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FEBRUARY 12, 2007 - Darren Hagen leads the
USAC/CRA Sprint Cars back to Perris (
Calif.
) Auto Speedway this Saturday, hoping to repeat his
Feb. 3 victory at the 1/2-mile dirt oval.
Hagen
finished second to race winner Ricky Stenhouse Jr.
in Saturday night’s 40-lap “The Copper on Dirt” feature at Manzanita
Speedway in
Phoenix
,
Ariz.
, extending his series point lead over Tony Jones to
five points. Jones was fouth at
Phoenix
.
Stenhouse, of Olive Branch,
Miss.
, earned his initial USAC feature victory at
Phoenix
by leading the final 25 laps in his South Tire/Final
Touch Auto Collision Center J & J/Dynotech. He passed Levi Jones on lap 16
and led the rest of the way to beat Hagen, Damion Gardner, Tony Jones and Mike
Spencer. Tracy Hines led the opening lap and Levi Jones led the next 14.
A 30-lap feature caps Saturday night’s Perris program. Defending
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Champion Cory Kruseman finished ninth at
Phoenix
.
USAC/CRA
SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS
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1.
|
Darren
Hagen
|
127
|
|
6.
|
Danny
Sheridan
|
84
|
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2.
|
Tony
Jones
|
122
|
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7.
|
R.J.
Johnson
|
69
|
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3.
|
Rickie
Gaunt
|
113
|
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8.
|
Scotty
Weir
|
68
|
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4.
|
Rip
Williams
|
95
|
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9.
|
Garrett
Hansen
|
66
|
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5.
|
Mike
Spencer
|
93
|
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10.
|
Damion
Gardner
|
62
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