Perris, CA — (March 31, 2012) — Mike Spencer won a thrilling USAC / CRA Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. Spencer topped Nic Faas by inches at the finish line. Matt Mitchell, Ryan Bernal, and Austin Williams rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 31, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.871; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.137; 3. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-16.419; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.547; 5. Ryan Bernal, 18, Kittle-16.548; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.613; 7. R.J. Johnson, 51x, Johnson-16.650; 8. Ronnie Gardner, 42, Cheney-16.658; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.692; 10. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.694; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-16.722;12. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-16.760; 13. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-16.849; 14. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-16.857; 15. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.869; 16. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-16.894; 17. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-16.974; 18. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.008; 19. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.021; 20. David Bezio Jr., 37x, Bezio-17.025; 21. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.032; 22. Jake Swanson, 41, Jones-17.044; 23. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.212; 24. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.345; 25. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.446; 26. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.512;
27. Cory Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.534; 28. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-17.581; 29. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.827; 30. Jerry Welton Jr., 62, Welton-17.922; 31. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-18.536; 32. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-NT; 33. A.J. Bender, 11, Bender-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Swanson, 3. Bernal, 4. Rose, 5. R.Williams, 6. J.VanderWeerd, 7. A.Smith, 8. Welton. 2:48.95
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Johnson, 4. Faas, 5. Roa, 6. Perkins, 7. Ballard, 8. Kairot. 2:51.14
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Bezio, 3. Alexander, 4. Gardner, 5. Pelkey, 6. Adderson, 7. C.Smith, 8. Collins. 2:50.64
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ford, 3. Wilson, 4. C.Williams, 5. Sweeney, 6. Everhart, 7. Blinn. 2:52.64
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Roa, 3. Pelkey, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Sweeney, 6. Everhart, 7. Perkins, 8. C.Smith, 9. Blinn, 10. Ballard, 11. Kairot, 12.Welton, 13. A.Smith, 14. Adderson, 15. Bender. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Brody Roa, 9. David Bezio, 10. Josh Ford, 11. Seth Wilson, 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 13. Bill Rose, 14. Verne Sweeney, 15. Tony Everhart, 16. Jake Swanson, 17. Rip Williams, 18. Richard VanderWeerd, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. David Cardey, 21. Josh Pelkey, 22. Cody Williams. NT
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**Bender flipped during practice. C.Williams flipped on lap 1 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Johnson, Laps 8-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Faas-141, 2-Spencer-134, 3-Mitchell-131, 4-Bernal-121, 5-Roa-93, 6-A.Williams-82, 7-Cardey-77, 8-Alexander-69, 9-Bezio-69, 10-Ford-68.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway