Power of Purple night Saturday at the PAS

USAC CRA Top Story

USAC CRA Top StoryFrom Dick Jordan

Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway hosts “Power of Purple Night” Saturday as the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars take to the half-mile dirt oval.

Drivers with eight series championships will continue their battle for the 2015 point lead in Saturday’s fourth round of the championship. Point leader Mike Spencer has five titles and runner-up Damion Gardner has three. Together they have won seven in a row!

Gardner has a victory, a third and a fourth so far this year while Spencer’s three outings have produced a pair of thirds and a fifth.

Gardner and Spencer lead the all-time list of Perris USAC/CRA lap leaders. Each has 43 races led; Gardner has led 722 laps while Spencer has led 698.

In terms of Perris wins, Gardner has 32 and Spencer has 25.

2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Standings: 1-Mike Spencer-194, 2-Damion Gardner-190, 3-Matt Mitchell-167, 4-Jake Swanson-149, 5-Brady Bacon-136, 6-Austin Williams-116, 7-R.J. Johnson-114, 8-Cody Williams-112, 9-Dave Darland-110, 10-Mike Martin-92.