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EAST BAY SPRINT FIELD “DEMONIZED” AS GARDNER WINS AGAIN!
Gibsonton, FL……..Damion (The Demon) Gardner of Concord, Calif. remained undefeated in
2010 Amsoil USAC National Sprint racing Wednesday night, leading all 30 laps to win the “Bubba
Army Sprint Nationals” finale at East Bay Raceway Park. Gardner and his Pace
Lighting/Eagle/Shaver have led all 60 laps of this season’s two feature events after winning wire-
to-wire on Monday at the third-mile dirt oval. Starting alongside pole starter Dave Darland,
Gardner grabbed the lead exiting turn two on the opening lap and opened up a comfortable
margin. A yellow for Robert Ballou’s spin on lap 25 bunched up the field but on the restart
Gardner again pulled away for the win. Darland took second ahead of fast qualifier Jerry Coons
Jr., Brady Short and defending series champion Levi Jones, who came from 18th starting spot!
Gardner takes a 15-point lead over Short into the February 19-20 “Copper on Dirt” at USA Race
Park in Tucson, Ariz.
AMSOIL USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: February 10, 2010 – Gibsonton,
Florida – East Bay Raceway Park - “Bubba Army Sprint Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.039; 2. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-15.086; 3.
Kurt Gross, 1x, Gross-15.126; 4. Jeff Bland Jr., 38, Bland-15.143; 5. Damion Gardner, 71, DG-
15.159; 6. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-15.162; 7. Dave Darland, 67k, Kunz-15.169; 8. Brady
Short, 36, Short-15.197; 9. Ricky Williams, 11w, Williams-15.264; 10. Thomas Meseraull, 4G,
Cook-15.267; 11. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-15.270; 12. Shane Hmiel, 17, 56 Inc.-15.282; 13. Brett
Burdette, 17B, Burdette-15.310; 14. Bryan Clauson, 2B, RWB-15.328; 15. Chris Windom, 11,
Walker-15.339; 16. Caleb Armstrong, 7, Tucker-15.347; 17. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-15.389;
18. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-15.399; 19. Robert Ballou, 81, MPHG-15.412; 20. Jon Stanbrough,
53, Fox-15.424; 21. Casey Riggs, 37, Indiana Underground-15.433; 22. Kyle Cummins, 4u, Wild
Ride-15.606; 23. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-15.642; 24. Eric Smith, 14, Smith-15.688; 25. Justin
Grant, 5B, Baldwin-15.695; 26. Alex Shanks, 39w, Wade-15.780; 27. Mike Weber, 22w, Weber-
16.220; 28. Shane Wade, 66, Wade-16.641; 29. Dwayne Spille, 71s, Spille-16.798; 30. Rob
Chaney, 9x, SC-16.959; 31. Shawn Lawler, 18L, Lawler-17.425; 32. Hunter Schuerenberg, 2,
Epperson-20.813.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Williams, 3. Gardner, 4. Coons, 5. Riggs, 6. Burdette, 7.
Grant, 8. Spille.
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Clauson, 3. Clarke, 4. Meseraull, 5. Cottle, 6. Shanks, 7.
Cummins, 8. Chaney.
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ballou, 2. Darland, 3. Hines, 4. Gross, 5. East, 6. Weber, 7. Lawler, 8.
Windom.
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hmiel, 2. Bland, 3. Short, 4. Stanbrough, 5. C.Armstrong, 6. Wade, 7.
Smith, 8. Schuerenberg.
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Windom, 2. Cottle, 3. Burdette, 4. C.Armstrong, 5. East, 6. Cummins, 7. Riggs,
8. Smith, 9. Shanks, 10. Chaney, 11. Grant, 12. Weber, 13. Wade, 14. Lawler, 15. Spille.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Brady Short, 5.
Levi Jones, 6. Jeff Bland Jr., 7. Bryan Clauson, 8. Robert Ballou. 9. Henry Clarke, 10. Brett
Burdette, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jon Stanbrough, 13. Shane Hmiel, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Thomas
Meseraull, 16. Bobby East, 17. Ricky Williams, 18. Kyle Cummins, 19. Kurt Gross, 20. Kent
Christian, 21. Casey Riggs, 22. Caleb Armstrong, 23. Chris Windom. NT
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**Spille flipped during the semi-feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gardner.
NEW AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-137; 2-Short-122; 3-Clauson-118; 4-Jones-
104; 5-Darland-101; 6-Coons-101; 7-Ballou-92; 8-Cottle-88; 9-Stanbrough-84; 10-Clarke-82.
NEXT AMSOIL NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: February 19-20 – Tucson, AZ – USA Raceway -
“Copper on Dirt”
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