OCTOBER 11, 2004...Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series point leaders Rip
Williams, Damion Gardner and Mike Kirby continued their torrid battle for the
2004 series championship, taking the top three positions in Saturday night's
"Jeff Bagley Classic" at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Gardner won,
followed by Williams and Kirby and they now head for Ventura (Calif.) Raceway
for this Saturday night's CRA event on the 1/5-mile dirt. A 30-lap feature is on
tap.
Gardner, of Concord, Calif., earned his sixth win in the past nine CRA races,
leading the final 23 laps in his Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply/Arizona Race
Mart John Boy/Shaver. The win boosted him to second in the standings ahead of
Kirby, and only 73 behind Williams. Greg Bragg led the first three laps of
Saturday night's Perris feature and Josh Ford led the next four.
The Perris race marked the fifth time this season the series point leaders had
combined for a 1-2-3 finish and the fourth time at The PAS! Charles Davis, Jr.
and Bragg rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag.
Williams and Kirby both have feature wins at Ventura this season, while Gardner
has finished fourth and fifth in the two races held there so far. Williams won
in May and finished second in September.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
October 9, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway - "Jeff Bagley
Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.005; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-17.185; 3.
Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-17.212; 4. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.228; 5. Rip
Williams, 3, Jory-17.237; 6. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.285; 7. Tony
Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.293; 8. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-17.397; 9. Mike
Kirby, 38, Crossno-17.410; 10. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.418; 11. Jason York, 25N,
York-17.435; 12. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-17.475; 13. Casey Shuman, 11,
Wilkerson-17.480; 14.
Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-17.502; 15. Tony Elliott, 5, Keller-17.533; 16. Steve
Ostling, 29, Fischer-17.545; 17. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.565; 18. Cory
Kruseman, 4, Alexander-17.603; 19. Allan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.635; 20. Darren
Hagen, 11x, McMinn-17.653; 21. Peter Murphy, 45, Willis-17.700; 22. Alex Pruett,
56az, Pruett/May-17.777; 23. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-17.780; 24. Bobby Cody,
41, Cody-17.785; 25. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.795; 26. Rodney Argo, 91,
Ferro-17.862; 27. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.877; 28. Brian Venard, 47,
Venard-18.041; 29. J.Hicks, 66, Miller-18.242; 30. Dan Hillberg, 82,
Hillberg-18.260; 31. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-18.280; 32. Ronnie Case, 33,
Blair-18.497; 33. Nadine Keller, 6, Keller-18.788; 34. David Sinsley, 69,
Sinsley-18.835; 35. Dennis Rodriguez,
20, Rowher-18.939; 36. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-19.933.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Williams, 2. Gardner, 3. Kirby, 4. Ebberts, 5. Spencer, 6. Shuman, 7. Hicks,
8. Keller, 9. Murphy. 2:58.40
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Kruseman, 2. Bragg, 3. Gaunt, 4. Ford, 5. Rutherford, 6. Hillberg, 7. Sinsley,
8. Argo, 9. Pruett. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Cardey, 2. Elliott, 3. Ballard, 4. York, 5. Jones, 6. Urton, 7. Stansberry,
8. Rodriguez, 9. Leslie. 3:01.93
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Cody, 2. Case, 3. Ziehl, 4. Hagen, 5. Davis, 6. Howard, 7. Venard, 8.
Ostling, 9. Feduska. 3:01.50
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Jones, 2. Urton, 3. Davis, 4. Ostling, 5. Shuman, 6. Rutherford, 7. Murphy,
8. Argo, 9. Venard, 10. Howard, 11. Leslie, 12. Spencer, 13. Pruett, 14.
Hillberg, 15. Hicks, 16. Stansberry, 17. Sinsley, 18. Rodriguez, 19. Keller, 20.
Feduska. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Damion Gardner, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Charles Davis, Jr., 5.
Greg Bragg, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Steve Ostling, 8. Ronnie Case, 9. Jason York,
10. Kevin Urton, 11. Rick Ziehl, 12. Allan Ballard, 13. Josh Ford, 14. Casey
Shuman, 15. Cory Kruseman, 16.
Tony Elliott, 17. Darren Hagen, 18. Danny Ebberts, 19. David Cardey, 20. Bobby
Cody, 21. Troy Rutherford, 22. Mike Spencer, 23. Tony Jones. NT
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**Murphy flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Bragg, Laps 4-7 Ford, Laps 8-30 Gardner.
NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Williams-1,373; 2-Gardner-1,300; 3-Kirby-1,295; 4-Rutherford-948; 5-Bragg-799;
6-Ostling-749; 7-Jones-743; 8-Cody-713; 9-Spencer-677; 10-Venard-634.
NEXT VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
October 16 - Ventura (CA) Raceway
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