9-FOR-9 AT THE PAS??

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                  JUNE 19, 2006

Contact: DICK JORDAN/MICHAEL HARKER                                                                                                       06-149

 

 

9-FOR-9 AT The PAS SATURDAY???

KRUSEMAN SLICES GARDNER'S LEAD TO 3 AT SANTA MARIA

 

 

            Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway has become USAC's most unpredictable track with eight different race winners in the eight USAC/CRA races conducted there so far this season! All eight winners currently rank in the "top-10" in series standings, so Danny Sheridan (fourth) and David Cardey (eighth) will try to add their names to the list Saturday.

 

            The 1/2-mile dirt oval has more than a dozen USAC races left on its 2006 slate so opportunities abound for first-time winners.

 

            Cory Kruseman, who has already won there this year, sliced Damion Gardner's point lead to just three markers after winning Saturday's 30-lapper at Santa Maria (Calif.) Speedway. He trailed Gardner for nine laps, then led the rest of the way in his ITI Performance/Sander Engineering Bullet/Downing to beat Mike Spencer, Sheridan, Rip Williams and J Hicks.

 

            Cardey posted the fastest qualifying time as Gardner, who owns 11 FQs already this season, ranked seventh in qualifying.

 

 

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS

 

      1.
     Damion Gardner
     857
      
     6.
     Rickie Gaunt
     587
     
      2.
     Cory Kruseman
     854
      
     7.
     Rip Williams
     512
     
      3.
     Mike Spencer
     684
      
     8.
     David Cardey
     490
     
      4.
     Danny Sheridan
     667
      
     9.
     Charles Davis Jr.
     484
     
      5.
     Tony Jones
     660
      
     10.
     Mike Kirby
     483