CHASE JOHNSON TRIUMPHS AT CHICO
Chico, CA........Chase Johnson of Penngrove, Calif. scored a stirring victory in Thursday night's 30-lap "Gold Cup Race of Champions" AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Silver Dollar Speedway. He passed Colby Copeland on the white-flag lap and led to the checkered to beat Brody Roa, Copeland, Koen Shaw and Logan Williams.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 6, 2018 – Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway - “Gold Cup Race of Champions / Bullet Impressions California Sprint Week”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.865; 2. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.055; 3. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-14.105; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.165; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 42, Cheney-14.168; 6. Michael Faccinto, 8, Richardson-14.210; 7. Colby Copeland, 16A, Copeland-14.313; 8. Koen Shaw, 88K, Shaw-14.364; 9. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-14.416; 10. Ron Laplant, 69, Laplant-14.439; 11. Gary Paulson, 45, Kleinhaus-14.441; 12. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.445; 13. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-14.452; 14. Geoff Ensign, 56, Phulps-14.476; 15. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.484; 16. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.536; 17. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-14.553; 18. R.J. Johnson, 92, Sertich-14.599; 19. Shayna Sylvia, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.709; 20. Richard Brace Jr., 2R, Brace-14.801; 21. Cody Jessop, 35, Grier-14.934; 22. Nick Larson, 24N, Larson-15.053; 23. Jake Swanson, 34AZ, Grau/Burkhart-15.098; 24. David Johnson, 16, Johnson-18.198.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. C.Williams, 3. Adams, 4. A.Williams, 5. Laplant, 6. Sylvia, 7. Larson, 8. Copeland. NT
CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / ROD END SUPPLY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faria, 2. Ensign, 3. Gansen, 4. Shaw, 5. McCarthy, 6. Swanson, 7. Paulson, 8. Brace. NT
KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS / ROD END SUPPLY THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R.J.Johnson, 3. Roa, 4. C.Johnson, 5. L.Williams, 6. Faccinto, 7. Jessop, 8. D.Johnson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chase Johnson, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Colby Copeland, 4. Koen Shaw, 5. Logan Williams, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Michael Faccinto, 8. R.J. Johnson, 9. Jake Swanson, 10. Max Adams, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Ryan Bernal, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Geoff Ensign, 15. Shayna Sylvia, 16. Chris Gansen, 17. Cody Jessop, 18. Gary Paulson, 19. Ron Laplant, 20. Richard Brace Jr., 21. David Johnson, 22. Matt McCarthy, 23. Nick Larson, 24. Danny Faria Jr. NT
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**Gardner flipped on lap 10 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 C.Johnson, Laps 3-10 Gardner, Laps 11-28 Copeland, Laps 29-30 C.Johnson.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Jake Swanson (23rd to 9th)
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-924, 2-Gardner-885, 3-A.Williams-788, 4-C.Williams-749, 5-Adams-727, 6-Swanson-679, 7-R.J. Johnson-627, 8-L.Williams-562, 9-Gansen-543, 10-Faria-542.
NEW BULLET IMPRESSIONS CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Roa-281, 2-A.Williams-276, 3-Bernal-264, 4-Gardner-245, 5-Faria-237, 6-C.Johnson-221, 7-Adams-214, 8-C.Williams-207, 9-L.Williams-206, 10-R.J.Johnson-205.
NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 7 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway – “Bullet Impressions California Sprint Week”