GARDNER EXTENDS CRA LEAD WITH VENTURA VICTORY

Ventura, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. led all 30 laps of Saturday’s All Coast Challenge “Fred Thomson Tribute Race” at Ventura Raceway. Driving  his Scott Sales Company/J & D Performance Spike, he was trailed by Nic Faas, fast qualifier Jake Swanson, Ryan Bernal and Cory Kruseman.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 10, 2014 – Ventura, California – Ventura Raceway – All Coast Challenge “Fred Thomson Tribute Race”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-12.089; 2. Nic Faas, 73, Ford-12.247; 3. Cody Swanson, 36, Springstead-12.269; 4. Markus Niemela, 73X, Ford-12.293; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-12.365; 6. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-12.380; 7. Ryan Bernal, 73F, Ford-12.436; 8. Johnathon Henry, 17, Henry-12.440; 9. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-12.476; 10. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-12.491; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-12.500; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-12.560; 13. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-12.654; 14. J.J. Ercse, 14, Springstead-12.786; 15. Matt Michell, 37, Mitchell-12.803; 16. Corey Ballard, 34, Ballard-12.845; 17. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-12.855; 18. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-12.883; 19. Brian Camarillo, 51, Smith-12.905; 20. Kyle Smith, 55, Smith-12.937; 21. Austin DeBlauw, 65, DeBlauw-12.970; 22. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-13.047; 23. Cody Majors, 54, Majors-13.062; 24. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.065; 25. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.067; 26. Brandon Thomson, 19F, Thomson-13.104; 27. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-13.243; 28. Wally Pankratz, 2X, Swann-13.478; 29. Ron Bach, 49, Bach-13.614; 30. Hobie Conway, 2K, Kruseman-NT; 31. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-NT; 32. Charlie Butcher, 96, Butcher-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. J.Swanson, 3. L.Williams, 4. Gaunt, 5. Roa, 6. Bender, 7. DeBlauw, 8. Bach. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hendrix, 3. Faas, 4. D.Gansen, 5. Ercse, 6. Thomson, 7. C.Williams, 8. Conway. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Camarillo, 2. J.Vander Weerd, 3. Mitchell, 4. Bernal, 5. Majors, 6. C.Gansen, 7. C.Swanson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. A.Williams, 3. Smith, 4. Pankratz, 5. Ballard, 6. Niemela, 7. Henry. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Henry, 3. Niemela, 4. Roa, 5. DeBlauw, 6. C.Gansen, 7. Thomson, 8. Ballard, 9. Ercse, 10. Majors, 11. Bender, 12. Conway. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Jake Swanson, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Johnathon Henry, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Jace Vander Weerd, 10. Brian Camarillo, 11. Kyle Smith, 12. Richard Vander Weerd, 13. Chris Gansen, 14. Don Gansen, 15. Austin Williams, 16. Rick Hendrix, 17. Austin DeBlauw, 18. Markus Niemela, 19. Wally Pankratz, 20. Cody Williams, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Logan Williams. NT

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**C.Swanson flipped during the third heat. Niemela flipped during fourth heat. Pankratz flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 D. Gardner

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-354, 2-Faas-315, 3-Mike Spencer-231, 4-Mitchell-214, 5-J.Swanson-208, 6-Kruseman-206, 7-Roa-192, 8-R.Vander Weerd-157. 9-C.Williams-157, 10-Gary Taylor-143.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 24, 2014 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Salute to Indy”