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Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
- #73X Kyle Larson wins $10,000 Louie Vermeil Classic at Calistoga. Photo by MMRacingPhotos.com.
KYLE LARSON WINS $10,000 LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC AT CALISTOGA
by Lance Jennings
CALISTOGA, CA – SEPTEMBER 3, 2013... In dramatic fashion, Elk Grove’s Kyle Larson led the final two laps to claim the “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic” at Calistoga Speedway. It was a night to remember for the NASCAR driver as he not only won the $10,000 Amsoil USAC/CRA and Western Classic Sprint Car feature, Kyle also won the $10,000 USAC Western Midget main event. Bud Kaeding, Austin Williams, Mike Spencer, and Bradley Terrell followed Larson to the checkered flags.
Taking the lead from Mike Spencer on lap twenty eight, Kyle Larson earned his second career USAC/CRA victory after starting eighth. Piloting Keith Ford’s #73X Berry Pack / King Racing Products Spike, Larson qualified eighth out of 34 cars and won the Weld Racing / SBI Fuel Systems Heat Race #4 in his first start of 2013.
After winning the previous night, Bud Kaeding of Campbell raced from tenth to finish second in the “Louie Vermeil Classic.” Driving Junior Bowman’s #29 Buster & Ziggy Enterprises / Kaeding Performance Maxim, the 3-time Oval Nationals Champion was tenth fast in time trials and ran second in his heat race. Bud left Calistoga fifth in points with one feature win, one dash win, one Competition Suspension Inc. / Rod End Supply Semi-Main win, eleven top-10 finishes, and 40 feature laps led.
Yorba Linda’s Austin Williams had a strong finish with a late race charge to claim third at the checkered flags. Racing Jack Jory’s #2 John Jory Corporation / AMA Plastics Spike, Williams qualified fourth and claimed second in his heat race. The former USAC/CRA Rookie of the Year is sixth in the standings with one Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award, one heat race victory, three Competition Suspension Inc. / Rod End Supply Semi-Main wins, ten top-10 finishes, and 16 feature laps led on the year.
Mike Spencer of Temecula ran fourth in the Sunday finale after leading twenty-one laps. Piloting Ron Chaffin’s #50 Grubstake Mini Storage / Madera Produce Maxim, the five-time champion earned his sixth Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Award and won the Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1. To date, Mike is third in the USAC/CRA point chase with one feature win, five heat race victories, one Keizer Wheels / Racing Optics Hard Charger Award, thirteen top-10 finishes, and 17 feature laps led in the campaign.
For the second straight night, Sebastopol’s Bradley Terrell earned the Keizer Wheels / Racing Optics “Hard Charger / Best Passing Job” honors with a fifth place run from twenty-first. Driving the family owned #43 Millhouse Glass / Papa Enterprises A.R.T., Terrell was twenty-first quick in time trials and was second to Mike Spencer in his heat race. In addition, the Petaluma veteran driver earned his second $1,000 bonus for having the highest finishing 360.
“The Demon” Damion Gardner of Concord won the program’s 8-lap DJ Safety Heat Race #2. Racing Mark Alexander’s #4A Scott Sales Company / Advanced Racing Suspension Spike, the USAC/CRA point leader qualified fourteenth and was penalized for missing the scales after the main event, resulting in a twenty-third place finish. Currently, “The Demon” has five main event wins, four Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Awards, seven heat race victories, one dash win, fifteen top-10 finishes, and 106 feature laps led to his credit.
For the second night in a row, Galt’s Matt Streeter won a USAC/CRA 8-lap event, this time claiming the Saldana Racing Products / Circle Track Performance Heat Race #3. Piloting his #14JR T&T Trucking / Simpson Racing Products Maxim, the former BCRA Midget Champion was nineteenth fast and scored sixteenth in the main event.
Nic Faas of Huntington Beach won his first 12-lap Competition Suspension Inc. / Rod End Supply Semi-Main. Driving Mark Alexander’s #4 Scott Sales Company / Competition Suspension Inc. Spike, the former USAC Western Midget Champion qualified second and placed fifth in his heat race. Nic left Calistoga second in points with two feature wins, three Woodland Auto Display Fast Time Awards, four heat race victories, fifteen top-10 finishes, and 47 feature laps led in 2013.
The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series will be back in action on Saturday, September 14th, at Perris Auto Speedway for the “Glenn Howard Classic.” 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, Loudpedal Productions has DVD videos available for purchase. For more information, call (805) 407-7229 or visit www.loudpedalvideo.com.
In addition, Perris Auto Speedway offers a pay per view feed of every event at www.circletracknetwork.com.
