CRA 1 AM RACE RESULTS

Winner Cory Kruseman, 2nd Damion Gardner. Great race with Mat Neely jumping out to a big lead as Cory started moving into second and chased him down. Damion put on a good challenge in the end and almost caught him, but Cory was outstanding in traffic and that was the difference. Rip had some problems during qualifying and had such a slow time he had to run the consi and the semi before getting the last spot to the main. Kirby started next to him in the back row and did well until his faceshield fogged up.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 4, 2006 – Perris, California, Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin - 16.375, 2. Josh Wise, 7W, Rodriguez - 17.420, 3. Rickie Gaunt, 2a, Zoriki/Smiley- 16.599, 4. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Rodriguez -16.658, 5. Rick Williams, 6, Williams- 16.675, 6. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom - 16.704, 7. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno - 16.775, 8. Josh Ford, 73, Ford - 16.876, 9. Dwayne Marcum, 12, Pratt- 16.915, 10. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander -16.918, 11. Matt Neeley, 71g, Ishii- 16.938, 12. J Hicks, 66, Miller- 16.947, 13. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich - 16.976, 14. Steve Ostling, 19, Argo- 17.005, 15. R. J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin - 17.010, 16. Allan Ballard, 97, Ballard- 17.031, 17. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley- 17.047, 18. Jesse Hockett, 2az, Massey- 17.065, 19. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta- 17.067, 20. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle - 17.073, 21. Levi Jones, 42x, Cheney - 17.110, 22. Rick Ziehl, 0, Shoemaker- 17.113, 23. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney - 17.118, 24. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics - 17.118, 25. Evan Suggs, 33E, Suggs- 17.152, 26. David Cardey, 59, Giardina- 17.170, 27. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich - 17.236, 28. Jack DeArmond, Jr., 9, DeArmond- 17.240, 29. Blake Miller, 5, Keller - 17.249, 30. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby - 19.290, 31. Randy Waitman, 09, Waitman- 17.300, 32. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile- 17.340, 33. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor- 17.340, 34. Robert Ellis, 43, Ellis- 17.468, 35. Jordan Hermansader, 14, Lancaster- 17.520, 36. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller - 17.525, 37. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair- 17.614, 38. Tom Stansberry, 75t, Stansberry- 17.625, 39. Rick Becker, 11, Wilkerson- 17.712, 40. Jeremy Ellerston, 98, Ellerston - 17.717, 41. Ryan Devitt, 35, Devitt- 17.730, 42. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten- 17.743, 43. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart- 17.753, 44. Josh Williams, 34, Williams- 17.783, 45. Eric Severson, 36x, Severson- 17.805, 46. Todd Hunsaker, 6x, Hunsaker- 17.875, 47. Rip Williams, 3, Jory - 18.030, 48. Nate Ziegler, N8, Ziegler - 18.225, 49. Verne Sweeney, 98S, Sweeney- 18.458, 50. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead- 18.482, 51. Ludwig Solberg IV, 13, Solberg- 18.497, 52. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina- 18.975, 53. Brandon Thomson, 19T, Thomson- 19.227, 54. Royal Adderson, 38x, Adderson- 21.707, 55. J.J. Ercse, 25, Ruth- 23.158, 56. Thomas Grunkemeyer, 6z, Grunkemeyer- No Time, 57. Jim Thomson, 91, Thomson- No Time.

C-MAIN #1: (6 laps) 1. Hermansader, 2. Taylor, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Becker, 5. Stewart, 6. Case, 7. Sweeney, 8. Severson, 9. Solberg, 10. Devitt, 11. Grunkemeyer, 12. Brandon Thomson- NT

C-MAIN #2: (6 laps) 1. Keller, 2. Ellerston, 3. Stansberry, 4. Josh Williams, 5. Boespflug, 6. Ziegler, 7. Springstead, 8. Hunsaker, 9. Giardina, 10. Adderson, 11. Ercse, 12. Ellis- 1:48.33

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Gardner, 3. Cody, 4. Miller, 5. Suggs, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Hermansader, 8. Keller, 9. Marcum, 10. Rick Williams- NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Gaunt, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Kirby, 5. Spencer, 6. Ostling, 7. Ziehl, 8. Wise, 9. Taylor, 10. Ellerston- NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Neeley, 3. Johnson, 4. Gaunt, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Heidenrich, 7. Stansberry, 8. Ebberts, 9. Darland, 10. Waitman- NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Wilson, 3. Rodriguez, 4. Ford, 5. Hicks, 6. DeArmond, 7. Ballard, 8. Carlile, 9. Josh Williams- 2:58.72

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Wise, 3. Rick Williams, 4. Darland, 5. Ballard, 6. Ebberts, 7. Rip Williams, 8. Ziehl, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Taylor, 11. Marcum, 12, Suggs, 13. Josh Williams, 14. DeArmond, 15. Carlile, 16. Stansberry, 17. Ellerston, 18. Heidenrich, 19. Hicks, 20. Keller, 21. Ostling, 22. Becker- NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Matt Neeley, 4. Josh Ford, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Tony Jones, 8. Josh Wise, 9. Bobby Cody, 10. Charles Davis, Jr., 11. Johnny Rodriguez, 12. Dave Darland, 13. R. J. Johnson, 14. Danny Ebberts, 15. Mike Kirby, 16. Allan Ballard, 17. Danny Sheridan, 18. Rick Williams, 19. Jesse Hockett, 20. Rip Williams, 21. Blake Miller, 22. David Cardey- NT

**Waitman flipped in Heat 3 and was transported to Riverside Community Hospital for observation. Stansberry and Ostling flipped in Semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-6 Neeley, 7-30 Kruseman

HARD CHARGER: Gardner 8th – 2nd

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: March 18 – Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