From Lance Jennings
Santa Maria, CA — (August 11, 2012) — Danny “Showtime” Sheridan won the Amsoil USAC / CRA Sprint Car feature Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Sheridan took the lead from Jace Vander Weerd on lap nine, but then hand to deal with the previous night’s USAC/CRA feature winner Mike Spencer. Spencer moved pass Sheridan on lap 22 before Sheridan made a last lap pass for the victory. Spencer, Rip Williams, Vander Weerd, and Nic Faas rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA – WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 11, 2012 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.592; 2. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.618; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.691; 4. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.719; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-14.753; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.783; 7. A.J. Bender, 11, Bender-14.812; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-14.878; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.883; 10. Shane Golobic, 73x, Ford-14.894; 11. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.899; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.912; 13. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.960; 14. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.982; 15. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.056; 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.129; 17. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.141; 18. Scott Pierovich, 14, Vertullo/Pierson-15.212; 19. Johnathon Henry, 17, Kruseman-15.283; 20. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.352; 21. Brandon Thomson, 16, Jones-15.515; 22. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-16.077.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. .J.Vander Weerd, 2. Sheridan, 3. Golobic, 4. Henry, 5. Spencer, 6. Bender, 7. Hunt, 8. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Faas, 3. Roa, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Wilson, 6. Bernal, 7. Faria. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. C.Williams, 3. Carlile, 4. R.Williams, 5. A.Williams, 6. Thomson, 7. Gaunt. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Ryan Bernal, 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Rusty Carlile, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Austin Williams, 12. Scott Pierovich, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Tony Hunt, 15. Tom Baker, 16. A.J. Bender, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Brody Roa, 19. Brandon Thomson, 20. Johnathon Henry, 21. Shane Golobic, 22. Rickie Gaunt. NT
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**Faria flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 J.Vander Weerd, Laps 9-22 Sheridan, Laps 23-29 Spencer, Lap 30 Sheridan.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-819, 2-Faas-699, 3-A.Williams-594, 4-Roa-561, 5-R.Williams-544, 6-Bernal-544, 7-Kruseman-479, 8-Matt Mitchell-461, 9-C.Williams-406, 10-Wilson-370.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-597, 2-Shauna Hogg-538, 3-Pierovich-388, 4-Baker-340, 5-Gordon Rodgers-319, 6-Marty Hawkins-233, 7-Brian McClish-209, 8-Tim Skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-403, 2-Shauna nHogg-369, 3-Baker-252, 4-Marty Hawkins-233, 5-Pierovich-214, 6-Gordon Rodgers-164, 7-Taylor Simas-155, 8-Jerry Cisco-86, 9-Geoff Ensign-49.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 18 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: September 1-2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway