Gardner wins CRA portion of the Copper on Dirt

“The Demon” Damion Gardner. 3-Time USAC/CRA Champion. (Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com)
“The Demon” Damion Gardner. (Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com)

From Lance Jennings

Tucson, AZ — (March 21, 2015) — Damion Gardner won the Amsoil USAC / CRA sprint car series portion of the Copper on Dirt Saturday night at USA Raceway. Gardner took the lead from Dave Darland on lap five and held off Friday night winner Brady Bacon for the victory. Mike Spencer, Matt Mitchel, and Charles Davis, Jr. rounded out the top five.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 21, 2015 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Raceway – “Eighth Annual Copper On DIrt”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.300; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.530; 3. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.741; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.810; 5. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-16.900; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.906; 7. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-16.965; 8. Charles Davis Jr., 50M, Massey-17.010; 9. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.052; 10. Bruce St. James, 7K, St.James-17.102; 11. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-17.133; 12. Rick Ziehl, 20Z, Ziehl-17.174; 13. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-17.218; 14. Matt Rossi, 04G, Cook-17.222; 15. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.290; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.337; 17. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-17.372; 18. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.492; 19. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeer-17.504; 20. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-17.505; 21. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.605; 22. Harli White, 17W, White-17.816; 23. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.849.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clark, 2. Spencer, 3. Swanson, 4. White, 5. L.Williams, 6. Curtis, 7. Colston, 8. St.James. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hodges, 3. Bacon, 4. Davis, 5. Pelkey, 6. Martin, 7. Reinbold, 8. Rossi. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ziehl, 3. Darland, 4. Roa, 5. Johnson, 6. A.Williams, 7. C.Williams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Dave Darland, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Mike Martin, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Austin Williams, 12. Cody Williams, 13. Bruce St. James, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Andy Reinbold, 16. Michael Curtis, 17. Josh Pelkey, 18. Rick Ziehl, 19. Harli White, 20. Josh Hodges, 21. Parker Colston, 22. Ronnie Clark. NT
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**Hodges flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Darland, Laps 15-30 Gardner.

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NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: April 18 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “So Cal Sprint Car Spectacular”