(October 18, 2004)
Rip Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif. will take a 74-point lead over Damion
Gardner into this Saturday night's Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at the
Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway.
Williams led all 15 laps of Saturday night's feature event at the Ventura
(Calif.) Raceway in his John Jory Corporation/Weld Wheels Stinger/Shaver. The
race was shortened from its originally-scheduled 30-lap distance by track
curfew. Gardner finished third at Ventura, behind Mike Spencer, and ahead
of Mike English and Ronnie Case.
Tony Jones and David Cardey scored victories in special "Wag's
Dashes" prior to the 15-lap main event. Cardey won the "Lil Dawg"
dash, while Jones took the "Big Dawg" dash.
Third-ranking Mike Kirby slipped to 103 points behind the series leader,
switching cars and finishing 10th after winning his heat race at Ventura.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
October 16, 2004 - Ventura, California - Ventura Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-11.804; 2. Damion Gardner, 50,
Chaffin-12.018; 3. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-12.219; 4. Mike Spencer, 44,
Engstrom-12.243; 5. Danny Sheridan, 21A, WD-12.282; 6. Mike English, 92,
Sertich-12.283; 7. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-12.287; 8. Rip Williams, 3,
Jory-12.298; 9. Steve Ostling, 29, Fischer-12.346; 10. Danny Ebberts, 77,
Acosta-12.403; 11. Chris Wakim, 9W, Wakim-12.443; 12. Jimmy Crawford, 51,
Crawford-12.501; 13. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-12.526; 14.
Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-12.538; 15. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-12.564; 16. Rodney
Argo, 91, Ferro-12.573; 17. Rick Ziehl, 14, Lancaster-12.619; 18. Brad
Noffsinger, 5, Keller-12.637; 19. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-12.657; 20. J.Hicks,
66, Miller-12.660; 21. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-12.681; 22. Tom Stansberry,
48, Bach-12.798; 23. Greg Taylor, 45, Willis-12.997; 24. Greg Bragg, 12,
Pratt-12.997; 25. Dennis Rodriguez, 20, Rowher-13.031; 26. Nadine Keller, 6,
Keller-13.108; 27. Mark Heidenreich, 22,
Heidenreich-13.417; 30. David Sinsley, 69, Sinsley-13.552; 31. Jerry Cisco, 4B,
Torbert-NT.
WAG'S "BIG DOG DASH" (8 laps)
1. Jones, 2. Ostling, 3. Cody, 4. Gardner, 5. Kirby, 6. Bragg. 1:41.74
WAG'S "LIL DOG DASH": (6 laps)
1. Cardey, 2. Case, 3. Sinsley, 4. Sheridan. 1:06.14
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ostling, 2. Cardey, 3. Ballard, 4. Jones, 5. Sheridan, 6. Ziehl, 7.
Rodriguez. 2:04.22
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Kirby, 2. English, 3. Gardner, 4. Stansberry, 5. Noffsinger, 6. Ebberts, 7.
Keller. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Case, 2. Cody, 3. Hermansader, 4. Hillberg, 5. Heidenreich, 6. Taylor, 7.
Wakim. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Bragg, 2. Hicks, 3. Williams, 4. Spencer, 5. Crawford, Argo, 7. Sinsley. NT
FEATURE: (15 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Mike English, 5. Ronnie
Case, 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Alan Ballard, 8. Jordan Hermansader, 9. Jimmy
Crawford, 10. Mike Kirby, 11. J.Hicks, 12. Greg Taylor, 13. David Cardey, 14.
Tom Stansberry, 15. Rick Ziehl, 16. Danny Ebberts, 17. Tony Jones, 18. Steve
Ostling, 19. Greg Bragg, 20. Bobby Cody. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Williams.
NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Williams-1,439; 2-Gardner-1,365; 3-Kirby-1,336; 4-Rutherford-948; 5-Bragg-822;
6-Jones-773; 7-Ostling-773; 8-Spencer-742; 9-Cody-733; 10-Hermansader-640.
NEXT VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
October 23 - Bakersfield (CA) Speedway
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