CRA 1 AM RACE RESULTS

This should have been the Nic Faas Story as he started on the front row, polished off early leader Greg Bragg, then took what looked like and insurmountable lead, only to have something break in his gas pedal on a restart, opening the door for the Cowboy. Of course Tony Jones did it the hard way as he let his "cousin" Rip Williams take the lead from him on the last restart and led the only lap that counts, the last one when he wheeled by a wheelstanding Ripper coming to the checkered flag! WOW, another Cowboy UP move by the man who has a flair for these things. Don't overlook him when the Oval Nationals hits town, he's starting to talk like he wants to win that one, again. More tomorrow after I get some sleep.

USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA September 13, 2008

31 CARS

TIME TRIALS: 1. Rickie Gaunt, 93J, Gardner-16.648; 2. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-16.766; 3. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.793; 4. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.838; 5. Alan Ballard, 75, Stansberry/Bach-16.883; 6. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.945; 7. Garrett Hansen, 7, Preistley-16.948; 8. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.962; 9. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.012; 10. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-17.118; 11. Nic Faas, 17F, Faas-17.123; 12. Henry Clarke, 41K, Kruseman-17.145; 13. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.166; 14. Tyler Brown, 96, Gardner-17.365; 15. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-17.373; 16. David Cardey, 38, Crossno-17.423; 17. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-17.460; 18. Nadine Gardner, 16, Gardner-17.481; 19. Alex Schutte, 5K, Kruseman-17.490; 20. Jordan Hermansader, 32, Rase-17.538; 21. Jonny Bates, 83, Crossno-17.602; 22. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.655; 23. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.742; 24. Austin Mero, 71K, Kruseman-17.831; 25. Ludwig Solberg IV, 84, Persall-17.834; 26. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-17.842; 27. Kenny Perkins, 0K, Perkins-17.989; 28. Donnie Gansen, 7G, Gansen-17.998; 29. Brein Kinney, 85, Persall-18.387; 30. Mike Collins, 04, Collins-18.918; 31. Joe Gunderson, 23, Bellegante-NT.

HEAT RACE 1: (10 laps) 1. Ludwig Solberg IV, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. Alan Ballard, 5. Ronnie Case, 6. Brein Kinney, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Jonny Bates. NT.

HEAT RACE 2: (10 laps) 1. Greg Bragg, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Tyler Brown, 4. Royal Adderson, 5. Nadine Gardner, 6. Mike Collins, 7. Todd Hunsaker, 8. Blake Miller. NT.

HEAT RACE 3: (10 laps) 1. Rodney Argo, 2. Alex Schutte, 3. Nic Faas, 4. Josh Ford, 5. Garrett Hansen, 6. Kenny Perkins, 7. Cody Williams, 8. Joe Gunderson. NT.

HEAT RACE 4: (10 laps) 1. David Cardey, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Donnie Gansen, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Jordan Hermansader, 6. Henry Clarke, 7. Austin Mero. 2:52.91.

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Henry Clarke, 2. Garrett Hansen, 3. Ronnie Case, 4. Jordan Hermansader, 5. Cody Williams, 6. Jonny Bates, 7. Todd Hunsaker, 8. Brein Kinney, 9. Kenny Perkins, 10. Austin Mero, 11. Joe Gunderson, 12. Nadine Gardner, 13. Mike Collins, 14. Rickie Gaunt, 15. Blake Miller (DNS). NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 1. Tony Jones (5th), 2. Rip Williams (3rd), 3. Mike Spencer (7th), 4. Josh Ford (8th), 5. David Cardey (12th), 6. Henry Clarke (10th), 7. Rodney Argo (18th), 8. Danny Sheridan (4th), 9. Alex Schutte (14th), 10. Blake Miller #96 (22nd), 11. Greg Bragg (2nd), 12. Jordan Hermansader (17th), 13. Donnie Gansen (20th), 14. Jonny Bates (16th), 15. Royal Adderson (19th), 16. Cody Williams (13th), 17. Ronnie Case (15th), 18. Nic Faas (1st), 19. Ludwig Solberg IV (21st), 20. Alan Ballard (6th), 21. Garrett Hansen (9th), 22. Cory Kruseman (11th). NT

*Cody Williams Flipped During Heat Race 3. **Blake Miller Drove The Gardner #96 (Tyler Brown) In The Feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Greg Bragg, Laps 4-26 Nic Faas, Laps 27-29 Rip Williams, Lap 30 Tony Jones.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Spencer-1,173; 2-Hansen-1,039; 3-Sheridan-1,035; 4-Miller-1,020; 5-Kruseman-858; 6-Brown-837; 7-Jones-790; 8-Cardey-695; 9-Ford-590; 10-Faas-471.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 27 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway