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CORY KRUSEMAN TAKES CHARGE AT TUCSON’S USA RACE PARK FOR 8^TH WIN OF SEASON

October 8, 2005...Cory Kruseman passed Jeremy Sherman on lap 24 and went on to earn his 8^th victory of the season in the Valvoline USAC/CRA Series. He had his first fast time of the year and ran second in his heat to have an outstanding night on the clubs first trip to the new Tucson USA Race Park facility. He was the fourth car to lead the 30 lap main.

Damion Gardner ran second and pulled out to a 90 point lead in the points battle after defending champion, Rip Williams, suffered motor problems all night and missed the main.  Following Gardner were Jerry Coons jr, Mike Kirby and Jeremy Sherman. Rick Zeihl was the hard charger of the week.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 8, 2005 ­ Tucson, Arizona ­ USA Race Park 

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-15.852; 2. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.083; 3. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-16.111; 4. Jeremy Sherman, 7, Priestley-16.216; 5. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.233; 6. Rick Hood, 33, Cushman-16.240; 7. Charles Davis Jr, 8A, Smiley-16.257; 8. Jordan Hermansader, 5, Keller-16.306; 9. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-16.344; 10. Jerry Coons Jr., 4, Alexander-16.346; 11. Jeff Slinkard, 21az, Martin-16.352; 12. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby-16.391; 13. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-16.391; 14. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-16.455; 15. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-16.471; 16. Rick Ziehl, 20z, R & R-16.493; 17. Ronnie Clark, 33x, Clark-16.501; 18. Chuck Buckman, 61a, Carsten-16.562; 19. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-16.580; 20. Ryan Devitt, 35R, Blenkarn-16.838; 21. R.J. Johnson, 2AZ, Massey-16.842; 22. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.896; 23. Kevin Kierce, 48, Bach-16.918; 24. Shawn Sanders, 48x, Sanders-16.952; 25. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.957; 26. Derek O’Dell, 11D, Farmer-17.838; 27. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-18.292; 28. Mark Deskovick, 7x, Deskovick-18.722; 29. Thomas Ogle, 5a, Turner-NT. 
 
  FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ebberts, 2. Kruseman, 3. Spencer, 4. Sheridan, 5. Johnson, 6. Leslie, 7. Clark. NT 
 
  SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. St. James, 3. Coons, 4. Hood, 5. Williams, 6. O’Dell, 7. Buckman. NT 
 
  THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kierce, 2. Rossi, 3. Wilson, 4. Davis, 5. Gaunt, 6. Slinkard, 7. Stewart. NT 
 
  FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Devitt, 3. Sherman, 4. Ziehl, 5. Sanders, 6. Hermansader, 7. Deskovick, 8. Ogle. NT 
 
  SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Hermansader, 3. Slinkard, 4. Buckman, 5. Clark, 6. Leslie, 7. Ogle, 8. Johnson, 9. Stewart, 10. O’Dell, 11. Williams, 12. Sanders, 13. Deskovick. NT 
 
  FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Jerry Coons Jr., 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Jeremy Sherman, 6. Rick Ziehl, 7. Danny Ebberts, 8. Jordan Hermansader, 9. Rickie Gaunt, 10. Matt Rossi, 11. Kevin Kierce, 12. Rick Hood, 13. Mike Spencer, 14, Charles Davis Jr., 15. Seth Wilson, 16. Bruce St. James, 17. Jeff Slinkard, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Chuck Buckman, 20. Ryan Devitt. NT 
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**Slinkard flipped during the feature and was transported to a Tucson hospital for treatment. 
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Ebberts, Laps 3-6 Sherman, Laps 7-15 Coons, Laps 16-23 Sherman, Laps 24-30 Kruseman. 
 
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-1,672; 2-Williams-1,582; 3-Kruseman-1,578; 4-Kirby-1,444; 5-Davis-1,244; 6-Gaunt-1,181; 7-Spencer-1,115; 8-Josh Ford-975; 9-Wilson-880; 10-Sheridan-876. 
 
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 22 ­ Perris (CA) Auto Speedway 

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