SPENCER TAKES 3RD STRAIGHT, EXTENDS CRA LEAD TO 8
Perris, CA…….Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car series point leader Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. is now eight points up on David Cardey after winning Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at the Perris Auto Speedway. The win was the third straight for Spencer in the Ron Chaffin entry as he passed Jimmy Crawford on lap 17 and led the rest of the way to beat Crawford, Cardey, Greg Bragg and Tony Jones. Blake Miller was Saturday night’s fastest qualifier. The series continues November 5-7 with the “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris.
LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 10, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blake Miller, 16, Gardner-16.967; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.123; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.172; 4. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-17.195; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.204; 6. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-17.204; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.242; 8. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.255; 9. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.260; 10. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.304; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.390; 12. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.401; 13. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.450; 14. Wes Gutierrez, 07, WG Motorsports-17.480; 15. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.503; 16. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.516; 17. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-17.538; 18. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.709; 19. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-17.764; 20. Cody Kershaw, 51k, Camarillo-17.790; 21. Brian Camarillo, 22c, Camland-17.795; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.827; 23. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.872; 24. Brent Camarillo, 51c, Camland-17.879; 25. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-17.884; 26. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.948; 27. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.974; 28. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-18.152; 29.Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-18.159; 30. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.175; 31. Lance Butler, 2b, Butler-18.502; 32. Toby Sampson, 66, Miller-18.570; 33. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-18.620; 34. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-18.764; 35. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-19.114; 36. Curt LeDuc, 84L, Persall-19.261; 37. Ed McWilliams, 27, Kershaw-19.541; 38. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-NT; 39. Kyle Smith, 55s, Camarillo-NT. (Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-withdrawn)
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Argo, 3. Mitchell, 4. Brian Camarillo, 5. Bragg, 6. Case, 7. Ebberts, 8. McWilliams, 9. Perkins, 10. Miller. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.VanderWeerd, 2. Shedarowich, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Crawford, 5. Spencer, 6. Adderson, 7. Gardner, 8. Welton, 9. Aden. 2:57.66
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Solberg, 3. A.Williams, 4. C.Williams, 5. J.VanderWeerd, 6. Butler, 7. Bates, 8. Collins, 9. R.Williams. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Brent Camarillo, 3. Hansen, 4. Jones, 5. Ford, 6. Kershaw, 7. Sampson, 8. LeDuc, 9. Waitman. 2:53.89
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Miller, 3. Bragg, 4. Gardner, 5. Ford, 6. Aden, 7. Case, 8. Kershaw, 9. J.VanderWeerd, 10. Ebberts, 11. Adderson, 12. Perkins, 13. Bates, 14. Sampson, 15. Butler, 16. Welton, 17. McWilliams, 18. Collins, 19. LeDuc. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Jimmy Crawford, 3. David Cardey, 4. Greg Bragg, 5. Tony Jones, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Danny Sheridan, 9. Josh Ford, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Blake Miller, 13. John Aden, 14. Dennis Howell, 15. Brian Camarillo, 16. Brent Camarillo, 17. Mathew Shedarowich, 18. Richard VanderWeerd, 19. Garrett Hansen, 20. Ludvig Solberg IV, 21. Rodney Argo, 22. Wes Gutierrez. NT
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**R.Williams flipped during the third heat. Argo flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Gutierrez, Laps 3-16 Crawford, Laps 17-30 Spencer.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-745; 2-Cardey-737; 3-Miller-687; 4-Hansen-662; 5-Sheridan-581; 6-Bragg-566; 7-Mitchell-505; 8-R.Williams-437; 9-Cory Kruseman-397; 10-T.Jones-331.
NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 5-6-7 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Budwesier Oval Nationals”