THE DEMON TAKES “GOLD CUP” VICTORY AT CHICO

Chico, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CAR Sprint Car series point leader Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. passed Brady Bacon on lap 24 and led the final seven laps to win Thursday night’s “Gold Cup Race of Champions” feature at Silver Dollar Speedway. Trailing Gardner’s Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/Weld Racing Spike/J & D at the checkered flag were AMSOIL USAC National Sprint leader Bacon, Thomas Meseraull, Ryan Bernal and Danny Faria Jr. Gardner leads the All Coast Construction California Sprint Week standings to Saturday’s race at Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 8, 2016 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – 63rd Annual “Gold Cup Race of Champions” – All-Coast Construction California Sprint Week

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-13.353 (New Track Record), 2. Jac Haudenschild, 57, Silva-13.386; 3. Thomas Meseraull, 42X, Bates-13.438; 4. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.546; 5. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-13.647; 6. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-13.675; 7. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-13.698; 8. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-13.718; 9. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-13.728; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-13.742; 11. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-13.13.744; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-13.769; 13. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-13.769; 14. Andy Forsberg, 7C, C&M-13.793; 15. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-13.825; 16. Justyn Cox, 31C, Cox-13.865; `17. Austin Liggett, 51, Sperry-13.890; 18. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.896; 19. Kevin Thomas Jr., 42, Cheney-13.922; 20. D.J. Nerro, 3C, Lamar-13.935; 21. Kyler Shaw, 92BC, Shaw-13.938; 22. Chad Boespflug, 69, Kaiser-13.955; 23. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-13.982; 24. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-13.984; 25. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-14.026; 26. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.081; 27. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-14.129; 28. Jake Morgan, 45, Morgan-14.221; 29. John Clark, 30C, Clark-14.303; 30. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-14.349; 31. Eddy Lewis, 7X, Lewis-14.392; 32. Koen Shaw, 88BC, Shaw-14.454; 33. Steven Garris, 58. Garris-14.498; 34. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.539; 35. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.569; 36. Kody Smith, K4, Smith-16.194.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Swanson, 3. Bernal, 4. Ky.Shaw, 5. Adams, 6. Johnson, 7. Garris, 8. Clark, 9. Ellertson. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Vander Weerd, 2. Boespflug, 3. Haudenschild, 4. Forsberg, 5. Ensign, 6. C.Williams, 7. Roa, 8. Trulli, 9. Richardson. NT

CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE/KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Bacon, 3. A.Williams, 4. Sussex, 5. Schank, 6. L.Williams, 7. Gansen, 8. Lewis, 9. Thomas. NT

STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Spencer, 3. Netto, 4. Faria, 5. J.Vander Weerd, 6. Cox, 7. Morgan, 8. Ko.Shaw, 9. Smith. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1..Ensign, 2. Adams, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Thomas, 5. Roa, 6. Morgan, 7. C.Williams, 8. L.Williams, 9. Schank, 10. Trulli, 11. Richardson, 12. Gansen, 13. Ko.Shaw, 14. Clark, 15. Ellertson, 16. Garris, 17. Cox, 18. Lewis, 19. Johnson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Dany Faria Jr., 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Jac Haudenschild, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Kevin Thomas Jr., 10. Max Adams, 11. Chad Boespflug, 12. Stevie Sussex, 13. D.J. Netto, 14. Jake Morgan, 15. Austin Liggett, 16. Austin Williams, 17. Kyler Shaw, 18. Brody Roa, 19. Logan Williams, 20. Cody Williams, 21. Mike Spencer, 22. Jace Vander Weerd, 23. Andy Forsberg, 24. Richard Vander Weerd. NT

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**Johnson flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Gardner, Laps 8-23 Bacon, Laps 24-30 Gardner 

BR MOTORSPORTS/KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Jake Morgan (22nd to 14th)

NEW ALL COAST CONSTRUCTION CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Gardner-284, 2-Meseraull-264, 3-Ensign-251, 4-Thomas-225, 5-Bernal-216, 6-Boespflug-213, 7-R.Vander Weerd-203, 8-Swanson-199, 9-Adams-196, 10-A.Williams-187.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-886, 2-Swanson & R.Vander Weerd-793, 4-A.Williams-720, 5-Roa-719, 6-Spencer-662, 7-Adams-575, 8-C.Williams-506, 9-L.Williams-485, 10-Ellertson-468.