Bryan Clauson wins opening night of Budweiser Oval Nationals!

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USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
November 5, 2009 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 37, Indiana Underground-16.364, 2. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-16.570, 3. Ronnie Gardner, 96, Gardner-16.659, 4. Bryan Clauson, 7, Tucker-16.680, 5. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-16.758, 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.934, 7. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-16.935, 8. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-16.954, 9. Matt Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-16.957, 10. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.999, 11. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.006, 12. Garrett Hansen, 7x, Priestley-17.020, 13. Cole Whitt, 67k, Kunz-17.031, 14. Darren Hagen, 4x, Alexander-17.047, 15. Justin Grant, 5, Baldwin-17.050, 16. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.061, 17. Coleman Gullick, 14, Gullick-17.063, 18. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.098, 19. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-17.103, 20. Jeff Bland, Jr., 36r, Short-17.112, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 11, Crawford-17.116, 22. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.132, 23. Blake Miller, 93x, Gardner-17.181, 24. Brady Short, 36, Short-17.183, 25. Dave Darland, 2B, RWB-17.185, 26. Kevin Swindell 83, Roth-17.191, 27. Davey Pombo, 11p, Buster & Ziggy-17.195, 28. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-17.245, 29. Matthew Shedarowich, 8z, Shedarowich-17.262, 30. Jerry Coons Jr., 73, Ford-17.262, 31. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK Racing-17.285, 32. Austin Mero, 71k, Kruseman-17.287, 33. John Aden, 7a, Aden-17.318, 34. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.353, 35. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-17.355, 36. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.389, 37. Casey Riggs, 37r, Riggs-17.448, 38. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.452, 39. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-17.465, 40. Austin Williams, 2, Jory-17.494, 41. Keith Bloom, Jr., 27, Braund-17.506, 42. Brian Camarillo, 22, Camarillo-17.517, 43. Ludvig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.529, 44. Cody Kershaw, 51k, Camarillo-17.650, 45. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-17.670, 46. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.738, 47. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG Motorsports-17.759, 48. Peter Murphy, 21t, Tarlton-17.762, 49. Steve Sussex, 0, Price-17.815, 50. Brent Camarillo, 51, Camarillo-18.014, 51. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-18.027, 52. Marty Hawkins, 3m, Hawkins-18.332. (Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-withdrawn)
“C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Solberg, 2. Brian Camarillo, 3. J.Vander Weerd, 4. Sussex, 5. Bates, 6. Murphy, 7. Kershaw, 8. Brent Camarillo, 9. Perkins, 10. Hawkins, 11. Gutierrez. 2:56.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Mero, 4. R. Williams, 5. Crawford, 6. Riggs, 7. Pombo, 8. Boat. 2:51.58 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Williams, 2. D.Gardner, 3. Aden, 4. Hansen, 5. Faas, 6. Gullick, 7. Johnson, 8. Kruseman. 2:53.79 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Short, 3. Whitt, 4. Bragg, 5. St. James, 6. R.Gardner, 7. Shedarowicz, 8. Clarke. NT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.Williams, 2. Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Clauson, 5. Mitchell, 6. R.Vander Weerd, 7. Hagen, 8. Coons. NT FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Bland, 3. T.Jones, 4. Kaeding, 5. Bloom, 6. L.Jones, 7. Swindell. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. L.Jones, 2. Clarke, 3. Faas, 4. R.Gardner, 5. Mitchell, 6. Hagen, 7. Boat, 8. Crawford, 9. Swindell, 10. Johnson, 11. Pombo, 12. R.Vander Weerd, 13. Bloom, 14. Solberg, 15. Coons, 16. Sussex, 17. J.Vander Weerd, 18. Riggs, 19. Brian Camarillo, 20. St. James, 21. Gullick, 22. Kruseman, 23. Shedarowicz. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Jon Stanbrough, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Cole Whitt, 10. Ronnie Gardner, 11. Greg Bragg, 12. Brady Short, 13. David Cardey, 14. Bud Kaeding, 15. Nic Faas, 16. Dave Darland, 17. John Aden, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Jeff Bland Jr., 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Matt Mitchell, 22. Garrett Hansen, 23. Cody Williams, 24. Tony Jones, 25. Austin Williams, 26. Chad Boat, 27. Austin Mero. NT
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**Blake Miller flipped #93 during qualifying. Blake Miller flipped #93x during qualifying. Clarke flipped during the third heat. Swindell flipped during the fifth heat. A.Williams flipped on lap 17 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Clauson. NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-L.Jones-1,614; 2-Darland-1,554; 3-Whitt-1,490; 4-Coons-1,352; 5-Hines-1,282; 6-D.Gardner-1,178; 7-Hagen-938; 8-Boat-875; 9-Clauson-834; 10-Brad Sweet-784. NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Spencer-795; 2-Cardey-772; 3-Blake Miller-687; 4-Hansen-680; 5-Sheridan-606; 6-Bragg-602; 7-Mitchell-518; 8-R.Williams-491; 9-Kruseman-410; 10-C.Williams-352. NEXT USAC NATIONAL & LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 14th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

Bryan Clauson takes night 1 of the Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway. Stan Junior Photo Click image to en-large

The top three finishers from Thursday's Oval Nationals at Perris Auto Speedway with (left to right) runner up JON STANBROUGH, winner BRYAN CLAUSON, and third place finisher LEVI JONES............ANOTHER HEIN BROTHERS "ACTION" PHOTOGRAPH