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| Weir Wins At Ventura For
Third Of Season by Ed Hollowell |
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VENTURA, CA-RIS- Scotty Weir took his third win of the season in the
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series as he moved from fourth to to first in
the final sixth laps.
Damion Gardner lead the first 14 laps of the 30 lap feature race
which he started on the pole. Weir started seventh and worked his
way up slowly as Gardner and Mike Spencer fought over the lead which
he took on lap 15. Spencer quickly opened a sizable lead while Rip
Williams and Rickie Gaunt fought to pass Gardner. On lap 20 Williams
took second When the race was restarted Weir got around Gardner for third and then went after second place Williams. Two laps later he had second place and he was on Spencer's tail. A lap later he took the lead and on lap 28 Williams passed Spencer to take second place while Spencer finished third. Troy Rutherford finished in fourth and Damion Gardner ended in fifth. Tony Jones was a disappointing 16^th and was reported to have headed over to Garrett Hansen's hauler after the race to express his feelings. The poor finish only further reduces his season driver points lead over Spencer. A month ago, before Tony broke his collar bone his lead was more than 150 points but has now been reduced to just 98. David Cardey was the fastest of the 40 qualifiers with a 12.325
second lap besting Danny Sheridan who was the second with a 12.665
second lap. The winners of the four heat races were Josh Ford, Cory
Kruseman, Dennis Rodriguez and Garrett Hansen. David Cardey won the
B feature with Tony Jones finishing second. |
