CARDEY WINS THRILLER AT THE PAS

Perris, CA…….David Cardey of Riverside, Calif. grabbed the lead from Blake Miller on the final lap to win Saturday night’s 30-lap Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint car thriller at Perris Auto Speedway. Cardey led laps 9-28 before slipping behind Miller on the white-flag lap, but regained the top spot exiting turn two on the last lap in his ITI Performance/Empire Plumbing Viper/Chevy and held on to score a narrow victory over Miller, Rip Williams, Danny Sheridan and Greg Bragg. Cardey becomes the fifth different USAC/CRA race winner in five 2009 races. Mike Spencer finished eight and emerged as the series point leader as a result. Jorden Hermansader and Josh Ford also led the feature. Cory Kruseman was the fastest qualifier.


 


LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 25, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.120; 2. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.196; 3. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.244; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.345; 5. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-17.507; 6. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.521; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.554; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.588; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.644; 10. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-17.644; 11. Rickie Gaunt, 16, Gardner-17.649; 12. Henry Clarke, 41k, Kruseman-17.675; 13. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.691; 14. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Serna-17.704; 15. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.789; 16. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.822; 17. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.835; 18. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.840; 19. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-17.901; 20. Garrett Hansen, 7, M-M-17.916; 21. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.932; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.933; 23. Jeremy Sherman, 42, Cheney-17.938; 24. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.951; 25. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.973; 26. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.987; 27. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-18.010; 28. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.190; 29. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-18.218; 30. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-18.228; 31. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-18.265; 32. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-18.317; 33. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.447; 34. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.457; 35. Andrew Reinbold, 19x, Reinbold-18.515; 36. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-18.786; 37. Ronnie Gardner, 39, Gardner-18.914; 38. Jerry Welton, 62x, Welton-19.234; 39. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Sheridan, 3. Kruseman, 4. Ford, 5. Ballard, 6. C.Williams, 7. Howell, 8. Bates, 9. Gardner, 10. A.Williams. 2:58.83


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Cardey, 3. Hermansader, 4. Solberg, 5. J.VanderWeerd, 6. Shedarowich, 7. R.VanderWeerd, 8. Everhart, 9. Welton, 10. St. James. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Brown, 3. Jones, 4. Rose, 5. Gaunt, 6. Mitchell, 7. Mero, 8. Reinbold, 9. Sherman. 3:00.06


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. R.Williams, 3. Clarke, 4. Ellis, 5. Hansen, 6. Spencer, 7. Aden, 8. Case, 9. Gunderson. NT


 


SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Ballard, 2. Spencer, 3. Mitchell, 4. C.Williams, 5. R.VanderWeerd, 6. Aden, 7. Howell, 8. Hansen, 9. Sherman, 10. Reinbold, 11. J.VanderWeerd, 12. Shedarowich, 13. Mero, 14. Case, 15. Bates, 16. St. James, 17. Gaunt, 18. Welton, 19. A.Williams, 20. Gardner, 21. Gunderson, 22. Everhart. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. David Cardey, 2. Blake Miller, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Alan Ballard, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Tyler Brown, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Cody Williams, 12. Richard VanderWeerd, 13. Jordan Hermansader, 14. Garrett Hansen, 15. R.J. Johnson, 16. Bill Rose, 17. John Aden, 18. Ludvig Solberg IV, 19. Josh Ford,  20. Tony Jones, 21. Robert Ellis, 22. Henry Clarke, 23. Rodney Argo. NT


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**Gunderson flipped during the semi. Jones flipped during the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hermansader, Laps 2-8 Ford, Laps 9-28 Cardey, Lap 29 Miller, Lap 30 Cardey.


 


NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-200; 2-Cardey-184; 3-Miller-179; 4-Cole Whitt-175; 5-Dave Darland-174; 6-Sheridan-173; 7-Jesse Hockett-169; 8-Bragg-155; 9-Hansen-152; 10-Jon Stanbrolugh-147.


 


NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 16 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway