From Dick Jordan
Calistoga, CA — (September 4, 2011) — Mike Spencer and Johnathon Henry won the USAC / CRA – Western Classic and USAC Western Midget Car Series features respectively Sunday night at Calistoga Spedway during the Louie Vermeil Classic.
Matt Mitchell, Nic Faas, Ryan Bernal, and Geoff Ensign rounded out the top five in the sprint car feature. Alex Schutte, Ronnie Gardner, Cory Kruseman, and Scott Pierovich rounded out the top five in the Midget Car main.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.551; 2. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-20.723; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.794; 4. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-21.082; 5. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-21.110; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-21.148; 7. Andy Forsberg, 92N, Forsberg-21.270; 8. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-21.300; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.375; 10. Colby Copeland, 24, Copeland-21.510; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.712; 12. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-21.775; 13. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-21.881; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.890; 15. Jason York, 25N, York-22.149; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-22.273; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-22.364; 18. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-22.369; 19. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-22.765; 20. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-22.992; 21. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-23.180; 22. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-23.406; 23. Pete Lawrence 87F, Lawrence-24.292; 24. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-24.542.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faas, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Pierovich, 4. Forsberg, 5. Copeland, 6. T.Sherman, 7. Hogg. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Bernal, 3. Ballou, 4. Ensign, 5. Barber, 6. Cisco, 7. Sheridan. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Spencer, 3. Bragg, 4. York, 5. Hawkins, 6. Miller, 7. Hunt. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Jason York, 7. Colby Copeland, 8. Greg Bragg, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Marty Hawkins, 11. Tim Barber, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Tim Sherman, 15. Jerry Cisco, 16. Andy Forsberg, 17. Robert Ballou, 18. Todd Miller Jr., 19. Austin Williams, 20. Damion Gardner, 21. Danny Sheridan, 22. Tony Hunt. NT
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**Hall flipped during qualifying. A.Williams and D.Gardner flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Ballou, Laps 24-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-754; 2-Faas-708; 3-Mitchell-707; 4-A,Williams-551; 5-Bragg-451; 6-C,.Williams-441; 7-Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-675; 2-Hunt-665; 3-Hogg-579; 4-Pierovich-576; 5-Barber-524; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Sherman-297; 8-Jerry Kobza-286; 9-Cody Gerhardt-281; 10-Tim Skoglund-263.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 8 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway
USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-21.942; 2. Ronnie Gardner, 73x, Ford-21.973; 3. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-22.024; 4. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-22.072; 5. Johnathon Henry, 88, Graunstadt-22.175; 6. Alex Schuitte, 25, Rodela-22.309; 7. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-22.364; 8. Matt Streeter, 14jr., Streeter-22.474; 9. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-22.502; 10. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-22.535; 11. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-22.746; 12. Connor Kassik, 15x, Neverlift-22.919; 13. Jake Swanson, 05, Swanson-23.301; 14. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-23.335; 15. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-23.465.
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Johnathon Henry, 2. Alex Schutte, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Scott Pierovich, 6. Matt Streeter, 7. Connor Kassik, 8. Josh Ford, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Pete Davis, 11. Randi Pankratz, 12. David Prickett, 13. Britton Bock, 14. Shane Golobic, 15. Jake Swanson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Schutte, Laps 9-25 Henry.
NEW MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kruseman-424; 2-Henry-384; 3-Prickett-379; 4-C.Swanson-345; 5-J.Swanson-342; 6-Pierovich-300; 7-Chris Ennis-202; 8-Kassik-185; 9-R.Pankratz-152; 10-Austin Smith-100.
NEXT USAC MOPAR WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 8 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – 58th Annual “Gold Cup Race of Champions”