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SUPER RICKIE GAUNT BEATS THE RIPPER AT THE PAS |
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JUNE 12, 2005 - In front
of a packed house, Rickie Gaunt won the 30 lap Valvoline USAC/CRA feature this
week at Perris Auto Speedway. It was his 2nd win of the season in the
Smiley Crane Service, Extreme Chassis Co., Chargin, Extreme, # 2A
sprinter. He passed Danny Sheridan for the lead on lap twelve and led to the
finish. Rickie bobbled in front of the packed house with a lap to go and with
Rip Williams right behind him, but recovered and came home the winner. He said
in victory circle “I am such a jerk, I almost didn’t win this son of a gun! Rip Williams overcame an overheating problem, with the help
of a timely red flag stop when Sheridan flipped, and made a strong challenge for
his 101st win, but came up a little short at the flag. Cory Kruseman
dropped out of the last race with a broken titanium bolt
that also ended up sending him to the pits in his heat this week. He
still ran third and climbed into 2nd in points behind the leader
Williams. R.J. Johnson continues to impress as he ran fourth with Rickie’s
teammate, Charles Davis Jr, grabbing fifth for the “Blues Brothers” team. On a racy night with a lot of
different car problems, Damion Gardner set fast time for the 12th
time and was running a close second when his car veered into the wall sending
him end over end hard, but he was fine. Danny Sheridan led the first eleven laps
looking strong then caught a rut on lap 27 that sent him on his head. Of the
two, Danny’s car was more repairable. VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 11, 2005 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.635; 2. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-16.853; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.917; 4. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-16.964; 5. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-16.986; 6. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-17.007; 7. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.042; 8. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.045; 9. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-17.074; 10. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.115; 11. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.155; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-17.163; 13. Jason York, 25N, York-17.179; 14. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.285; 15. Steve Ostling, 5, Keller-17.295; 16. Josh Ford. 73. Ford-17.359; 17. Jimmy Crawford, 17C, Crawford-17.407; 18. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.447; 19. Ronnie Clark, 33x, Clark-17.472; 20. Jordan Hermansader, 92, Sertich-17.473; 21. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Priestley-17.480; 22. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-17.481; 23. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.535; 24. Bobby Cody, 41 Cody-17.607; 25. Jimmy Thornell, 25x, Ruth-17.680; 26. Randy Waitman, 64, Waitman-17.838; 27. Bobby Graham, 14, Lancaster-17.875; 28. Joshua Williams, 34, Williams-17.928; 29. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.078; 30. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead-18.103; 31. Richard Rose, 8N, Ziegler-18.411; 32. Robert Walters, 65, Walters-20.168. DASH: (3 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Gardner, 3. Davis, 4. Kruseman. :51.98 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Crawford, 3. Rodriguez, 4. Johnson, 5. Thornell, 6. Wilson, 7. York, 8. Keller. NT SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cline, 2. Sheridan, 3. Ebberts, 4. Kirby, 5. Davis, 6. Spencer, 7. Springstead, 8. Waitman. 2:56.64 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ostling, 2. Jones, 3. R.Williams, 4. Cardey, 5. Clark, 6. Ballard, 7. Rose, 8. Graham. 2:55.90 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Hermansader, 3. Gaunt, 4. Cody, 5. Argo, 6. Kruseman, 7. Walters, 8. J.Williams. NT SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Argo, 3. Davis, 4. Ballard, 5. Spencer, 6. York, 7. Wilson, 8. Waitman, 9. J.Williams, 10. Thornell, 11. Keller, 12. Springstead, 13. Rose, 14. Clark. 3:31.75. 3:31.75
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. R.J.
Johnson, 5. Charles Davis, Jr., 6. David Cardey, 7. Steve Ostling, 8. Jason
York, 9. Tony Jones, 10. Jordan Hermansader, 11. Mike Spencer, 12. Josh Ford,
13. Johnny Rodriguez, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Damion Gardner, 16. Rodney Argo,
17. Mike Kirby, 18. Danny Ebberts, 19. Jimmy Crawford, 20. Alan Ballard, 21.
Seth Wilson, 22. Troy Cline, 23. Bobby Cody. NT FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Sheridan, Laps 12-30 Gaunt. NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-R.Williams-877; 2-Kruseman-787; 3-Gardner-777; 4-Davis-753; 5-Kirby-742; 6-Gaunt-618; 7-Jones-447; 8-Johnson-443; 9-Spencer-430; 10-Wilson-427. NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: June 18 – Santa Maria (CA) Speedway |
