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JULY 25, 2005...The Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car
Series heads for Washington
State this weekend for races at Skagit Speedway in Alger, Wash. Friday and
Saturday nights. A 30-lap feature is slated Friday and a 40-lapper is on tap
Saturday.
Damion
Gardner of Concord, Calif. trails defending series champ Rip Williams by 109
points with 148 available this weekend. Gardner posted his eighth win of the
2005 season and sixth at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night, leading the final
four laps after passing Williams on lap 27. Williams finished second ahead of
Danny Sheridan, Mike Kirby and Mike Spencer.
Gardner, whose fast qualifying time at Perris was his 14th this year, won the
second of two Skagit features last year, while Cory Kruseman, USAC's brand-new
Valvoline "Indiana Sprint Week" Champion, won last year's Skagit
opener.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
July 23, 2005 Perris, California Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50,
Chaffin-16.637; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-16.747; 3. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-16.768; 4. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.830; 5. Steve Ostling, 5,
Keller-16.961; 6. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.000; 7. Bobby Graham, 14,
Lancaster-17.070; 8. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.135; 9. Cory Kruseman, 38,
Crossno-17.167; 10. Troy Rutherford, 11, Wilkerson-17.169; 11. Bobby Cody, 41,
Cody-17.198; 12. R. J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-17.238; 13. Mike Kirby, 4,
Alexander-17.316; 14. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.332; 15. Jordan
Hermansader, 92, Sertich-17.424; 16. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.433;
17. J. Hicks, 66,
Miller-17.490; 18. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.506; 19. Greg Bragg, 33,
Blair-17.654; 20. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-17.978; 21. Joshua Williams, 34,
Williams-18.070; 22. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead-18.493; 23. Robert
Ellis, 43, Ellis-18.703; 24. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-18.883; 25. Seth Wilson,
17, Racing Optics-20.544.
DASH: (3 laps) 1. Williams, 2. Gardner, 3.
Spencer, 4. Gaunt. :51:30
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2.
Kirby, 3. Gardner, 4. Ostling, 5. J. Williams. 2:57:28
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Ford,
3. Cardey, 4. Rutherford, 5. Springstead, 6. Gaunt. 2:56:50
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hermansader, 2.
R.Williams, 3. Cody, 4. Bragg, 5. Graham, 6. Ellis. 2:56:46
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2.
Sheridan, 3. Johnson, 4. Spencer, 5. Stansberry, 6. Stewart. 2:56:73
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Graham, 3.
Wilson, 4. J.Williams, 5. Stansberry, 6. Hicks, 7. Springstead, 8. Ellis, 9.
Stewart.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2.
Rip Williams, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Josh Ford,
7. Ricky Gaunt, 8. Bobby Graham, 9. David Cardey, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Greg
Bragg, 12. Troy Rutherford, 13. Josh Willaims, 14. Seth Wilson, 15. Jordan
Hermansader, 16. Bobby Cody, 17. Tony Jones, 18. Cory Kruseman, 19. J. Hicks,
20. Steve Ostling, 21. Tom Stansberry, 22. Charles Davis, Jr.. NT
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**Stansberry & Cardey flipped on lap 4 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Kruseman, Laps 16-26 R.Williams, Laps 27-30
Gardner.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-R.Williams-1,119; 2-Gardner-1,010; 3-Kirby-946; 4-Kruseman-939; 5-Davis-901;
6-Gaunt-811; 7-Spencer-591; 8-Jones-564; 9-Ford-557; 10-Ostling-522.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
July 29 & 30 Alger, WA Skagit Speedway
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