Racing News - 2005

CORY KRUSEMAN WINS ANNUAL JEFF BAGLEY CLASSIC FOR THIRD TIME!
By Ken Wagner

August 21, 2005...Cory Kruseman of Ventura, California won the 5^th Annual Jeff Bagley Classic at Perris Auto Speedway this week. Driving the ITI Performance – Sander Engineering, Bullet, Downing Engines # 38, Cory took the lead of the Valvoline USAC/CRA 30 lapper on lap five and led Danny Sheridan to the checkered flag. It was Cory’s second win in a row and sixth on the season. In the winner’s circle Cory said “I was just hanging on in the race car and I had three guardians that were up there with me the whole race” referring to Jeff, Paul and Helen Bagley family that he had been very close to in his career.

Damion Gardner finished third and pulled to within 15 points of USAC/CRA point leader Rip Williams who finished ninth. Damion was followed by Mike Spencer and Mike Kirby to round out the top five. On the full moon night, there were six yellow flag stops for various incidents.

Josh Ford won the Snap-on Tools trophy dash plus his heat. The other heat winners were Jason York, Greg Bragg and Tony Jones. The Semi was won by Mike Spencer. The hard charger of the night was Danny Faria.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
August 20, 2005 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway 
 
QUALIFICATIONS: 
1. 1. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom - 16.971; 2. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno - 16.985;3. Troy Cline, 0, Shoemaker - 17.006; 4. Josh Ford, 3, Ford - 17.066; 5. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley - 17.066; 6. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin - 17.113; 7. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira - 17.142; 8. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander - 17.235; 9. Rip Williams, 3, Jory -17.349; 10. David Cardey, 59, Giardina - 17.378; 11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle - 17.425; 12. Adam Mitchell, 14, Lancaster - 17.451; 13. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta - 17.473; 14. Jason York, 25N, York - 17.494; 15. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo - 17.534; 16. Danny Faria, 17V, Faria - 17.575; 17. Jordan Hermansader, 5, Keller - 17.642; 18. J Hicks, 66, Miller - 17.645; 19. R. J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin - 17.660; 20. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics - 17.670; 21. Greg Bragg, 33, Blair - 17.730; 22. Josh Williams, 34, Williams - 18.006; 23. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller - 18.067; 24. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg - 18.067; 25. Randy Waitman, Y69, Waitman - 18.085; 26. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina 18.125; 27. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich - 18.142; 28. Davey Pombo, 11, Wilkerson - 18.267; 29. Larry Lloyd, 87L, Lloyd - 18.555; 30. Jack DeArmond Jr, 24, DeArmond - 18.660; 31. Dan Tedrick, 88, Tedrick - 18.845; 32. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart - 19.033; 33. Terry Foster, 19X, Foster - 19.067; 34. Nate Ziegler, N8, Ziegler - 19.073.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 
1. Josh Ford, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Troy Cline, 4. Mike Spencer. 54:15.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Greg Bragg, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Danny Ebberts, 4. Jordan Hermansader, 5. Troy Rutherford, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Randy Waitman, 8. Larry Lloyd, 9. Terry Foster. 2:58:04.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Jason York, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Josh Williams, 5. Jack DeArmond, 6. J Hicks, 7. Jim Giardina, 8. Nate Ziegler. NT.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Tony Jones, 2. Mark Heidenreich, 3. Rodney Argo, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Troy Cline, 7. Nadine Keller, 8. Dan Tedrick. 3:00:54.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Josh Ford, 2. Davey Pombo, 3. Seth Wilson, 4. Dan Hillberg, 5. Mike Kirby, 6. Adam Mitchell, 7. Danny Faria, 8. Matt Stewart. 2:58:76.

SEMI: (12 laps) 
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Troy Cline, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Adam Mitchell, 6. Danny Faria, 7. Randy Waitman, 8. Jack DeArmond, 9. Larry Lloyd, 10. Nate Ziegler, 11. Jim Giardina, 12. Dan Tedrick, 13. Matt Stewart, 14. J Hicks, 15. Terry Foster. 3:33:30.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 
1. Cory Kruseman (8th), 2. Danny Sheridan (3rd), 3. Damion Gardner (6th), 4, Mike Spencer (9th), 5. Mike Kirby (12th), 6. Troy Cline (10th), 7. Danny Faria (15th), 8. Rodney Argo (14th), 9. Rip Williams (4th), 10. Greg Bragg (18th), 11. Troy Rutherford (11th), 12. Jason York (1st), 13. Josh Williams (19th), 14. Dan Hillberg (20th), 15. Mark Heidenreich (21st), 16. Seth Wilson (17th), 17. R.J. Johnson (23rd), 18. Josh Ford (7th), 19. Jordan Hermansader (16th), 20. Adam Mitchell (13th), 21. Tony Jones (5th), 22. Danny Ebberts (2nd), 23. Davey Pombo (22nd). NT. 
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Cardey flipped during heat 2. Danny Faria flipped during heat 4. Josh Ford and R.J. Johnson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Ebberts, Laps 5-30 Kruseman.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 
1-R.Williams-1,274; 2-Gardner-1,259; 3-Kirby-1170; 4-Kruseman-1,168; 5-Charles Davis, Jr.-954; 6-Rickie Gaunt-851; 7-Spencer-818; 8-Josh Ford-704; 9-Jones-673; 10-Wilson-631.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: 
August 27 ­ Santa Maria (CA) Speedway