GARDNER 5-FOR-7 AFTER SANTA MARIA VICTORY

Santa Maria, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. scored his fifth feature victory in his last seven outings Saturday night, winning the 30-lapper at Santa Maria Speedway. Gardner passed Danny Faria Jr. on lap 17 and led the final 14 laps in his Scott Sales Company/CSI Shocks Spike/J & D to beat Faria, Richard Vander Weerd, Nic Faas and Matt Mitchell.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 15, 2013 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-14.270; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.351; 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.365; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.479; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.495; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-14.596; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-14.628; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.634; 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.637; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.650; 11. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-14.731; 12. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.804; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.829; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-15.078; 15. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-15.188; 16. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.257; 17. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-15.365; 18. Cotton Farmer, 15, HAL-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Roa, 3. Gardner, 4. Faria, 5. A.Williams, 6. C.Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Niemela, 2. Bernal, 3. Faas, 4. Johnson, 5. Bender, 6. Mitchell. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Kaeding, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Swanson, 6. Farmer. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Richard Vander Weerd, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Matt Mitchell, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Ryan Bernal, 12. D.J. Johnson, 13. Cody Swanson, 14. A.J. Bender, 15. Markus Niemela, 16. Brody Roa, 17. Cotton Farmer, 18. Bud Kaeding. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Faria, Lap 5 Bernal, Laps 6-16 Faria, Laps 17-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-739, 2-Faas-688, 3-Kaeding-564, 4-Spencer-558, 5-Mitchell-467, 6-C.Williams-423, 7-A.Williams-415, 8-Roa-384, 9-Bernal-359, 10-R.Vander Weerd-309.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 4, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway