Wow, A heavy track makes for some dynOmite racing and that's just what we got! I wish there were an "easy" button to get this one back every week! My hats off to Ray and his work this week. Then DynOmite David Cardey took charge and rocked out for the 30 lap win with only a small burp when Bullet Blake Miller passed him with a lap to go, but left the door open for David to come back, and he did. Behind him was some great racing as Tony Jones and Danny Sheridan were on the move from the start. When Danny was trying to pass for 4th and Tony for 3rd, an incident, not between the two, sent Tony fipping in the air where he landed on Danny and Kruseman joined the wreckage as they all came to a stop in a pile. Tony didn't restart, but Danny took a badly bent chassis back up to 4th at the end. Wow! I am home early, 2 AM, so it's time to nod off.
LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, California April 25, 2009
TIME TRIALS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.120; 2. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.196; 3. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.244; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.345; 5. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry-17.507; 6. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.521; 7. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.554; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.588; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.644; 10. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-17.644; 11. Rickie Gaunt, 16, Gardner-17.649; 12. Henry Clarke, 41K, Kruseman-17.675; 13. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.691; 14. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Serna-17.704; 15. Austin Mero, 71K, Kruseman-17.789; 16. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.822; 17. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.835; 18. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.840; 19. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-17.901; 20. Garrett Hansen, 7, M-M-17.916; 21. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.932; 22. Mathew Shedarowich, 8Z, Shedarowich-17.933; 23. Jeremy Sherman, 42, Cheney-17.938; 24. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.951; 25. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.973; 26. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.987; 27. Bill Rose, 66, Miller-18.010; 28. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.190; 29. Dennis Howell, 62, Howell-18.218; 30. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-18.228; 31. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-18.265; 32. Robert Ellis, 12, Blair-18.317; 33. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.447; 34. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.457; 35. Andrew Reinbold, 19X, Reinbold-18.515; 36. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-18.786; 37. Ronnie Gardner, 39, Gardner-18.914; 38. Jerry Welton, 62X, Welton-19.234; 39. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-NT.
HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps) 1. Greg Bragg, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Josh Ford, 5. Alan Ballard, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Dennis Howell, 8. Jonny Bates, 9. Ronnie Gardner, 10. Austin Williams. 2:58.83.
HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps) 1. Blake Miller, 2. David Cardey, 3. Jordan Hermansader, 4. Ludvig Solberg IV, 5. Jace VanderWeerd, 6. Mathew Sherdarowich, 7. Richard VanderWeerd, 8. Tony Everhart, 9. Jerry Welton, 10. Bruce St. James. NT.
HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps) 1. Rodney Argo, 2. Tyler Brown, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Bill Rose, 5. Rickie Gaunt, 6. Matt Mitchell, 7. Austin Mero, 8. Andrew Reinbold, 9. Jeremy Sherman. 3:00.06.
HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps) 1. R.J. Johnson, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Henry Clarke, 4. Robert Ellis, 5. Garrett Hansen, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. John Aden, 8. Ronnie Case, 9. Joe Gunderson. NT.
SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Alan Ballard, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Matt Mitchell, 4. Cody Williams, 5. Richard VanderWeerd, 6. John Aden, 7. Dennis Howell, 8. Garrett Hansen, 9. Jeremy Sherman, 10. Andrew Reinbold, 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 12. Mathew Sherdarowich, 13. Austin Mero, 14. Ronnie Case, 15. Jonny Bates, 16. Bruce St. James, 17. Rickie Gaunt, 18. Jerry Welton, 19. Austin Williams, 20. Ronnie Gardner, 21. Joe Gunderson, 22. Tony Everhart. NT.
FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 1. David Cardey (5th), 2. Blake Miller (7th), 3. Rip Williams (4th), 4. Danny Sheridan (14th), 5. Greg Bragg (16th), 6. Matt Mitchell (11th), 7. Alan Ballard (10th), 8. Mike Spencer (9th), 9. Tyler Brown (15th), 10. Cory Kruseman (8th), 11. Cody Williams (12th), 12. Richard VanderWeerd (18th), 13. Jordan Hermansader (1st), 14. Garrett Hansen (23rd), 15. R.J. Johnson (17th), 16. Bill Rose (19th), 17. John Aden (13th), 18. Ludvig Solberg IV (20th), 19. Josh Ford (2nd), 20. Tony Jones (6th), 21. Robert Ellis (22nd), 22. Henry Clarke (3rd), 23. Rodney Argo (21st). NT
*Joe Gunderson flipped during the semi-main. **Tony Jones flipped during the feature. ***Garrett Hansen used a provisional.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Jordan Hermansader, Laps 2-8 Josh Ford, Laps 9-28 David Cardey, Lap 29 Blake Miller, Lap 30 David Cardey.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Mike Spencer-200; 2-David Cardey-184; 3-Blake Miller-179; 4-Cole Whitt-175; 5-Dave Darland-174; 6-Danny Sheridan-173; 7-Jesse Hockett-169; 8-Greg Bragg-155; 9-Garrett Hansen-152; 10-Jon Stanbrolugh-147.
NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 16 – Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway