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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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