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GARDNER-WILLIAMS 1-2 IN CRA FEATURE AT PERRIS TAKE POINT BATTLE TO VENTURA RACEWAY SATURDAY
by Dick Jordan

AUGUST 30, 2004... The ongoing battle for USAC's 2004 Valvoline CRA Sprint Car
championship continues this Saturday night at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway and features the top two finishers from last Saturday night's 30-lap feature at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif., sliced Rip Williams' point lead to 42 with his victory in the Perris 30-lapper. He caught early leader Greg Bragg on the 12th lap and led the rest of the way in his Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply/Arizona Race Mart John Boy/Shaver. Trailing runner-up Williams at the checkered flag were Mike Kirby, Peter Murphy and Jordan Hermansader.

This Saturday's race at Ventura offers 74 points, so the point lead is up for grabs as Williams and Gardner seek their initial USAC driving titles. The California Ford Focus Midgets also compete at Ventura Saturday, with a 25-lapper slated. Troy Rutherford escaped injury in a flip on the 26th lap of the Perris feature.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: 
August 28, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.657; 2. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-16.762; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.904; 4. Peter Murphy, 45, Willis-16.960; 5. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-17.058; 6. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-17.066; 7. Adam Mitchell, 99, Mitchell-17.140; 8. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.144; 9. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-17.153; 10. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-17.224; 11. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-17.227; 12. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-17.265; 13. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-17.280; 14. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-17.299; 15. Troy Rutherford, 7,
Priestley-17.340; 16. Eric Wilkins, 3w, WWS-17.351; 17. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.359; 18. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.373; 19. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.378; 20. Allan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.405; 21. Rick Williams, 11, Wilkerson-17.450; 22. Jason York, 25N, York-17.483; 23. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.630; 24. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-17.630; 25. Keith Williamson, 95, Williamson-17.668; 26. Jeremy Sherman, 0, Shoemaker-17.755; 27. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-17.781; 28. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-17.840; 29. Nadine Keller, 6, Keller-17.901; 30. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-17.958; 31. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-18.005; 32. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-18.252; 33. Ryan linder, 9, Linder-18.534.

DASH: (3 laps) 1. Rip Williams, 2. Murphy, 3. Gardner, 4. Cody. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sherman, 2. Gardner, 3. Hermansader, 4. Rick Williams, 5. Cardey, 6. Howard, 7. Venard, 8. Heidenreich. 2:57.88

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ziehl, 2. Cody, 3. Ostling, 4. York, 5. Hillberg, 6. Feduska, 7. Urton, 8. Kirby. 2:57.54

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Bragg, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Rutherford, 5. Mitchell, 6. Becker, 7. St. James, 8. Argo. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Williamson, 2. Wilkins, 3. Jones, 4. Murphy, 5. Wilson, 6. Ballard, 6. Keller, 8. Linder. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Wilson, 3. Venard, 4. Howard, 5. Cardey, 6. Urton, 7. Hillberg, 8. Mitchell, 9. Becker, 10. Keller, 11. Heidenreich, 12. St. James, 13. Linder, 14. Feduska, 15. Ballard, 16. Argo. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Peter Murphy, 5. Jordan Hermansader, 6. Greg Bragg, 7. Brian Venard, 8. Rick Ziehl, 9. Jeremy Sherman, 10. Steve Ostling, 11. Gary W. Howard, 12. Rick Williams, 13. Jason York, 14. Kevin Urton, 15. Mike Spencer, 16. Keith Williamson, 17. Bobby Cody, 18. Eric Wilkins, 19. Tony Jones, 20. Troy Rutherford, 21. Seth Wilson, 22. David Cardey, 23. Adam Mitchell. NT
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**Rutherford flipped on lap 26 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Bragg, Laps 12-30 Gardner.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-1,064;
2-Gardner-1,022; 3-Kirby-971; 4-Rutherford,-752; 5-Bragg-615; 6-Jones-613;
7-Ostling-598; 8-Venard-562; 9-Hermansader-542; 10-Cory Kruseman-534.

NEXT VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: 
September 4 - Ventura (CA) Raceway

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