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August 21, 2005...Cory Kruseman of Ventura,
California won the 5th Annual Jeff Bagley Classic at Perris Auto
Speedway this week. Driving the ITI Performance – Sander Engineering, Bullet,
Downing Engines # 38, Cory took the lead of the Valvoline USAC/CRA 30 lapper on
lap five and led Danny Sheridan to the checkered flag. It was Cory’s second
win in a row and sixth on the season. In the winner’s circle Cory said “I
was just hanging on in the race car and I had three guardians that were up there
with me the whole race” referring to Jeff, Paul and Helen Bagley family that
he had been very close to in his career.
Damion Gardner finished third and pulled to within 15
points of USAC/CRA point leader Rip Williams who finished ninth. Damion was
followed by Mike Spencer and Mike Kirby to round out the top five. On the full
moon night, there were six yellow flag stops for various incidents.
Josh Ford won the Snap-on Tools trophy dash plus his heat.
The other heat winners were Jason York, Greg Bragg and Tony Jones. The Semi was
won by Mike Spencer. The hard charger of the night was Danny Faria.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August
20, 2005 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.971; 2. Cory Kruseman,
38, Crossno-16.985; 3. Troy Cline, 0, Shoemaker-17.006; 4. Josh Ford, 3,
Ford-17.066; 5. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.066; 6. Damion Gardner, 50,
Chaffin-17.113; 7. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.142; 8. Mike Kirby, 4,
Alexander-17.235; 9. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.349; 10. David Cardey, 59,
Giardina-17.378; 11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.425; 12. Adam Mitchell, 14,
Lancaster - 17.451; 13. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.473; 14. Jason York, 25N,
York-17.494; 15. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.534; 16. Danny Faria, 17V,
Faria-17.575; 17. Jordan Hermansader, 5, Keller-17.642; 18. J.Hicks, 66,
Miller-17.645; 19. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-17.660; 20. Seth Wilson, 17,
Racing Optics-17.670; 21. Greg Bragg, 33, Blair-17.730; 22. Joshua Williams, 34,
Williams-18.006; 23. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.067; 24. Dan Hillberg, 82,
Hillberg-18.067; 25. Randy Waitman, Y69, Waitman-18.085; 26. Jim Giardina, 58.
Giardina-18.125; 27. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-18.142; 28. Davey Pombo,
11, Wilkerson-18.267; 29. Larry Lloyd, 87L, Lloyd-18.555; 30. Jack DeArmond Jr,
24, DeArmond-18.660; 31. Dan Tedrick, 88, Tedrick-18.845; 32. Matt Stewart, 85,
Stewart-19.033; 33. Terry Foster, 19X, Foster - 19.067; 34. Nate Ziegler, N8,
Ziegler-19.073.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Kruseman, 3. Cline, 4. Spencer. 54:15
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. R.Williams, 3. Ebberts, 4.
Hermansader, 5. Rutherford, 6. Spencer, 7. Waitman, 8. Lloyd, 9. Foster. 2:58:04
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. York, 2. Gardner, 3. Kruseman, 4. J Williams,
5. Dearmond, 6. Hicks, 7. Giardina, 8. Ziegler. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Heidenreich, 3. Argo, 4. Sheridan, 5.
Johnson, 6. Cline, 7. Keller, 8. Tedrick. 3:00:54
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Pombo, 3. Wilson, 4. Hillberg, 5.
Kirby, 6. Mitchell, 7. Faria, 8. Stewart. 2:58:76
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Cline, 3. Kirby, 4. Rutherford, 5.
Mitchell, 6. Faria, 7. Waitman, 8. Dearmond, 9. Lloyd, 10. Ziegler, 11. Giardina,
12. Tedrick, 13. Stewart, 14. Hicks, 15. Foster. 3:33:30
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Damion
Gardner, 4, Mike Spencer, 5. Mike Kirby, 6. Troy Cline, 7. Danny Faria, 8.
Rodney Argo, 9. Rip Williams, 10. Greg Bragg, 11. Troy Rutherford, 12. Jason
York, 13. Josh Williams, 14. Dan Hillberg, 15. Mark Heidenreich, 16. Seth
Wilson, 17. R.J. Johnson, 18. Josh Ford, 19. Jordan Hermansader, 20. Adam
Mitchell, 21. Tony Jones, 22. Danny Ebberts, 23. Davey Pombo. NT
Cardey flipped during heat 2. Danny Faria flipped during heat 4. Josh Ford and
R.J. Johnson flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Ebberts, Laps 5-30 Kruseman.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-R.Williams-1,274; 2-Gardner-1,259;
3-Kirby-1170; 4-Kruseman-1,168; 5-Charles Davis, Jr.-954; 6-Rickie Gaunt-851;
7-Spencer-818; 8-Josh Ford-704; 9-Jones-673; 10-Wilson-631.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 27 – Santa Maria
(CA) Speedway
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