CRA 1 AM RACE RESULTS

On a night when only 22 cars showed up, they all made the feature! Cory Kruseman tied Bubby Jones on the all time west coast list at 80 and won his third race of the season in CRA. He started 4th, right behind Damion Gardner, and quickly zoomed up to the lead and won with Mike Spencer closely on his tail the last ten laps or so. He acted like he had been there before with quick moves thru traffic. Blake miller was doing well in third when his right rear was popped by the car behind him, so he dropped out. J Hicks got fifth on his best race of the season. David Cardey set fast time, his first with CRA, and then dropped out of the main with a problem. Rip Williams had a slow start after starting 9th and made a rush at the end to get 4th. Danny Sheridan was second quick and started in the fourth row, but came up to third on a good run. Damion had his problems after Cory got by when he got squeezed in traffic and had to throw it sideways to a stop. He restarted at the back and was about tenth at the end.

Three heats with Damion, Cory and Josh Ford winning. No semi, since they all made the main, so it was all up for the 30 lapper to decide.

SAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 17, 2006 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-13.463; 2. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-13.475; 3. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-13.609; 4. Blake Miller, 5, Keller-13.670; 5. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-13.671; 6. J. Hicks, 66, Miller-13.718; 7. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-13.779; 8. Davey Pombo, 14, Lancaster-13.851; 9. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.858; 10. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-13.987; 11. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-14.008; 12. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-14.052; 13. Evan Suggs, 33E, Suggs-14.150; 14. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-14.247; 15. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-14.280; 16. Dennis Rodriguez, 20, Rodriguez-14.290; 17. Eric Severson, 36x, Severson-14.342; 18. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-14.382; 19. Tom Stansberry, 75, Stansberry-14.409; 20. Steve Demont, 35, Demont-14.574; 21. Thad Bennett, 77T, Bennett-14.846; 22. Mike Larson, 7, Larson-14.978.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Jones, 3. Suggs, 4. Miller, 5. Cardey, 6. Stansberry, 7. Rodriguez, 8. Larson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Sheridan, 3. Ebberts, 4. Pombo, 5. Severson, 6. Demont, 7. Stewart. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ford, 2. Williams, 3. Boespflug, 4. Spencer, 5. Hicks, 6. Keller, 7. Bennett. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Mike Spencer, 3. Danny Sheridan, 4. Rip Williams, 5. J Hicks, 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Josh Ford, 8. Tony Jones, 9. Evan Suggs, 10. Danny Ebberts, 11. Chad Boespflug, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Eric Severson, 14. Steve Demont, 15. Dennis Rodriguez, 16. Thad Bennett, 17, Blake Miller, 18. Tom Stansberry, 19. Mike Larson, 20. David Cardey, 21. Nadine Keller, 22. Matt Stewart. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Gardner, Laps 10-30 Kruseman.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-857; 2-Kruseman-854; 3-Spencer-682; 4-Sheridan-667; 5-Tony Jones-660; 6-Rickie Gaunt-587; 7-Williams-512; 8-Cardey-490; 9-Charles Davis Jr.-484; 10-Mike Kirby-483.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: June 24 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway