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"FIRECRACKER 50" SATURDAY AT PERRIS
GARDNER CONTINUES WINNING WAYS IN 30-LAPPER

JULY 27, 2005...Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif. will try for his 14th fast qualifying performance this Saturday as the Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series presents the "Firecracker 50" at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.

             Gardner led the final 12 laps of last Saurday's 30-lapper at Perris after posting the fastest qualifying time in his Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply/Arizona Race Mart Eagle/Shaver. He passed Cory Kruseman on lap 19 and led the rest of the way to beat Tony Jones, Mike Kirby, Tom Stansberry and Danny Ebberts. The race was halted on the opening lap by a multicar tangle but there were no driver injuries.

             Bobby Cody led the first five laps of Saturday's race, then Kruseman paced the next 13 before yielding to Gardner.

             USAC/CRA Series point leader Rip Williams finished eighth after flipping during his heat race. He holds a 79-point lead over Gardner in the new standings going into this Saturday's program at the 1/2-mile dirt oval.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: 
June 25, 2005 ­ Perris, California ­ Perris Auto Speedway

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.276; 2. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.473; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.495; 4. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreria-17.507; 5. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.564; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-17.593; 7. Steve Ostling, 5, Keller-17.670; 8. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-17.672; 9. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.679; 10. Bobby Cody, 41 Cody-17.800; 11. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.806; 12. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-17.808; 13. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.969; 14. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-18.065; 15. Jordan Hermansader, 92, Sertich-18.067; 16. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-18.128; 17. Jason York, 25N, York-18.131; 18. Jimmy Crawford, 17C, Crawford-18.154; 19. Bobby Graham, 14, Lancaster-18.198; 20. Jimmy Thornell, 25, Thornell-18.232; 21. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-18.245; 22. Ryan Devitt, 35, Blenkarn-18.270; 23. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.440; 24. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.686; 25. Randy Waitman, 64, Waitman-18.783; 26. Joshua Williams, 34,
Williams-18.822; 27. Shawn Kautz, 29, Kautz-19.002; 28. Richard Rose, 8N,
Ziegler-19.174; 29. Brandon Thomson, 24, Thomson-19.192; 30. Jim Giardina,
58, Giardina-19.454; 31. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-20.110; 32. Jim Thomson,
91, Thomson-20.305; 33. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-NT.

       DASH: (3 laps) 1. Jones, 2. R.Williams, 3. Davis, 4. Gardner. :54.24

       FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Gardner, 3. Stansberry, 4. York, 5. Spencer, 6. Ballard, 7. Waitman, 8. B.Thomson. NT

       SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cody, 2. Crawford, 3. Gaunt, 4. Davis, 5. Wilson, 6. J.Williams, 7. Devitt, 8. Giardina. 3:06.11

       THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ebberts, 2. Ostling, 3. Graham, 4. Kautz, 5. Keller, 6. Hermansader, 7. R.Williams, 8. Stewart. NT

       FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Kirby, 3. Jones, 4. Johnson, 5. Case, 6. Thornell, 7. Rose. 3:06.35 

       SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Balalrd, 3. Spencer, 4. Wilson, 5. Hermansader, 6. Thornell, 7. Case, 8. J.Williams, 9. Keller, 10. Giardina, 11. Waitman, 12. Stewart, 13. Devitt, 14. Rose, 15. Ford, 16. B.Thomson, 17. J.Thomson.

       FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Tom Stansberry, 5. Danny Ebberts, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Jason York, 8. Rip Williams, 9. Alan Ballard, 10. Bobby Graham, 11. Charles Davis, Jr., 12. Shawn Kautz, 13. Jimmy Thornell, 14. David Cardey, 15. Cory Kruseman, 16. Rickie Gaunt, 17. Jimmy Crawford, 18. Bobby Cody, 19. Steve Ostling, 20. Seth Wilson, 21. Jordan Hermansader, 22. R.J. Johnson. NT
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**R.Williams flipped during the third heat. Waitman flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Cody, Laps 6-18 Kruseman, Laps 19-30 Gardner.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-R.Williams-992; 2-Gardner-913;
3-Kruseman-844; 4-Kirby-842; 5-Davis-828; 6-Gaunt-662; 7-Jones-513;
8-Ballard-502; 9-Spencer-479; 10-Wilson-476.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: July 2 ­ Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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