Faas is Fierce in USAC/CRA Sprints at Perris - Kills Quick Time & Feature

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Perris, CA | Oct 8, 2011 - Nic Faas of Huntington Beach, California started out the night by setting quick time and finished by leading the final 16 laps to win Saturday night’s 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris Auto Speedway. Faas trailed Rickie Gaunt for 14 laps, then led the rest of the way in his Mark Alexander entry to beat Gaunt, Mike Spencer, Rip Williams and Greg Bragg.

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-26.370; 2. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.532; 3. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.958; 4. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.014; 5. Cory Kruseman, 7, Priestley-17.074; 6. David Cardey, 59, Cardey-17.082; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.163; 8. Rip Williams, 3, Williams-17.170; 9. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-17.193; 10. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.206; 11. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.258; 12. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.294; 13. Brody Roa, 91R, Roa-17.496; 14. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.505;15. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.910; 16. David Bezio, 37X, Bezio-17.984; 17. Josh Pelkey, 12a, Allen-17.994; 18. Andrew Reinbold, 19a, Reinbold-18.052; 19. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-18.057; 20. Jerry Welton, 62, Welton-18.383; 21. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.429; 22. Dakota Kershaw, 20x, KMS-18.454; 23. Cal Smith, 39, CalSun-18.571; 24. Gary Potter, 6, Potter-18.989; 25. Corey Ballard, 20, Ballard-19.180; 26. Randy Waitman, 69, Waitman-19.196; 27. Gavin Matlock, 25, Matlock-19.718; 28. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-19.793; 29. John Franklin, 36, Springstead-19.965; 20. Ray Potter, 33X, Potter-21.203.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Gaunt, 3. Roa, 4. Faas, 5. Kershaw, 6. Waitman, 7. Reinbold. 2:59.93

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Johnson, 3. Aden, 4. Smith, 5. Matlock, 6. Gardner, 7. Spencer. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Sweeney, 3. Bezio, 4. Bragg, 5. Welton, 6. Adderson, 7. G.Potter. 3:08.26

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. R.Williams, 3. Pelkey, 4. C.Williams, 5. Ballard, 6. Everhart, 7. Franklin. 3:13.80

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Reinbold, 3. Gardner, 4. Ballard, 5. Kershaw, 6. Adderson, 7. Waitman, 8. Welton, 9. Matlock, 10. Franklin, 11. Everhart, 12. G.Potter, 13. R.Potter. NT

FEATURE RESULTS: (30 laps)
1. Nic Faas, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Mike Spencer, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Matt Mitchell, 8. Austin Williams, 9. R.J. Johnson, 10. Cody Williams, 11. John Aden, 12. Brody Roa, 13. Verne Sweeney, 14. Josh Pelkey, 15. David Bezio, 16. Andrew Reinbold, 17. Dakoda Kershaw, 18. Ronnie Gardner, 19. Royal Adderson, 20. Corey Ballard, 21. Cal Smith, 22. David Cardey. NT
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**Perkins flipped during qualifying. R.Potter flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Gaunt, Laps 15-30 Faas.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS: 1-Spencer-930; 2-Faas-899; 2-Mitchell-891; 4-A.Williams-678; 5-Bragg-615; 6-C.Williams-545; 7-Danny Sheridan-471; 8-R.Williams-467; 9-Gaunt-451; 10-Cardey-443.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: October 28 – Peoria, AZ - Canyon Speedway Park