BALLOU TAKES “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” SPRINT OPENER

 


Calistoga, CA……..Robert Ballou of Rocklin, Calif. passed Danny Sheridan on lap 16 and led the final 15 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA/Western Classic Sprint race at Calistoga Speedway. Ballou and his John Ford entry were followed at the checkered flag by Sheridan, who led the first 15 laps, Matt Mitchell, CRA point leader Mike Spencer and fast qualifier Damion Gardner.


 


USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.011; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.298; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-20.375; 4. Jason York, 25N, York-20.448; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.450; 6. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-20.530; 7. Colby Copeland, 24, Copeland-20.612; 8. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-20.615; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-20.643; 10. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-20.660; 11. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.766; 12. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.809; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.878; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.941; 15. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-21.084; 16. Jeff Griffin, 50x, Griffin-21.234; 17. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-21.465; 18. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-21.694; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.708; 20. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-22.156; 21. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-22.330; 22. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-22.771; 23. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-23.079; 24. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-NT; 25. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, D.Gardner, 2. A.Williams, 4. Copeland, 5. Richardson, 6. Hunt, 7. York, 8. Griffin. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Ensign, 3. Pierovich, 4. Mitchell, 5. C.Williams, 6. Hall, 7. Hogg, 8. Cisco. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Sheridan, 3. Faas, 4. R.Williams, 5. Bernal, 6. Barber, 7. T,Sherman, 8. Miller. NT


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. C.Williams, 3. York, 4. Hall, 5. Barber, 6. T.Sherman, 7. Hogg, 8. Miller, 9. Cisco, 10. Hunt, 11. Richardson. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Geoff Ensign, 8. Ryan Bernal, 9. Colby Copeland, 10. Greg Bragg, 11. Scott Pierovich, 12. Jason York, 13. Tim Barber, 14. Austin Williams, 15. Scott Hall, 16. Tony Hunt, 17. Tim Sherman, 18. Shauna Hogg, 19. Jerry Cisco, 20. Cody Williams (#3), 21. Todd Miller Jr., 22. Jim Richardson, 23. Rip Williams (#44). NT


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**Griffin flipped during the first heat.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Sheridan, Laps 16-30 Ballou.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-683; 2-Faas-643; 3-Mitchell-641; 4-A.Williams-528; 5-Bragg-445; 6-C.Williams-414; 7-Sheridan-397; 8-R.Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-621; 2-Ensign-603; 3-Hogg-522; 4-Pierovich-506; 5-Barber-466; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Jerry Kobza-286; 8-Cody Gerhardt-281; 9-Tim Skoglund-263; 10-T.Sherman-244.


 


NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 4 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”