GARDNER BACK ON TOP IN CRA AFTER “VERMEIL” SPRINT OPENER

Calistoga, California………Damion Gardner passed Danny Faria, Jr. for the lead with just four laps remaining to capture the victory on night one of the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car portion of the “Louie Vermeil Classic” at Calistoga Speedway.  Faria took home second ahead of Ryan Bernal, Austin Williams and Max Adams.  Night two of the “Vermeil Classic” continues Sunday night, September 2 from Calistoga with USAC/CRA Sprint Cars and the USAC Light Up the World Beverages Western States Midgets.  You can catch all the action live on http://www.SpeedShiftTV.com./

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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2018 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “11th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic / Bullet Impressions California Sprint Week”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-21.054; 2. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-21.163; 3. Tanner Thorson, 3C, Lamar-21.616; 4. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-21.621; 5. Max Adams, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.637; 6. R.J. Johnson, 92, Sertich-21.691; 7. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-21.697; 8. Danny Faria Jr., 42, Cheney-21.745; 9. Cody Jessop, 35, Grier-21.876; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.880; 11. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-21.971; 12. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-22.001; 13. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-22.007; 14. Johnathan Henry, 8, Richardson-22.012; 15. Geoff Ensign, 56, Phulps-22.171; 16. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-22.232; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-22.243; 18. Colby Copeland, 16A, Copeland-22.337; 19. Austin Ervine, 51, AJ-22.488; 20. Jake Swanson, 34AZ, Grau/Burkhart-22.499; 21. Nick Larson, 24, Larson-22.787; 22. Shayna Silvia, 3T, Finkenbinder-23.080; 23. Richard Brace Jr., 2R, Brace-23.081; 24. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-23.252; 25. Zack Lynskey, 7N, Lynskey-23.259; 26. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-23.347.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Roa, 2. A.Williams, 3. Bernal, 4. Gardner, 5. Liggett, 6. Gansen, 7. Lyskey, 8. Sylvia, 9. Ervine. NT

CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Adams, 3. Swanson, 4. Faria, 5. C.Johnson, 6. Henry, 7. Aton, 8. McCarthy, 9. Brace. NT

KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Ensign, 3. Jessop, 4. R.Johnson, 5. L.Williams, 6. Vander Weerd, 7. Larson, 8. Thorson. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Max Adams, 6. Brody Roa, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Austin Liggett, 9. Logan Williams, 10. Matt McCarthy, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Geoff Ensign, 13. Cody Jessop, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. Johnathon Henry, 16. Billy Aton, 17. Jake Swanson, 18. Chris Gansen, 19. Shayna Silvia, 20. Richard Brace Jr., 21. Austin Ervine, 22. Chase Johnson, 23. Zack Lynskey, 24. Colby Copeland, 25. Nick Larson, 26. Tanner Thorson. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Faria, Laps 22-25 Gardner

SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Matt McCarthy (26th to 10th)

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-721, 2-Roa-706, 3-C.Williams-591, 4-Adams-580, 5-A.Williams-580, 6-Swanson-576, 7-Johnson-480, 8-Tommy Malcolm-444, 9-A.J. Bender-406, 10-L.Williams-406.

NEW BULLET IMPRESSIONS CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Gardner-81, 2-Bernal-73, 3-Faria-72, 4-A.Williams-68, 5-Adams-67, 6-Roa-63, 7-R.J.Johnson-58, 8-Liggett-53, 9-L.Williams-50, 10-C.Williams-49.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway – “11th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic / Bullet Impressions California Sprint Week”