CRA Back to the Pas May 2; Vander Weerd Takes Perris “So-Cal Showdown”

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Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, California picked up Saturday night’s AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Former AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champions Damion Gardner and Mike Spencer continue their battle for the 2015 championship May 2 when the series returns to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. The two are separated by just five points after taking second and third respectively in last Saturday night’s “So-Cal Showdown” at the PAS.

Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. remained unbeaten at Perris Saturday on “Power of Purple Night.” Wheeling the Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark, he passed Spencer on lap eight and led the final 23 laps to beat Gardner, Spencer, Ryan Bernal and Austin Williams. The win left Vander Weerd sixth in the new standings.

Gardner and Spencer will also continue their mastery at the PAS May 2. Gardner, who has three series titles, has 32 wins there while Spencer, a five-time USAC/CRA king, has 25.

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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 18, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “So-Cal Showdown”

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.607; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.640; 3. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.737; 4. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.825; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.834; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.841; 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.971; 8. A.J. Bender, 21B, Bender-16.940; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.944; 10. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.071; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.090; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-17.190; 13. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.312; 14. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.448; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.599; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.607; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.615; 18. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.637; 19. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.744; 20. Verne Sweeney, 98X, Tracy-17.782; 21. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-17.842; 22. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.915; 23. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.996; 24. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.240; 25. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.345; 26. Gary Potter, 6P, Potter-19.151; 27. Chris Dyson, 71K, Kruseman-19.301.

 

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. R. Vander Weerd, 3. J. Vander Weerd, 4. L. Williams, 5. Colston, 6. Bezio, 7. Smith, 8. Sampson, 9. Swanson. 2:57.80

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Gardner, 2. Kruseman, 3. R. Gardner, 4. Spencer, 5. Bender, 6. Sweeney, 7. Ellertson, 8. Gansen, 9. Potter. 2:58.19

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C. Williams, 2. A. Williams, 3. Roa, 4. Gaunt, 5. Schank, 6. Malcolm, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Dyson, 9. Mitchell. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Swanson, 3. Bezio, 4. Bender, 5. Schank, 6. Gansen, 7. Malcolm, 8. Sweeney, 9. Ellertson, 10. Colston, 11. Lopiccolo, 12. Smith, 13. Dyson, 14. Sampson, 15. Potter. 3:32.13

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Jace Vander Weerd, 8. Brody Roa, 9. Rickie Gaunt, 10. David Bezio, 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12. Cory Kruseman, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Tommy Malcolm, 17. A.J. Bender, 18. Verne Sweeney, 19. Jake Swanson, 20. Terry Schank Jr., 21. Jeremy Ellertson, 22. Parker Colston. NT

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**Mitchell flipped during the third heat. Schank flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Spencer, Laps 8-30 R.Vander Weerd.

UPCOMING EVENT INFO

Saturday, May 2, 2015

TRACK:
Perris Auto Speedway (Perris, California)

EVENT:
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars, PAS Senior Sprints and PAS Young Guns

TRACK ADDRESS: 18700 Lake Perris Dr, Perris, CA 92571

TRACK PHONE: (951) 940-0134

TRACK WEBSITE:
www.perrisautospeedway.com 
2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR
SCHEDULE & RESULTS

DATE
LOCATION
TRACK
WINNER
March 7 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway Richard Vander Weerd
March 20 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway Brady Bacon
March 21 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway Damion Gardner
April 18 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway Richard Vander Weerd
May 2 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
May 9 Ventura, CA Ventura Raceway
May 23 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
June 13 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
July 3 Santa Maria, CA Santa Maria Speedway
July 4 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
Aug. 15 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
@@@Sept. 5 Calistoga, CA Calistoga Speedway
@@@Sept. 6 Calistoga, CA Calistoga Speedway
@@@Sept. 7 Petaluma, CA Petaluma Speedway
@@@Sept. 10 Chico, CA Silver Dollar Speedway
@@@Sept. 11 Hanford, CA Kings Speedway
@@@Sept. 12 Santa Maria, CA Santa Maria Speedway
Sept. 19 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
Oct. 23 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
Oct. 24 Peoria, AZ Canyon Speedway Park
###Nov. 12 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
###Nov. 13 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
###Nov. 14 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway
###Nov. 19 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
###Nov. 20 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
###Nov. 21 Tucson, AZ USA Raceway
Races noted with @@@ represent California Sprint Week.
Races noted with ### represent a Co-Sanctioned event with the AMSOIL Sprint Car National Championship.
2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR
DRIVER POINT STANDINGS

