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October 2, 2005...The return to Perris Auto Speedway
in October meant nothing new as Damion Gardner won his 13th Valvoline
USAC/CRA race of the year after adding to his fast time record with his 19th
of the season. Just like last week in Arizona, the Demon started 8th and
passed Josh Ford on lap 12 before he added to his record pace. He also took
advantage of point leader, Rip William’s broken rear end to sweep by him into
the points lead by 21.
Mike Spencer took second after falling back to 7th
early and rallying late in the race on another great drive. He was followed by
Cory Kruseman, Tony Jones and Mike Kirby. Jones car stalled on lap two and he
restarted to put on an aggressive driving show the rest of the way. Kirby was
off two weeks while starting a new team and building a new TCR sprinter. He
recovered from starting last in the main event, after chasing an electrical
problem that hurt his qualifying effort, and became the hard charger of the
night by passing 17 cars.
Wally Pankratz made the feature and ran 20th in
the Jory/Williams back-up car in what will be his last year of racing. Legendary
Parnelli Jones was announced as the Grand Marshall for this year’s 15th
annual Wagsdash at Ventura Raceway on October 29th.
Heat race winners were Mike Kirby, Rip Williams, Mike
Spencer and Charles Davis Jr with Rodney Argo winning the semi without brakes.
He was the first car out in the main when he had the same problem. I guess you
don’t need brakes when you are leading. Early leader Josh Ford lost a drive
shaft and finished 16th. Rickie Gaunt recovered from a forced spin to
finish 6th as it was an action packed night with 42 cars in the
house.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October
1, 2005 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.273; 2. Tony Jones, 87,
Vermeer/Ferreira-16.557; 3. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.613; 4. Cory Kruseman,
38, Crossno-16.736; 5. Steve Ostling, 45, Willis-16.753; 6. Danny Sheridan, 18,
Kittle-16.811; 7. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-16.835; 8. Rickie Gaunt, 2A,
Smiley-16.915; 9. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.935; 10. Alan Ballard, 97,
Ballard-16.938; 11. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-16.967; 12. Danny Ebberts, 77,
Acosta-16.975; 13. Greg Bragg, 33, Blair-16.987; 14. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing
Optics-17.025; 15. Adam Mitchell, 14, Lancaster-17.080; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ,
Martin-17.103; 17. J. Hicks, 4, Alexander-17.110; 18. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-17.122; 19. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-17.130; 20. Charles Davis Jr, 8A,
Smiley-17.149; 21. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.181; 22. Dan Hillberg, 82,
Hillberg-17.290; 23. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Priestley-17.395; 24. Wally Pankratz,
3X, Jory-17.400; 25. Jordan Hermansader, 5, Keller-17.402; 26. Rick Becker, 25,
Ruth-17.440; 27. Randy Waitman, 64, Waitman-17.460; 28. Ryan Devitt, 35R,
Blenkarn-17.554; 29. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby-17.565; 30. Robert Ellis, 43,
Ellis-17.600; 31. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-17.603; 32. Mark Heidenreich, 22,
Heidenreich-17.765; 33. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-17.923; 34. Jim Giradina, 58,
Giardina-17.989; 35. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-18.059; 36. Joshua Williams,
34, Williams-18.078; 37. Nate Ziegler, 8N, Ziegler-18.265; 38. Matt Stewart, 85,
Stewart-18.329; 39. Dan Tedrick, 88, Tedrick-18.730; 40. Ludvig Solverg IV, 13,
Yamaha-20.249; 41. Jason York, 25N, York-NT.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Gardner, 3. Jones, 4. Kruseman.
:51:28
CONSI: (8 laps) 1. Giardina, 2. Keller, 3. J.Williams, 4. Everhart, 5.
Stewart, 6. York, 7. Tedrick, 8. Solverg, 9. Ziegler. 2:26:39
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Cardey, 3. Gardner, 4. Ford, 5.
Hermansader, 6. Bragg, 7. Ostling, 8. Hicks, 9. Giardina. 2:55:59
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Hillberg, 3. Sheridan, 4. Jones,
5. Wilson, 6. Becker, 7. Ellis, 8. Keller, 9. Ballard. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Waitman, 3. Rodriguez, 4. Urton, 5.
Argo, 6. Stansberry, 7. J.Williams, 8. Leslie, 9. Mitchell. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Kruseman, Gaunt, 4. Ebberts, 5.
Devitt, 6. Pankratz, 7. Johnson, 8. Heidenreich, 9. Everhart. 2:54:55
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Ostling, 3. Ballard, 4. Bragg, 5. Wilson, 6.
Pankratz, 7. Johnson, 8. Hermansader, 9. Devitt, 10. Hicks, 11. Ellis, 12.
Keller, 13. Leslie, 14. Stansberry, 15. Becker, 16. Mitchell, 17. Heidenreich,
18. Giardina, 19. Everhart, 20. J.Williams. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Cory Kruseman,
4. Tony Jones, 5. Mike Kirby, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Seth Wilson, 8. David Cardey,
9. Greg Bragg, 10. Johnny Rodriguez, 11. Danny Ebberts, 12. Danny Sheridan, 13.
Dan Hillberg, 14. Randy Waitman, 15. Rip Williams, 16. Josh Ford, 17. Charles
Davis Jr, 18. Alan Ballard, 19. Kevin Urton, 20. Wally Pankratz, 21. Steve
Ostling, 22. Rodney Argo. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Ford, Laps 12-30 Gardner.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-1,602; 2-R.Williams-1,581;
3-Kruseman-1,505; 4-Kirby-1,385; 5-Davis-1,214; 6-Gaunt-1,137; 7-Spencer-1,080;
8-Ford-975; 9-Sheridan-858; 10-Wilson-851.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 8 – Tucson, AZ – USA Race Park
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