CRA 1 AM RACE RESULTS

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 2, 2006 – Perris, California – Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.037; 2. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.077; 3. Evan Suggs, 33E, Suggs-17.095; 4. Johnny Rodriguez, 7, Preistley-17.111; 5. Alan Ballard, 0, Shoemaker-17.300; 6. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.340; 7. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-17.360; 8. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich-17.475; 9. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-17.580; 10. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-17.701; 11. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.780; 12. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.805; 13. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.828; 14. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten-17.845; 15. Robert Ellis, 43, Ellis-17.853; 16. Jason York, 25n, York-17.909; 17. Mike Kirby, 11, Wilkerson-17.920; 18. Bruce St. James, 7k, St. James-17.987; 19. Rick Ziehl, 75, Stansberry-17.991; 20. Verne Sweeney, 98s, Sweeney-17.995; 21. Blake Miller, 94, Keller-18.015; 22. J.J. Ercse, 25, Ruth-18.090; 23. Jonny Bates, 33A, Bates-18.296; 24. R.J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin-18.419; 25. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-18.460; 26. Josh Williams, 12, Blair-18.476; 27. Keith Janca, 34, Williams-18.538; 28. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.556; 29. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.568; 30. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-18.896; 31. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead-18.900; 32. Todd Hunsaker, 6x, Hunsaker-18.917; 33. Joe Gunderson, 57X, Gunderson-19.510; 34. Tony Everhart, 55, Everhart-19.546; 35. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-19.755; 36. Matt Forstie, 72, Forstie-19.810; 37. J Hicks, 66, Miller-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. R.Williams, 3. Kirby, 4. Jones, 5. Kruseman, 6. Stewart, 7. Gunderson, 8. Ballard, 9. Case. 2:55.43

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. J.Williams, 3. Becker, 4. Cardey, 5. Ercse, 6. Boespflug, 7. Giardina, 8. Everhart, 9. St. James. 3:00.26

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Ellis, 3. Suggs, 4. Sheridan, 5. Wilson, 6. Ziehl, 7. Bates, 8. Janca, 9. Springstead. 2:58.34

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rodriguez, 2. Ford, 3. York, 4. Johnson, 5. Forstie, 6. Hunsaker, 7. Keller, 8. Cody, 9. Sweeney. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Wilson, 3. Ziehl, 4. Ercse, 5. Boesplug, 6. Bates, 7. Stewart, 8. Giardina, 9. Everhart, 10. Janca, 11. Springstead, 12. Gunderson, 13. Forstie, 14. Cody, 15. Keller. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tony Jones, 2. Johnny Rodriguez, 3. Blake Miller, 4. R.J. Johnson, 5. Rick Becker, 6. Mike Kirby, 7. David Cardey, 8. Jonny Bates, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. Seth Wilson, 12. Danny Sheridan, 13. Rip Williams, 14. Josh Ford, 15. Josh Williams, 16. Cory Kruseman, 17. Jason York, 18. J.J. Ercse, 19. Robert Ellis, 20. Rick Ziehl, 21. Chad Boespflug, 22. Evan Suggs. NT

**York and Cody flipped in separate incidents during the fourth heat. Suggs flipped on lap 7 of the feature. Ercse & Ellis flipped on lap 18 of the feature. Gardner flipped on lap 20 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Ford, Laps 22-33 Sheridan, Laps 34-37 Gardner, Laps 38-40 Jones.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINT STANDINGS: 1-Gardner-1,362; 2-Kruseman-1,328; 3-Jones-1,163; 4-Spencer-1,134; 5-Sheridan-1,053; 6-Williams-908; 7-Cardey-768; 8-Miller-744; 9-Ford-730; 10-Rickie Gaunt-694.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACES: September 9 – Ventura (CA) Raceway