SPENCER GETS 31ST USAC/CRA WIN AT OCEAN


Watsonville, CA……..AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car point leader Mike Spencer earned his 31st career USAC/CRA Sprint feature win Friday night at Ocean Speedway. He inherited the lead from Ryan Bernal on lap 15 after Bernal stopped during a yellow, then led the final 16 laps of the 30-lap race to beat Terry Schank Jr., Brody Roa, Billy Aton and Austin Williams to the checkered flag. Tony Hunt was tne highest finishing USAC Western Classic driver in the event which offered points toward that series championship as well. Hunt was ninth.


AMSOIL USAC/CRA - WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 10, 2012 – Watsonville, California  – Ocean Speedway


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-12.701; 2. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-12.722; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-12.779; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-12.794; 5. Tommy Laliberte, 20X, Laliberte-12.815; 6. Shane Golobic, 73X, Ford-12.846; 7. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-12.893; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-12.900; 9. Justin Sanders, 1H, Smith-12.989; 10. Scott Pierovich, 14, Vertullo/Pierson-13.019; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.071; 12. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-13.117; 13. Terry Schank Jr., 1X, Gleason-13.195; 14. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.212; 15. Billy Aton, 26, Aton-13.239; 16. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-13.249; 17. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-13.282; 18. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.326; 19. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-13.392; 20. Seth Wilson, 1, Wilson-13.397; 21. Daniel Hood, 33, Hood-13.657; 22. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-13.836; 23. John Gerber, 14S, Gerber-13.998; 24. Nick Foster Jr., 4Q, Shanoian-14.273; 25. James Bondurant, 77, Keener-14.495.


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Liggett, 3. Spencer, 4. Schank, 5. C.Williams, 6. Gardner, 7. Rodgers, 8. Bondurant. NT


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Bernal, 3. Baker, 4. A.Williams, 5. Laliberte, 6. R.Williams, 7. Gerber, 8. Wilson. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Sanders, 3. Faas, 4. Golobic, 5. Hogg, 6. Hood, 7. Aton. NT


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Gardner, 3. Laliberte, 4. Pierovich, 5. R.Williams, 6. Hogg, 7. Aton, 8. Wilson, 9. Rodgers, 10. Hood. NT


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Terry Schank Jr., 3. Brody Roa, 4. Billy Aton, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Ronnie Gardner, 8. Nic Faas, 9. Tony Hunt, 10. Scott Pierovich, 11. Ryan Bernal, 12. Tommy Laliberte, 13. Austin Liggett, 14. Seth Wilson, 15. Tom Baker, 16. Gordon Rodgers, 17. Justin Sanders, 18. Cody Williams, 19. Shauna Hogg, 20. Shane Golobic, 21. Cory Kruseman. NT


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**C.Williams flipped during the feature.


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Schank, Laps 2-3 Roa, Laps 4-14 Bernal, Laps 15-30 Spencer.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-752, 2-Faas-644, 3-A.Williams-559, 4-Roa-533, 5-Bernal-496, 6-R.Williams-484, 7-Matt Mitchell-461, 8-Kruseman-438, 9-C.Williams-380, 10-Wilson-339.


NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Hogg-538, 2-Hunt-526, 3-Rodgers-319, 4-Pierovich-315, 5-Baker-275, 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-Hogg-369, 2-Hunt-332, 3-Marty Hawkins-233, 4-Baker-187, 5-Rodgers-164, 6-Taylor Simas-155, 7-Pierovich-141, 8-Jerry Cisco-86, 9-Geoff Ensign-49.


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA - WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: August 11 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway