GARDNER GRABS “GOLD CUP” AT CHICO
Chico, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. wheeled his Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike to victory in Thursday night’s “Gold Cup Race of Champions” 30-lapper at Silver Dollar Speedway. He passed Mike Spencer on lap 16 and led the rest of the way to beat Bud Kaeding, Colby Copeland, Brody Roa and Kevin Thomas Jr. Jake Swanson led lap one and Spencer the next 14 before Gardner, the fastest qualifier, went to the front.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2014 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup Race of Champions” – “California Sprint Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander13.467; 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73, Ford-13.681; 3. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-13.759; 4. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.808; 5. Bud Kaeding, 0, Williams-13.871; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.879; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.911; 8. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-13.915; 9. Terry Schank, 1, Gleeson-13.917; 10. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-13.947; 11. Keith Bloom Jr., 19, Wolf-13.049; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-13.966; 13. Kyle Hirst, 3F, Finkenbinder-13.987; 14. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.024; 15. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-14.046; 16. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-14.130, 17. Andy Forsberg, 01, Geaney-14.140; 18. Colby Copeland, 5V, VanLare-14.224; 19. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.228; 20. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.251; 21. Brett Rollag, 27, Rollag-14.289; 22. Cody Myers, 7, Snow-14.377; 23. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-14.378; 24. Kyler Shaw, 92K, Shaw-14.389; 25. Justyn Cox, 31C, Cox-14.412; 26. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-14.513; 27. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-14.665; 28. Adam Brenton, 28, Brenton-14.675; 29. Rowdy McClenon, 32, Johnson-14.675; 30. Mason Moore, 22, Moore-14.811; 31. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-15.029; 32. Tony Richards, 94, Richards-15.292; 33. Gary Deemer, 28G, Deemer-15.15.510; 34. Greg Higginbotham, 11, Higginbotham-15.930; 35. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. HIrst, 3. Kaeding, 4. Forsberg, 5. Schank, 6. Cox, 7. Rollag, 8. Deemer. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Thomas, 3. Liggett, 4. Spencer, 5. Myers, 6. Trulli, 7. Moore, 8. Bernal. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hall, 2. Bloom, 3. DJ.Johnson, 4. Roa, 5. A.Williams, 6. L.Williams, 7. Richardson, 8. Ko.Shaw. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ky.Shaw, 2. Swanson, 3. Terrell, 4. C.Williams, 5. Brenton, 6. Richards, 7. Gansen, 8. Mitchell. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Mitchell, 3. A.Williams, 4. Schank, 5. Rollag, 6. L.Williams, 7. Cox, 8. Gansen, 9. Trulli, 10. Moore, 11. Myers, 12. Ko.Shaw, 13. Richardson, 14. Brenton, 15. Richards. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Colby Copeland, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 6. Austin Liggett, 7. Andy Forsberg, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Bradley Terrell, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Brett Rollag, 12. Terry Schank, 13. Kyler Shaw, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Austin Williams, 16. Scott Hall, 17. Jake Swanson, 18. Chris Gansen, 19. Keith Bloom Jr., 20. D.J. Johnson, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Ryan Bernal, 23. Kyle Hirst. NT
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**C.Johnson flipped during hotlaps. Mitchelll flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Swanson, Laps 2-15 Spencer, Laps 16-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-973, 2-Spencer-768, 3-Mitchell-641, 40Roa-629, 5-Nic Faas-628, 6-C.Williams-604, 7-A.Williams-583, 8-Swanson-531, 9-Richard Vander Weerd-471, 10-L.Williams-399.
NEW CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Gardner-187, 2-Thomas-173, 3-Copeland-151, 4-Spencer-137, 5-Christopher Bell-135, 6-Roa-133, 7-Rico Abreu-132, 8-Terrell-129, 9-Mitchell-124, 10-C.Williams-121.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 5 – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway – “California Sprint Week”