SHERIDAN WINS SANTA MARIA THRILLER!


Santa Maria, CA……..Danny Sheridan scored a thrilling “home-town” victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA and Western Classic Sprint race at Santa Maria Speedway. He caught series point leader Mike Spencer on the final lap and beat Spencer, Rip Williams, Jace Vander Weerd and Nic Faas to the checkered flag. Jace Vander Weerd led the first eight laps, then Sheridan led the next 14. Spencer took over on lap 23 but it was Sheridan with the last-lap heroics for the win! Tony Hunt, with a 14th place finish, became the new Western Classic point leader.


AMSOIL USAC/CRA - WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 11, 2012 – Santa Maria, California  – Santa Maria Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.592; 2. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.618; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.691; 4. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.719; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-14.753; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.783; 7. A.J. Bender, 11, Bender-14.812; 8. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-14.878; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.883; 10. Shane Golobic, 73x, Ford-14.894; 11. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.899; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.912; 13. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.960; 14. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.982; 15. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.056; 16. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-15.129; 17. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.141; 18. Scott Pierovich, 14, Vertullo/Pierson-15.212; 19. Johnathon Henry, 17, Kruseman-15.283; 20. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-15.352; 21. Brandon Thomson, 16, Jones-15.515; 22. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-16.077.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. .J.Vander Weerd, 2. Sheridan, 3. Golobic, 4. Henry, 5. Spencer, 6. Bender, 7. Hunt, 8. Baker. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Faas, 3. Roa, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5. Wilson, 6. Bernal, 7. Faria. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. C.Williams, 3. Carlile, 4. R.Williams, 5. A.Williams, 6. Thomson, 7. Gaunt. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Ryan Bernal, 7. Richard Vander Weerd, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Rusty Carlile, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Austin Williams, 12. Scott Pierovich, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Tony Hunt, 15. Tom Baker, 16. A.J. Bender, 17. Cody Williams, 18. Brody Roa, 19. Brandon Thomson, 20. Johnathon Henry, 21. Shane Golobic, 22. Rickie Gaunt. NT


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**Faria flipped during the second heat.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 J.Vander Weerd, Laps 7-22 Sheridan, Laps 23-29 Spencer, Lap 30 Sheridan.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-819, 2-Faas-699, 3-A.Williams-594, 4-Roa-561, 5-R.Williams-544, 6-Bernal-544, 7-Kruseman-479, 8-Matt Mitchell-461, 9-C.Williams-406, 10-Wilson-370.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-562, 2-Shauna Hogg-538, 3-Pierovich-388, 4-Baker-340, 5-Gordon Rodgers-319, 6-Marty Hawkins-233, 7-Brian McClish-209, 8-Tim Skoglund-179, 9-Cody Gerhardt-174, 10-Taylor Simas-155.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC DIRT SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hunt-403, 2-Shauna nHogg-369, 3-Baker-252, 4-Marty Hawkins-233, 5-Pierovich-214, 6-Gordon Rodgers-164, 7-Taylor Simas-155, 8-Jerry Cisco-86, 9-Geoff Ensign-49.


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: August 18 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway


NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: September 1-2 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway