CRA Off Until June 13 at Perris; Vander Weerd Stars in “Salute to Indy”

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CRA OFF UNTIL JUNE 13 AT PERRIS;

VANDER WEERD STARS IN “SALUTE TO INDY”


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The AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Cars are “off” until June 13 when they return to Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Mike Spencer has a 25-point lead over Matt Mitchell after the most recent series race last Saturday night at the PAS.

Richard Vander Weerd of Visalia, Calif. continued his mastery of Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night, winning the 40-lap “Salute to Indy.” Scoring his third victory in four starts at Perris this season, Vander Weerd passed Mitchell on lap three and led the rest of the way in his Vander Weerd Construction/Battery Worx Maxim/Shark to beat Mitchell, Austin Williams, Cody Williams and Jake Swanson.

Mitchell’s finish enabled him to move past Damion Gardner into the runner-up point spot after Saturday’s race. Gardner finished 19th in the 30-lap feature.

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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 23, 2015 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Salute to Indy”

 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.354; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.500; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.516; 4. Rickie Gaunt, 9, McDonald-16.584; 5. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.645; 6. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.743; 7. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.756; 8. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.820; 9. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.827; 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.901; 11. Trent Williams, 52, Williams-16.920; 12. Cody Swanson, 93, Gardner-17.050; 13. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.062; 14. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-17.146; 15. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.208; 16. Chad Boespflug, 42, Cheney-17.324; 17. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-17.555; 18. Verne Sweeney, 98V, Tracy-17.591; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.641; 20. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.700; 21. Austin Smith, 33, Smith-17.798; 22. Jesse Denome, 6, Denome-17.834; 23. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-18.343; 24. Tobey Sampson, 12B, Blair-18.404.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. C.Williams, 3. J.Swanson, 4. Bender, 5. Gaunt, 6. J.Vander Weerd, 7. Gansen, 8. Denome. 2:51.77

 

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Roa, 3. R.Vander Weerd, 4. T.Williams, 5. Ellertson, 6. Malcolm, 7. Lopiccolo, 8. Colston. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. L.Williams, 3. Gardner, 4. Mitchell, 5. Sweeney, 6. C.Swanson, 7. Smith, 8. Sampson. 2:53.25

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Richard Vander Weerd, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Chad Boespflug, 9. A.J. Bender, 10. Jace Vander Weerd, 11. Cody Swanson, 12. Logan Williams, 13. Austin Smith, 14. Tommy Malcolm, 15. Chris Gansen, 16. Anthony Lopiccolo, 17. Tobey Sampson, 18. Rickie Gaunt, 19. Damion Gardner, 20. Jeremy Ellertson, 21. Trent Williams, 22. Parker Colston, 23. Verne Sweeney, 24. Jesse Denome. NT

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**Ellertson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Mitchell, Laps 3-40 R.Vander Weerd.

UPCOMING EVENT INFO

 

DATE: Saturday, June 13, 2015

TRACK: Perris Auto Speedway (Perris, California)

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

TRACK ADDRESS: 18700 Lake Perris Dr, Perris, CA 92571
TRACK PHONE: (951) 940-0134
TRACK WEBSITE: www.perrisautospeedway.com

MEDIA COVERAGE: Live updates on The SCRA Fan Message Board

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 Damion Gardner
May 9 Ventura, CA Ventura Raceway Richard Vander Weerd
May 23 Perris, CA Perris Auto Speedway Richard Vander Weerd
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
Mike Spencer
426
1
Ron Chaffin Motorsports #50
426
2
Matt Mitchell
401
2 J.W. Mitchell Motorsports #37 401
3
Damion Gardner
387
3 Mark Alexander #4 387
4
Richard Vander Weerd
365
4 Ron Vander Weerd #10 365
5
Austin Williams
355
5 John Jory #2 355
6
Jake Swanson
332
6 Tom & Laurie Sertich #92 332
7
Brody Roa
260
7 Keith Ford #73 267
8
Cody Williams
237
8 BR Racing #91R 260
9
Logan Williams
184
9 John Jory #44 237
10
Jace Vander Weerd
174
10
John Jory #5 184
2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR
FEATURE WINNERS

Richard Vander Weerd – 4 (Perris Auto Speedway on March 7, Perris Auto Speedway on April 18, Ventura Raceway on May 9 & Perris Auto Speedway on May 23)

Damion Gardner – 2 (USA Raceway on March 21 & Perris Auto Speedway on May 2)

Brady Bacon – 1 (USA Raceway on March 20)

2015 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STATISTICS

FEATURE WINS:
1. Richard Vander Weerd – 4
2. Damion Gardner – 2
3. Brady Bacon – 1

FEATURE LAP LEADERS:

1. Richard Vander Weerd – 109
2. Damion Gardner – 35
Danny Sheridan – 35
4. Dave Darland – 17
Mike Spencer – 17
6. Matt Mitchell – 13
7. Josh Hodges – 2
8. Brady Bacon – 1
David Bezio – 1

TOP-FIVE FEATURE FINISHES:
1. Damion Gardner – 5
Mike Spencer – 5
Richard Vander Weerd – 5
Austin Williams – 5
5. Matt Mitchell – 4
6. Brady Bacon – 2
Jake Swanson – 2
8. Ryan Bernal – 1
Dave Darland – 1
Charles Davis, Jr. – 1
Ronnie Gardner – 1
Josh Hodges – 1
Brody Roa – 1
Cody Williams – 1

TOP-TEN FEATURE FINISHES:
1.   Matt Mitchell – 7
Mike Spencer – 7
3.   Damion Gardner – 6
Jake Swanson – 6
5.   Brody Roa – 5
Richard Vander Weerd – 5
Austin Williams – 5
8.   Jace Vander Weerd – 3
Cody Williams – 3
10. Brady Bacon – 2
David Bezio – 2
Dave Darland – 2
Ronnie Gardner – 2
R.J. Johnson – 2
15. A.J. Bender – 1
Ryan Bernal – 1
Chad Boespflug – 1
Parker Colston – 1
Charles Davis, Jr. – 1
Rickie Gaunt – 1
Josh Hodges – 1
Mike Martin – 1
Troy Rutherford – 1
Hunter Schuerenberg – 1
Bruce St. James – 1
Greg Taylor – 1
Logan Williams – 1

FAST QUALIFYING TIMES:
1. Jake Swanson – 3
2. Mike Spencer – 2
3. Brady Bacon – 1
Richard Vander Weerd – 1

HEAT RACE WINS:
1. Damion Gardner – 3
Mike Spencer – 3
3. R.J. Johnson – 2
Matt Mitchell – 2
Richard Vander Weerd – 2
6. Ryan Bernal – 1
Chad Boespflug – 1
Ronnie Clark – 1
Jimmy Crawford – 1
    Dave Darland – 1
Rickie Gaunt – 1
Tom Hendricks – 1
Matt Rossi – 1
Austin Williams – 1
Cody Williams – 1

C-MAIN WINS:
1. Trent Williams – 1

SEMI WINS:

1. Geoff Ensign – 1
Matt Mitchell – 1
Greg Taylor – 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. [59 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 & Richard Vander Weerd

 

19. [4 wins] Darren Hagen & Kevin Swindell

 

21. [3 wins] Robert Ballou, Ryan Bernal, Jerry Coons Jr., Charles Davis Jr., Jesse Hockett, Jeremy Sherman, 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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