(June 21, 2004)
Rip Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif. continues to lead the Valvoline USAC/CRA
Sprint Car Series standings after his third win of 2004 Saturday night at Perris
(Calif.) Auto Speedway. Williams and his John Jory Corporation/Weld Wheels
Stinger/Shaver led the final nine laps of the 30-lap feature after passing
Jordan Hermansader on lap 22. Hermansader slipped to third at the checkered flag
behind Damion Gardner, who trails Williams by 56 points in the CRA standings
going into a July 3 race at Perris.
Troy Rutherford and Brian Venard rounded out the "top-five" in
Saturday night's race. Bobby Cody led the first three laps and Hermansader led
the next 18 before Williams sailed in front. The July 3 Perris race offers a big
50-lap main event and the battle for the series point lead between Williams and
Gardner, who have collectively won five of the 12 features held so far this
year.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 2004 - Perris,
California - Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-16.788; 2. Steve Ostling, 29,
Fischer-16.860; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.861; 4. Troy Rutherford, 7,
Priestley-16.892; 5. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.916; 6. Jeremy Sherman, 11,
Wilkerson-17.002; 7. Adam Mitchell, 99, Mitchell-17.019; 8. Mike Kirby, 38,
Crosson-17.025; 9. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-17.052; 10. Brian venard, 47,
Venard-17.133; 11. Jordan hermansader,
4, Alexander-17.138; 12. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.208; 13. Tony Jones, 2,
Vermeer/Ferreira-17.218; 14. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-17.270; 15. David
Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.289; 16. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-17.395; 17. J. Hicks,
66, Miller-17.425; 18. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-17.435; 19. Alan Ballard, 97,
Ballard-17.521; 20. Steve Venard, 40, Hawley-17.534; 21. Tom Stansberry, 48,
Bach-17.585; 22. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.730; 23. Jack DeArmond, 24,
DeArmond-17.788; 24. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.963; 25. Bruce St. James, 7K, St.
James-17.978; 26. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-18.315; 27. Nadine Keller, 6z,
Keller-18.577; 28. #38J, Crossno-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballard, 2. Hillberg, 3. Ziehl, 4. Jones, 5. B.Venard,
6. Howard, 7. Rutherford, 8. Mitchell, 9. St. James. 2:57.42
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ostling, 2. Gardner, 3. Hermansader, 4. S.Venard,
5. Hicks, 6. Wilson, 7. Feduska, 8. Kirby, 9. DeArmond. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sherman, 2. Williams, 3. Case, 4. Cody, 5.Cardey, 6.
Bragg, 7. Stansberry, 8. Keller, 9. Argo. 3:00.04
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Howard, 3. Mitchell, 4. Argo, 5.Wilson, 6.
Kirby (#38J), 7. Bragg, 8. DeArmond, 9. Stansberry, 10. Keller, 11. St. James,
12. Feduska. 3:33.46
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rip Williams, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Jordan Hermansader, 4.
Troy Rutherford, 5. Brian Venard, 6. Tony Jones, 7. Mike Kirby (#38J), 8. Steve
Ostling, 9. Adam Mitchell, 10. Bobby Cody, 11. Ronnie Case, 12. Greg Bragg, 13.
Gary W. Howard, 14. Seth Wilson, 15. Jeremy Sherman, 16. Alan Ballard, 17.
Rodney Argo, 18. Rick Ziehl, 19. Jack DeArmond, 20. Dan Hillberg, 21. David
Cardey, 22. J. Hicks. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Cody, Laps 4-21 Hermansader, Laps 22-30 Williams.
NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-723;;
2-Gardner-667; 3-Kirby-621; 4-Rutherford-615; 5-Jones-448; 6-Ostling-428;
7-B.Venard-422; 8-Cory Kruseman-378; 9-Sherman-374; 10-Bragg-364.
NEXT VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: July 3- - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway
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