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WILLIAMS TOPS VENTURA CRA; PERRIS "SALUTE TO INDY" SATURDAY
by Dick Jordan

(MAY 24, 2004) Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series point leader Rip Williams
of Yorba Linda, Calif. led the final 15 laps to win Saturday night's 30-lap feature at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway. He hopes to maintain his series lead in this Saturday night's "Salute to Indy" program at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Williams enters the Perris race with a 44-point lead over Damion Gardner and Mike Kirby. A big 50-lap feature tops the Perris program. Trailing Williams and his John Jory Corporation/Weld Wheels Stinger Shaver were Steve Ostling, Danny Sheridan, Gardner and Jordan Hermansader, who led the first 15 laps.

Gary W. Howard was Saturday night's fastest qualifier.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: 
May 22, 2004 - Ventura, California - Ventura Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 
1. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-12.070; 2. Jimmy Crawford, 30, Crawford-12.073; 3. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-12.182; 4. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-12.201; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-12.207; 6. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-12.222; 7. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-12.243; 8. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-12.342; 9. Brian Venard, 47,
Venard-12.350; 10. Chris Wakim, 9w, Wakim-12.375; 11. Danny Sheridan, 21a,
WD-12.402; 12. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-12.435; 13. Alex Pruett, 56az, Pruett-12.486; 14. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-12.522; 15. Alan Ballard, 97, Balalrd-12.524; 16. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-12.531; 17. J.Hicks, 66, Miller-12.612; 18. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-12.788; 19. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-12.880; 20. David Cardey, 58, Giardina-12.912; 21. Mike Knopf, 5k, Knopf-12.968; 22. Dennis Rodriguez, 20, Rohwer-13.037; 23. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-13.232; 24. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-13.248; 25. Nadine Keller, 6z, Keller-13.275; 26. Bill Camarillo, 10c,
Camarillo-13.344; 27. Ton Stansberry, 48, Bach-13.710.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Hicks, 2. Howard, 3. Williams, 4. Venard, 5. Knopf, 6. Pruett, 7. Keller. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Kirby, 2. Jones, 3. Bragg, 4. Wakim, 5. Camarillo, 6. Rodriguez, 7. Crawford. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Rutherford, 2. Sheridan, 3. Ostling, 4. Ballard, 5. Case, 6. Stansberry, 7. Heidenreich. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Gardner, 2. Hermansader, 3. Hillberg, 4. Cody, 5. Cardey, 6. Ziehl. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 
1. Ziehl, 2. Cardey, 3. Crawford, 4. Pruett, 5. Stansberry, 6. Camarillo, 7. Knopf, 8. Heidenreich, 9. Rodriguez, 10. Case, 11. Keller. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 
1. Rip Williams, 2. Steve Ostling, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Damion Gardner, 5. Jordan Hermansader, 6. Troy Rutherford, 7. Mike Kirby, 8. Tony Jones, 9. Gary W. Howard, 10. Brian Venard, 11. Jimmy Crawford, 12. Greg Bragg, 13. David Cardey, 14. Dan Hillberg, 15. Alan Ballard, 16. J.Hicks, 17. Alex Pruett, 18. Chris Wakim, 19. Bobby Cody, 20. Ronnie Case, 21. Rick Ziehl. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Hermansader, Laps 16-30 Williams.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-526; 2-Gardner-482;
3-Kirby-482; 4-Rutherford-469; 5-Jones-315; 6-Cory Kruseman-313; 7-Jeremy
Sherman-284; 8-Bragg-283; 9-Venard-280; 10-Ostling-271.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 29 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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