SPENCER #1 AT THE PAS
Perris, CA…….Defending Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. led all 30 laps to win Saturday night’s feature at the Perris Auto Speedway despite late-race challenges from runnerup David Cardey. Danny Sheridan, Garrett Hansen and Greg Bragg rounded out the “top-five” at the checkered flag.
LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 28, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.007; 2. Darren Hagen, 73, Ford-17.234; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 16, Gardner-17.249; 4. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.259; 5. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.268; 6. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-17.345; 7. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.428; 8. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.428; 9. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.464; 10. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-17.494; 11. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.509; 12. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.541; 13. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-17.600; 14. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.625; 15. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.627; 16. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.658; 17. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Serna-17.667; 18. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-17.715; 19. Jeremy Sherman, 42, Cheney-17.727; 20. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.729; 21. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-17.746; 22. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.761; 23. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.864; 24. Eric Severson, 36, Severson-18.041; 25. Ronnie Gardner, 39, Gardner-18.166; 26. John Aden, 7a, Aden-18.176; 27. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-18.179; 28. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-18.277; 29. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-18.306; 30. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-18.362; 31. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.465; 32. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-19.128; 33. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-19.508; 34. Josh Ford, 73x, Ford-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hermansader, 2. Spencer, 3. Cardey, 4. Kruseman, 5. Ellis, 6. Bates, 7. Gardner, 8. Clarke. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. R.Williams, 3. Brown, 4. Hansen, 5. Aden, 6. Hagen, 7. Shedarowicz. 2:57.89
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Jones, 3. Sherman, 4. Case, 5. Solberg, 6. Mero, 7. Gaunt, 8. Crawford. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Mitchell, 3. Johnson, 4. Bragg, 5. A.Williams, 6. Adderson, 7. Everhart, 8. Argo. 2:58.38
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Argo, 3. Gaunt, 4. Solberg, 5. A.Williams, 6. Aden, 7. Everhart, 8. Mero, 9. Bates, 10. Gardner, 11. Shedarowich, 12. Ellis, 13. Crawford, 14. Hagen, 15. Adderson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. David Cardey, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Garrett Hansen, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Tyler Brown, 7. Austin Williams, 8. John Aden, 9. Jordan Hermansader, 10. Ludvig Solberg IV, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Rickie Gaunt, 13. Rip Williams, 14. Matt Mitchell, 15. Ronnie Case, 16. Blake Miller, 17. Cory Kruseman, 18. R.J. Johnson, 19. Jeremy Sherman, 20. Tony Jones, 21. Henry Clarke, 22. Rodney Argo. NT
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**Crawford flipped during the third heat. Hagen flipped during the semi. C.Williams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Spencer.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Cole Whitt-175; 2-Dave Darland-174; 3-Jesse Hockett-169; 4-Spencer-155; 5-Jon Stanbrough-147; 6-Damion Gardner-144; 7-Brad Sweet-136; 8-Hagen-134; 9-Tracy Hines-129; 10-Jerry Coons Jr.-128.
NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: April 25 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway