March 4, 2006 – Series point leader Cory Kruseman, Ventura, Calif., started fifth in Glenn Crossno’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, Illinois’ Matt Neeley was third ahead of Josh Ford (Camarillo, Calif.) and Mike Spencer (Temecula, Calif.).

USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 4, 2006 – 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 – 2nd

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: March 18 – Manzanita Speedway, Phoenix, AZ

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