MITCHELL TAKES PERRIS 30-LAPPER
Perris, CA……..Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, Calif. won Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car feature at Perris Auto Speedway, highlighting the opening of the 2010 Southern California Fair. Mitchell got by Danny Sheridan, Cory Kruseman and Mike Spencer when the latter three tangled on lap 19 and Mitchell led the final 12 laps for the win in his J.W. Mitchell Motorsports Maxim/Chevy. Rickie Gaunt, Greg Bragg, Cody Williams and Danny Ebberts rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. Cory Kruseman led the first 15 laps and Sheridan led three before Mitchell went to the front.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 9, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.813; 2. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.995; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-18.068; 4. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-18.140; 5. Blake Miller, 7, M-M-18.198; 6. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.280; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-18.324; 8. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.358; 9. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-18.461; 10. Brandon Thomson, 92T, Thomson-18.548; 11. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-18.573; 12. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-18.626; 13. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-18.696; 14. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-18.870; 15. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-19.079; 16. Kyle Smith, 55s, Camarillo-19.152; 17. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-19.192; 18. David Bezio, 37d, Bezio-19.210; 19. Cody Kershaw, 27, KMS-19.287; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.383; 21. Cliff Warren, 25, Cliff Warren-19.442; 22. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-19.595; 23. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-19.599; 24. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-19.681; 25. Bruce Douglass, 31, Douglass-19.888; 26. Ludvig Solberg IV, 28, Solberg-19.888; 27. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-20.154; 28. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-20.377.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. C.Williams, 3. Alexander, 4. Waitman, 5. A.Williams, 6. Gaunt, 7. Bragg, 8. Bates, 9. Solberg. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. R.Williams, 3. Ebberts, 4. Miller, 5. Kruseman, 6. Warren, 7. Welton, 8. Jones, 9. Bezio. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Kershaw, 3. Hawkins, 4. Mitchell, 5. Thomson, 6. Carlile, 7. Smith, 8. Douglass, 9. Everhart. 3:15.33
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Gaunt, 3. Carlile, 4. Bates, 5. Smith, 6. Warren, 7. Everhart, 8. Welton, 9. Bezio. 3:37.66
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Matt Mitchell, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Greg Bragg, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Danny Ebberts, 6. Nic Faas (#7), 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Cody Kershaw, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. Rusty Carlile, 11. Greg Alexander, 12. Marty Hawkins, 13. Austin Williams, 14. Jonny Bates, 15. Kyle Smith, 16. Danny Sheridan, 17. Rip Williams, 18. Cliff Warren, 19. Ronnie Gardner, 20. Brandon Thomson, 21. Randy Waitman, 22. Tony Everhart. NT
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**Solberg flipped during the first heat. Jones flipped during the second heat. Warren flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Kruseman, Laps 16-18 Sheridan, Laps 19-30 Mitchell
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,130; 2-Sheridan-877; 3-Kruseman-845; 4-Miller-770; 5-Mitchell-745; 6-Bragg-590; 7-Jones-557; 8-Daid Cardey-529; 9-C.Williams-518; 10-A.Williams-509.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 23 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway