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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE JUNE 10, 2013
DICK JORDAN 13-114
CRA-CLASSIC AT OCEAN, SANTA MARIA HOSTS CRA
Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. hosts a combination AMSOIL USAC/CRA and USAC Western Classic Sprint race Friday night. Saturday night the USCA/CRA machines tackle the Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway.
Drivers Damion Gardner and Ryan Bernal will be out to protect their point leads in the respective series. Gardner has a 31-point USAC/CRA lead over teammate Nic Faas, while Bernal has a 26-point Western Classic lead over D.J. Johnson.
Bernal won the April Sprint car appearance at Watsonville while Saturday’s race will be the 2013 USAC Sprint debut at Santa Maria.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Damion Gardner-596, 2-Nic Faas-565, 3-Mike Spencer-484, 4-Bud Kaeding-472, 5-Matt Mitchell-357, 6-Cody Williams-349, 7-Austin Williams-347, 8-Brody Roa-324, 9-R.J. Johnson-300, 10-Ryan Bernal-267.
2013 USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Ryan Bernal-140, 2-D.J. Johnson-114, 3-Tony Hunt-102, 4-Colton Slack-93, 5-Matt Streeter-93, 6-Jim Richardson-81, 7-Shauna Hogg-74, 8-Gordon Rodgers-68, 9-James Sweeney-67, 10-Tanner Swanson-62.
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June 11, 2013 at
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Speculation, of course (but that's the stuff promotion is made of): ...... Watsonville is "home town" territory for a driver from 25 miles east thereof. Is this Ryan's Big Chance for a first CRA win? ...... Watsonville's corners are fenceless, the track is only a quarter mile around, and it's made of real clay. Ryan was the Ocean Speedway Wingless Spec Sprint Rookie of the Year and Series Champion in 2008 at the age 15. And he is a Cotton Classic winner (last year) on another fenceless, little race track. ...... He's a "money driver." Bernal has 10 podium finishes with six wins in 16 sprint car mains this year (only two DNFs) and 12 wins in a lifetime of 46 races, 35 of which have wound up in top five finishes. Keith & Josh provide him with Grade A equipment. And Bernal has shown no problem whatsoever in coming right through the field from the back against Spencer, Faria, the VanderWeerds, Sheridan, Kaeding, et al. ...... Yes; I know. He'll have Damion (who's also familiar with Ocean), Sick Nick, Mikey in #50, Rickie, Ripper, Matt, Cody, Austin, et al to contend with (not sure if Cardey's coming; anyone know for sure?), but I suggest keeping your eyes on the black 73.
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Posted By: raj on June 11 2013 at 03:21:06 AM
Speculation, of course (but that's the stuff promotion is made of): ...... Watsonville is "home town" territory for a driver from 25 miles east thereof. Is this Ryan's Big Chance for a first CRA win? ...... Watsonville's corners are fenceless, the track is only a quarter mile around, and it's made of real clay. Ryan was the Ocean Speedway Wingless Spec Sprint Rookie of the Year and Series Champion in 2008 at the age 15. And he is a Cotton Classic winner (last year) on another fenceless, little race track. ...... He's a "money driver." Bernal has 10 podium finishes with six wins in 16 sprint car mains this year (only two DNFs) and 12 wins in a lifetime of 46 races, 35 of which have wound up in top five finishes. Keith & Josh provide him with Grade A equipment. And Bernal has shown no problem whatsoever in coming right through the field from the back against Spencer, Faria, the VanderWeerds, Sheridan, Kaeding, et al. ...... Yes; I know. He'll have Damion (who's also familiar with Ocean), Sick Nick, Mikey in #50, Rickie, Ripper, Matt, Cody, Austin, et al to contend with (not sure if Cardey's coming; anyone know for sure?), but I suggest keeping your eyes on the black 73.
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Ryan will be running with a disadvantage to the rest of the CRA field because he is racing for the Western Classic Series points. That means he has to run 1 7/8" restrictors in his engine against Damion, Mike, etc.. who don't. Defiantly a poor decision on USAC's part to run these classes together with different rules. I think we are all used to the fact that USAC is more concerned about car counts than good racing!
