By Lance Jennings
PERRIS, CA – AUGUST 20, 2012… Leading every
lap, "The Kruser" Cory Kruseman of Ventura won last Saturday's Amsoil USAC/CRA
Sprint Car feature at Perris Auto Speedway. For the 2006 series champion, the
$2,500 victory was his first triumph with car owner Mark Priestley and his first
Perris win since November 27, 2010. Following Kruseman across the finish line
were point leader Mike Spencer, "Dynamite" David Cardey, Nic Faas, and Ryan
Bernal.
Starting on the outside of the front row, the
Kruseman raced past pole-sitter Jace Vander Weerd to take the early command.
Primarily running the outside line of the Perris clay oval, the veteran driver
managed to build a comfortable lead over the competition. Surviving some tense
moments while dealing with slower traffic and bicycling his machine on lap 24,
Kruseman's lead was in jeopardy. As Cardey and Bernal quickly closed the gap,
Cory recovered in time to save his lead. A caution-then-red on lap 27 for Austin
Williams gave his pursuers another shot at the lead. With a hard-charging
Spencer holding down second, Kruseman executed a brilliant restart and led the
rest of the way to take his first Amsoil USAC/CRA checkered flags of
2012.
Driving Priestley's #7 Roy Miller Freightlines
/ Sander Engineering Bullet, Kruseman scored his 34th career series main event
win. Earlier in the program, Cory timed in seventh quick on the night and won
the 10-lap DJ Safety Heat Race #3. Currently seventh in the point chase, Cory
has five heat race victories (series leader), four top-5 finishes, and 40
feature laps led to his credit.
Piloting Ron Chaffin's famed #50 Madera
Produce / Grubstake Mini Storage Maxim, Temecula's Mike Spencer ran second at
Perris after starting eighth. Earning his eighth Sander Engineering / Rod End
Supply Fast Time Award of the Year, the 4-time defending champion won the
Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1. To date, Mike has three heat race victories, one
Keizer Wheels / Ringers Gloves Hard Charger Award, thirteen top-5 finishes, and
139 feature laps led on the year.
"Dynamite" David Cardey of Riverside claimed
third and earned the night's LRB Inc. Race Products Award. Driving Tom &
Laurie Sertich's #92 Moose Racing, Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror / Victory
Race Cars entry, Cardey qualified sixth and won the Saldana Racing Products /
Circle Track Performance Heat Race #2. In 2012, the former California Lightning
Sprint Champion has three heat race victories, one Keizer Wheels / Ringers
Gloves Hard Charger Award, and three top-5 finishes.
Huntington Beach's Nic Faas had a late race
charge and scored fourth in Mark Alexander's #4 Scott Sales Company /
Competition Suspension Inc. Spike. The 2008 Rookie of the Year was second fast
in time trials and third in his heat race. Currently second in points, Faas has
one feature win, two Sander Engineering / Rod End Supply Fast Time Awards, four
heat race victories, two Keizer Wheels / Ringers Gloves Hard Charger Awards, 26
feature laps led, and eight top-5 finishes on the season.
Claiming fifth in the Perris 30-lap feature
was Ryan Bernal of Hollister. Piloting Keith Ford's #73 King Racing Products /
A&A Precision Machine Spike, the Santa Maria track champion qualified third
and placed third in his heat race. Bernal is fifth in points and has two heat
race victories, one Keizer Wheels / Ringers Gloves Hard Charger Award, 60
feature laps led, and 6 top-5 finishes on the campaign.
Buena Park's Brody Roa earned the night's
Keizer Wheels / Ringers Gloves "Hard Charger / Best Passing Job" honors with a
sixth place run after starting thirteenth. Driving the BR Performance #91R HD
Industries / Burris Racing Spike, Roa borrowed a Shaver engine from Lee &
Norma Leonard, qualified thirteenth and ran second in his heat race. Currently
fourth in points, the former Wagsdash Champion has one feature win, two heat
race victories, one Competition Suspension Inc. / Diversified Machine Inc.
Semi-Main win, 33 feature laps led, and three top-five finishes on the
year.
David Bezio of El Cajon won the night's SBI
Fuel Systems / Integra Racing Shocks Heat Race #4. It was the first 10-lap
victory of the campaign for the driver of the #37X Inga Bezio Salon / Everhart
Construction DRC. The California Lightning Sprint graduate was sixteenth fast on
the night and ran ninth in the feature after starting sixteenth. To date, Bezio
has five top-10 finishes on the season and has been steadily moving up the ranks
with USAC/CRA.
Yorba Linda's "The Cadillac" Cody Williams won
his second 12-lap Competition Suspension Inc. / Diversified Machine Inc.
Semi-Main of the year. Piloting Jack Jory's #44 John Jory Corporation / AMA
Plastics Spike, Williams qualified ninth, placed sixth in his heat race, and
scored thirteenth in the main event. Currently ninth in the point chase, the
Watsonville track record holder has one Sander Engineering / Rod End Supply Fast
Time Award, three heat race victories, and one top-5 finish in
2012.
To catch the action of the Amsoil USAC/CRA
Sprint Car Series, Mike Truex's Loudpedal Productions has DVD videos available
for purchase. For more information, call (805) 407-7229 or visit
www.loudpedalvideo.com.
The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series would
like to thank Hoosier Tire, Circle Track Performance, Competition Suspension
Inc., DJ Safety, Diversified Machine Inc., Extreme Mufflers, Hilborn Fuel
Injection, Integra Racing Shocks, Keizer Wheels, LRB Inc. Race Products, Ringers
Gloves, Rod End Supply, SBI Fuel Systems, Saldana Racing Products, and Sander
Engineering for their support.
