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MAY 10, 2004...Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif., who finished second to
Josh Wise in the USAC National Sprint feature at Memphis, Tenn. Friday night,
flew to Phoenix, Ariz. and won Saturday night's 30-lap Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint
Car feature at Manzanita Speedway.
Kruseman led the final eight laps in his La Villa Restaurant/Agromin Stinger/Priestley
after passing Mike Kirby on lap 23. Kirby, a three-time Phoenix CRA winner
already this season, finished second ahead of Steve Ostling, Charles Davis, Jr.
and Troy Rutherford.
Kruseman also posted the fastest qualifying time and he ranks fifth in the
series standings going into a May 22 race at his home track the Ventura
Raceway.
Series point leader Rip Williams led the first seven laps and finished eighth,
despite a tire change after 17 laps, to emerge with a 26-point cushion over
Kirby in the new standings. Kirby then led the next 15 laps before yielding to
Kruseman.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 8, 2004 - Phoenix,
Arizona - Manzanita Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Cory Kruseman, 4, Alexander-19.436; 2. Steve Ostling, 45, Willis-19.486; 3.
Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-19.487; 4. Bob Ream, Jr., 8, BRAT-19.496; 5. Ricky
Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-19.501; 6. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-19.598; 7. Brian Venard,
47, Venard-19.607; 8. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-19.611; 9. Jeremy Sherman,
21, Ellis-19.627; 10. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-19.632; 11. Mike Kirby, 38,
Crossno-19.727; 12.
Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-19.836; 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-19.852; 14. Damion
Gardner, 50, Chaffin-19.855; 15. Jeff Slinkard, 61, Taylor-19.935; 16. Tony
Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-20.050; 17. Matt Rossi, 16, Rossi-20.067; 18. Eric
Wilkins, 3w, Wooldridge-20.096; 19. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-20.187; 20. Mike
Leslie, 76, Montgomery-20.397; 21. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-20.411; 22. Keith
Williamson, 95, Williamson-20.458; 23. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-20.487; 24.
Robert Hall, Jr., 16az, Hall-20.661; 25. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-20.698; 26.
Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-21.553; 27. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-22.636; 28.
Nadine Keller, 6z, Keller-23.398.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ziehl, 2. Williams, 3. Cardey, 4. Kruseman, 5. Gaunt, 6. Sherman, 7.Rossi.
3:24.38
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Wilkins, 2. Gardner, 3. Ostling, 4. Spencer, 5. Ford, 6. Williamson, 7. St.
James. 3:23.05
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Kirby, 2. Rutherford, 3. Bragg, 4. Slinkard, 5. B.Venard, 6. Case, 7.
Johnson. 3:23.08
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Davis, 2.Leslie, 3. Cody, 4. Hall, 5. Keller, 6. Jones, 7. Ream. NT
SEMI: (12 laps)
1. B.Venard, 2. Gaunt, 3. Sherman, 4. Ford, 5. Williamson, 6. Rossi, 7. Case, 8.
Johnson, 9. Keller, 10. St. James. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Steve Ostling, 4. Charles Davis, Jr., 5.
Troy Rutherford, 6. Jeremy Sherman, 7. Eric Wilkins, 8. Rip Williams, 9. Brian
Venard, 10. Mike Spencer, 11. Damion Gardner, 12. Bobby Cody, 13. Josh Ford, 14.
Greg Bragg, 15. Jeff Slinkard, 16. Robert Hall Jr. 17. David Cardey, 18. Ricky
Gaunt, 19. Rick
Ziehl, 20. Mike Leslie. NT
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**Jones flipped during the fourth heat. Gaunt flipped on lap 20 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Williams, Laps 8-22 Kirby, Laps 23-30 Kruseman.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-458; 2-Kirby-432;
3-Gardner-423; 4-Rutherford-412; 5-Kruseman-313; 6-Sherman-284;7-Tony
Jones-268; 8-Bragg-248; 9-B.Venard-242; 10-Ostling-208.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 22 - Ventura (CA) Raceway
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