T-Mez Takes Ocean on the Last Lap

WATSONVILLE, Cal. (September 9, 2016) – Thomas Meseraull of San Jose, Calif. led only one lap Friday night at Ocean Speedway but it was the one that counted! He passed Damion Gardner on the final lap to win race five of the six-race All Coast Construction California Sprint Week AMSOIL USAC/CRA series.

Gardner retained the six-race series lead going into Saturday’s finale at Keller Auto Speedway at Kings Fairgrounds in Hanford. Trailing Meseraull’s Josh Bates-owned SportClips/LRB Manufacturing Maxim/Kistler were Gardner, Chad Boespflug, Ryan Bernal and Jake Swanson. Gardner’s California Sprint Week lead over Meseraull stands at 23 points going to Hanford.

USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 9, 2016 – Watsonville, California – Ocean Speedway – All-Coast Construction California Sprint Week

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 4, Alexander-12.555; 2. Danny Faria Jr., 17V, Faria-12.681; 3. Jake Swanson, 92, Sertich-12.695; 4. Stevie Sussex, 21AZ, Burkhart-12.740; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 42X, Bates-12.745; 6. Chad Boespflug, 69. Kaiser-12.786; 7. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-12,822; 8. Ryan Bernal. 56, Phulps-12.842; 9. Max Adams, 5M, Adams-12.844; 10. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-12.859; 11. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-12.864; 12. Kevin Thomas Jr., 42, Cheney-12.870; 13. Austin Liggett, 83, Liggett-12.872; 14. Kyler Shaw, 92BC, Shaw-12.873; 15. Mike Spencer, 4S, Gansen-12.883; 16. Brady Bacon, 73, Ford-12.921; 17. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-12.942; 18. Jace Vander Weerd, 88, Vander Weerd-12.977; 19. Jeremy Ellertson, 98, Ellertson-13.073; 20. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-13.081; 21. Logan Williams, 5, Jory-13.091; 22. Steven Garris, 58, Garris-13.124; 23. Richard Vander Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-13.213;. 24. Koen Shaw, 88BC, Shaw-13.374; 25. Tim DeCarlo, 17S, Shanoian-13.657; 26. Ryan Stolz, 56X, Stolz-13.881.

EXTREME MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Liggett, 3. Bacon, 4. A.Williams, 5. Sussex, 6. Ensign, 7. Ellertson, 8. Garris, 9. DiCarlo. NT

DJ SAFETY SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bernal, 2. Roa, 3. Meseraull, 4. Faria, 5. R.Vander Weerd, 6. C.Williams, 7. Gansen, 8. Stolz, 9. Ky.Shaw. NT

CIRCLE TRACK PERFORMANCE / KEIZER ALUMINUM WHEELS THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Boespflug, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Spencer, 5. Adams, 6. Swanson, 7. L.Williams, 8. Ko.Shaw. NT

BROWN & MILLER RACING SOLUTIONS SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Swanson, 2. Sussex, 3. Ensign, 4. Adams, 5. Ky.Shaw, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. L.Williams, 8. Gansen, 9. Ko.Shaw, 10. Ellertson, 11. Stolz, 12. C.Williams. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Thomas Meseraull, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Chad Boespflug, 4. Ryan Bernal, 5. Jake Swanson, 6. Austin Williams, 7. Brody Roa, 8. Brady Bacon, 9. Stevie Sussex, 10. Kevin Thomas Jr., 11. Danny Faria Jr., 12. Kyler Shaw, 13. Richard Vander Weerd, 14. Jace Vander Weerd, 15. Max Adams, 16. Geoff Ensign, 17. Jeremy Ellertson, 18. Koen Shaw, 19. Chris Gansen, 20. Logan Williams, 21. Austin Liggett, 22. Mike Spencer. NT

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**Garris flipped during first heat. Ky.Shaw flipped during second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Bernal, Laps 4-29 Gardner, Lap 30 Meseraull.

BR MOTORSPORTS / KING RACING PRODUCTS HARD CHARGER: Brady Bacon (16th to 8th)