From Dick Jordan
Perris, CA — (May 25, 2013) — Matt Mitchell won the Amsoil USAC / CRA “Salute to Indy” Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway. Damion Gardner, David Cardey, Bud Kaeding, and Nic Faas rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 25, 2013 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Salute to Indy”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.331; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.440 ;3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-16.448; 4. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-16.467; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.523; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.542; 7. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.587; 8. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.599; 9. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.612; 10. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-16.700; 11. Jake Swanson, 9, BR-16.762; 12. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.815; 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.894; 14. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-16.982; 15. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-17.040; 16. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.130; 17. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.214; 18. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.320; 19. Jesse Denome, 81, Watt-17.668; 20. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.842; 21. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.080; 22. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-26.136; 23. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Gaunt, 4. Spencer, 5. Faas, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Denome, 8. R.Gardner. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Perkins, 3. A.Williams, 4. C.Williams, 5. Swanson, 6. Bluntach, 7. Gansen. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Wilson, 3. Bernal, 4. Kaeding, 5. Roa, 6. Bender. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Matt Mitchell, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. David Cardey, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Nic Faas, 6, Mike Spencer, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Seth Wilson, 9. Jake Swanson, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 12. Ronnie Gardner, 13. Richard Vander Weerd, 14. Kenny Perkins, 15. Johnny Bluntach, 16. Chris Gansen, 17. A.J. Bender, 18. Jesse Denome, 19. Ryan Bernal, 20. Cody Williams, 21. Austin Williams. NT
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**Bernal flipped on lap 27 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Mitchell.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-596, 2-Faas-565, 3-Spencer-484, 4-Kaeding-472, 5-Mitchell-357, 6-C.Williams-349, 7-A.Williams-347, 8-Roa-324, 9-R.J. Johnson-300, 10-Bernal-267.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: June 14, 2013 – Watsonville, CA – Ocean Speedway