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1 POINT SEPARATES GARDNER, KRUSEMAN!

USAC/CRA RACE #100 SATURDAY AT VENTURA

 

 

            Only one point separates Damion Gardner and Cory Kruseman in their continuing battle for the 2006 USAC/CRA Sprint Car Championship! They will square off again Saturday night at Ventura (Calif.) Raceway as one of America’s most hotly-contested driving titles accelerates in its closing stages. Saturday night’s race will be the 100th in USAC/CRA Sprint Car history.

 

            Kruseman closed the point gap with a fourth-place finish behind winner Tony Jones in last Saturday night’s “Legends of Ascot Night” 25-lapper at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Gardner was 10th in that race after narrowly missing his 17th fast qualifying time of the season. Levi Jones, USAC’s defending National Sprint Car Champion, edged Gardner for the fast time, then finished second in the feature.

 

            Tony Jones led the final seven laps to win the Perris main event over Levi Jones, Danny Sheridan, Kruseman and Mike Spencer. Rip Williams led the first four laps and Sheridan led the next 14. The victory was Jones’ fifth in his last 11 Perris starts.

 

            A 30-lap feature is on tap this Saturday at Ventura.

 

            The USAC National and USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series combine for back-to-back “tripleheaders” Nov. 2-4 and Nov. 9-11 at Perris, Calif. and Phoenix, Ariz. respectively.

 

 

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

 

1.

Damion Gardner

1,690

 

6.

Blake Miller

1,122

2.

Cory Kruseman

1,689

 

7.

Rip Williams

1,114

3.

Tony Jones

1,558

 

8.

David Cardey

986

4.

Mike Spencer

1,496

 

9.

Josh Ford

919

5.

Danny Sheridan

1,415

 

10.

Rickie Gaunt

825

 

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 21, 2006 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

 

      QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 11w, Walker-17.741; 2. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.785; 3. Dustin Morgan, 11d, Walker-17.901; 4. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.999; 5. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-18.180; 6. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-18.230; 7. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Preistley-18.280; 8. Alan Ballard, 22, Heidenreich-18.456; 9. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich-18.472; 10. Blake Miller, 94, Keller-18.518; 11. Charles Davis Jr., 8A, Zoriki/Smiley-18.605; 12. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.656; 13. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-18.660; 14. Rickie Gaunt, 2a, Zoriki/Smiley-18.661; 15. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-18.684; 16. Jonny Bates, 33A, Bates-18.692; 17. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-18.813; 18. Andy Forsberg, 93, Filipich-18.840; 19. Jimmy Crawford, 51, Crawford-18.846; 20. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-18.902; 21. Mat Neely, 2B, 2B Racing-18.936; 22. Brian Venard, 12, Blair-18.955; 23. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-18.964; 24. Matt Mitchell, 3m, Jory-19.015; 25. Darren Hagen, 11, Wilkerson-19.074; 26. Seth Wilson, 17, Wilson-19.075; 27. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-19.108; 28. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-19.129; 29. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-19.137; 30. Robert Ellis, 43, Ellis-19.166; 31. Todd Hunsaker, 6x, Hunsaker-19.246; 32. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-19.310; 33. Michael Trimble, 15T, Trimble-19.335; 34. Keith Williamson, 95, Williamson-19.356; 35. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-19.360; 36. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-19.516; 37. Jason York, 25n, York-19.560; 38. Ryan Devitt, 35, Devitt-19.634; 39. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-19.675; 40. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-19.758; 41. Brian Camarillo, 73x, Ford-19.783; 42. Matt Forstie, 72, Forstie-20.023; 43. Ludwig Solberg IV, 13, Solberg-20.145; 44. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-20.795; 45. Eric Severson, 36x, Severson-21.202; 46. Danny Faria, Jr., 87, Vermeer/Ferreira-NT; 47. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-NT; 48. Scotty Weir, 22w, Weir-NT.

 

      C MAIN: (8 laps) 1. Williamson, 2. Trimble, 3. York, 4. Camarillo, 5. Devitt, 6. Case, 7. Everhart, 8. Severson, 9. Adderson, 10. Forstie, 11. Gunderson, 12. Solberg, 13. Hansen. NT

 

      FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Williams, 3. Neely, 4. Hagen, 5. Ford, 6. Boespflug, 7. L.Jones, 8. Devitt, 9. Cody, 10. Williamson. NT

 

      SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Miller, 3. Gardner, 4. Trimble, 5. Case, 6. Wilson, 7. Forsberg, 8. Kruseman, 9. Venard, 10. Ellis. NT

 

      THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Morgan, 3. York, 4. Crawford, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Davis, 7. Everhart, 8. Hunsaker, 9. Rossi, 10. Cardey. NT

 

      FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. T.Jones, 3. Johnson, 4. Severson, 5. Ballard, 6. Bates, 7. Keller, 8. Camarillo, 9. Ebberts, 10. Mitchell. NT

 

      AGROMIN SOIL DASH: (4 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Spencer, 3. Gaunt, 4. Argo. 1:14.18

 

      SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Rodriguez, 2. L.Jones, 3. Davis, 4. Boespflug, 5. Ebberts, 6. Venard, 7. Mitchell, 8. Rossi, 9. Bates, 10. Kruseman, 11. Ellis, 12. Forsberg, 13. Williamson, 14. Keller, 15. Cody, 16. Case, 17. Everhart, 18. Ford, 19. Devitt, 20. Ballard, 21. Wilson, 22. Hunsaker. NT

 

      FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Blake Miller, 7. Charles Davis Jr., 8. Darren Hagen, 9. Johnny Rodriguez, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. Mat Neely, 12. Rodney Argo, 13. Danny Ebberts, 14. Jason York, 15. Eric Severson, 16. Michael Trimble, 17. Chad Boespflug, 18. R.J. Johnson, 19. Dustin Morgan, 20. Jimmy Crawford, 21. Brian Venard, 22. Rickie Gaunt, 23. Rip Williams. NT

                                                                                                                                                                                

**Faria and Weir flipped during qualifying. Camarillo flipped during the fourth heat. Hunsaker flipped during the Semi. Gaunt flipped during feature.

 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Williams, Laps 5-18 Sheridan, Laps 19-25 T.Jones.

 

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-1,690; 2-Kruseman-1,689; 3-T.Jones-1,558; 4-Spencer-1,496; 5-Sheridan-1,415; 6-Miller-1,122; 7-Williams-1,114; 8-David Cardey-986; 9-Ford-919; 10-Gaunt-825.

 

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 28 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

 

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