February 13, 2006..Cory
Kruseman of
Ventura
,
Calif.
and Damion Gardner of
Concord
,
Calif.
continue their battle for the
2006 USAC/CRA Sprint Car championship Saturday night at Perris (
Calif.
) Auto Speedway.
Gardner (the “Demon”), will seek to extend his streak of fast
qualifying times to three of three as he looks to repeat his qualifying
dominance of 2005 when he posted a record 22 fast times.
Gardner and Kruseman finished 1-2 seven times during the 2005 season,
Gardner wining five times and Kruseman twice. Four of those 1-2 finishes came at
Perris and
Gardner
won all four.
The two finished second (
Gardner
) and fourth (Kruseman) two
Saturdays ago (Feb. 4) as 2004 series champion Rip Williams scored the 102nd
Sprint car win of his illustrious career (99 sanctioned by USAC, CRA or SCRA).
Kruseman holds a one-point lead over the defending series champ going
into Saturday’s race, the 40th for USAC/CRA Sprint cars at Perris
since the series began in 2004. Gardner and Kruseman are the winningest drivers
at the 1/2-mile Perris oval in those 39 previous events, Damion winning 14 and
Cory 7.
Saturday night’s program concludes with a
30-lap feature.
USAC/CRA
SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS
1.
|
Cory
Kruseman
|
131
|
|
6.
|
Rip
Williams
|
84
|
2.
|
Damion
Gardner
|
130
|
|
7.
|
J.
Hicks
|
72
|
3.
|
Danny
Sheridan
|
105
|
|
8.
|
Mike
Kirby
|
69
|
4.
|
Mike
Spencer
|
102
|
|
9.
|
David
Cardey
|
64
|
5.
|
Jesse
Hockett
|
97
|
|
10.
|
Blake
Miller
|
55
|
|