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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
- #4 Nic Faas in Perris Auto Speedway’s victory circle. Photo by Scott Sheldon / SprintCarScotty.com.
NIC FAAS GOES WIRE-TO-WIRE AT OVAL NATIONALS PRELIM
By Lance Jennings
PERRIS, CA – NOVEMBER 4, 2013... Taking the lead from the outside of the front row, Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, California lead all 30 laps to win Saturday’s preliminary of the “18th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals” presented by All Coast Construction. Co-sanctioned with the USAC National Series, the $5,000 victory at Perris Auto Speedway was Faas’ 10th Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car win, tying Mike Kirby and Rip Williams. Chase Stockon, Brady Bacon, Bryan Clauson, and Mike Spencer chased Nic to the checkered flags.
Racing Mark Alexander’s #4 Scott Sales Company / Competition Suspension Inc. Spike, Nic Faas qualified fifth out of the fifty-three cars in the pit area and won the Weld Racing Heat Race #5. The former USAC Western Midget Champion set a torrid pace at his “home track” as he scored his fourth win of the campaign and became the Oval Nationals point leader.
Elizabethtown, Indiana’s Chase Stockon claimed second in the 30-lap feature. Driving the 32-TBI Racing #32 Superior Tank & Trailer DRC, the “Hall of Fame Classic” winner was seventh quick in time trials and won the DJ Safety Heat Race #2. With his runner-up finish, Stockon was locked in to the “Super Six” for Saturday’s finale.
Brady Bacon of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma scored third in the Friday night feature. Piloting the Hoffman Dynamics Inc. #69 Mean Green / Lykins Oil Triple X, Bacon qualified fourth and placed second in his heat race. Brady ranked fourth in event points and locked himself into Saturday’s A-Main.
Noblesville, Indiana’s Bryan Clauson placed fourth in the Friday night preliminary. Driving the Tony Stewart Racing / Curb-Agajanian owned #20 Chevy Performance Beast, Clauson was third fast in time trials and won the Saldana Racing Products Heat Race #3. The USAC National Sprint point leader sat third in Oval Nationals point standings.
Mike Spencer of Temecula, California claimed fifth at the checkered flags. Racing Ron Chaffin’s #50 Grubstake Mini Storage / Madera Produce Maxim, the defending Oval Nationals Champion qualified second overall and finished second in his heat race. Spencer left Friday ranked fifth in event points and locked into the “Super Six” dash.
Lincoln, Indiana’s “The People’s Champion” Dave Darland set his first career USAC/CRA Fast Time and extra $600 for the Billy Wilkerson Fast Time Award. Driving the Phillips Motorsports’ #71P Racers Advantage Store / Jockish Flowers DRC, the veteran driver placed third in his heat race and claimed seventh in the main event. Dave claimed sixth in event points and joined the “Super Six.”
David Bezio of El Cajon, California won the 10-lap SBI Fuel Systems C-Main Event. Piloting his #37X Inga Bezio Salon / SC Grafix Ellis, the California Lightning Sprint graduate timed in forty-third quick and scored eleventh in the semi-main after starting twenty-third.
Canton, Illinois’ “The Bear” Chris Windom raced to victory in the Extreme Mufflers Heat Race #1. At the helm of Jeff Walker’s #11 Jam-It-In Storage / Hoosier Tire Maxim, Windom qualified twenty-first and placed nineteenth in the 30-lap main event.
“The Madman” Robert Ballou of Rocklin, California won the Circle Track Performance Heat Race #4. Racing his #12 Indy Race Parts / Maxim Chassis machine, the former Sprint Bandits TnT Champion was twenty-fourth fast and scored twenty-third in the preliminary feature.
Concord, California’s “The Demon” Damion Gardner won the 12-lap Competition Suspension Inc. / Rod End Supply Semi-Main. With the victory, the pilot of Mark Alexander’s #4A Scott Sales Company / Advanced Racing Suspension Spike secured his 2013 USAC/CRA Championship. “The Demon” narrowly missed joining the “Super Six” after qualifying sixth, running fifth in his heat race, and scoring sixth in the feature.
After taking a provisional, “The Cadillac” Cody Williams of Yorba Linda, California earned the night’s Keizer Wheels / Racing Optics “Hard Charger / Best Passing Job” honors with a fifteenth place run from twenty-fifth. Williams was nineteenth quick in time trials, ran seventh in his heat race, and placed seventh in the semi-main.
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The Amsoil USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series would like to thank Hoosier Tire, BR Motorsports, Circle Track Performance, Competition Suspension Inc., DJ Safety, Extreme Mufflers, Huntington Beach Glass & Mirror Inc., Kaeding Performance, Keizer Wheels, King Racing Products, Racing Optics, Rod End Supply, Rugged Radios, SBI Fuel Systems, Saldana Racing Products, Weld Racing, and Woodland Auto Display for their support. If you or your company would like to become part of the series, email PR Director Lance Jennings at [email protected].
