April
17, 2005 - Rip
Williams of Yorba Linda, California started 5th
in the Valvoline USAC/CRA 30 lap main event at Perris Auto
Speedway Saturday night. The Ripper then charged forward
and took the lead on lap nine and pulled away to his
historic 100th win. His first sprint car win
came at Ascot on Memorial day of 1983 so it took nearly 22
years to add 99 more. Rip was extremely happy to get what
he called the biggest victory of his life. Rip said in the
winners circle “the car was working real well tonight,
it was real easy because the car, the crew and the
sponsors did their job and I did mine. I just kicked er’
in the tail a little bit and knew if I kept it nice and
smooth, I’d win.”! Rip is only 3 wins behind all time
leader Dean Thompson.
Damion
Gardner set his sixth fast time out of seven races and
finished second on the night followed by Mike Kirby,
Rickie Gaunt and Josh Ford. Jordan Hermansader was the
hard charger of the night coming from 19th
place to finish tenth.
Dwayne
Marcum crashed hard as the main event started and then was
transported to a local hospital. In addition to a broken
collarbone, Dwayne had plenty of bruises and pains from
the crash that will keep him around for a week or so until
he goes home to Fresno and heals up.
VALVOLINE
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
April 16, 2005 – Perris, California – Perris Auto
Speedway
36 CARS
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin - 16.140, 2. Tracy Hines,
7, Priestley - 16.439, 3. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard -
16.474, 4. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander - 16.539, 5. Rip
Williams, 3, Jory - 16.673, 6. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom
- 16.683, 7. Bobby Graham, 14, Lancaster - 16.758, 8.
Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley - 16.759, 9. Charles Davis Jr,
8A, Smiley - 16.769, 10. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo - 16.815,
11. Josh Ford, 73, Ford - 16.830, 12. R. J. Johnson, 51AZ,
Martin - 16.865, 13. Steve Ostling, 5, Keller - 16.900,
14. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira - 16.900, 15. Dwayne
Marcum, 12, Pratt - 16.912, 16. Dan Hillberg, 82,
Hillberg - 16.959, 17. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody - 16.970,
18. David Cardey, 59, Giardina - 16.989, 19. Cory
Kruseman, 38, Crossno - 17.047, 20. Rick Becker, 67,
Becker - 17.092, 21. Jordan Hermansader, 92, Sertich -
17.174, 22. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton - 17.215, 23. Greg
Bragg, 11, Wilkerson - 17.235, 24. Danny Sheridan, 18,
Kittle - 17.271, 25. Randy Waitman, Y69, Waitman - 17.321,
26. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich - 17.350, 27. Jimmy
Crawford, 17C, Crawford - 17.367, 28. Josh Williams, 34,
Williams - 17.374, 29. J. J. Ercse, 33, Blair - 17.525,
30. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics - 17.554, 31. Nadine
Keller, 16, Keller - 17.595, 32. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach
- 17.610, 33. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta - 17.612, 34.
Jimmy Thornell, 25, Ruth - 17.747, 35. Ronnie Case, 07,
Gresham - 18.015, 36. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead
- 19.282.
TROPHY
DASH: (3 laps)
1. Alan Ballard, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Damion Gardner, 4.
Tracy Hines. 53.24
FIRST HEAT:
(10 laps)
1. Jordan Hermansader, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Rip Williams,
4. Randy Waitman, 5. Danny Ebberts, 6. Steve Ostling, 7. J
J Ercse, 8. Charles Davis Jr., 9. Bobby Cody. NT.
SECOND
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. David Cardey, 2. Seth Wilson, 3. Rodney Argo, 4. Tracy
Hines, 5. Tony Jones, 6. Kevin Urton, 7. Mike Spencer, 8.
Mark Heidenreich, 9. Jimmy Thornell. 2:55:09.
THIRD HEAT:
(10 laps)
1. Jimmy Crawford, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Josh Ford, 4.
Dwayne Marcum, 5. Alan Ballard, 6. Ronnie Case, 7. Nadine
Keller, 8. Greg Bragg, 9. Bobby Graham. NT.
FOURTH
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rick Becker, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. R.J.
Johnson, 5. Tom Stansberry, 6. Dan Hillberg, 7.
Brandon Springstead,8. Danny Sheridan, 9. Josh Williams.
NT.
SEMI: (12
laps)
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Charles Davis Jr, 3. Tony Jones, 4.,
Bobby Graham, 5. Alan Ballard, 6. Dan Hillberg, 7.
Kevin Urton, 8. Bobby Cody. 9. J J Ercse, 10. Tom
Stansberry, 11. Ronnie Case, 12. Jimmy Thornell, 13. Danny
Ebberts, 14. Danny Sheridan, 15. Nadine Keller, 16.
Brandon Springstead, 17. Steve Ostling, 18. Greg Bragg,
19. Mark Heidenreich. 20. Josh Williams (DNS). NT.
FEATURE:
(30 laps - With Original Starting Positions)
1. Rip Williams (5th), 2. Damion Gardner (8th), 3. Mike
Kirby (6th), 4. Rickie Gaunt (4th), 5. Josh Ford (2nd), 6.
Tracy Hines (7th), 7. Rodney Argo (3rd), 8. Charles Davis
Jr. (12th), 9. Tony Jones (13th), 10. Jordan Hermansader
(19th), 11. Mike Spencer (10th), 12. R.J. Johnson (1st),
13. Cory Kruseman (17th), 14. Alan Ballard (9th), 15.
Bobby Graham (11th), 16. Dan Hillberg (15th), 17.
Seth Wilson (22nd), 18. David Cardey (16th), 19. Rick
Becker (18th), 20. Randy Waitman (20th), 21. Jimmy
Crawford (21st), 22. Dwayne Marcum (14th). 8:54:90.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-8 Ford, Laps 9-30 R.Williams.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Rip Williams-463; 2-Davis-433; 3-Kirby-417;
4-Gardner-385; 5-Kruseman-378; 6-Gaunt-351; 7-Ford-310;
8-Wilson-233; 9-Jones-207; 10-Spencer-205.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
April 30 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway |