KRUSEMAN GRABS CRA WIN AT PAS PERRIS, CALIF

PERRIS, CALIF., March 4, 2006 ā€“ Series point leader Cory Kruseman, Ventura, 
Calif., started fifth in Glenn Crossnoā€™s Agromin Soil #38 Bullet and went on to 
grab his first USAC/CRA win of the young season Saturday night at the Perris 
Auto Speedway.   Damion Gardner, Concord, Calif. set fast time for the third 
consecutive race and finished second to Kruseman in the 30-lap main event.  
Robinson, Illinoisā€™ Matt Neeley was third ahead of Josh Ford (Camarillo, Calif.) 
and Mike Spencer (Temecula, Calif.).  ā€“ (Full story to follow) 
 
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 4, 2006 ā€“ Perris, California, 
Perris Auto Speedway
 
      QUALIFICATIONS:  1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin - 16.375, 2. Josh Wise, 
7W, Rodriguez - 17.420, 3. Rickie Gaunt, 2a, Zoriki/Smiley- 16.599, 4. Johnny 
Rodriguez, 7, Rodriguez -16.658, 5. Rick Williams, 6, Williams- 16.675, 6. 
Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom - 16.704, 7. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno - 16.775, 8. 
Josh Ford, 73, Ford - 16.876, 9. Dwayne Marcum, 12, Pratt- 16.915, 10. Tony 
Jones, 4, Alexander -16.918, 11. Matt Neeley, 71g, Ishii- 16.938, 12. J Hicks, 
66, Miller- 16.947, 13. Bobby Cody, 92, Sertich - 16.976, 14. Steve Ostling, 
19, Argo- 17.005, 15. R. J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin - 17.010, 16. Allan Ballard, 
97, Ballard- 17.031, 17. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley- 17.047, 18. Jesse 
Hockett, 2az, Massey- 17.065,  19. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta- 17.067, 20. Danny 
Sheridan, 18, Kittle - 17.073, 21. Levi Jones, 42x, Cheney - 17.110, 22. Rick 
Ziehl, 0, Shoemaker- 17.113, 23. Dave Darland, 42, Cheney - 17.118, 24. Seth 
Wilson, 17, Racing Optics - 17.118, 25. Evan Suggs, 33E, Suggs- 17.152, 26. David 
Cardey, 59, Giardina- 17.170, 27. Mark Heidenreich, 22, Heidenreich - 17.236, 
28. Jack DeArmond, Jr., 9, DeArmond- 17.240, 29. Blake Miller, 5, Keller - 
17.249, 30. Mike Kirby, 96, Kirby - 19.290, 31. Randy Waitman, 09, Waitman- 
17.300, 32. Rusty Carlile, 51, Carlile- 17.340, 33. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor- 
17.340, 34. Robert Ellis, 43, Ellis- 17.468, 35. Jordan Hermansader, 14, Lancaster- 
17.520, 36. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller - 17.525, 37. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair- 
17.614,  38. Tom Stansberry, 75t, Stansberry- 17.625, 39. Rick Becker, 11, 
Wilkerson- 17.712, 40. Jeremy Ellerston, 98, Ellerston - 17.717, 41. Ryan Devitt, 
35, Devitt- 17.730, 42. Chad Boespflug, 90, Gatten- 17.743, 43. Matt Stewart, 
85, Stewart- 17.753, 44. Josh Williams, 34, Williams- 17.783, 45. Eric 
Severson, 36x, Severson- 17.805, 46. Todd Hunsaker, 6x, Hunsaker- 17.875, 47. Rip 
Williams, 3, Jory - 18.030, 48. Nate Ziegler, N8, Ziegler - 18.225, 49. Verne 
Sweeney, 98S, Sweeney- 18.458, 50. Brandon Springstead, 36, Springstead- 18.482, 
51. Ludwig Solberg IV, 13, Solberg- 18.497, 52. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina- 
18.975, 53. Brandon Thomson, 19T, Thomson- 19.227, 54. Royal Adderson, 38x, 
Adderson- 21.707, 55. J.J. Ercse, 25, Ruth- 23.158, 56. Thomas Grunkemeyer, 6z, 
Grunkemeyer- No Time, 57. Jim Thomson, 91, Thomson- No Time.  
 
      C-MAIN #1: (6 laps) 1. Hermansader, 2. Taylor, 3. Rip Williams, 4. 
Becker, 5. Stewart, 6. Case, 7. Sweeney, 8. Severson, 9. Solberg, 10. Devitt, 11. 
Grunkemeyer, 12. Brandon Thomson- NT 
 
     C-MAIN #2: (6 laps) 1. Keller, 2. Ellerston, 3. Stansberry, 4. Josh 
Williams, 5. Boespflug, 6. Ziegler, 7. Springstead, 8. Hunsaker, 9. Giardina, 10. 
Adderson, 11. Ercse, 12. Ellis- 1:48.33
 
     FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Gardner, 3. Cody, 4. Miller, 5. 
Suggs, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Hermansader, 8. Keller, 9. Marcum, 10. Rick Williams- NT 
 
     SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Gaunt, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Kirby, 5. 
Spencer, 6. Ostling, 7. Ziehl, 8. Wise, 9. Taylor, 10. Ellerston- NT 
 
     THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Neeley, 3. Johnson, 4. Gaunt, 5. 
Rip Williams, 6. Heidenrich, 7. Stansberry, 8. Ebberts, 9. Darland, 10. 
Waitman- NT  
 
     FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. Wilson, 3. Rodriguez, 4. Ford, 5. 
Hicks, 6. DeArmond, 7. Ballard, 8. Carlile, 9. Josh Williams- 2:58.72
 
     SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Wise, 3. Rick Williams, 4. Darland, 5. 
Ballard, 6. Ebberts, 7. Rip Williams, 8. Ziehl, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Taylor, 11. 
Marcum, 12, Suggs, 13. Josh Williams, 14. DeArmond, 15. Carlile, 16. 
Stansberry, 17. Ellerston, 18. Heidenrich, 19. Hicks, 20. Keller, 21. Ostling, 22. 
Becker- NT    
 
     FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Matt Neeley, 
4. Josh Ford,  5. Mike Spencer, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Tony Jones, 8. Josh Wise, 
9. Bobby Cody, 10. Charles Davis, Jr., 11. Johnny Rodriguez, 12. Dave Darland, 
13. R. J. Johnson, 14. Danny Ebberts, 15. Mike Kirby, 16. Allan Ballard, 17. 
Danny Sheridan, 18. Rick Williams, 19. Jesse Hockett, 20. Rip Williams, 21.  
Blake Miller,  22. David Cardey- NT
 
                                                                              
                                                                
**Waitman flipped in Heat 3 and was transported to Riverside Community 
Hospital for observation. Stansberry and Ostling flipped in Semi.  
 
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1-6 Neeley, 7-30 Kruseman
 
HARD CHARGER: Gardner 8th ā€“ 2nd
 
 
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: March 18 ā€“ Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