USAC Sprints

Feb 22 2012
CAN ANYBODY STOP SPENCER IN 2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA OPENER?
“4-TIME” EYES USAC RECORD IN SATURDAY’s “SOKOLA SOOTOUT”

by DICK JORDAN
Four-time AMSOIL USAC/CRA Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. opens his attempt at a fifth consecutive series championship this Saturday night when Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway presents the Annual “Sokola Shootout.”

The race honors California’s Sokola family and their contributions to the sport of Sprint racing. Gary Sokola, who passed away in 2001, is among 2012 inductees into the National Sprint Car Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Iowa. As USAC’s National Sprint Car Series Supervisor and Assistant Competition Director during a span of 10 years, Gary exhibited leadership and dedication in maintaining one of the planet’s most spectacular forms of motorsports.

Spencer is the defending race champion and won four of the first five Perris races contested last year. He has 24 career USAC/CRA wins at the Perris oval.

Spencer has an opportunity to make USAC history this year. NO driver has ever strung together five consecutive championships in a single racing series.

The first six “Sokola Shootouts” occurred at the now defunct Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz., won by Tony Jones (2001), Jeremy Sherman (2002-2003), Cory Kruseman (2004) and Mike Kirby (2005-2006). The race moved to Perris in 2009 and Rickie Gaunt was the winner. Damion Gardner won the 2010 running and Spencer was the winner last year.

Five of the “top-10’ in last year’s USAC/CRA Sprint standings were unable to find victory lane in 2011. Hoping to end that streak Saturday will be Cody and Rip Williams, Danny Sheridan and Rickie Gaunt, while Casey Shuman replaces Greg Bragg for Saturday’s opener.

The PAS Senior Sprints and California Lightning Sprints share the card Saturday night.

"We are very optimistic that 2012 is going to be a very good year," promoter Don Kazarian says. "Several young drivers are jumping into the series and USAC made sure there are no conflicts between the CRA and West Coast 360 Series as there have been in the past. The amount of teams we have seen on the track at practice has been a very pleasant surprise."

Good news for the teams competing at The PAS is the increase in the purse for 2012. The purse will return to what it was a few years ago and the winner will again get $2,500.00 (as opposed to $2,000.00 the past few seasons) and it will pay a minimum of $300.00 to start the main (as opposed to $150.00).

2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Mike Spencer-1,253; 2-Nic Faas-1,178; 3-Matt Mitchell-1,073; 4-Austin Williams-741; 5-Greg Bragg-651; 6-Cody Williams-646; 7-Danny Sheridan-614; 8-Rip Williams-588; 9-Rickie Gaunt-520; 10-Damion Gardner-507

Feb 14 2012
GARDNER, HAGEN NAB “WINTER DIRT GAMES” VICTORIES
AS 2012 AMSOIL SERIES DEBUTS AT OCALA, FLORIDA

by DICK JORDAN
Two-time USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Ind. has the early lead in the 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series after second and fourth-place finishes in “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” In Ocala, Fla.

Clauson finished fourth behind winner Damion Gardner on Thursday night, then nearly beat Darren Hagen to the checkered flag in a spectacular finish to Saturday night’s 30-lapper at the three-eights mile dirt oval.

The three-night extravaganza presented by eBay Motors suffered a rainout after qualifying on Friday.

Hagen, of Riverside, Calif., held off Clauson on the final corner to take the victory on Saturday. Justin Grant set a new Track Record and the feature ended with a .092-second winning margin in the 30-lap Main Event.

“It’s just a blessing to be able to get a win for this team after all the work they’ve put in this week. They’ve been great to work with, and we’re just really pumped to take a win here tonight,” Hagen said of his Hoffman Auto Racing Mean Green Chalk/Stanton Mopar #69.

Hagen held off advances from Grant throughout the first half of the race. Hagen slipped away in lapped traffic until a caution flew with ten laps remaining. From then on, Clauson stalked the lead in his CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian R&B Trucker’s Maxim/Fisher #7. On the final lap, Clauson went high in turn three and had a run to the line with the two making contact just before the flagstand. Clauson spun to the infield in turn one.

“We were just getting better and better. We could get some runs on him but just couldn’t get a way by. We had a shot coming to the line, but he kinda shut the door there. It’s a great way for us to start the season, though,” Clauson said.

Grant held on for third in his Hery Racing Sunset Meats DRC/Claxton #40. Defending series champion Levi Jones was fourth in the Tony Stewart Racing GM Performance Maxim/Kistler #20. Thursday’s winner Damion Gardner was fifth in the DG Racing Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver #71

Gardner, of Concord, Calif., started the 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car season much the way he has started the last two after capturing the opening round of “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors at Bubba Raceway Park on Thursday night. Gardner took his DG Racing Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver #71 to the point on lap six, slipping past early leader Brady Bacon, and led the distance despite heavy pressure throughout.

“It’s just a great way to start the year. We have to keep it going, but it’s great to get this one tonight. There were a couple times I thought we weren’t going to get it, but we caught a couple lucky breaks, so it worked out well,” Gardner said.

Gardner did appear to be in trouble as Bacon pressured him in lapped traffic. After catching a caution on lap 26 to get clear track, Bacon slipped by on the restart aboard his Hoffman Auto Racing Mean Green Triple X/Stanton Mopar #69, but a caution negated the move and gave Gardner the lead back. On the ensuing restart, Bacon surrendered second to Jon Stanbrough, who also looked low for the lead. Gardner held on despite another late caution for his third win in four tries at the Ocala, Fla. oval. Gardner also went two-for-two at East Bay Raceway Park in Gibsonton in 2010.

Stanbrough held on for second in his Roberts/Tate Racing Leer Racing DRC/Speedway #21x over Bacon. Bryan Clauson, who set a New Track Record in qualifications, finished fourth in the CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian R&B Trucker’s Maxim/Fisher #7. Bud Kaeding was fifth in the BK Racing Kaeding Performance Maxim/Speedway #29

The 2012 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Series resumes April 14 at the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway,

2011 AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS
1-Bryan Clauson-187; 2-Damion Gardner-182; 3-Jon Stanbrough-179; 4-Justin Grant-167; 5-Levi Jones-159; 6-Dave Darland-147; 7-Darren Hagen-140; 8-Kevin Thomas Jr.-140; 9-Tracy Hines-137; 10-Casey Shuman-135.

Feb 12 2012
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 11, 2012
– Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.017 (New Track Record); 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.123; 3. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics-14.282; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.323; 5. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-14.338; 6. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.340; 7. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.362; 8. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-14.370; 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.374; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.391; 11. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.420; 12. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.476; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.500; 14. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.508; 15. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.512; 16. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-14.520; 17. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-14.532; 18. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.594; 19. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.604; 20. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-14.663; 21. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-14.729; 22. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.745; 23. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.749; 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.841; 25. Logan Jarrett, 2
9x,
Jarrett-14.878; 26. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-15.044; 27. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.061; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-15.847; 29. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-16.504; 30. Mark Broughman, 52, Broughman-17.651; 31. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. East, 3. Darland, 4. Grant, 5. Schuerenberg, 6. Swanson, 7. Jarrett, 8. Simmons. 1:57.31
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Clauson, 3. Windom, 4. Jones, 5. Cummins, 6. McIntyre, 7. Goodnight, 8. Broughman. 1:56.78
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Hines, 3. Hagen, 4. Gulick, 5. Leary, 6. Ballou, 7. Fitzpatrick. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Hendrick, 3. Gardner, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Thomas, Jr., 6. Wissmiller, 7. Hery. 1:57.65
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Thomas, Jr., 2. Swanson, 3. McIntyre, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Ballou, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Leary, 8. Jarrett, 9. Goodnight, 10. Simmons, 11. Hery, 12. Broughman, 13. Cummins. 3:01.01

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Darren Hagen, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Wes McIntyre, 8. Kody Swanson, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 12. Dave Darland, 13. Coleman Gulick, 14. Brady Bacon, 15. Jonathan Hendrick, 16. Chris Windom, 17. Bobby East, 18. Casey Shuman, 19. Hunter Schuerenberg, 20. Robert Ballou, 21. Chase Stockon, 22. Mitch Wissmiller, 23. Kyle Cummins. NT

**Weber flipped in Hot Laps.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hagen.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Clauson-187; 2-Gardner-176; 3-Stanbrough-174; 4-Grant-167; 5-Jones-159; 6-Hagen-153;7-Darland-147; 8-Thomas, Jr.-140; 9-Hines-137; 10-Shuman-135.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 14 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway

Feb 11 2-12

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 10, 2012 Night 3
– Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-14.366 (New Track Record); 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-14.390; 3. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-14.455; 4. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-14.583; 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.632; 6. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.668; 7. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-14.700; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.720; 9. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-14.806; 10. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.873; 11. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-14.899; 12. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-14.900; 13. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.920; 14. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-14.975; 15. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-14.983; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.988; 17. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-15.078; 18. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins-15.121; 19. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-15.139; 20. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-15.235; 21. Logan Jarrett, 29x, Jarrett-15.239; 22. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics-15.363; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard-15.404; 24. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller-15.441; 25. Robert Ballou, 81,
MPHG-15.468; 26. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.476; 27. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight-15.968; 28. Travis Hery, 21H, Hery-16.417; 29. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-17.127; 30. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons-17.246; 31. Mark Broughman, 52, Broughman-17.428

BALANCE OF PROGRAM CANCELLED

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-128; 2-Stanbrough-126; 3-Clauson-123; 4-Darland-112; 5-Shuman-110; 6-Thomas, Jr.-105; 7-Grant-102; 8-Jones-98; 9-Fitzpatrick-95; 10-Hines-94;

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 11 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

USAC Sprints night 2 at Ocala Rained out tonight
Bacon fastest in Hot Laps over Hines East Hagen Swanson Thomas Hendrick Shuman Clauson Darland Stanbrough Kaeding Jones Ballou McIntyre...
Brady Bacon with a New Track Record of 14.366 seconds is Fast Time over Clauson Kaeding Darland Schuerenberg Gardner East Hines Shuman Stockon Leary Windom Jones Thomas McIntyre Stanbrough Fitzpatrick Cummins Gulick Grant Jarrett Hagen Swanson Wissmiller Ballou Hendrick Goodnight Hery Weber Simmons Broughman...
Then Rained out tonight in Ocala. Discussing running a double header tomorrow. Will advise as soon as we hear.

Feb 10 2012

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 9, 2012 Night 1

– Ocala, Florida – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/RW/Curb-Agajanian-14.409 (New Track Record); 2. Darren Hagen, 69OT, Dynamics- 14.589; 3. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.691; 4. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.746; 5. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.877; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.974; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.975; 8. Scotty Weir, 21H, Hery-15.024; 9. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-15.031; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.085; 11. Chris Windom, 5, Baldwin-15.109; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9K, Thomas-15.134; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker-15.136; 14. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-15.140; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.175; 16. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.192; 17. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.264; 18. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.282; 19. Bobby East, 2B, Benic-15.303; 20. Casey Shuman, 21, Pollock-15.305; 21. Mitch Wissmiller, 1, Wissmiller- 15.346; 22. Kyle Cummins, 3c, Cummins- 15.360; 23. Kody Swanson, 19, Slinkard- 15.445; 24. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG- 15.513; 25. Coleman Gulick,14, Gulick-15.712; 26. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-15.771; 27. Matt Goodnight, 39, Goodnight- 16.098; 28. Logan Jarrett, 29x, Jarrett-16.176; 29. Jake Simmons, 3, Simmons- 16.798; 30. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber- NT (time of 15.830 disallowed)

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Darland, 3. Clauson, 4. Gulick, 5. Hendrick, 6. Wissmiller, 7. Grant. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hagen, 5. McIntyre, 6. Cummins, 7. Leary, 8. Weber. 2:21.32
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. East, 3. Fitzpatrick, 4. Hines, 5. Swanson, 6. Goodnight, 7. Windom. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Jones, 3. Thomas, 4. Ballou, 5. Stockon, 6. Weir, 7. Jarrett. 2:16.59
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Grant, 2. Stockon, 3. Weir, 4. Wissmiller, 5. Swanson, 6. Cummins, 7. Windom, 8. Leary, 9. McIntyre, 10. Goodnight, 11. Hendrick, 12. Jarrett, 13. Weber. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Brady Bacon, 4. Bryan Clauson, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 9. Justin Grant, 10. Chris Windom, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Robert Ballou, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Scotty Weir, 16. Coleman Gulick, 17. Kody Swanson, 18. Chase Stockon 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Mitch Wissmiller, 21. Hunter Schuerenberg, 22. Bobby East, 23. Kyle Cummins, 24. Darren Hagen. NT

**Simmons flipped during qualifications. Windom flipped during Heat 3. McIntyre flipped during the Semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Bacon, Laps 6-30 Gardner.
What happened to Brady Bacons points? Editor
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1- Gardner-68; 2-Stanbrough-66; 3-Clauson-63; 4-Darland-52; 5-Shuman-50; 6-Thomas, Jr.-45; 7-Grant-42; 8-Jones-38; 9-Fitzpatrick-35; 10-Hines-34.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 10 – Ocala, FL – Bubba Raceway Park – 3rd “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors

Feb 7 2012
HINES STAMPS SELF AS OCALA CONTENDER  AFTER NON-USAC-SANCTIONED WINS IN ARIZONA
by DICK JORDAN
Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. is off to a roaring start in 2012 after taking three non-USAC sanctioned Sprint races in Arizona last week. He’ll try to increase his all-time USAC “active” feature victory record this week in USAC’s 2012 AMSOIL National Sprint Car openers at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.

  Hines has 77 career USAC National wins (41 in Sprints, 28 in Midgets and eight in Silver Crown) and would like nothing better than to keep his MP Environmental Services DRC/Shaver in victory lane. In his ongoing battle with Dave Darland for the all-time “active” USAC lead, he has only one more career win than Darland, who has 76 (34 in Sprints, 28 in Midgets and 14 in Silver Crown).

  “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors will feature three complete nights of sprint car action on the exciting 3/8-mile dirt oval. The racing programs, which also include the Florida Mini-Sprints, are the first of nearly 50 on the 2012 USAC AMSOIL calendar.

  Hines is one of 16 drivers with USAC Sprint wins to their credit expected to compete at Ocala. Trailing Hines (41) and Darland (34) in the victory category are Levi Jones and Jon Stanbrough (27 each), Bud Kaeding (16), Bobby East (14), Jerry Coons Jr. and Damion Gardner (13 each), Bryan Clauson (11), Darren Hagen and Chris Windom (6 each), Hunter Schuerenberg (5), Robert Ballou (4), Brady Bacon and Casey Riggs (2 each) and Kody Swanson and Blake Fitzpatrick (1 each).

  A practice session on Wednesday night, followed by a pre-race party for participants and fans at the Ocala WingHouse kick off the activities prior to the Florida openers.
--USAC--

Feb 4 2012

50th ANNIVERSARY OF USAC RACING TO BE CELEBRATED IN GRAND STYLE

Minimum $10,000 Payday Awaits Victor of 50-Lap Main Event

Stan Bowman -winner of the first USAC event at Eldora Speedway April 22, 1962 photo found on the Eldora face book page

ROSSBURG, OH (Feb. 3) – In celebration of the 50th anniversary of USAC (United States Auto Club) Sprint Car racing at Eldora Speedway, one giant night of racing, Saturday July 28, has been inked. It will live up to the traditional Eldora standards of greatness, complete with a 50-lap finale to honor the benchmark occasion. Completing the doubleheader program will be the winged National Racing Alliance Sprint Invaders, as announced this week by Eldora general manager Roger Slack.
“Fifty years of history, memories and traditions just can’t go unobserved – this calls for another fabled Eldora Experience,” stated Slack.
A whopping minimum $10,000 payday awaits the victor of the grueling chase around Eldora’s fabled high banks with $2,000 earmarked for a tenth place finish and a minimum of $1,000 to start the historic main event. In continuing with Eldora’s respected trend of putting showmanship and excitement to the forefront, a special event format is being developed and will be released soon.
“The partnership between Eldora and USAC has been magic; one that has produced multiple storylines since that initial April 1962 event won by Stan Bowman. Non-winged Sprint Car fans have been clamoring for more USAC Sprint racing at Eldora and this will certainly whet their appetite,” continued Slack in making the announcement.
Kevin Miller, CEO/President at USAC shared the excitement, "Eldora Speedway has seemed like home to USAC participants since its first USAC race in 1962," says Miller. "The history established there in the past 50 years is incredible and we certainly look forward to another 50 years of the same type of excitement the track has always generated. We salute Eldora for this initiative of honoring this rich tradition and expect a stellar field of drivers and cars for what will most certainly be one of the track's signature events."
Since Bowman took that checkered flag in April of 1962, another 180 USAC National Sprint Car races have been contested, with 70 different drivers tasting the flavor of an Eldora victory.
That win list is populated with many of the greatest names in open wheel, non-winged Sprint Car racing; including drivers that have gone from USAC events at Eldora to heralded National events such as the Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500. Recognized names include Gary Bettenhausen, Mario Andretti, Roger McCluskey, Johnny Rutherford, Larry Dickson and of course, current Eldora Speedway owner and three-time NASCAR Sprint Cup champion Tony Stewart.
Atop the list is a name even more common and recognizable to grassroots fans – Jack Hewitt from nearby Troy, Ohio. The colorful and outspoken Hewitt has amassed 13 USAC Sprint Car wins at Eldora, four more than his nearest rival, Larry Dickson.
Additional details and ticket information for the storied event will be released through the track’s website www.EldoraSpeedway.com. The targeted date for ticket sales is Monday, March 19; through the Eldora box office at (937) 338-3815 or online.

SPRINTS RETURN TO MICHIGAN’S I-96 SPEEDWAY AUGUST 10

by DICK JORDAN
The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series returns to Michigan August 10 for a race at I-96 Speedway in Lake Odessa. The race will be the first for the series on dirt in the Great Lakes State in 16 years!
The August 10 date is coupled with an already-announced August 11 race at Hartford Motor Speedway. Jay Drake won USAC’s last Sprint race at Hartford in 2000.
Mark Cassella won the last USAC Sprint race on the dirt in Michigan, a 30-lapper at I-96, which has hosted the series five times. Jack Hewitt won three of those and is one of only two drivers to record multiple USAC wins in Michigan in 25 previous appearances. The other is Eric Gordon, who also won three features.
Michigan has proven to be one of the most unpredictable states in USAC history. IN 25 races there, 21 different winners have emrged! Jud Larson won the inaugural at Berlin Raceway in 1959 and Clauson won the most recent, also at Berlin in 2010. In all classes, a total of exactly 100 different drivers have won USAC races in the state of Michigan.
"We are incredibly excited to bring these guys back to Michigan,” adds I-96 race organizer Mike Mouch. “We know it will be a spectacular night of dirt track racing! This weekend will be a big deal for Michigan racing!"
“We hope this starts a new era of USAC racing in the state,” says USAC’s Jason McCord, who has competed at the Lake Odessa oval. “
The 2012 AMSOIL National Srrint Car Series opens February 9-11 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla. and encompasses nearly 50 races across the country.
--USAC--

Feb 3 2011
DYNAMICS FIELDING OCALA SPRINTS FOR BACON & HAGEN;
BENIC SELECTS EAST; WALKER & DARLAND TEAM FOR 2012 OPENERS

by DICK JORDAN
New driver/car combinations are expected to be highlights of next week’s 2012 USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car openers at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.
“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors will showcase USAC’s finest in three consecutive nights of racing on the one-third-mile dirt oval and a healthy list of entries has already revealed some new combinations.
Dynamics, Inc. of Milford, Ohio, the winningest team in USAC Sprint Car history, will seek wins #79, 80 or 81 and will field a pair of entries, driven by Oklahoma hot-shoe Brady Bacon and USAC Pavement Midget Champion Darren Hagen. Hagen has six career USAC Sprint wins and Bacon two.
Scott Benic of Fairmount, Ind., returns as a full-time car owner with driver Bobby East, whose 14 career wins include his first on dirt which came last year at Bechtelsville, Pa. Benic earned USAC’s “Chief Mechanic of the Year” honors in 2005 as he orchestrated the first of Levi Jones’ record five USAC titles.
Jeff Walker Racing of Noblesville, Ind. has selected Dave Darland to pilot its Ocala entry. Darland has 34 career USAC Sprint feature victories and won the series crown in 1999. Dave is one of only five USAC “Triple Crown Champions” who own championships in all three USAC National racing series.
Another newcomer to watch at Ocala will be C.J. Leary of Greenfield, Ind., the son of 1997 Hoosier Hundred winner Chuck Leary, who will make his series debut in a family-owned car.
“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors unfolds Thursday through Saturday (Feb. 9-11) following an open practice session at the track on Wednesday night and a special Wednesday pre-race party at the Ocala WingHouse restaurant.
--USAC--

Jan 28 2012
USAC TO ANNOUNCE NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR INCENTIVE PROGRAM FOR 2012

by Kevin Miller CEO - USAC Racing
The United States Auto Club will take bold steps in 2012 and beyond to solidify its foundation for recognizing loyalty and dedication within its ranks.

Beginning in 2012, the AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series, one of USAC's strongest entities, will serve as the avenue and model for these bold initiatives, with structural changes designed to reward membership in the organization while preserving the great heritage built during the past half-century.

Membership in USAC has always produced rewards for participants but the future benefits are expected to exceed those previously experienced. It is anticipated that these new directional incentives will expand across the board within the USAC family in the future to encompass all aspects of the organization.

The strength of our AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series has been reflected in the increased activity and exposure experienced in the past 12 months and in the re-focus of the series, which mirrors similar changes that occurred two decades ago.

Extensive work has been done to formulate this new direction and incentive program to bolster our already-successful entities and we are extremely excited about the future and the opportunities these moves will provide.

The new incentive program is expected to launch with races beginning April 1st. As details are being finalized, we felt it was important for teams to understand the new incentive program will reward the Top 10 in National Sprint Car entrant points, on a race by race basis, with a volunteer performance based incentive. The Top 10 in points coming into each race will receive the incentives worth approximately $200 additional per race.

Additionally, a year-end points fund has been reserved for the National Sprint Car Championship of $100,000, with a guaranteed $5000 for 10th place.
Participation requires an active USAC team membership and participation in USACs voluntary loyalty incentive clause. The initial Top 10 in points will be established on completion of race activities in Ocala and the incentive clause will begin with the first racing activities for scheduled April events. Complete program rules are now being drafted for review among USAC partners and legal staff.

We are very excited to be in a position of strength and growth with our programs, and the demand for USAC has allowed us to guarantee every National Sprint Car race to pay a minimum of $500 to start, and $5000 to win for USAC registered entrants. That is a first for USAC. 2012 is shaping up to be a historic year. We hope to see you in Ocala to be a part of it.