For more information on the Amsoil USAC/CRA
Sprint Car Series, visit www.usacracing.com/cra or follow the series on Facebook
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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS:
August 18, 2012 – Perris, California – Perris
Auto Speedway
SANDER ENGINEERING / ROD END SUPPLY TIME
TRIALS:
1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.348; 2. Nic
Faas, 4, Alexander-16.577; 3. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-17.601; 4. Austin Williams,
2, Jory-16.675; 5. Ronnie Gardner, 18, Kittle-16.796; 6. David Cardey, 92,
Sertich-16.892; 7. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-16.909; 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 88,
Vander Weerd-16.927; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.998; 10. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-17.010; 11. R.J. Johnson, 51A, Martin-17.027; 12. Shane Golobic, 73X,
Ford-17.033; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.082; 14. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.151;
15. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-17.197; 16. David Bezio, 37X,
Bezio-17.206; 17. Josh Pelkey, 12A, Allen-17.282; 18. Jake Swanson, 41,
Henry/Jones-17.329; 19. Stevie Sussex, 1A, Sussex-17.410; 20. Patrick Clark,
71K, Kruseman-17.416; 21. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile-17.482; 22. J.J. Ercse, 36,
Springstead-17.532; 23. Bobby Bender, 11, Bender-17.666; 24. Kenny Perkins, 0K,
Perkins-17.676; 25. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-17.689; 26. Corey Ballard, 20,
Ballard-17.792; 27. A.J. Bender, 12, Bender-17.799; 28. Jeremy Ellertson, 23,
Ellertson-18.091; 29. Johnny McCall, 44J, Morbitzer-18.093; 30. Billy Blinn, 26,
Blinn-18.119; 31. Ton Hendricks, 14K, Kruseman-18.275; 32. John Aden, 12X,
Blair-18.297; 33. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.302; 34. Trevor Cooper, 21K,
Kruseman-18.419; 35. Mike Collins, 04, Perkins-18.487; 36. Kyle Cline, 35,
Perkins-18.710; 37. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-NT.
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (10
laps)
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Ronnie
Gardner, 4. Josh Pelkey, 5. Rusty Carlile, 6. Cody Williams, 7. Johnny McCall,
8. Gavin Matlock, 9. Jerry Welton. 2:51.41
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / CIRCLE TRACK
PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. David Cardey, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Nic Faas,
4. J.J. Ercse, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Corey Ballard, 8. Billy
Blinn, 9. Trevor Cooper. 2:53.85
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3.
Ryan Bernal, 4. R.J. Johnson, 5. Stevie Sussex, 6. A.J. Bender, 7. Tom
Hendricks, 8. Bobby Bender, 9. Mike Collins. NT
SBI FUEL SYSTEMS / INTEGRA RACING SHOCKS HEAT
RACE 4: (10 laps)
1. David Bezio, 2. Shane Golobic, 3. Austin
Williams, 4. Jace Vander Weerd, 5. Patrick Clark, 6. Kenny Perkins, 7. Jeremy
Ellertson, 8. John Aden, 9. Kyle Cline. 2:58.94
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / DIVERSIFIED
MACHINE INC. SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Cody Williams, 2. Jake Swanson, 3. Rusty
Carlile, 4. Seth Wilson, 5. Stevie Sussex, 6. Kenny Perkins, 7. Corey Ballard,
8. Patrick Clark, 9. Johnny McCall, 10. A.J. Bender, 11. John Aden, 12. Billy
Blinn, 13. Jeremy Ellertson, 14. Tom Hendricks, 15. Patrick Cooper, 16. Gavin
Matlock, 17. Mike Collins, 18. Jerry Welton, 19. Kyle Cline. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Cory Kruseman (2nd), 2. Mike Spencer (8th),
3. David Cardey (3rd), 4. Nic Faas (7th), 5. Ryan Bernal (6th), 6. Brody Roa
(13th), 7. Rip Williams (10th), 8. Ronnie Gardner (4th), 9. David Bezio (16th),
10. Richard Vander Weerd (15th), 11. R.J. Johnson (11th), 12. Jace Vander Weerd
(1st), 13. Cody Williams (9th), 14. Josh Pelkey (17th), 15. Rusty Carlile
(20th), 16. Seth Wilson (14th), 17. J.J. Ercse (21st), 18. Austin Williams
(5th), 19. Jake Swanson (18th), 20. Shane Golobic (12th), 21. Stevie Sussex
(19th), 22. Kenny Perkins (22nd). NT
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**Bobby Bender flipped during the third heat.
Austin Williams flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Cory
Kruseman
RINGERS GLOVES / KEIZER WHEELS HARD CHARGER:
Brody Roa (13th to 6th)
LRB INC. RACE PRODUCTS AWARD: David
Cardey
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:
1-Spencer-890, 2-Faas-761, 3-A.Williams-620,
4-Roa-613, 5-Bernal-602, 6-R.Williams-593, 7-Kruseman-547, 8-Matt Mitchell-461,
9-C.Williams-437, 10-Wilson-392.
2012 AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES
SCHEDULE
DATE - TRACK - LOCATION
September 1: **Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga,
CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)
September 2: **Calistoga Speedway - Calistoga,
CA (Louie Vermeil Classic)
September 5: **Silver Dollar Speedway - Chico,
CA (Non-Points)
September 15: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris,
CA (Glenn Howard Memorial)
October 6: Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
(Southern California Fair)
October 26: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ
(Hall of Fame Classic)
October 27: *Canyon Speedway Park - Peoria, AZ
(Hall of Fame Classic)
November 2: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
(Budweiser Oval Nationals)
November 3: *Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA
(Budweiser Oval Nationals)
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* = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC National
Sprints.
** = Co-Sanctioned Event With USAC Western
Classic Racing Series.
This schedule is subject to change.
