SEPTEMBER 20, 2004...Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. scored his seventh
Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature win Saturday night, leading the final two
laps
of the 30-lap race at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. The win left him just three
points shy of second in the new series standings.
Gardner caught Peter Murphy on the white-flag lap and led to the finish in his
Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply/Arizona Race Mart John Boy/Shaver. Murphy
finished second after leading the first 28 laps. Charles Davis, Jr., Mike Kirby
and Rip Williams completed the "top-five" at the checkered flag.
Williams and Kirby continue to lead the standings going into this Saturday
night's race at Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. A 30-lap feature is on tap
at the 1/ 2-mile dirt track where the Western World Open is scheduled November
4-6. Williams posted the fastest qualifying time for Saturday night's race at
Perris.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 18, 2004 -
Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-16.900; 2. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.983; 3. Tony Jones, 2,
Vermeer/Ferreira-17.067; 4. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.127; 5. Ricky
Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-17.168; 6. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.178; 7. Damion
Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.190; 8. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-17.229; 9. Brian
Venard, 47, Venard-17.305; 10. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.309; 11. Josh
Ford, 73, Ford-17.315; 12. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-17.318; 13. Peter Murphy, 45,
Willis-17.330; 14. Cory Kruseman, 4, Alexander-17.342; 15. Rodney Argo, 91x,
Ferro-17.420; 16. Jordan Hermansader, 5, Keller-17.435; 17. Mike Kirby, 38,
Crossno-17.483; 18. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-17.517; 19. Ronnie Case, 33,
Blair-17.565; 20. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.577; 21. Bobby Cody, 41,
Cody-17.619; 22. Adam Mitchell, 99, Mitchell-17.630; 23. Nadine Keller, 6,
Keller-17.730;
24. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-17.787; 25. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-17.810;
26. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.907; 27. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-18.184; 28.
Ronnie Clark, 33x, Clark-18.280; 29. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-28.286; 30.
Matthew Rossi, 16, Rossi-18.447; 31. Jack DeArmond, 24, DeArmond-17.454; 32.
Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-18.645; 33. Mark Deskovick, 7x, Deskovick-18.660;
34. Bobby Ferro, 91, Ferro-19.725; 35. Dwayne Marcum, 25, Ruth-21.484.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Cody, 3.
Murphy, 4. Williams, 5. Wilson, 6. Venard, 7. Gaunt, 8. St. James, 9. Deskovick.
2:55.31
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ziehl, 2. Davis,
3. Spencer, 4. Rossi, 5. Mitchell, 6. Ballard, 7. Kruseman, 8. Ferro, 9. Cardey.
NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. Argo, 3.
Gardner, 4. Case, 5. Jones, 6. Ford, 7. Keller, 8. DeArmond. 2:56.21
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2.
Feduska, 3. Ostling, 4. Clark, 5. Urton, 6. Hillberg, 7. Becker, 8. Hermansader.
NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Jones, 3.
Mitchell, 4. Ford, 5. Ballard, 6. Kruseman, 7. Urton, 8. Cardey, 9. Wilson, 10.
Keller, 11. St. James, 12. Deskovick, 13. Hermansader, 14. Venard, 15. Ferro.
3:31.30
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2.
Peter Murphy, 3. Charles Davis, Jr., 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Rip Williams, 6., Troy
Rutherford, 7. Mike Spencer, 8. Tony Jones, 9., Ricky Gaunt, 10. Josh Ford, 11.
Ronnie Case, 12. Alan Ballard, 13. Rick Ziehl, 14. Greg Bragg, 15. Bobby Cody,
16. Ronnie Clark, 17. Duane Feduska, 18. Adam Mitchell, 19. Cory Kruseman, 20.
David Cardey, 21. Matthew Rossi, 22. Steve Ostling, 23. Rodney Argo. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Murphy, Laps 29-30 Gardner.
NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-1,258;
2-Kirby-1,167; 3-Gardner-1,164; 4-Rutherford-880; 5-Jones-726; 6-Bragg-712;
7-Ostling-678; 8-Cody-663; 9-Spencer-617; 10-Venard-600.
Rip Williams-1,199; 2-Kirby-1,108; 3-Gardner-1,098; 4-Rutherford-824;
5-Jones-680; 6-Bragg-679; 7-Ostling-659; 8-Cody-633; 9-Venard-599;
10-Hermansader-590.
NEXT VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 25 - Phoenix, Arizona
-Manzanita Speedway
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