SPENCER WINS AT CANYON, REGAINS CRA SPRINT POINT LEAD

Peoria, AZ……..Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is back atop the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car points lead after winning Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at the 15th Sands Chevrolet “Hall of Fame Classic” at Canyon Speedway Park. Wheeling the Chaffin Motorsports entry, he survived a furious battle with Southwest Sprint point leader R.J. Johnson and CRA leader Damion Gardner to pace the final five circuits for the victory. Johnson took second ahead of Brody Roa, Josh Hodges and Mike Martin as Gardner, who had taken the series point lead with Friday’s victory, slipped to 11th at the checkered after suffering a flat tire. Josh Pelkey led the first seven laps, Gardner the next 13, Johnson one, Gardner one and Johnson three before Spencer’s winning move.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 24, 2015 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – 15th Sands Chevrolet “Hall of Fame Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-13.614; 2. Brody Roa, 48, Leonard-13.863; 3. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-13.881; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-13.894; 5. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.917; 6. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-13.953; 7. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-13.978; 8. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeler-14.024; 9. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-14.065; 10. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-14.118; 11. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-14.135; 12. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.179; 13. Charles Davis Jr., 50AZ, Massey-14.302; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.431; 15. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.487; 16. Matt Lundy, 1, Lundy-14.691; 17. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.912; 18. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-15.184; 19. Tye Mihocko, 5M, Mihocko-15.194; 20. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-15.204; 21. Chris Fiore, 69, Fiore-15.866.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Hodges, 3. Swanson, 4. Johnson, 5. Lundy, 6. Spencer, 7. Mihocko. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Bonneau, 3. Roa, 4. Colston, 5. Curtis, 6. C.Williams, 7. L.Williams. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Vander Weerd, 3. Martin, 4. Pelkey, 5. Ellertson, 6. Rossi, 7. Fiore. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Josh Hodges, 5. Mike Martin, 6. Jake Swanson, 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Charles Davis Jr., 9. Logan Williams, 10. Michael Curtis, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Cody Williams, 13. Jeremy Ellertson, 14. Chris Bonneau, 15. Josh Pelkey, 16. Austin Williams, 17. Chris Fiore, 18. Matt Rossi, 19. Tye Mihocko, 20. Matt Lundy, 21. Parker Colston. NT

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**Mihocko flipped on lap 4 of the feature. Pelkey flipped over the turn one wall on lap 25 of the feature. A.Williams flipped over the turn one wall on lap 26 of the feature. 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Pelkey, Laps 8-20 Gardner, Lap 21 Johnson, Lap 22 Gardner, Laps 23-25 Johnson, Laps 26-30 Spencer. 

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,145, 2-Gardner-1,123, 3-R.Vander Weerd-1.054, 4-Swanson-960, 5-A.Williams-948, 6-Roa-928, 7-Matt Mitchell-772, 8-C.Williams-717, 9-L.Williams-636, 10-Ryan Bernal-482.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: November 12-14 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 20th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” – Presented by All-Coast Construction