CLAUSON TAKES PEORIA’S “HALL OF FAME” OPENER, EXTENDS NDC LEAD

 


Peoria, AZ……..Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. extended his lead in the USAC National Drivers Championship with his victory in Friday night’s opening Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic AMSOIL USAC National/CRA Sprint race at Canyon Speedway Park. Clauson grabbed the lead in his Curb Records/R & B Truckers Spike/Chevy from USAC/CRA point leader Mike Spencer on lap 25 and led the remaining six laps for the win. Chris Windom finished second ahead of Damion Gardner, Levi Jones and Spencer. The win puts Clauson 25 points ahead of Kyle Larson in the new National Driver Championship standings. Larson did not compete Friday. Jones and Spencer retained their respective point leads in the AMSOIL National and CRA series. Keith Bloom Jr. was Friday’s fastest qualifier.


 


AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 28, 2011 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Speedway Park – Parker Store “Hall of Fame Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-13.840; 2. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-13.937; 3. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-13.983; 4. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.990; 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.025; 6. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.040; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.056; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.064; 9. Jon Stanbrough, 69, Dynamics-14.202; 10. Bobby East,, 5, Klatt-14.317; 11. Stevie Sussex, 1a, Dewall-14.327; 12. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-14.332; 13. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.395; 14. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-14.414; 15. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-14.480; 16. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.491; 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.525; 18. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.546; 19. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-14.566; 20. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.589; 21. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.665; 22. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.732; 23. Andrew Reinbold, 19a, Reinbold-14.749; 24. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.779; 25. Brian Hosford, 32B, Weber-14.807; 26. Dalton Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-14.816; 27. Justin Quinn, 93, Quinn-14.884; 28. Nick Aiuto, 27N, Aiuto/Allen-14.935; 29. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.996; 30. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-15.217; 31. Ryan Linder, 9, Linder-15.276; 32. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-15.328; 33. Bob Ream Jr., 8, BRAT-15.671; 34. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts/Tate-NT; 35. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Bloom, 3. Sheridan, 4. Hines, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Clauson, 7. Clark, 8. Hosford, 9. Ream. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. A.Williams, 3. Martin, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. East, 6. Ballou, 7. Gabbard, 8. Everhart. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pelkey, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Sussex, 4. Mitchell, 5. Faas, 6. Reinbold, 7. Bezio, 8. Quinn. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Spencer, 3. Jones, 4. C.Williams, 5. St. James, 6. Johnson, 7. Ogle, 8. Aiuto. NT


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Ballou, 3. Faas, 4. Clauson, 5. Johnson, 6. East, 7. St. James, 8. Bezio, 9. Aiuto, 10. Hosford, 11. Gabbard, 12. Ream, 13. Reinbold, 14. Ogle, 15. Clark, 16. Quinn, 17. Linder, 18. Everhart. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Hunter Schuerenburg, 8. Jon Stanbrough, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Keith Bloom, 11. Bobby East, 12. Nic Faas, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Rip Williams, 15. R.J. Johnson, 16. Mike Martin, 17. David Bezio, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Austin Williams, 20. Stevie Sussex, 21. Casey Shuman, 22. Rickie Gaunt, 23. Josh Pelkey, 24. Danny Sheridan. NT


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**Sheridan flipped on lap 2 of the feature. Sussex flipped on lap 25 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Spencer, Laps 25-30 Clauson.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-1,384; 2-Windom-1,345; 3-Stanbrough-1,285; 4-Schuerenberg-1,221; 5-Ballou-1,121; 6-Hines-1,094; 7-Dave Darland-1,054; 8-D.Gardner-1,039; 9-Clauson-1,022; 10-East-855.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-985; 2-Mitchell-941; 3-Faas-934; 4-A.Williams-700; 5-Greg Bragg-615; 6-C.Williams-567; 7-R.Williams-500; 8-Sheridan-490; 9-Gaunt-472; 10-David Cardey-443.


NEW USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,041; 2-Kyle Larson-1,016; 3-Hines-989; 4-Jones-981; 5-Windom-977; 6-East-942; 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-921; 8-Darren Hagen-824; 9-Stanbrough-820; 10-Schuerenberg-816.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 29 – Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park – Parker Store “Hall of Fame Classic”