BELL RINGS FOR CHRISTOPHER IN “VERMEIL” SPRINT OPENER
Calistoga, CA……..Christopher Bell of Norman, Okla. passed Ryan Bernal on the 24th lap and led the rest of the way to claim Saturday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” ASMOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Calistoga Speedway in his Dennis Roth Revcon Suspension/Southern Pacific Farms KPC. The race featured five official lead changes as Bell was trailed by CRA point leader Damion Gardner, Rico Abreu, Brody Roa and Robert Ballou. Mike Spencer led the first 10 laps, Bernal led three, Bell led one, Bernal led the next nine, then Bell took over for good.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 30, 2014 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-19.453; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-19.802; 3. Christopher Bell, 51T, Roth-20.003; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-20.042; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.085; 6. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-20.101; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-20.187; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 73X, Ford-20.344; 9. Rico Abreu, 24, Abreu-20.364; 10. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.401; 11. Bud Kaeding, 24, Bowman-20.409; 12. Robert Ballou,73, Ford-20.421; 13. Colby Copeland, 5V, VanLare-20.580; 14. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.603; 15. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-20.737; 16. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.810; 17. Scott Hall, 77J, Campanile-20.891; 18. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.943; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-21.131; 20. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.159; 21. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.183; 22. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-21.638; 23. Adam Brenton, 28, Brenton-21.645; 24. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-21.739; 25. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-21.950.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. Swanson, 4. C.Williams, 5. Copeland, 6. Ensign, 7. Hawkins, 8. L.Williams, 9. Gansen. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Spencer, 3. Mitchell, 4. Kaeding, 5. Johnson, 6. Hall, 7. Terrell, 8. Brenton. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Abreu, 3. Bernal, 4. Bell, 5. A.Williams, 6. Barber, 7. Schank, 8. Schmid. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Christopher Bell, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Rico Abreu, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Colby Copeland, 10. Bradley Terrell, 11. Cody Williams, 12. D.J. Johnson, 13. Tim Barber, 14. Austin Williams, 15. Logan Williams, 16. Terry Schank Jr., 17. Chris Gansen, 18. Jake Swanson, 19. Adam Brenton, 20. Ryan Bernal, 21. Bud Kaeding, 22. Geoff Ensign, 23. Scott Hall, 24. Marty Hawkins, 25. Trevor Schmid. NT
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**Kaeding flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Spencer, Laps 11-13 Bernal, Lap 14 Bell, Laps 15-23 Bernal, Laps 24-30 Bell.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-857, 2-Spencer-679, 3-Nic Faas-628, 4-Mitchell-573, 5-Roa-554, 6-A.Williams-536, 7-C.Williams-519, 8-J.Swanson-486, 9-Richard Vander Weerd-471, 10-Cory Kruseman-381.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 31 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “7th Louie Vermeil Classic”