Jan 21 2012
PRE-RACE PARTY AT OCALA’S WINGHOUSE
KICK-STARTS USAC’S “BUBBA’s WINTER DIRT GAMES”

by DICK JORDAN
Only three weeks remain before USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series kicks off the 2012 racing season at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Fla.
Race fans attending the openers February 9-10-11 at the 3/8-mile dirt oval will be able to attend a special practice session on Wednesday night, February 8, then proceed to Ker’s famed WingHouse Bar & Grill, located at 2145 E. Silver Springs Blvd. in Ocala for a pre-race party. USAC Members will receive a 20% discount on all food and beverage purchases!
Founded by Dallas Cowboys and Denver Broncos alumni Crawford Ker, the WingHouse has expanded to 19 locations throughout the Sunshine State and feature award winning sauces, sandwich specialties and full-service bars, plus state-of-the-art TV packages for all the major sports events. The WingHouse Girls are legendary and excellent ambassadors for the restaurant, helping create quality and memorable experiences for every guest.
“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” encompasses three consecutive nights of pulsating Sprint racing at one of America’s most exciting dirt tracks. Last year Damion Gardner raced to a pair of victories, while Bryan Clauson earned the first victory of what would become his second USAC National Drivers Championship season. Both drivers are expected to return for the February 9-10-11 races.
Other top drivers expected to compete in the 2012 openers include defending 5-time AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones, 2002 series Champion Tracy Hines, Indiana Sprint Week Champion Chris Windom, two-time Indiana Sprint Week Champion Jon Stanbrough, three-time USAC Silver Crown Champion Bud Kaeding, 14-time Sprint race winner Bobby East, and 2011 “Rookie of the Year” Coleman Gulick,
--USAC--

USAC TRI-CITY SPRINT DATE MOVED TO AUGUST 31
by DICK JORDAN
The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint Car date originally tentatively set for September 7 at Tri-City Speedway in Pontoon Beach, Ill. has been moved one week to August 31 due to scheduling conflicts.
The date change sets up a back-to-back weekend of racing at Tri-City and the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track, which has the USAC AMSOIL Sprint Cars scheduled on September 1. The September 7 date will continue to be reserved for a possible event at another venue.
The 3/8-mile dirt Tri-City oval, which has hosted the USAC Gold Crown Midget Nationals since 2008, is no stranger to USAC Sprint Car racing. A total of 20 races have been held there since 1967, with Greg Weld and Ralph Liguori winning in 1967 and Weld again in 1968. Subsequent races have been won by Rick Hood (1984), Randy Standridge (1985), Kelly Kinser (1988), Steve Butler (1989), Sammy Swindell and Jack Hewitt (1990), Doug Wolfgang (3), Danny Smith (2) and Hewitt (1991), Tony Stewart (1995), Jay Drake (2000), Troy Rutherford (2003), Drake again in 2005 and most recently Josh Wise in 2006.
--USAC--

Jan 10 2012
1 MONTH TO USAC’S 2012 DEBUT AT OCALA

by DICK JORDAN
The debut of the 2012 USAC racing season is only a month away and defending USAC National Drivers Champion Bryan Clauson and AMSOIL National Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones are ready for action.

“Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” presented by eBay Motors at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala, Florida is the venue for three nights of action-packed competition beginning on Thursday night, February 9 and concluding on Saturday night, February 11.

Clauson is aiming at a third consecutive NDC title, while Jones hopes to extend his record Sprint car championship success to a sixth crown. Clauson started the 2011 campaign with a win, a third and an 11th in the three Ocala races, while Jones had a third, fourth and ninth.

Damion Gardner won the Thursday and Saturday races at Ocala last season and was fourth on Friday. He’ll aim for a “clean sweep” this time around, having won four of the last five USAC Sprint features conducted in the state of Florida. His next win will make him the winningest USAC driver ever in the state, surpassing Andy Linden’s four Midget wins, a record which has endured since 1957.

“I can’t wait to get back to Ocala,” admits The Demon (Gardner). “It has that special event feeling and always gives the race fans a great show. As far as doing well in Florida I guess it relates to being hungry at the start of the season. After the layoff it’s always good to get re-charged and I’ve always seemed to do well right out of the box at new venues. Being quick out of the gate certainly puts us in the position of contending for the championship and with my team intact from last year I plan to make another run for it. I’ve heard there have been some track changes so that should make for some interesting racing.”

The Ocala races open an ambitious 45-race calendar for the AMSOIL Sprint Cars in 2012, appearing at 26 different tracks in 16 states. A special practice session and welcoming party are planned at Ocala on Wednesday night, February 8 and the Florida Mini Sprints will also compete all three nights on the 3/8-mile dirt oval.

USAC’s first-ever Sprint race occurred in Florida in 1956, with Bob Sweikert winning at Southland Speedway in West Palm Beach.

Tickets for “Bubba’s Winter Dirt Games” are now available online at www.usacracing.com. Click on the “online store” and then click on “tickets” for a special $60 three-night pass.
--USAC--

Dec 18 2011

2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA PREVIEW & SCHEDULE

by Lance Jennings

SANTA MARIA, CA - DECEMBER 16, 2011... Amsoil USAC/CRA Series Director Chris Kearns has released the 2012 schedule. Showcasing twenty-two nights of action, the traditional 410 cubic-inch powered cars will open their campaign at Perris with the "Sokola Shootout" on February 25th. The group will also return to the clay ovals of Hanford, Santa Maria, Watsonville, Calistoga, Chico, and Peoria, Arizona's Canyon Speedway Park. In 2012, the series will make their debut at Yuma, Arizona's Cocopah Speedway.

Don Kazarian's Perris Auto Speedway will host eleven dates on the calendar. The "home track" for USAC/CRA will continue to feature special events like the "Salute To Indy" on May 26th and the "Firecracker 30" on July 4th. The "California Racers Hall of Fame Night" is July 28th, the "Glenn Howard Memorial" will be September 15th, and the two day Budweiser Oval Nationals will start November 2nd. For more information on the Perris shows, visit perrisautospeedway.com.

On May 19th, Scott Woodhouse's Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford will present the USAC/CRA 410 sprints. The Central California facility had a wild feature last May as Bud Kaeding scored the victory after restarting at the back. Nic Faas raced to second from nineteenth and Matt Mitchell finished third after starting thirteenth. For more details on the Hanford event, visit giantchevroletspeedway.com.

Yuma, Arizona's Cocopah Speedway will showcase the USAC/CRA series for the first time on June 2nd. Now owned by the Cocopah Indian Tribe, the fast 3/8-mile track last featured non-winged 410s on March 6, 1998 when "The Gasman" Richard Griffin won with SCRA. For more information on the Yuma race, visit cocopahspeedway.com.

John Prentice's Ocean Speedway in Watsonville will feature two dates on the schedule. The Friday night events on June 15th and August 10th are co-sanctioned with the USAC Western Classic Racing Series and will open a special doubleheader with Santa Maria. For more details on the Watsonville shows, visit oceanspeedway.com.

Chris Kearns' Santa Maria Speedway will showcase two events on the schedule, coming on June 16th and August 11th. Co-sanctioned with the USAC Western Classic Racing Series and the final rounds of a doubleheader with Watsonville, these races could play a key role in the series championship. For more information on the Santa Maria dates, visit racesantamariaspeedway.com.

Starting on September 1st, the scenic Calistoga Speedway will feature the two day Louie Vermeil Classic. Co-sanctioned with the USAC Western Classic Racing Series, the former "home track" of the Northern Auto Racing Club will host an autograph session, auctions, and wine tasting for fans to enjoy. For more details on the Calistoga shows, visit calistogaspeedway.org.

Dennis Gage's Silver Dollar Speedway will host a rare Wednesday night show for USAC/CRA on September 5th. The popular event during the "Gold Cup Race of Champions" will once again be co-sanctioned with the USAC Western Classic Racing Series. Last season's race saw Kyle Larson race to victory from fourteenth ahead of "The Wild Child" Jac Haudenschild. For more information on the Chico race, visit silverdollarspeedway.com.

Kevin Montgomery's Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona will host the two day "Hall of Fame Classic" starting October 26th. Co-sanctioned with the USAC National Series, events at the 3/8-mile facility will showcase local "hot shoes" against the best from the Midwest, California, and New Mexico. For more details on the Canyon events, visit canyonspeedwaypark.com.

The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series would like to thank 2011 series sponsors Hoosier Tire, Circle Track Performance, Competition Suspension Inc., DJ Safety, Donovan Engineering, Electro Tech Powder Coating, Extreme Mufflers, Hilborn Fuel Injection, Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror, Keizer Wheels, Rod End Supply, Saldana Racing Products, Sander Engineering, and So-Cal Performance for their support. If you or your company would like to become part of the series for the upcoming 2012 season, please email PR Director Lance Jennings at lwjennings@earthlink.net.

For more information on the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, please visit usacracing.com or follow the series on facebook.

2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE

DATE - TRACK - LOCATION

February 25: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

March 31: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

April 28: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

May 19: Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA

May 26: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

June 2: Cocopah Speedway - Yuma, AZ

June 15: **Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA

June 16: **Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA

July 4: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

July 28: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

August 10: **Ocean Speedway - Watsonville, CA

August 11: **Santa Maria Speedway - Santa Maria, CA

August 18: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

September 1: **Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga, CA

September 2: **Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga, CA

September 5: **Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico, CA

September 15: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

October 6: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

October 26: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ

October 27: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ

November 2: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

November 3: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

* = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC National Sprints.

** = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC Western Classic Racing Series.

This schedule is subject to change.

Nov 29 2011

HUNT, ENSIGN CROWNED CHAMPIONS;

“TURKEY NIGHT” SPRINT GOES TO TANNER SWANSON

by DICK JORDAN

Tony Hunt and Geoff Ensign claimed USAC Western Sprint Car Championships Thursday night by virtue of their finishes in USAC’s 2011 series finale at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Calif.

Hunt, of Lincoln, Calif., came from behind to win the 2011 AMSOIL USAC Western title and also claimed the Western Classic Pavement crown after finishing fifth in the 40-lap Sprint race held as part of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix.” Ensign was eighth at Irwindale and earned his first USAC driving title in the Western Classic Sprint Series.

Hunt’s titles are the seventh and eighth in his illustrious USAC career. He emerged with the championship after title contenders Audra Sasselli (the leader entering the race) and Cody Gerhardt were involved in a crash at the start which ended with both cars upside down. Gerhardt was taken to a local hospital for treatment of an arm injury and a concussion.

Car owner champions crowned Thursday included Mike Phulps (Western) and Ted Finkenbinder (Western Classic).

Tanner Swanson of Kingsburg, Calif. and his brother Kody were involved in first-lap spins but recovered to finish 1-2 in Thursday night’s race at Irwindale. Tanner eventually led all 40 laps in his Lyons Transportation/Wawona Packing & Frozen Foods Wysong/Losorwith Brodix to beat Kody Swanson, Mike Murgoitio, Scott Pierovich and Hunt.

FINAL USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Tony Hunt-668; 2-Audra Sasselli-653; 3-Tim Skoglund-651; 4-Cody Gerhardt-612; 5-Luis Ramos III-555; 6-Scott Pierovich-492; 7-Geoff Ensign-390; 8-Tim Barber-362; 9-Johnny Geisler-340; 10-Shauna Hogg-304.

FINAL USAC AMSOIL WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-887; 2-Tony Hunt-878; 3-Scott Pierovich-807; 4-Tim Barber-670; 5-Shauna Hogg-655; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

HUNT, ENSIGN CROWNED CHAMPIONS;

“TURKEY NIGHT” SPRINT GOES TO TANNER SWANSON

Tony Hunt and Geoff Ensign claimed USAC Western Sprint Car Championships Thursday night by virtue of their finishes in USAC’s 2011 series finale at Toyota Speedway in Irwindale. Calif.

Car owner champions crowned Thursday included Mike Phulps (Western) and Ted Finkenbinder (Western Classic).

FINAL USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

FINAL USAC AMSOIL WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-887; 2-Tony Hunt-878; 3-Scott Pierovich-807; 4-Tim Barber-670; 5-Shauna Hogg-655; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

Nov 25 2011

USAC Sprint Cars – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

– 71st “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-16.163; 2. Tracy Hines, 27, Morales-16.303; 3. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-16.325; 4. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-16.363; 5. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-16.409; 6. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-16.498; 7. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-16.502; 8. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-16.539; 9. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-16.596; 10. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-16.627; 11. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-16.649; 12. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-16.708; 13. Bobby East, 50, Phulps-16.794; 14. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Dusin-16.838; 15. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-16.840; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-16.845; 17. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.878; 18. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-16.952; 19. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-17.027; 20. Michhael Maier, 22, Maier-17.179; 21. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-17.181; 22. Mike Spencer, 97, Hendrix-17.217; 23. Matt Mansell, 14m, Rendle-17.406; 24. Bill Logan, 98, Logan-18.793; 25. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell- 19.632; 26. Howard Holden, 86,

Mitchell-22.998.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tanner Swanson, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Mike Murgoitio, 4. Scott Pierovich, 5. Tony Hunt, 6. Aaron Pierce, 7. Tim Skoglund, 8. Geoff Ensign, 9. Tim Barber, 10. Shauna Hogg, 11. Luis Ramos III, 12. Ryan Burdett, 13. Jim Waters, 14. Gordon Rodgers, 15. Mike Spencer, 16. Matt Mansell, 17. Michael Maier, 18. Marvin Mitchell, 19. Kyle Larson, 20. Howard Holden, 21. Bill Logan, 22. Tracy Hines, 23. JoJo Helberg, 24. Audra Sasselli, 25. Cody Gerhardt, 26. Bobby East. 11:17.93

**Gerhardt, Sasselli flipped at the start of the feature. Gerhardt transported to Arcadia Methodist Hospital for observation.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 T.Swanson.

FINAL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-668; 2-Sasselli-653; 3-Skoglund-651; 4-Gerhardt-612; 5-Ramos-555; 6-Pierovich-492; 7-Ensign-390; 8-Barber-362; 9-Johnny Geisler-340; 10-Hogg-304.

FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-884; 2-Hunt-878; 3-Pierovich-807; 4-Barber-670; 5-Hogg-655; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

FINAL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-491; 2-Sasselli-455; 3-Pierovich-443; 4-Skoglung-413; 5-Gerhardt-393; 6-Ensign-390; 7-Barber-362; 8-Ramos-328; 9-Hogg-304; 10-Rodgers-260.

Nov 22 2011

SASSELLI USAC’S 3RD FEMALE CHAMPION IN 2011?

WE’LL FIND OUT THURSDAY IN IRWINDALE’S SPRINT

BY DICK JORDAN

Audra Sasselli of Visalia, Calif. hopes to become the fourth female driver ever to win a USAC driving championship this Thursday night when the AMSOIL USAC Western/Western Classic Sprint cars compete as part of the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” program at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.

Sasselli leads four-time Western Sprint series champion Tony Hunt by 20 points entering Thursday’s event. A championship would put her in select company with Sondi Eden (2004 Regional Midget champ), Taylor Ferns (2011 Mopar D1 Midget Champ) and possibly Jessica Clark (2011 USAC Western Pavement Ford Focus Champ).

Hunt leads Sasselli by a single point in the Western Classic Sprint Pavement standings but trails Geoff Ensign by 18 points in the overall Western Classic standings. A total of 66 points are available Thursday toward each title.

Thursday’s race, on the Irwindale half-mile pavement, will be joined by the 98-lap Mopar USAC National/Western Midget finale and a USAC Western Ford Focus race on the Irwindale third-mile.

Tim Skoglund and Cody Gerhardt also have mathematical chances of catching the leaders in the AMSOIL Western Sprint points. Skoglund trails Sasselli by 31 points, while Gerhardt is 10 behind Skoglund.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Audra Sasselli-640; 2-Tony Hunt-620; 3-Tim Skoglund-609; 4-Cody Gerhardt-599; 5-Luis Ramos III-524; 6-Scott Pierovich-441; 7-Geoff Ensign-351; 8-Johnny Geisler-340; 9-Tim Barber-326; 10-Shaunna Hogg-271.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-848; 2-Tony Hunt-830; 3-Scott Pierovich-756; 4-Tim Barber-634; 5-Shauna Hogg-622; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

Nov 15 2011

JONES MAKES HISTORY WITH VICTORY IN “THE FINALS” AT HANFORD

SPENCER CLAIMS 4TH STRAIGHT USAC/CRA TITLE

by DICK JORDAN

Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. made history Saturday night, leading all 30 laps to win “The Finals,” USAC’s AMSOIL National and USAC/CRA Sprint Car finale at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.

Taking the lead at the start from his outside front row starting spot in the Tony Stewart Racing GM Performance Parts Eagle/Chevy, Jones never looked back as he sped to victory over Keith Bloom Jr., Ryan Bernal, Jon Stanbrough and Tracy Hines. Jones becomes the first driver to win multiple USAC National Championships in successive years, claiming the Traxxas Silver Crown and AMSOIL Sprint titles the last two years.

He is the first five-time AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car Champion and only the fourth to own seven total USAC National titles. Mel Kenyon and Rich Vogler also won seven and A.J. Foyt won nine.

Mike Spencer, who finished 10th, becomes the first to win four AMSOIL USAC/CRA titles, winning four in a row! Car Owner championships went to Tony Stewart Racing (National) and Ron Chaffin Motorsports (USAC/CRA).

Bryan Clauson, with a 32-point lead over Chris Windom, has also mathematically locked up the 2011 USAC National Drivers Championship with only one race remaining.

Championship contenders Chris Windom and Nic Faas both got upside down during the evening. Windom, chasing Jones for the National title, flipped during the third heat and was scratched for the night. Faas, chasing Spencer for the USAC/CRA title, flipped on the opening lap of the feature. Bud Kaeding, the night’s fastest qualifier with a new track record, was one of three drivers to flip during feature. The others were Cody Williams and Faas. Cory Kruseman also flipped during the first heat.

FINAL AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,668; 2-Chris Windom-1,569; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,434; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,408; 5-Tracy Hines-1,303; 6-Damion Gardner-1,296; 7-Robert Ballou-1,269; 8-Bryan Clauson-1,237; 9-Dave Darland-1,119; 10-Bobby East-1,028.

FINAL AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-1,253; 2-Nic Faas-1,178; 3-Matt Mitchell-1,073; 4-Austin Willams-741; 5-Greg Bragg-651; 6-Cody Williams-646; 7-Danny Sheridan-614; 8-Rip Williams-588; 9-Rickie Gaunt-520; 10-Damion Gardner-507

Nov 13 2011

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: November 12, 2011

– Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “The Finals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bud Kaeding, 29, Buster & Ziggy-14.793; 2. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.065; 3. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-15.126; 4. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.173; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 69, Dynamics-15.250; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 2B, Bowman-15.325; 7. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-15.326; 8. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.377; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.408; 10. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.492; 11. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-15.565; 12. Kyle Larson, 1L, Buster & Ziggy-15.585 ;13. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-15.588; 14. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.626; 15. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-15.635; 16. Robert Ballou, 73, Ford-15.647; 17. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.681; 18. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.681; 19. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.716; 20. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.786; 21. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.791; 22. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.812; 23. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.015; 24. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-16.127; 25. Cory Kruseman, 7H,

Priestley-16.177; 26. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.190; 27. Daniel Hood, 33, Hood-16.198; 28. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.202; 29. Corey Ballard, 20x, Ballard-16.593; 30. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-16.611; 31. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-16.822; 32. Jerry Welton, 62jr, Welton-18.130; 33. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. R.Williams, 3. Jones, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Rutherford, 6. Kruseman, 7. Kaeding, 8. Ballard. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Roa, 3. Bernal, 4. Clauson, 5. Faria, 6. R.VanderWeerd, 7. Bragg, 8. Smith. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. East, 3. Faas, 4. Bloom, 5. Murphy, 6. Hood, 7. Argo, 8. Windom. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Ballou, 4. Hines, 5. C.Williams, 6. Hawkins, 7. Gardner, 8. Welton. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gardner, 3. Faria, 4. Murphy, 5. Rutherford, 6. Bragg, 7. Hood, 8. R.VanderWeerd, 9. C.Williams, 10. Ballard, 11. Welton, 12. Smith. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Keith Bloom Jr., 3. Ryan Bernal, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. Peter Murphy, 9. Danny Sheridan, 10. Mike Spencer, 11. Danny Faria Jr., 12. Rip Williams, 13. Bobby East, 14. Robert Ballou, 15. Hunter Schuerenberg, 16. Brody Roa, 17. Greg Bragg, 18. Geoff Ensign, 19. Bud Kaeding, 20. Richard VanderWeerd, 21. Kyle Larson, 22. Nic Faas, 23. Troy Rutherford, 24. Cody Williams. NT

**Kruseman flipped during the first heat. Windom flipped during the third heat. C.Williams flipped at the start of the feature. Faas flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Kaeding flipped on lap 15 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jones.

NEW USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,056, 2-Windom-1,024; 3-Jones-1,022; 4-Larson-1,016; 5-Hines-991; 6-East-942; 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-921; 8-Schuerenberg-864; 9-Stanbrough-854; 10-Darren Hagen-824.

FINAL AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-1,668; 2-Windom-1,569; 3-Stanbrough-1,434; 4-Schuerenberg-1,408; 5-Hines-1,303; 6-Gardner-1,296; 7-Ballou-1,269; 8-Clauson-1,237; 9-Dave Darland-1,119; 10-East-1,028.

FINAL AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,253; 2-Faas-1,178; 3-Matt Mitchell-1,073; 4-Austin Williams-741; 5-Bragg-651; 6-C.Williams-646; 7-Sheridan-614; 8-R.Williams-588; 9-Rickie Gaunt-520; 10-D.Gardner-507.

Nov 8 2011

"The USAC Sprint car FINALS” SATURDAY AT HANFORD

“THE DEMON” TAKES “BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS” TITLE;

FAAS, WINDOM ALSO SCORE PERRIS WINS

by DICK JORDAN

“The Finals” this Saturday at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. will bring the curtain down on the 2011 AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series. It will be USAC’s ninth Sprint car appearance at the 3/8-mile dirt oval this year and champions will be crowned at the drop of the season’s final checkered flag.

Levi Jones and Mike Spencer took steps toward historic USAC championships last weekend at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway and enter Saturday’s Hanford race as the favorites to earn 2011 titles. Jones emerged from the three-race “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris with a 33-point lead over Chris Windom in the National standings in search of a record fifth crown, while Spencer is 53 points ahead of Nic Faas in search of a record fourth straight AMSOIL USAC/CRA championship. A total of 74 points are available Saturday.

Hanford has hosted eight previous USAC Sprint outings this season and Bud Kaeding and Ryan Bernal each own two victories. Other winners include USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Champ Richard VanderWeerd, Danny Faria Jr., Wes Gutierrez and Peter Murphy.

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. is the 2011 champion of the 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” after his wire-to-wire victory in Saturday night’s 40-lap AMSOIL USAC National and CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Gardner started on the pole and led all 40 laps in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Spencer, Jones, Kaeding and Windom. Spencer capped the evening by winning the $10,000-to-win “Legends of Ascot Match Race.”

Windom, of Canton, Ill., won Saturday afternoon’s second round of the 2011 “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris. Rain forced postponement of Friday night’s racing program, forcing a “double” program of racing Saturday. Windom trailed Cory Kruseman for eight laps, then led the final 17 laps of the race after Kruseman encountered problems and dropped out of the race. Windom piloted the Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Claxton Mopar entry to the victory over Spencer, Jones, Gardner and Thursday night winner Nic Faas.

Faas, of Huntington Beach, Calif., led all 25 laps in dominating fashion in winning Thursday night’s “Budweiser Oval Nationals” preliminary feature opener at Perris. His victory in the Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/VP Racing Fuels Spike/J & D entry came over Hunter Schuerenberg, Kaeding, Spencer and Wes Gutierrez.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,602; 2-Chris Windom-1,569; 3-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,378; 4-Jon Stanbrough-1,376; 5-Tracy Hines-1,250;6-Damion Gardner-1,248; 7-Robert Ballou-1,238; 8-Bryan Clauson-1,187; 9-Dave Darland-1,119; 10-Bobby East-994.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-1,212; 2-Nic Faas-1,159; 3-Matt Mitchell-1,073; 4-Austin Willams-741; 5-Cody Williams-633; 6-Greg Bragg-631; 7-Danny Sheridan-570; 8-Rip Williams-552; 9-Rickie Gaunt-520; 10-Ronnie Gardner-484.

Nov 6 2011

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2011 (Night FINAL)

– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

Perris, CA……..Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. is the 2011 champion of the 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” after his wire-to-wire victory in Saturday night’s 40-lap AMSOIL USAC National and CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Gardner started on the pole and led all 40 laps in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Mike Spencer, Levi Jones, Bud Kaeding and Chris Windom. Spencer and Jones emerged as the leaders in the CRA and National series respectively going into next Saturday’s “The Finals” at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Spencer capped the evening by winning the $10,000-to-win “Legends of Ascot Match Race.”

