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Perris Auto Speedway
October 5, 2001
40
Cars on Hand
FAST QUALIFIERS (Top 10)
1. Richard Griffin - 16.640
2. Rip Williams - 16.757
3. John Scott - 16.853
4. Charles Davis Jr. - 16.889
5. Danny Sheridan - 16.900
6. Rickie Gaunt - 16.912
7. Rodney Argo - 16.914
8. Verne Sweeney - 16.972
9. Troy Rutherford - 16.988
10. Bobby Graham - 17.001
C-Main
1. Eric Rossi, 2. Dan Hillberg, 3. Keith Williamson, 4. Ronnie Clark, 5.
Jeff Schildmeyer, 6. Cal Smith, 7. Mel Murphy, 8. Dan Tedrick, 9. Steve Koster,
10. Jimmy Gardner Jr.
HEAT 1
1. Lance Gremett, 2. Steve Ostling, 3. Mike Kirby, 4.
Troy Rutherford, 5. Richard Griffin, 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Rick Becker, 8.
Eric Rossi
HEAT 2
1. Mike English, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Rickie Gaunt, 4. Rip Williams,
5. Mike Spencer, 6. Bobby Graham, 7. Dan Hillberg, 8. Charlie Ekiss
HEAT 3
1. Jarrett Chaney, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Rodney Argo, 4. John Scott, 5.
Jordan Hermansader, 6. Adam Mitchell, 7. Jeremy Sherman, 8. Keith Williamson
HEAT 4
1. Jack DeArmond Jr., 2. Peter Murphy, 3. Charlie Davis Jr., 4. Greg
DeCaires, 5. Verne Sweeney, 6. Gary W. Howard, 7. Brian Venard, 8. Ronnie
Clark
B-Main
1. Richard Griffin, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Verne Sweeney, 4. Gary W.
Howard, 5. Adam Mitchell, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Jeremy Sherman, 8. Jordan
Hermansader, 9. Brian Venard, 10. Dan Hillberg, 11. Ronnie Clark, 12. Eric
Rossi, 13. Rick Becker, 14. Charlie Ekiss.
A-Main - 20
Laps (With Starting Positions)
1. Troy Rutherford (1st)
2. Rip Williams (6th)
3. Rickie Gaunt (3rd)
4. Cory Kruseman (13th)
5. Rodney Argo (2nd)
6. Danny Sheridan (8th)
7. John Scott (5th)
8. Adam Mitchell (10th)
9. Steve Ostling (12th)
10. Tony Jones (14th)
11. Gary W. Howard (11th)
12. Verne Sweeney (9th)
13. Mike Kirby (16th)
14. Richard Griffin (7th)
15. Lance Gremett (18th)
16. Mike Spencer (17th)
17. Jarrett Chaney (19th)
18. Mike English (21st)
19. Peter Murphy (20th)
20. Jack DeArmond Jr. (22nd)
21. Greg DeCaires (15th)
22. Charles Davis Jr. (4th)
Lap Leaders: Rutherford 1-20
Troy Rutherford led every lap of the 20-lap main and took the checkered with nearly a half straightaway lead. Rip Williams passed
Rickie Gaunt late in the main event for second. Cory Kruseman started 13th and finished 4th. The top four are seeded directly to
Saturday’s 30-lap A main and will make up the first two rows of the JE Pistons Passing Masters Dash.
Charles Davis Jr., who started fourth in the main, tipped over in turn two on the first lap and bumped his knee. He was done for the
night, but should be back Saturday. Richard Griffin got turned around in the ensuing scramble and had to restart at the back. Only
other car not to finish the main was Greg DeCaires who had a rear suspension problem.
Glenn Crossno got upside down hard between turn three and four after contact with Keith Williamson in the C main. Crossno was
dazed, but walked to the ambulance. His car sustained heavy damage. In almost the exact same spot in heat three, Williamson
flipped hard after something broke as he entered the turn. Once again the driver was ok, but the car sustained heavy damage.
Charlie Ekiss got upside down on the same end in the B main. He walked away uninjured.
SCRA leading Rookie Driver Michael Hinrichsen had an engine problem in qualifying that put him out for the night.
Fast qualifier in the WorldCom USAC Western Midgets was Bryan Stanfill. He also won their eight-car dash. John Serale won the
first Midget heat and in a crowd pleaser, Randi Pankratz bested her Father, Wally
Pankratz, in the second heat.
Matt Hummel got upside in the first Midget heat, but walked away uninjured.
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