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FAAS DOMINATES NIGHT 1 OF "BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS"

FAAS DOMINATES NIGHT 1 OF “BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS”

 


Perris, CA……..Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, Calif. led all 25 laps in dominating fashion in winning Thursday night’s 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” AMSOIL USAC National/CRA Sprint Car preliminary feature opener at the Perris Auto Speedway. His victory in the Mark Alexander Scott Sales Company/VP Racing Fuels Spike/J & D boosted him to second in the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint standings, just 27 behind leader Mike Spencer, who finished fourth in Thursday’s feature. Hunter Schuerenberg finished second ahead of Bud Kaeding, Spencer and Wes Gutierrez, while USAC National Drivers Championship point leader Bryan Clauson was sixth. Ryan Bernal was the fastest of 49 qualifiers. AMSOIL USAC National Sprint Car point leader Levi Jones finished 13th, while USAC National Drivers Championship runner-up Kyle Larson finished fifth in the semi and did not transfer to the feature. The “Budweiser Oval Nationals” continues Friday and Saturday at The PAS.


 


USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 3, 2011 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Bernal, 11D, Olmstead-16.906; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.931;3. Keith Bloom Jr., 27, Abreu-17.009; 4. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-17.088; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.105; 6. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-17.133; 7. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.146; 8. Kyle Larson, 1L, Buster & Ziggy-17.211; 9. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.213; 10. Hunter Schuerenberg, 35, Byram-17.227; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-17.261; 12. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-17.272; 13. Nic Faas, 4x, Alexander-17.312; 14. Bud Kaeding, 29, Buster & Ziggy-17.323; 15. Tracy Hines, 4, Hines-17.328; 16. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-17.359; 17. Chris Windom, 5x, Baldwin-17.362; 18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.372; 19. Robert Ballou, 72, Ford-17.427; 20. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.521; 21. Greg Alexander, 23, Bellegante-17.565; 22. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.615; 23. Danny Faria Jr., 2B, Bowman-17.628; 24. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.649; 25. Andy Forsberg, 92x, Forsberg-17.657; 26. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.722; 27. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.814; 28. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-17.857; 29. David Bezio, 37B, Bezio-17.859; 30. Seth Wilson, 75, Stansberry-17.881; 31. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.898; 32. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.934; 33. Shane Golobic, 121, BonSchriltz-17.981; 34. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-18.004; 35. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-18.010; 36. Jon Stanbrough, 53, Fox-18.137; 37. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-18.154; 38. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-18.176; 39. Cory Kruseman, 7H, Priestley-18.197; 40. Troy Rutherford, 11, Rutherford-18.213; 41. Kenny Perkins, 0k, Perkins-18.354; 42. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.415; 43. Casey Shuman, 21x, Roberts/Tate-18.457; 44. Danny Ebberts, 01, Carroll-18.473; 45. Bobby Bender, 12, Bender-18.701; 46. Colby Copeland, 24c, Copeland-19.019; 47. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-19.037; 48. Gavin Matlock, 25, Williams-19.241; 49. Raymond Potter, 33, Potter-19.260.


 


“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. R.Gardner, 2. Ebberts, 3. Shuman, 4. Copeland, 5. Adderson, 6. Matlock, 7. Potter, 8. Bender. NT


 


FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Sheridan, 3. East, 4. D.Gardner, 5. Alexander, 6. Clauson, 7. Bernal, 8. C.Williams. 2:50.75


SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Windom, 3. Darland, 4. Gutierrez, 5. Aden, 6. Spencer, 7. J.VanderWeerd, 8. Johnson. NT


THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Jones, 3. Golobic, 4. Bloom, 5. Larson, 6. Ensign, 7. Faria, 8. R.Williams. NT


FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. R.VanderWeerd, 3. Ballou, 4. Kaeding, 5. Mitchell, 6. Bacon, 7. Gaunt, 8. Bezio. NT


FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Schuerenberg, 3. Forsberg, 4. Rutherford, 5. Bragg, 6. Wilson, 7. Perkins, 8. A.Williams. 2:48.39


 


SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Bernal, 3. Bacon, 4. Clauson, 5. Larson, 6. A.Williams, 7. Johnson,8. Shuman,9. Ensign, 10. Aden, 11. Perkins, 12. R.Williams, 13. Bezio, 14. Ebberts, 15. Copeland, 16. R.Gardner, 17. Mitchell, 18. Alexander, 19. Bragg, 20. J.VanderWeerd, 22. C.Williams, 22. Wilson, 23. Gaunt,


 


FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Nic Faas, 2. Hunter Schuerenberg, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Wes Gutierrez, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Keith Bloom Jr., 8. Chris Windom, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Bobby East, 11. Robert Ballou, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Ryan Bernal, 15. Danny Sheridan, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Matt Mitchell, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. Austin Williams, 20. Richard VanderWeerd, 21. Shane Golobic, 22. Jon Stanbrough, 23. Troy Rutherford, 24. Brady Bacon, 25. Andy Forsberg, 26. Josh Ford. 7:02.36


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**Faria flipped during the third heat.


 


FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Faas.


NEW USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,483; 2-Windom-1,452; 3-Stanbrough-1,340; 4-Schuerenberg-1,324; 5-Ballou-1,195; 6-Hines-1,164; 7-Clauson-1,132; 8-D.Gardner-1,130; 9-Darland-1,081; 10-East-928.


NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-1,088; 2-Faas-1,061; 3-Mitchell-1,013; 4-A.Williams-737; 5-Bragg-616; 6-C.Williams-591; 7-Sheridan-542; 8-R.Williams-515; 9-Gaunt-500; 10-David Cardey-443.


NEW USAC NATIONAL DRIVERS CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: 1-Clauson-1,056; 2-Larson-1,016; 3-Windom-995; 4-Jones-991; 5-Hines-989.


NEXT USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 4 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 16th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”