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*Special Thanks to the Perris Auto Speedway Staff.
NAPA AUTO PARTS/AUTO TRADER MAGAZINES
SCRA SPRINT CARS
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY
SEPTEMBER 1, 2002
36 CARS
Fast Qualifiers (Top 10)
1. #98 - Verne Sweeney - 18.407
2. #20 - Damion Gardner - 18.458
3. #83 - John Scott - 18.630
4. #7 - Jeremy Sherman - 18.663
5. #87 - Tony Jones - 18.698
6. #3 - Rip Williams - 18.760
7. #38 - Levi Jones - 18.780
8. #12 - Casey Shuman - 18.867
9. #44 - Mike Spencer - 18.900
10. #4 - Rickie Gaunt - 18.922
HEAT 1
1. Mike Faria, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Adam Mitchell, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Jack
DeArmond Jr., 6. Verne Sweeney, 7. David Sinsley, 8. Tom Wilhelm, 9.
Jarrett Chaney
HEAT 2
1. Damion Gardner, 2. Rip Williams, 3, Cory Kruseman, 4. Brian Venard, 5.
Michael Hinrichsen, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Steve Venard, 8. Eric Severson, 9. Dan
Tedrick
HEAT 3
1. Mike Kirby, 2. Richard Griffin, 3. Levi Jones, 4. John Scott, 5. Jordan
Hermansader, 6. Lance Gremett, 7. Mel Murphy, 8. Alan Ballard, 9. Bill Goforth
HEAT 4
1. Steve Ostling, 2. Mike English, 3. Jeremy Sherman, 4. Danny Faria Jr., 5.
Casey Shuman, 6. Bobby Cody, 7. Dan Hillberg, 8. Tony Lima, 9. Mark
Heidenreich
PMD
1. Rip Williams, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Jeremy Sherman, 5.
Richard Griffin, 6. John Scott, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Tony Jones
B-MAIN
1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Casey Shuman, 3. Lance Gremett, 4. Jarrett Chaney, 5. Dan
Hillberg, 6. Bobby Cody, 7. Verne Sweeney, 8. Eric Severson, 9. Mel Murphy,
10. Jack DeArmond Jr., 11. David Sinsley, 12. Tony Lima, 13. Tom
Wilhelm, 14. Dan Tedrick, 15. Michael Hinrichsen, 16. Jordan
Hermansader, 17. Mark Heidenreich
A-MAIN (with starting positions)
1. Richard Griffin (5th)
2. Cory Kruseman (13th)
3. John Scott (6th)
4. Rickie Gaunt (10th)
5. Jeremy Sherman (4th)
6. Levi Jones (2nd)
7. Adam Mitchell (22nd)
8. Brian Venard (19th)
9. Mike Spencer (7th)
10. Dan Hillberg (15th)
11. Mike English (11th)
12. Lance Gremett (17th)
13. Rip Williams (1st)
14. Casey Shuman (9th)
15. Tony Jones (8th)
16. Mike Kirby (14th)
17. Damion Gardner (3rd)
18. Danny Faria Jr. (20th)
19. Jarrett Chaney (16th)
20. Mike Faria (12th)
21. Steve Ostling (18th)
22. Bobby Cody (21st)
Another large crowd enjoyed an intriguing 50-lap main event on
a very hot Southern California night. Third place starting Damion
Gardner seemed to have the field covered as he built full straightaway leads
over the competition. On or around lap 29, he had a small hole in the
side wall of his right rear and it went down all the way on lap 31. He
could not get the tire changed fast enough for the restart.
That gave the lead to Cory Kruseman, but Rip Williams raced around the outside
of him, took the lead and eventually built up a big lead like Gardner.
That evaporated with just a few laps to go when his right rear blew. In
the end, Griffin, who lurked in the top five all race long, pounced on the
lead and held off Kruseman and John Scott for a narrow victory.
Notable passing performances in the main included Kruseman 13th to 2nd, Gaunt
10th to 4th, Mitchell 22nd to 7th, Venard 19th to 8th and Hillberg 15th to
10th. Danny Faria Jr. had moved from 20th to 8th before his night ended
after a bout with the turn one wall.
Two hard turnovers on the night. Tony Lima in the B main and Mike Faria
(no relation to the Speedway Motorcycle rider) in the A main. Both
escaped uninjured.
Vista Paint will next present the NAPA Auto Parts/Auto Trader Magazines SCRA
Sprint Cars at The PAS on September 14th. September is "Back to
School" month at The PAS. For each Junior ticket purchased, fans
will receive one free Junior ticket (must be used on the same night) and for
every children's ticket purchased they will receive a free children's ticket
(must be used on the same night).
For more information call (909) 940-0134 or visit The PAS website at
www.perrisautospeedway.com.
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