The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series would like to thank Hoosier Tire, BR Motorsports, Circle Track Performance, Competition Suspension Inc., DJ Safety, Extreme Mufflers, Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror Inc., Kaeding Performance, Keizer Wheels, King Racing Products, Racing Optics, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, SBI Fuel Systems, Saldana Racing Products, Weld Racing, and Woodland Auto Display for their support. If you or your company would like to become part of the series, email PR Director Lance Jennings at [email protected].
For more information on the Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series, visit www.usacracing.com or follow the series on Facebook (www.facebook.com/pages/USAC-CRA-Sprint-Car-Series/167535183297971) or Twitter (www.twitter.com/#!/USAC_CRA).
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AMSOIL USAC/CRA & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
September 1, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Annual Louie Vermeil Classic”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY TIME TRIALS:
1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.504; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-19.598; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-19.831; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.085; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.109; 6. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-20.113; 7. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.138; 8. Kyle Larson, 73X, Ford-20.241; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.352; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-20.359; 11. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.370; 12. Andy Forsberg, 7C, Geaney-20.426; 13. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-20.526; 14. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-20.535; 15. Tim Barber, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.535; 16. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-20.577; 17. Colby Copeland, 23, Melgoza-20.643; 18. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.766; 19. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-20.865; 20. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.040; 21. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.060; 22. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-21.062; 23. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-21.411; 24. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-21.473; 25. Evan Pardo, 21, Spear-21.618; 26. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-21.757; 27. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-21.847; 28. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-21.948; 29. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.959; 30. Tim Sherman Jr., 1JR, Sherman-21.998; 31. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-22.290; 32. Sparky Howard, 5D, VanLare-22.439; 33. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-23.282; 34. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (8 laps)
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Bradley Terrell, 3. Cody Williams, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Colby Copeland, 6. Shauna Hogg, 7. Evan Pardo, 8. Ronnie Gardner, 9. Tom Baker. NT
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 2: (8 laps)
1. Damion Gardner, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Tony Hunt, 4. Geoff Ensign, 5. Nic Faas, 6. Chad Boespflug, 7. Scott Hall, 8. Tim Sherman Jr. NT
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE 3: (8 laps)
1. Matt Streeter, 2. Brody Roa, 3. D.J. Johnson, 4. Kyle Hirst, 5. James Sweeney, 6. Trevor Schmid, 7. Tim Barber, 8. Jim Richardson. NT
WELD RACING / SBI FUEL SYSTEMS HEAT RACE 4: (8 laps)
1. Kyle Larson, 2. Austin Williams, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Andy Forsberg, 5. Mike Martin, 6. Terry Schank Jr., 7. Klint Simpson, 8. Sparky Howard. NT
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ROD END SUPPLY SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Nic Faas, 2. Ronnie Gardner, 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Colby Copeland, 5. Terry Schank Jr., 6. Tim Barber, 7. Mike Martin, 8. Klint Simpson, 9. Tim Sherman Jr., 10. Evan Pardo, 11. Trevor Schmid, 12. James Sweeney, 13. Hall, 14. Richardson, 15. Shauna Hogg, 16. Sparky Howard, 17. Tim Barber. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Kyle Larson (8th), 2. Bud Kaeding (10th), 3. Austin Williams (4th), 4. Mike Spencer (6th), 5. Bradley Terrell (21st), 6. Geoff Ensign (2nd), 7. Bryan Clauson (16th), 8. Nic Faas (7th), 9. Matt Mitchell (3rd), 10. Brody Roa (5th), 11. Colby Copeland (17th), 12. Chad Boespflug (18th), 13. Andy Forsberg (12th), 14. Cody Williams (9th), 15. Ronnie Gardner (13th), 16. Matt Streeter (19th), 17. Terry Schank Jr. (20th), 18. Tony Hunt (22nd), 19. Tim Barber (15th), 20. D.J. Johnson (1st), 21. Kyle Hirst (11th), 22. Damion Gardner (14th). NT
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**Scott Hall flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 D.J. Johnson, Laps 8-28 Mike Spencer, Laps 29-30 Kyle Larson.
KEIZER WHEELS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Bradley Terrell (21st to 5th)
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS:
1-Damion Gardner-1,042, 2-Nic Faas-935, 3-Mike Spencer-896, 4-Matt Mitchell-726, 5-Bud Kaeding-694, 6-Austin Williams-672, 7-Cody Williams-666, 8-Brody Roa-610, 9-Ryan Bernal-551, 10-Richard Vander Weerd-415.
2013 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES SCHEDULE
DATE - TRACK - LOCATION
September 14: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Glenn Howard Classic)
October 25: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ (Hall of Fame Classic)
October 26: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ (Hall of Fame Classic)
November 1: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Oval Nationals)
November 2: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA (Oval Nationals)
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* = Co-Sanctioned Event with USAC National Sprints.
This schedule is subject to change.
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