Gardner Garners Sprintweek Glory at Petaluma

PETALUMA, Cal. (September 5, 2016) – Damion Gardner became the third different winner in as many rounds of California Sprintweek action by racing to victory lane in Monday night’s 30-lap USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature at Petaluma Speedway.

After starting eighth, the “Demon” worked his way forward before taking the lead away from Geoff Ensign on the 19th lap.  Gardner led the rest of the way to take the California Sprintweek points lead with Ensign settling for runner-up honors.

Chad Boespflug crossed the stripe in third with Kevin Thomas, Jr., and Chase Johnson rounding out the top five.

California Sprintweek action resumes with round four on Thursday night at Chico’s Silver Dollar Speedway.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 5, 2016 – Petaluma, California – Petaluma Speedway – “All Coast Construction California Sprint Week”

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chase Johnson, 68, Thomas-13.885; 2. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-13.946;. 3. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-14.007; 4. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-14.072; 5. Kevin Thomas Jr., 42, Cheney-14.098; 6. Ryan Bernal. 56, Phulps-14.122; 7. Jason McIntosh, 33, McIntosh-14.123; 8. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.127; 9. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-14.151; 10. Chad Boespflug, 69. Kaiser-14.155; 11. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-14.226; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-14.247; 13. Andy Forsberg, 7C, C&M-14.300; 14. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-14.376; 15. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-14.378; 16. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-14.384; 17. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-14.417; 18. Steven Garris, 58, Garris-14.454; 19. Shawn Arriaga, 56J, Arriaga-14.468; 20. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-14.471; 21. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-14.472; 22. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-14.490; 23. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-14.534; 24. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-14.558; 25. John Clark, 30C, Clark-14.626; 26. Thomas Meseraull, 42X, Bates-14.654; 27. Dan Gonderman, 11, Gonderman-14.704; 28. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-14.824; 29. Sparky Howard, 1V, Van Lare-15.232; 30. Ricky Brophy, 3L, Brophy-NT.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liggett, 2. Ellertson, 3. Thomas, 4. L.Williams, 5. Forsberg, 6. Johnson, 7. Howard, 8. Clark. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boespflug, 2. Bernal, 3. Meseraull, 4. Schank, 5. Gardner, 6. Garris, 7. C.Williams, 8. Brophy. NT

CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sussex, 2. Swanson, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Adams, 5. McIntosh, 6. Arriaga, 7. Gonderman. NT

STAND 21 RACER GOES SAFER FOUNDATION FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roa, 2. Spencer, 3. Ensign, 4. Gansen, 5. Bacon, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. A.Williams. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Johnson, 3. McIntosh, 4. Bacon, 5. Forsberg, 6. Arriaga, 7. Garris, 8. Clark, 9. C.Williams, 10. Howard, 11. A.Williams, 12. Gonderman, 13. Brophy. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Geoff Ensign, 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Kevin Thomas Jr., 5. Chase Johnson, 6. Max Adams, 7. Andy Forsberg, 8. Jace Vander Weerd, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Austin Williams, 11. Jake Swanson, 12. Brady Bacon, 13. Brody Roa, 14. Jeremy Ellertson, 15. Richard Vander Weerd, 16. Austin Liggett, 17. Terry Schank Jr., 18. Mike Spencer, 19. Logan Williams, 20. Stevie Sussex, 21. Chris Gansen, 22. Shawn Arriaga, 23. Ryan Bernal, 24. Jason McIntosh. NT

**A.Williams and R.Vander Weerd flipped during the fourth heat. Gonderman flipped during the semi. Bernal, Ellertson, and Arriaga flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Boespflug, Laps 9-18 Ensign, Laps 19-30 Gardner.

BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Austin Williams (24th to 10th)

NEW ALL COAST CONSTRUCTION CALIFORNIA SPRINT WEEK POINTS: 1-Gardner-203, 2-Ensign-191, 3-Meseraull-188, 4-Thomas-178, 5-R.Vander Weerd-176, 6-Boespflug-165, 7-A.Williams-150, 8-Bernal-149, 9-Adams-148, 10-Johnson-138.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Gardner-805, 2-R.Vander Weerd-762, 3-Swanson-731, 4-Roa-691, 5-A.Williams-683, 6-Spencer-632, 7-Adams-527, 8-C.Williams-482, 9-L.Williams-459, 10-Ellertson-458.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: September 8 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup Race of Champions” / “All Coast Construction California Sprint Week”