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Racing News - 2006

KRUSEMAN KEEPS CRA LEAD DESPITE WILLIAMS’ VICTORY

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