JONES BACK IN THE WINNERS CIRCLE AT THE PAS

Perris, CA…….Former Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car champion Tony Jones of Norco, Calif. returned to victory lane Saturday night at Perris Auto Speedway, leading the last 23 laps to win the 30-lap feature in his La Villa Catering/VP Fuels DRC/JD Performance machine. David Cardey led the first seven laps but wound up third behind Jones and Garrett Hansen. Greg Bragg and fast qualifier Cory Kruseman rounded out the “top-five.”



LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 1, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-16.813; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.040; 3. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.078; 4. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.117; 5. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-17.117; 6. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.138; 7. Blake Miller, 93x, Gardner-17.160; 8. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.187; 9. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.210; 10. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.253; 11. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.309; 12. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.440; 13. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.457; 14. Greg Alexander, 75, Stansberry-17.480; 15. Thomas Ogle, 48t, Turner-17.533; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.550; 17. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.552; 18. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-17.610; 19. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.679; 20. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.684; 21. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-17.687; 22. Alex Schutte, 71k, Kruseman-17.700; 23. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.734; 24. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-17.740; 25. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-17.745; 26. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.845; 27. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.942; 28. Andrew Reinbold, 19x, Reinbold-18.167; 29. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-18.214; 30. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-18.915; 31. Lance Butler, 2b, Butler-19.146; 32. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-NT; 33. John Aden, 7a, Aden-NT; 34. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-NT. NOTE: Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.370 (withdrawn).


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Kruseman, 3. Bates, 4. Rose, 5. Hansen, 6. Crawford, 7. Mitchell, 8. Ellis. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Schutte, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. Sheridan, 5. Gardner, 6. Shedarowich, 7. Hawkins, 8. Alexander. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Miller, 3. Bragg, 4. Argo, 5. C.Williams, 6. Ogle, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Butler. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Cardey, 3. Solberg, 4. Ford, 5. Carlile, 6. R.Williams, 7. Johnson, 8. Reinbold. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. C.Williams, 3. Crawford, 4. R.Williams, 5. Mitchell, 6. Johnson, 7. Ogle, 8. Gardner, 9. Alexander, 10. Carlile, 11. Hawkins, 12. Shedarowich. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Garrett Hansen, 3. David Cardey, 4. Greg Bragg, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Alex Schutte, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Ludvig Solberg IV, 11. Richard VanderWeerd, 12. Danny Sheridan, 13.  Austin Williams, 14. Jonny Bates, 15. Jimmy Crawford, 16. Dennis Howell, 17. Ronnie Gardner, 18. R.J. Johnson, 19. Mike Spencer, 20. Blake Miller, 21. Rodney Argo, 22. Josh Ford, 23. Bill Rose. NT


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** Reinbold flipped during the fourth heat, Sheridan flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS:  Laps 1-7 Cardey, Laps 8-30 Jones.


 


NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Cardey-519; 2-Hansen-497; 3-Spencer-491; 4-Miller-491; 5-Bragg-430; 6-Sheridan-374; 7-Kruseman-362; 8-R.Williams-332; 9-Mitchell-312; 10-C.Williams-259,
 


NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 5-6– Calistoga (CA) Speedway (SE)