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Hansen Hustles To Perris Sprint Score
USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series. Perris Auto Speedway
TWO GROOVES: Garrett Hansen (7) blasts under Cody Williams en route to winning Saturday's USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series feature at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. (Doug Allen)
PERRIS, Calif. — Garrett Hansen drove Mark Preistley’s Roy Miller Freightlines No. 7 Maxim to his second-career USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series victory Saturday at Perris Auto Speedway.
One week made a big difference for Hansen, who rode out a vicious flip just seven days prior at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. Showing no ill-effects of the incident, Hansen led the final 18 laps of the 25-lap event and became the 11th different winner in 14 races this season.
“Last week was one of the hardest flips I’ve taken, and it definitely dinged me out for the first part of the week,” Hansen admitted. “But to be able to come back and do this proves that I can get back in the car and not worry about anything.”
Matt Mitchell grabbed the early lead, with Hansen making his winning move on lap eight.
Blake Miller came forward to finish second, with defending series champion Tony Jones, point-leader Mike Spencer and Danny Sheridan rounding out the top five.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. David Cardey, Crossno 38, 18.017; 2. Mike Spencer, Chaffin 50, 18.056; 3. Eric Severson, Leonard 48n, 18.100; 4. Tyler Brown, Gardner 96, 18.116; 5. Danny Sheridan, Kittle 18, 18.117; 6. Garrett Hansen, Preistley 7, 18.205; 7. Alan Ballard, Stansberry 75, 18.245; 8. Blake Miller, Gardner 93, 18.272; 9. Matt Mitchell, Mitchell 87, 18.356; 10. Tony Jones, Alexander 4, 18.386; 11. Rickie Gaunt, Gardner 25x, 18.442; 12. Cody Williams, Jory 3, 18.483; 13. Brian Venard, Blair 12, 18.499; 14. Alex Schutte, Kruseman 5, 18.577; 15. Jonny Bates, Bates 33, 18.603; 16. Henry Clarke, Kruseman 41k, 18.759; 17. Austin Mero, Kruseman 71k, 18.786; 18. Ronnie Case, Case 8, 18.853; 19. J.J. Ercse, Persall 84, 19.104; 20. Brien Kinney, Persall 85, 19.162; 21. Todd Hunsaker, Hunsaker 6, 19.227.
First Heat (10 laps): Jones, Ballard, Clarke, Brown, Ercse, Cardey, Venard.
Second Heat (10 laps): Spencer, Miller, Sheridan, Gaunt, Schutte, Mero, Kinney.
Third Heat (10 laps): Mitchell, Severson, Case, Hansen, Williams, Hunsaker, Bates.
Feature (25 laps): Hansen, Miller, Jones, Spencer, Sheridan, Brown, Venard, Schutte, Mero, Hunsaker, Williams, Gaunt, Clarke, Severson, Case, Mitchell, Kinney, Ballard, Ercse, Cardey, Bates.