Outdoor Channel to cover all the USAC/CRA Sprint Car action from the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway

 
            The Outdoor Channel will be on hand this Saturday, March 4, to 
cover all the USAC/CRA Sprint Car action from the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. 
 The race is scheduled to be aired April 1, with renowned broadcaster Jack 
Arute anchoring the broadcast.  Rob Klepper will provide the color and Brienne 
Pedigo will be reporting from the pits.
 
            Since rain forced postponement of the Feb. 18 race at Perris, 
Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif., still holds a one point lead over defending 
series champion Damion Gardner of Concord, Calif.  Perris Auto Speedway and USAC 
officials recently announced that the postponed race has been rescheduled for 
Saturday night, April 1.
 
            Through two races this year, Kruseman has a runner-up finish at 
the season opener at Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, Ariz., on Jan. 21 and a 
fourth-place finish at Perris on Feb. 4.  From a main event standpoint, Gardner has 
equaled Kruseman, posting a fourth-place finish at Manzy and a runner-up 
finish at Perris.  Even though “The Demon�?? has been the fastest qualifier in both 
2006 races, “The Kruser’s�?? finishes in heat race competition have given him 
the slightest of edges in the series points chase.
 
            2004 USAC/CRA Champion Rip Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif., led 
all but the first lap of the Perris race, and held off a charging Gardner at 
the finish to earn his 99th sanctioned sprint car victory.  Despite the popular 
victory, a flip in the season opener has left Williams sixth in the series 
point standing, 47 points behind Kruseman.  2005 USAC National Sprint Car 
Champion, Levi Jones, Olney, Ill., won the Manzanita Speedway race and led the 
opening lap of the Perris race before finishing eighth.
 
            Santa Maria, Calif.’s Danny Sheridan is off to the best start of 
his 410 sprint car career, with a top-five finish at Manzanita Speedway and a 
seventh-place run at Perris.  Heading into the televised race this weekend, 
Sheridan sits third in series points, three points ahead of Mike Spencer of 
Temecula, Calif.
 
            The March 4th race will be the 40th under USAC/CRA sanction at 
the 1/2-mile dirt Perris oval.
 
 
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS
 
1.Cory Kruseman131 6.Rip Williams84
2.Damion Gardner130 7.J. Hicks72
3.Danny Sheridan105 8.Mike Kirby69
4.Mike Spencer102 9.David Cardey64
5.Jesse Hockett97 10.Blake Miller55