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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 12, 2011 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – "Sokola Shootout"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-16.655; 2. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-16.873; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin- 16.889, 4. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.923; 5. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-16.953; 6. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.996; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.032; 8. Damion Gardner, 42, Cheney-17.129; 9. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-17.174; 10. Johnny McCall, 77, McCall-17.244; 11. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.248; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.274; 13. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-17.420; 14. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.431; 15. David Bezio, 37D, Bezio-17.530; 16. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-17.544; 17. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.593, 18. Stevie Sussex, 21A, Sussex-17.766; 19. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.798; 20. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.801; 21. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.813; 22. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.965; 23. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.010; 24. Cal Smith, 39, Smith-18.928; 25. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-19.144; 26. Gary Potter, 62jr, Welton-20.610; 27. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-22.030.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. VanderWeerd; 2. Bragg, 3. Cardey. 4. Miller, 5. Alexander, 6. R. Gardner, 7. Matlock. 2:52.87.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. C. Williams, 3. Wilson, 4. Sussex, 5. McCall, 6. Bluntach, 7. Potter. 2:50.44.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. J. VanderWeerd, 3. A. Williams, 4. Mitchell, 5. Bezio, 6. Adderson. 2:53.65.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Sheridan, 3. Gaunt, 4. D. Gardner, 5. Welton, 6. Smith. 2:55.08.

SEMI: (6 laps) 1. Alexander, 2. Bezio, 3. R. Gardner, 4. Smith, 5. Matlock, 6. Welton, 7. Potter, 8. McCall, 9. Adderson, 10. Bluntach. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Blake Miller, 5. Nic Faas, 6. David Cardey, 7. Danny Sheridan, 8. Austin Williams, 9. Greg Bragg, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Greg Alexander, 12. Jace VanderWeerd, 13. David Bezio, 14. Richard VanderWeerd, 15. Seth Wilson, 16. Cal Smith, 17. Stevie Sussex, 18. Gavin Matlock, 19. Jerry Welton, 20. Ronnie Gardner, 21. Rodney Argo, 22. Rickie Gaunt. NT.

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**McCall flipped during the semi. C. Williams flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Miller, Laps 7-29 D. Gardner, Lap 30 Spencer.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-72; 2-D.Gardner-62; 3-Mitchell-59; 4-Faas-57; 5-Miller-56; 6-Cardey-53; 7-Sheridan-52; 8-A.Williams-45; 9-Bragg-43; 10-Alexander-41.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 26 – Victorville (CA) Raceway Park

What an exciting races. Hats off to Mike Spencer with his last corner pass for the victory, This race is what the PAS is and Sprint Car racing is all about. Thanks to all the drivers and car owners for making this happen.

We have a new crop of rookies. Johnny Bluntach in the #58 car stayed with the pack during his heat race. Very impressive. Unfortunately he got into the wall in turn two during the semi.

Rodney Argo got caught up in a wreck that looked liked a lot of parts got bent.

What can you say about Mike Spencer? He chased the Demon like a terrior. Gets by him only to get called back due to a yellow flag. Then uses a backmarker as a pick coming out of turn four to get by the Demon on the last lap. Wow.

I sure we must of been waiting for the national feed to hook up, I can't think of another reason why it took so long to get the main event under way.

Good to see old friends.

Best sprintcar race I have seen all year.

Last corner outside pass. It doesnt get any better than that. I stood in turn 4 and thought the whole race was pretty darn exciting!!!

Chris Kearns
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Damion was in the 42 of cheney. not the 71

your right Chris it was a great race,next time come on up to the t4rob's hood and listen to the hard core fans bitchin about the insane delays,many of whom vowed not to return until the Oval nats.how can you gain new fans when the old fans can't stand the stupid delays.

ROB

More than one fan was upset about the delays. But that"s what happens when you put a bunch of old men together, all we do is bitch, bitch, bitch. They need to get Evelyn up on the front straight to get the show moving. Give her that bullhorn and let her screech at them on the front straight a little.

Better yet, loan her the microphone that Chris Holt is carrying.

Great Race but alot of people around where i was sitting were saying the same thing about the delays.

yes i agree but it took along time to run less than 50 cars. The great finish more than made up for it in my opinion.

Joe I'm there for the racin not meeting new people the down time at the PAS is getting really bad.not whinning just telling it like it is.

T4Rob

If you guy's want more "on track time" you can always wait for Sun. to watch NASCAR ! ! They don't have any delays once the race start's. I hope you all enjoy watching that while the rest of us take a nap during that crap. If you think the downtime is too long for you at The PAS why don't you go buy a pitpass on your own dime and go volunteer your time to a team in need and see if the downtime was enough then.

only a week hell they've had 15yrs to get it right !!

ROB

tell me why it takes 30min from driver intro before they push off,and that was after the crews had the intermission and the lightning main + interviews to get there stuff ready.

ROB

I think everyone who was there saw that sprint cars were being pushed onto the front straight as the first main interviews were being done. Scott does a great job announcing the driver and sponser listing's during qualifying but as good as the P/A. system is it is still kind of hard to hear as a race car is at full speed going around the track. There is nothing wrong doing the intro's again before the main while it is quiet and eveyone can hear and applaude the driver's, sponser's, and crew's one more time. The obvious hold up is only having 5-6 push vehicle's to start 22 and sometimes a couple more car's and then again if an unfortunate red flag accure's. That's what take's more time than anything

did i say there was anything wrong with the driver intrs?i don't think so what i said was why does it take nearly 30 min AFTER the intros to push the cars off,after the intro i walk down the front stretch to turn 4 stopping and talking to some of the crew guys on the way then got to my seat and sat there listning to some moron who calls himself a musician screaming over the P/A system.(now I've pissed off the under 50 crowd) and I'm not talking about Scott.

ROB