“GOLDEN” VICTORY FOR KRUSEMAN AT THE PAS

Perris, CA……..Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. scored his 50th career victory at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night, taking the lead on lap 28 when Matt Mitchell’s engine expired, then led the final three laps in his Roy Miller Freightlines/Sander Engineering Bullet/Priestley. AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Damion Gardner finished second ahead of Nic Faas, Rip Williams and Cody Williams. Earlier in the night Gardner earned a $1,500 bonus for emerging as the winner of the “Last Man Standing Dash” over Faas, Ronnie Gardner and fast qualifier Mike Spencer.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 17, 2013 – Perris, California – Peeris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.244; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.294; 3. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-16.549; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.604; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.613; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.715; 7. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.724; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.756; 9. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.766; 10. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.788; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.794; 12. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Wander Weerd-16.821; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.870; 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.949; 15. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-17.093; 16. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.309; 17. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-17.423; 18. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.507; 19. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.583; 20. Austin Smith, 36, Springstead-17.624; 21. Toby Sampson, 82, Sampson-18.331; 22. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-18.728; 23. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-NT.

LAST MAN STANDING DASH: (3 laps) ROUND ONE: 1. D.Gardner, 2. R.Gardner, 3. Faas, 4. Spencer. ROUND TWO: (3 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Faas, 3. R.Gardner. ROUND THREE: (3 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2, Faas. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Spencer, 3. A.Williams, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Johnson, 6. Ellertsen, 7. D.Gansen, 8. Perkins. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Mitchell, 3. Roa, 4. Bezio, 5. J.Vanderweerd, 6. R.Williams, 7. Smith. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Alexander, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. C.Williams, 6. Bluntach, 7. Sampson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Greg Alexander, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Johnny Bluntach, 13. David Bezio, 14. Kenny Perkins, 15. Matt Mitchell, 16. Toby Sampson, 17. Brody Roa, 18. Don Gansen, 19. Austin Smith, 20. Jeremy Ellertson, 21. David Cardey, 22. Austin Williams. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Kruseman, Laps 2-27 Mitchell, Laps 28-30 Kruseman.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-957, 2-Faas-826, 3-Spencer-766, 4-Mitchell-645, 5-C.Williams-591, 6-Bud Kaeding-564, 7-A.Williams-564, 8-Roa-530, 9-Ryan Bernal-491, 10-R.Vander Weerd-415.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 31, 2013 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway