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VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS

July 2, 2005 ­ Perris, 
California ­ Perris Auto Speedway ­ “Firecracker 50”

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Rodriguez, 7R, Priestley-16.980; 2. Damion 
Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.992; 3. Tony Jones, 87, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.024; 4. 
Davey Pombo, 3p, Pombo-17.120; 5. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-17.144; 6. 
Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.202; 7. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.227; 8. 
Steve Ostling, 5, Keller-17.260; 9. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-17.318; 10. 
Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-17.345; 11. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.345; 12. Mike 
Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.349; 13. R.J. Johnson, 15az, Martin-17.426; 14. J. 
Hicks, 66, Miller-17.437; 15. Greg Bragg, 33, Blair-17.476; 16. Bobby 
Graham, 14, Lancaster-17.550; 17. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-17.580; 18. 
Jordan Hermansader, 92, Sertich-17.600; 19. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.635; 
20. Tom Stansberry, 48, Bach-17.670; 21. Troy Rutherford, 11, 
Wilkerson-17.690; 22. Jimmy Crawford, 17c, Crawford-17.733; 23. Alan 
Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.957; 24. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-17.977; 25. Jimmy 
Thornell, 25, Ruth-18.005; 26. Verne Sweeney, 98, Zoriki-18.133; 27. David 
Cardey, 59, Giardina-18.170; 28. Joshua Williams, 34, Williams-18.207; 29. 
Richard Rose, 8N, Ziegler-18.209; 30. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing 
Optics-18.232; 31. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-18.253; 32. Shawn Kautz, 29, 
Kautz-18.283; 33. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead-18.423; 34. Dan 
Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-18.487; 35.  Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-18.548; 
36.  Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-18.657; 37. Ryan Devitt, 35R, 
Blenkarn-18.663; 38. Eric Severson, 36x, Severson-18.915; 39.  David 
Sinsley, 69, Sinsley-19.179; 40.  Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart-19.393.

       DASH: (3 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Pombo, 3. Gardner, 4. Rodriguez. :55:10

       CONSOLATION RACE: (8 laps) 1. Springstead, 2. Keller, 3. Devitt, 4. 
Hillberg, 5. Sinsley, 6. Giardina, 7. Severson, 8. Stewart. 2:32:30

       FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Kirby, 3. Gaunt, 4. 
Rutherford, 5. Johnson, 6. Thornell, 7. Rose, 8, Springstead, 9. Rodriguez. NT

       SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Gardner, 3. Davis, 4. 
Hermansader, 5. Crawford, 6. Hicks, 7. Keller, 8. Wilson, 9. Sweeney. NT

       THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R.Williams, 2. Jones, 3. Ford, 4. Cardey, 
5. Cody, 6. Devitt, 7, Ballard, 8.Case, 9. Bragg. NT

       FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Ostling, 3. Becker, 4. Graham, 
5. J.Williams, 6. Pombo, 7. Stansberry, 8. Hillberg, 9. Kautz. 3:07:41

       SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Pombo, 2. Rodriguez, 3. Johnson, 4. Cody, 5. 
Crawford, 6. Bragg, 7. Thornell, 8. Hicks, 9. Ballard, 10. J.Williams, 11. 
Kautz, 12. Case, 13. Springstead, 14. Sweeney, 15. Rose, 16. Devitt, 17. 
Keller, 18. Hillberg, 19. Stansberry, 20. Wilson. NT

       FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Danny Sheridan, 3. Steve 
Ostling, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Mike Spencer, 6. Charles Davis, Jr., 7. Rickie 
Gaunt, 8. Mike Kirby, 9. Josh Ford, 10. Johnny Rodriguez, 11. Jordan 
Hermansader, 12. Troy Rutherford, 13. David Cardey, 14. Greg Bragg, 15. 
Rick Becker, 16. Bobby Cody, 17. Davey Pombo, 18. Alan Ballard, 19. R.J. 
Johnson, 20. Bobby Graham, 21. Jimmy Crawford, 22. Tony Jones, 23. Damion 
Gardner. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Sheridan, Lap 17 Kruseman, Lap 18 Sheridan, 
Laps 19-50 Kruseman.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-R.Williams-1,051; 2-Gardner-938; 
3-Kruseman-914; 4-Kirby-888; 5-Davis-880; 6-Gaunt-760; 7-Jones-537; 
8-Spencer-535; 9-Ballard-519; 10-Ford-504.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: July 23 ­ Perris (CA) Auto Speedway