Gardner Wins at Santa Maria

"The Demon" Damion Gardner was the big winner on Friday night (Korie Lafond photo)
“The Demon” Damion Gardner. (Korie Lafond photo)

From Dick Jordan

Santa Maria, CA — (June 15, 2013) — Damion Gardner won his second Amsoil USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series of the weekend Saturday at Santa Maria Speedway.   Danny Faria Jr., Richard Vander Weerd, Nic Faas, and Matt Mitchell rounded out the top five.

 

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 15, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.270; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.351; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.365; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.479; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.495; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.596; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-14.628; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.634; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.637; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.650; 11. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-14.731; 12. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.804; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.829; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.078; 15. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-15.188; 16. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.257; 17. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.365; 18. Cotton Farmer, 15, HAL-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Roa, 3. Gardner, 4. Faria, 5. A.Williams, 6. C.Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Bernal, 3. Faas, 4. Johnson, 5. Bender, 6. Mitchell. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Kaeding, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Swanson, 6. Farmer. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Ryan Bernal, 12. D.J. Johnson, 13. Cody Swanson, 14. A.J. Bender, 15. Markus Niemela, 16. Brody Roa, 17. Cotton Farmer, 18. Bud Kaeding. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Faria, Lap 5 Bernal, Laps 6-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-739, 2-Faas-688, 3-Kaeding-564, 4-Spencer-558, 5-Mitchell-467, 6-C.Williams-423, 7-A.Williams-415, 8-Roa-384, 9-Bernal-359, 10-R.Vander Weerd-309.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 4, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway