From Lance Jennings
Calistoga, CA — (August 31, 2013) — Bud Kaeding and Rico Abreu won the opening night features of the Louie Vermeil Classic for the USAC CRA/Western Classic Sprint Car Series and Western Midget Car Series respectively.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.085; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-20.090; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-20.282; 4. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.289; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-20.305; 6. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.416; 7. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-20.516; 8. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.566; 9. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-20.598; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.618; 11. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-20.638; 12. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.663; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.703; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-21.001; 15. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-21.049; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.185; 17. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.265; 18. Tim Barber, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.278; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-21.358; 20. Colby Copeland, 23, Melgoza-21.429; 21. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-21.438; 22. Matt Streeter, 14JR, 21.536; 23. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.556; 24. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-21.820; 25. Jason McIntosh, 33X, McIntosh-22.200; 26. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-22.216; 27. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-22.247; 28. Sparky Howard, 5D, VanLare-22.272; 29. Evan Pardo, 21, Spear-22.315; 30. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-22.376; 31. Kevin Sharrah, 76, Butterfield-23.230; 32. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-23.308; 33. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-23.837; 34. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Mitchell, 3. Kaeding, 4. Spencer, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Barber, 7. McIntosh, 8. Pardo, 9. Richardson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Schank, 3. Boespflug, 4. C.Williams, 5. Hawkins, 6. Johnson, 7. Hunt, 8. Simpson, NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Terrell, 4. Ensign, 5. Bernal, 6. Aton, 7. Sharrah, 8. Howard. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Hirst, 3. Hall, 4. Martin, 5. Sweeney, 6. Hogg, 7. A.Williams, 8. Baker. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Gardner, 3. A.Williams, 4. Johnson, 5. Aton, 6. Barber, 7. Schmid, 8. Sweeney, 9. Pardo, 10. Richardson, 11. Howard, 12. Simpson, 13. Hogg, 14. McIntosh, 15. Sharrah, 16. Hawkins, 17. Hunt, 18. Baker. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Cody Williams, 9. Ronnie Gardner, 10. Colby Copeland, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. Bradley Terrell, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Brody Roa, 15. Matt Streeter, 16. Tim Barber, 17. D.J. Johnson, 18. Mike Martin, 19. Terry Schank Jr., 20. Shauna Hogg, 21. Scott Hall, 22. Kyle Hirst, 23. Billy Aton. NT
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**Schmid flipped during practice. Hawkins and Sharrah flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Gardner, Laps 16-30 Kaeding.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS:
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 1 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: September 1 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”
HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.759; 2. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-21.013; 3. Rico Abrueu, 67K, Kunz-21.035; 4. Johnathon Henry, 55, Neverlift-21.301; 5. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.305; 6. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-21.328; 7. Tanner Thorson, 67X, Kunz-21.340; 8. Scott Buckley, 7NZ, Buckley-21.372; 9. Nic Faas, 25, Rodela-21.466; 10. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-21.552; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-21.616; 12. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-21.705; 13. Alex Schutte, 28, Morris-21.943; 14. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-21.985; 15. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-22.032; 16. Jake Swanson, 05, Van Dyne/Swanson-22.066; 17. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-22.118; 18. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-22.194; 19. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-22.311; 20. Mike Gehringer, 27X, Gehringer-22.818; 21. Scott Kinney, 27C, Blackwell-23.157; 22. Jim Christian, 0, LaMott-24.841; 23. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-NT, 24. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-NT, 25. Quintin Crye, 27B, Blackwell-NT, 26. Terry Nichols, 35X, Pierovich-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schutte, 2. J.Swanson, 3. Thorson, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Henry, 6. Prickett, 7. Christian, 8. Davis. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chivello, 2. Bernal, 3. Buckley, 4. Pierovich, 5. Simas, 6. Pankratz, 7. Gehringer, 8. Hallmark. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. Golobic, 3. C.Swanson, 4. Edwards, 5. Bock, 6. Kinney, 7. Faas. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Shane Golobic, 5. Cody Swanson, 6. Scott Buckley, 7. Randi Pankratz, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Alex Schutte, 11. Taylor Simas, 12. Pete Davis, 13. Jim Christian, 14. Kyle Edwards, 15. Britton Bock, 16. Scott Kinney, 17. Mike Gehringer, 18. Nic Faas, 19. Johnathon Henry, 20. Lance Hallmark, 21. Terry Nichols (#35X Pierovich), 22. Tanner Thorson, 23. David Prickett, 24. Nick Chivello. NT
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**Chivello, Prickett, and Faas flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Henry, Laps 2-8 Golobic, 9-25 Abreu.
NEW HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT POINTS:
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET DIRT RACE: September 1 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”