DRIVER POINTS (TOP-10)
ENTRANT POINTS (TOP-10)
RANK
DRIVER
POINTS
RANK
ENTRANT
POINTS
1
Damion Gardner
260
1
Mark Alexander #4
260
2
Mike Spencer
255
2 Ron Chaffin Motorsports #50 255
3
Matt Mitchell
217
3 Keith Ford #73 245
4
Austin Williams
175
4 J.W. Mitchell Motorsports #37 217
5
Jake Swanson
173
5 John Jory #2 175
6
Richard Vander Weerd
161
6 Tom & Laurie Sertich #92 173
7
Cody Williams
147
7 Ron Vander Weerd #10 161
8
Brady Bacon
136
8 John Jory #44 147
9
Brody Roa
122
9 BR Racing #91R 122
10
R.J. Johnson
114
10
Bobby Martin #51 114
2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR
FEATURE WINNERS

Richard Vander Weerd – 2 (Perris Auto Speedway on March 7 & Perris Auto Speedway on April 18)

Brady Bacon – 1 (USA Raceway on March 20)

Damion Gardner – 1 (USA Raceway on March 21)

2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STATISTICS

FEATURE WINS:
1. Richard Vander Weerd – 2
2. Brady Bacon – 1
Damion Gardner – 1
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
1. Richard Vander Weerd – 70
2. Dave Darland – 17
3. Damion Gardner – 16
4. Matt Mitchell – 7
Mike Spencer – 7
6. Josh Hodges – 2
7. Brady Bacon – 1

TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:
1. Damion Gardner – 4
Mike Spencer – 4
2. Brady Bacon – 2
Matt Mitchell – 2
Richard Vander Weerd – 2
Austin Williams – 2
6. Ryan Bernal – 1
Dave Darland – 1
Charles Davis, Jr. – 1
Josh Hodges – 1

TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES:
1.   Damion Gardner – 4
Matt Mitchell – 4
Mike Spencer – 4
4.   Brody Roa – 3
Jake Swanson – 3
6.   Brady Bacon – 2
Dave Darland – 2
R.J. Johnson – 2
Richard Vander Weerd – 2
Austin Williams – 2
Cody Williams – 2
12. Ryan Bernal – 1
David Bezio – 1
Charles Davis, Jr. – 1
Ronnie Gardner – 1
Rickie Gaunt – 1
Josh Hodges – 1
Mike Martin – 1
Hunter Schuerenberg – 1
Bruce St. James – 1
Jace Vander Weerd – 1

FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:
1. Mike Spencer – 2
2. Brady Bacon – 1
Jake Swanson – 1

HEAT RACE WINS:
1. Damion Gardner – 3
    R.J. Johnson – 2
3. Ryan Bernal – 1
Ronnie Clark – 1
    Dave Darland – 1
Matt Mitchell – 1
Matt Rossi – 1
Richard Vander Weerd – 1
Cody Williams – 1

SEMI WINS:
1. Geoff Ensign – 1
Matt Mitchell – 1
ALL-TIME USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONS

2004: Rip WIlliams

2005: Damion Gardner

2006: Cory Kruseman

2007: Tony Jones

2008: Mike Spencer

2009: Mike Spencer

2010: Mike Spencer

2011: Mike Spencer

2012: Mike Spencer

2013: Damion Gardner

2014: Damion Gardner

ALL-TIME USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR
FEATURE WINNERS

1. [58 wins] Damion Gardner

 

2. [35 wins] Cory Kruseman & Mike Spencer

 

4. [20 wins] Tony Jones

 

5. [10 wins] Nic Faas, Mike Kirby & Rip Williams

 

8. [9 wins] David Cardey & Bryan Clauson

 

10. [7 wins] Dave Darland, Rickie Gaunt & Danny Sheridan

 

13. [6 wins] Levi Jones, Bud Kaeding, Blake Miller & Matt Mitchell

 

17. [5 wins] Garrett Hansen

 

18. [4 wins] Darren Hagen & Kevin Swindell

 

20. [3 wins] Robert Ballou, Ryan Bernal, Jerry Coons Jr., Charles Davis Jr., Jesse Hockett, Jeremy Sherman, Richard Vander Weerd, Scotty Weir, Austin Williams & Josh Wise

 

30. [2 wins] Tyler Brown, R.J. Johnson, Kyle Larson & Chris Windom

 

34. [1 win] Rico Abreu, Brady Bacon, Alan Ballard, Jayme Barnes, Christopher Bell, Greg Bragg, Daron Clayton, Shane Cottle, Danny Faria Jr., Ricci Faria, Josh Ford, Marty Hawkins, Tracy Hines, Kyle Hirst, Tim Kaeding, Mike Martin, Adam Mitchell, Brody Roa, Johnny Rodriguez, Jon Stanbrough, Ricky Stenhouse Jr., Chase Stockon, Cole Whitt, Cody Williams & Jason York

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