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DAVE DARLAND DOUBLES UP AT MANZY - LEVI JONES WINS USAC NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP |
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JERRY COONS JR AND DAMION GARDNER
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November 14, 2005...The 38th Western World went off with Lealand
McSpadden, Dave Darland, Levi Jones, Jerry Coons Jr and Damion Gardner all
shining after the three day event. Lealand McSpadden was the Grand Marshal, representing as a Hall of Fame Champion for his outstanding racing career as Dave Darland ran away with the $12,500 winners share in the USAC/CRA 40 lap finale on Saturday night. He drove the Hoosier Race Tires - Weld Wheels, Chalk, Claxton # 11. Darland led the last 35 laps with no one able to stop him as he swept the last two USAC National points races with apparent ease. Levi Jones held on to his slim point lead as he finished second on the night and was crowned the 2005 USAC National Sprint Car Champion. Levi set a new track record on Thursday with a 18.301 lap in his Lucas Oil - Karavan Trailer, Maxim, Gaerte # 2B and finished second to Darland in the big money race. Damion Gardner drove the Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply - Arizona Race Mart, Eagle, Shaver # 50 to two third place finishes and his 15th USAC/CRA win of the season in the Friday night prelim. That victory wrapped up his first USAC/CRA driving and the championship with one more race to be run. Jerry Coons Jr won the opening night 25 lapper coming from his sixth place starting spot to overtake Mike Spencer who was very close to his first ever win. Jerry was second the next night, then had a flat while going to the front on Saturday and ended up 12th after restarting in the back. There were 51 sprinters looking for gold when the weekend started with plenty of action each night. Cory Kruseman won the 360 portion of the Western World driving the Dave Ellis machine as 66 cars competed in that class. The USAC/CRA season ends this next weekend with the annual Kindoll Classic at Perris Auto Speedway as the 39th race of the season closes the year. USAC VALVOLINE NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 10, 2005 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway - 38th Checker Auto Parts/Budweiser "Western World Open" Preliminary QUALIFYING: 1. Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-18.301; 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-18.463; 3. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-18.520; 4. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Guiducci-18.560; 5. Darren Hagen, 71, Hagen-18.723; 6. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-18.787; 7. Tracy Hines, 69OT, Dynamics-18.803; 8. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK/Leffler-18.834; 9. Josh Wise, 20, Stewart-18.890; 10. Jesse Hockett, 2J, Massey-18.992; 11. Mike Spencer, 44J, Engstrom-18.993; 12. Mat Neely, 6, K&N-18.995; 13. Jay Drake, 21, Stewart-18.996; 14. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-19.067; 15. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-19.069; 16. Rick Ziehl, 20z, Ziehl-19.072; 17. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-19.075; 18. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-19.096; 19. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby-19.121; 20. Bill Rose, 11x, Walker/Guiducci-19.125; 21. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz-19.125; 22. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-19.126; 23. Adam Mitchell, 14, Lancaster-19.129; 24. Tom Hessert, 5H, Hessert-19.153; 25. Chuck Buckman, 61az, Carston-19.172; 26. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-19.181; 27. Jon Stanbrough, 10, R&B-19.185; 28. Casey Shuman, 44M, Felker-19.187; 29. Ben Gregg, 22B, Gregg-19.210; 30. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-19.235; 31. Charles Davis Jr., 8A, Smiley-19.258; 32. Jeremy Sherman, 7, Priestly-19.309; 33. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-19.340; 34. Ryan Pace, 44, Pace-19.405; 35. John Scott, 83, Scott-19.414; 36. Davey Ray, 14AJ, Fattfro-19.443; 37. Brad Sweet, 1C, Sweet-19.476; 38. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-19.477; 39. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle Motorsports-19.502; 40. Tom Ogle, 5A, Turner-19.535; 41. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-19.568; 42. Justin Marvel, 14L, Lancaster-19.577; 43. Mike Martin, 57, Martin-19.664; 44. Dickie Gaines, 21x, Roberts-19.670; 45. Ronnie Clark, 33, Clark-19.727; 46. Bob Ream Jr., 8, B.R.A.T.