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Perris Auto Speedway
Sept. 2, 2001
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Cars on Hand
FAST QUALIFIERS (Top 10)
1. Charles Davis Jr. - 16.850
2. Brian Venard - 16.992
3. Richard Griffin - 17.000
4. Rip Williams - 17.067
5. Troy Cline - 17.097
6. Verne Sweeney - 17.129
7. Jordan Hermansader - 17.142
8. Rickie Gaunt - 17.151
9. Cory Kruseman - 17.161
10. John Scott - 17.180
C-Main
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Bobby Graham, 3. Dan Hillberg, 4. Cal Smith, 5. Keith
Williamson, 6. Mel Murphy, 7. Jimmy Gardner
Heat 1
1. Mike English, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Troy Cline, 4. Charles Davis Jr, 5. Cory
Kruseman, 6. Jeremy Sherman, 7. Charlie Ekiss, 8. Mike Spencer
Heat 2
1. Michael Hinrichsen, 2. Verne Sweeney, 3. Jack DeArmond Jr, 4. Bobby
Graham, 5. Keith Williamson, 6. Hank Winter, 7. John Scott, 8. Brian Venard
Heat 3
1. Richard Griffin, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Steve Ostling, 4. Jarrett Chaney,
5. Lance Gremett, 6. Ronnie Clark, 7. Jordan Hermansader, 8. Dan Hillberg
Heat 4
1. Rip Williams, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Adam
Mitchell, 6. Bobby Cody, 7. Cal Smith, 8. Gary W. Howard
Passing Masters
Dash
1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Troy Cline, 4. Richard Griffin, 5.
Charles Davis Jr, 6. Jarrett Chaney, 7. Verne Sweeney, 8. Mike Kirby
B-Main
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Jeremy Sherman, 3. Adam Mitchell, 4. Lance Gremett. 5. John
Scott, 6. Jordan Hermansader, 7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Mike Spencer, 9.
Bobby Cody, 10. Cal Smith, 11. Dan Hillberg, 12. Keith Williamson, 13.
Hank Winter, 14. Brian Venard, 15. Charlie Ekiss
A-Main - 50
Laps (With Starting Positions)
1. Richard Griffin (4th)
2. Rip Williams (2nd)
3. Jarrett Chaney (6th)
4. John Scott (11th)
5. Troy Cline (3rd)
6. Danny Sheridan (20th)
7. Rickie Gaunt (1st)
8. Charles Davis Jr. (5th)
9. Michael Hinrichsen (19th)
10. Steve Ostling (17th)
11. Lance Gremett (13th)
12. Troy Rutherford (12th)
13. Cory Kruseman (10th) DNF - Flip
14. Tony Jones (14th) DNF – Engine quit while he was leading
15. Jeremy Sherman (15th) DNF – Flip
16. Bobby Graham (22nd) DNF – Flip
17. Verne Sweeney (7th) (DNF)
18. Adam Mitchell (21st) (DNF) – Oil tank fell off
19. Jordan Hermansador (9th) Crash
20. Jack DeArmond Jr. (16th) DNF – Flip
21. Mike Kirby (8th) (DNF) – Suspected Fuel Pump
22. Mike English (18th) DNF – Flip
Laps Led: Williams 1-39, Jones 40-44, Williams 45-49, Griffin 50
Notes:
According to many, this was the best Sprint Car race they had ever seen.
Rip Williams led most of the way and at several times built up a half
straightaway lead. There was a fabulous eight-car battle for the second
through ninth positions that raged for approximately 25 laps in the middle of
the main with positions changing every lap. Among those in that battle were
Richard Griffin, Tony Jones, Troy Cline, Cory Kruseman, Jarrett Chaney, John
Scott, Charles Davis Jr., Danny Sheridan, Rickie Gaunt and others.
Jones started 14th worked his way through the pack in the Mike Wall #37. He
took the lead from Williams with one of his monster slide jobs in turn three
and moved away from the field. In only his second time in the car, Jones
looked to be headed for the win when his engine quit entering turn one on lap
44.
Williams was back in first on the restart, but received a heavy challenge
from Jarrett Chaney, before another flag slowed the field. The final few laps
featured a fierce battle with Williams, Chaney and Griffin. Williams led down
the back chute on the last lap and seemed to have his winless streak coming
to an end, but Griffin blasted by as they hit turn three. It still wasn’t
over. In the most spectacular finish in Perris Auto Speedway history,
Griffin, Williams and Chaney came off turn four three abreast as they battled
for the checked. Griffin got the best drive off the corner and finished with
Williams and Chaney on his push bar.
Huge crowd and no injuries in the crashes. Cory Kruseman was in contention
for his seventh straight PAS win, but got upside down after contact with Troy
Cline on lap 47. Troy Rutherford turned his car over to avoid plowing into
the flipping Kruseman
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