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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
#7 Bryan Clauson. Photo by Steve Lafond / Tear-Off Heaven Fotos.
BRYAN CLAUSON SWEEPS CANYON "HALL OF FAME CLASSIC"
By Lance Jennings
PEORIA, AZ – OCTOBER 31, 2011… Charging from the ninth starting spot, Bryan Clauson of Noblesville, Indiana passed local hot shoe R.J. Johnson on lap nine to sweep the Parker Store "Hall of Fame Classic." The $5000 victory at Peoria, Arizona's Canyon Speedway Park was Clauson's second triumph in as many nights with the Amsoil USAC National and USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series. Keith Bloom Jr. finished second, followed by Levi Jones, Chris Windom, and Nic Faas.
Piloting the CTR-BCI-Curb/Agajanian #7 Curb Records /R & B Truckers Spike, Bryan Clauson won his third USAC National Sprint Car Series victory of the 2011 campaign. The USAC National Driver Championship point leader qualified seventh fast on the night, finished fifth in his heat race, and took second in the 12-lap semi-main event. Clauson has climbed to eighth in the USAC National points as the series heads to Perris Auto Speedway on November 3rd for the Budweiser Oval Nationals.
Anderson, California's Keith Bloom Jr. ran the outside line of the Canyon Speedway Park oval to claim second at the finish line after falling back to seventh. Driving the Abreu Racing #27 Abreu Vineyards Spike, the previous night's fast qualifier was eighth quick in time trials and fourth in his heat race. As this writing goes to press, Bloom is tied with Jerry Coons Jr. for twelfth in USAC National point standings.
After scoring fourth in his first appearance at Canyon Speedway Park, Levi Jones of Olney, Illinois raced to third after starting fifth in the "Hall of Fame Classic" finale. Piloting the Tony Stewart Racing #20 GM Performance Parts Eagle, the Amsoil USAC National Sprint Car point leader was second fast on the night and finished third in his heat race. The defending national champion holds a forty-three point lead over Chris Windom heading to the Budweiser Oval Nationals.
Canton, Illinois' Chris Windom backed up his second place finish on Friday to claim fourth in Saturday's 30-lap feature. Driving the Baldwin Brothers Racing #5 Fox Paving / Claxton Engines Maxim, Chris was fourth quick in time trials and finished second in his heat race. As the season winds down, Windom will be looking to make up valuable points on Levi Jones at Perris Auto Speedway.
Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, California scored fifth in the "Hall of Fame Classic" finale. Piloting Mark Alexander's #4 Scott Sales Company / VP Racing Fuels Spike, Faas earned his fifth Sander Engineering Fast Time Award of the year and set a new track record. The 2008 USAC Western Midget Series Champion claimed fourth in his heat race and is currently third in the USAC/CRA point chase, thirty-five points behind Mike Spencer.
Rocklin, California's Robert Ballou jumped into Keith Ford's #73 King Racing Products / A&A Precision Machine backup car and won the night's Extreme Mufflers / Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror Heat Race #1. The Louis Vermeil Classic preliminary winner was seventeenth fast in time trials and claimed twelfth in the main event after starting sixteenth. Ballou is currently fifth in the USAC National point standings.
Matt Mitchell of Yorba Linda, California won the night's Saldana Racing Products / Circle Track Performance Heat Race #2. The pilot of the J.W. Mitchell Motorsports' #37 Mancha Realtors / Sierra Springs Maxim qualified twenty-second on the night and earned his second straight Keizer Wheels Hard Charger Award with a sixth place run after starting twentieth. Mitchell is second in the USAC/CRA standings, thirty four points behind Mike Spencer.
"The Demon" Damion Gardner of Concord, California raced the DG Racing #71 Pace Lighting Eagle to victory in the DJ Safety Heat Race #3. The 2005 USAC/CRA Champion was eleventh fast in time trials and claimed seventh in the 30-lap feature after starting eleventh. Gardner is currently seventh in USAC National point standings as the group heads to Perris Auto Speedway, where "The Demon" holds the 1-lap track record and won the Oval Nationals in 2009.