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2011 (Night) – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 7H, Priestley-16.443; 2. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-16.467; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.497; 4. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.636; 5. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead16.648; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.662; 7. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts/Tate-16.707; 8. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.727; 9. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-16.758; 10. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.762; 11. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.777; 12. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-16.784; 13. Kyle Larson, 1L, Buster & Ziggy-16.790; 14. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.797; 15. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.803; 16. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.805; 17. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.855; 18. Shane Golobic, 121, BonSchriltz-16.914; 19. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-16.991; 20. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-16.993; 21. Andy Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-17.003; 22. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.027; 23. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-17.033; 24. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-17.050; 25. Danny

Ebberts, 01, Carroll-17.133; 26. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.185; 27. Jace VanderWeerd, 10x, VanderWeerd-17.203; 28. Danny Faria Jr., 2B, Bowman-17.285; 29. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.314; 30. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.400; 31. Seth Wilson, 75, Stansberry-17.489; 32. David Bezio, 37B, Bezio-17.614; 33. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.763; 34. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-18.133; 35. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-20.981;

Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-NT.

FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Kruseman, 3. Larson, 4. Bernal, 5. Forsberg, 6. Ebberts, 7. Rutherford, 8. Roa. NT

SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Gaunt, 4. R.Williams, 5. R.Gardner, 6. Golobic, 7. Aden, 8. Ford. 2:51.46

THIRD QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Shuman, 3. Alexander, 4. Copeland, 5. J.VanderWeerd, 6. Wilson, 7. Mitchell, 8. Sheridan. NT

FOURTH QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. East, 3. Darland, 4. Bacon, 5. Bezio, 6. Faria, 7. Ballou, 8. Stanbrough. NT

B MAIN #1: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Mitchell, 3. Larson, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Golobic, 6. Bezio, 7. Ballou (#73x Ford), 8. Roa, 9. Wilson, 10. Ebberts, 11. Alexander, 12. R.Williams, 13. Adderson. NT

B MAIN #2: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Bernal, 4. Aden, 5. Bragg, 6. Gaunt, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Faria, 9. Matlock, 10. Sheridan, 11. Copeland. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Damion Gardner (#71 DG), 2. Mike Spencer (#50 Chaffin), 3. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 4. Bud Kaeding (#29 Buster & Ziggy), 5. Chris Windom (#5x Baldwin), 6. Nic Faas (#4x Alexander), 7. Tracy Hines (#4 Hines), 8. Bryan Clauson, 9. Bobby East, 10. Cory Kruseman, 11. Casey Shuman, 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 13. Kyle Larson, 14. Ryan Bernal, 15. Cody Williams, 16. R.J. Johnson, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Ronnie Gardner, 19. Danny Sheridan, 20. John Aden, 21. Keith Bloom Jr. (#27 Abreu), 22. Jon Stanbrough, 23. Matt Mitchell, 24. Richard VanderWeerd, 25. Brady Bacon, 26. Rip Williams. NT

**Copeland flipped during the second B Main. R.VanderWeerd flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 D.Gardner.

NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,602; 2-Windom-1,569; 3-Schuerenberg-1,378; 4-Stanbrough-1,376; 5-Hines-1,250; 6-D.Gardner-1,248; 7-Ballou-1,238; 8-Clauson-1,187; 9-Darland-1,119; 10-East-994.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer, 1,212; 2-Faas-1,159; 3-Mitchell-1,073; 4-A.Williams-741; 5-C.Williams-633; 6-Bragg-631; 7-Sheridan-570; 8-R.Williams-552; 9-Gaunt-520; 10-R.Gardner-484.

NEW USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-1,056; 2-Windom-1,024; 3-Larson-1,016; 4-Jones-1,007; 5-Hines-989; 6-East-942; 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-921; 8-Schuerenberg-864; 9-Stanbrough-834; 10-Darren Hagen-824.

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 5, 2011 (Day)

– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

Perris, CA……..Chris Windom of Canton, Ill. won Saturday afternoon’s second round of the 2011 “Budweiser Oval Nationals” AMSOIL USAC National and CRA Sprint car event at Perris Auto Speedway. Rain forced postponement of Friday night’s racing program, forcing a “double” program of racing Saturday. Windom trailed Cory Kruseman for eight laps, then led the final 17 laps of the race after Kruseman encountered problems and dropped out of the race. Windom piloted the Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Claxton Mopar entry to the victory over USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leader Mike Spencer, National point leader Levi Jones, Damion Gardner and Thursday night winner Nic Faas. The “Budweiser Oval Nationals” finale is Saturday night.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.051; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.089; 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-16.194; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.211; 5. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.244; 6. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-16.265; 7. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-16.292; 8. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-16.358; 9. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.372; 10. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-16.382; 11. Cory Kruseman, 7H, Priestley-16.384; 12. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-16.423; 13. Bud Kaeding, 29, Buster & Ziggy-16.482; 14. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-16.497; 15. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.521; 16. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-16.524; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-16.595; 18. Kyle Larson, 1L, Buster & Ziggy-16.598; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.610; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-16.623; 21. Shane Golobic, 121, BonSchriltz-16.635; 22. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-16.639; 23. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.674; 24. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-16.679; 25. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.682; 26. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.765; 27. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-16.781; 28. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.791; 29. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.804; 30. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-16.830; 31. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.845; 32. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.865; 33. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-16.925; 34. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.937; 35. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-17.028; 36. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.037; 37. Seth Wilson, 75, Stansberry-17.073; 38. Danny Faria Jr., 2B, Bowman-17.091; 39. David Bezio, 37B, Bezio-17.140; 40. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts/Tate-17.217; 41. Andy Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-17.276; 42. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.289; 43. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.380; 44. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-17.467; 45. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.516; 46. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-17.819; 47. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.879; 48. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-23.893; 49. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-23.954; 50. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-NT.

C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Aden, 2. Everrhart, 3. Perkins, 4. Ford, 5. Matlock, 6. Adderson, 7. R.Potter, 8. Forsberg, 9. Bender. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Windom, 2. R.Williams, 3. C.Williams, 4. Kruseman, 5. Sheridan, 6. Spencer, 7. Golobic, 8. R.VanderWeerd. 2:53.78

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Ballou, 3. Jones, 4. Faas, 5. Hines, 6. Wilson, 7. Ensign, 8. Clauson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Copeland, 2. Gaunt, 3. Bloom, 4. Kaeding, 5. Larson, 6. Schuerenberg, 7. Roa, 8. Faria. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. D.Gardner, 3. R.Gardner, 4. Bezio, 5. Ebberts, 6. Stanbrough, 7. J.VanderWeerd,

FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Alexander, 3. Darland, 4. Johnson, 5. East, 6. Bacon, 7. Bernal, 8. Bragg. 2:56.56

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Clauson, 3. Hines, 4. East, 5. Golobic, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Bacon, 8. Bernal, 9. Sheridan, 10. Bragg, 11. R.VanderWeerd, 12. Larson, 13. Roa, 14. Wilson, 15. Ebberts, 16. Ford, 17. Schuerenberg, 18. Perkins, 19. Aden, 20. Faria, 21. Everhart, 22. J.VanderWeerd, 23. A.Williams. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Keith Bloom Jr., 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Matt Mitchell, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Bobby East, 13. Casey Shuman, 14. Troy Rutherford, 15. Jon Stanbrough, 16. Hunter Schuerenberg, 17. Ronnie Gardner, 18. Rip Williams, 19. Greg Bragg, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Greg Alexander, 22. David Bezio, 23. Cody Williams, 24. Colby Copeland, 25. Danny Sheridan, 26. Rickie Gaunt, 27. Cory Kruseman, 28. Bryan Clauson. NT

**Bragg flipped during qualifying. A.Williams flipped during the semi. Schuerenberg flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Kruseman, Laps 9-25 Windom.

NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,548; 2-Windom-1,521; 3-Stanbrough-1,363; 4-Schuerenberg-1,349; 5-Ballou-1,238; 6-Hines-1,208; 7-D.Gardner-1,188; 8-Clauson-1,148; 9-Darland-1,100; 10-East-958.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-1,155; 2-Faas-1,114; 3-Mitchell-1,060; 4-A.Williams-741; 5-Bragg-631; 6-C.Williams-610; 7-Sheridan-555; 8-R.Williams-539; 9-Gaunt-520; 10-R.Gardner-467.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: evening show November 5 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

From USAC

Nov 4 2011

RAIN POSTPONES FRIDAY PORTION OF OVAL NATIONALS TO SATURDAY!

(Perris, CA, November 3, 2011) Round #2 of the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals, slated for tonight at Perris Auto Speedway, has been postponed due to rain and rescheduled for Saturday afternoon. After the Friday rained out show is completed, the grandstands and pits will be cleared and both gates will reopen for the regularly scheduled Saturday show.

The pit gate will open at 10:00 AM and the spectator gates will open at noon for the Friday makeup show. Racing will begin at 1:40. The makeup show will remain unchanged and will including qualifying, heats, C, B and A main for the USAC Amsoil National & CRA Sprint Cars. The California Lightning Sprint Cars will contest three heats and a main event. The makeup show will close with the running of the $10,000.00 to win Legends of Ascot Match Race.

Saturday's show has been changed. It will now consist of a C main for cars 29th in points and back. The B main will feature cars 13th to 28th in points. The top 12 cars in points will be seeded directly to the A main. The California Lightning Sprint Cars will also contest their season ending main event. Both the spectator gate and the pit gate will open at 5:00 PM for the regularly scheduled Saturday show.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

Perris Auto Speedway is located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds (home of October’s Southern California Fair), approximately one hour east of Los Angeles and one hour North of San Diego. To get to the track, take the 215 freeway, exit on the Ramona Expressway and go three miles east to the fairgrounds.

OVAL NATIONALS CHAMPIONS

1996 - Jimmy Sills

1997 - Rip Williams

1998 - Rodney Argo

1999 - Rickie Gaunt

2000 - Tony Jones

2001 - Bud Kaeding

2002 - Bud Kaeding

2003 - Cory Kruseman

2004 - Cory Kruseman

2005 - Dave Darland

2006 - Dave Darland

2007 - Bud Kaeding

2008 - Jesse Hockett

2009 - Damion Gardner

2010 - Chris Windom

PROMOTER KAZARIAN CHANGES FINALS OF BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS

BACK TO ORIGINAL FORMAT!

by Scott Daloisio

(Perris, CA, November 4, 2011) Due to an outcry from fans, Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian has announced that tomorrow night's portion of the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals is going back to what was originally planned with qualifying, heats, preliminary mains and the championship A main.

The saga started early this afternoon when the track was forced to postpone tonight's second round of the prestigious sprint car race due to rain. Tonight's round was moved to tomorrow afternoon followed by the Saturday night championship round. The makeup show in the daytime was not going to undergo a format change, but for the sake of time, Kazarian scrapped the new Saturday night format that included qualifying and heats. That decision drew the ire of hundreds of fans who voiced their disenchantment on the telephone, through text, the Perris Auto Speedway Facebook site and on Internet message boards.

"It is wrong that I initially scrapped that format," Kazarian said. "I would like to apologize to the fans for making that decision. As soon as I did, fans reacted and voiced their displeasure about the change. Because of that whelming response to modifying Saturdays format I decided to go with the original format that we advertised and promoted over the past few months. This is what the fans want and we are going to give it to them!"

The pit gate will open at 10:00 AM and the spectator gates will open at noon for the Friday makeup show. Racing will begin at 1:40. In addition to the regular program, the Saturday afternoon show will also include the running of the $10,000.00 to win "Legend's of Ascot Match Race" featuring Mike Spencer, Levi Jones, Nic Faas, Chris Windom and Kyle Larsen.

The Saturday night portion of the show now reverts back to the originally planned format that will include qualifying and heats as well as the main events. Spectator gates and the pit gate will open at 5:00 PM for the regularly scheduled Saturday show and the first race will be at 7:10.

To keep up with all of the latest Perris Auto Speedway news, photos, gossip and receive special offers, sign up at The PAS Facebook site at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Perris-Auto-Speedway/113876798686480

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Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2011 season. Aaron's, Ahern Rentals, All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Comfort Inn, Comunidad Latina, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Frazee Paint, Hoosier Tires, JD Fields Lumber, K&N Engineering, Lake Elsinore & Norco Animal Hospitals, P.I.P.E., Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Prolong Super Lubricants, Soboba Casino, Square H, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley Auto Salvage and Zanzabuku Sports Lounge.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

Nov 3 2011

USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 3,

– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-16.906; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.931;3. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-17.009; 4. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-17.088; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.105; 6. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-17.133; 7. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.146; 8. Kyle Larson, 1L, Buster & Ziggy-17.211; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.213; 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-17.227; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-17.261; 12. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.272; 13. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-17.312; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, Buster & Ziggy-17.323; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.328; 16. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.359; 17. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-17.362; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.372; 19. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-17.427; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.521; 21. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-17.565; 22. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.615; 23. Danny Faria Jr., 2B, Bowman-17.628; 24. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.649; 25. Andy Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-17.657; 26. Danny

Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.722; 27. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.814; 28. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.857; 29. David Bezio, 37B, Bezio-17.859; 30. Seth Wilson, 75, Stansberry-17.881; 31. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.898; 32. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.934; 33. Shane Golobic, 121, BonSchriltz-17.981; 34. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-18.004; 35. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-18.010; 36. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-18.137; 37. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-18.154; 38. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-18.176; 39. Cory Kruseman, 7H, Priestley-18.197; 40. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-18.213; 41. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-18.354; 42. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.415; 43. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts/Tate-18.457; 44. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-18.473; 45. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-18.701; 46. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-19.019; 47. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-19.037; 48. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-19.241; 49. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-19.260.

“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. R.Gardner, 2. Ebberts, 3. Shuman, 4. Copeland, 5. Adderson, 6. Matlock, 7. Potter, 8. Bender. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Sheridan, 3. East, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Alexander, 6. Clauson, 7. Bernal, 8. C.Williams. 2:50.75

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Windom, 3. Darland, 4. Gutierrez, 5. Aden, 6. Spencer, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Johnson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Jones, 3. Golobic, 4. Bloom, 5. Larson, 6. Ensign, 7. Faria, 8. R.Williams. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Ballou, 4. Kaeding, 5. Mitchell, 6. Bacon, 7. Gaunt, 8. Bezio. NT

FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Bragg, 4. Rutherford, 5. Forsberg, 6. Wilson, 7. Perkins, 8. A.Williams. 2:48.39

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Bernal, 3. Bacon, 4. Clauson, 5. Larson, 6. A.Williams, 7. Johnson,8. Shuman,9. Ensign, 10. Aden, 11. Perkins, 12. R.Williams, 13. Bezio, 14. Ebberts, 15. Copeland, 16. R.Gardner, 17. Mitchell, 18. Alexander, 19. Bragg, 20. J.VanderWeerd, 22. C.Williams, 22. Wilson, 23. Gaunt,

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Wes Gutierrez, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Keith Bloom Jr., 8. Chris Windom, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Bobby East, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Ryan Bernal, 15. Danny Sheridan, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Matt Mitchell, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Austin Williams, 20. Richard VanderWeerd, 21. Shane Golobic, 22. Jon Stanbrough, 23. Troy Rutherford, 24. Brady Bacon, 25. Andy Forsberg, 26. Josh Ford. 7:02.36

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**Faria flipped during the third heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Faas.

NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,483; 2-Windom-1,452; 3-Stanbrough-1,340; 4-Schuerenberg-1,324; 5-Ballou-1,195; 6-Hines-1,164; 7-Clauson-1,132; 8-D.Gardner-1,130; 9-Darland-1,081; 10-East-928.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-1,088; 2-Faas-1,061; 3-Mitchell-1,013; 4-A.Williams-737; 5-Bragg-616; 6-C.Williams-591; 7-Sheridan-542; 8-R.Williams-515; 9-Gaunt-500; 10-David Cardey-443.

NEW USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-1,056; 2-Larson-1,016; 3-Windom-995; 4-Jones-991; 5-Hines-989.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 4 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

Oct 31 2011

JONES, SPENCER LEAD NATIONAL, CRA SPRINTS TO PERRIS

FOR 16TH “BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS”

CLAUSON SWEEPS CANYON FEATURES

by DICK JORDAN

Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. and Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. continue their quest for historic AMSOIL USAC Sprint Car driving championships this week as the 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” unfold Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Jones, who leads Chris Windom by 43 points, is seeking a record fifth AMSOIL USAC National title in the last six years while Spencer, who leads Matt Mitchell by 34 points, is trying to win a record fourth straight USAC/CRA crown.

A new Saturday-night format including qualifying, heats, two B-mains and the 50-lap feature will conclude the three-night program which offers more than $80,000 in total prize money. Saturday’s feature winner will claim a payckeck totaling $12,500.

The second annual Malibu Towing “Legends of Ascot Match Race” is also slated Friday featuring Jones, Spencer, Nic Faas, defending “Budweiser Oval Nationals” Champ Windom and “wild card” Kyle Larson, with the winner taking home $10,000. The event showcases the five drivers in four, four-lap, races. The popular California Lightning Sprint Cars are also on Friday and Saturday’s card.

Windom won last year’s “Budweiser Oval Nationals” finale and with more than 200 National points available, could challenge Jones for the 2011 title with another front-running effort.

Spencer’s hold on the USAC/CRA lead is a bit more tenuous, with Mitchell just 34 back and Faas only one point behind Mitchell.

Clauson, of Noblesville, Ind., extended his lead in the USAC National Drivers Championship with his victory in Friday night’s opening Parker Store Hall of Fame Classic AMSOIL USAC National/CRA Sprint race at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz. Clauson grabbed the lead in his Curb Records/R & B Truckers Spike/Chevy from Spencer on lap 25 and led the remaining six laps for the win. Windom finished second ahead of Damion Gardner, Jones and Spencer.

Clauson completed a “sweep” of the races at Canyon Speedway Park Saturday. Clauson caught R.J. Johnson on lap nine and led the final 22 laps to win the 30-lap feature. Keith Bloom Jr. finished second ahead of Jones, Chris Windom and fast qualifier Faas.

The 2011 AMSOIL USAC National and USAC/CRA series conclude November 12 at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,449; 2-Chris Windom-1,406; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,319; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,260; 5-Robert Ballou-1,158; 6-Tracy Hines-1,127; 7-Damion Gardner-1,089; 8-Bryan Clauson-1,085; 9-Dave Darland-1,054; 10-Bobby East-889.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-1,028; 2-Matt Mitchell-994; 3-Nic Faas-993; 4-Austin Willams-720; 5-Greg Bragg-615; 6-Cody Williams-590; 7-Rip Williams-514; 8-Danny Sheridan-512; 9-Rickie Gaunt-499; 10-David Cardey-443.

PEORIA “SWEEP” GIVES CLAUSON 40-POINT NDC LEAD

PERRIS’ BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS THIS WEEK

by Dick Jordan

Three back-to-back AMSOIL USAC races at Perris (Calif.) Speedway this week could have a profound impact on determining this year’s USAC National Drivers Champion.

The Thursday-Friday-Saturday 16th Annual “Budweiser Oval Nationals” will see Kyle Larson return to USAC competition after missing last weekend’s races at Peoria, Ariz. where Bryan Clauson extended his NDC point lead to 40 with a pair of feature victories.

Larson can gain a maximum of 59 points with three Perris victories. Clauson has the opportunity for increasing his total by a maximum of 41 points with a trio of wins.

A $40,000 cash prize awaits the 2011 National Drivers Champion, who will also earn rides in all of the 2012 Firestone Indy Lights oval track races.

Chris Windom and Levi Jones vaulted past Tracy Hines to third and fourth in the standings after their performances at Peoria.

USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS AND PROJECTED PAYOUT, BASED ON CURRENT STANDING:

1-Bryan Clauson-1,056 ($40,000); 2-Kyle Larson-1,016 ($20,000); 3-Chris Windom-991 ($15,000); 4-Levi Jones-991 ($12,500); 5 Tracy Hines-989 ($10,000); 6-Bobby East-942 ($7,500); 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-921 ($5,000); 8-Jon Stanbrough-834; 9-Hunter Schuerenberg-832 ($3,000); 10-Darren Hagen-824 ($2,000).

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 29, 2011

– Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Raceway Park - Parker Store “Hall of Fame Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-13.627; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-13.668; 3. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-13.709; 4. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-13.755; 5. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-13.783; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 69, Dynamics-13.799; 7. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-13.867; 8. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-13.934; 9. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-14.018; 10. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.049; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.105; 12. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-14.115; 13. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14,128; 14. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.151; 15. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-14.170; 16. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-14.205; 17. Robert Ballou, 73, Ford-14.259; 18. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-14.269; 19. Dalton Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-14.298; 20. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-14.479; 21. Brian Hosford, 32B, Weber-14,526; 22. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.541; 23. Ryan Linder, 9, Linder-14.553; 24. Bob Ream Jr., 8, BRAT-14.640; 25. Nick Aiuto, 27N, Aiuto/Allen-14.645; 26. Stevie Sussex, 16s,

Martin-14.700; 27. Justin Quinn, 93, Quinn-14.748; 28. Tom Ogle, 48, Ogle-14.773; 29. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.785; 30. David Bezio, 37x, Bezio-14.842; 31. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.896; 32. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-15.961; 33. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-34.127; 34. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou (#73), 2. Johnson, 3. Hines, 4. Faas, 5. C.Williams, 6. Pelkey, 7. Aiuto, 8. Gaunt, 9. Hosford. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Spencer, 3. Jones, 4. Sheridan, 5. A.Williams, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Bezio, 8. Sussex. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Gabbard, 3. Schuerenberg, 4. East, 5. Clauson, 6. R.Williams, 7. Linder, 8. Quinn. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. St. James, 2. Windom, 3. Martin, 4. Bloom, 5. Clark, 6. Ream, 7. Ogle, 8. Everhart. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Clauson, 3. Stanbrough, 4. R.Williams, 5. Sussex, 6. A.Williams, 7. Aiuto, 8. C.Williams, 9. Bezio, 10. Pelkey, 11. Linder, 12. Clark, 13. Quinn, 14. Everhart, 15. Ream, 16. Ogle. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brian Clauson, 2. Keith Bloom Jr., 3. Levi Jones, 4. Chris Windom, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Damion Gardner, 8. R.J. Johnson, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 11. Jon Stanbrough, 12. Robert Ballou (#73), 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Bobby East, 15. Cody Williams, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Austin Williams, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Mike Martin, 20. Rip Williams, 21. Bruce St. James, 22. Dalton Gabbard, 23. David Bezio, 24. Stevie Sussex. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Johnson, Laps 9-30 Clauson.

NEW AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Jones-1,449; 2-Windom-1,406; 3-Stanbrough-1,319; 4-Schuerenberg-1,260; 5-Ballou-1,158; 6-Hines-1,127; 7-D.Gardner-1,089; 8-Clauson-1,085; 9-Dave Darland-1,054; 10-East-889.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,028; 2-Mitchell-994; 3-Faas-993; 4-A.Willams-720; 5-Greg Bragg-615; 6-C.Williams-590; 7-R.Williams-514; 8-Sheridan-512; 9-Gaunt-499; 10-David Cardey-443.

NEW USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Clauson-1,056; 2-Kyle Larson-1,016; 3-Windom-991; 4-Jones-991; 5-Hines-989; 6-East-942; 7-Jerry Coons Jr.-921; 8-Stanbrough-834; 9-Schuerenberg-832; 10-Darren Hagen-824.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACES: November 3-4-5 – Perris, CA – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th Budweiser “Oval Nationals”

“SPRINT CAR SMACKDOWN 1” IN 2012 AT KOKOMO SPEEDWAY

OFFERS 3-NIGHT SPRINT CAR EXTRAVAGANZA

by DICK JORDAN

Kokomo (Ind.) Speedway has long been the home of spectacular Sprint car racing in the state of Indiana and 2012 will be no exception with today’s announcement of a three-night “Sprint Car Smackdown 1” AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car extravaganza August 23-25.

Prize money, including contingencies and lap money is expected to total over $100,000 for the August 23-25 events at the recently-reshaped and contoured quarter-mile dirt oval. A victory on the final night will be worth $10,000 and the final feature will offer $1,000 just to start!

Preliminary night competition will be held on Thursday and Friday and a rain date of Sunday, August 26 has been established if needed. Complete racing programs are scheduled each night, with preliminary nights including time trials, heats and semi and a $5,000 feature winner’s paycheck. The 30-lap Thursday and Friday preliminary features will offer $500 to start.

Qualifying races and the 40-lap finale on Saturday will conclude the three-night “Sprint Car Smackdown 1.”

“Kokomo is one of the favorite tracks on our calendar for teams and fans alike,” says USAC’s Jason McCord. “We’ve been needing a major event in this region for quite some time and this will be just that. We have to thank the O’Connor family for stepping up to the plate and starting what will hopefully be an annual destination for everyone in the sprint car community. We hope everyone can make it out for what will surely be three competitive and entertaining nights of great Indiana sprint car racing.”

A total 29 USAC Sprint races have been held at the historic track, beginning with Rich Vogler’s victory in July of 1982. Hunter Schuerenberg won this year’s “Indiana Sprint Week” feature at Kokomo.

Reserved seats will go on sale this December, so stay tuned for more information from USAC and Kokomo Speedway by visiting the websites at www.usacracing.com and www.kokomospeedway.net.

Oct 18 2011

MURPHY NABS HANFORD’S USAC “COTTON CLASSIC” ON THE FINAL LAP!

by DICK JORDAN

Peter Murphy of Clovis, Calif. finally ran down Ryan Bernal on the final lap of Saturday night’s “Cotton Classic” and went on to win the 30-lap USAC West Coast 360 Sprint non-points special event at the Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway.

Murphy was trailed at the checkered flag by fast qualifier Bernal, Dennis Howell, T.J. Smith and Davey Pombo. Howell led the first 20 laps of the race before Bernal took over for laps 21-29.

The event concluded the 2011 activity for the West Coast 360 Sprint cars, which ended their points season October 8 at Tulare, Calif. Richard VanderWeerd of Visalia, Calif. who claimed the 2011 championship, did not compete Saturday.

--USAC--

Oct 17 2011

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT “Special Event” RACE RESULTS: October 15,

– Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “Cotton Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.768; 2. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.989; 3. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-16.002; 4. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.044; 5. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-16.070; 6. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-16.148; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.385; 8. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.462; 9. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-16.533; 10. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.555; 11. Burt Foland Jr., 4, Foland-16.710; 12. Kolby Araki, 71G, Ishii-16.754; 13. Kyle Evans, 51, Evans-16.774; 14. Kyle Miller, 10, Miller-16.798; 15. John Iturriria, 27, Iturriria-16.819; 16. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.870; 17. Don Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.079; 18. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-17.132; 19. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleason-17.173; 20. Jerry Wise Jr., 23, Wise-17.213; 21. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-17.297; 22. Anthony Pombo, 22, Koontz-17.579; 23. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.664; 24. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Kaeding, 3. Howell, 4. Hawkins, 5. Logan, 6. Schank, 7. Evans, 8. A.Pombo. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Smith, 3. Gansen, 4. Faria, 5. Gardner, 6. Foland, 7. Knight, 8. Wise. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Forsberg, 2. D.Pombo, 3. Gutierrez, 4. Murphy, 5. Iturriria, 6. Kirkbride, 7. Richardson, 8. Araki. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Peter Murphy, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Dennis Howell, 4. T.J. Smith, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Wes Gutierrez, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Jonathan Logan, 11. Marty Hawkins, 12. Don Gansen, 13. Kyle Evans, 14. Kyle Miller, 15. Jim Richardson, 16. John Iturriria, 17. Kolby Araki, 18. Anthony Pombo, 19. Ray Knight, 20. Andy Forsberg, 21. Terry Schank Jr., 22. Jerry Wise Jr., 23. Burt Foland Jr., 24. Jeff Gardner. NT

**Gardner flipped during the feature..

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Howell, Laps 21-29 Bernal, Lap 30 Murphy

Oct 14 2011

USAC RETURNS TO SUNSHINE STATE FOR 2012 SPRINT OPENERS

BUBBA ARMY “WINTER DIRT GAMES” AT OCALA FEB. 9-10-11

by Dick Jordan

The 2012 USAC racing season officially gets under way with a return visit to the Sunshine State of Florida as the Bubba Army “Winter Dirt Games” unfold February 9-10-11 at Bubba Raceway Park in Ocala.

Three nights of pulsating AMSOIL National Sprint Car thunder on one of the nation’s most exciting 3/8-mile dirt ovals kick off the 2012 campaign in the state where USAC outdoor racing began 56 years ago.

Bob Sweikert, winner of the 1955 Indianapolis 500, won USAC’s first outdoor race, a Sprint race at Southland Speedway in West Palm Beach, in February of 1956 and this February the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint cars made their Ocala debut on the unique D-shaped oval. Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. nearly swept the three nights of racing, winning twice and finishing fourth to Bryan Clauson in the other feature.

“We’re truly excited about returning to Florida in February,” says USAC’s Dave Brzozowski, who oversees the AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series. “Everybody likes to go where the sun shines that time of year and it seems like there’s not much of it in the Midwest. We obviously look forward to the Bubba Army “Winter Dirt Games” and the fun times which abound during that time of year.”

USAC’s AMSOIL National Sprint Car Series always provides memorable action for race fans and the battle for the 2011 championship continues to hold the nation’s attention, with Levi Jones hard-pressed in his attempt to become the series’ first five-time driving champion. Jones kicked off the 2010 season with “top-10” finishes in all three Ocala features and was the fastest qualifier twice, setting the track record of 14.758 seconds on the final night.

A special practice session for all participants is planned on Wednesday night, February 8.

More details regarding accompanying events and information about race headquarter hotels will be released as they become available.

--USAC--

Oct 12 2011

KYLE LARSON ENTERS 16TH ANNUAL BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS!

(Perris, CA, October 11, 2011) The hottest open wheel driver in the world, 19-year-old Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, California, has entered the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway on November 3rd, 4th and 5th.

As this piece goes to press, the 5'6," 120 pound driver has won 22 main events thus far in 2011. Amazingly he has done it in a wide variety of race cars. He has 10 victories in a midget, 4 in a 360 wing sprint car, 3 in a traditional 410 sprint car, 2 each in a silver crown car and a 500cc outlaw kart and one win in a wing 410 sprint car. The wins have come in a variety of the top racing organizations including USAC, the World of Outlaws, ASCS and POWRi.

"There has been a lot of buzz about whether or not Kyle Larson is entering the Budweiser Oval Nationals," Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian said with a huge grin. "That has been the question everybody has been asking. Now we can confirm that he will be here as his entry came in on Saturday. He has been absolutely amazing and brings an incredible list of 2011 victories with him including sweeps at the Belleville Midget Nationals and the Eldora Four Crown Nationals. It would be nice for him to add the Oval Nationals to his list of wins. He is capable of doing it, but so are a lot of the other drivers. It is going to be a great race."

One of the drivers who will definitely be tough for Larson to beat in the Oval Nationals will be teammate Bud Kaeding of Campbell, California. A third generation racing star, the 31-year-old Kaeding is the only driver to have won three Oval Nationals titles (2001, 2002, 2007). Kaeding is a three-time champion in the USAC Silver Crown Series (2006, 2007, 2009) as well.

The complete current entry list is at the end of this release.

The Budweiser Oval Nationals, America's most prestigious traditional Sprint Car race, will take place on November 3rd, 4th and 5th and will be a full points paying event for the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car and the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car Series'. In addition, it attracts other top stars from around the nation.

In addition to the 410 Sprint Cars, the popular California Lightning Sprint Cars will also be in action on Friday and Saturday.

The official entry blank is available by clicking the following link: http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/forms/oval11form.html

Advance tickets for the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals are available now by calling: 1 800 595-4849 or (951) 940-0134. You can also order tickets online at: http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.asp?OrganizationNumber=7

Tickets will also be available at The PAS souvenir stand at all races.

You can also keep up with the latest news and receive special offers from The PAS Twitter site: http://twitter.com/perrisautospdwy.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

2011 Budweiser Oval Nationals Entries

007 - Wes Gutierrez - San Martin, CA - WG Motorsports

OK - Kenny Perkins - Victorville, CA - Bill Perkins

01 - Danny Eberts - Menifee, CA - Todd Carroll

1L - Kyle Larson - Elk Grove, CA - Buster and Ziggy

2BZ - Danny Faria Jr. - Tipton, CA - Junior Bowman

2 - Austin Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - Jack Jory

3 - Rip Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - Jack Jory

4 - Tracy Hines - Wilkinson, IN - Tracy Hines

4X - Nic Faas - Huntington Beach, CA - Mark Alexander

5 - Chris Windom - Canton, IL - Baldwin Brothers Racing

5X - Bobby East - Brownsburg, IN - Klatt Enterprises

7 - John Aden - Apple Valley, CA - John Aden

7X - Bryan Clauson - Noblesville, IN - CTR/BCI Curb Agajanian

7H - Darren Hagen - Riverside, CA - Mark & Carmen Priestley

10 - Richard Vander Weerd - Visalia, CA - Ron Vander Weerd

11D - Ryan Bernal - Hollister, CA - Danny Olmstead

18 - Danny Sheridan - Santa Maria, CA - Kittle Motorsports

20 - Levi Jones - Brownsburg, IN - Tony Stewart Racing

20X - Dakota Kershaw - Oak Park, CA - Rob Kershaw

21K - Cory Kruseman - Ventura, CA - Kruseman Motorsports

26 - Rob Kershaw - Oak Park, CA - Rob Kershaw

27 - Keith Bloom Jr. - Anderson, CA - Abreu Vineyards

27X - Cody Kershaw - Oak Park, CA - Rob Kershaw

29 - Bud Kaeding - Campbell, CA - Buster and Ziggy

30 - TBA - Ron Vander Weerd

35 - Hunter Schuerenberg - Sikeston, MO - Hank Byram

37 - Matt Mitchell - Yorba Linda, CA - JW Mitchell Motorsports

37M - JW Mitchell Motorsports

37 - David Bezio - El, Cajon - David Bezio

40 - Royal Adderson - Moreno Valley, CA - Royal Adderson

44 - Cody Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - Jack Jory

50 - Mike Spencer - Temecula, CA - Ron Chaffin Motorsports

55 - Tony Everhart - El Cajon - Tony Everhart

59 - David Cardey - Riverside, Ca - David Cardey

69 - Brady Bacon - Broken Arrow, Oklahoma - Dynamics, Inc.

71 - Damion Gardner - Concord, CA - Damion Gardner

72 - Robert Ballou - Rocklin, CA - Keith Ford

73 - Josh Ford - Camarillo, CA - Keith Ford

73X - TBA - Keith Ford

88 - Jace Vander Weerd - Visalia, CA - Ron Vander Weerd

91R - Brody Roa - Buena Park, CA - BR Performance

92 - Andy Forsberg - Auburn, CA - Andy Forsberg

Oct 11 2011

SPENCER EYES CANYON SPEEDWAY PARK RACES;

FAAS NOW 2ND IN CRA POINTS AFTER 2nd STRAIGHT PERRIS VICTORY

by DICK JORDAN

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. continued his pursuit of a record fourth consecutive AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car title Saturday night with his third-place finish in the 30-lap race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. He now turns his attention to a pair of AMSOIL USAC National Sprint races October 28-29 at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Ariz., which will afford points toward both the National and USAC/CRA championships.

Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. led the final 16 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris. Faas trailed Rickie Gaunt for 14 laps, then led the rest of the way in his Mark Alexander entry to beat Gaunt, Mike Spencer, Rip Williams and Greg Bragg.

The victory was the second in a row for Faas at the half-mile Perris oval and vaulted him to second in the series standings ahead of Matt Mitchell, who was seventh Saturday. Faas trails Spencer by 31 points and is eight ahead of Mitchell as the three continue their battle for the 2011 series title.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-930; 3-Nic Faas-899; 3-Matt Mitchell-891; 4-Austin Williams-678; 5-Greg Bragg-615; 6-Cody Williams-545; 7-Danny Sheridan-471; 8-Rip Williams-467; 9-Rickie Gaunt-451; 10-David Cardey-443.

SASSELLI, ENSIGN TAKE POINT LEADS TO IRWINDALE NOV. 24

BARBER WINS SHASTA’S “JIMMY SILLS CLASSIC”

by DICK JORDAN

Audra Sasselli of Visalia, Calif. and Geoff Ensign of Sebastopol, Calif. will try to hang onto respective leads in USAC Sprint car series standings when the AMSOIL Western and Western Classic Sprints compete in the season-ending “Turkey night Grand Prix” racing program at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. November 24.

Sasselli vaulted to the top of the Western Sprint standings after finishing fourth in Saturday night’s “Jimmy Sills Classic” at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. Ensign, who was 10th at Shasta, continues as the Western Classic point leader. Sasselli holds a 20-point edge over Tony Hunt in the Western Series, while Ensign’s lead over Hunt in the Western Classic points is just 18.

Tim Barber, of Sonoma, Calif. led all but one lap of Saturday night’s “Jimmy Sills Classic.” Barber led the first 47 laps, then yielded to fast qualifier Johnny Geisler on laps 48 before regaining the lead on the white-flag lap! Trailing Barber in the 50-lapper were Geisler, Tim Skoglund, Sasselli and Luis Ramos III.

A total of 74 points will be available at Irwindale, so the championships will be up for grabs in the series finale.

In related news, this Saturday’s USAC Western/Western Classic Sprint, Ford Focus and Focus Young Guns tripleheader at Irwindale has been removed from the 2011 calendar due to unforeseen scheduling conflicts.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-848; 2-Tony Hunt-830; 3-Scott Pierovich-756; 4-Tim Barber-634; 5-Shauna Hogg-622; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

“SPECIAL EVENT” AT HANFORD FOR WEST COAST 360 SPRINTS

BERNAL 5-FOR-7 IN 360s VANDERWEERD CLAIMS 2011 TITLE

by DICK JORDAN

The USAC West Coast 360 Sprint cars, having just completed their point season last Saturday at Tulare, Calif., will compete once more, this Saturday night, at the Giant Chevrolet King Speedway in Hanford, Calif. The “Cotton Classic” race is listed as a “special event” meaning no championship points are available.

Richard VanderWeerd of Visalia, Calif. emerged as the 2011 series champion after his fifth-place Tulare finish in a race won by Ryan Bernal.

Bernal, of Hollister, Calif., scored a spectacular last-lap victory in the 30-lap series finale at Tulare’s Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway. Bernal’s win was his fifth in the last seven series races. Bernal, who was also the fastest qualifier, finished the season 39 points behind VanderWeerd as the series runner-up.

Dennis Howell paced the first three laps, then Troy Rutherford led the next 25. Bud Kaeding moved to the front on the white-flag lap, but yielded to Bernal on the final lap. Kaeding finished second ahead of Rutherford, Danny Sheridan and VanderWeerd.

FINAL USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Richard VanderWeerd-866; 2-Ryan Bernal-827; 3-Wes Gutierrez-750; 4-Jace VanderWeerd-715; 5-Dennis Howell-655; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-600; 7-Greg Alexander-570; 8-T.J. Smith-548; 9-Justyne Hamblin-540; 10-Bud Kaeding-504.

THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER SPRINT CANCELLATION

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THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER CANCELLED

INDIANAPOLIS (Oct. 10, 2011) – The Thursday Night Thunder USAC Sprint Car race scheduled for Oct. 13th has been cancelled according to Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis and USAC officials. The event will not be rescheduled.

Oct 10 2011

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 8

– Tulare, California – Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.158; 2. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-15.329; 3. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-15.429; 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.437; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-15.467; 6. Troy Rutherford, 73, Ford-15.480; 7. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-15.528; 8. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-15.578; 9. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.730; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.762; 11. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-15.766; 12. Andy Forsberg, 92, Forsberg-15.874; 13. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.012; 14. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.103; 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.290; 16. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-16.314; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.459; 18. Jarrett Kramer, 51, Carlile-16.654; 19. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-16.742; 20. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.931; 21. Adam Frith-Smith, 62X, Frith-Smith-17.053; 22. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-18.595.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.VanderWeerd, 2. Gutierrez, 3. Bernal, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. Hawkins, 6. Little, 7. Kramer, 8. Gardner. NT.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Pombo, 3. Kaeding, 4. Howell, 5. Alexander, 6. Frith-Smith, 7. Day. NT.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Smith, 3. Rutherford, 4. Forsberg, 5. Knight, 6. Nichols. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Troy Rutherford, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Jace VanderWeerd, 7. Wes Gutierrez, 8. T.J. Smith, 9. Davey Pombo, 10. Andy Forsberg, 11. Marty Hawkins, 12. Jarrett Kramer, 13. Dennis Howell, 14. Adam Frith-Smith, 15. Greg Alexander, 16. Jared Little, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Justyne Hamblin, 19. Ray Knight, 20. Ricky Kirkbride. NT

**Kirkbride flipped during qualifying. Gardner flipped during the first heat. Day flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Howell, Laps 4-28 Rutherford, Lap 29 Kaeding, Lap 30 Bernal.

FINAL WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-866; 2-Bernal-827; 3-Gutierrez-750; 4-J.VanderWeerd-715; 5-Howell-655; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-600; 7-Alexander-570; 8-Smith-548; 9-Hamblin-540; 10-Kaeding-504.

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE (Special Event, No Points): October 15 – Hanford, CA – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway

USAC AMSOIL USAC/WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 8,

– Anderson, California – Shasta Raceway Park – “Jimmy Sills Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Geisler, 12x, Bar-D Racing-14.776; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.780; 3. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-14.830; 4. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-14.886; 5. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.985; 6. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-15.146; 7. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.146; 8. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.166; 9. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-15.207; 10. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-15.216; 11. John C. Anderson, 50x, Phulps-15.475; 12. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-15.539; 13. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-17.093; 14. Don Emory, 50, Emory-NT.

DASH: (4 laps) 1. Geisler, 2. Sasselli, 3. Ramos, 4. Hunt. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Ensign, 3. Geisler, 4. Skoglund, 5. Ramos, 6. Anderson, 7. Mitchell. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerhardt, 2. Barber, 3. Sasselli, 4. Rodgers, 5. Hogg, 6. Hunt. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tim Barber, 2. Johnny Geisler, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Audra Sasselli, 5. Luis Ramos III, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7. Cody Gerhardt, 8. Shauna Hogg, 9. Gordon Rodgers, 10. Geoff Ensign, 11. John C. Anderson, 12. Marvin Mitchell, 13. Tony Hunt. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-47 Barber, Lap 48 Geisler, Laps 49-50 Barber.

NEW AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sasselli-640; 2-Hunt-620; 3-Skoglund-609; 4-Gerhardt-599; 5-Ramos-524; 6-Pierovich-441; 7-Ensign-351; 8-Geisler-340; 9-Barber-326; 10-Hogg-271.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-848; 2-Hunt-830; 3-Pierovich-756; 4-Barber-634; 5-Hogg-622; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: November 24 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

Oct 9 2011

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 8,

– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

FAAS WINS 30-LAPPER AT THE PAS

Perris, CA……..Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. led the final 16 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Faas trailed Rickie Gaunt for 14 laps, then led the rest of the way in his Mark Alexander entry to beat Gaunt, Mike Spencer, Rip Williams and Greg Bragg.

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-26.370; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.532; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.958; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.014; 5. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.074; 6. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.082; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.163; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Williams-17.170; 9. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.193; 10. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.206; 11. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.258; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.294; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-17.496; 14. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.505;15. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.910; 16. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.984; 17. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-17.994; 18. Andrew Reinbold, 19a, Reinbold-18.052; 19. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.057; 20. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.383; 21. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.429; 22. Dakota Kershaw, 20x, KMS-18.454; 23. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-18.571; 24. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.989; 25. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-19.180; 26. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-19.196; 27. Gavin Matloc

25, Matlock-19.718; 28. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-19.793; 29. John Franklin, 36, Springstead-19.965; 20. Ray Potter, 33X, Potter-21.203.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Gaunt, 3. Roa, 4. Faas, 5. Kershaw, 6. Waitman, 7. Reinbold. 2:59.93

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Johnson, 3. Aden, 4. Smith, 5. Matlock, 6. Gardner, 7. Spencer. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Sweeney, 3. Bezio, 4. Bragg, 5. Welton, 6. Adderson, 7. G.Potter. 3:08.26

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. R.Williams, 3. Pelkey, 4. C.Williams, 5. Ballard, 6. Everhart, 7. Franklin. 3:13.80

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Reinbold, 3. Gardner, 4. Ballard, 5. Kershaw, 6. Adderson, 7. Waitman, 8. Welton, 9. Matlock, 10. Franklin, 11. Everhart, 12. G.Potter, 13. R.Potter. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Austin Williams, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. Cody Williams, 11. John Aden, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Verne Sweeney, 14. Josh Pelkey, 15. David Bezio, 16. Andrew Reinbold, 17. Dakoda Kershaw, 18. Ronnie Gardner, 19. Royal Adderson, 20. Corey Ballard, 21. Cal Smith, 22. David Cardey. NT

**Perkins flipped during qualifying. R.Potter flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Gaunt, Laps 15-30 Faas.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-930; 2-Faas-899; 2-Mitchell-891; 4-A.Williams-678; 5-Bragg-615; 6-C.Williams-545; 7-Danny Sheridan-471; 8-R.Williams-467; 9-Gaunt-451; 10-Cardey-443.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 28 – Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park

From USAC

Oct 7 2011

SPENCER, MITCHELL AND FAAS BATTLE FOR USAC/CRA TITLE

AND SPOT IN LEGENDS OF ASCOT MATCH RACE!

by Scott Daloisio

(Perris, CA, October 6, 2011) When the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series returns to Perris Auto Speedway this Saturday on opening day of the Southern California Fair, the top three drivers in the series will have two separate fights to battle over. The USAC/CRA championship and the final spot in the November 4th Legends of Ascot Match Race. Spectator gates will open at 11:00 AM and the heat races will begin in 2:00 PM. The B and A mains will start at 7:00. Tickets to the fair are just $8.00 at the gate and only $5.00 if ordered online (http://socalfair.com/ticket_info.html) through Friday. Fair tickets get fans into the races free.

Heading into Saturday's race, the fight for the series championship is alive and well as the top three are separated by a mere 39-points. Mike Spencer, the three-time defending USAC/CRA champion from Temecula, leads Yorba Linda's Matt Mitchell by 30-points. Nic Faas, who resides in Huntington Beach, is only 9-points behind Mitchell. After Saturday's race, the fight for the series crown will still have six rounds to go. Three of the remaining races will be at The PAS, two will take place at Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria, Arizona and the remaining one will be at Giant Chevrolet King's Speedway in Hanford, California.

While those six races will decide the 2011 series champion, Saturday's Southern California Fair opener will be the last shot for the three to get into the Legend's of Ascot Match Race on November 4th during the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals. With a winner's share of the purse that is already more than $8,000.00 for just 16-laps around the famous Riverside County clay oval, the LOAMR will match the top two in points in the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series, the top two in Amsoil USAC National Series and one wild card driver. Already seeded into the event from the National Series are four time USAC National champion Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois and defending Oval Nationals Champion Chris Windom of Canton, Illinois.

"Saturday's show will be extremely important to Mike Spencer, Matt Mitchell and Nic Faas," Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian said. "Not only are they fighting for the series championship, but also a shot to get into the Legends of Ascot Match Race. Thus far in 2011, we have hosted seven Amsoil USAC/CRA races and those three have accounted for all seven of the wins. Their scrap for the championship and to get into the Legends of Ascot Match Race is going to be very interesting on Saturday."

