MAY 31, 2004...Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. led the final 16 laps of
Saturday night's 50-lap Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint car feature at the Perris
(Calif.) Auto Speedway. The victory in Ron Chaffin's Temecula Valley Pipe &
Supply/Arizona Race Mart John Boy/Shaver left him third in the series standings
going into a June 12 race at the same track.
Gardner was trailed by Mike Kirby, Rip Williams, Steve Ostling and Greg Bragg,
with Williams now leading Kirby by 42 points and Gardner by 43 in the new
standings as a result. Bobby Cody led the first 14 laps of Saturday's feature
before yielding to Ostling for laps 15-34. Troy Rutherford was the fastest PAS
qualifier but was ninth in the 30-lap main event.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
May 29, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.032; 2. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-17.146; 3.
Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.250; 4. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-17.253; 5. Mike
Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.272; 6. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-17.328; 7. Damion
Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.357; 8. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.372; 9. Greg Taylor, 45,
Willis-17.420; 10. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-17.480; 11. Jeremy Sherman,
11, Wilkerson-17.516; 12. Chris Wakim, 9w, Wakim-17.597; 13. Greg Bragg, 12,
Pratt-17.602; 14. Steve Venard, 40, Hawley-17.605; 15. Rick Becker, 67,
Becker-17.627; 16. Dwayne Marcum, 25, Ruth-17.628; 17. Brandon Lane, 97H,
Lane-17.685; 18. Rodney Aro, 91, Ferro-17.711; 19. Tony Jones, 2,
Vermeer/Ferreira-17.740; 20. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-17.842; 21. Adam
Mitchell, 99, Mitchell-17.853; 22. Ron DiDonato, 77, Acosta-17.877; 23. Ronnie
Case, 33, Blair-17.957; 24. Steve Paden, 01, Farrier-17.984; 25. Jack DeArmond,
24, DeArmond-17.985; 26. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-18.080; 27. Mark Heidenreich,
22, Heidenreich-18.339; 28. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-18.368; 29. Dan Hillberg,
82, Hillberg-18.425; 30. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-18.841; 31. David Sinsley,
69, Sinsley-18.856; 32. Nadine Keller, 6z, Keller-18.881; 33. Bruce St. James,
7k, St. James-19.265.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Dan Hillberg, 2. Jack DeArmond Jr., 3. Adam Mitchell, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5.
Greg Bragg, 6. Bruce St. James, 7. Greg Taylor, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Brandon Lane
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rodney Argo, 2. Jordan Hermansader, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Steve Ostling, 5. Duane
Feduska, 6. Tom Stansberry, 7. Ron DiDonato, 8. Steve Venard
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Ronnie Case, 5. Jeremy
Sherman, 6. Rick Becker, 7. Mark Heidenreich, 8. David Sinsley
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Bobby Cody, 2. Brian Venard, 3. Dwayne Marcum, 4. Rick Ziehl, 5. David Cardey,
6. Chris Wakim, 7. Steve Paden, 8. Nadine Keller
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Jeremy Sherman, 3. Greg Bragg, 4. Greg Taylor, 5. Rick
Becker, 6. Steve Venard, 7. Ron DiDonato, 8. David Cardey, 9. Steve Paden, 10.
Mark Heidenreich, 11. David Sinsley, 12. Tom Stansberry, 13. Nadine Keller, 14.
Chris Wakim, 15. Duane Feduska, 16. Brandon Lane, 17. Bruce St. James
FEATURE: (50 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Damion Gardner (3rd), 2. Mike Kirby (7th), 3. Rip Williams (6th), 4. Steve
Ostling (4th), 5. Greg Bragg (12th), 6. Mike Spencer (9th), 7. Brian Venard
(5th), 8. Greg Taylor (10th), 9. Troy Rutherford (8th), 10. Jack DeArmond Jr.
(21st), 11. Jordan Hermansader (1st), 12. Rick Ziehl (18th), 13. Dan Hillberg
(22nd), 14. Ronnie Case (20th), 15. Jeremy Sherman (11th), 16. Adam Mitchell
(19th), 17. Tony Jones (17th), 18. Rodney Argo (16th), 19. Dwayne Marcum (15th),
20. Rick Becker (14th), 21. Bobby Cody (2nd), 22. Steve Venard (13th)
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Cody, Laps 15-34 Ostling, Laps 35-50 Gardner.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1.-Rip Willaims-592
2.-Mike Kirby-550
3.-Damion Gardner-549
4.-Troy Rutherford-516
5.-Tony Jones-340
6.-Greg Bragg-333
7.-Brian Venard-332
8.-Steve Ostling-328
9.-Cory Kruseman-313
10.-Jeremy Sherman-310
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