-19.820; 47. Keith Williamson, 95, Williamson-20.042; 48. Brandon Lane, 97H, Lane-20.093; 49. Derek O'Dell, 11D, O'Dell-20.099; 50. Mark Deskovick, 1, Deskovick-22.357; 51. Nathan High, 6A, High-NT. C MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Marvel, 3. Gaines, 4. Ream, 5. Williamson, 6. Deskovick, 7. Lane, 8. Case, 9. Rossi. 3:19.82 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Clauson, 3. Jones, 4. Spencer, 5. Ray, 6. Wilson, 7. Hermansader, 8. Ziehl. NT SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sherman, 2. Sweet, 3. Coons, 4. Cottle, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Neely, 7. Leslie, 8. Hines. NT THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Drake, 3. Johnson, 4. Gardner, 5. Kaeding, 6. Argo, 7. Shuman, 8. Mitchell. NT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Darland, 3. Pace, 4. Gaunt, 5. Hessert, 6. Wise, 7. Kirby, 8. Gregg. NT FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Scott, 2. Kruseman, 3. Williams, 4. Rose, 5. Hagen, 6. Ogle, 7. Buckman, 8. Hockett. NT SEMIFEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hines, 4. Wise, 5.Neely, 6. Kirby, 7. Leslie, 8. Stanbrough, 9. Hermansader, 10. Hessert, 11. Shuman, 12. Gregg, 13. Ray, 14. Ogle, 15. Gaines, 16. Martin, 17. Ream, 18. Marvel, 19. Buckman, 20. Ziehl, 21. Wilson, 22. Argo, 23. Mitchell. NT FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jerry Coons Jr., 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Jay Drake, 7. Rip Williams, 8. Bud Kaeding, 9. Josh Wise, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Rickie Gaunt, 12. Bill Rose, 13. Bryan Clauson, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Jeremy Sherman, 16. Brad Sweet, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18. Josh Ford, 19. Charles Davis Jr., 20. Dickie Gaines, 21. Ryan Pace, 22. Cory Kruseman, 23. R.J. Johnson, 24. John Scott, 25. Darren Hagen. ** Rossi flipped in the C Main. Hockett flipped in the fourth heat. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Spencer, Laps 17-25 Coons NEW VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,549; 2-Darland-1,535; 3-Kaeding-1,296; 4-Drake-1,284; 5-Wise-1,264;6-Neely-1,090; 7-Coons-910; 8-Stanbrough-886; 9-Hagen-843; 10-Hines-680 NEW VALVOLINE CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-2,005; 2-Kruseman-1,852; 3-Williams-1,850; 4-Kirby-1,562; 5-Davis-1,378; 6-Spencer-1,375; 7-Gaunt-1,348; 8-Ford-1,160; 9-Sheridan-1,073; 10-Wilson-1,013 NEXT NATIONAL & CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: November 11, 2005 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway "Western World Open FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Mike Kirby, 8. Bill Rose, 9. Casey Shuman, 10. Brad Sweet, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Dickie Gaines, 14. Mat Neely, 15. Jay Drake, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Jesse Hockett, 18. Charles Davis Jr., 19. Seth Wilson, 20. Danny Sheridan, 21. Shane Cottle, 22. Rip Williams, 23. Mike Spencer, 24. Jeremy Sherman, 25. R.J. Johnson, 26. Ryan Pace. 8:48.60 ** Kaeding and Ream flipped in hot laps. Argo flipped in the semifeature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hagen, Laps 4-25 Gardner USAC VALVOLINE NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 11, 2005 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway - 38th Checker Auto Parts/Budweiser "Western World Championship" Preliminary QUALIFYING: 1. Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-18.687; 2. Casey Shuman, 44M, Felker-18.794; 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 69, Dynamics-18.922; 4. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-19.013; 5. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Guiducci-19.041; 6. Tracy Hines, 69ot, Dynamics-19.074; 7. Bill Rose, 11X, Walker/Guiducci-19.102; 8. Darren Hagen, 71, Hagen-19.124; 9. Davey Ray, 14AJ, Fattfro-19.218; 10. Jay Drake, 21, Stewart-19.256; 11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle Motorsports-19.292; 12. Tom Hessert III, 5H, Hessert-19.322; 13. Josh Wise, 20, Stewart-19.323; 14. Ryan Pace, 44, Pace-19.342; 15. Brad Sweet, 1C, Sweet-19.352; 16. Ben Gregg, 22B, Gregg-19.366; 17. Charles Davis Jr., 8A, Smiley-19.372; 18. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-19.376; 19. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-19.378; 20. Rick Ziehl, 20z, Ziehl-19.407; 21. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby-19.422; 22. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK/Leffler-19.452; 23. