SPENCER GETS 4TH STRAIGHT PERRIS VICTORY


Perris, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. scored his fourth straight Perris Auto Speedway feature win in Wednesday night’s “Firecracker 30.” The win was his 21st in the series at the half-mile oval and came as he held off a hard-charging Nic Faas, who came from 22nd starting spot to finish second! Brody Roa, Ryan Bernal and Austin Williams completed the “top-five.” Spencer was also the fastest qualifier.


AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 4, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - "Firecracker 30"


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.237; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.521; 3. Troy Rutherford, 42, Cheney-16.647; 4. Ryan  Bernal, 73, Ford-16.719; 5. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.724; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.730; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.747; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-16.762; 9. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.773; 10. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.829; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.910; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.942; 13. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.964; 14. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-16.985; 15. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-17.001; 16. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.169; 17. A.J. Bender, 11, Bender-17.257; 18. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.468; 19. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.488; 20. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.557; 21. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.700; 22. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-17.805; 23. Adam Frith-Smith, 62A, Frith-Smith-17.965; 24. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-18.142; 25. Patrick Clark, 71k, Kruseman-18.352; 26. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.619; 27. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.673; 28. Jon Kairot, 0, Perkins-18.670.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Spencer, 3. Johnson, 4. Faas, 5. Perkins, 6. Clark, 7. A.J. Bender. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Alexander, 3. Mitchell, 4. Kruseman, 5. B.Bender, 6. Potter, 7. Gaunt. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Bezio, 3. Rutherford, 4. Gardner, 5. Roa, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Welton. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Bernal, 3. Wilson, 4. Ballard, 5. Smith, 6. Kairot, 7. Ercse. NT


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Perkins, 3. Ercse, 4. B.Bender, 5. Clark, 6. Kairot, 7. Gaunt, 8. Potter, 9. Frith-Smith, 10. Smith. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Brody Roa, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. David Bezio, 11. Greg Alexander, 12. Corey Ballard, 13. Bobby Bender, 14. David Cardey, 15. Patrick Clark, 16. Rip Williams, 17. Troy Rutherford, 18. Kenny Perkins, 19. Seth Wilson, 20. Cody Williams, 21. J.J. Ercse, 22. Jon Kairot. NT


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**C.Williams and Ballard flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Kruseman, Laps 11-30 Spencer.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: Spencer-609, 2-Faas-535, 3-A.Williams-480, 4-Mitchell-461, 5-Bernal-458, 6-Roa-419, 7-Kruseman-375, 8-R.Williams-375, 9-Wilson-313, 10-C.Williams-308.


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 28 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway