By Dick Jordan
Perris, CA……..Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. won Saturday afternoon’s second round of the 2011 “Budweiser Oval Nationals” AMSOIL USAC National and CRA Sprint car event at Perris Auto Speedway. Rain forced postponement of Friday night’s racing program, forcing a “double” program of racing Saturday. Windom trailed Cory Kruseman for eight laps, then led the final 17 laps of the race after Kruseman encountered problems and dropped out of the race. Windom piloted the Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Claxton Mopar entry to the victory over USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Mike Spencer, National point leader Levi Jones, Damion Gardner and Thursday night winner Nic Faas. The “Budweiser Oval Nationals” finale is Saturday night.
USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2011 (Day) – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.051; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.089; 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-16.194; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.211; 5. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.244; 6. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-16.265; 7. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-16.292; 8. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-16.358; 9. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.372; 10. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-16.382; 11. Cory Kruseman, 7H, Priestley-16.384; 12. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-16.423; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, Buster & Ziggy-16.482; 14. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-16.497; 15. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.521; 16. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.524; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.595; 18. Kyle Larson, 1L, Buster & Ziggy-16.598; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.610; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.623; 21. Shane Golobic, 121, BonSchriltz-16.635; 22. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-16.639; 23. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.674; 24. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-16.679; 25. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.682; 26. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.765; 27. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.781; 28. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.791; 29. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.804; 30. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-16.830; 31. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.845; 32. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.865; 33. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-16.925; 34. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.937; 35. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-17.028; 36. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.037; 37. Seth Wilson, 75, Stansberry-17.073; 38. Danny Faria Jr., 2B, Bowman-17.091; 39. David Bezio, 37B, Bezio-17.140; 40. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts/Tate-17.217; 41. Andy Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-17.276; 42. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.289; 43. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.380; 44. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.467; 45. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.516; 46. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-17.819; 47. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.879; 48. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-23.893; 49. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-23.954; 50. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-NT.
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Aden, 2. Everrhart, 3. Perkins, 4. Ford, 5. Matlock, 6. Adderson, 7. R.Potter, 8. Forsberg, 9. Bender. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. R.Williams, 3. C.Williams, 4. Kruseman, 5. Sheridan, 6. Spencer, 7. Golobic, 8. R.VanderWeerd. 2:53.78
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Ballou, 3. Jones, 4. Faas, 5. Hines, 6. Wilson, 7. Ensign, 8. Clauson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Gaunt, 3. Bloom, 4. Kaeding, 5. Larson, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Roa, 8. Faria. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. D.Gardner, 3. R.Gardner, 4. Bezio, 5. Ebberts, 6. Stanbrough, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. A.Williams. 2:53.86
FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Alexander, 3. Darland, 4. Johnson, 5. East, 6. Bacon, 7. Bernal, 8. Bragg. 2:56.56
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Clauson, 3. Hines, 4. East, 5. Golobic, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Bacon, 8. Bernal, 9. Sheridan, 10. Bragg, 11. R.VanderWeerd, 12. Larson, 13. Roa, 14. Wilson, 15. Ebberts, 16. Ford, 17. Schuerenberg, 18. Perkins, 19. Aden, 20. Faria, 21. Everhart, 22. J.VanderWeerd, 23. A.Williams. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Keith Bloom Jr., 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Matt Mitchell, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Bobby East, 13. Casey Shuman, 14. Troy Rutherford, 15. Jon Stanbrough, 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 17. Ronnie Gardner, 18. Rip Williams, 19. Greg Bragg, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Greg Alexander, 22. David Bezio, 23. Cody Williams, 24. Colby Copeland, 25. Danny Sheridan, 26. Rickie Gaunt, 27. Cory Kruseman, 28. Bryan Clauson. NT
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**Bragg flipped during qualifying. A.Williams flipped during the semi. Schuerenberg flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Kruseman, Laps 9-25 Windom.
NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,548; 2-Windom-1,521; 3-Stanbrough-1,363; 4-Schuerenberg-1,349; 5-Ballou-1,238; 6-Hines-1,208; 7-D.Gardner-1,188; 8-Clauson-1,148; 9-Darland-1,100; 10-East-958.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-1,155; 2-Faas-1,114; 3-Mitchell-1,060; 4-A.Williams-741; 5-Bragg-631; 6-C.Williams-610; 7-Sheridan-555; 8-R.Williams-539; 9-Gaunt-520; 10-R.Gardner-467.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 5 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”