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-19.452; 24. Chuck Buckman, 61az, Carston-19.525; 25. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-19.550; 26. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz-19.563; 27. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-19.634; 28. Mike Spencer, 44J, Engstrom-19.640; 29. Mike Martin, 57, Martin-19.657; 30. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-19.692; 31. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-19.694; 32. Mat Neely, 10, R&B-19.696; 33. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-19.723; 34. Jeremy Sherman, 7, Priestley-19.762; 35. Jesse Hockett, 2J, Massey-19.767; 36. Dickie Gaines, 21x, Roberts-19.830; 37. Tom Ogle, 5A, Turner-19.837; 38. Adam Mitchell, 14, Lancaster-19.853; 39. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-19.883; 40. J.J. Yeley, 11d, O'Dell-19.887; 41. Brandon Lane, 97H, Lane-19.907; 42. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-19.925; 43. Justin Marvel, 14L, Lancaster-19.961; 44. Ronnie Clark, 33x, Clark-19.990; 45. Bob Ream Jr., 8, B.R.A.T.-20.072; 46. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-20.979; 47. Nathan High, 6A, Pritchett-24.201. C MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Lane, 3. Marvel, 4. Ream, 5. Keller. 2:44.56 FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Jones, 3. Kirby, 4. Sheridan, 5. Hines, 6. Gregg, 7. Argo, 8. Gaines. 3:22.18 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Neely, 2. Kaeding, 3. Shuman, 4. Davis, 5. Rose, 6. Hessert, 7. Hermansader. NT THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Cottle, 3. Spencer, 4. Hagen, 5. Ford, 6. Wise, 7. Leslie, 8. Mitchell. 3:24.71 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Johnson, 3. Sherman, 4. Pace, 5. Buckman, 6. Wilson, 7. Martin, 8. Ray. 3:26.46 FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Hockett, 3. Darland, 4. Sweet, 5. Williams, 6. Ziehl, 7. Derek O'Dell (#11d O'Dell), 8. Drake. 3:24.30 SEMIFEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Drake, 3. Rose, 4. Wilson, 5. Williams, 6. Gaines, 7. Gregg, 8. Ford, 9. Ziehl, 10. Gaunt, 11. Martin, 12. Hessert, 13. Wise, 14. Buckman, 15. Leslie, 16. Ream, 17. Marvel, 18. O'Dell, 19. Lane, 20. Hermansader, 21. Ogle, 22. Mitchell, 23. Argo. NT FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Jerry Coons Jr., 3. Dave Darland, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Darren Hagen, 7. Mike Kirby, 8. Bill Rose, 9. Casey Shuman, 10. Brad Sweet, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Dickie Gaines, 14. Mat Neely, 15. Jay Drake, 16. Bryan Clauson, 17. Jesse Hockett, 18. Charles Davis Jr., 19. Seth Wilson, 20. Danny Sheridan, 21. Shane Cottle, 22. Rip Williams, 23. Mike Spencer, 24. Jeremy Sherman, 25. R.J. Johnson, 26. Ryan Pace. 8:48.60 ** Kaeding and Ream flipped in hot laps. Argo flipped in the semifeature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Hagen, Laps 4-25 Gardner NEW VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-1,613; 2-Darland-1,597; 3-Kaeding-1,332; 4-Drake-1,310; 5-Wise-1,265; 6-Neely-1,123; 7-Coons-979; 8-Hagen-893; 9-Stanbrough-886; 10-Hines-733 NEW VALVOLINE CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-2,076; 2-Kruseman-1,891; 3-Williams-1,863; 4-Kirby-1,610; 5-Davis-1,400; 6-Spencer-1,394; 7-Gaunt-1,349; 8-Ford-1,161; 9-Sheridan-1,091; 10-Wilson-1,029 VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL & USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 12, 2005 - Phoenix, Arizona - Manzanita Speedway - 38th "Checker Auto Parts/Budweiser Western World Championships" "C" MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Ben Gregg (#22B Gregg), 2. Seth Wilson (#17 Racing Optics), 3. Mike Leslie (#76 Montgomery), 4. Tom Hessert III (#5H Hessert), 5. Rick Ziehl (#20z Ziehl), 6. Chuck Buckman (#61az Carsten), 7. Mike Martin (#57 Martin), 8. Davey Ray (#14AJ Fattfro), 9. Jordan Hermansader (#4 Alexander), 10. Tom Ogle (#5A Turner), 11. Brandon Lane (#97H Lane), 12. Derek O'Dell (#11D O'Dell), 13. NadineKeller (#16 Keller), 14. Bob Ream Jr. (#8 BRAT). 4:02.39 "B" MAIN: (20 laps) 1. Rip Williams (#3 Jory), 2. Cory
Kruseman (#38 Crossno), 3. Danny Sheridan (#18 Kittle), 4. Mike Kirby (#96
Kirby), 5. Jeremy Sherman (#7 Priestley), 6. Shane Cottle (#10E Edison), 7. Ryan
Pace (#44p Pace), 8. Mat Neely (#10 R & B), 9. Josh Wise (#20 Stewart), 10.
Jesse Hockett (#2J Massey), 11. Casey Shuman (#44M Felker), 12. R.J. Johnson
(#15AZ Martin), 13. Hessert, 14. Leslie, 15. Wilson, 16. Martin, 17. Charles
Davis Jr. (#8A Smiley), 18. Rickie Gaunt (#2A |
