I was there for a change and with a windy evening it was a crash-a-thon with several high flying thrusts and a few piles of sprinters in other incidents. The 33 cars put on a show as the feature was interesting. The delays in cleaning up the messes after crashes left the feature getting don after 10:30, but the Cowboy did a number on them. Startng on the front row with Garrett Hanson, Tony Jones went right to the lead and was passes twice befoe the checkers. The first by Garret and the last by Blake Miller, both only lastiung a few seconds. Tony weathered it all and took his second win of the season. Blake was very fast and hounded the eventual winner for over 20 laps before mysteriously running into the wall in turn one, ending his night. Mike PSencer was within rock throwing distance at the end with Danny Sheridan on his rear. Rip came form 14th to 4th for a good ride.
LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 12, 2007 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Gardner-16.677, 2. Cory Kruseman, 21k, Kruseman-16.790, 3. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-16.815, 4. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.875, 5. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.891, 6. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.918, 7. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.925, 8. David Cardey, 83, Crossno-16.926, 9. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.960, 10. Jason York, 92, Sertich-16.976, 11. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-17.006, 12. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.123, 13. Seth Wilson, 17, Wilson-17.126, 14. Brian Venard, 12, Blair-17.145, 15. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.172, 16. Michael Trimble, 21, Kruseman-17.173, 17. Tom Stansberry, 75, Stansberry-17.215, 18. J Hicks, 66, Miller-17.229, 19. Ross Millar, 67, Millar-17.269, 20. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-17.304, 21. Troy Rutherford, 7, Preistley-17.322, 22. Nadine Gardner, 16, Gardner-17.324, 23. Matt Rossi, 02, Rossi-17.405, 24. Tyler Brown, 34, Brown-17.520, 25. Matt Forstie, 72, Forstie-17.568, 26. Nate Ziegler, N8, Ziegler-18.203, 27. Billy Blinn, 26, Blinn-18.392, 28. Chris Jones, 72t, Forstie-18.422, 29. Brian Williams, 94g, Gardner-18.425, 30. Brent Camarillo, 20c, Camarillo-18.430, 31. Mike Kennedy, 14, Cherbak-Kennedy-19.009, 32. Brian Camarillo, 22c, CamLand-NT, 33. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. T.Jones, 2. Sheridan, 3. Rutherford, 4. Stansberry, 5. Wilson, 6. B.Williams, 7. Forstie, 8. Gaunt. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Miller, 3. Hicks, 4. Venard, 5. Gardner, 6. Brent Camarillo, 7. Ziegler, 8. York. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Spencer, 3. Johnson, 4. Hansen, 5. Rossi, 6. Millar, 7. Blinn, 8. Kennedy. 2:51.01
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Weir, 2. Brown, 3. Argo, 4. Ford, 5. Trimble, 6. Brian Camarillo, 7. C.Jones, 8. Cardey. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gaunt, 2. York, 3. Wilson, 4. Rossi, 5. Gardner, 6. Trimble, 7. C.Jones, 8. Forstie, 9. Ziegler, 10. Kennedy, 11. Brian Camarillo, 12. Millar, 13. B.Williams, 14. Blinn, 15. Brent Camarillo. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Josh Ford, 8. R.J. Johnson, 9. Scotty Weir, 10. Troy Rutherford, 11. Jason York, 12. Brian Venard, 13. Matt Rossi, 14. Tom Stansberry, 15. Michael Trimble, 16. Blake Miller, 17. Garrett Hansen, 18. Nadine Gardner, 19. Rodney Argo, 20. Tyler Brown, 21. Seth Wilson, 22. J Hicks. NT
**Cardey flipped during the fourth heat. Blinn & Ziegler flipped during the Semi. Brown flipped during the feature and was transported to a local hospital for observation. Miller, Gardner and Hansen also flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Jones.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Jones-756; 2-Spencer-673; 3-Gaunt-589; 4-Sheridan-584; 5-Weir-558; 6-Williams-515; 7-Johnson-474; 8-Darren Hagen-460; 9-Kruseman-428; 10-Hansen-388.
NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: May 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Manzanita Speedway