GARDNER COMPLETES “VERMEIL CLASSIC” SPRINT SWEEP

 


Calistoga, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. completed the “sweep” of this year’s “Louie Vermeil Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint races at the Napa County Fairgrounds Sunday night, leading all 30 laps in his Tiner Racing mount. He was trailed at the checkered flag by Daron Clayton, fast qualifier Mike Spencer, Kyle Larson and Blake Miller. Spencer continues to lead the standings going into a September 18 race at Perris Auto Speedway.


 


USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2010 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.340; 2. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-19.449; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.632; 4. Geoff Ensign, 5, Ensign-19.697; 5. Kyle Larson, 99, Kaeding-19.714; 6. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-19.807; 7. Robert Ballou, 3F, Finkenbinder-19.833; 8. Keith Bloom, 27, Braund-19.899; 9. Damion Gardner, 83, Tiner-19.915; 10. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-20.037; 11. Chris Windom, 73x, Ford-20.037; 12. Scott Pierovich, 18v, Vertullo-20.089; 13. Jeff Griffin, 50x, Griffin-20.122; 14. JoJo Helberg, 7F, Helberg-20.196; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.549; 16. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-20.576; 17. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.635; 18. Shane Golobic, 88, Golobic-20.658; 19. James Sweeney, 20J, Sweeney-20.704; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-20.732; 21. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-20.742; 22. Andy Forsberg, 92N, Forsberg-20.753; 23. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-20.898; 24. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.765; 25. Daron Clayton, 14s, Smith-NT; 26. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-NT; 27. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-NT; 28. Harlan Willis, 21x, Kruseman-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Ballou, 3. Cardey, 4. Kruseman, 5. Griffin, 6. Clayton, 7. Ensign, 8. Forsberg, 9. Sweeney. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Bragg, 3. Bloom, 4. Windom, 5. Miller, 6. Ford, 7. Schmidt, 8. Helberg, 9. A.Williams (#3). NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Golobic, 3. Mitchell, 4. Pierovich, 5. Sheridan, 6. Richardson, 7. Hawkins, 8. C.Williams. NT


 


SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Clayton, 2. Ensign, 3. Ford, 4. Richardson, 5. Forsberg, 6. Hawkins, 7. A.Williams (# 3), 8. Schmidt. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Daron Clayton, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Kyle Larson, 5. Blake Miller, 6. Marty Hawkins, 7. David Cardey, 8. Andy Forsberg, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Austin Williams (#3), 11. Danny Sheridan, 12. Keith Bloom, 13. Cory Kruseman, 14. Tyler Schmidt, 15. Geoff Ensign, 16. Jeff Griffin, 17. Greg Bragg, 18. Robert Ballou, 19. Matt Mitchell, 20. Shane Golobic, 21. Josh Ford, 22. Chris Windom, 23. Jim Richardson. NT


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**Sweeney flipped during the first heat. Helberg flipped during the second heat. C.Williams flipped during the third heat.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-937; 2-Sheridan-774; 3-Miller-709; 4-Kruseman-709; 5-Mitchell-586; 6-Cardey-470; 7-Bragg-453; 8-A.Williams-437; 9-Jimmy Crawford-422; 10-Tony Jones-421.


 


NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 18 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway