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MAY
15, 2005...Damion Gardner, of Concord, California, won
his third consecutive Valvoline USAC/CRA victory in a row
this week, this one at Perrris Auto Speedway. The Demon
came from the eight starting spot after setting his eighth
fast time of the season out of ten. It was his fifth
overall win of the year in the Temecula Valley Pipe &
Supply, Arizona Race Mart, Eagle, Shaver # 50 as he said
“things are going real well for us now as my team is
putting a fast car on the track for me”.
Damion is
now 4th in championship points with only 35
points between him and point leader Rip Williams, with
Charles Davis Jr and Mike Kirby between them. Once again
the Demon methodically worked his way to the front,
passing Davis, who led from the start, on lap 22. He is
making winning a habit and making it look easy, especially
since he came from 23rd starting spot to win
recently at the PAS.
Cory
Kruseman used his veteran skills to capture second with
Davis, Kirby and Danny Sheridan following in that order.
Seth Wilson put on a charge from his 18th
starting spot up to 9th for the best passing
job of the night.
Danny
Ebberts has announced he is running for rookie of the year
in both the USAC/CRA series and the USAC Silver Crown
series this season.
Look for
the battle to stop the Demon to continue at Manzanita
Speedway in Phoenix, Arizona on May 21st.
VALVOLINE
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
May 14, 2005 – Perris, California – Perris Auto
Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.210; 2. Rickie Gaunt,
2A, Smiley-16.511; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.563; 4.
Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira-16.677; 5. Mike Kirby, 4,
Alexander-16.683; 6. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-16.705; 7.
Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-16.753; 8. Alan Ballard,
97, Ballard-16.847; 9. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A,
Smiley-16.934; 10. Jordan Hermansader, 92, Sertich-16.935;
11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.987; 12. Steve Ostling,
5, Keller-16.993; 13. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.070;
14. Bobby Graham, 14, Lancaster-17.105; 15. R.J. Johnson ,
15AZ, Martin-17.133; 16. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.169; 17.
Ronnie Clark, 33x, Clark-17.258; 18. Seth Wilson, 17,
Racing Optics-17.275; 19. Jimmy Crawford, 17c,
Crawford-17.295; 20. Randy Waitman, 64, Waitman-17.305;
21. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.312; 22. David Cardey,
59, Giardina-17.495; 23. J.J. Ecse, 33, Blair-17.671; 24.
Joshua Williams, 34, Williams-17.685; 25. Brandon
Springstead, 36, Springstead-17.838; 26. Nadine Keller,
16, Keller-17.905; 27. Jack Hawley, 10, Hawley-18.436; 28.
Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-NT.
TROPHY
DASH: (3 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Tony Jones, 4.
Rickie Gaunt. 51.50.
FIRST
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ronnie Clark, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Damion Gardner,
4. Danny Ebberts, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Brandon Springstead,
7. Mike Kirby. 2:56.50.
SECOND
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. David Cardey, 2. Bobby Graham, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4.
Jordan Hermansader, 5. Seth Wilson, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7.
Nadine Keller. NT.
THIRD
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Dan Hillberg,
4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Jimmy Crawford, 6. J.J. Ercse, 7.
Jack Hawley. NT.
FOURTH
HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Bobby Cody, 2. Steve Ostling, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Alan
Ballard, 5. Josh Williams, 6. Randy Waitman. 2:57.64.
SEMI:
(12 laps)
1. Mike Kirby, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Seth Wilson, 4.
Randy Waitman, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Jimmy Crawford, 7. Josh
Williams, 8. Brandon Springstead, 9. Nadine Keller, 10.
J.J. Ercse, 11. Jack Hawley. 3:31.13.
FEATURE:
(30 laps - With Actual Starting Positions)
1. Damion Gardner (8th), 2. Cory Kruseman (5th), 3.
Charles Davis Jr. (2nd), 4. Rip Williams (7th), 5. Mike
Kirby (10th), 6. Danny Sheridan (11th), 7. Rickie Gaunt
(9th), 8. Alan Ballard (3rd), 9. Seth Wilson (16th), 10.
Dan Hillberg (4th), 11. Tony Jones (6th), 12. Ronnie
Clark (17th), 13. Mike Spencer (13th), 14. Bobby Graham
(12th), 15. Jimmy Crawford (19th), 16. Danny Ebberts
(21st), 17. David Cardey (20th), 18. R.J. Johnson (15th),
19. Steve Ostling (22nd), 20. Jordan Hermansader (1st),
21. Bobby Cody (14th), 22. Randy Waitman (18th). NT.
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*Steve Ostling was slated to start 12th, but brake
problems forced him to start 22nd.
*Cardey flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-21 Davis, Laps 22-30 Gardner.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Rip Williams-634; 2-Davis-598; 3-Kirby-595;
4-Gardner-593; 5-Kruseman-567; 6-Gaunt-445; 7-Jones-361;
8-Wilson-337; 9-Spencer-325; 10-Ballard-323.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
May 21 - Phoenix, AZ - Manzanita Speedway |
