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Photo by Mike
Grosswendt
BRODY ROA SPRINTS TO “SO-CAL SHOWDOWN”
TRIUMPH AT PERRIS
Perris, California… After
taking the lead from R.J. Johnson on lap
16, Brody Roa held off all challengers to
become the third different driver in as
many races to claim an AMSOIL USAC/CRA
Sprint Car triumph in 2019. Racing the BR
Performance #91R HD Industries / Burris
Racing Maxim, Roa topped the “So-Cal
Showdown” at Perris Auto Speedway over
fast qualifier Richard Vander Weerd, “The
Big Game Hunter” Austin Williams, Austin
Liggett, and Stevie Sussex.
Starting on
the pole position, Roa claimed his seventh
career series main event win. Jace Vander
Weerd earned the Specialty Fasteners Hard
Charger Award with a seventeenth to eighth
place run.
Richard Vander
Weerd scored his eighth career Woodland
Auto Display Fast Time Award over the
27-car roster by posting a time of 16.508.
A.J. Bender
took the checkered flags in the Extreme
Mufflers Heat Race #1. “The Demon” Damion
Gardner and R.J. Johnson claimed their
10-lap heat races.
The next event
for the AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series
will be the April 13th “Sokola Shootout”
at Perris Auto Speedway.
The AMSOIL
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series thanks All
Coast Construction, Circle Track
Performance, Competition Suspension
Incorporated, Extreme Mufflers, Five Star
Grafix, Flowdynamics, Hoosier Racing Tire,
Loudpedal Productions, Pyrotect Racing
Cells, Saldana Racing Products, Specialty
Fasteners, surfnsprint.com, Ultra Shield
Race Products, and Woodland Auto Display
for their support.
For more
information on USAC/CRA, visit
www.usacracing.com and the social media
for USAC Racing. You can also find
exclusive content on the USAC/CRA
Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages.
AMSOIL
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
March 30, 2019 – Perris Auto Speedway –
Perris, California – “So-Cal Showdown”
WOODLAND AUTO
DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Richard Vander
Weerd, 10, Vander Weerd-16.509; 2. Damion
Gardner, 4, Alexander-16.566; 3. Cody
Williams, 44, Williams-16.633; 4. Tommy
Malcolm, 5X, Napier-16.636; 5. Austin
Williams, 92, Sertich-16.637; 6. R.J.
Johnson, 51, Martin-16.672; 7. Austin
Liggett, 83, Liggett-16.845; 8. Brody Roa,
91R, BR-16.856; 9. Josh Hodges, 74X,
Hodges-16.932; 10. Stevie Sussex, 12,
Allen-16.935; 11. Charles Davis Jr., 50,
Davis-17.012; 12. Landon Cling, 54C,
Cling-17.015; 13. Danny Faria Jr., 42,
Cheney-17.042; 14. Matt Mitchell, 37,
Mitchell-17.145; 15. Chris Gansen, 4G,
Gansen-17.172; 16. A.J. Bender, 21,
Bender-17.215; 17. Mike Martin, 16,
Martin-17.223; 18. Jace Vander Weerd, 88,
Vander Weerd-17.229; 19. Sterling Cling,
34C, Cling-17.248; 20. Kyle Edwards, 39E,
Edwards-17.370; 21. Verne Sweeney, 98,
Tracy-17.396; 22. Matt McCarthy, 28M,
McCarthy-17.419; 23. Joel Rayborne, 12B,
Blair-17.717; 24. Jake Swanson, 42X,
Cheney-17.775; 25. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T,
Tafoya-17.813; 26. Steve Hix, 57,
Hix-18.110; 27. Jeff Dyer, 39,
Cal-Sun-18.184.
EXTREME
MUFFLERS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bender,
2. Faria, 3. Sussex, 4. R.Vander Weerd, 5.
Liggett, 6. Malcolm, 7. McCarthy, 8.
S.Cling, 9. Tafoya. 2:58.41.
SECOND HEAT:
(10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. A.Williams, 3.
Roa, 4. Davis, 5. Mitchell, 6. Martin, 7.
Rayborne, 8. Hix, 9. Edwards. NT
THIRD HEAT:
(10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. C.Williams, 3.
Hodges, 4. Gansen, 5. Swanson, 6. J.Vander
Weerd, 7. Sweeney, 8. L.Cling, 9. Dyer.
3:00.76.
SEMI: (12
laps) 1. Malcolm, 2. Liggett, 3. J.Vander
Weerd, 4. Martin, 5. Mitchell, 6. Sweeney,
7. Edwards, 8. McCarthy, 9. Swanson, 10.
S.Cling, 11. Tafoya, 12. L. Cling, 13.
Dyer, 14. Rayborne, 15. Hix. NT.
FEATURE: (30
laps, starting positions in parenthesis)
1. Brody Roa (1), 2. Richard Vander Weerd
(6), 3. Austin Williams (3), 4. Austin
Liggett (8), 5. Stevie Sussex (10), 6.
Charles Davis Jr. (11), 7. Damion Gardner
(5), 8. Jace Vander Weerd (17), 9. Danny
Faria Jr. (12), 10. Mike Martin (16), 11.
Tommy Malcolm (7), 12. Chris Gansen (14),
13. Kyle Edwards (19), 14. Sterling Cling
(18), 15. Verne Sweeney (20), 16. R.J.
Johnson (2), 17. A.J. Bender (15), 18.
Josh Hodges (9), 19. Matt Mitchell (13),
20. Cody Williams (4), 21. Jake Swanson
(22), 22. Matt McCarthy (21). NT.
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**C.Williams
flipped on lap 1 of the feature. Bender
and Johnson flipped on lap 16 of the
feature.
FEATURE LAP
LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Johnson, Laps 16-30
Roa.
SPECIALTY
FASTENERS HARD CHARGER: Jace Vander Weerd
(17th to 8th)
NEW AMSOIL
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Roa-218,
2-Gardner-204, 3-A.Williams-188,
4-Johnson-182, 5-Sussex-174, 6-Hodges-164,
7-Davis-144, 8-Martin-136, 9-Malcolm-126,
-Isaac Chapple-126.
NEXT AMSOIL
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: April 13 –
Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – “Sokola
Shootout”
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