DEMON IS NOW 4-FOR-5 AFTER ‘SOKOLA SHOOTOUT” VICTORY!

Perris, CA…….Damion (The Demon) Gardner of Concord, Calif. sits atop both the 2010 USAC Amsoil National and CRA Sprint Car point standings after a dominant performance in Sunday night’s 30-lap “Sokola Shootout” at the Perris Auto Speedway. He passed leaders Chris Windom, Henry Clarke and Tracy Hines in a daring move on lap six and led the rest of the way in his Pace Lighting Eagle/Shaver to beat Clarke, Windom, Hines and fast qualifier Mike Spencer. The victory was Gardner’s fourth in five 2010 series events! Former USAC/CRA Champion Tony Jones escaped injury in a flip on lap two of the feature. The Amsoil National Series resumes April 2-3 at the Eldora Speedway in Rossburg, Ohio, while the Amsoil CRA series continues March 27 at Perris.


 


AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT RACE RESULTS: February 28, 2010 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway - “Sokola Shootout”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.380; 2. Tony Jones, 4x, Alexander-17.423; 3. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.546; 4. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-17.598; 5. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.602; 6. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.622; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.631; 8. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-17.673; 9. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.674; 10. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.756; 11. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-17.760; 12. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-17.763; 13. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-17.776; 14. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.812; 15. Jimmy Crawford, 11x, Crawford-17.823; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.846; 17. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.861; 18. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.902; 19. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.907; 20. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-17.915; 21. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-18.000; 22. Casey Shuman, 4G, Cook-18.016; 23. Seth Wilson, 1x, Wilson-18.082; 24. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-18.095; 25. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-18.112; 26. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-18.128; 27. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Kaeding-18.142; 28. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild Ride-18.146; 29. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.273; 30. Blake Miller, 7, Priestley-18.360; 31. Cody Kershaw, 38, Crossno-18.360; 32. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.372; 33. Mathew Shedarowich, 9, Shedarowich-18.478; 34. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-18.857; 35. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-19.023; 36. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-20.295; 37. Kenny Perkins, 5k, Perkins-NT.


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gaunt, 3. Boat, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Clauson, 6. Sweet, 7. R.Gardner, 8. Shedarowich, 9. Spencer. 2:53.02


 


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Hines, 3. Shuman, 4. Cardey, 5. Clarke, 6. Miller, 7. A.Williams, 8. Mero, 9. T.Jones. NT


 


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Mitchell, 3. Crawford, 4. L.Jones, 5. Bragg, 6. Darland, 7. Bloom, 8. Kershaw, 9. C.Williams. NT


 


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Windom, 3. Sheridan, 4. Coons, 5. Ricky Williams, 6. Johnson, 7. Cummins, 8. Welton, 9. Hmiel, 2:50.97


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. T.Jones, 3. Clarke, 4. Hmiel, 5. Darland, 6. Clauson, 7. Bloom, 8. Johnson, 9. R.Gardner, 10. A.Williams, 11. Ricky Williams, 12. Miller, 13. Kershaw, 14. Cummins, 15. Mero, 16. C.Williams, 17. Welton, 18. Shedarowich, 19. Bragg. NT


 


FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Henry Clarke, 3. Chris Windom, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Jerry Coons Jr., 8. Shane Hmiel, 9. Robert Ballou, 10. David Cardey, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Chad Boat, 13. Matt Mitchell, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Jimmy Crawford, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Blake Miller, 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Bryan Clauson, 20. Bud Kaeding, 21. Dave Darland, 22. Ronnie Gardner, 23. Casey Shuman, 24. Tony Jones. NT


 


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**Tony Jones flipped on lap 2 of the feature.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hines, Laps 3-5 Windom, Laps 6-30 D.Gardner.


 


NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-324; 2-Coons-275; 3-L.Jones-247; 4-Clauson-237; 5-Clarke-232; 6-Ballou-232; 7-Hines-229; 8-Darland-202; 9-Windom-192; 10-Hmiel-145.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-187; 2-Coons-171; 3-Hines-154; 4-Clarke-150; 5-Windom-147; 6-L.Jones-143; 7-Ballou-140; 8-Spencer-133; 9-Clauson-119; 10-Kaeding-118.


 


NEXT AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: April 2 & 3 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway


NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: March 27 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway