Austin Williams Wins at Santa Maria

From Dick Jordan, image courtesy of Steve Lafond

Santa Maria, CA — (August 13, 2011) — Austin Williams won the USAC / CRA Sprint Car Feature Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Danny Sheridan, Ronnie Gardner, Danny Faria, Jr, and Richard VanderWeerd rounded out the top five.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.227; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.612; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Williams-14.655; 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.733; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-14.782; 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.794; 7. Wes Gutierrez, 07, Gutierrez-14.801; 8. Danny Faria, 2x, Bowman-14.803; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.812; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.838; 11. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.885; 12. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.886; 13. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-14.887; 14. Johnathon Henry, 16, Jones-14.914; 15. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-14.995; 16. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.055; 17. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.262; 18. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-15.556.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. C.Williams, 3. A.Williams, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Argo. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Gaunt, 3. Gardner, 4. Faas, 5. Henry, 6. Mitchell. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Sheridan, 3. Carlile, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. R.Williams, 6. Jones. NT

LAST MAN STANDING DASH: Winner: Mike Spencer.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Danny Faria, Jr., 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 8. Rip Williams, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Rusty Carlile, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Nic Faas, 13. Rickie Gaunt, 14. Johnathon Henry, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Rodney Argo, 17. Bill Jones, 18. Wes Gutierrez. NT

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**Mitchell flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 A.Williams.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-561; 2-Faas-518; 3-Mitchell-505; 4-A.Williams-457; 5-Greg Bragg-385; 6-Williams-362; 7-Gardner-343; 8-Gaunt-338; 9-Sheridan-333; 10-R.Williams-319.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 20 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway