The Demon Wins at Perris

The Demon” Damion Gardner. USAC/CRA Point Leader. Photo by Doug Allen.
The Demon” Damion Gardner. USAC/CRA Point Leader. Photo by Doug Allen.
The Demon” Damion Gardner.  Photo by Doug Allen.

From Dick Jordan

Perris, CA — (March 15, 2014) — Damion Gardner won the  Amsoil USAC / CRA Sprint Car Series feature Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway.   Mike Spencer, Nic Faas, Matt Mitchell, and Ronnie Gardner rounded out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 15, 2014 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Sokola Shootout”
      QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.290; 2. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-16.414; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.500; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.567; 5. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.572; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.581; 7. Gary Taylor, 04G, Cook-16.647; 8. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.714; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.807; 10. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-16.842; 11. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-16.849; 12. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.850; 13. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.867; 14. Corey Ballard, 34, Ballard-16.901; 15. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.955; 16. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-17.018; 17. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.088; 18. Johnathon Henry, 17, Henry-17.143; 19. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.276; 20. Seth Wilson, 6W, Wilson-17.294; 21. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.396; 22. Verne Sweeney, 98, Sweeney-17.527; 23. J.J. Ercse, 14, Springstead-17.562; 24. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.588; 25. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-17.819; 26. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.115; 27. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-18.194; 28. Cal Smith, 39, Smith-18.404; 29. Jeremy Ellertson, 98X, Ellertson-18.423; 30. Gary Potter, 6X, Potter-18.731; 31. Kenny Perkins, 0, Perkins-NT.
      FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. C.Williams, 4. J.Swanson, 5. Roa, 6. Kruseman, 7. Denome, 8. Ellertson. 2:55.14
      SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Bezio, 3. Henry, 4. Ballard, 5. Sweeney, 6. Potter, 7. A.Williams, 8. Everhart. NT
      THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Gardner, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Mitchell, 4. C.Swanson, 5. Wilson, 6. Smith, 7. Gandsen. 2:53.97
      FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Johnson, 3. Bender, 4. Pelkey, 5. Taylor, 6. L.Williams, 7. Ercse. NT
      SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Taylor, 3. Kruseman, 4. Wilson, 5. Sweeney, 6. L.Williams, 7. Gansen, 8. Smith, 9. Everhart, 10. Ellertson, 11. Potter. NT
      FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Richard Vander Weerd, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Josh Pelkey, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Gary Taylor, 13. Cory Kruseman, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. Johnathon Henry, 16. David Bezio, 17. Cody Swanson, 18. Logan Williams, 19. Corey Ballard, 20. Seth Wilson, 21. Verne Sweeney, 22. A.J. Bender. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 R.Gardner, Laps 3-13 Spencer, Laps 14-30 D.Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-142. 2-Faas-122, 3-Johnson-108, 4-Spencer-103, 5-Mitchell-99, 6-Taylor-92, 7-J.Swanson-91, 8-Pelkey-79, 9-C.Williams-75, 10-Roa-71.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 12, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “So-Cal Sprint Car Spectacular”