February 27, 2006..The Outdoor Channel will be on hand this Saturday,
March 4, to cover all the USAC/CRA Sprint Car action from the Perris (Calif.)
Auto Speedway. The race is scheduled to be aired April 1, with renowned
broadcaster Jack Arute anchoring the broadcast. Rob Klepper will provide the
color and Brienne Pedigo will be reporting from the pits.
Since rain forced postponement of the Feb. 18 race at Perris, Cory Kruseman of
Ventura, Calif., still holds a one point lead over defending series champion
Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. Perris Auto Speedway and USAC officials
recently announced that the postponed race has been rescheduled for Saturday
night, April 1.
Through two races this year, Kruseman has a runner-up finish at the season
opener at Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 21 and a fourth-place
finish at Perris on Feb. 4. From a main event standpoint, Gardner has equaled
Kruseman, posting a fourth-place finish at Manzy and a runner-up finish at
Perris. Even though The Demon has been the fastest qualifier in both
2006 races, The Krusers finishes in heat race competition have
given him the slightest of edges in the series points chase.
2004 USAC/CRA Champion Rip Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif., led all but the
first lap of the Perris race, and held off a charging Gardner at the finish to
earn his 99th sanctioned sprint car victory. Despite the popular victory, a flip
in the season opener has left Williams sixth in the series point standing, 47
points behind Kruseman. 2005 USAC National Sprint Car Champion, Levi Jones,
Olney, Ill., won the Manzanita Speedway race and led the opening lap of the
Perris race before finishing eighth.
Santa Maria, Calif.s Danny Sheridan is off to the best start of his 410
sprint car career, with a top-five finish at Manzanita Speedway and a
seventh-place run at Perris. Heading into the televised race this weekend,
Sheridan sits third in series points, three points ahead of Mike Spencer of
Temecula, Calif.
The March 4th race will be the 40th under USAC/CRA sanction at the 1/2-mile dirt
Perris oval.
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
|
|