SPENCER CONTINUES WINNING WAYS AT THE PAS

 


Perris, CA……..Defending AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. added another Perris Auto Speedway feature victory to his resume Saturday night, leading the final 24 laps of the 30-lap race in his Madera Produce/Grubstake Mini Storage Maxim/Shaver. He passed Rip Williams on lap seven and led the rest of the way to beat Williams, Nic Faas, fast qualifier Ronnie Gardner and Danny Sheridan. Spencer now leads Matt Mitchell by 10 points in the series standings. Mitchell was eighth Saturday.


 


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 2, 2011 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Firecracker 30”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.591; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.611; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.750; 4. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.842; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.923; 6. Casey Shuman, 92M, Sertich-16.927; 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.976; 8. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.126; 9. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.143; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.182; 11. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.251; 12. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.272; 13. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.272; 14. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.272; 15. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.324; 16. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-17.360; 17. Danny Faria Jr., 2X, Bowman-17.362; 18. Josh Pelkey, 12A, Allen-17.432; 19. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-17.469; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.586; 21. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.663; 22. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.872; 23. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.886; 24. Johnny McCall, 77, McCall-17.961; 25. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-18.069; 26. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.288; 27. Brandon Thomson, 36, Springstead-18.448; 28. Ray Potter, 33X, Potter-18.460; 29. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.551; 30. Mike Collins, 50X, Perkins-19.122; 31. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-NT.; 32. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Cardey, 3. Gardner, 4. Spencer, 5. Everhart, 6. Bezio, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Welton. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Pelkey, 3. Shuman, 4. Ballard, 5. Collins, 6. G.Potter, 7. Gutierrez, 8. Perkins. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Bragg, 3. R.Williams, 4. Faas, 5. R.VanderWeerd, 6. Bender, 7. Thomson. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Gaunt, 3. Sheridan, 4. A.Williams, 5. McCall, 6. R.Potter, 7. Alexander. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. J.VanderWeerd, 4. Everhart, 5. Bezio, 6. Bender, 7. Collins, 8. G.Potter, 9. Welton, 10. Thomson, 11. R.Potter, 12. McCall. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Ronnie Gardner, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Matt Mitchell, 9. Casey Shuman, 10. Danny Faria Jr., 11. Greg Bragg, 12. Richard VanderWeerd, 13. Josh Pelkey, 14. Greg Alexander, 15. Jace VanderWeerd, 16. Rodney Argo, 17. David Bezio, 18. Corey Ballard, 19. A.J. Bender, 20. Rickie Gaunt, 21. Tony Everhart, 22. David Cardey. NT.


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**Bluntach flipped during qualifications.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 R.Williams, Laps 7-30 Spencer.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-433; 2-Mitchell-423; 3-Faas-411; 4-Bragg-341; 5-A.Williams-330; 6-Gaunt-304; 7-Cardey-293; 8-C.Williams-281; 9-Blake Miller-277; 10-R.Williams-272.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 30 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway