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WILLIAMS BACK ON TOP OF CRA POINTS
KRUSEMAN TAKES PERRIS 30-LAPPER

MARCH 28, 2005...Defending Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series Champion Rip
Williams is back atop the series standings after finishing third behind race winner Cory Kruseman Saturday night at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Williams takes a four-point lead into an April 16 race at Perris.

Kruseman, of Ventura, Calif., led the final 15 laps to win Saturday night's 30-lapper, boosting him to fourth in the points.

Mike Kirby led the first 15 laps before yielding to Kruseman and his ITI Performance / Sander Engineering TCR/Donovan. Kruseman then led the final 15 laps to beat Kirby, Williams, Rickie Gaunt and Charles Davis, Jr.

Damion Gardner was Saturday night's fastest qualifier but failed to finish the feature event.  Saturday night's race celebrated the 10th anniversary of the PAS.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: 
March 26, 2005 - Perr-s, California - Perris Auto Speedway

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.270; 2. Josh Ford,
73, Ford-16.347; 3. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-16.468; 4. Bobby Graham,
14, Lancaster-16.493; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.538; 6. Tracy Hines, 7,
Priestley-16.545; 7. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-16.584; 8. Cory Kruseman, 38,
Crossno-16.630; 9. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.648; 10. Seth Wilson, 17,
Racing Optics-16.657; 11. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-16.662; 12. Mike Kirby,
4, Alexander-16.672; 13. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-16.698; 14. Jason York, 25N,
York-16.780; 15. Steve Ostling, 0, Shoemaker-16.785; 16. Greg Bragg, 11,
Wilkerson-16.851; 17. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-16.856; 18. Tony Jones, 87,
Vermeer/Ferreira-16.904; 19. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-16.931; 20. Jordan
Hermansader, 5, Keller-16.933; 21. J. Hicks, 66, Miller-16.999; 22. R.J.
Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-17.003; 23. Jimmy Crawford, 17C, Crawford-17.050; 24.
Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.070; 25. Dwayne Marcum, 12, Pratt-17.076; 26.
Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-17.138; 27. J.J. Ercse, 33, Blair-17.192; 28.
Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-17.211; 29. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.226;
30. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.410; 31. Joshua Williams, 34, Williams-17.493;
32. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-17.517; 33. Nate Ziegler, 8N,
Ziegler-18.630; 34. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-19.103.

       TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Gardner, 3. Graham, 4. Ford. 51.58

       FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Spencer, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Hicks, 5. Ballard, 6. Argo, 7. Hillberg, 8. Marcum, 9. Ziegler. NT

       SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cody, 2. Jones, 3. York, 4. Howard, 5. Ford, 6. Johnson, 7. Wilson, 8. Hines, 9. Stewart. 2:53.81

       THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ostling, 2. Gaunt, 3. Crawford, 4. Ebberts, 5. Davis, 6. Cardey, 7. Ercse, 8. J.Williams. 2:54.94

       FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Kruseman, 3. Sheridan, 4. Graham, 5. Bragg, 6. Keller, 7. Hermansader, 8. Heidenreich. 2:56.77

       SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Hines, 3. Bragg, 4. Ford, 5. Wilson, 6. Johnson, 7. Cardey, 8. Ballard, 9. Argo, 10. Hermansader, 11. Hillberg, 12. J.Williams, 13. Ercse, 14. Marcum, 15. Heidenreich, 16. Keller, 17. Stewart, 18. Ziegler. NT

       FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. Charles Davis, Jr., 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Josh Ford, 8. Tony Jones, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Steve Ostling, 11. Jason York, 12. Greg Bragg, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Mike Spencer, 15. R.J. Johnson, 16. Danny Ebberts, 17. J. Hicks, 18. Bobby Graham, 19. Gary W. Howard, 20. Jimmy Crawford, 21. J. J. Ercse, 22. Bobby Cody, 23. Damion Gardner. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Kirby, Laps 16-30 Kruseman.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Rip Williams-395; 2-Davis-391;
3-Kirby-354; 4-Kruseman-344; 5-Gardner-315; 6-Gaunt-293; 7-Ford-256; 8-Wilson-207; 9-Ballard-174; 10-Crawford-170.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: April 16 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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