Demon Rules Bakersfield
BAKERSFIELD, Cal. (April 15, 2017) – Damion Gardner picked off his second USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature win in a row by topping Saturday night’s 30-lap feature at Bakersfield Speedway.
After setting quick time earlier in the night, Gardner took the lead away from Cody Williams on the 14th lap en route to posting the victory ahead of Brody Roa, Danny Faria, Jr., Jake Swanson and Williams.
AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 15, 2017 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway
WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-12.545; 2. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-12.586; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-12.640; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-12.713; 5. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-12.746; 6. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-12.828; 7. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-12.945; 8. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-12.992; 9. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-13.005; 10. Max Adams, 42, Cheney-13.007; 11. Parker Colston, 64, Gore-13.047; 12. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-13.073; 13. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-13.089; 14. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-13.092; 15. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-13.098; 16. Rick Hendrix, 15, Hendrix-13.186; 17. Eddie Tafoya, 51T, Tafoya-13.466; 18. Shannon McQueen, 7, Van Meter-13.617; 19. A.J. Bender, 21B, Bender-13.653; 20. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-13.999; 21. Hobie Conway, 1K, Kruseman- 14.030; 22. James Herrera, 5J, Herrera-14.394; 23. Brent Owens, 71, Martin-14.950.
EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Perkins, 2. Faria, 3. Gardner, 4. A.Williams, 5. Adams, 6. Hendrix, 7. Bender, 8. Herrera. NT
BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McCarthy, 2. Spencer, 3. C.Williams, 4. Colston, 5. Tafoya, 6. Owens, 7. Ellertson, 8. Malcolm. NT
CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Gansen, 3. L.Williams, 4. Swanson, 5. Johnson, 6. Conway, 7. McQueen. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brody Roa, 3. Danny Faria Jr., 4. Jake Swanson, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Tommy Malcolm, 8. Chase Johnson, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Logan Williams, 11. Kenny Perkins, 12. Shannon McQueen, 13. Parker Colston, 14. Chris Gansen, 15. Jeremy Ellertson, 16. Hobie Conway, 17. Brent Owens, 18. Eddie Tafoya, 19. James Herrera, 20. Rick Hendrix, 21. Max Adams, 22. A.J. Bender, 23. Matt McCarthy. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 C.Williams, Laps 14-30 Gardner
SALDANA RACING PRODUCTS / ROD END SUPPLY HARD CHARGER: Shannon McQueen (18th to 12th)
(Mike Grosswendt photo)
