April 3, 2006 –
Rickie Gaunt of
Torrance
,
Calif.
piloted the Tony Smiley - David Zoriki
Motorsports/Extreme Chassis Extreme/Chevy to victory in Saturday night’s
30-lap USAC/CRA Sprint race at Perris (
Calif.
) Auto Speedway but Cory Kruseman leads the series to
this Saturday night’s event at
USA
Race
Park
in
Tucson
,
Ariz.
Kruseman finished second to Gaunt at The PAS and leads defending series
champion Damion Gardner by 26 points after
Gardner
failed to finish Saturday night’s race. On the 23rd
lap, while battling for second place, he and Kruseman bumped and
Gardner
’s subsequent tire problem forced him out of the
race.
Gardner
did, however, extend his streak of CRA fast
qualifying times to seven dating back to last year’s finale. Last year at
Tucson
, Kruseman won and
Gardner
was second.
Trailing Gaunt and Kruseman at Perrris were Danny Sheridan, Rip Williams
and Mike Spencer. Gaunt dedicated his victory to the memory of long-time series
car owner Bill Pratt, who passed away last week.
USAC/CRA
SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS
1.
|
Cory
Kruseman
|
399
|
|
6.
|
Rickie
Gaunt
|
240
|
2.
|
Damion
Gardner
|
373
|
|
7.
|
Tony
Jones
|
224
|
3.
|
Mike
Spencer
|
302
|
|
8.
|
David
Cardey
|
216
|
4.
|
Danny
Sheridan
|
264
|
|
9.
|
Mike
Kirby
|
210
|
5.
|
Rip
Williams
|
253
|
|
10.
|
Charles
Davis Jr.
|
207
|
|