What a plewasure to see a tacky track again as the Cowboy predicted fast time and a win here tonight, and somehow he pulled it off. Starting sixth, he just relentlessly passed his way past Levin Jobnes, COry Kruseman and was on the trail after Mike Spencer, when Mike's rear end broke, and went on to win his 8th race of the season Some great battles this week for many positions, unlike last weeks out law event at Manzy, so all is well in Perris. CRA champ Cory Kruseman led the first 25 laps before SPence drove uner him and Tony Jones led the last 10 laps for his first Kindoll Classic win, leaving only the Western as the only major race on the coast he hasn't won. Cory finished 2nd and Danny Sheridan 3rd as the locals stood on the podium alone this week, with only a few National drivers left over to aggrivate them. It was a greta day and a quick trip home, even with the I-15 closed, so all is well and good night.
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 18, 2006 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway – “Kindoll Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.402; 2. Allan Ballard, 97, Ballard-16.487; 3. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-16.612; 4. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-16.693; 5. Levi Jones, 21, Stewart-16.700; 6. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.752; 7. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-16.788; 8. Jimmy Crawford, 51, Crawford-16.792; 9. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-16.805; 10. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.827; 11. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.926; 12. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Keller-16.958; 13. Casey Shuman, 12az, Massey-16.963; 14. Darren Hagen, 7, Preistley-16.980; 15. Jason York, 25n, York-16.995; 16. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.008; 17. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-17.072; 18. Danny Faria Jr., 17v, Faria-17.113; 19. Dave Darland, 11, Wilkerson-17.210; 20. Brian Venard, 12, Blair-17.212; 21. Michael Trimble, 15t, Trimble-17.274; 22. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.327; 23. Seth Wilson, 17, Wilson-17.363; 24. Jonny Bates, 33, Bates-17.445; 25. Robert Ellis, 43, Ellis-17.453; 26. Jon Stanbrough, 42, Cheney-17.486; 27. Jack DeArmond Jr., 9, DeArmond-17.598; 28. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-17.665; 29. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-17.738; 30. Josh Williams, 34, Williams-17.755; 31. Todd Hunsaker, 6x, Hunsaker-17.822; 32. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-18.040; 33. J Hicks, 66, Miller-18.057; 34. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-18.104; 35. Destiny Hays, 2h, Woodward-18.108; 36. Keith Williamson, 95, Williamson-18.117; 37. J.J. Ercse, 25, Ruth-18.140; 38. Matt Forstie, 72, Forstie-18.913; 39. Joe Gunderson, 57X, Gunderson-19.211; 40. Ryan Devitt, 35, Devitt-20.586; 41. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Becker, 2. Kruseman, 3. T.Jones, 4. L.Jones, 5. Ellis, 6. Ercse, 7. Everhart, 8. Shuman, 9. Trimble, 10. Hicks. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Faria, 3. R.Williams, 4. Sheridan, 5. Ballard, 6. Ford, 7. J.Williams, 8. Adderson, 9. Forstie, 10. Stanbrough. 2:59.13
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Gardner, 3. Darland, 4. Cardey, 5. York, 6. Wilson, 7. Hunsaker, 8. Hays, 9. Gunderson, 10. DeArmond. 2:55.56
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Giardina, 2. Johnson, 3. Venard, 4. Crawford, 5. Keller, 6. Bates, 7. Williamson, 8. Gaunt, 9. Devitt, 10. Argo. 3:03.08
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. Ballard, 3. Shuman, 4. Ford, 5. York, 6. Trimble, 7. Ellis, 8. Keller, 9. Bates, 10. Ercse, 11. Hicks, 12. Hunsaker, 13. Hays, 14. Williamson, 15. Gunderson, 16. Adderson, 17. J.Williams, 18. Everhart, 19. Wilson. 3:33.48
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Damion Gardner, 6. Jimmy Crawford, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. David Cardey, 9. Josh Ford, 10. Jason York, 11. R.J. Johnson, 12. Danny Faria Jr., 13. Casey Shuman, 14. Rick Becker, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Jim Giardina, 17. Mike Spencer, 18. Rip Williams, 19. Darren Hagen, 20. Michael Trimble, 21. Alan Ballard, 22. Brian Venard. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Kruseman, Laps 26-30 Spencer, Laps 31-40 T.Jones.
FINAL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1-Kruseman-2,083; 2-Gardner-1,972; 3-T.Jones-1,913; 4-Spencer-1,773; 5-Sheridan-1,655; 6-R.Williams-1,252; 7-Blake Miller-1,200; 8-Ford-1,073; 9-Cardey-1,069; 10-Gaunt-981.