Local driver Bruce St. James of Phoenix, Arizona held off Chris Windom in his ASCS 360 powered #7K Woodland Auto Display Maxim to win the Electro Tech Powder Coating / Rod End Supply Heat Race #4. St. James qualified twentieth fast on the night and scored twenty-first in the 30-lap main event.
"Super" Rickie Gaunt of Torrance, California won the night's 12-lap Competition Suspension Inc. Semi-Main event. Driving David Miller's #66 Tom Roberts Design / Barnes Systems Inc. Eagle, the 2004 SCRA Sprint Car Champion qualified fifth quick, finished eighth in his heat race, and scored sixteenth in the feature. Also earning transfer spots to the feature were Bryan Clauson, Jon Stanbrough, Rip Williams, Stevie Sussex, and Austin Williams. Cody Williams and David Bezio used provisionals to race in the main event.
The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series would like to thank 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. For more information, visit www.usacracing.com/cra or follow the series on facebook.
The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series will return to Perris Auto Speedway on Thursday, November 3rd, for the three-night "16th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals." Co-sanctioned with the USAC National Sprint Car Series, a special practice session will be held on Wednesday at 6pm that is open to fans for FREE. Located on the Lake Perris Fairgrounds, more event information can be found at www.perrisautospeedway.com or calling (951) 940-0134.
To catch all of the action of the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series at Perris Auto Speedway, Jeff Kristensen's Raceway Video has DVD videos available for purchase. For more information, call (818) 618-9764 or visit www.racewayvideo.com. In addition, Perris Auto Speedway offers a live pay per view feed of every event at www.pasvideo.com.
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AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
October 29, 2011 – Peoria, Arizona – Canyon Raceway Park - Parker Store “Hall of Fame Classic”
SANDER ENGINEERING TIME TRIALS:
1. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-13.627 (New Track Record); 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.
EXTREME MUFFLERS / HUNTINGTON BEACH GLASS & MIRROR HEAT RACE 1: (8 laps)
1. Robert Ballou (#73), 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Nic Faas, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Josh Pelkey, 7. Nick Aiuto, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Brian Hosford. NT.
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE 2: (8 laps)
1. Matt Mitchell, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Austin Williams, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. David Bezio, 8. Stevie Sussex. NT.
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 3: (8 laps)
1. Damion Gardner, 2. Dalton Gabbard, 3. Hunter Schuerenberg, 4. Bobby East, 5. Bryan Clauson, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Ryan Linder, 8. Justin Quinn. NT.
ELECTRO TECH POWDER COATING / ROD END SUPPLY HEAT RACE 4: (8 laps)
1. Bruce St. James, 2. Chris Windom, 3. Mike Martin, 4. Keith Bloom Jr., 5. Ronnie Clark, 6. Bob Ream Jr., 7. Tom Ogle, 8. Tony Everhart. NT.
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Bryan Clauson, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Stevie Sussex, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Nick Aiuto, 8. Cody Williams, 9. David Bezio, 10. Josh Pelkey, 11. Ryan Linder, 12. Ronnie Clark, 13. Justin Quinn, 14. Tony Everhart, 15. Bob Ream Jr., 16. Tom Ogle. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Brian Clauson (9th), 2. Keith Bloom Jr. (2nd), 3. Levi Jones (5th), 4. Chris Windom (3rd), 5. Nic Faas (6th), 6. Matt Mitchell (20th), 7. Damion Gardner (11th), 8. R.J. Johnson (1st), 9. Mike Spencer (10th), 10. Hunter Schuerenberg (22nd), 11. Jon Stanbrough (8th), 12. Robert Ballou (#73 - 16th), 13. Tracy Hines (13th), 14. Bobby East (4th), 15. Cody Williams (23rd), 16. Rickie Gaunt (7th), 17. Austin Williams (14th), 18. Danny Sheridan (17th), 19. Mike Martin (12th), 20. Rip Williams (15th), 21. Bruce St. James (19th), 22. Dalton Gabbard (18th), 23. David Bezio (24th), 24. Stevie Sussex (21st). NT.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 R.J. Johnson, Laps 9-30 Bryan 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.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT SCHEDULE:
November 3: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
November 4: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
November 5: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
November 12: *Giant Chevrolet Kings Speedway - Hanford, CA
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* = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC National Sprints.
This schedule is subject to change.
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