SANTA MARIA, Calif. — Nic Faas led all 30 laps to collect his first Lucas Oil USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series victory Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway.
Garrett Hansen challenged Faas, but could not steal the lead on the third-mile dirt track, finishing second at the checkered flag.
Point-leader Mike Spencer was third ahead of David Cardey and Rip Williams.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Jimmy Crawford, Crawford 51, 14.277; 2. Josh Ford, Ford 73, 14.353; 3. Rodney Argo, Argo 19, 14.380; 4. Rip Williams, Jory 3, 14.467; 5. Aaron Altaffer, Dorathy 21, 14.502; 6. J. Hicks, Miller 66, 14.543; 7. Danny Faria, Faria 17v, 14.547; 8. Mike Spencer, Chaffin 50, 14.547; 9. Danny Sheridan, Kittle 18, 14.577; 10. Garrett Hansen, Priestley 7, 14.598; 11. Alan Ballard, Stansberry 75, 14.650; 12. David Cardey, Crossno 38,14.810; 13. Cody Williams, Jory 44, 14.895; 14. Nic Faas, Faas 117, 14.939; 15. Jason May, May 8m, 15.068; 16. Daniel Hood, Hood 33h, 15.093; 17. Ludvig Solberg IV, Persall 84, 15.215; 18. Blake Miller, Gardner 93, 15.223; 19. Brein Kinney, Persall 85, 15.293; 20. Jeff Culver, Culver 71c, 15.338; 21. Todd Hunsaker, Hunsaker 6, 15.385; 22. Greg Bragg, Sertich 92, 15.445; 23. Dennis Rodriguez, Rodriguez 1d, 15.540; 24. Tyler Brown, Gardner 96, 15.562.
First Heat (10 laps): Bragg, Hansen, C. Williams, R. Williams, Crawford, Faria, Hood, Kinney.
Second Heat (10 laps): Faas, Solberg, Ford, Spencer, Ballard, Culver, Rodriguez, Althofer.
Third Heat (10 laps): Hunsaker, Cardey, Brown, Hicks, Sheridan, Argo, May, Miller.
Semi (10 laps): Argo, Crawford, Sheridan, Faria, Ballard, Altaffer, Hood, Culver, May, Kinney, Miller, Rodriguez.
Feature (30 laps): Faas, Hansen, Spencer, Cardey, R. Williams, Ford, Hicks, Argo, Bragg, Faria, C. Williams, Altaffer, Hunsaker, Crawford, Solberg, Brown, Culver, Sheridan, Ballard, Hood.