PERRIS VICTORY GIVES MITCHELL USAC/CRA LEAD

 


Perris, CA……..Saturday night’s victory in the “Salute to Indy” at Perris Auto Speedway boosted Matt Mitchell into the series point lead. Mitchell, of Yorba Linda, Calif., passed Greg Alexander on lap eight and led the final 26 laps in his J.W. Mitchell Motorsports/Mancha Realtors Maxim/Speedway entry. Greg Bragg, Rickie Gaunt, Nic Faas and Blake Miller, who led the first five laps, trailed at the checkered flag. Defending series champion Mike Spencer was the fastest qualifier.


 


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 28, 2011 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.805; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.907; 3. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.101; 4. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.136; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.174; 6. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-17.189; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.232; 8. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-17.259; 9. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-17.314; 10. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.336; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.407; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.436; 13. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.454; 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.509; 15. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.517; 16. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.595; 17. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-17.848; 18. Johnny McCall, 77, McCall-17.864; 19. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.872; 20. Cody Kershaw, 27, KMS-17.898; 21. Billy Felts Jr., 31, Felts-17.922; 22. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.028; 23. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-18.061; 24. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-18.061; 25. Dakota Kershaw, 20, KMS-18.067; 26. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-18.100; 27. Corey Ballard, 20X, Ballard-18.927; 28. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-19.059; 29. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-19.103; 30. Tom Grunkemeyer, 36, Springstead-19.113; 31. Gary Potter, 62JR, Welton-19.868; 32. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell- NT; 33. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson- NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Miller, 3. Bragg, 4. D.Kershaw, 5. Felts, 6. Welton, 7. Waitman, 8. Gaunt. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. A.Williams, 3. R.VanderWeerd, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Everhart, 6. Bluntach, 7. McCall, 8. Grunkemeyer. 2:54.77


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Gardner, 3. Mitchell, 4. Perkins, 5. Roa, 6. Bezio, 7. Ballard, 8. Potter. 2:56.81


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Cardey, 3. Argo, 4. Howell, 5. Bender, 6. C.Williams, 7. C.Kershaw, 8. Matlock. 2:53.72


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. C.Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Felts, 5. Bluntach, 6. C.Kershaw, 7. Bezio, 8. Ballard, 9. Grunkemeyer, 10. Matlock, 11. Welton, 12. Potter, 13. McCall, 14. Bender. NT


 


FEATURE: (33 laps) 1. Matt Mitchell, 2. Greg Bragg, 3. Rickie Gaunt, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Blake Miller, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Cody Kershaw, 8. Rodney Argo, 9. Kenny Perkins, 10. Billy Felts Jr., 11. Rip Williams, 12. Johnny Bluntach, 13. Dakota Kershaw, 14. Richard VanderWeerd, 15. Mike Spencer, 16. Cody Williams, 17. Dennis Howell, 18. Jace VanderWeerd, 19. Greg Alexander, 20. David Cardey, 21. Brody Roa, 22. Ronnie Gardner. NT


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**Waitman flipped during the first heat. Howell flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Miller, Laps 6-7 Alexander, Laps 8-33 Mitchell.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Mitchell-290; 2-Spencer-279; 3-Miller-277; 4-Cardey-259; 5-Bragg-244; 6-Gaunt-223; 7-Faas-223; 8-A.Williams-181; 9-C.Williams-154; 10-R.Williams-153.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: June 17th – Watsonville, CA - Ocean Speedway