 9. Marcus Niemela (#21x Kruseman). 2:53.49
SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Dave Darland (#39 Goodnight), 2. Justin Grant (#5x Baldwin), 3. Johnathon Henry (#71k Kruseman), 4. Keith Bloom (#27k Braund), 5. Greg Alexander (#23 Bellegante), 6. Cody Williams (#44 Jory), 7. Rusty Carlile (#51 Carlile), 8. Kenny Perkins (#0k Perkins). NT
THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Casey Shuman (#4G Cook), 2. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd), 3. Rickie Gaunt (#66 Miller), 4. Jerry Coons Jr. (#69 Dynamics), 5. Seth Wilson (#1x Wilson), 6. John Aden (#7a Aden), 7. Nic Faas (#7 Priestley), 8. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 9. Tony Jones (#4x Alexander). 2:53.09
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Marty Hawkins (#3m Hawkins), Tony Everhart (#55 Everhart) and Kevin Thomas Jr. (#9k Thomas).
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Chris Windom (#11 Walker), 2. Damion Gardner (#71 DG), 3. Bobby East (#5 Klatt), 4. Mike Spencer, (#50 Chaffin), 5. Jon Stanbrough (# 53 Fox), 6. Bud Kaeding (#29 BK), 7. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 8. Matt Mitchell (#37x Mitchell), 9. Danny Sheridan (#18 Kittle), 10. Dave Darland, 11. Bryan Clauson, 12. Casey Shuman, 13. Keith Bloom, 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 15. Casey Riggs, 16. Justin Grant, 17. Jerry Coons Jr., 18. Henry Clarke, 19. Kyle Larson (#38 Crossno), 20. Blake Fitzpatrick (#10F Fitzpatrick), 21. Rickie Gaunt, 22. Tracy Hines (#4 Hines), 23. Johnathon Henry, 24. Cody Williams, 25. Nic Faas, 26. Cory Kruseman, 27. Austin Williams. NT
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**C.Williams flipped during the second qualifying race. C.Williams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Windom.
NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-2,029; 2-D.Gardner-1,937; 3-Clauson-1,908; 4-Coons-1,705; 5-Hines-1,671; 6-Windom-1,662; 7-Clarke-1,285; 8-Darland-1,277; 9-Shane Hmiel-1,080; 10-Stanbrough-1,043.
NEW AMSOIL USAC DIRT SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,716; 2-D.gardner-1,577; 3-Clauson-1,538; 4-Windom-1,406; 5-Coons-1,349.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-1,356; 2-Sheridan-1,023; 3-Mitchell-916; 4-Kruseman-914; 5-Blake Miller-770; 6-Bragg-621; 7-T.Jones-610; 8-David Cardey-602; 9-A.Williams-600; 10-C.Williams-587.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 13 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway – “Pacific Coast Nationals”