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Posted By: raj on June 11 2013 at 03:21:06 AM
Speculation, of course (but that's the stuff promotion is made of): ...... Watsonville is "home town" territory for a driver from 25 miles east thereof. Is this Ryan's Big Chance for a first CRA win? ...... Watsonville's corners are fenceless, the track is only a quarter mile around, and it's made of real clay. Ryan was the Ocean Speedway Wingless Spec Sprint Rookie of the Year and Series Champion in 2008 at the age 15. And he is a Cotton Classic winner (last year) on another fenceless, little race track. ...... He's a "money driver." Bernal has 10 podium finishes with six wins in 16 sprint car mains this year (only two DNFs) and 12 wins in a lifetime of 46 races, 35 of which have wound up in top five finishes. Keith & Josh provide him with Grade A equipment. And Bernal has shown no problem whatsoever in coming right through the field from the back against Spencer, Faria, the VanderWeerds, Sheridan, Kaeding, et al. ...... Yes; I know. He'll have Damion (who's also familiar with Ocean), Sick Nick, Mikey in #50, Rickie, Ripper, Matt, Cody, Austin, et al to contend with (not sure if Cardey's coming; anyone know for sure?), but I suggest keeping your eyes on the black 73.
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didn't Ryan get a CRA win at Victorville last year?
ROB
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CALISTOGA, California Sept. 1, 2012 — Starting seventh, Hollister’s
Ryan Bernal took the lead from Chad Boespflug on lap thirteen and led
the rest of the way to claim the Saturday feature of the Louie Vermeil
Classic. The $3,000 triumph at Calistoga Speedway
was Bernal’s second Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series victory in a row
as the young driver was followed by Boespflug, USAC/CRA point leader
Mike Spencer, “Showtime” Danny Sheridan, and Brody Roa.
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June 11, 2013 at
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The races last year at Santa Maria (CRA, KWS winged, USAC 360) were all great, some of the best I have ever seen there. I would not expect a good/large turnout of cars at Santa Maria, because even PAS didn't for Salute to Indy, and Santa Maria's race is not a combined event and a bit of distance for underfinanced teams. In addition Ventura is running two classes of sprint car that night. Sucks, last week no sprint car races in the So Cal area, and this week two tracks within 100 miles of each other have sprint car races. I hope USAC officials and/or track promoter get creative in their race format, 2 (or maybe 3) heats and main is not enough. I have seen in the Non wing ASCS (old scra midwest tour) at Lake Side, KS for the Ron Shuman Classic have two set of heat races to help determine the main event positions (and they even had a decent car count). Wouldn't 4 or 6 meaningful heat races instead of just 2 or 3 meaningless heat races be better for the fans (and drivers)? My guess - two heat races and a main. Going to make it harder to drive by Ventura and head North, especially since Ventura got new dirt. Although OSS was the race of the year, the video I saw from Ventura looked pretty damn good too that weekend.
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June 11, 2013 at
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Posted By: turn4rob on June 11 2013 at 03:01:37 PM
didn't Ryan get a CRA win at Victorville last year?
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CRA =ran= at Victorville last year? Wasn't that just an "open" show? It's not listed on the 2012 schedule.
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Posted By: Loudpedal Productions on June 11 2013 at 04:20:04 PM
CALISTOGA, California Sept. 1, 2012 — Starting seventh, Hollister’s
Ryan Bernal took the lead from Chad Boespflug on lap thirteen and led
the rest of the way to claim the Saturday feature of the Louie Vermeil
Classic. The $3,000 triumph at Calistoga Speedway
was Bernal’s second Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series victory in a row
as the young driver was followed by Boespflug, USAC/CRA point leader
Mike Spencer, “Showtime” Danny Sheridan, and Brody Roa.
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Wasn't able to check the 2012 CRA results anywhere because they're not posted anywhere. Thanks for the correction. Was there a race somewhere between August 18th and September 1st? Was a race at Victorville "inserted" into the schedule?
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Posted By: raj on June 11 2013 at 08:58:19 PM
CRA =ran= at Victorville last year? Wasn't that just an "open" show? It's not listed on the 2012 schedule.
