From Lance Jennings
Nic Faas took the lead on lap 23 and went on to capture the “Sokola Classic” at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night. Chasing Faas was Ryan Bernal, Matt Mitchell, Mike Spencer and Cory Kruseman. Brian Williams won the senior sprint car feature setting a new 20-lap track record in the process.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
February 25, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout”
SANDER ENGINEERING / ROD END SUPPLY TIME TRIALS:
1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.833 (New Track Record); 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.424; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.513; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.516; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.549; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.592; 7. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-16.632; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.648; 9. Josh Pelkey, 12A, Allen-16.672; 10. Ryan Bernal, 73X, Ford-16.678; 11. Casey Shuman, 92, Sertich-16.681; 12. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.726; 13. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.741; 14. R.J. Johnson, 51A, Martin-16.762; 15. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-16.838; 16. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.859; 17. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.026; 18. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.065; 19. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.095; 20. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-17.110; 21. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.203; 22. Bobby Bender, 11, Bender-17.271; 23. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.292; 24. David Bezio, 37D, Bezio-17.468; 25. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.485; 26. Jake Swanson, 41, Henry/Jones-17.494; 27. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-17,620; 28. Johnny McCall, 44J, Morbitzer-17.658; 29. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.693; 30. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.932; 31. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.088; 32. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-18.221; 33. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-18.344; 34. Jerry Welton, 62X, Welton-18.426; 35. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.759; 36. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.990; 37. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-19.273.
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Nic Faas, 2. Kenny Perkins, 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Josh Pelkey, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Jace VanderWeerd, 7. Austin Smith, 8. Corey Ballard, 9. Royal Adderson, 10. Jon Kairot (DNS). 2:52.76.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Austin Williams, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Seth Wilson, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Bobby Bender, 8. Jerry Welton, 9. R.J. Johnson. 2:50.92.
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Greg Alexander, 2. David Cardey, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Casey Shuman, 6. Gavin Matlock, 7. Mike Collins, 8. Tony Everhart, 9. Verne Sweeney. 2:49.13.
SBI FUEL SYSTEMS / INTEGRA RACING SHOCKS HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps)
1. Andy Forsberg, 2. David Bezio, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Josh Ford, 7. Johnny McCall, 8. Raymond Potter, 9. Gary Potter. NT.
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / DIVERSIFIED MACHINE INC. SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Cody Williams, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Casey Shuman, 5. Josh Ford, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 8. Tony Everhart, 9. Corey Ballard, 10. Gavin Matlock, 11. Bobby Bender, 12. Gary Potter, 13. Mike Collins, 14. Austin .Smith, 15. Rusty Carlile, 16. Jerry Welton, 17. Raymond Potter. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Nic Faas (8th), 2. Ryan Bernal (2nd), 3. Matt Mitchell (7th), 4. Mike Spencer (13th), 5. Cory Kruseman (1st), 6. David Cardey (4th), 7. Brody Roa (6th), 8. R.J. Johnson (14th), 9. Rip Williams (17th), 10. Richard VanderWeerd (12th), 11. Josh Pelkey (3rd), 12. Jace VanderWeerd (23rd), 13. Josh Ford (16th), 14. Seth Wilson (22nd), 15. Casey Shuman (11th), 16. Cody Williams (10th), 17. David Bezio (19th), 18. Austin Williams (5th), 19. Bud Kaeding (9th), 20. Jake Swanson (21st), 21. Greg Alexander (15th), 22. Andy Forsberg (18th), 23. Kenny Perkins (20th). NT.
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**Verne Sweeney flipped during the third heat.
**Austin Smith flipped during the semi-main.
**Gary Potter flipped during the semi-main.
**Bud Kaeding flipped on lap 20 of the feature.
**Austin Williams flipped on the lap 20 feature restart.
**Jace VanderWeerd used a provisional.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-22 Ryan Bernal, Laps 23-30 Nic Faas.
HARD CHARGER: Jace VanderWeerd (23rd to 12th)
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:
1-Nic Faas-74; 2-Matt Mitchell-66; 3-Ryan Bernal-62; 4-Mike Spencer-60; 5-Cory Kruseman-53; 6-David Cardey-52; 7-Brody Roa-51; 8-Rip Williams-42; 9-R.J. Johnson-39; 10-Richard VanderWeerd-39.
Highlights courtesy of Loudpedal Productions…
httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m53x2EkAoaA&hd=1