Spencer, who turned 30 in early September, has four of this year's wins at The PAS. Mitchell, 24, has two wins while Faas, who celebrated his 22nd birthday last Thursday, has one.

Faas' win, which came two weeks ago in the Mark Alexander silver #4, was the most dominating performance in quite some time on the half-mile clay oval. He won the Dean Thompson Award by sweeping the show with the fast qualifying time (by nearly a half second), winning his heat race and the main event.

"Nic Faas' performance at last race was total domination," Kazarian said. "I cannot remember the last time I saw a car going that fast on our track. He seemed to get faster as the night wore on and just walked away from everyone in the main event."

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2011 season. Aaron's, Ahern Rentals, All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Comfort Inn, Comunidad Latina, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Frazee Paint, Hoosier Tires, JD Fields Lumber, K&N Engineering, P.I.P.E., Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Prolong Super Lubricants, Soboba Casino, Square H, Swedish Speed, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley Auto Salvage and Zanzabuku Sports Lounge.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

2011 Amsoil USAC/CRA Points Standings

1. Mike Spencer - Temecula - 867

2. Matt Mitchell - Yorba Linda - 837

3. Nic Faas - Huntington Beach - 828

4. Austin Williams - Yorba Linda - 631

5. Greg Bragg - Visalia - 562

6. Cody Williams - Yorba Linda - 504

7. Danny Sheridan - Santa Maria - 471

8. Ronnie Gardner - Norco - 422

9. David Cardey - Riverside - 421

10. Rip Williams - Yorba Linda - 409

The 2011 Perris Auto Speedway schedule is listed below.

August 20th: USAC/CRA Sprint Cars & California Lightning Sprints

September 24th: "GLENN HOWARD MEMORIAL" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars

October 1st: PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Modifieds, Factory Stocks

October 8th: "So Cal Fair" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars

October 15th: Southern California Fair

October 22nd: Off Weekend

October 29th: PASSCAR "CHAMPIONS NIGHT" Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Modifieds, Factory Stocks, CDCRA Dwarf Cars and 2nd Annual Oil Twins Challenge

November 3rd: Budweiser "Oval Nationals"

November 4th: Budweiser "Oval Nationals" & California Lightning Sprints

November 5th: Budweiser "Oval Nationals" & California Lightning Sprints

Oct 4 2011

SPRINTS NOW PREPARE FOR WESTERN EVENTS

JONES WINS LAWRENCEBURG’S “FALL NATIONALS” & $10,000

by DICK JORDAN

Levi Jones will take a 44-point lead in the AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car standings to the west coast October 28-29 for a pair of races at Canyon Raceway Park in Peoria, Ariz. Those events are the first of six slated in Arizona and California to wrap up the 2011 title chase.

The defending AMSOIL USAC National Champion, Jones, of Olney, Ill., earned $10,000 for his victory in Saturday night’s City of Lawrenceburg “Fall Nationals” USAC/MSCS Sprint race at the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway. Jones was trailing Jonathan Hendrick by a sizeable margin on lap 23 when Hendrick was involved in a multi-car tangle in turn three and flipped.

Jones took the lead on the restart in his Tony Stewart Racing GM Performance Parts Eagle/Chevy and led the final eight laps to beat Chris Windom, Hunter Schuerenberg, Casey Riggs and Tracy Hines. Brady Bacon was the fastest of 38 qualifiers. Hendrick led the first 22 laps in his bid for what would have been his first AMSOIL USAC Sprint car victory

The races at Peoria will be USAC’s first at that Arizona oval. They will be followed by the three-night “Budweiser Oval Nationals” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway November 3-4-5 and the November 12 series finale at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif.

In related news, the October 13 USAC Pavement Sprint race originally scheduled at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind., has been removed from the calendar, leaving Bobby Santos III of Franklin, Mass. as the 2011 USAC Pavement Sprint Car Champion.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,324; 2-Chris Windom-1,280; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,242; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,173; 5-Robert Ballou-1,077; 6-Tracy Hines-1,062; 7-Dave Darland-1,054; 8-Damion Gardner-978; 9-Bryan Clauson-959; 10-Bobby Easr- 823

WESTERN & CLASSIC SPRINTS CLASH SATURDAY AT SHASTA

by DICK JORDAN

Saturday night’s AMSOIL USAC Western Sprint race at Shasta Raceway Park in Anderson, Calif. could prove pivotal in the battle for 2011 USAC championships in the Western Sprints and the new Western Classic Sprints.

The penultimate event in each series (the finale is November 24 at Irwindale, Calif.) finds Tony Hunt with a tenuous five-point lead over female driver Audra Sasselli (Western) and a nine-point deficit to Geoff Ensign (Western Classic).

Championships in both series would propel Hunt to fifth in USAC’s all-time champions list with a total of seven series titles. Only A.J. Foyt (13), Rich Vogler and Sleepy Tripp (9) and Mel Kenyon (8) have more.

Sasselli is not Hunt’s only challenger in the Western standings. Cody Gerhardt is just 31 points behind her, while Tim Skoglund in only one point behind Gerhardt.

JoJo Helberg won last year’s Shasta Sprint race, a race in which Hunt finished third. Gerhardt is a series rookie and Skoglund did not compete at Shasta last year.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Tony Hunt-585; 2-Audra Sasselli-580; 3-Cody Gerhardt-549; 4-Tim Skoglund-548; 5-Luis Ramos III-468; 6-Scott Pierovich-388; 7-Geoff Ensign-311; 8-Johnny Geisler-271; 9-Tim Barber-258; 10-Shaunna Hogg-228.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-806; 2-Tony Hunt-797; 3-Scott Pierovich-700; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Tim Barber-566; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

“SPLIT” SATURDAY TIMETABLE FOR USAC/CRA AT THE PAS

by DICK JORDAN

This Saturday’s AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway will be somewhat different from others held at the half-mile dirt oval this season, with a “break” between preliminaries and the semi and feature events.

Qualifications and heat races will be conducted during daylight, concluding at about 3 pm. A four-hour break will then give race fans time to visit the Southern California Fair midway and vendors before returning to their seats for the 7 pm scheduled semi and the ensuing feature event.

Series point leader Mike Spencer has scored three of his six 2011 feature wins at the PAS, while points runner-up Matt Mitchell has won there twice. Nic Faas won the last race there September 24 and he ranks third in the latest standings.

Spencer is 30 points ahead of Mitchell and 39 ahead of Faas in his bid for an unprecedented fourth consecutive series championship.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-867; 2-Matt Mitchell-837; 3-Nic Faas-828; 4-Austin Williams-631; 5-Greg Bragg-562; 6-Cody Williams-504; 7-Danny Sheridan-471; 8-Ronnie Gardner-422; 9-David Cardey-421; 10-Rip Williams-409.

TULARE’S THUNDERBOWL HOSTS SATURDAY’S 360 SPRINT RACE

by DICK JORDAN

The USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Cars return to the Gropetti Automotive Thunderbowl Raceway in Tulare, Calif. this Saturday night.

Ryan Bernal of Hollister, Calif., who has reeled off four victories in the last six series outings, hopes to slice further into Richard VanderWeerd’s 55-point lead with what would be his first Tulare win this weekend.

Four previous Tulare West Coast 360 Sprint races produced a trio of Bud Kaeding wins and one for Peter Murphy.

VanderWeerd, of Visalia, Calif., hopes to notch his second victory of the campaign. His first came at Hanford, Calif. in July.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Richard VanderWeerd-810; 2-Ryan Bernal-755; 3-Wes Gutierrez-701; 4-Jace VanderWeerd-662; 5-Dennis Howell-623; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-600; 7-Greg Alexander-538; 8-Justyne Hamblin-515; 9-T.J. Smith-502; 10-Bud Kaeding-439.

Oct 3 2011

USAC and MSCS CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG NATIONALS TO LEVI JONES

Lawrenceburg, IN - October 1, 2011. Levi Jones of Olney, IL, picked

up a $10,000 paycheck Saturday night in winning the USAC and MSCS

co-sanctioned City of Lawrenceburg Nationals at Lawrenceburg

Speedway. The United States Auto Club points leader inherited the

lead on lap 23 and led the rest of the 30 lap event. Jones was

driving the Tony Stewart Racing GM Performance Parts Eagle/Chevy.

Hunter Schuerenberg began challenging Jones over those final 8 laps.

However it was Chris Windom who moved up from mid pack to take second

in the dash to the finish line. Casey Riggs finished fourth and

veteran Tracy Hines was fifth.

In the post race interview Levi Jones summed up the efforts on the

track. I did not have the fastest car but we won. Hendrick was

really fast.? A huge pileup in turn three of lap 23 changed the

complexion of the event. Jonathan Hendrick had been leading and was

stretching the lead despite the emergence of lapped traffic.

Suddenly cars came together. The resulting action nearly blocked the

track. The cars of Coleman Gulick and Critter Malone were hooked

together at the center of the track. Robert Ballou?s sprint car was

up at the wall. Another car or two took up the lower portion of the

track. Justin Grant?s car was also involved. Hendrick who was just

behind connected and flipped. He was just laps away from his first

MSCS feature win and it would have been a big one!

Positions six through ten went to Jon Stanbrough, Jerry Coons Jr.,

Ted Hines, Bobby East, and Bryan Clauson. Ted Hines who started 21st

in the 24 car field earned the Keizer Aluminum Wheels Hard Charger of

the Race Award which is presented by MSCS. East drove up into the

top ten after taking the USAC provisional to start the event.

Clauson was on the move too. He was one of 7 drivers that gained 6

or more spots before the checkers waved.

The four heat races were won by Brady Short, Chris Windom, Matt

Westfall, and Blake Fitzpatrick. Using the USAC format for the

program, the top four from each heat and the top six from the Semi

earned their way into the feature. Fast qualifier Brady Bacon won

the Semi Feature but the car overheated in the feature and he failed

to finish. Thirty eight cars timed in for the event. Jac

Haudenschild picked up the Wilwood Tuff Brakes Award in finishing

eleventh for the feature in the Dynamics 69.

The preliminary events were also interrupted by red flags. Daron

Clayton flipped in the first heat and the car was done for the night.

Mike Miller flipped in the third heat but he did make it back out for

the Semi. Shawn Westerfeld was battling for a transfer spot when

he flipped during the Semi.

The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series will be competing Saturday

night October 8th at Tri-State Speedway. This is the last event

scheduled for MSCS this season. The MSCS Harvest Cup that night will

have an earlier starting time than usual. The heat races will start

at 7 P.M. with hot laps beginning at 6 P.M. The feature will pay

$4,000 to win. It will be the final night of racing at the track

this season. Sprint car drivers will have one last opportunity to

gain in valuable series points. The UMP Modifieds will also be

racing!

Race Coverage provided by MSCS.

Summary

City of Lawrenceburg Nationals

Lawrenceburg Speedway

Lawrenceburg , Indiana

October 1, 2011

MSCS & USAC Sprint Cars:

(A co-sanctioned event)

Fast Time - Brady Bacon 13.996

(38 Entries)

First Heat - 36 Brady Short - 20 Levi Jones, 37 Casey Riggs, 53 Jon Stanbrough

99 Brady Bacon, 7c Bryan Clauson, 7 Critter Malone, 22w Mike Weber,

21c Hud Cone, 11 Daron Clayton

Second Heat - 5x Chris Windom, 71 Damion Gardner, 81 Robert Ballou,

35 Hunter Schuerenberg, 24 Chad Boespflug, 5b Chase Briscoe,

24k Landon Simon, 57 Kevin Studley, 9k Kevin Thomas

Jr., 42 John Race

Third Heat -22s Matt Westfall, 40 Justin Grant, 4 Tracy Hines, 14 ColemanGulick,69 Jac Hausdenschild, 89 Shawn Westerfeld, 5 Bobby East,

32 Chase Stockon, 82 Mike Miller

Fourth Heat - 10f Blake Fitzpatrick, 9h Logan Hupp, 68 Jonathan Hendrick,71p Jerry Coons Jr, 17b Brett Burdette, 21x Dave

Darland, 5j Joss Moffatt,12 Ted Hines, 21h Tyler Hewitt

Semi Feature - 99 Brady Bacon, 24 Chad Boespflug, 69 Jac Haudenschild,

7c Bryan Clauson, 12 Ted Hines, 7 Critter Malone,21x Dave Darland,

5 Bobby East, 17b Brett Burdette, 21c Hud Cone,24k Landon Simon,

5b Chase Briscoe, 57 Kevin Studley, 21h TylerHewitt, 22w Mike Weber,

42 John Race, 89 Shawn Westerfeld, 5j Joss Moffatt,9k Kevin Thomas Jr.,

82 Mike Miller

FEATURE (30 Laps) - 20 Levi Jones, 5x Chris Windom, 35 Hunter Schuerenberg

37 Casey Riggs, 4 Tracy Hines, 53 JonStanbrough

71p Jerry Coons Jr., 12 Ted Hines, 9 Bobby East

7c Bryan Clauson, 69 Jac Haudenschild, 36 Brady Short

24 Chad Boespflug, 10f Blake Fitzpatrick, 71 Damion Gardner,

22s Matt Westfall, 9h Logan Hupp, 32 Chase Stockon,

68 Jonathan Hendrick, 99 Brady Bacon,14 Coleman Gulick,

40 Justin Grant, 81Robert Ballou, 7 Critter Malone

Oct 2 2011

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 1, 2011

– Lawrenceburg Speedway – City of Lawrenceburg “Fall Nationals” – Co-sanctioned by MSCS

from USAC

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brady Bacon, 99, Bacon-13.996; 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-14.141; 3. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.172; 4. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-14.179; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-14.181; 6. Chad Boespflug, 24, Simon-14.203; 7. Jac Haudenschild, 69, Dynamics-14.218; 8. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-14.238; 9. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-14.253; 10. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-14.253; 11. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-14.273; 12. Logan Hupp, 9H, Hupp-14.274; 13. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-14.287; 14. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-14.306; 15. Justin Grant, 40, Grant-14.312; 16. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-14.325; 17. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR-BCI-Curb-Agajanian-14.333; 18. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-14.400; 19. Shawn Westerfeld, 89, Westerfeld-14.423; 20. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-14.425; 21. Brady Short, 36, Short-14.429; 22. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-14.447; 23. Matt Westfall, 22s, Simon-14.469; 24. Joss Moffatt, 5J, Moffatt-14.570; 25. Daron Clayton, 11 Walker-14.575; 26. Landon Simon. 24k Simon- 14.617

27. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-14.619; 28. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-14.707; 29. Hud Cone, 21c, Pollock-14.742; 30. Chase Briscoe, 5B, Briscoe-14.886; 31. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-14.961; 32. Brett Burdett, 17B, Burdett-15.000; 33. Critter Malone, 7x, CM-15.011; 34. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-15.105; 35. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-15.738; 36. Tyler Hewitt, 21H, Hewitt-15.771; 37. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-16.045; 38. John Race, 42, Race-16.308. (NOTE: Kyle Robbins also practiced in #7).

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Short, 2. Jones, 3. Riggs, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Bacon, 6. Clauson, 7. Malone, 8. Weber, 9. Cone, 10. Clayton. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Gardner, 3. Ballou, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Boespflug, 6. Briscoe, 7. Simon, 8. Studley, 9. Thomas, 10. Race. 1:57.04

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Westfall, 2. Grant, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Gulick, 5. Haudenschild, 6. Westerfeld, 7. East, 8. Stockon, 9. Miller. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Hupp, 3. Hendrick, 4. Coons, 5. Burdett, 6. Darland, 7. Moffatt, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Hewitt. 1:59.38

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bacon, 2. Boespflug, 3. Haudenschild, 4. Clauson, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Malone, 7. Darland, 8. East, 9. Burdette, 10. Cone, 11. Simon, 12. Briscoe, 13. Studley, 14. Hewitt, 15. Weber, 16. Race, 17. Westerfeld, 18. Moffatt, 19. Thomas, 20. Miller. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Casey Riggs, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Ted Hines, 9. Bobby East, 10. Bryan Clauson, 11. Jac Haudenschild, 12. Brady Short, 13. Chad Boespflug, 14. Blake Fitzpatrick, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Matt Westfall, 17. Logan Hupp, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Jonathan Hendrick, 20. Brady Bacon, 21. Coleman Gulick, 22. Justin Grant, 23. Robert Ballou, 24. Critter Malone. NT

**Clayton flipped during the first heat. Miller flipped during the third heat. Westerfeld flipped during the semi. Hendrick flipped on lap 23 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Hendrick, Laps 23-30 Jones.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,324; 2-Windom-1,280; 3-Stanbrough-1,242; 4-Schuerenberg-1,173; 5-Ballou-1,077; 6-Tracy Hines-1,062; 7-Darland-1,054; 8-Gardner-978; 9-Clauson-959; 10-East-823.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – October 28 – Peoria, AZ – Canyon Speedway Park

Oct 1 2011

HINES, CLAUSON, SHERIDAN AND MITCHELL

HEAD LATEST ENTRIES FOR BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS!

by Scott Daloisio

(Perris, CA, September 29, 2011) Indiana drivers Tracy Hines & Bryan Clauson and Southern California stars Danny Sheridan & Matt Mitchell are among the latest drivers to enter the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway on November 3rd, 4th and 5th.

Hines, of Wilkinson, Indiana, brings a huge list of open wheel awards to the prestigious Southern California race. In 2000 he captured the USAC Silver Crown Championship and won the National Sprint Car Championship two years later. Currently the 39-year-old veteran is ranked seventh in USAC National Sprint Car points and fourth in both the Silver Crown Series and the Mopar National Midget Championship Series. He won both USAC National Sprint Car main events at Dodge City, Kansas in August. In 2005, Hines, who has also raced in the NASCAR Nationwide Series and the Camping World Truck Series, won the prestigious Chili Bowl Midget race in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Clauson, a native of Carmichael, California who now calls Noblesville, Indiana home, is no stranger to victory circle at Perris Auto Speedway. In 2009, he led every lap to win the 2nd Annual Glenn Howard Memorial. Last year, he won the USAC National Driver's Championship and thus earned a ride for selected events in the Indy Lights Series this year. Thus far in four Indy Light starts, he has finished no worse than seventh and had a third in Iowa, fourth at Milwaukee and a fifth at Indianapolis. Clauson, now 22-years-old, won the 2010 USAC National Midget Championship and currently leads the championship standings in that series as the season hits the homestretch. The winner of the 2009 Turkey Night Grand Prix, Clauson has one USAC National Sprint Car win in 2011. He is ranked ninth in both the National Sprint Car Series and the Silver Crown Series as this piece went to press.

Yorba Linda, California 24-year-old Matt Mitchell is having his best ever season in the USAC/CRA Series. Ranked second in points, he is only 30-points three-time series champion Mike Spencer. Mitchell, who is a favorite with male fans for his hard driving style and a fan favorite with female fans for his good looks, has two main event wins in the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series in 2011 and both have come at The PAS. In addition, on a recent visit to the Ventura Raceway, he drove Steve Watt's car to the $7,000.00 plus win in the Vendor's Cup Race.

Few drivers have been more popular at The PAS than the Santa Maria, California based Danny Sheridan over the years. His hard charging style in the bright blue Kittle Motorsports #18 has earned him numerous wins. Most recently he won the Bud Stanfield Memorial in the USAC West Coast 360 Series at Chris Kearns' Santa Maria Speedway September 17th. Even though he is not contesting the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series full-time in 2011, the 35-year-old Boeing employee is ranked seventh in points. Sheridan won the 1997 IMCA Sprint Car Championship at Santa Maria and was the 1998 Bandit Sprint Car Champion.

Other recent entries include California drivers "Wide Open" Wes Gutierrez of San Martin, Apple Valley's "Mr. Excitement" John Aden and David Bezzio and Tony Everhart both of El Cajon.

Gutierrez is currently third in points in the USAC West Coast 360 Series. Aden is a past champion at Pick-A-Part Victorville Auto Raceway. Everhart, 56, was the California Lightning Sprint Car champion in 1994. Thirty-year-old Bezzio, another former Lightning Sprint Car racer, is contesting his first full season in the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series and is 16th in points.

In addition to the 410 Sprint Cars, the popular California Lightning Sprint Cars will also be in action on Friday and Saturday.

The official entry blank is available by clicking the following link: http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/forms/oval11form.html

Tickets will also be available at The PAS souvenir stand at all races.

A complete list of past Budweiser Oval Nationals champions appears below.

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2011 season. Aaron's, Ahern Rentals, All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Comfort Inn, Comunidad Latina, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Frazee Paint, Hoosier Tires, JD Fields Lumber, K&N Engineering, P.I.P.E., Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Prolong Super Lubricants, Soboba Casino, Square H, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley Auto Salvage and Zanzabuku Sports Lounge.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

2011 Budweiser Oval Nationals Entries

007 - Wes Gutierrez - San Martin, CA - WG Motorsports

2 - Austin Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - Jack Jory

3 - Rip Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - Jack Jory

4 - Tracy Hines - Wilkinson, IN - Tracy Hines

5 - Chris Windom - Canton, IL - Baldwin Brothers Racing

7 - John Aden - Apple Valley, CA - John Aden

7X - Bryan Clauson - Noblesville, IN - CTR/BCI Curb Agajanian

10 - Richard Vander Weerd - Visalia, CA - Ron Vander Weerd

18 - Danny Sheridan - Santa Maria, CA - Kittle Motorsports

20 - Levi Jones - Brownsburg, IN - Tony Stewart Racing

21K - Cory Kruseman - Ventura, CA - Kruseman Motorsports

27 - Keith Bloom Jr. - Anderson, CA - Abreau Vineyards

30 - TBA - Ron Vander Weerd

35 - Hunter Schuerenberg - Sikeston, MO - Hank Byram

37 - Matt Mitchell - Yorba Linda, CA - JW Mitchell Motorsports

37M - JW Mitchell Motorsports

37 - David Bezio - El, Cajon - David Bezio

44 - Cody Williams - Yorba Linda, CA - Jack Jory

55 - Tony Everhard - El Cajon - Tony Everhart

69 - Brady Bacon - Broken Arrow, Oklahoma - Cam Dynamics

88 - Jace Vander Weerd - Visalia, CA - Ron Vander Weerd

USAC & MSCS IN ANTICIPATION OF THE CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG NATIONALS

Haubstadt, IN - September 29, 2011. The Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint

Car Series season will come to a close after two more races. In

total nine have already been held with only one event cancelled

because of rain.

This Saturday, October 1st, the MSCS Sprint Cars and those of the

United States Auto Club will compete together for top honors in the

City of Lawrenceburg Nationals. A $10,000 prize at Lawrenceburg

Speedway tops the biggest overall purse that MSCS has had a chance to

compete for this season. The feature will pay $400 to start.

A week later the MSCS drivers will finish the season at Tri-State

Speedway at Haubstadt, IN. The October 8th race will be the MSCS

Harvest Cup and offer drivers a final opportunity to gain positions

in the MSCS Points Chase and race for a purse paying $4,000 to win.

The Harvest Cup will also provide a fan based atmosphere in which the

new 2011 MSCS Champion and Rookie of the Year can be crowned.

Brady Short of Bedford, IN, leads the points standings heading into

the final two weekends. Chris Malone of Speedway, IN, has climbed up

through the standings and is now second. Rookie of the Year points

leader Braylon Fitzpatrick of West Terre Haute, IN, is now third in

the overall standings. Dakota Jackson and Chase Briscoe are fourth

and fifth in the standings.

The second five in the standings in order includes Chase Stockon,

Kyle Cummins, Casey Riggs, Robert Ballou, and Brandon Mattox.

Stockon was second in the standings last season and is close to a top

five spot again. Cummins is a three time former champion and is

working to improve on an 8th place finish last season. Casey Riggs

is having a great year in MSCS competition. Ballou has finished in

the second five twice in the past three seasons with a sixth in 2009

points his high mark. Brandon Mattox has been inching up the

standings and is currently tenth. He was fourth last year when the

season ended and seventh the year before that.