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Raj,I think it was around Aug.2012 USAC/CRA did a one time deal with Scotty Burns @ V.Ville.
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Posted By: raj on June 11 2013 at 09:01:27 PM
Wasn't able to check the 2012 CRA results anywhere because they're not posted anywhere. Thanks for the correction. Was there a race somewhere between August 18th and September 1st? Was a race at Victorville "inserted" into the schedule?
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Easy to find the USAC/CRA results online. The better search engines can find them if they are not at the usual places.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
August 19, 2012 – Victorville, California – Route 66 Motorplex
SANDER ENGINEERING / ROD END SUPPLY TIME TRIALS:
1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-14.710; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-15.025; 3. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-15.196; 4. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-15.245; 5. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-15.253; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.256; 7. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-15.257; 8. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-15.317; 9. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-15.348; 10. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-15.389; 11. Shane Golobic, 73X, Ford-15.416; 12. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-15.428; 13. R.J. Johnson, 51A, Martin-15.445; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.481; 15. John Aden, 7A, Aden-15.485; 16. Brandon Thomson, 16, Jones-15.529; 17. Jake Swanson, 41, Henry/Jones-15.746; 18. Johnny McCall, 44J, Morbitzer-15.755; 19. J.J. Ercse, 36, Springstead-15.810; 20. Adam Frith-Smith, 62A, Frith-Smith-15.890; 21. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-15.970; 22. Trevor Cooper, 21K, Kruseman-15.976; 23. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-15.996; 24. Patrick Clark, 71K, Kruseman-16.107; 25. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-16.135; 26. A.J. Bender, 12B, Bender-16.292; 27. Tom Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman-16.365; 28. Cal Smith, 39, Cal Sun-16.371; 29. Jeremy Ellertson, 23, Ellertson-16.585; 30. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-16.739; 31. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-16.771; 32. Ed Schwarz, 47, Perkins-17.074; 33. Jon Kairot, 35, Perkins-17.498.
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Seth Wilson, 4. Trevor Cooper, 5. A.J. Bender, 6. Johnny McCall. NT
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Ronnie Gardner, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Corey Ballard, 5. J.J. Ercse, 6. Nic Faas, 7. John Aden, 8. Tom Hendricks. NT
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Shane Golobic, 2. David Cardey, 3. Brandon Thomson, 4. Patrick Clark, 5. Ed Schwarz, 6. Cal Smith, 7. Adam Frith-Smith, 8. Austin Williams. NT
SBI FUEL SYSTEMS / INTEGRA RACING SHOCKS HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps)
1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Kenny Perkins, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. David Bezio, 6. Mike Collins, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Jeremy Ellertson. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / DIVERSIFIED MACHINE INC. SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Jake Swanson, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Austin Williams, 4. David Bezio, 5. Adam Frith-Smith, 6. Tom Hendricks, 7. Jeremy Ellertson, 8. Mike Collins, 9. A.J. Bender, 10. Cal Smith, 11. J.J. Ercse, 12. Ed Schwarz, 13. John Aden, 14. Jon Kairot. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Ryan Bernal (4th), 2. Cory Kruseman (6th), 3. Brody Roa (2nd), 4. Mike Spencer (8th), 5. Shane Golobic (1st), 6. Ronnie Gardner (17th), 7. Austin Williams (11th), 8. Brandon Thomson (13th), 9. Jake Swanson (14th), 10. Seth Wilson (3rd), 11. Corey Ballard (21st), 12. Rickie Gaunt (16th), 13. Tom Hendricks (20th), 14. Rip Williams (5th), 15. R.J. Johnson (12th), 16. Patrick Clark (18th), 17. David Bezio (10th), 18. Adam Frith-Smith (15th), 19. David Cardey (7th), 20. Kenny Perkins (19th), 21. Cody Williams (23rd), 22. Trevor Cooper (22nd). NT
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**David Cardey flipped during the feature.
**Cody Williams used a provisional. Nic Faas did not start.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Brody Roa, Laps 15-30 Ryan Bernal.
RINGERS GLOVES / KEIZER WHEELS HARD CHARGER: Ronnie Gardner (17th to 6th)
LRB INC. RACE PRODUCTS AWARD: Brody Roa
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