RICHARD VANDER WEERD GRABS SO-CAL SHOWDOWN

Perris, CA……..Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap “So-Cal Showdown” on “Power of Purple Night” at Perris Auto Speedway. Wheeling the Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark, he passed Mike Spencer on lap eight and led the final 23 laps to beat Damion Gardner, Spencer, Ryan Bernal and Austin Williams. Gardner emerged as the new AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car series point leader.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “So-Cal Showdown”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.607; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.640; 3. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.737; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.825; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.834; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.841; 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.971; 8. A.J. Bender, 21B, Bender-16.940; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.944; 10. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.071; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.090; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-17.190; 13. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.312; 14. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.448; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.599; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.607; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.615; 18. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.637; 19. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.744; 20. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.782; 21. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-17.842; 22. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.915; 23. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.996; 24. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.240; 25. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.345; 26. Gary Potter, 6P, Potter-19.151; 27. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-19.301.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. L.Williams, 5. Colston, 6. Bezio, 7. Smith, 8. Sampson, 9. Swanson. 2:57.80

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Kruseman, 3. R.Gardner, 4. Spencer, 5. Bender, 6. Sweeney, 7. Ellertson, 8. Gansen, 9. Potter. 2:58.19

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. A.Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Gaunt, 5. Schank, 6. Malcolm, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Dyson, 9. Mitchell. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Swanson, 3. Bezio, 4. Bender, 5. Schank, 6. Gansen, 7. Malcolm, 8. Sweeney, 9. Ellertson, 10. Colston, 11. Lopiccolo, 12. Smith, 13. Dyson, 14. Sampson, 15. Potter. 3:32.13

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Rickie Gaunt, 10. David Bezio, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Cory Kruseman, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Tommy Malcolm, 17. A.J. Bender, 18. Verne Sweeney, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Terry Schank Jr., 21. Jeremy Ellertson, 22. Parker Colston. NT

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**Mitchell flipped during the third heat. Schank flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Spencer, Laps 8-30 R.Vander Weerd,

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-260, 2-Spencer-255, 3-Mitchell-217, 4-A.Williams-175, 5-Swanson-173, 6-R.Vander Weerd-161, 7-C.Williams-157, 8-Brady Bacon-136, 9-Roa-122, 10-R.J. Johnson-114.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 2– Perris, CA – Perris Auto Speedway