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WILLIAMS NOTCHES FIRST USAC/CRA WIN AT PERRIS
Rip Williams of Yorba Linda, Calif. leads the new Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car point standings after scoring his initial series feature victory in Saturday night's 30-lap race at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. Williams, seeking his first major racing title despite many career feature wins, put his John Jory Corporation/Weld Wheels Stinger/Shaver into the lead on lap 27 after chasing Damion Gardner for the first 26 laps. He led the final four laps to beat Troy Rutherford, Jeremy Sherman, Mike Kirby and Jordan Hermansader.
Gardner slipped to 12th at the checkered flag after stopping on the track due to contact with Williams while battling for the lead. Williams leads Rutherford by 18 points in the new standings entering a May 1 race at the 1/2-mile dirt Perris oval. Kirby, a two-time USAC/CRA feature winner this year, was Saturday night's fastest qualifier and ranks fourth in the new points.
Saturday's 30-lapper was halted on lap 18 when Adam Mitchell flipped. He was unhurt, as was Dan Hillberg who flipped during the semi.
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS 1.-Rip Williams-343 2.-Troy Rutherford-325 3.-Damion Gardner-321 4.-Mike Kirby-302 5.-Cory Kruseman-242 6.-Tony Jones-213 7.-Jeremy Sherman-208 8.-Greg Bragg-170 9.-Brian Venard-163 10.-Jordan Hermansader-159
VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 24, 2004 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-17.370; 2. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.379; 3. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-17.380; 4. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.401; 5. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-17.502; 6. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.515; 7. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.565; 8. Jimmy Crawford, 18, Crawford-17.582; 9. Adam Mitchell, 99, Mitchell-17.647; 10. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-17.672; 11. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-17.698; 12. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-17.757; 13. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.890; 14. Dan Hillberg, 82, Hillberg-17.976; 15. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.998; 16. Dwayne Marcum, 25, Ruth-18.063; 17. Jeremy Sherman, 0, Shoemaker-18.348; 18. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-18.380; 19. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-18.411; 20. Ron DiDonato, 77, Acosta-18.447; 21. Matthew Rossi, 16, Rossi-18.462; 22. Steve Venard, 49, Mitchell-18.523; 23. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-18.608; 24. Steve Paden, 45, Farrier-18.700; 25. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-19.057; 26. Nadine Keller, 6z, Keller-19.229.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Gardner, 3. Marcum, 4. Kirby, 5. Cody, 6. Argo, 7. Spencer, 8. S.Venard, 9. Feduska. 3:04.41
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sherman, 2. Williams, 3. Hermansader, 4. Howard, 5. Becker, 6. Keller, 7. DiDonato, 8. Hillberg, 9. Crawford. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. B.Venard, 3. Mitchell, 4. Leslie, 5. Case, 6. Rossi, 7. Paden, 8. Bragg. 3:03.88
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bragg, 2. S.Venard, 3. Rossi, 4. Keller, 5. Paden, 6. DiDonato, 7. Feduska, 8. Hillberg, 9. Spencer, 10. Argo, 11. Crawford. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rip Williams, 2. Troy Rutherford, 3. Jeremy Sherman, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Jordan Hermansader, 6. Ronnie Case, 7. Gary W. Howard, 8. Tony Jones, 9. Brian Venard, 10. Matthew Rossi, 11. Rick Becker, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Mike Leslie, 14. Steve Venard, 15. Greg Bragg, 16. Nadine Keller, 17. Adam Mitchell, 18. Bobby Cody, 19. Dwayne Marcum, 20. Steve Paden. NT
========================= **Mitchell flipped on lap 18 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Gardner, Laps 27-30 Williams.