Seven different drivers have won MSCS features this season. The list

of winners includes Casey Riggs and Brady Short with 2 wins each.

Other drivers with one win each are Levi Jones, Hunter Schuerenberg,

Casey Shuman, Jon Stanbrough, and Chase Stockon. Twenty-one drivers

have finished fourth or higher in feature races so far this year.

Third place or higher finishes reduce the number to fifteen. Three

drivers hold the distinction of having a runner-up finish as their

highest of the season. They are Robert Ballou, Blake Fitzpatrick,

and Bryan Clauson. A one up performance could put one of these three

speedsters in victory lane. The $10,000 to win at Lawrenceburg

Speedway this weekend is just added motivation!

With the USAC format in place for the City of Lawrenceburg

Nationals, drivers will need to post a quick qualifying lap and

follow that up with a top four finish in the heat race to earn an

early transfer to the feature. Passing points will not be used.

A review of the MSCS season shows that MSCS has held 30 heat races

this year with no driver having more than 9 opportunities to win a

heat. Drivers winning heats most often have been Brady Short (4

wins), Jon Stanbrough (3 wins), and Braylon Fitzpatrick, Chase

Stockon, Casey Riggs, Levi Jones, Wes McIntyre, and Hunter

Schuerenberg with two wins each. Eleven other drivers have also won

heat races. These drivers appear to have the odds in their favor in

taking a heat or one of the first 16 transfer spots.

The final six feature transfers for the City of Lawrenceburg

Nationals will come from the B Main! Everything that happens in a

race program leads up to the feature and its conclusion but the

preliminary events keep it interesting, add to the excitement, and

can affect the outcome. With USAC & MSCS both in the house the

excitement will be double!

CURRENT POINTS STANDINGS

Hoosier Tire Midwest Sprint Car Series

Rank Car# Driver Points

1 36 Brady Short 570

2 7 Critter Malone 453

3 3 Braylon Fitzpatrick 446

4 3X Dakota Jackson 413

5 5 Chase Briscoe 405

6 32 Chase Stockon 383

7 3C Kyle Cummins 346

8 37 Casey Riggs 310

9 81 Robert Ballou 290

10 28 Brandon Mattox 285

11 20 Levi Jones 259

12 9K Kevin Thomas Jr. 258

Sept 30 2011

T-SHIRTS BY TIMELESS TAKES LEGENDS OF ASCOT MATCH RACE WINNER'S PURSE PAST $8,000.00!

by Scott Daloisio

(Perris, CA, September 29, 2011) T-Shirts by Timeless is the latest sponsor to sign up for the 2nd Annual "Legends of Ascot Match Race" during the 16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals on Friday, November 4th, at Perris Auto Speedway. The Timeless sponsorship takes the winner's share of the 16-lap race past $8,000.00.

The race will match the top two drivers in points from the Amsoil USAC/CRA Series and the top two in Amsoil USAC National Series who accept the challenge. There will also be one wild card driver. They will contest four, four lap races and the driver who accumulates the most points will take home the big money. If the race were to take place today, it would match four-time USAC National Champion Levi Jones of Brownsburg, Indiana, defending Budweiser Oval Nationals Champion Chris Windom of Canton, Illinois, three-time Amsoil USAC/CRA Champion Mike Spencer of Temecula, California, Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, California and the wild card driver. However, there is one more race in each series for a driver to get in. This Saturday, October 1st, for the USAC National Series at Lawrenceburg, Indiana and the October 8th race at Perris Auto Speedway for the USAC/CRA Series. Heading into Saturday's race at Lawrenceburg, Jon Stanbrough is only 25-points behind Windom and could steal that spot. Heading into the October 8th affair at The PAS, Nic Faas, who won the main last Saturday, is a mere 9-points behind Mitchell.

"The races at Lawrenceburg this Saturday and October 1st at The PAS, are going to be very interesting to see who gets in," Perris promoter Don Kazarian said. "With the purse now more than $8,000.00 for the winner, that is over $500.00 per lap for the Legends of Ascot Match Race. These guys will be racing hard just to get in."

Family owned and operated by the Michnowicz clan since 1987, T-Shirts by Timeless has been supplying top quality t-shirts and embroidery at friendly prices to countless racers including current stars such as Mike Spencer, Chris Windom, David Cardey, Matt Mitchell and Brody Roa. They are located in the shadows of where Ascot Park once stood at 22126 South Vermont, Unit #A in Torrance, California (90502). Give them a call at (310) 320-5569 for a quote on quality work for your any of your apparel needs.

In addition to T-Shirts by Timeless, the following companies and individuals have also pledged their support to the Legends of Ascot Match Race. The Estrella WarBird Museum and Woodland Automobile Display, The Allsprint Ranch (Carl Alleman), Anonymous Racing Fan, The Agajanian Family, Decore Plating (Don Argo), La Villa Catering (John Gardner), Total Seal, TR Designs (Tom Roberts), Donovan Engineering, Foremost Coating (Don Claypool), Doug's Auto Body, Bondio Fabrication, Sander Engineering, Ed Iskenderian, Buzz Rose Publications, Danny Sheridan, Thunderhead and Doug Allen Photography. If you would like to donate to the purse, please give Bobby Michnowicz a call at: (310) 347-6661. All of the money donated goes to the drivers.

The official entry blank for the Oval Nationals is available by clicking the following link: http://www.perrisautospeedway.com/forms/oval11form.html

Tickets will also be available at The PAS souvenir stand at all races.

A complete list of past Budweiser Oval Nationals champions appears below.

Perris Auto Speedway wants to thank its corporate sponsors for the 2011 season. Aaron's, Ahern Rentals, All Coast Construction, Amsoil, Ayers Hotel and Spa, Budweiser, Champion Towing, City of Perris, Comfort Inn, Comunidad Latina, Daytona Boat & RV Storage, Frazee Paint, Hoosier Tires, JD Fields Lumber, K&N Engineering, P.I.P.E., Pepsi-Cola, Pick-A-Part Auto Salvage, Prolong Super Lubricants, Soboba Casino, Square H, Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Trench Shoring, US Foods, Valley Auto Salvage and Zanzabuku Sports Lounge.

For more information call The PAS at: (951) 940-0134.

Video and DVD productions of all racing events at Perris Auto Speedway are available from Jeff Kristensen’s Raceway Video. For more information on these productions you can call: (818) 618-9764 or visit the web site at: http://racewayvideo.com/

mailto:racesatthepas@aol.com is the only authorized Internet address to issue official media news released from The Perris Auto Speedway or Oval Entertainment

OVAL NATIONALS CHAMPIONS

1996 - Jimmy Sills

1997 - Rip Williams

1998 - Rodney Argo

1999 - Rickie Gaunt

2000 - Tony Jones

2001 - Bud Kaeding

2002 - Bud Kaeding

2003 - Cory Kruseman

2004 - Cory Krusema

2005 - Dave Darland

2006 - Dave Darland

2007 - Bud Kaeding

2008 - Jesse Hockett

2009 - Damion Gardner

2010 - Chris Windom

The 2011 Perris Auto Speedway schedule is listed below.

October 1st: PASSCAR Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Modifieds, Factory Stocks

October 8th: "So Cal Fair" USAC/CRA Sprint Cars

October 9th: "So Cal Fair" Clash at The PAS Demolition Derb

October 13: "So Cal Fair" Freestyle Motocross

October 14: "So Cal Fair" Monster Trucks

October 15: "So Cal Fair" Monster Trucks

October 16: "So Cal Fair" Monster Trucks & RV Demolition Derby

October 29th: PASSCAR "CHAMPIONS NIGHT" Super Stocks, Street Stocks, Modifieds, Factory Stocks, CDCRA Dwarf Cars and 2nd Annual Oil Twins Challeng

November 3rd: Budweiser "Oval Nationals"

November 4th: Budweiser "Oval Nationals" & California Lightning Sprints

November 5th: Budweiser "Oval Nationals" & California Lightning Sprints

Sept 27 2011

“CITY OF LAWRENCEBURG FALL NATIONALS” SATURDAY

WILD ELDORA SPRINT TO LARSON

by DICK JORDAN

The “City of Lawrenceburg Fall Nationals” this Saturday at the Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway, co-sanctioned by MSCS, offers a $10,000 winner’s purse. It also offers drivers a chance to garner valuable USAC National Drivers Championship points and points toward the 2011 AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car championship.

Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. enters Saturday’s race with a 42-point lead over Chris Windom in the AMSOIL standings, while Jon Stanbrough is 67 behind. A total of 74 points are available Saturday.

Reviving memories of Jack Hewitt’s amazing “sweep” of the 1998 “4-Crown Nationals,” Kyle Larson, of Elk Grove, Calif., scored a spectacular victory in Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL National Sprint race at the Eldora Speedway. The win came after he had already won the 25-lap Midget race and was about to start from the pole in the 50-lap Traxxas Silver Crown finale. Larson ran 11th in the early stages of the race but advanced through the field as the leaders encountered tire problems.

Jones blew a tire on lap 21 and Jerry Coons, Jr., running second, got caught up in the mess. Coons was out of the race and Jones restarted. Windom led the next seven laps but he too had tire problems on lap 28. That put Dave Darland in the lead for one lap but another yellow put Larson right behind Darland on the restart.

Larson quickly moved to the front and led the final two laps as Darland finished second ahead of Bobby East, fast qualifier Tracy Hines and Hunter Schuerenberg.

The victory was the 78th in USAC National Sprint competition for the Dynamics, Inc. team of Milford, Ohio.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,257; 2-Chris Windom-1,215; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,190; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,109; 5-Robert Ballou-1,058; 6-Dave Darland-1,053; 7-Tracy Hines-1,004; 8-Damion Gardner-948; 9-Bryan Clauson-924; 10-Bobby East-787.

USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Bobby Santos III-304, 2-Tanner Swanson-290, 3-Bobby East-286, 4-Chris Windom-280, 5-Kody Swanson-265, 6-Jacob Wilson-256, 7-Tracy Hines-246, 8-Brian Gerster-193, 9-Russ Gamester-187; 10-Brian Olson-177.

360s EYE OCTOBER 8 VISIT TO TULARE THUNDERBOWL

BERNAL TAKES HANFORD 30-LAPPER

by DICK JORDAN

Richard VanderWeerd remains atop the 2011 USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car standings after finishing fourth in last Saturday night’s race at Hanford, Calif. He’s 55 points ahead of Ryan Bernal, winner of last Saturday’s race. The two will continue their battle for the championship October 8 when the series returns to the Tulare (Calif.) Thunderbowl Raceway with 74 points up for grabs.

Bernal, of Hollister, Calif., won Saturday night’s race at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway, leading the final 27 laps after passing Marty Hawkins on lap four. Dennis Howell came home second ahead of Peter Murphy, series point leader VanderWeerd and Wes Gutierrez.

The Hanford win was the fourth in the last six series features for Bernal as he continues to narrow VanderWeerd’s point lead.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

Sept 25 2011

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: Sept 24,

– Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – 31st “4-Crown Nationals”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-15.057; 2. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.071; 3. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-15.098; 4. Matt Westfall, 22s, Simon-15.148; 5. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.226; 6. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.282; 7. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-15.331; 8. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-15.357; 8. Justin Grant, 40, Hery-15.489; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-15.511; 11. Kyle Larson, 69, Dynamics-15.519; 12. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-15.523; 13. Scotty Weir, 23s, Simon-15.620; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-15.659; 15. Derek Hagar, 9, Hager-15.670; 16. Hud Cone, 21c, Pollock-15.837; 17. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-15.878; 18. Dallas Hewitt, 6, Miller-15.881; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-15.892; 20. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.899; 21. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-15.904; 22. Landon Simon, 24, Simon-15.910; 23. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-15.922; 24. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-15.946; 25. Kyle Wissmiller, 29x, Wissmiller-16.254; 26. Mark

Cassella, 91, Gagliardi-16.354; 27. Daron Clayton, 11, Walker-16.476; 28. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.503; 29. Joe Liguori, 6rr, Liguori-16.520; 30. Todd Kane, 9x, SC-16.634; 31. Wesley Gordon, 3, Sweat Racing-16.652; 32. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-16.742; 33. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-16.764; 34. Brian Smith, 14w, Wilson-16.944; 35. Kevin Studley, 57, Studley-17.117; 36. Kirk Jeffries, 59J, Jeffries-17.338; 37. Brandon Whited, 15, AWC-NT; 38. Mitch Wissmiller, 1w, Wissmiller-NT; 39. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-NT; 40. Jason Cox, 320, Kistle-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schuerenberg, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Grant, 4. Weir, 5. Ballou, 6. Hines, 7. Gulick, 8. K.Wissmiller, 9. Mattox, 10. Liguori. 2:07.28

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Jones, 3. Coons, 4. East, 5. Hewitt, 6. Kane, 7. Cassella, 8. Smith, 9. Simon. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Stockon, 3. Bloom, 4. Gardner, 5. Windom, 6. Clayton, 7. Hagar, 8. Gordon, 9. Studley. 2:13.41

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Riggs, 2. Westfall, 3. Clauson, 4. Hendrick, 5. Darland, 6. Cone, 7. Hughes, 8. Miller, 9. Jeffries. 2:14.39

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Windom, 3. Darland, 4. Ballou, 5. Clayton, 6. Cone, 7. Hagar, 8. Gulick, 9. Simon, 10. Kane, 11. Hughes, 12. Hewitt, 13. Liguori, 14. Cassella, 15. Miller, 16. Gordon, 17. Studley, 18. Smith, 19. Mattox. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Bobby East, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Hunter Schuerenberg, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Daron Clayton, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Derek Hagar, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Bryan Clauson, 13. Keith Bloom Jr., 14. Matt Westfall, 15. Hud Cone, 16. Jonathan Hendrick, 17. Scotty Weir, 18. Chase Stockon, 19. Chris Windom, 20. Casey Riggs, 21, Jerry Coons Jr., 22, Robert Ballou, 23. Coleman Gulick, 24. Justin Grant. NT

**Cox flipped during qualifying.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Coons, Laps 14-20 Jones, Laps 21-27 Windom, Lap 28 Darland, Laps 29-30 Larson.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,257; 2-Windom-1,215; 3-Stanbrough-1,190; 4-Schuerenberg-1,109; 5-Ballou-1,058; 6-Darland-1,053; 7-Hines-1,004; 8-Gardner-948; 9-Clauson-924; 10-East-787.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: October 1 – Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 24,

– Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.466; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.868; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.942; 4. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.992; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.102; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Williams-17.186; 7. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.205; 8. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.316; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.330; 10. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.378; 11. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.386; 12. Josh Ford, 72, Ford-17.474; 13. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.482; 14. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.533; 15. Bobby Bender, 12x, Bender-17.638; 16. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-17.655; 17. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.678; 18. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-17.854; 19. Donnie Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.867; 20. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-17.969; 21. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-18.048; 22. Brandon Thompson, 36, Springstead-18.097; 23. Jay Waugh, 21k, Kruseman-18.109; 24. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.218; 25. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-18.236; 26. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.300; 27. Ray Potter,

33X, Potter-18.369; 28. Matt Shedwarowicz, 12, Blair-18.498; 29. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.515; 30. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-18.696; 31. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.853; 32. Tom Hendricks, 71x, Kruseman-NT

DASH: (3 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Gaunt, 3. Spencer, 4. Faas. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Mitchell, 3. Aden, 4. A.Williams, Bezio, 6. Perkins, 7. Buckley. 2:51.24

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Spencer, 3. R.Williams, 4. Ballard, 5. Sweeney, 6. Thompson, 7. Smith, 8. Everhart. 2:53.67

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. Gansen, 3. Gaunt, 4. Cardey, 5. Waugh, 6. Bender, 7. R.Potter, 8. G.Potter. 2:55.21

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Gardner, 3. Bragg, 4. Roa, 5. Shedarowicz, 6. Welton, 7. Waitman. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Sweeney, 2. Bender, 3. Perkins, 4. Thompson, 5. Bezio, 6. Waugh, 7. Everhart, 8. Smith, 9. R.Potter, 10. Adderson, 11. G.Potter, 12. Welton, 13. Shedarowicz, 14. Buckley. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Ronnie Gardner, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. David Cardey, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Kenny Perkins, 13. Donnie Gansen, 14. David Bezio, 15. Verne Sweeney, 16. Corey Ballard, 17. Jay Waugh, 18. Brandon Thompson, 19. Rip Williams, 20. JohnA den, 21. Bobby Bender, 22. Josh Ford. NT

**Waitman flipped during the fourth heat. Shedarowicz flipped during the semi. Waugh flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Bragg, Laps 8-30 Faas.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-867; 2-Mitchell-837; 3-Faas-828; 4-A.Williams-631; 5-Bragg-562; 6-C.Williams-504; 7-Sheridan-471; 8-Gardner-422; 9-Cardey-421; 10-R.Williams-409.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 8 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 24,

– Hanford, California – Giant Chevolet Kings Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal (#11D Olmstead), 2. Richard VanderWeerd (#10 VanderWeerd), 3. Ricky Kirkbride (#87 Van Meter), 4. Greg Alexander (#72 Tyler), 5. Jared Little (#25 Little), 6. Kyle Evans (#51 Evans), 7. Jace VanderWeerd (#88 VanderWeerd). NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marty Hawkins (#3M Hawkins), 2. Peter Murphy (#21 Murphy), 3. Jonathan Logan (#32 Evett/Logan), 4. T.J. Smith (#14 LeGras), 5. Jeff Gardner (#51T Revcon), 6. Austin Liggett (#83 Liggett). NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Danny Faria Jr. (#2 Bowman), 2. Dennis Howell (#62 Howell), 3. Wes Gutierrez (#007 WG), 4. Davey Pombo (#3E Eames), 5. Adam Frith-Smith (#62 Frith-Smith), 6. Justyne Hamblin (#8 JH). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Dennis Howell, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 5. Wes Gutierrez, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Danny Faria Jr., 8. Jonathan Logan, 9. T.J. Smith, 10. Adam Frith-Smith, 11. Jeff Gardner, 12. Kyle Evans, 13. Jared Little, 14. Austin Liggett, 15. Marty Hawkins, 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 17. Greg Alexander, 18. Justyne Hamblin, 19. Jace VanderWeerd. NT.

**Hawkins flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hawkins, Laps 4-30 Bernal.

NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-810; 2-Bernal-755; 3-Gutierrez-701; 4-J.VanderWeerd-662; 5-Howell-623; 6-Faria-600; 7-Alexander-538; 8-Hamblin-515; 9-Smith-502; 10-Bud Kaeding-439.

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: October 8 – Tulare, CA – Thunderbowl Raceway

Sept 24 2011 late news

WEATHER FORCES "THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER" CANCELLATION

Indianapolis, IN.........Threatening weather and forecasts for imminent rain which would preclude conducting Thursday night's USAC Pavement Sprint race at Lucas Oil Raceway have conspired to force cancellation of the event. The USAC AMSOIL National Sprint cars will be in action Saturday in the "4-Crown Nationals" program at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio.

Sept 20 2011

“THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER” & “4-CROWN” ON TAP FOR SPRINTS;

RIGGS WINS AT TRI-STATE; HINES CLAIMS “RICH VOGLER CLASSIC”

by DICK JORDAN

USAC’s AMSOIL Pavement Sprint cars are headed for “Thursday Night Thunder” at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind., then the AMSOIL National Series returns to Tony Stewart’s Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio Saturday for the 31st “4-Crown Nationals.”

Bobby Santos III leads the pavement standings entering Thursday’s race, while defending AMSOIL National Champ Levi Jones continues his leadership of that series going into Saturday’s race at Eldora.

It took fast qualifier Tracy Hines of New Castle, Ind. just 12 laps to come from sixth starting position to pass pole starter Bobby East for the lead in Sunday’s “Rich Vogler Classic” at the Winchester (Ind.) Speedway. Hines and his Fatheadz/BS Motorsports Beast/Mopar led the final 19 laps of the 30-lapper to beat East, Chris Windom, Kody Swanson and Kyle Larson. Santos finished sixth to retain the pavement point lead.

Casey Riggs of Shelbyville, Ind. walked off with the winner’s trophy Saturday night in the 50-lap “Haubstadt Hustler Sprint 50” at Tri-State Speedway co-sanctioned by USAC and MSCS. Riggs trailed Bryan Clauson for the first 15 laps, then led the last 35 in his Indiana Underground Construction Maxim/Chevy. Clauson finished second ahead of Damion Gardner, Jones and Brady Bacon.

Hines’ Winchester victory was his 77th in USAC National competition, but was also his 41st in Sprint cars, passing Gary Bettenhausen for fifth on the all-time list. Ranked ahead of him are Pancho Carter at 42, Larry Dickson at 45, Jack Hewitt at 46 and all-time leader Tom Bigelow at 52.

Santos won the last race at Indianapolis and had a fourth at the .686-mile paved oval earlier this year. He’s 14 points ahead of Tanner Swanson in the pavement standings. Swanson’s Indianapolis finishes this season have been second and third.

Windom now trails Jones by just 16 points in the AMSOIL National rankings, with 74 available at Eldora Saturday. Despite seven podium finishes so far this year, Jones’ only victory came at New Oxford, Pa. during the “Eastern Storm” swing in June. Windom’s spectacular 2011 season has included a pair of wins at Terre Haute, Ind. and one during “Indiana Sprint Week” at Bloomington.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,209; 2-Chris Windom-1,193; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,141; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-1,053; 5-Robert Ballou-1,042; 6-Dave Darland-994; 7-Tracy Hines-943; 8-Damion Gardner-912; 9-Bryan Clauson-890; 10-Bobby East-727.

USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Bobby Santos-304; 2-Tanner Swanson-290; 3-Bobby East-286; 4-Chris Windom-280; 5-Kody Swanson-265; 6-Jacob Wilson-256; 7-Tracy Hines-246; 8-Brian Gerster-227; 9-Brian Olson-177; 10-Aaron Pierce-161.

“GLENN HOWARD MEMORIAL” SATURDAY AT THE PAS;

PIEROVICH WINS MADERA’S “HARVEST CLASSIC”

by DICK JORDAN

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. puts his AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car title defense on the line Saturday at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway in the 2011 “Glenn Howard Memorial.”

Spencer, trying to claim a record fourth consecutive title, has a 37-point lead over Matt Mitchell and is only 56 ahead of Nic Faas entering Saturday’s event, which offer 74 total points.

Spencer has 17 career USAC wins at the half-mile dirt oval, including four of this year’s six outings. Mitchell, ironically, has won the other two this season. In five starts at The Pas, Faas has two seconds, a third, fourth and a fifth.

Scott Pierovich of Alamo, Calif. passed Geoff Ensign on lap six and went on to lead the remaining 45 laps to win Saturday night’s “Harvest Classic” USAC Western/Western Classic Sprint race at Madera (Calif.) Speedway. Audra Sasselli was second ahead of Tony Hunt, Ensign and Chad Nichols. Hunt emerged with a five-point lead over Sasselli in the AMSOIL Western Sprint points, but trails Ensign by nine points in the Western Classic standings. Pierovich was also the fastest qualifier.

The 2011 USAC Western Classic” Sprint Series concludes November 24 at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-810; 2-Matt Mitchell-773; 3-Nic Faas-754; 4-Austin Williams-570; 5-Greg Bragg-508; 6-Cody Williams-463; 7-Danny Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-806; 2-Tony Hunt-797; 3-Scott Pierovich-700; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Tim Barber-566; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

WEST COAST 360 SPRINTS RETURN TO HANFORD SATURDAY;

SHERIDAN TAKES SANTA MARIA’S “BUD STANFIELD MEMORIAL”

by DICK JORDAN

Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. hosts the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint cars again Saturday and series point leader Richard VanderWeerd is OK with that, having posted a victory, two thirds and a fourth in the four races held at the 3/8-mile dirt oval this season.

VanderWeerd, of Visalia, Calif., has a comfortable 65-point lead over Ryan Bernal in the standings, but Bernal has a pair of second-places at Hanford this season himself.

