LARSON SWEEPS SUNDAY’s “VERMEIL CLASSIC” WITH SPRINT WIN
Calistoga, CA……..Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. completed a “sweep” of Sunday’s 6th “Louie Vermeil Classic” USAC features at Calistoga Speedway, winning the 30-lap AMSOIL USAC/CRA & Western Classic Sprint feature after previously winning the 25-lap Midget race. He passed Mike Spencer on the white-flag lap and led the last two laps of the Sprint race in his Keith Ford Berry Pack/King Racing Products Special to beat Bud Kaeding, Austin Williams, fast qualifier Spencer and Bradley Terrell.
USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA/WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-19.504; 2. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-19.598; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-19.831; 4. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-20.085; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-20.109; 6. Geoff Ensign, 5V, VanLare-20.113; 7. D.J. Johnson, 33, Johnson-20.138; 8. Kyle Larson, 73X, Ford-20.241; 9. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-20.352; 10. Bud Kaeding, 29, Bowman-20.359; 11. Kyle Hirst, 83, Tiner-20.370; 12. Andy Forsberg, 7C, Geaney-20.426; 13. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-20.526; 14. Damion Gardner, 4A, Alexander-20.535; 15. Tim Barber, 3F, Finkenbinder-20.535; 16. Bryan Clauson, 16B, Martin-20.577; 17. Colby Copeland, 23, Melgoza-20.643; 18. Chad Boespflug, 14, Pierson/Vertullo-20.766; 19. Matt Streeter, 14JR, Streeter-20.865; 20. Terry Schank Jr., 1, Gleeson-21.040; 21. Bradley Terrell, 43, Terrell-21.060; 22. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-21.062; 23. James Sweeney, 11, Lewis-21.411; 24. Klint Simpson, 84, Simpson-21.473; 25. Evan Pardo, 21, Spear-21.618; 26. Scott Hall, 56K, Hall-21.757; 27. Trevor Schmid, 2X, Schmid-21.847; 28. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-21.948; 29. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-21.959; 30. Tim Sherman Jr., 1JR, Sherman-21.998; 31. Jim Richardson, 8, Richardson-22.290; 32. Sparky Howard, 5D, VanLare-22.439; 33. Tom Baker, 3T, Baker-23.282; 34. Ryan Bernal, 73, Ford-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Terrell, 3. C.Williams, 4. Mitchell, 5. Copeland, 6. Hogg, 7. Pardo, 8. R.Gardner, 9. Baker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hunt, 4. Ensign, 5. Faas, 6. Boespflug, 7. Hall, 8. Sherman. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Roa, 3. Johnson, 4. Hirst, 5. Sweeney, 6. Schmid, 7. Barber, 8. Richardson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. A.Williams, 3. Clauson, 4. Forsberg, 5. Martin, 6. Schank, 7. Simpson, 8. Howard. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Faas, 2. R.Gardner, 3. Boespflug, 4. Copeland, 5. Schank, 6. Barber, 7. Martin, 8. Simpson, 9. Sherman, 10. Pardo, 11. Schmid, 12. Sweeney, 13. Hall, 14. Richardson, 15. Hogg, 16. Howard, 17. Barber. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Austin Williams, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Bradley Terrell, 6. Geoff Ensign, 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Nic Faas, 9. Matt Mitchell, 10. Brody Roa, 11. Colby Copeland, 12. Chad Boespflug, 13. Andy Forsberg, 14. Cody Williams, 15. Ronnie Gardner, 16. Matt Streeter, 17. Terry Schank Jr., 18. Tony Hunt, 19. Tim Barber, 20. D.J. Johnson, 21. Kyle Hirst, 22. Damion Gardner. NT
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**Hall flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Johnson, Laps 8-28 Spencer, Laps 29-30 Larson.
NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-D.Gardner-1,042, 2-Faas-935, 3-Spencer-896, 4-Mitchell-726, 5-Kaeding-694, 6-A.Williams-672, 7-C.Williams-666, 8-Roa-610, 9-Bernal-551, 10-Richard Vander Weerd-415.
NEW USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bernal-590, 2-Johnson-537, 3-Hunt-499, 4-Hogg-455, 5-Landon Hurst-113, 6-Gordon Rodgers-94, 7-Marty Hawkins-86, 8-Bud Kaeding-73, 9-Geoff Ensign-71, 10-Richard Vander Weerd-68.
NEXT USAC AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 14 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
NEXT USAC WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway – “Gold Cup”
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LARSON TAKES SUNDAY’S “LOUIE VERMEIL CLASSIC” MIDGET
Calistoga, CA………Kyle Larson of Elk Grove, Calif. wheeled the Kunz Motorsports/Curb-Agajanian Toyota TRD Bullet/Speedway Toyota to victory in Sunday’s 25-lap Honda USAC Western Midget race at Calistoga Speedway, part of the 6th “Louie Vermeil Classic.” He led the last 23 laps after passing Shane Golobic on lap three. Rico Abreu finished second, followed by Bryan Clauson, Golobic and fast qualifier and series point leader Ronnie Gardner.
USAC HONDA WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 1, 2013 – Calistoga, California – Calistoga Speedway – “6th Louie Vermeil Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Six8-20.759; 2. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-21.070; 3. Kyle Larson, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-21.125; 4. Tanner Thorson, 67X, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-21.252; 5. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-21.293; 6. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-21.466; 7. Johnathon Henry, 55, Neverlift-21.491; 8. Jake Swanson, 05, Van Dyne/Swanson-21.539; 9. Bryan Clauson, 73, Ford-21.607; 10. Alex Schutte, 28, Morris-21.640; 11. Cody Swanson, 71, Swanson-21.914; 12. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-21.970; 13. Scott Buckley, 7NZ, Buckley-22.534; 14. Britton Bock, 67, Bock-22.627; 15. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-22.686; 16. David Prickett, 15, Prickett-22.800; 17. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-22.892; 18. Scott Kinney, 27C, Blackwell-23.203; 19. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-23.205; 20. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-23.324; 21. Jim Christian, 0, LaMott-23.644; 22. Mike Gehringer, 27X, Gehringer-23.833; 23. Lance Hallmark, 8H, Hallmark-24.271.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thorson, 2. Gardner, 3. Buckley, 4. Henry, 5. Schutte, 6. Prickett. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. J.Swanson, 3. Pierovich, 4. C.Swanson, 5. Edwards, 6. Bock, 7. Hallmark. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Larson, 2. Clauson, 3. Golobic, 4. Pankratz, 5. Simas, 6. Kinney, 7. Christian. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Kyle Larson, 2. Rico Abreu, 3. Bryan Clauson, 4. Shane Golobic, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Scott Pierovich, 7. Tanner Thorson, 8. Alex Schutte, 9. Cody Swanson, 10. Taylor Simas, 11. Scott Buckley, 12. Jake Swanson, 13. David Prickett, 14. Randi Pankratz, 15. Scott Kinney, 16. Lance Hallmark, 17. Johnathon Henry, 18. Kyle Edwards, 19. Jim Christian, 20. Terry Nichols, 21. Mike Gehringer, 22. Pete Davis, 23. Britton Bock. NT
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**Bock flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Golobic, Laps 3-25 Larson.
NEW HONDA WESTERN DIRT MIDGET POINTS: 1-Gardner-817, 2-J.Swanson-705, 3-Prickett-550, 4-Pierovich-550, 5-C.Swanson-383, 6-Nick Chivello-368, 7-Pankratz-366, 8-Shannon McQueen-342, 9-Edwards-295, 10-Frankie Guerrini-273.
NEXT HONDA USAC WESTERN MIDGET RACE: September 5 – Chico, CA – Silver Dollar Speedway