TOMMY THUNDERBOWL! MALCOLM SCORES FIRST USAC CRA WIN AT TULARE
Tulare, California (May 20, 2023)………Tommy Malcolm had to wait eight years and 109 starts to make it to AMSOIL USAC CRA Sprint Car victory lane for the first time.
And it was all worth the wait.
On Saturday night, the Corona, Calif. native and his Dino Napier-owned No. 5x reached the promised land for the first time, leading all 30 laps to score his initial series victory at Tulare, California’s Thunderbowl Raceway.
And how fitting it is that the driver nicknamed “Tommy Thunder” picked up his first score at Thunderbowl.
A series regular since 2015, Malcolm grabbed the victory over Brody Roa (Garden Grove, Calif.), who had been riding a three-race winning streak entering the event.
Woodland Auto Display Fast Qualifier Ryan Bernal (Hollister, Calif.) came home third with Austin Williams (Yorba Linda, Calif.) fourth and Logan Calderwood (Goodyear, Ariz.) fifth.
The two heat races, sponsored by FlowDynamics, Inc., In Memory of Jim & Chet Gardner, Factory Wraps, BillsJerky.net and WC Friend Company, were captured by Cody Williams (Norco, Calif.) and Roa.
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AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 20, 2023 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, California – 30th Annual Chris & Brian Faria Memorial
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.659; 2. Brody Fuson, 51, Van Meter-15.715; 3. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-15.725; 4. Brody Roa, 17R, Dunkel/BR-15.851; 5. Tommy Malcolm, 5x, Napier-16.153; 6. Ryan Timmons, 29T, Timmons-16.225; 7. Logan Calderwood, 6, Calderwood-16.225; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.247; 9. Grant Sexton, 22, Sexton-16.301; 10. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-16.379; 11. Dawson Faria, 12B, Faria-16.411; 12. Verne Sweeney, 98, Guerrero-16.578; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Williams-16.711; 14. James Herrera, 5J, Herrera-NT, 15. Tanner Boul, 99T, Boul-NT; 16. Elexa Herrera, 5E, Herrera-NT.
FLOWDYNAMICS INC. / IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER / FACTORY WRAPS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cody Williams, 2. Tommy Malcolm, 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Logan Calderwood, 5. Dawson Faria, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Grant Sexton. NT
BILLSJERKY.NET / WC FRIEND COMPANY / FACTORY WRAPS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brody Roa, 2. Brody Fuson, 3. A.J. Bender, 4. Verne Sweeney, 5. Jace Vander Weerd, 6. Ryan Timmons, 7. James Herrera. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps, starting positions in parentheses) 1. Tommy Malcolm (2), 2. Brody Roa (3), 3. Ryan Bernal (6), 4. Austin Williams (13), 5. Logan Calderwood (1), 6. Jace Vander Weerd (8), 7. Ryan Timmons (7), 8. Dawson Faria (11), 9. Verne Sweeney (12), 10. James Herrera (14), 11. Cody Williams (4), 12. A.J. Bender (10), 13. Brody Fuson (5), 14. Grant Sexton (9). NT.
**Grant Sexton flipped on lap 6 of the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Tommy Malcolm.
IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: Austin Williams (13th to 4th)
WILWOOD DISC BRAKES LUCKY 13 AWARD: Brody Fuson
AMSOIL USAC CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Brody Roa-705, 2-Tommy Malcolm-568, 3-Cody Williams-560, 4-Austin Williams-530, 5-Charles Davis Jr.-460, 6-Logan Calderwood-443, 7-A.J. Bender-433, 8-R.J. Johnson-324, 9-Grant Sexton-319, 10-Verne Sweeney-277.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 27, 2023 – Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, California – Salute to Indy