Other drivers who bear watching Saturday include third-ranking Wes Gutierrez, who has a victory and a fourth at Kings this year, fourth ranking Jace VanderWeerd, whose four Hanford starts have all resulted in “top-10s,” and Danny Faria Jr., who has a win and two thirds.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA regular Danny Sheridan of Santa Maria, Calif. won Saturday night’s “Bud Stanfield Memorial” at his home track – Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. He passed Bud Kaeding on the 27th lap and led the final four laps to beat Kaeding, Gutierrez, Richard VanderWeerd and Greg Alexander. Sheridan piloted the Kittle Motorsports Pace Lighting/K & N Filters Sherman/Auto Pro to the win. Justyne Hamblin led the first 11 laps and Wes Gutierrez led the next 12 before Kaeding took over for three.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Richard VanderWeerd-752; 2-Ryan Bernal-687; 3-Wes Gutierrez-647; 4-Jace VanderWeerd-647; 5-Dennis Howell-559; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-550; 7-Greg Alexander-514; 8-Justyne Hamblin-495; 9-T.J. Smith-461; 10-Bud Kaeding-439.

Sept 19 2011

AMSOIL USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 18, 2011

– Winchester, Indiana – Winchester Speedway – “Rich Vogler Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-14.015; 2. Tanner Swanson, 17T, TK-14.458; 3. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-14.570; 4. Chris Windom, 17, Windom-14.661; 5. Bobby Santos III, 98s, Santos-14.842; 6. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-14.868; 7. Jacob Wilson, 07, WRB-14.941; 8. Kyle Larson, 67, Kunz-15.046; 9. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-15.079; 10. Brian Olson, 59, Powell-15.172; 11. Russ Gamester, 35, Gamester-15.209; 12. Caleb Armstrong, 7A, C & A-NT; 13. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-NT; 14. Brian Gerster, 27, Davis/Gerster-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierce, 2. Wilson, 3. Hines, 4. K.Swanson, 5. Santos, 6. Gamester. 2:01.34

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Windom, 3. Olson, 4. T.Swanson, 5. East. 2:01.89

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Bobby East, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Kody Swanson, 5. Kyle Larson, 6. Bobby Santos III, 7. Jacob Wilson, 8. Aaron Pierce, 9. Brian Olson, 10. Tanner Swanson, 11. Russ Gamester. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 East, Laps 12-30 Hines.

NEW AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT POINTS: 1-Santos-304; 2-T.swanson-290; 3-East-286; 4-Windom-280; 5-K.Swanson-265; 6-Wilson-256; 7-Hines-246; 8-Gerster-227; 9-Olson-177; 10-Pierce-161.

NEXT AMSOIL PAVEMENT SPRINT RACE: September 22 – Indianapolis, IN – Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011

– Santa Maria Speedway – “Bud Stanfield Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-13.529; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18K, Kittle-13.591; 3. Davey Pombo, 3E, Eames-13.633; 4. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-13.638; 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-13.662; 6. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-13.700; 7. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-13.705; 8. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-13.724; 9. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-13.727; 10. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-13.804; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-13.940; 12. Derek Buckley, 76, Buckley-13.950; 13. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-13.958; 14. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-13.989; 15. Peter Murphy, 51, Carlile-14.115; 16. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.159; 17. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-14.176; 18. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.195; 19. Bobby Bender, 16, Jones-14.240; 20. Jeff Culver, 71C, Culver-14.242; 21. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-14.280; 22. Ray Potter, 33X, Potter-14.518; 23. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-14.552; 24. Richard Terry, 30, Terry-14.718; 25. Greg Edenholm, 73X, Ford-14.863; 26. Jeff Miller, 5X, Swaim-15.210; 27. Ray

Knight, 6K, Knight-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. Smith, 3. Bernal, 4. R.VanderWeerd, 5. A.J. Bender, 6. Edenholm, 7. Russo. NT.

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Sheridan, 3. Gutierrez, 4. J.VanderWeerd, 5. Howell, 6. Potter, 7. Miller. NT.

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B.Bender, 2. Pombo, 3. Roa, 4. Alexander, 5. Murphy, 6. Jones, 7. Knight. NT.

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckley, 2. Culver, 3. Kaeding, 4. Kirkbride, 5. Ford, 6. Terry. NT.

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Howell, 3. A.J. Bender, 4. Murphy, 5. Russo, 6. Potter, 7. Terry, 8. Edenholm, 9. Jones, 10. Miller. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Sheridan, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Wes Gutierrez, 4. Richard VanderWeerd, 5. Greg Alexander, 6. Dennis Howell, 7. Jace VanderWeerd, 8. Josh Ford, 9. Derek Buckley, 10. Ryan Bernal, 11. Davey Pombo, 12. A.J. Bender, 13. Bobby Bender, 14. Brody Roa, 15. Ricky Kirkbride, 16. Jeff Culver, 17. Ray Potter, 18. T.J. Smith, 19. Nico Russo, 20 Justyne Hamblin, 21. Austin Liggett, 22. Peter Murphy. NT.

*Russo flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Hamblin, Laps 12-23 Gutierrez, Laps 24-26 Kaeding, Laps 27-30 Sheridan.

NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-752; 2-Bernal-687; 3-Gutierrez-647; 4-J.VanderWeerd-647; 5-Howell-559; 6-Danny Faria Jr.-550; 7-Alexander-514; 8-Hamblin-495; 9-Smith-461; 10-Kaeding-439.

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: September 24 – Hanford, CA – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway

Sept 18 2011 late reports

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011

– Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway – “Haubstadt Hustler Sprint 50” – (Co-Sanctioned by MSCS)

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Daron Clayton (#11 Walker), 2. Keith Bloom Jr. (#27 Abreu), 3. Hunter Schuerenberg (#35 Byram), 4. Dave Mallady (#3mc Mallady), 5. Chase Briscoe (#5B Briscoe), 6. Coleman Gulick (#14 Gulick), 7. Joe Liguori (#6rr Liguori), 8. John Helm (#12 Helm), 9. Kyle Cummins (#3c Cummins). 2:16.03

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Casey Riggs (#37 Indiana Underground), 2. Jonathan Hendrick (#68 Hendrick), 3. Critter Malone (#7m Malone), 4. Chase Stockon (#32 Stockon), 5. Damion Gardner (#71 DG), 6. Hud Cone (#21c Pollock), 7. Dave Darland (#21x Roberts/Tate), 8. Drew Tarr (#3Y Tarr), 9. Dakoda Jackson (#3x Jackson). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brady Short (#36 Short), 2. Jon Stanbrough (#53 Fox), 3. Tracy Hines (#4 Hines), 4. Shane Cottle (#36x Short), 5. Jerry Coons Jr. (#71p Phillips), 6. Robert Ballou (#81 MPHG), 7. Adam Nigg (#25n Nigg), 8. Brandon Mattox (#28 Mattox), 9. Donnie Brackett (#4B Brackett). 2:16.50

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Levi Jones (#20 Stewart), 2. Bryan Clauson (#7 Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian), 3. Blake Fitzpatrick (#10 Fitzpatrick), 4. Wes McIntyre (#83 McIntyre), 5. Chris Windom (#5x Baldwin), 6. Brady Bacon (#69 Dynamics), 7. Andrew Elson (#27a Elson), 8. Braylon Fitzpatrick (#3 Fitzpatrick), 9. Eric Gentry (#51 Gentry). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Cottle, 3. Bacon, 4. B.Fitzpatrick, 5. Cone, 6. Ballou, 7. Windom, 8. Darland, 9. Jackson, 10. Liguori, 11. Brackett, 12. Nigg, 13. Helm, 14. Mallady, 15. Briscoe, 16. Gulick, 17. Mattox, 18. Tarr, 19. Elson, 20. Gentry. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Casey Riggs, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Brady Bacon, 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 7. Hunter Schuerenberg, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Keith Bloom, 10. Critter Malone, 11. Jonathan Hendrick, 12. Kyle Cummins, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Wes McIntyre, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Daron Clayton, 17. Blake Fitzpatrick, 18. Braylon Fitzpatrick, 19. Robert Ballou, 20. Hud Cone, 21. Brady Short, 22. Chris Windom, 23. Chase Stockon, 24. Chase Briscoe, 25. Shane Cottle. NT

**Elson flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Clauson, Laps 16-50 Riggs.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,209; 2-Windom-1,193; 3-Stanbrough-1,141; 4-Schuerenberg-1,053; 5-Ballou-1,042; 6-Darland-994; 7-Hines-943; 8-Gardner-912; 9-Clauson-890; 10-Bobby East-727.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL DIRT SPRINT CAR RACE: – September 24 – Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”

USAC AMSOIL USAC/WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 17, 2011 – Madera, California – Madera Speedway – “Fall Harvest Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-13.640; 2. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-13.642; 3. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-13.739; 4. Chad Nichols, 50x, Phulps-13.896; 5. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-13.956; 6. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.075; 7. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.124; 8. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-14.231; 9. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-14.259; 10. Bill Logan, 98, Logan-15.052; 11. Don Emory, 50, Emory-15.638; 12. Dave Dias, 93, Kobza-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ensign, 2. Sasselli, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Pierovich, 5. Rodgers, 6. Emory. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Barber, 3. Nichols, 4. Skoglund, 5. Logan, 6. Dias. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Scott Pierovich, 2. Audra Sasselli, 3. Tony Hunt, 4. Geoff Ensign, 4. Chad Nichols, 6. Cody Gerhardt, 7. Tim Skoglund, 8. Gordon Rodgers, 9. Tim Barber, 10. Don Emory, 11. Bill Logan, 12. Dave Dias. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Ensign, Laps 6-50 Pierovich.

NEW AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-585; 2-Sasselli-580; 3-Gerhardt-549; 4-Skoglund-548; 5-Luis Ramos III-468; 6-Pierovich-388; 7-Ensign-311; 8-Johnny Geisler-271; 9-Barber-258; 10-Shaunna Hogg-228.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-806; 2-Hunt-797; 3-Pierovich-700; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Barber-566; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: November 24 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: November 24 – Irwindale, CA – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

Sept 13 2011

BURDETT SLC SPRINT WINNER, WATERS CLAIMS 3RD TITLE

by DICK JORDAN

Jim Waters of West Jordan, Utah capped his record third USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car championship with a second-place finish in Saturday night’s finale at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. Waters won the inaugural series titles in 2003 and 2004.

Ryan Burdett of West Jordan, Utah sped to victory in Saturday night’s 25-lap finale at RMR, but finished 10 points behind Waters in the final standings.. Former champion Jimmy Wysong finished third Saturday ahead of Eric Barlow and Paul Marconi. Mel Andrus led the first nine laps of the feature and Burdett led the rest.

Waters ended the campaign as the winningest USAC driver in Utah history, winning four of the 12 series races.

FINAL USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Jim Waters-745; 2-Ryan Burdett-735; 3-Eric Barlow-630; 4-Paul Marconi-547; 5-Mel Andrus-509; 6-Ray Bergener-460; 7-Johnny Geisler-401; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.

SPRINTS HEAD FOR TRI-STATE DIRT & WINCHESTER PAVEMENT;

WINDOM TAKES “HURTUBISE CLASSIC;” RAIN CLAIMS LORP RACE

by DICK JORDAN

The AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Cars compete on both dirt and paved ovals this weekend, with races scheduled at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, Ind. Saturday night and Winchester (Ind.) Speedway.

Saturday night’s Haubstadt Hustler Sprint 50 “special event” co-sanctioned by MSCS at Haubstadt offers a unique format and equal points for all competitors due to its “special event” nature.

Sunday afternoon’s “Rich Vogler Classic” at Winchester continues USAC’s 2012 Pavement Sprint Car series, which is led by Bobby Santos III, who has won two of the four races held to date.

Levi Jones of Olney, Ill. continues to pace the AMSOIL National series after coming from 16th starting position to finish second to Chris Windom in Saturday night’s “Jim Hurtubise Classic” at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track. Jones’ lead over Windom stands at 16 points after the Terre Haute event. Santos’ pavement point lead is only six points over Tanner Swanson going into Sunday’s Winchester classic.

Windom, of Canton, Ill., led all 30 laps to win at Terre Haute. Windom piloted the Fox Paving/Claxton Engines Maxim/Mopar to the victory. Hunter Schuerenberg, Keith Bloom Jr. and Robert Ballou rounded out the “top-five.” Four drivers flipped during the program, including Bryan Clauson, who cleared the wall in turn one on the opening lap of the feature, but there were no injuries

Jones finished sixth and Windom 10th in the Indiana Sprint Week finale at Haubstadt in July.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,149; 2-Chris Windom-1,133; 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,081; 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-993; 5-Robert Ballou-982; 6-Dave Darland-934; 7-Tracy Hines-883; 8-Damion Gardner-852; 9-Bryan Clauson-830; 10-Bobby East-727.

USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Bobby Santos III-253, 2-Tanner Swanson-247, 3-Bobby East-224, 4-Chris Windom-216, 5-Jacob Wilson-207, 6-Kody Swanson-205, 7-Brian Gerster-193, 8-Tracy Hines-174, 9-Russ Gamester-153, 10-Brian Olson-135.

FINAL NIGHT OF MADERA’S “HARVEST CLASSIC” SATURDAY;

LARSON WINS “TINER FAMILY CLASSIC” AT CHICO

by DICK JORDAN

Madera (Calif.) Speedway’s “Harvest Classic” concludes this Saturday night as the USAC Western Classic Sprint Cars take to the paved oval with only 15 points separating the series point leaders.

Geoff Ensign leads the standings entering Saturday’s race, while Tony Hunt ranks second. They finished 13th and 14th in last Saturday night’s “Tiner Family Classic” at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif.

Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. led the final eight laps of Thursday night’s 28-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA/Western Classic Sprint race at Chico, part of the track’s 58th “Gold Cup Race of Champions” program. Larson, piloting a BK Motorsports entry, passed Kyle Hirst on lap 21 and led the rest of the way to beat fast qualifier Jac Haudenschild, Matt Mitchell, Hirst and USAC/CRA point leader Mike Spencer.

Mitchell now trails Spencer by 37 points in the new USAC/CRA standings. Shane Golobic, Geoff Ensign, Hirst and Larson all led during the 28-lap contest.

Two of Hunt’s 2011 victories have come at Madera in the only two USAC Western Sprint appearances there this season. Ensign’s two Madera outings have produced a third and an 11th-place finish.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-745; 2-Tony Hunt-730; 3-Scott Pierovich-629; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Tim Barber-522; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

26TH “BUD STANFIELD MEMORIAL” AT SANTA MARIA SATURDAY

1ST 360 WIN FOR GUTIERREZ AT HANFORD

by DICK JORDAN

Richard VanderWeerd will try to hold on to his USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car point lead this Saturday when the series returns to Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway for the 26th Annual “Bud Stanfield Memorial.”

VanderWeerd sits 52 points ahead of Ryan Bernal in the latest standings after finishing third in last Saturday night’s “Jim Turner Memorial” at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. Bernal finished second at Hanford.

Wes Gutierrez of San Martin, Calif. led wire-to-wire to win Saturday night’s Hanford feature. Trailing him, Bernal and VanderWeerd were fast qualifier Greg Alexander and Danny Sheridan. Gutierrez piloted the WM Motorsports/Competition Suspension DRC/Borello.

So far this year, Santa Maria has hosted three West Coast 360 races. Bernal has won the last two, while Jace VanderWeerd, third in the new series standings, won the other. Although Richard VanderWeerd’s best finish at Santa Maria this year has been a third, he has been the fastest qualifier there twice.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Richard VanderWeerd-694; 2-Ryan Bernal-642; 3-Jace VanderWeerd-600; 4-Wes Gutierrez-586; 5-Danny Faria Jr.-550; 6-Dennis Howell-511; 7-Justyne Hamblin-474; 8-Greg Alexander-461; 9-T.J. Smith-437; 10-Rusty Carlile-395.

Sept 12 2011

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2011

– Hanford, California – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-15.608; 2. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-15.794; 3. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-15.828; 4. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.939; 5. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-16.012; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 2, Bowman-16.017; 7. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-16.088; 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-16.094; 9. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.187; 10. Jonathan Logan, 32, Evett/Logan-16.223; 11. Jeff Gardner, 51T, Revcon-16.242; 12. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.256; 13. Danny Sheridan, 21, Dorathy-16.323; 14. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-16.513; 15. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-16.541; 16. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.566; 17. Matt Day, 97, Day-16.604; 18. Jared Little, 25, Little-16.747; 19. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-17.366; 20. Ray Knight, 6K, Knight-19.927.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gutierrez, 2. Sheridan, 3. Logan, 4. Alexander, 5. Leggitt, 6. Nichols, 7. Smith. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamblin, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. J.VanderWeerd, 4. Day, 5. Kirkbride, 6. Gardner, 7. Knight. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howell, 2. Faria, 3. Bernal, 4. Roa, 5. Russo, 6. Little. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Wes Gutierrez, 2. Ryan Bernal, 3. Richard VanderWeerd, 4. Greg Alexander, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Jace VanderWeerd, 7. Dennis Howell, 8. Jonathan Logan, 9. Ricky Kirkbride, 10. Justyne Hamblin, 11. Brody Roa, 12. Nico Russo, 13. Matt Day, 14. Jeff Gardner, 15. Jared Little, 16. Austin Liggett, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Danny Faria Jr., 19. Ray Knight, 20. T.J. Smith. NT

**Smith flipped during the first heat. Faria flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gutierrez.

NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-694; 2-Bernal-642; 3-J.VanderWeerd-600; 4-Gutierrez-586; 5-Faria-550; 6-Howell-511; 7-Hamblin-474; 7-Alexander-461; 8-Smith-437; 9-Rusty Carlile-395; 10. Bud Kaeding-376.

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE: September 17 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway

Sept 11 2011

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 10, 2011

– Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track –

“Jim Hurtubise Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-19.337; 2. Coleman Gulick, 14, Gulick-19.365; 3. Casey Shuman, 69, Dynamics-19.397; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-19.405; 5. Bryan Clauson, 7, CTR/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-19.482; 6. Jerry Coons Jr., 71p, Phillips-19.513; 7. Hud Cone, 21, Pollock-19.597; 8. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10, Fitzpatrick-19.613; 9. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-19.625; 10. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-19.652; 11. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-19.671; 12. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-19.704; 13. Jonathan Hendrick, 68, Hendrick-19.717; 14. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-19.724; 15. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-19.732; 16. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-19.759; 17. Wes McIntyre, 83, McIntyre-19.786; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-19.833; 19. Chase Stockon, 32, Stockon-19.848; 20. Shane Cottle, 11, Walker-19.934; 21. Dave Darland, 21x, Roberts/Tate-20.000; 22. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-20.025; 23. Brandon Mattox, 28, Mattox-20.397; 24. Kevin Studley, 57x, Studley-20.660; 25. Steve Thomas, 20T, Thomas-21.482; 26 Patrick Budde, 90, Budde-21.725.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stockon, 2. Gardner, 3. Hughes, 4. Cone, 5. Hines, 6. Stanbrough, 7. East, 8. Thomas, 9. Hendrick. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Windom, 3. Mattox, 4. Bloom, 5. McIntyre, 6. Budde, 7. Fitzpatrick, 8. Gulick, 9. Clauson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Jones, 3. Clayton, 4. Schuerenberg, 5. Coons, 6. Ballou, 7. Shuman, 8. Studley. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Shuman, 3. Clauson, 4. Fitzpatrick, 5. Ballou, 6. East, 7. Studley, 8. Mattox, 9. Budde, 10. Thomas. 4:02.90

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chris Windom, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Keith Bloom Jr., 5. Robert Ballou, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Bobby East, 10. Blake Fitzpatrick, 11. Chase Stockon, 12. Jerry Coons Jr., 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Daron Clayton, 15. Hud Cone, 16. J.J. Hughes, 17. Damion Gardner, 18. Wes McIntyre, 19. Shane Cottle, 20. Brandon Mattox, 21. Bryan Clauson, 22. Kevin Studley. NT

**Hendrick flipped during the first heat. Gulick flipped during the second heat. Clauson flipped over the wall in turn 1 on the first lap of the feature. Gardner flipped on lap 29 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Windom.

NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,149; 2-Windom-1,133; 3-Stanbrough-1,081; 4-Schuerenberg-993; 5-Ballou-982; 6-Darland-934; 7-Hines-883; 8-Gardner-852; 9-Clauson-830; 10-East-727.

NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: – September 17 – Haubstadt, IN – Tri-State Speedway

USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: Sept 10, 2011

– Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.888; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.903; 3. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-13.932; 4. Jimmy Wysong, 360, FRB-14.242; 5. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.331; 6. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.600; 7. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-14.616; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.688; 9. Chuck Groat, 24x, Waters-14.743.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Marconi, 3. Barlow, 4. Groat, 5. Straub. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, 2. Wysong, 3. Bergener, 4. Andrus. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Ryan Burdett, 2. Jim Waters, 3. Jimmy Wysong, 4. Eric Barlow, 5. Paul Marconi, 6. Mel Andrus, 7. Ray Bergener, 8. Mike Straub, 9. Chuck Groat. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Andrus, Laps 10-25 Burdett.

FINAL ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Waters-745; 2-Burdett-735; 3-Barlow-630; 4-Marconi-547; 5-Andrus-509; 6-Bergener-460; 7-Johnny Geisler-401; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.

Sept 9 2011

AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: Sept 8, 2011

– Chico, California – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Tiner Family Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 57, Silva-13.60; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.84; 3. Kyle Hirst, 14S, Smith-13.93; 4. Cody Myers, 7, Snow-13.97; 5. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.03; 6. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.06; 7. Andy Forsberg, 92N, Forsberg-14.06; 8. Jeff Parady, 6C, Parady-14.18; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.19; 10. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.19; 11. Kirk Simpson, 84, Simpson-14.22; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.25; 13. Jason York, 25, York-14.25; 14. Tom Baker, 93, Kobza-14.25; 15. Eddy Lewis, 7X, Prior-14.35; 16. Shane Golobic, 121, Von Schriltz-14.40; 17. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-14.44; 18. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-14.50; 19. Kyle Larson, 99, BK-14.50; 20. Trent Canales, 2T, Grode-14.50; 21. Mark Tabor Jr., 38N, Tabor-14.53; 22. Tim Sherman Jr., 1JR, Sherman-14.53; 23. Shawn Wright, 99X, Wright-14.54; 24. Richard Brace Jr., 21J, Adel-14.57; 25. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-14.59; 26. Steven Tiner, 94, Tiner-14.59; 27. Scott Hall, 56X, Hall-14.60;

28. Gary Paulson, 3T, Finkenbinder-14.60; 29. Jeff Griffin, 50M, Griffin-14.65; 30. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-14.65; 31. Jimmy Trulli, 33T, Trulli-14.69; 32. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-14.72; 33. Billy Wallace, 1, Moore-14.75; 34. Rusty Baglin, 44X, Baglin-14.79; 35. Herman Klein, 91, Wondergem-14.81; 36. Mark Beck, 50S, Shurley-14.81; 37. Brett Rollag, 27, Rollag-14.85; 38. Taylor Simas, 7T, Simas-14.87; 39. Kody Smith, 3S, Smith-14.91; 40. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-14.96; 41. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.97; 42. Jay Waugh, 14K, Kruseman-15.12, 43. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-15.13; 44. Josh Bates, 94X, Pronol-15.16; 45. Colby Copeland, 24C, Copeland-15.25; 46. A.J. Martin, 70, Martin-15.28; 47. John Michael Bunch, 11VS, Bunch-15.41; 48. Matt Sherman, 00Z, Sherman-15.81; 49. Jimmy Steward, 16, Steward-24.72.

