PERRIS 30-LAPPER TO KRUSEMAN
Perris, CA……..Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. cruised to victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car feature at Perris Auto Speedway. He put the Mark Priestley entry into the lead at the start and never looked back, leading all 30 laps to beat fast qualifier Mike Spencer, David Cardey, Nic Faas and Ryan Bernal. Spencer continues to lead the 2012 series standings.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 18, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.348; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.577; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.601; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.675; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-16.796; 6. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.892; 7. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.909; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.927; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.998; 10. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.010; 11. R.J. Johnson, 51A, Martin-17.027; 12. Shane Golobic, 73X, Ford-17.033; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.082; 14. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.151; 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.197; 16. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.206; 17. Josh Pelkey, 12A, Allen-17.282; 18. Jake Swanson, 41, Henry/Jones-17.329; 19. Stevie Sussex, 1A, Sussex-17.410; 20. Patrick Clark, 71K, Kruseman-17.416; 21. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.482; 22. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-17.532; 23. Bobby Bender, 11, Bender-17.666; 24. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.676; 25. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-17.689; 26. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.792; 27. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-17.799; 28. Jeremy Ellertson, 23, Ellertson-18.091; 29. Johnny McCall, 44J, Morbitzer-18.093; 30. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-18.119; 31. Ton Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman-18.275; 32. John Aden, 12X, Blair-18.297; 33. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.302; 34. Trevor Cooper, 21K, Kruseman-18.419; 35. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.487; 36. Kyle Cline, 35, Perkins-18.710; 37. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Roa, 3. Gardner, 4. Pelkey, 5. Carlile, 6. C.Williams, 7. McCall, 8. Matlock, 9. Welton. 2:51.41
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. R.Williams, 3. Faas, 4. Ercse, 5. Swanson, 6. Wilson, 7. Ballard, 8. Blinn, 9. Cooper. 2:53.85
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Bernal, 4. Johnson, 5. Sussex, 6. A.Bender, 7. Hendricks, 8. B.Bender, 9. Collins. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bezio, 2. Golobic, 3. A.Williams, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Clark, 6. Perkins, 7. Ellertson, 8. Aden, 9. Cline. 2:58.94
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Swanson, 3. Carlile, 4. Wilson, 5. Sussex, 6. Perkins, 7. Ballard, 8. Clark, 9. McCall, 10. A.Bender, 11. Aden, 12. Blinn, 13. Ellertson, 14. Hendricks, 15. Cooper, 16. Matlock, 17. Collins, 18. Welton, 19. Cline. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. David Cardey, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Ryan Bernal, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Rip Williams, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 9. David Bezio, 10. Richard Vander Weerd, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Josh Pelkey, 15. Rusty Carlile, 16. Seth Wilson, 17. J.J. Ercse, 18. Austin Williams, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Shane Golobic, 21. Stevie Sussex, 22. Kenny Perkins. NT
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**B.Bender flipped during the third heat. A.Williams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kruseman.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-890, 2-Faas-761, 3-A.Williams-620, 4-Roa-613, 5-Bernal-602, 6-R.Williams-593, 7-Kruseman-547, 8-Matt Mitchell-461, 9-C.Williams-437, 10-Wilson-392.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 19 – Victorville (CA) Raceway Park