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WILLIAMS CLAIMS CRA TITLE; "KINDOLL
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NOVEMBER 22, 2004... Rip Williams of Yorba
Linda, Calif. finally wore the crown Saturday night, clinching his initial series driving title in the Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series with a sixth-place finish in the 50-lap "Kindoll Classic" at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Williams emerged with a 36-point cushion over runner-up Damion Gardner, who finished second to race winner Rickie Gaunt. Gaunt, of Torrance, Calif., led 36 of the 50 feature laps, including the final 10 after passing Cory Kruseman on lap 41. He and his Smiley Crane Service/Extreme Chassis Company Chargin/Extreme were trailed at the finish by Gardner, Kruseman, Tony Jones and Mike Spencer. Williams led the first three laps of the feature, then Mike Kirby led the next 10 before he flipped. On the restart Gaunt assumed command except for lap 40 when Kruseman got by to lead a lap. Williams will be among drivers saluted as USAC Western Champions at the USAC Western Awards Banquet Saturday in Buena Park, Calif. VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 20, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway - "Kindoll Classic" QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.077; 2. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.420; 3. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-16.455; 4. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-16.530; 5. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-16.549; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-16.553; 7. Seth Wilson, 17B, Racing Optics-16.555; 8. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-16.568; 9. Danny Sheridan, 4A, Kittle-16.595; 10. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-16.617; 11. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-16.627; 12. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.628; 13. Jason York, 25N, York-16.665; 14. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-16.675; 15. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-16.681; 16. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-16.709; 17. Jon Stanbrough, 11, Wilkerson-16.715; 18. Jordan Hermansader, 0, Shoemaker-16.768; 19. Troy Rutherford, 5, Keller-16.788; 20. Rick Williams, 6x, Williams-16.795; 21. Levi Jones, 45, Willis-16.800; 22. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-16.810; 23. Brad Sweet, 1, Sweet-16.854; 24. Jay Drake, 7, Priestley-16.860; 25. Cory Kruseman, 4, Alexander-16.920; 26. John Scott, 83, Scott-16.978; 27. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.017; 28. Mike English, 3x, Jory-17.022; 29. Bill Rose, 67, Becker-17.095; 30. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.130; 31. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.212; 32. J.Hicks, 66, Miller-17.240; 33. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.258; 34. Chuck Buckman, 4m, Buckman-17.310; 35. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-17.345; 36. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.568; 37. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-17.845; 38. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-17.940; 39. Nadine Keller, 6, Keller-18.192; 40. David Sinsley, 69, Sinsley-19.573. NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Ebberts, 2. Buckman, 3. Hillberg, 4. Stansberry, 5. Feduska, 6. Heidenreich, 7. Keller, 8. Sinsley. 2:21.96 DASH: (4 laps) 1. T.Jones, 2. Gardner, 3. Cardey, 4. Cody. 1:07.59 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. L.Jones, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Sheridan, 5. York, 6. Gardner, 7. Cardey, 8. Rose, 9. Ebberts. 2:48.58 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Scott, 2. Hermansader, 3. Kirby, 4. Ballard, 5. Davis, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Bragg, 8. Gaunt, 9. Buckman. 2:51.50 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Rutherford, 3. Sweet, 4. Cody, 5. Case, 6. Urton, 7. Venard, 8. Wilson, 9. Stansberry. 2:51.05 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. English, 2. Rick Williams, 3. Drake, 4. Ziehl, 5. T.Jones, 6. Ostling, 7. Hicks, 8. Spencer, 9. Stansberry. 2:51.59 SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Ripo Williams, 3. T.Jones, 4. Gaunt, 5. Ostling, 6. Davis, 7. Urton, 8. Venard, 9. Spencer, 10. Rose, 11. Bragg, 12. Wilson, 13. Hicks, 14. York, 15. Ebberts, 16. Case, 17. Buckman, 18. Hillberg, 19. Cardey, 20. Stansberry. NT FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Tony Jones, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Levi Jones, 9. Steve Ostling, 10. Jay Drake, 11. Dave Darland, 12. John Scott, 13. Rick Ziehl, 14. Brad Sweet, 15. Mike English, 16. Jordan Hermansader, 17. Rick Williams, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Charles Davis, Jr., 20. Jon Stanbrough, 21. Mike Kirby, 22. Alan Ballard, 23. Bobby Cody. NT ----------------------------------------------------- **Cody flipped on lap 6 of the feature. Kirby and Ballard flipped separately on lap 13 of the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Rick Williams, Laps 4-13 Kirby, Laps 14-39 Gaunt, Lap 40 Kruseman, Laps 41-50 Gaunt. FINAL VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Rip Williams-1,717; 2-Gardner-1,681; 3-Kirby-1,586; 4-Rutherford-1,108; 5-Kruseman-942; 6-Spencer-929; 7-Bragg-910; 8-Ostling-892; 9-T.Jones-851; 10-Cody-829. (Subject to final audit) |
