Jones led the final six laps in his Tony Stewart Racing Mopar-powered machine to beat Cory Kruseman, Darren Hagen, Damion Gardner and Danny Sheridan to the checkered flag on the 1/2-mile dirt oval.

Jones’s teammate, Josh Wise of Riverside , Calif. , spent Saturday night at Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix after flipping while leading the race on lap 14. He was held overnight for observation and was expected to be released Sunday following initial X-rays, which proved negative. Wise was attempting to lap a slower car when he hit the first-turn wall.

Gardner, who posted a record 22 fast qualifying times on his way to the 2005 USAC/CRA title, opened the season as Saturday’s fast qualifier. Jesse Hockett, who was the second-fastest qualifier, led 11 laps after the Wise accident, but failed to finish the 30-lap race. The USAC/CRA series resumes Feb. 4 at the Perris ( Calif. ) Auto Speedway.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: 
January 21, 2006 – Phoenix, Arizona – Manzanita Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-18.667; 2. Johnny Herrera, 45x, Herrera-18.771; 3. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-18.801; 4. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-18.857; 5. Jesse Hockett, 2az, Massey-18.873; 6. Bryan Clauson, 67, Kunz-18.885; 7. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Rodriguez-18.916; 8. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-18.959; 9. Darren Hagen, 71, Kunz-18.979; 10. Tony Jones, 4. Alexander-19.062; 11. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-19.138; 12. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby-19.220; 13. Brandon Lane, 97H, Lane-19.256; 14. Josh Wise, 20, Stewart-19.265; 15. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-19.275; 16. J. Hicks, 66, Miller-19.312; 17. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-19.377; 18. Jimmy Crawford, 17c, Crawford-19.455; 19. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-19.544; 20. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-19.760; 21. Ronnie Clark, 33A, Clark-19.798; 22. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-19.803; 23. Tom Ogle, 5az, Turner-19.844; 24. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-19.936; 25. Blake Miller, 5, Keller-19.962; 26. Ben Gregg, 22B, Gregg-19.986; 27. Ryan Linder, 9, Linder-20.512; 28. Eric Severson, 36, Severson-20.784; 29. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-20.789; 30. Bruce St. James, 7K, St. James-21.534; 31. Seth Wilson, 17, Wilson-23.265; 32. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-NT; 33. Tim Beal, 4c, Beal-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. B.Miller, 2. Spencer, 3. Hockett, 4. Hagen, 5. Gardner, 6. Lane, 7. Keller, 8. Clark. 3:17.60

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Wise, 2. Gregg, 3. Herrera, 4. Darland, 5. Crawford, 6. Clawson, 7. T.Jones, 8. St. James. 3:18.92

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Kruseman, 3. Ogle, 4. Rodriguez, 5. Cardey, 6. Williams, 7. Linder, 8. Wilson. 3:19.18

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Johnson, 2. Kirby, 3. L.Jones, 4. Hicks, 5. Ford, 6. Severson, 7. Ebberts. 3:14.84

SEMI: (12 laps)
1. Clauson, 2. Gardner, 3. Ford, 4. Lane, 5. Crawford, 6. Cardey, 7. Clark, 8. T.Jones, 9. Linder, 10. Severson, 11. Williams, 12. Ebberts, 13. St. James, 14. Wilson, 15. Keller. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Actual Starting Positions) 
1. Levi Jones (4th), 2. Cory Kruseman (7th), 3. Darren Hagen (3rd), 4. Damion Gardner (9th), 5. Danny Sheridan (13th), 6. Mike Spencer (15th), 7. R.J. Johnson (18th), 8. J. Hicks (12th), 9. Brandon Lane (10th), 10. Tom Ogle (19th), 11. Ben Gregg (20th), 12. David Cardey (17th), 13. Jesse Hockett (5th), 14. Johnny Herrera (6th), 15. Josh Wise (1st), 16. Jimmy Crawford (14th), 17. Blake Miller (21st), 18. Rip Williams (22nd), 19. Bryan Clauson (8th), 20. Dave Darland (16th), 21. Josh Ford (11th), 22. Johnny Rodriguez (2nd), 23. Mike Kirby (23rd). NT
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*Mike Kirby was slated to start 2nd, but pulled into work area before taking green flag. He started 23rd.
**Williams flipped on lap 7 of the feature. Wise flipped on lap 14 of the feature and was transported to Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix. Herrera flipped on lap 29 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-13 Wise, Laps 14-24 Hockett, Laps 25-30 L.Jones.

NEW UNOFFICIAL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-L.Jones-67; 2-Kruseman-66; 3-Gardner-60; 4-Hagen-57; 5-Sheridan-54; 6-Spencer-50; 7-Johnson-48; 8-Hicks-42; 9-Lane-37; 10-Ogle-37.
 

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
February 4 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway