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KIRBY AGAIN AT PERRIS; CRA HEADS TO
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MAY 3, 2004...Mike Kirby of Torrance, Calif. scored his third Perris (Calif)
Auto Speedway victory of the 2004 Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car campaign
Saturday night at the 1/2-mile dirt oval. The victory solidified his third-place
ranking in the series points going into this Saturday night's races at Manzanita
Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. Kirby caught Jeremy Sherman on the fourth lap and was never again headed as he and his Glen Crossno ITI Performance/Sander Engineering TCR/Downing beat series leader Rip Williams, Damion Gardner, Tony Jones and Gary W. Howard. Williams, the fastest qualifier, emerged with a 27-point advantage over Gardner and 45-point lead over Kirby going into Saturday's Phoenix race. A 30-lapper is scheduled on the 1/2-mile dirt Manzanita oval. VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 1, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.881; 2. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestlet-17.893; 3. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-17.908; 4. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.975; 5. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.988; 6. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-18.130; 7. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-18.145; 8. Jeremy Sherman, 0, Shoemaker-18.155; 9. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-18.177; 10. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-18.253; 11. Jordan Hermansdaer, 4, Alexander-18.461; 12. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-18.481; 13. Dwayne Marcum, 25, Ruth-18.512; 14. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-18.534; 15. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-18.584; 16. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-18.593; 17. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-18.687; 18. J. Hicks, 66, Miller-18.748; 19. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-18.847; 20. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-18.920; 21. Steve Venard, 49, Glover-19.025; 22. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-19.096; 23. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-19.245; 24. Matt Rossi, 16, Rossi-19.373; 25. Nadine Keller, 6z, Keller-19.663; 26. Dwight Cheney, 42, Cheney-20.187; 27. David Sinsley, 69, Sinsley-20.262. FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ostling, 2. Gardner, 3. Williams, 4. Kirby, 5. Jones, 6. Heidenreich, 7. Hillberg, 8. Marcum, 9. Keller. 3:02.29 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sherman, 2. Hermansader, 3. Rutherford, 4. Bragg, 5. Ziehl, 6. Becker, 7. Cheney, 8. Feduska, 9. Cardey. NT THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Rossi, 3. S.Venard, 4. Cody, 5. Howard, 6. B.Venard, 7. Case, 8. Hicks, 9. Sinsley. 3:16.59 SEMI: (10 laps) 1. B.Venard, 2. Becker, 3. Case, 4. Marcum, 5. Hillberg, 6. Hicks, 7. Keller, 8. Feduska, 9. Cheney, 10. Heidenreich, 11.Sinsley, 12. Cardey. NT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Kirby, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Tony Jones, 5. Gary W. Howard, 6. Steve Ostling, 7. Greg Bragg, 8. Jordan Hermansader, 9. Rick Becker, 10. Matt Rossi, 11. Brian Venard, 12. Rick Ziehl, 13. Dan Hillberg, 14. Steve Venard, 15. Nadine Keller, 16. Jeremy Sherman, 17. Rodney Argo, 18. Troy Rutherford, 19. J.Hicks, 20. Bobby Cody, 21. Ronnie Case, 22. Dwayne Marcum. NT --------------------------------------- **Argo & Rutherford flipped on lap 24 of the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Sherman, Laps 4-30 Kirby. NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-412; 2-Gardner-385; 3-Kirby-367; 4-Rutherford-353; 5-Jones-268; 6-Cory Kruseman-242; 7-Sherman-237; 8-Bragg-217; 9-Hermansader-205; 10-B.Venard-202. NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 8 - Phoenix, AZ - Manzanita Speedway |
