1/30/22 1:09 AM DAMION GARDNER GOES 3-FOR-3 AT YUMA

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AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: January 29, 2022 – Cocopah Speedway – Yuma, Arizona

WOODLAND AUTO DISPLAY QUALIFYING: 1. Cody Williams, 44, Williams-16.213 (New Track Record); 2. Damion Gardner, 1, Alexander-16.284; 3. Brody Roa, 91R, BR-16.394; 4. Charles Davis Jr., 47, Davis-16.430; 5. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-16.483; 6. Austin Williams, 2, Williams-16.533; 7. Logan Williams, 5W, McCarthy-16.589; 8. Chase Johnson, 2Y, Yeley-16.601; 9. Eddie Tafoya Jr., 51T, Tafoya-16.615; 10. Tommy Malcolm, 5X, Napier-16.635; 11. Ricky Lewis, 41, Lewis-16.711; 12. Chris Gansen, 4G, Gansen-16.922; 13. Mike Martin, 16, Martin-17.035; 14. Matt McCarthy, 28M, McCarthy-17.050; 15. Dustin Cormany, 29, Holloway-17.198; 16. Verne Sweeney, 98, Tracy-17.264; 17. Travis Buckley, 21X, Kruseman-17.531; 18. Nate Schank, 1$, Schank-17.668; 19. Shane Sexton, 74, Sexton/Gatlin-17.729; 20. Jonas Reynolds, 0, Reynolds-17.805; 21. Danny Parrish, 21K, Kruseman-18.092; 22. Jess Beckett, 10, Powers-18.382.

FLOWDYNAMICS FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Malcolm, 2. Sweeney, 3. Davis, 4. Martin, 5. Sexton, 6. Beckett, 7. C.Williams, 8. L.Williams. NT.

BILLSJERKY.COM SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Johnson, 3. Mitchell, 4. McCarthy, 5. Reynolds, 6. Lewis, 7. Buckley. NT.*

LASERXMFG THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cormany, 2. A.Williams, 3. Gansen, 4.Tafoya, 5. Schank, 6. Parrish, 7. Roa. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps, with Starting Positions) 1. Damion Gardner (6), 2. Eddie Tafoya Jr. (1), 3. Matt Mitchell (4), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (5), 5. Brody Roa (7), 6. Tommy Malcolm (9), 7. Logan Williams (8), 8. Chris Gansen (11), 9. Dustin Cormany (14), 10. Mike Martin (12), 11. Shane Sexton (18), 12. Verne Sweeney (15), 13. Nate Schank (17), 14. Matt McCarthy (13), 15. Danny Parrish (20), 16. Chase Johnson (2), 17. Jess Beckett (21), 18. Jonas Reynolds (19), 19. Austin Williams (3), 20. Ricky Lewis (10). NT.*

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**Johnson flipped on lap 16 of the feature. Buckley did not start the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Johnson, Laps 3-30 Gardner.

IN MEMORY OF JIM & CHET GARDNER HARD CHARGER: Shane Sexton (18th to 11th)

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Damion Gardner-246, 2-Charles Davis Jr.-209, 3-Brody Roa-195, 4-Eddie Tafoya Jr.-181, 5-Austin Williams-173, 6-Logan Williams-172, 7-Tommy Malcolm-166, 8-Mike Martin-147, 9-Chris Gansen-145, 10. Matt Mitchell-139.

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: March 4 – Thunderbowl Raceway – Tulare, California

No RJ Johnson?

Damion sure has them covered out west. I wish I would’ve been able to watch but for some reason it wasn’t on Flo in spite of the USAC banner. I know it’s USAC/CRA but I could swear Floracing had plenty of their races last year. I did see a couple highlights here and there and it didn’t look very well supported. I don’t know for sure with limited view, but at least the bottom part of the bleachers were exceptionally roomy. I hope it was better than what I saw because it’s a wonderful facility. Maybe someone who was there can fill us in

I'd sure like for DG to be able to procure funding for he & his team to participate in ISW22.

I was there for all 3 nights. The first 2 were poorly attended fan-wise, and the final night was a little better. I base that assessment on cars in the parking lot rather than trying to count heads in the grandstands, but from my perspective, there were few people below the top 6 or 7 rows. It was very breezy all 3 days. The winds died down in the evenings, but the temps also dropped into the mid '40s, so I suspect that had a lot to do with the poor crowd turnout. The sprint racing was great all 3 nights, although there were multiple red flags during the Thursday sprint feature. Things settled down the next 2 nights, with a green to checkered 30 lapper the second night, and only 1 red on the final evening.

There were 3 field filler classes, with car counts of 3, 6 and 10, so they didn't drag out the program too much.

Thanks DD. I hope it’s good enough that they can build on it for the future. We were there for the first Winter Heat deal a few years ago and loved the place and the atmosphere. Sometimes I wonder if USAC might be better served to start their season there and scrap the Florida deal. A lot closer to California cars, however a bit further from Indy. 3 nights of USAC sprints and midgets at Cocopah to start the season sounds good

Working on it. He told me if I can find funding he will come to ISW. Also he wouldn't be opposed to driving for a different team during ISW just not many open rides available.