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ADAM MITCHELL SURPRISES PERRIS CRA
FIELD SEEKS REPEAT THIS SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE PAS |
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JUNE 14, 2004...Adam Mitchell of Escondido, Calif. scored a surprise
30-lap feature victory in Saturday night's Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature
at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Mitchell put his Electrotech/Temecula
Valley Pipe Avenger/RC Performance machine in front on the opening lap and never trailed, leading Cory Kruseman, Rip Williams, Tony Jones and Mike Spencer to the checkered flag. Williams had flipped during the fourth heat but came back to finished second in the semi and his third-place feature finish enabled him to retain a 51-point advantage over Damion Gardner in the new standings going into this Saturday night's 30-lapper at the 1/2-mile dirt track. VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 12, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-16.895; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-16.908; 3. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-16.930; 4. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.960; 5. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.005; 6. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-17.042; 7. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-17.120; 8. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.150; 9. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.180; 10. Gary Howard, 84, Keene-17.195; 11. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.218; 12. Adam Mitchell, 99, Mitchell-17.281; 13. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.305; 14. Jeremy Sherman, 0, Shoemaker-17.330; 15. Cory Kruseman, 4, Alexander-17.392; 16. Bud Kaeding, 45, Willis-17.392; 17. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-17.450; 18. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-17.455; 19. David Cadey, 59, Giardina-17.624; 20. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-17.667; 21. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.668; 22. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-17.802; 23. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich-17.907; 24. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.930; 25. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.065; 26. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-18.065; 27. Nadine Keller, 6Z, Keller-18.647; 29. David Sinsley, 69, Sinsley-18.846; 29. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-19.048. FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Gardner, 3. Ostling, 4. Ballard, 5. Bragg, 6. Hillberg, 7. Cody, 8. Feduska. 2:59.21 SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Sherman, 3. Ziehl, 4. Gaunt, 5. Kirby, 6. Howard, 7. Becker. 2:57.09 THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Jones, 3. Rutherford, 4. B.Venard, 5. Cardey, 6. Heidenreich, 7. Keller. 2:58.27 FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mitchell, 2. Kaeding, 3. Spencer, 4. Case, 5. Williams, 6. Argo, 7. Sinsley. 2:59.28 SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Williams, 3. Howard, 4. Cody, 5. Cardey, 6. Hillberg, 7. Becker, 8. Sinsley, 9. Heidenreich, 10. Keller, 11., Bragg, 12. Argo, 13. Feduska. NT FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Adam Mitchell, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Tony Jones, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Damion Gardner, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Charles Davis, Jr., 9. Steve Ostling, 10. Brian Venard, 11. Troy Rutherford, 12. Bobby Cody, 13. Ronnie Case, 14. Jeremy Sherman, 15. Mike Kirby, 16. Bud Kaeding, 17. Seth Wilson, 18. David Cardey, 19. Alan Ballard, 20. Dan Hillberg, 21. Gary Howard, 22. Rick Ziehl. NT -------------------------------------- **Williams flipped during the fourth heat. Bragg flipped during the semi. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Mitchell. NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-652; 2-Gardner-601; 3-Kirby-578; 4-Rutherford-557; 5-Jones-398; 6-Kruseman-378; 7-Ostling-376; 8-Venard-370; 9-Sherman-342; 10-Bragg-334. |
