AUSTIN WILLIAMS GETS 1ST USAC/CRA SPRINT WIN AT SANTA MARIA

 


Santa Maria, CA……..Austin Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif. earned his initial AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car feature victory Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. He led all 30 laps in his AMA Plastics/Persall Masonry Viper/Shaver to beat Danny Sheridan, Ronnie Gardner, Danny Faria Jr. and Richard VanderWeerd. Series point leader Mike Spencer was the fastest qualifier, won his heat race and the Last Man Standing Dash and finished sixth in the 30-lap feature.


 


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 13, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.227; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.612; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Williams-14.655; 4. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-14.733; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-14.782; 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.794; 7. Wes Gutierrez, 07, Gutierrez-14.801; 8. Danny Faria, 2x, Bowman-14.803; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.812; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.838; 11. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.885; 12. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-14.886; 13. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-14.887; 14. Johnathon Henry, 16, Jones-14.914; 15. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-14.995; 16. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.055; 17. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.262; 18. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-15.556.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. C.Williams, 3. A.Williams, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Argo. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Gaunt, 3. Gardner, 4. Faas, 5. Henry, 6. Mitchell. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Sheridan, 3. Carlile, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. R.Williams, 6. Jones. NT


 


LAST MAN STANDING DASH: Winner: Mike Spencer.


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 4. Danny Faria, Jr., 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 8. Rip Williams, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Rusty Carlile, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Nic Faas, 13. Rickie Gaunt, 14. Johnathon Henry, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Rodney Argo, 17. Bill Jones, 18. Wes Gutierrez. NT


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**Mitchell flipped during the second heat.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 A.Williams.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-561; 2-Faas-518; 3-Mitchell-505; 4-A.Williams-457; 5-Greg Bragg-385; 6-Williams-362; 7-Gardner-343; 8-Gaunt-338; 9-Sheridan-333; 10-R.Williams-319.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 20 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway