YUMA SWEEP GIVES GARDNER CRA POINT LEAD

Yuma, AZ……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. is the new AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader after his second victory in two nights at Cocopah Speedway. He trailed Bud Kaeding for six laps, then led the last 24 in his Scott Sales Company/CSI Shocks Spike/J & D to beat Kaeding, Mike Spencer, fast qualifier Nic Faas and R.J. Johnson.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 20, 2013 – Yuma, Arizona – Cocopah Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-17.030; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.094; 3. Damion Gardner, 4a, Alexander-17.339; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.420; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.523; 6. Mike Martin, 16B, Martin-17.602; 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.725; 8. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.779; 9. Charles Davis Jr., 4G, Cook-17.828; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.897; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-18.023; 12. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-18.046; 13. Bob Ream, 8, BRAT-18.163; 14. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-18.327; 15. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-18.332; 16. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-18.950; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Faas, 3. Kaeding, 4. Davis, 5. Bezio, 6. R.Williams, 7. Ream, 8. C.Williams. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Spencer, 3. Johnson, 4. A.Williams, 5. Mitchell, 6. Rossi, 7. Bender, 8. Wilson. NT

DASH: (6 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gardner, 3. Johnson, 4. Spencer, 5. Martin, 6. Faas. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Nic Faas, 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Charles Davis Jr., 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Rip Williams, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Matt Rossi, 12. Bob Ream Jr., 13. Cody Williams, 14. Mike Martin, 15. Seth Wilson, 16. David Bezio, 17. A.J. Bender. NT

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**Bender flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Kaeding, Laps 7-30 Gardner.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-397, 2-Faas-393, 3-Kaeding-312, 4-Spencer-294, 5-Johnson-266, 6-C.Williams-242, 7-Roa-226, 8-A.Williams-224, 9-Bryan Clauson-210, 10-Davis-207.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: May 4, 2013 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway