SWINDELL WINS “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” 30-LAPPER AT CALISTOGA

Calistoga, CA…….Kevin Swindell of Germantown, Tenn. passed Matt Mitchell on lap 24 and led the final seven ;aps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” USAC National Special Event, Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint race at the Calistoga Speedway. Mitchell finished second behind’s Swindell’s Roth Racing special, with Blake Miller, Bobby McMahan and David Cardey rounding out the “top-five” at the checkered flag. Miller set a new track record during qualifying. Danny Sheridan led the first 12 laps and Mitchell the next 11 before Swindell took over.



USAC NATIONAL (Special Event) & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2009 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-19.335; 2. Garrett Hansen, 7, Priestley-19.459; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.464; 4. Jesse Hockett, 35a, Main-19.533; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.551; 6. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Braund-19.754; 7. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-19.791; 8. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-19.823; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-19.832; 10. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-19.857; 11. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-19.992; 12. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-20.023; 13. Kevin Swindell 83jr, Roth-20.027; 14. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.088; 15. Kyle Larson, 83V, Vertull-20.100; 16. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-20.289; 17. Shane Golobic, 88, Golobic-20.297; 18. Jeff Griffin, 50x, Griffin-20.303; 19. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.340; 20. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-20.410; 21. Matt Streeter, 14jr, Streeter-20.418; 22. Bobby McMahan, 33, Harris-20.467; 23. Kyle Hirst, 6, Perkins-20.518; 24. Marc Mackay, 86, Mackay-20.534; 25. Jim Richardson 8, Richardson-20.899; 26. James Sweeney, 20j, Sweeney-21.196; 27. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.242; 28. Tyler Schmidt, 49, Schmidt-22.158; 29. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-22.309.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Swindell, 3. Mitchell, 4. Sheridan, 5. Miller, 6. Golobic, 7. Richardson, 8. Hawkins. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Jones, 3. Hansen, 4. Bloom, 5. McMahan, 6. Griffin, 7. Sweeney. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hirst, 2. Spencer, 3. Murphy, 4. Larson, 5. A.Williams, 6. C.Williams, 7. Bragg. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mackay, 2. Cardey, 3. Hockett, 4. Ford, 5. Shedarowich, 6. Gardner, 7. Schmidt. NT


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Golobic, 3. Bragg, 4. Gardner, 5. Griffin, 6. McMahan, 7. Shedarowich, 8. A.Williams, 9. Hawkins, 10. Richardson, 11. Sweeney, 12. C.Williams. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Swindell, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Blake Miller, 4. Bobby McMahan, 5. David Cardey, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Rip Williams, 8. Shane Golobic, 9. Danny Sheridan, 10. Kyle Hirst, 11. Mike Spencer, 12. Kyle Larson, 13. Josh Ford, 14. Tony Jones, 15. Matt Streeter, 16. Peter Murphy, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Ronnie Gardner, 19. Jesse Hockett, 20. Jeff Griffin, 21. Austin Williams, 22. Marc Mackay, 23. Keith Bloom Jr., 24. Greg Bragg. NT


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**Bloom and A.Williams flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Sheridan, Laps 13-23 Mitchell, Laps 24-30 Swindell.


 


NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Cardey-574; 2-Miller-555; 3-Hansen-553; 4-Spencer-533; 5-Bragg-445; 6-Sheridan-415; 7-R.Williams-382; 8-Mitchell-377; 9-Cory Kruseman-362; 10-C.Williams-278.


 


NEXT USAC NATIONAL (Special Event) & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 6 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”