Demon Digs Copper on Dirt
TUCSON, Ariz. (March 21, 2015) – Damion Gardner picked off Copper on Dirt honors for the second year in a row by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap USAC/CRA Sprint Car portion of the event atop the 3/8-mile USA Raceway.
The reigning USAC/CRA champ took the lead away from Dave Darland at the midway point and led the rest of the way aboard the Alexander No. 4, taking the checkered flag ahead of Friday night winner Brady Bacon with Mike Spencer, Matt Mitchell and Charles Davis, Jr., rounding out the top five.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: March 21, 2015 – Tucson, Arizona – USA Raceway – “Eighth Annual Copper On DIrt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.300; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.530; 3. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-16.741; 4. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-16.810; 5. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-16.900; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-16.906; 7. Ronnie Clark, 6, Clark-16.965; 8. Charles Davis Jr., 50M, Massey-17.010; 9. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.052; 10. Bruce St. James, 7K, St.James-17.102; 11. Josh Hodges, 74X, Hodges-17.133; 12. Rick Ziehl, 20Z, Ziehl-17.174; 13. Parker Colston, 64, Colston-17.218; 14. Matt Rossi, 04G, Cook-17.222; 15. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-17.290; 16. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-17.337; 17. Andy Reinbold, 19, Underwood-17.372; 18. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.492; 19. Michael Curtis, 45C, Turner/Wheeer-17.504; 20. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-17.505; 21. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-17.605; 22. Harli White, 17W, White-17.816; 23. Josh Pelkey, 12, Allen-17.849.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clark, 2. Spencer, 3. Swanson, 4. White, 5. L.Williams, 6. Curtis, 7. Colston, 8. St.James. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Hodges, 3. Bacon, 4. Davis, 5. Pelkey, 6. Martin, 7. Reinbold, 8. Rossi. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Ziehl, 3. Darland, 4. Roa, 5. Johnson, 6. A.Williams, 7. C.Williams. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brady Bacon, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Matt Mitchell, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Dave Darland, 7. R.J. Johnson, 8. Jake Swanson, 9. Mike Martin, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Austin Williams, 12. Cody Williams, 13. Bruce St. James, 14. Logan Williams, 15. Andy Reinbold, 16. Michael Curtis, 17. Josh Pelkey, 18. Rick Ziehl, 19. Harli White, 20. Josh Hodges, 21. Parker Colston, 22. Ronnie Clark. NT
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**Hodges flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Darland, Laps 15-30 Gardner.
