February
6, 2006..Cory
Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. continues to lead the 2006
USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series standings despite a
fourth-place finish in Saturday afternoon’s 30-lap
feature at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Kruseman emerged from Saturday’s race with a slim
one-point lead over defending series champion Damion
Gardner of Concord, Calif. going into a Feb. 18 race at
Perris. Gardner finished second to race winner Rip
Williams in the Perris 30-lapper after posting his
second fastest qualifying effort of the young season.
Williams, of Yorba Linda, Calif., ranks sixth in the new
points after his win Saturday, the 102nd of his Sprint
car career. Trailing Williams and Gardner to the
checkered flag were Jesse Hockett, Kruseman and Mike
Spencer. Williams took the lead in his Sharon Jory/Weld
Wheels Stinger/Shaver from defending USAC National
Sprint Car Champion Levi Jones on the second lap and led
the rest of the way.
Hockett, of Warsaw, Mo., was named the race’s “hard
charger” after coming from 16th starting position to
finish third. Hockett ranks fifth in the new standings
behind third-ranking Danny Sheridan and fourth-ranking
Spencer.
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
February 4, 2006 – Perris, California – Perris Auto
Speedway
41 CARS
TIME
TRIALS:
1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.970; 2. Rick Williams,
6, Williams-17.138; 3. Cory Kruseman, 38,
Crossno-17.175; 4. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.267;
5. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.272; 6. Mike Kirby, 96,
Kirby-17.293; 7. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.345; 8. J.
Hicks, 66, Miller-17.380; 9. Seth Wilson, 17,
Wilson-17.408; 10. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.451;
11. Dwayne Marcum, 12, Pratt-17.499; 12. Blake Miller,
5, Keller-17.517; 13. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney-17.519;
14. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.560; 15. Levi Jones, 42X,
Cheney-17.571; 16. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich-17.577; 17.
Rickie Gaunt, 82, Hillberg-17.623; 18. Jimmy Crawford,
17C, Crawford-17.639; 19. Garrett Hansen, 19,
Argo-17.684; 20. Evan Suggs, 33E, Suggs-17.720; 21. Tom
Ogle, 5AZ, Ogle-17.733; 22. Jesse Hockett, 2AZ,
Massey-17.897; 23. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.923;
24. Rick Ziehl, 0, Shoemaker-17.948, 25. Rusty Carlile,
51, Carlile-17.963; 26. David Cardey, 59,
Giardina-17.978; 27. Jordan Hermansader, 14,
Lancaster-18.005; 28. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.168;
29. Ben Gregg, 22B, Gregg-18.257; 30. Brandon
Springstead, 36, Springstead-18.475; 31. Brandon
Thomson, 91, Thomson-18.494; 32. Eric Severson, 36X,
Severson-18.512; 33. Mark Heidenreich, 22,
Heidenreich-18.570; 34. Tom Stansberry, 75T,
Stansberry-18.579, 35. Josh Williams, 34,
Williams-18.865; 36. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor-18.951; 37.
Jeremy Ellerston, 98, Ellerston-18.965; 38. Robert
Ellis, 43, Ellis-19.111; 39. Ludwig Solberg IV, 13,
Solberg-19.495; 40. Ben Astenius, 1B, Evans-20.409; 41.
Nate Ziegler, N8, Ziegler-NT.
C-MAIN:
(6 laps)
1. Josh Williams, 2. Greg Taylor, 3. Jeremy Ellertson,
4. Tom Stansberry, 5. Robert Ellis, 6. Mark Heidenreich,
7. Ludvig Solverg, 8. Ben Astenious.
FIRST
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Josh Ford, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Rickie Gaunt, 4.
Josh Williams, 5. Tom Ogle, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Ben
Gregg, 8. Rusty Carlile, 9. Dave Darland.
SECOND
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Jesse Hockett, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Greg Taylor, 4.
David Cardey, 5. Mike Kirby, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Rick
Williams, 8. Brandon Springstead, 9. Jimmy Crawford.
THIRD
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Jordan
Hermansader, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Garrett Hansen, 6. R.J.
Johnson, 7. Dwayne Marcum, 8. Jeremy Ellertson, 9.
Brandon Thomson.
FOURTH
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rick Ziehl, 2. Bobby Cody, 3. Tony Jones,
4. Blake Miller, 5. J Hicks, 6. Tom Stansberry, 7. Evan
Suggs, 8. Eric Severson, 9. Nadine Keller.
SEMI: (12
laps)
1. Rick Williams, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Mike Spencer, 4.
Dave Darland, 5. J Hicks, 6. Garrett Hansen, 7. Jimmy
Crawford, 8. Dwayne Marcum, 9. Tom Ogle, 10. Evan Suggs,
11. Nadine Keller, 12. Ben Gregg, 13. Tom Stansberry,
14. Eric Severson, 15. Seth Wilson, 16. R.J. Johnson,
17. Rusty Carlile, 18. Brandon Thomson, 19. Brandon
Springstead.
FEATURE:
(30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Rip Williams (3rd), 2. Damion Gardner (8th), 3. Jesse
Hockett (16th), 4. Cory Kruseman (7th), 5. Mike Spencer
(12th), 6. Mike Kirby (10th), 7. Danny Sheridan (17th),
8. Levi Jones (2nd), 9. Rick Ziehl (18th), 10. Bobby
Cody (1st), 11. Tony Jones (6th), 12. David
Cardey (19th), 13. J Hicks (11th), 14. Jordan
Hermansader (20th), 15. Blake Miller (4th), 16. Garrett
Hansen (15th), 17. Josh Williams (21st), 18. Seth Wilson
(23rd), 19. Rickie Gaunt (14th), 20. Josh Ford (5th),
21. Rick Williams (9th), 22. Greg Taylor (22nd), 23.
Dave Darland (13th).
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**Ellerston flipped during the third heat; Keller
flipped during the fourth heat; Stansberry flipped
during the semi.
FEATURE
LAP LEADERS:
Lap 1 L. Jones, 2-30 Williams
NEW
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Kruseman-131; 2-Gardner-130; 3-Sheridan-105;
4-Spencer-102; 5-Hockett-97; 6-Rip Williams-84;
7-Hicks-72; 8-Kirby-69; 9-Cardey-64; 10-Miller-55.
NEXT
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
February 18 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
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