QUALIFYING RACE: (8 laps) 1. Wallace, 2. Klein, 3. Simas, 4. Smith, 5. Rollag, 6. Baglin, 7. Richardson, 8. Waugh, 9. Copeland, 10. Hogg, 11. Cisco, 12. Beck, 13. Bates, 14. Martin. NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. York, 3. Ensign, 4. Bragg, 5. C.Williams, 6. Hawkins, 7. Wallace, 8. Tabor, 9. Griffin. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Mitchell, 3. Tiner, 4. Hunt, 5. Faas, 6. Klein, 7. Miller, 8. Baker, 9. Sherman. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Hirst, 3. Trulli, 4. Wright, 5. Simpson, 6. Simas, 7. Lewis, 8. Forsberg, 9. Hall, NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Brace, 2. Golobic, 3. A.Williams, 4. Smith, 5. Canales, 6. Parady, 7. Paulson, 8. Pierovich, 9. Myers. NT

SEMI: (9 laps) 1. Myers, 2. Faas, 3. Hawkins, 4. C.Williams, 5. Baker, 6. Simas, 7. Wallace, 8. Pierovich, 9. Canales, 10. Parady, 11. Miller, 12. Paulson, 13. Lewis, 14. Sherman, 15. Griffin, 16. Simpson, 17. Klein, 18. Tabor. NT

FEATURE: (28 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Jac Haudenschild, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Kyle Hirst, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Shane Golobic, 7. Nic Faas, 8. Jason York, 9. Jimmy Trulli, 10. Taylor Simas, 11. Richard Brace Jr., 12. Steven Tiner, 13. Geoff Ensign, 14. Tony Hunt, 15. Cody Myers, 16. Cody Williams, 17. Marty Hawkins, 18. Scott Pierovich, 19. Shawn Wright, 20. Austin Williams, 21. Greg Bragg, 22. Kody Smith, 23. Tom Baker, 24. Todd Miller Jr. NT

**Steward flipped during qualifications. Hall and Forsberg flipped during the third heat. Griffin and Klein flipped during the semi. A.Willliams and Bragg flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Golobic, Laps 8-11 Ensign, Lap 12 Golobic, Laps 13-20 Hirst, Laps 21-28 Larson.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-810; 2-Mitchell-773; 3-Faas-754; 4-A.Williams-570; 5-Bragg-508; 6-C.Williams-463; 7-Danny Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-745; 2-Hunt-730; 3-Pierovich-629; 4-Shauna Hogg-579; 5-Tim Barber-522; 6-Jerry Kobza-211.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 24 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 17 – Madera (CA) Speedway

Sept 6 2011

SPRINTS HIT PAVEMENT & DIRT OVALS THIS WEEK;

“THURSDAY NIGHT THUNDER” & “JIM HURTUBISE CLASSIC” ON TAP

by DICK JORDAN

USAC’s AMSOIL Pavement and National Sprint Car Series resume this week, with “Thursday Night Thunder” on tap at Lucas Oil Raceway in Indianapolis, Ind. and the “Jim Hurtubise Classic” Saturday night at the Terre Haute (Ind.) Action Track.

Defending AMSOIL National Champ Levi Jones holds a 19-point lead over Chris Windom entering Saturday’s Terre Haute race, while Bobby Santos III sits atop the USAC Pavement Sprint points going into Thursday’s race in Indianapolis.

Santos has two victories and two fourths on the pavement this season, including the most recent race at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis. Tanner Swanson, who trails Santos by just six points, has three podium finishes so far, including a second and a third at the Indianapolis oval.

Saturday’s race at Terre Haute honors one of USAC’s most accomplished Sprint car drivers ever. Hurtubise logged five consecutive feature victories at the Action Track between 1960 and 1962, a feat which has never been repeated.

Chris Windom won the “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute in July, while this year’s winners at Lucas Oil Raceway at Indianapolis have been Kody Swanson and Santos.

AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Levi Jones-1,085, 2-Chris Windom-1,066, 3-Jon Stanbrough-1,047, 4-Hunter Schuerenberg-934, 5-Robert Ballou-933, 6-Dave Darland-887, 7-Tracy Hines-828, 8-Damion Gardner-826, 9-Bryan Clauson-813, 10-Bobby East-690.

USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

58th “GOLD CUP” THURSDAY AT SILVER DOLLAR SPEEDWAY;

SPENCER, BALLOU GRAB “VERMEIL CLASSIC” WINS AT CALISTOGA

by DICK JORDAN

The AMSOIL USAC/CRA and USAC Western Classic Sprint Cars combine again this Thursday night for the 58th Annual Gold Cup “Race of Champions” program at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif.

Mike Spencer leads the USAC/CRA standings after winning Sunday night’s race at Calistoga, Calif. and Geoff Ensign is the new Western Classic Sprint point leader after his performances in last weekend’s races at Calistoga.

Spencer, of Temecula, Calif., continued his pursuit of a fourth straight AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car title Sunday night, winning the 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” feature at Calistoga Speedway. Spencer grabbed the lead on lap 24 when Robert Ballou, Saturday night’s winner, suffered a flat tire. Spencer led the final seven laps to beat Matt Mitchell, Nic Faas, Ryan Bernal and Geoff Ensign. Ensign’s finish enabled him to pass Western Classic Sprint point leader Tony Hunt in the standings.

Ballou, of Rocklin, Calif., passed Danny Sheridan on lap 16 and led the final 15 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap “Louie Vermeil Classic” AMSOIL USAC/CRA/Western Classic Sprint race at Calistoga. Ballou and his John Ford entry were followed at the checkered flag by Sheridan, who led the first 15 laps, Mitchell, Spencer and fast qualifier Damion Gardner.

USAC’s two Sprint races at Chico this season have been won by Bill Rose and Kody Swanson. The USAC Mopar Western Midgets are also part of Thursday’s Chico events.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-754; 2-Nic Faas-708; 3-Matt Mitchell-707; 4-Austin Williams-551; 5-Greg Bragg-451; 6-Cody Williams-441; 7-Danny Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Geoff Ensign-675; 2-Tony Hunt-665; 3-Shauna Hogg-579; 4-Scott Pierovich-576; 5-Tim Barber-524; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Tim Sherman-297; 8-Jerry Kobza-286; 9-Cody Gerhardt-281; 10-Tim Skoglund-263.

360 SPRINTS BACK TO KINGS THIS SATURDAY

by DICK JORDAN

USAC’s West Coast 360 Sprint Car Series resumes action Saturday night at Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway in Hanford, Calif. and the VanderWeerd brothers of Visalia, Calif. will try to continue their quest for a 1-2 series point finish.

Richard VanderWeerd continues to lead the standings by 53 points over runner-up Ryan Bernal, but Jace VanderWeerd is only 26 points behind Bernal in third.

Richard’s five podium finishes this year include a Hanford victory, while Jace’s top Hanford finishes are a pair of fifths. Jace won at Santa Maria Speedway earlier in the year. Bernal is on a two-race series winning streak and his four runner-up finishes so far this year include one at Hanford.

A total of 74 points are available in Saturday’s “Jim Turner Memorial.”

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Richard VanderWeerd-628; 2-Ryan Bernal-575; 3-Jace VanderWeerd-549; 4-Danny Faria Jr.-525; 5-Wes Gutierrez-515; 6-Dennis Howell-461; 7-Justyne Hamblin-433; 8-T.J. Smith-424; 9-Greg Alexander-399; 10-Rusty Carlile-395.

“ROCKY MOUNTAIN” FINALE SATURDAY AT SALT LAKE CITY;

WATERS BREAKS “TIE” WITH BURDETT

DICK JORDAN

The USAC/SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Series concludes this Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah. Former series champions Jim Waters and Ryan Burdett will square off one last time with the title on the line, but unlike last week, Waters holds the edge with a14-point lead going into the race.

Waters, of West Jordan, Utah, became the odds-on favorite for the title after winning Saturday night’s 20-lap feature at Rocky Mountain Raceways. Waters entered the race tied with Burdett for the point lead. Burdett finished sixth.

Ken Hamilton made a surprise appearance Saturday, led eight laps and finished second, yielding the lead to Waters on the white-flag lap! Mel Andrus was third, ahead of Mike Straub and the team of Chuck Groat and Eric Barlow. Burdett was the fastest qualifier and led the first 11 laps of the feature.

Saturday night’s program offers 74 total points, with 60 posted for the feature win. Waters would claim a third title, while a championship for Burdett would be his second.

USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Jim Waters-673; 2-Ryan Burdett-659; 3-Eric Barlow-567; 4-Paul Marconi-488; 5-Mel Andrus-456; 6-Ray Bergener-411; 7-Johnny Geisler-401; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.

Sept 5 2011

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 4, 2011

– Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.551; 2. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-20.723; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.794; 4. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-21.082; 5. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-21.110; 6. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-21.148; 7. Andy Forsberg, 92N, Forsberg-21.270; 8. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-21.300; 9. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.375; 10. Colby Copeland, 24, Copeland-21.510; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-21.712; 12. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-21.775; 13. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-21.881; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-21.890; 15. Jason York, 25N, York-22.149; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-22.273; 17. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-22.364; 18. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-22.369; 19. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-22.765; 20. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-22.992; 21. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-23.180; 22. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-23.406; 23. Pete Lawrence 87F, Lawrence-24.292; 24. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-24.542.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Faas, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Pierovich, 4. Forsberg, 5. Copeland, 6. T.Sherman, 7. Hogg. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Bernal, 3. Ballou, 4. Ensign, 5. Barber, 6. Cisco, 7. Sheridan. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Spencer, 3. Bragg, 4. York, 5. Hawkins, 6. Miller, 7. Hunt. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Geoff Ensign, 6. Jason York, 7. Colby Copeland, 8. Greg Bragg, 9. Scott Pierovich, 10. Marty Hawkins, 11. Tim Barber, 12. Shauna Hogg, 13. Cody Williams, 14. Tim Sherman, 15. Jerry Cisco, 16. Andy Forsberg, 17. Robert Ballou, 18. Todd Miller Jr., 19. Austin Williams, 20. Damion Gardner, 21. Danny Sheridan, 22. Tony Hunt. NT

**Hall flipped during qualifying. A.Williams and D.Gardner flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Ballou, Laps 24-30 Spencer.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-754; 2-Faas-708; 3-Mitchell-707; 4-A,Williams-551; 5-Bragg-451; 6-C,.Williams-441; 7-Sheridan-412; 8-Rip Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ensign-675; 2-Hunt-665; 3-Hogg-579; 4-Pierovich-576; 5-Barber-524; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Sherman-297; 8-Jerry Kobza-286; 9-Cody Gerhardt-281; 10-Tim Skoglund-263.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 8 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway

Sept 4 2011

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2011

– Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “Louie Vermeil Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-20.011; 2. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.298; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-20.375; 4. Jason York, 25N, York-20.448; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-20.450; 6. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-20.530; 7. Colby Copeland, 24, Copeland-20.612; 8. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-20.615; 9. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-20.643; 10. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-20.660; 11. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.766; 12. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-20.809; 13. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.878; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.941; 15. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-21.084; 16. Jeff Griffin, 50x, Griffin-21.234; 17. Scott Hall, 56x, Hall-21.465; 18. Tim Sherman, 1x, Sherman-21.694; 19. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-21.708; 20. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-22.156; 21. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-22.330; 22. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-22.771; 23. Jerry Cisco, 4B, Basden-23.079; 24. Todd Miller Jr., 96, Miller-NT; 25. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, D.Gardner, 2. A.Williams, 4. Copeland, 5. Richardson, 6. Hunt, 7. York, 8. Griffin. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Ensign, 3. Pierovich, 4. Mitchell, 5. C.Williams, 6. Hall, 7. Hogg, 8. Cisco. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Sheridan, 3. Faas, 4. R.Williams, 5. Bernal, 6. Barber, 7. T,Sherman, 8. Miller. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. C.Williams, 3. York, 4. Hall, 5. Barber, 6. T.Sherman, 7. Hogg, 8. Miller, 9. Cisco, 10. Hunt, 11. Richardson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Robert Ballou, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Geoff Ensign, 8. Ryan Bernal, 9. Colby Copeland, 10. Greg Bragg, 11. Scott Pierovich, 12. Jason York, 13. Tim Barber, 14. Austin Williams, 15. Scott Hall, 16. Tony Hunt, 17. Tim Sherman, 18. Shauna Hogg, 19. Jerry Cisco, 20. Cody Williams (#3), 21. Todd Miller Jr., 22. Jim Richardson, 23. Rip Williams (#44). NT

**Griffin flipped during the first heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Sheridan, Laps 16-30 Ballou.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-683; 2-Faas-643; 3-Mitchell-641; 4-A.Williams-528; 5-Bragg-445; 6-C.Williams-414; 7-Sheridan-397; 8-R.Williams-387; 9-David Cardey-380; 10-Ronnie Gardner-370.

NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-621; 2-Ensign-603; 3-Hogg-522; 4-Pierovich-506; 5-Barber-466; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Jerry Kobza-286; 8-Cody Gerhardt-281; 9-Tim Skoglund-263; 10-T.Sherman-244.

NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 4 – Calistoga (CA) Speedway - “Louie Vermeil Classic”

USAC/SLVRA YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 3, 2011

– Salt Lake City, Utah – Rocky Mountain Raceways

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.875; 2. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-13.967; 3. Paul Marconi, 75, Marconi-14.243; 4. Ken Hamilton, 80, Murgoitio-14.284; 5. Chuck Groat, 24x, Waters-14.333; 6. Mike Straub, 11, Straub-14.434; 7. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-14.441; 8. Ray Bergener, 43, Bergener-14.489; 9. Mel Andrus, 2, Andrus-14.717.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Burdett, 2. Marconi, 3. Barlow, 4. Andrus. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Waters, Bergener, 3. Straub, 4. Hamilton. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jim Waters, 2. Ken Hamilton, 3. Mel Andrus, 4. Mike Straub, 5. Chuck Groat/Eric Barlow (#24x), 6. Ryan Burdett, 7. Paul Marconi, 8. Eric Barlow (#89), 9. Ray Bergener. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Burdett, Laps 12-18 Hamilton, Laps 19-20 Waters.

NEW ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Waters-673; 2-Burdett-659; 3-Barlow-567; 4-Marconi-488; 5-Andrus-456; 6-Bergener-411; 7-Johnny Geisler-401; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.

NEXT ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT RACE: September 10 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rocky Mountain Raceways

Sept 1 2011

BURDETT-WATERS READY TO “BREAK THE TIE” SATURDAY

by DICK JORDAN

Former USAC//SLVRA Young Automotive Rocky Mountain Sprint Car Champions Ryan Burdett and Jim Waters will square off Saturday night at Rocky Mountain Raceways in Salt Lake City, Utah to determine the new point leader in the series standings.

Burdett, who won the 2007 title, and Waters, the 2003-2004 titlist, are tied with 598 points apiece going into the penultimate event for 2011. The series will conclude at the Salt Lake City oval September 10.

Waters is USAC’s all-time leader in terms of Utah feature wins, with 19 between Sprint cars and Ford Focuses. He owns three Sprint wins at the track this season. Burdett, who has 12 career Utah wins, won this year’s Sprint opener in May and also won the most recent race August 14.

USAC YOUNG AUTOMOTIVE ROCKY MOUNTAIN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Ryan Burdett-598; 2-Jim Waters-598; 3-Eric Barlow-520; 4-Paul Marconi-433; 5-Johnny Geisler-401; 6-Mel Andrus-397; 7-Ray Bergener-367; 8-Mike Murgoitio-266; 9-Tim Skoglund-244; 10-Luis Ramos III-235.

360’s NOW GEAR UP FOR SEPTEMBER 10 RACE AT HANFORD;

BERNAL’S 3RD STRAIGHT WIN COMES AT SANTA MARIA

by DICK JORDAN

Richard VanderWeerd’s lead over Ryan Bernal in the USAC West Coast 360 Sprint Car series standings has slipped to 53 points and with 74 available at Hanford, Calif. September 10, runner-up Ryan Bernal is poised to offer a challenge.

Bernal, of Hollister, Calif., earned his third consecutive series feature win Saturday night at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. He passed AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car point leader Mike Spencer on lap 16 and led the final 15 laps to win the 30-lapper. Danny Faria Jr. took second ahead of Justyne Hamblin, fast qualifier Dennis Howell and series point leader VanderWeerd.

The win boosted Bernal past Jace VanderWeerd in the new points. Jace now trails his brother by 79 points.

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Richard VanderWeerd-628; 2-Ryan Bernal-575; 3-Jace VanderWeerd-549; 4-Danny Faria Jr.-525; 5-Wes Gutierrez-515; 6-Dennis Howell-461; 7-Justyne Hamblin-433; 8-T.J. Smith-424; 9-Greg Alexander-399; 10-Rusty Carlile-395

Aug 30 2011

“LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” THIS WEEKEND AT CALISTOGA;

HUNT MAINTAINS WESTERN POINT LEADS AFTER IRWINDALE VICTORY

by DICK JORDAN

The “Louie Vermeil Classic” unfolds this Saturday and Sunday at the Napa County Fairgrounds’ famed Calistoga Speedway. The event will not only showcase the AMSOIL USAC/CRA and Western Classic Sprints, it also includes the USAC Mopar Western Midgets, with feature events for both series each night.

Mike Spencer of Temecula, Calif. and Tony Hunt of Lincoln, Calif. will try to protect their respective point leads in the Sprint car portion of the program. Spencer sits atop the AMSOIL USAC/CRA standings and Hunt is the Western Classic leader entering the event.

Hunt won Saturday night’s 40-lap feature at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. His lead in the Western Sprints is a tenuous six points over Audra Sasselli and 32 points over Geoff Ensign in the Western Classic standings. Hunt caught Sasselli on lap 30 and led the final 11 laps in his Ebay Motors/Metal Works Beast/Schwanke. Sasselli took second ahead of Tim Skoglund, Cody Gerhardt and Shauna Hogg. Gerhardt led the first 22 laps and Sasselli the next seven.

Spencer, who finished seventh in last Saturday night’s West Coast 360 Sprint race at Santa Maria, Calif., holds a 34-point lead over Nic Faas in the CRA standings going into this weekend’s point-rich “double” features at Calistoga.

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. won both “Louie Vermeil Classic” Sprint features at the half-mile dirt Calistoga oval last year.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

1-Mike Spencer-622; 2-Nic Faas-588; 3-Matt Mitchell-577; 4-Austin Williams-497; 5-Greg Bragg-404; 6-Cody Williams-398; 7-David Cardey-380; 8-Ronnie Gardner-370; 9-Rip Williams-369; 10-Rickie Gaunt-338.

AMSOIL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Tony Hunt-518; 2-Audra Sasselli-512; 3-Tim Skoglund-501; 4-Cody Gerhardt-498; 5-Luis Ramos III-468; 6-Scott Pierovich-317; 7-Johnny Geisler-271; 8-Geoff Ensign-250; 9-Shauna Hogg-228; 10-Tim Barber-214.

USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINT STANDINGS

1-Tony Hunt-562; 2-Geoff Ensign-530; 3-Shauna Hogg-469; 4-Scott Pierovich-436; 5-Tim Barber-403; 6-Audra Sasselli-314; 7-Jerry Kobza-286; 8-Cody Gerhardt-281; 9-Tim Skoglund-263; 10-Luis Ramos III-241.

Aug 28 2011

USAC AMSOIL WESTERN /WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 27, 2011

– Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-16.777; 2. Tim Skoglund, 60, Western Speed-16.794; 3. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-16.853; 4. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-16.870; 5. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-17.015; 6. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-17.073; 7. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-17.158; 8. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan/Gennuso-17.161; 9. John C. Anderson, 50x, Phulps-17.598; 10. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.630; 11. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sasselli, 2. Hunt, 3. Gerhardt, 4. Hogg, 5. Anderson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierovich, 2. Skoglund, 3. Ramos, 4. Barber, 5. Ensign, 6. Mitchell. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tony Hunt, 2. Audra Sasselli, 3. Tim Skoglund, 4. Cody Gerhardt, 5. Shauna Hogg, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. John C. Anderson, 8. Scott Pierovich, 9. Marvin Mitchell, 10. Tim Barber, 11. Luis Ramos III. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Gerhardt, Laps 23-29 Sasselli, Laps 30-40 Hunt.

NEW AMSOIL WESTERN SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-518; 2-Sasselli-512; 3-Skoglund-501; 4-Gerhardt-498; 5-Ramos-468; 6-Pierovich-317; 7-Johnny Geisler-271; 8-Ensign-250; 9-Hogg-228; 10-Barber-214.

NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hunt-562; 2-Ensign-530; 3-Hogg-469; 4-Pierovich-436; 5-Barber-403; 6-Sasselli-314; 7-Jerry Kobza-286; 8-Gerhardt-281; 9-Skoglund-263; 10-Ramos-241.

NEXT AMSOIL WESTERN/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: September 17 – Madera (CA) Speedway

USAC WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 27, 2011

– Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-14.810; 2. Justyne Hamblin, 8, JH-14.855; 3. Mike Spencer, 7X, Priestley-14.870; 4. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-14.901; 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.960; 6. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-15.085; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 2X, Bowman-15.094; 8. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.137; 9. Nico Russo, 3N, Russo-15.165; 10. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.211; 11. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-15.227; 12. Bobby Bender, 16, Jones-15.310; 13. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-15.345; 14. T.J. Smith, 14, LeGras-15.595; 15. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-15.624; 16. Lynn Anderson, 7, Anderson-15.634; 17. Terry Nichols, 33, Nichols-15.651; 18. Jeff CulverSeptember 10 – Hanford, CA – Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway – “Jim Turner Memorial”, 71C, Culver-15.895; 19. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.033.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Faria, 3. Howell, 4. Bernal, 5. Gutierrez, 6. Anderson, 7. Jones. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Hamblin, 3. J.VanderWeerd, 4. Carlile, 5. R.VanderWeerd, 6. Nichols. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Culver, 2. Russo, 3. Spencer, 4. B.Bender, 5. Kirkbride, 6. A.J. Bender. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Bernal, 2. Danny Faria Jr., 3. Justyne Hamblin, 4. Dennis Howell, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. Rusty Carlile, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Greg Alexander, 9. Wes Gutierrez, 10. Ricky Kirkbride, 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 12. Nico Russo, 13. A.J. Bender, 14. Bobby Bender, 15. Jeff Culver, 16. T.J. Smith, 17. Terry Nichols, 18. Lynn Anderson, 19. Bill Jones. NT.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Spencer, Laps 16-30 Bernal.

NEW WEST COAST 360 SPRINT POINTS: 1-R.VanderWeerd-628; 2-Bernal-575; 3-J.VanderWeerd-549; 4-Faria-525; 5-Gutierrez-515; 6-Howell-461; 7-Hamblin-433; 8-Smith-424; 9-Alexander-399; 10-Carlile-395.

NEXT WEST COAST 360 SPRINT RACE:

Aug 23 2011

CRA GEARS UP FOR BACK-TO-BACK CALISTOGA RACES

MITCHELL GETS 2011 VICTORY #2 AT THE PAS

BY DICK JORDAN

Mike Spencer continues his drive for an unprecedented fourth consecutive AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car title September 3 and 4 when the series returns to the NAPA County Fairgrounds in Calistoga, Calif. for the annual “Louie Vermeil Classic.”

Spencer is 34 points ahead of runner-up Nic Faas and 55 ahead of third-place Matt Mitchell in the latest standings after finishing fourth in last Saturday night’s race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, Calif. earned his second AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint car victory of the 2011 season Saturday night at Perris, leading the final 23 laps in his J.W. Mitchell Motorsports/Mancha Realtors Maxim. Fast qualifier Faas finished second ahead of David Cardey, who led the first seven laps, series point leader Spencer and R.J Johnson.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS

BACK TO SANTA MARIA FOR 360 SPRINTS SATURDAY;

BERNAL GRABS 30-LAPPER AT GIANT CHEVROLET KINGS SPEEDWAY

by DICK JORDAN

The VanderWeerd brothers, Richard and Jace of Visalia, Calif., lead the USAC West Coast

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