LEVI JONES TAKES “OVAL NATIONALS” OPENER
Perris, CA……..AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point leader Levi Jones of
Olney, Ill. won Thursday night’s 25-lap “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
National and CRA preliminary feature at Perris Auto Speedway and in the
process sliced Bryan Clauson’s National Drivers Championship point lead
to just nine points! Jones caught Bud Kaeding in lapped traffic on lap
23 and led the final three laps in his Tony Stewart Racing STP/Bass Pro
Shops Maxim/Kistler Chevy.
Kaeding finished second ahead of fast
qualifier Matt Mitchell, Mike Spencer and Blake Fitzpatrick. Danny
Sheridan led the first three laps but eventually finished 14th. Kaeding
then led the next 19 laps before yielding to Jones. The “Budweiser Oval
Nationals” continue Friday night, with another 25-lap preliminary
feature on tap. Saturday night’s finale at the half-mile dirt oval is a
40-lapper.
USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November
4, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 15th “Budweiser
Oval Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-16.388; 2. Bobby East,
5, Klatt-16.401; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.588; 4. Jon Stanbrough,
53, Fox-16.676; 5. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.678; 6. Chris Windom,
11, Walker-16.704; 7. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-16.722; 8. Casey Riggs,
37, Riggs-16.755; 9. Robert Ballou, 73x, Ford-16.757; 10. Tony Jones,
4x, Alexander-16.758; 11. Dave Darland, 39, Goodnight-16.843; 12. Bud
Kaeding, 29, BK-16.850; 13. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.853; 14.
Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-16.856; 15. Blake Fitzpatrick, 10F,
Fitzpatrick-16.867; 16. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-16.880; 17. Ronnie
Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.900; 18. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-16.905; 19.
Justin Grant, 5x, Baldwin-16.970; 20. Kyle Larson, 38, Crossno-16.982;
21. J.J. Hughes, 76, Hughes-17.017; 22. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.019;
23. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.025; 24. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.045;
25. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.058; 26. Darren Hagen, 7,
Priestley-17.083; 27. Shane Cottle 8, BRAT-17.085; 28. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-17.087; 29. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Hoffman-17.097; 30. David Cardey,
59, Cardey-17.105; 31. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.133; 32. Johnathon
Henry, 71k, Kruseman-17.134; 33. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.149; 34.
Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.177; 35. Keith Bloom, Jr., 27kb, Braun-17.182;
36. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.201; 37. Greg Alexander,
23, Bellegante-17.211; 38. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.290; 39. Jace
VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.297; 40. Rusty Carlile, 51,
Carlile-17.307; 41. Kevin Thomas Jr., 9k, Thomas-17.411; 42. Cody
Kershaw, 27, KMS-17.503; 43. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.585; 44.
Marcus Niemela, 21x, Kruseman-17.601; 45. Casey Shuman, 4g, Cook-17.618;
46. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-17.910; 47. Matt Goodnight, 39g,
Goodnight-17.942; 48. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.222; 49. Josh Ford,
73, Ford-18.390; 50. Dakota Kershaw, 26, KMS-18.546; 51. Greg Bragg,
92, Sertich-NT.
“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. C.Kershaw, 3. Shuman, 4. Perkins, 5.
Hawkins, 6. Goodnight, 7. Niemala, 8. Ford, 9. Everhart, 10. D.Kershaw.
3:01.16
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Mitchell, 3. Hagen, 4. Darland, 5.
Windom, 6. Clauson, 7. R.VanderWeerd, 8. Hughes. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Henry, 3. Kaeding, 4. Alexander,
5. R.Gardner, 6. Gaunt, 7. Cottle, 8. East. 2:54.10
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. R.Williams, 3. Sheridan, 4.
Aden, 5. Riggs, 6. L.Jones, 7. Wilson, 8. Johnson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J.VanderWeerd, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Grant, 4.
Clarke, 5. Ballou, 6. Coons, 7. C.Williams, 8. Howell. 3:00.40
FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fitzpatrick, 2. Kruseman, 3. Larson, 4.
Spencer, 5. T.Jones, 6. Bloom, 7. Carlile, 8. Cardey. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. L.Jones, 2. East, 3. Cardey, 4. Windom, 5. Ballou, 6.
T.Jones, 7. Gaunt, 8. Riggs, 9. R.Gardner, 10. Shuman, 11. Thomas, 12.
Clauson, 13. Bloom, 14. Wilson, 15. R.VanderWeerd, 16. Perkins, 17.
Carlile, 18. Coons, 19. C.Williams, 20. C.Kershaw, 21. Cottle, 22.
Howell. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4.
Mike Spencer, 5. Blake Fitzpatrick, 6. David Cardey, 7. Chris Windom, 8.
Jon Stanbrough, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. Kyle Larson,
12. Bobby East, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Darren Hagen,
16. Jerry Coons Jr., 17. Cory Kruseman, 18. Rip Williams, 19. Bryan
Clauson, 20. Jace VanderWeerd, 21. Cody Williams, 22. Johnathon Henry,
23. Greg Alexander, 24. Rickie Gaunt, 25. Justin Grant, 26. John Aden,
27. Austin Williams, 28. Henry Clarke,
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**Niemala flipped during qualifications. Johnson flipped during the
third heat. Howell flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Sheridan, Laps 4-22 Kaeding, Laps 23-25
Jones.
NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,966;
2-Clauson-1,822; 3-D.Gardner-1,810; 4-Coons-1,673; 5-Hines-1,599;
6-Windom-1.552; 7-Clarke-1,260; 8-Darland-1,243; 9-Shane Hmiel-1,080;
10-Stanbrough-958.
NEW USAC SPRINT CAR DIRT STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,653; 2-Clauson-1,452;
3-D.Gardner-1,450; 4-Coons-1,317; 5-Windom-1,296.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-1,260;
2-Sheridan-947; 3-Mitchell-874; 4-Kruseman-871; 5-Blake Miller-770;
6-Greg Bragg-608; 7-Cardey-602; 8-T.Jones-591; 9-C.Williams-573;
10-A.Williams-572.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 5 – Perris
(CA) Auto Speedway – 15th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