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USAC AMSOIL NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
November 1, 2013 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
– 18th “Budweiser Oval Nationals” presented by All-Coast Construction
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY TIME TRIALS:
1. Dave Darland, 71P, Phillips-16.126; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.329; 3. Bryan Clauson, 20, Stewart/Curb-Agajanian-16.376; 4. Brady Bacon, 69, Dynamics-16.398; 5. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-16.518; 6. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-16.555; 7. Chase Stockon, 32, 32/TBI-16.615; 8. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-16.754; 9. Ryan Bernal, 56, Phulps-16.773; 10. David Cardey, 92, Sertich-16.776; 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 17RW, Dutcher/RW/TriStar-16.790; 12. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-16.796; 13. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.822; 14. C.J. Leary, 30, Leary-16.828; 15. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.833; 16. Tracy Hines, 4X, Hines-16.843; 17. Danny Faria, Jr., 17V, Faria-16.843; 18. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-16.865; 19. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.866; 20. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-16.869; 21. Chris Windom, 11, Walker-16.908; 22. Tyler Courtney, 23C, Courtney/BRAT-16.995; 23. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-17.018; 24. Robert Ballou, 12, Ballou-17.034; 25. Jon Stanbrough, 73, Ford-17.138; 26. Markus Niemela, 81, Watt-17.148; 27. Jake Swanson, 14, Springstead-17.152; 28. Wes McIntyre, 21B, Duinkerken-17.152; 29. Landon Hurst, 179, Hurst-17.156; 30. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.161; 31. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.176; 32. Austin Stone, 29X, Coffman-17.190; 33. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-17.202; 34. Charles Davis, Jr., 4G, Cook-17.222; 35. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-17.233; 36. Cody Swanson, 14J, Springstead-17.255; 37. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-17.259; 38. John Aden, 7A, Aden-17.309; 39. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.314; 40. Seth Wilson, 1X, Wilson-17.336; 41. Johnny Bluntach, 58, Bluntach-17.398; 42. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-17.432; 43. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.432; 44. Chris Gansen, 4C, Gansen-17.533; 45. Trent Williams, 52, Williams-17.559; 46. Johnathon Henry, 39, Cal-Sun-17.618; 47. Kenny Perkins, 0, Perkins-17.626; 48. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-17.900; 49. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-17.999; 50. Greg Alexander, 72, Tyler-NT; 51. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-NT; 52. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-NT; 53. Shon Deskins, 20s, Deskins-NT. (NOTE: J.J. Ercse also in car #14)
SBI FUEL SYSTEMS C-MAIN: (10 laps)
1. David Bezio, 2. Billy Blinn, 3. Johnny Bluntach, 4. Trent Williams, 5. Kenny Perkins, 6. Johnathon Henry, 7. Greg Alexander, 8. Andy Reinbold, 9. Bruce St. James, 10. Chris Gansen. 2:58.17
EXTREME MUFFLERS HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps)
1. Chris Windom, 2. Kevin Thomas Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Brody Roa, 7. Markus Niemela, 8. Cody Swanson. 2:53.38
DJ SAFETY HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps)
1. Chase Stockon, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Justin Grant, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5. Tyler Courtney, 6. A.J. Bender, 7. Austin Stone, 8. Jake Swanson. 2:53.89
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps)
1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Matt Mitchell, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Nick Drake, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. John Aden, 7. Wes McIntyre, 8. D.J. Johnson. 2:56.04
CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps)
1. Robert Ballou, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. C.J. Leary, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Landon Hurst, 6. Charles Davis Jr., 7. Cody Williams, 8. R.J. Johnson. 2:57.36
WELD RACING HEAT RACE 5: (10 laps)
1. Nic Faas, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Verne Sweeney, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. David Cardey, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Austin Williams, 8. Jace Vander Weerd. 2:54.78
COMPETITION SUSPENSION INC. / ROD END SUPPLY SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Damion Gardner, 2. Austin Williams, 3. Brody Roa, 4. David Cardey, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. R.J. Johnson, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Landon Hurst, 10. Charles Davis Jr., 11. David Bezio, 12. Tyler Courtney, 13. Wes McIntyre, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. D.J. Johnson, 16. Trent Williams, 17. Seth Wilson, 18. Austin Stone, 19. Markus Niemela, 20. A.J. Bender, 21. Cody Swanson, 22. Billy Blinn, 23. Johnny Bluntach, 24. John Aden. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – With Starting Positions)
1. Nic Faas (2nd), 2. Chase Stockon (1st), 3. Brady Bacon (3rd), 4. Bryan Clauson (4th), 5. Mike Spencer (5th), 6. Damion Gardner (7th), 7. Dave Darland (6th), 8. Matt Mitchell (10th), 9. Tracy Hines (15th), 10. Justin Grant (11th), 11. Kevin Thomas, Jr. (8th), 12. Bud Kaeding (17th), 13. Jon Stanbrough (20th), 14. C.J. Leary (13th), 15. Cody Williams (25th), 16. Danny Faria, Jr. (14th), 17. R.J. Johnson (24th), 18. Brody Roa (22nd), 19. Chris Windom (19th), 20. Nick Drake (18th), 21. Verne Sweeney (16th), 22. Ronnie Gardner (26th), 23. Robert Ballou (21st), 24. Austin Williams (12th), 25. David Cardey (9th), 26. Rip Williams (23rd). NT
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**Markus Niemela flipped during the Semi-Main.
**Austin Williams & David Cardey flipped on lap 5 of the Feature.
**Ryan Bernal scratched from the Feature.
**Cody Williams & R.J. Johnson used Provisionals.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Nic Faas.
KEIZER WHEELS / RACING OPTICS HARD CHARGER: Cody Williams (25th to 15th)
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