“DON FLANDERS CLASSIC” AT PERRIS GOES TO GARDNER

Perris, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap “Don Flanders Classic” at the Perris Auto Speedway in his Scott Sales Company/CSI Shocks Spike/J & D. He was the fastest qualifier and first heat winner and passed Mike Spencer on lap nine and led the final 22 lap for the win. Spencer was second ahead of Nic Faas, Cody Williams, who led the first three laps, and Austin Williams.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 4, 2013 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Don Flanders Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-16.287; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.312; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.508; 4. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.629; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.642; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.721; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.759; 8. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-16.835; 9. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-16.892; 10. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.923; 11. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.961; 12. Mike Martin, 16B, Martin-16.976; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-17.000; 14. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-17.062; 15. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.091; 16. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.096; 17. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.272; 18. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-17.306; 19. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.310; 20. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.443; 21. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.589; 22. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.680; 23. Austin Smith, 14, Springstead-17.688; 24. Jesse Denome, 6x, Denome-17.801; 25. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.863; 26. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.932; 27. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.429; 28. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.807; 29. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.916.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Davis, 4. Kaeding, 5. R.Williams, 6. J. Vander Weerd, 7. Bluntach, 8. Welton. 2:53.12

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Faas, 3. C.Williams, 4. Johnson, 5. Pelkey, 6. Blinn, 7. Everhart. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Mitchell, 3. Smith, 4. A.J. Bender, 5. Bezio, 6. A.Williams, NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Martin, 3. Niemela, 4. Denome, 5. Potter, 6. Perkins, 7. Roa. Nt

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Pelkey, 3. R.Williams, 4. Roa, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Blinn, 7. Bluntach, 8. Perkins, 9. Everhart, 10. Collins, 11. Welton, 12. Potter NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Richard Vander Weerd, 10. David Cardey, 11. Matt Mitchell, 12. R.J. Johnson, 13. Mike Martin, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. Brody Roa, 16. A.J. Bender, 17. Charles Davis Jr., 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Jesse Denome, 20. Billy Blinn, 21. Josh Pelkey, 22. Austin Smith. NT

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**Potter flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 C.Williams, Laps 4-8 Spencer, Laps 9-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-471, 2-Faas-459, 3-Spencer-363, 4-Kaeding-356, 5-Johnson-300, 6-C.Williams-300, 7-A.Williams-276, 8-Roa-250, 9-Davis-232, 10-Mitchell-231.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 18, 2013 – Tulare (CA) Thunderbowl Speedway