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JULY 27, 2005...Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif.
will try for his 14th fast qualifying performance this Saturday as the Valvoline
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series presents the "Firecracker 50" at the Perris
(Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Gardner
led the final 12 laps of last Saurday's 30-lapper at Perris after posting the
fastest qualifying time in his Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply/Arizona Race
Mart Eagle/Shaver. He passed Cory Kruseman on lap 19 and led the rest of the way
to beat Tony Jones, Mike Kirby, Tom Stansberry and Danny Ebberts. The race was
halted on the opening lap by a multicar tangle but there were no driver
injuries.
Bobby
Cody led the first five laps of Saturday's race, then Kruseman paced the next 13
before yielding to Gardner.
USAC/CRA Series point leader Rip Williams finished eighth after flipping during
his heat race. He holds a 79-point lead over Gardner in the new standings going
into this Saturday's program at the 1/2-mile dirt oval.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
June 25, 2005 Perris, California Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50,
Chaffin-17.276; 2. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.473; 3. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-17.495; 4. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreria-17.507; 5. Mike Spencer, 44,
Engstrom-17.564; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-17.593; 7. Steve Ostling, 5,
Keller-17.670; 8. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-17.672; 9. Alan Ballard, 97,
Ballard-17.679; 10. Bobby Cody, 41 Cody-17.800; 11. Danny Ebberts, 77,
Acosta-17.806; 12. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-17.808; 13. David Cardey, 59,
Giardina-17.969; 14. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-18.065; 15. Jordan
Hermansader, 92, Sertich-18.067; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-18.128; 17.
Jason York, 25N, York-18.131; 18. Jimmy Crawford, 17C, Crawford-18.154; 19.
Bobby Graham, 14, Lancaster-18.198; 20. Jimmy Thornell, 25, Thornell-18.232; 21.
Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-18.245; 22. Ryan Devitt, 35, Blenkarn-18.270; 23.
Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.440; 24. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.686; 25. Randy
Waitman, 64, Waitman-18.783; 26. Joshua Williams, 34,
Williams-18.822; 27. Shawn Kautz, 29, Kautz-19.002; 28. Richard Rose, 8N,
Ziegler-19.174; 29. Brandon Thomson, 24, Thomson-19.192; 30. Jim Giardina,
58, Giardina-19.454; 31. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-20.110; 32. Jim Thomson,
91, Thomson-20.305; 33. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-NT.
DASH: (3 laps) 1. Jones, 2. R.Williams, 3.
Davis, 4. Gardner. :54.24
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2.
Gardner, 3. Stansberry, 4. York, 5. Spencer, 6. Ballard, 7. Waitman, 8.
B.Thomson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cody, 2.
Crawford, 3. Gaunt, 4. Davis, 5. Wilson, 6. J.Williams, 7. Devitt, 8. Giardina.
3:06.11
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ebberts, 2.
Ostling, 3. Graham, 4. Kautz, 5. Keller, 6. Hermansader, 7. R.Williams, 8.
Stewart. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2.
Kirby, 3. Jones, 4. Johnson, 5. Case, 6. Thornell, 7. Rose. 3:06.35
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Balalrd,
3. Spencer, 4. Wilson, 5. Hermansader, 6. Thornell, 7. Case, 8. J.Williams, 9.
Keller, 10. Giardina, 11. Waitman, 12. Stewart, 13. Devitt, 14. Rose, 15. Ford,
16. B.Thomson, 17. J.Thomson.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2.
Tony Jones, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Tom Stansberry, 5. Danny Ebberts, 6. Mike Spencer,
7. Jason York, 8. Rip Williams, 9. Alan Ballard, 10. Bobby Graham, 11. Charles
Davis, Jr., 12. Shawn Kautz, 13. Jimmy Thornell, 14. David Cardey, 15. Cory
Kruseman, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Jimmy Crawford, 18. Bobby Cody, 19. Steve
Ostling, 20. Seth Wilson, 21. Jordan Hermansader, 22. R.J. Johnson. NT
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**R.Williams flipped during the third heat. Waitman flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Cody, Laps 6-18 Kruseman, Laps 19-30 Gardner.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-R.Williams-992; 2-Gardner-913;
3-Kruseman-844; 4-Kirby-842; 5-Davis-828; 6-Gaunt-662; 7-Jones-513;
8-Ballard-502; 9-Spencer-479; 10-Wilson-476.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: July 2 Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
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