“THE DEMON” DOMINATES PAS RUN

Perris, CA – March 25, 2006 – Defending USAC / CRA Champion Damion Gardner, Concord, Calif. served notice Saturday night at the Perris Auto Speedway that he is the man to beat for the 2006 driving title.

Five races into the 2006 campaign, Gardner has piloted the Ron Chaffin / Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply #50 Eagle to the fastest lap in time trials every race, and has two wins and two runner-up finishes in the last four events.

Cory Kruseman, Ventura, Calif., led the first 18 laps of the 30-lap main event before giving way to Gardner and went on to finish second ahead of Buckeye, Arizona’s Charles Davis, Jr.

Rip Williams, Yorba Linda, Calif., and Tony Jones, Norco, Calif., rounded-out the top-five.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 25, 2006 – Perris, California, Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin- 16.505, 2. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich- 16.622, 3. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom- 16.712, 4. David Cardey, 59, Giardina- 16.736, 5. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Zoriki/Smiley- 16.753, 6. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander - 16.825, 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory- 16.917, 8. Josh Ford, 73, Ford - 16.961, 9. Blake Miller, 5, Keller - 16.985, 10. Tom Stansberry, 75, Stansberry- 17.025, 11. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta- 17.027, 12. Davey Pombo, 14, Lancaster- 17.038, 13. Rickie Gaunt, 2a, Zoriki/Smiley - 17.049, 14. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno - 17.051, 15. R. J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin- 17.113, 16. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby - 17.117, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle- 17.138, 18. Joshua Williams, 34, Williams- 17.162, 19. Evan Suggs, 33E, Suggs- 17.339, 20. J Hicks, 66, Miller - 17.382, 21. Jordan Hermansader, 42, Cheney- 17.394, 22. Robert Ellis, 43, Ellis- 17.525, 23. Dwayne Marcum, 12, Pratt- 17.652, 24. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina- 17.765, 25. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead- 17.786, 26. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller- 17.813, 27. Rick Becker, 11, Wilkerson- 17.870, 28. Ryan Devitt, 35, Devitt- 18.080, 29. Cal Smith, 39, Smith- 18.225, 30. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich - 18.260, 31. Jonny Bates, 33A, Bates- 18.646, 32. Ludwig Solberg IV, 13, Solberg- 18.682, 33. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart- 18.955, 34. Royal Adderson, 38x, Adderson- 19.413, 35. Eric Severson, 36x, Severson- 19.893, 36. Joe Gunderson, 57X, Gunderson- 21.990, 37. J.J. Ercse, 25, Ruth- NT, 38. Brad Sweet, 1, Sweet- NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Gardner, 3. Miller, 4. Davis, 5. Gaunt, 6. Springstead, 7. Stewart, 8. Smith, 9. Hermansader - NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Jones, 3. Cody, 4. Heidenreich, 5. J. Williams, 6. Stansberry, 7. Ellis, 8. Keller, 9. Adderson- 2:52.93

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marcum, 2. Becker, 3. R. Williams, 4. Johnson, 5. Spencer, 6. Suggs, 7. Bates, 8. Severson, 9. Ebberts – 2:56.43

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Giardina, 3. Ford, 4. Hicks, 5. Pombo, 6. Cardey, 7. Devitt, 8. Solberg- 2:54.01

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Spencer, 3. Stansberry, 4. Gaunt, 5. Pombo, 6. Suggs, 7. Keller, 8. J. Williams, 9. Solberg, 10. Springstead, 11. Devitt, 12. Bates, 13. Severson, 14. Adderson, 15. Stewart, 16. Hermansader, 17. Smith – 3:26.45

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Charles Davis, Jr., 4. Rip Williams, 5. Tony Jones, 6. Bobby Cody, 7. David Cardey, 8. Danny Sheridan, 9. Rickie Gaunt, 10. R. J. Johnson, 11. Josh Ford, 12. Mike Spencer, 13. Mike Kirby, 14. Davey Pombo, 15. Tom Stansberry, 16. Evan Suggs 17. Rick Becker, 18. Mark Heidenreich, 19. J Hicks, 20. Blake Miller, 21. Dwayne Marcum, 22. Jim Giardina.

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