GARDNER WINS “COPPER ON DIRT” SPRINT THRILLER
Peoria, AZ………Defending AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. led the final two laps two win Friday night’s opening race at the 7th “Copper on Dirt” at Canyon Speedway Park. He passed R.J. Johnson on the white flag lap and withstood the challenges of Johnson and Gary Taylor to put his Scott Sales/Advanced Racing Suspension Spike/J & D in victory lane. Johnson was second ahead of Taylor, Charles Davis Jr. and Josh Hodges. Taylor led the first 23 laps and Johnson led the next five before Gardner took over.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 28, 2014 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 7th “Copper on Dirt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.476; 2. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-13.810; 3. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-13.814; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-13.942; 5. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.968; 6. Gary Taylor, 4x, Cook-14.027; 7. Colby Copeland, 74, Williams-14.071; 8. Charles Davis Jr., 50x, Massey-14.078; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.109; 10. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-14.137; 11. Josh Hodges, 74x, Hodges-14.211; 12. Dave Darland, 45, Grady-14.268; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.330; 14. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-14.399; 15. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-14.406; 16. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.456; 17. J.J. Ercse, 14, Springstead-14.675; 18. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.783; 19. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.862; 20. Michael Curtis, 11c. Turner/Wheeler-17.488; 21, Brody Roa, 91R, BR-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Spencer, 3. Mitchell, 4. Johnson, 5. Copeland, 6. Swanson, 7. L.Williams. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Davis, 3. Gardner, 4. Faas, 5. Ercse, 6. Hodges, 7. Curtis. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pelkey, 2. C.Williams, 3. Darland, 4. Taylor, 5. Martin, 6. Roa, 7. Gansen. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Gary Taylor, 4. Charles Davis Jr., 5. Josh Hodges, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Mike Martin, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Colby Copeland, 10. Matt Mitchell, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Cody Williams, 13. Josh Pelkey, 14. Austin Williams, 15. Brody Roa, 16. Mike Spencer, 17. Logan Williams, 18. Michael Curtis, 19. J.J. Ercse, 20. Chris Gansen, 21. Cory Kruseman. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Taylor, Laps 24-28 Johnson, Laps 29-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-68, 2-Johnson-65, 3-Taylor-60, 4-Davis-58, 5-Faas-55, 6-Hodges-51, 7-Martin-50, 8-Swanson-42, 9-Copeland-40, 10-Mitchell-39.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 1, 2014 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park – 7th “Copper on Dirt”
