From Dick Jordan
Tulare, CA — (May 18, 2013) — Mike Spencer won the USAC / CRA Sprint Car Feature Saturday night at Tulare Thunderbowl Speedway. Ryan Bernal, Danny Faria Jr., Bud Kaeding, and Matt Mitchell rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 18, 2013 – Tulare, California – Thunderbowl Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.853; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.015; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.283; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.329; 5. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.350; 6. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.378; 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.440; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.468; 9. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-15.491; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.519; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.534; 12. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.858; 13. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-15.974; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-16.072; 15. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-16.201; 16. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-16.448; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.906.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Faas, 3. Gardner, 4. A.Williams, 5. Mitchell, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. Carlile, 8. Wilson, 9. C.Williams. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.Vander Weerd, 2. R.Williams, 3. Spencer, 4. Kaeding, 5. Bernal, 6. Roa, 7. Hawkins, 8. Johnson. NT
DASH: (6 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Faas, 3. Spencer, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Kaeding, 6. Gardner. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Nic Faas, 9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 13. Rip Williams, 14. Seth Wilson, 15. D.J. Johnson, 16. Rusty Carlile, 17. Marty Hawkins. NT
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**Gardner flipped during the dash.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Faas, Laps 6-16 Kaeding, Lap 17 Spencer, Laps 18-26 Bernal, Laps 27-30 Spencer.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-528, 2-Faas-507, 3-Spencer-434, 4-Kaeding-415, 5-C.Williams-331, 6-A.Williams-323, 7-R.J. Johnson-300, 8-Mitchell-287, 9-A.Williams-287, 10-Bernal-242.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 25, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Salute to Indy”