Calistoga, CA — (August 30, 2014) — Christopher Bell and Rico Abreu won features during opening night of the Louie Vermeil Classic on Saturday night at Calistoga Speedway. Bell won the Amsoil CRA sprint car feature while Abreu won the Western Midget Car feature.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 30, 2014 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-19.453; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.802; 3. Christopher Bell, 51T, Roth-20.003; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-20.042; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.085; 6. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-20.101; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.187; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73X, Ford-20.344; 9. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-20.364; 10. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.401; 11. Bud Kaeding, 24, Bowman-20.409; 12. Robert Ballou,73, Ford-20.421; 13. Colby Copeland, 5V, VanLare-20.580; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.603; 15. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-20.737; 16. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.810; 17. Scott Hall, 77J, Campanile-20.891; 18. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.943; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-21.131; 20. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.159; 21. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.183; 22. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-21.638; 23. Adam Brenton, 28, Brenton-21.645; 24. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-21.739; 25. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-21.950.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. Swanson, 4. C.Williams, 5. Copeland, 6. Ensign, 7. Hawkins, 8. L.Williams, 9. Gansen. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Spencer, 3. Mitchell, 4. Kaeding, 5. Johnson, 6. Hall, 7. Terrell, 8. Brenton. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Abreu, 3. Bernal, 4. Bell, 5. A.Williams, 6. Barber, 7. Schank, 8. Schmid. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Rico Abreu, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Colby Copeland, 10. Bradley Terrell, 11. Cody Williams, 12. D.J. Johnson, 13. Tim Barber, 14. Austin Williams, 15. Logan Williams, 16. Terry Schank Jr., 17. Chris Gansen, 18. Jake Swanson, 19. Adam Brenton, 20. Ryan Bernal, 21. Bud Kaeding, 22. Geoff Ensign, 23. Scott Hall, 24. Marty Hawkins, 25. Trevor Schmid. NT
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**Kaeding flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Spencer, Laps 11-13 Bernal, Lap 14 Bell, Laps 15-23 Bernal, Laps 24-30 Bell.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-857, 2-Spencer-680, 3-Nic Faas-628, 4-Mitchell-573, 5-Roa-554, 6-A.Williams-536, 7-C.Williams-519, 8-J.Swanson-486, 9-Richard Vander Weerd-471, 10-Cory Kruseman-381.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 31 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”
USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 30, 2014 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rico Abreu, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.159; 2. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.245; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.371; 4. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-20.416; 5. Michael Pickens, 25, Rodela-20.642; 6. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-20.705; 7. Trey Marcham, 73, Ford-20.820; 8. Alex Schutte, 28, Schutte/McElwee-21.059; 9. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.084; 10. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-21.206; 11. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-21.214; 12. Cody Swanson, 71S, Swanson-21.354; 13. Britton Bock, 67X, Bock-21.464; 14. Johnathon Henry, 17, Nichols-21.656; 15. Brian Gard, 88, Arata-21.748; 16. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-21.817; 17. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-22.479; 18. Scott Kinney, 27C, Blackwell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Abreu, 3. Marcham, 4. Simas, 5. Bock, 6. Blondel. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bell, 2. Pickens, 3. Schutte, 4. Hallmark, 5. Henry, 6. Pankratz. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Gardner, 3. Pierovich, 4. Golobic, 5. Gard, 6. Kinney. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rico Abreu, 2. Christopher Bell, 3. Tanner Thorson, 4. Shane Golobic, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Michael Pickens, 7. Alex Schutte, 8. Taylor Simas, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Jarid Blondel, 11. Britton Bock, 12. Brian Gard, 13. Lance Hallmark, 14. Trey Marcham, 15. Cody Swanson, 16. Johnathon Henry. NT
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*Pankratz flipped during the second heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Golobic, Laps 7-27 Bell, Laps 28-30 Abreu.
NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-439, 2-Marcham-419, 3-Schutte-252, 4-Pierovich-250, 5-Blondel-248, 6-Shannon McQueen-203, 7-Chris Ennis-186, 8-Sean Dodenhoff-167, 9-Tyler Dolacki-155, 10-Ricky Shelton-147.
NEW HONDA WESTERN MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-439, 2-Marcham-419, 3-Blondel-411, 4-Chad Nichols-325, 5-Schutte-305, 6-Pierovich-289, 7-Shannon McQueen-203, 8-Nick Chivello-201, 9-Chris Ennis-186, 10-Sean Dodenhoff-167.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: Augsut 31 – Calistoga, CA – Calistoga Speedway – “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”