RESTART AIDS CARDEY’S VICTORY IN PERRIS “SALUTE TO INDY”

Perris, CA…….David Cardey of Riverside, Calif. took advantage of a late-race restart to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Salute to Indy” Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Cardey was the last of four race leaders and led the final three laps in his Circle Track Performance Viper/Picks to beat fast qualifier Mike Spencer, Danny Sheridan, Cory Kruseman and Jimmy Crawford. Greg Bragg, Crawford and Spencer led the early laps. Spencer continues to lead the series point standings.



AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 29, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Salute to Indy”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.353; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.515; 3. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.555; 4. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.562; 5. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.576; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.614; 7. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.628; 8. Blake Miller, 7, M-M-17.643; 9. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.688; 10. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.823; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.933; 12. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.943; 13. Casey Shuman, 8, BRAT-17.995; 14. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-18.067; 15. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-18.095; 16. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-18.132; 17. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-18.598; 18. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-18.690; 19. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-18.728; 20. Cody Kershaw, 38, Crossno-18.870; 21. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-19.069; 22. Heidi Tresler, 3x, Tresler-19.441; 23. Cal Smith, 39, Smith-19.864; 24. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-19.865.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Spencer, 3. Shuman, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. Bragg, 6. Cardey, 7. Tresler, 8. Waitman. 2:58.35


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Sheridan, 3. Faas, 4. Kershaw, 5. Miller, 6. A.Williams, 7. Smith, 8. Gardner. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Kruseman, 3. Crawford, 4. Gaunt, 5. J.VanderWeerd, 6. C.Williams, 7. Welton, 8. Everhart. 2:59.90


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. David Cardey, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Jimmy Crawford, 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Blake Miller, 9. Austin Williams, 10. Tony Jones, 11. Casey Shuman, 12. Rickie Gaunt, 13. Greg Bragg, 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 15. Cody Kershaw, 16. Matt Mitchell, 17. Heidi Tresler, 18. Jerry Welton, 19. Nic Faas, 20. Tony Everhart, 21. Randy Waitman, 22. Cody Williams, 23. Cal Smith. NT


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**Gardner flipped during the second heat. Jones flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Bragg, Laps 6-13 Crawford, Laps 14-27 Spencer, Laps 28-30 Cardey.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-278; 2-Sheridan-259; 3-Crawford-209; 4-Kruseman-205; 5-Mitchell-190; 6-Damion Gardner-187; 7-Jones-176; 8-Cardey-173; 9-Jerry Coons Jr.-171; 10-Miller-164.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 30 – Tulare, CA – Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Speedway