Austin Williams Power to Perris Victory Lane
PERRIS, Cal. (September 24, 2016) – Austin Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif. won Saturday night’s 9th Annual “Glenn Howard Classic” at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Williams passed Richard Vander Weerd on lap six in his John Jory Corporation/AMA Plastics Spike/Shaver and led the final 25 laps to beat Vander Weerd, R.J. Johnson, Brody Roa and Damion Gardner.
(Photo courtesy of Doug Allen)
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24, 2016 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 9th Annual “Glenn Howard Classic”
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.304; 2. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.360; 3. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-16.516; 4. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.557; 5. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.608; 6. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.611; 7. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.637; 8. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.716; 9. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-16.761; 10. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-16.765; 11. Ronnie Gardner, 12, Allen-16.770; 12. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-16.806; 13. Matt Mitchell, 21AZ, Burkhart-16.818; 14. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-17.027; 15. Trey Marcham, 81M, Watt-17.027; 16. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-17.081; 17. Eddie Tafoya, 51T, Tafoya-17.146; 18. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-17.193; 19. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-17.197; 20. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-17.273; 21. Anthony Lopiccolo, 36, Springstead-17.374; 22. Verne Sweeney, 98V, Tracy-17.384; 23. Matt Stewart, 84, Stewart-17.423; 24. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-17.527; 25. Andrew Sweeney, 98JR, Tracy-17.730; 26. Cal Smith, 39, Cal-Sun-17.772; 27. Kyle Edwards, 39E, Edwards-17.885; 28. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-19.178; 29. A.J. Bender, 21, Bender-19.267.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Mitchell, 3. Faria, 4. A.Williams, 5. Lopiccolo, 6. Bender, 7. Tafoya, 8. A.Sweeney. 2:51.28
DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Malcolm, 3. Adams, 4. V.Sweeney, 5. C.Williams, 6. Liggett, 7. Smith. NT
CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Gardner, 2. Roa, 3. Gansen, 4. Marcham, 5. L.Williams, 6. Stewart, 7. Edwards. 2:57.58.
STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. R.Vander Weerd, 3. Ballard, 4. J.Vander Weerd, 5. Ellertson, 6. Waitman. 2:52.06
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. C.Williams, 3. Liggett, 4. Lopiccolo, 5. L.Williams, 6. Stewart, 7. Edwards, 8. A.Sweeney, 9. Waitman, 10. Bender, 11. Ellertson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Austin Williams, 2. Richard Vander Weerd, 3. R.J. Johnson, 4. Brody Roa, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Ronnie Gardner, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Logan Wiliams, 9. Trey Marcham, 10. Tommy Malcolm, 11. Austin Liggett, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Jace Vander Weerd, 14. Matt Mitchell, 15. Mike Spencer, 16. Chris Gansen, 17. Corey Ballard, 18. Verne Sweeney, 19. Anthony Lopiccolo, 20. Max Adams, 21. Matt Stewart, 22. Cody Williams. NT
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**Ellertson flipped on lap 7 of the semi..
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 R.Vander Weerd, Laps 6-30 A.Williams.
BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Trey Marcham (15th to 6th)
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-1,080, 2-R.Vander Weerd-976, 3-Swanson-958, 4-Roa-915, 5-A.Williams-883, 6-Spencer-758, 7-Adams-688, 8-J.Vander Weerd-602, 9-L.Williams-595, 10-Ellertson & C.Williams-552.
