SPENCER PADS CRA LEAD WITH “VERMEIL CLASSIC” WIN; ENSIGN OVERTAKES HUNT

 


Calistoga, CA……..Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. continues his pursuit of a fourth straight AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car title Sunday night, winning the 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” feature at Calistoga Speedway. Spencer grabbed the lead on lap 24 when Robert Ballou, Saturday night’s winner, suffered a flat tire. Spencer led the final seven laps to beat Matt Mitchell, Nic Faas, Ryan Bernal and Geoff Ensign. Ensign’s finish enabled him to pass Western Classic Sprint point leader Tony Hunt in the standings.


 


USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2011 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.551; 2. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-20.723; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.794; 4. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-21.082; 5. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-21.110; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-21.148; 7. Andy Forsberg, 92N, Forsberg-21.270; 8. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-21.300; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.375; 10. Colby Copeland, 24, Copeland-21.510; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.712; 12. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-21.775; 13. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-21.881; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.890; 15. Jason York, 25N, York-22.149; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-22.273; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-22.364; 18. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-22.369; 19. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-22.765; 20. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-22.992; 21. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-23.180; 22. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-23.406; 23. Pete Lawrence 87F, Lawrence-24.292; 24. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-24.542.


 


FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faas, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Pierovich, 4. Forsberg, 5. Copeland, 6. T.Sherman, 7. Hogg. NT


 


SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Bernal, 3. Ballou, 4. Ensign, 5. Barber, 6. Cisco, 7. Sheridan. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Spencer, 3. Bragg, 4. York, 5. Hawkins, 6. Miller, 7. Hunt. NT


 


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


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**Hall flipped during qualifying. A.Williams and D.Gardner flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Ballou, Laps 24-30 Spencer.


 


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-754; 2-Faas-708; 3-Mitchell-707; 4-A,Williams-551; 5-Bragg-490; 6-C,.Williams-441; 7-Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-675; 2-Hunt-665; 3-Hogg-579; 4-Pierovich-576; 5-Barber-524; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Sherman-297; 8-Jerry Kobza-286; 9-Cody Gerhardt-281; 10-Tim Skoglund-263.


 


NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 8 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway