FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 7/31/05

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THE DEMON DOUBLES AT SKAGIT AND WINS THIRD RACE IN A ROW

Damion Gardner, of Concord, California, won his third Valvoline USAC/CRA race in a row, and swept two nights at Skagit Speedway this past weekend. Damion set his 15^th fast time of the year, plus a new track record on Friday night, and went on to win his ninth race. On Saturday, driving the Temecula Valley Pipe & Supply, Arizona Race Mart, Eagle, Shaver #50 he passed early leader, Cory Kruseman on lap two and ran away with his 10^th big win in the series. Damion has now won three in a row for the second time this year and is on another hot streak as he pulled to within 50 points of the point leader Rip Williams in the championship race.

Cory Kruseman was second on the preliminary night followed by Tony Jones, Rip Williams, Bud Kaeding and hard charger Mike Kirby. On Saturday, Kirby followed Damion in the 40 lap finali with Bud Kaeding, Mike Spencer and hard charger Danny Sheridan behind him in that order. Outstanding racing at an awesome little track in Washington made for a trip well worth it.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 29, 2005 – Alger, Washington – Skagit Speedway 

  QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-13.387; 2. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-13.505; 3. Tony Jones, 7k, Kirkpatrick-13.528; 4. Bud Kaeding, 26, Rudeen-13.624; 5. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-13.647; 6. Davey Pombo, 3p, Pombo-13.786; 7. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.797; 8. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-13.832; 9. Kelly Barnett, 17b, KGB-14.101; 10. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-14.112; 11. Allan Ballard, 97, Ballard-14.118; 12. Steve Ostling, 5, Keller-14.139; 13. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-14.147; 14. Danny Sheridan, 14, Lancaster-14.238; 15. Bud Ashe, 57, Ashe-14.262; 16. Jordan Hermansader, 16, Keller-14.358; 17. Alex Hantel, 99e, Hantel-114.396; 18. Kelsey Carpenter, 78t, Carpenter-14.406; 19. J.Hicks, 66, Miller-14.473; 20. Jimmy Dietz, 1, Dietz-14.473; 21. Roy Blumenhagen, 75, Blumenhagen-14.505; 22. Jeff Bell, 9x, Bell-14.517; 23. Travis Rutz, 8x, Rutz-14.545; 24. R.J. Johnson, 14L, Lancaster-14.554; 25. Robby Vaughn, 21, Vaughn-14.579; 26. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-14.611; 27. Alan Munn, 42, Munn-14.709; 28. Seth Bergman, 23b, Bergman-14.732; 29. Jim Richardson, 8R, Richardson-14.734; 30. Josh Dewitt, 5d, Dirt, Inc.-14.824; 31. Josh Edson, 76e, Edson-14.828; 32. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-14.970; 33. Kevin Smith, 75x, Smith-15.372; 34. Robert McNulty, 14R, McNulty-15.593; 35. Mark Hinkle, 9, Hinkle-15.684; 36. Bert Johnson, 01x, Johnson-15.800; 37. Axel Walker, 63, Walker-16.154; 38. Michael Harris, 44H, Harris-NT. 

  FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Blemunhagen, 2. Gardner, 3. Kirby, 4. Barnett, 5. Spencer, 6. Richardson, 7. Smith, 8. Vaughn, 9. Walker. NT 

  SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Becker, 3. Kruseman, 4. Sheridan, 5. Carpenter, 6. Pombo, 7. Dewitt, 8. McNulty, 9. Bell. NT 

  THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Munn, 3. Williams, 4. Rutz, 5. Ashe, 6. Hicks, 7. Ballard, 8. Hinkle, 9. Edson. NT 

  FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Case, 2. Ostling, 3. Kaeding, 4. Hermansader, 5. R.J. Johnson, 6. Dietz, 7. Ford, 8. Bergman, 9. B.Johnson. 

  SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Spencer, 2. Pombo, 3. Ford, 4. Ballard, 5. Hantel, 6. Ashe, 7. Hicks, 8. R.J. Johnson, 9. Dietz, 10. Vaughn, 11. Richardson, 12. McNulty, 13. Bergman, 14. Dewitt, 15. Smith, 16. Walker, 17. Carpenter, 18. Hinkle. NT 

  FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Tony Jones, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Mike Kirby, 7. Josh Ford, 8. Davey Pombo, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Rick Becker, 11. Alex Hantel, 12. Roy Blemunhagen, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Jordan Hermansader, 15. Alan Munn, 16. Ronnie Case, 17. Bud Ashe, 18. Danny Sheridan, 19. Kelly Barnett, 20. Steve Ostling, 21. Allan Ballard, 22. Travis Rutz. NT 
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Becker, Laps 3-12 R.Williams, Laps 13-30 Gardner.

VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 30, 2005 – Alger, Washington – Skagit Speedway

        QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bud Kaeding, 26, Rudeen-13.673; 2. Tony Jones, 7k, Kirkpatrick-13.751; 3. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-13.796; 4. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-13.858; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-13.902; 6. Jordan Hermansader, 16, Keller-13.952; 7. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-13.954; 8. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander-13.954; 9. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno-14.093; 10. Alex Hantel, 99e, Hantel-14.105; 11. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-14.128; 12. Jim Richardson, 8R, Richardson-14.148; 13. Steve Ostling, 5, Keller-14.153; 14. R.J. Johnson, 14L, Lancaster-14.158; 15. Danny Sheridan, 14, Lancaster-14.211; 16. Josh Edson, 76e, Edson-14.274; 17. J. Hicks, 66, Miller-14.275; 18. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-14.344; 19. Davey Pombo, 3p, Pombo-14.378; 20. Roy Blumenhagen, 75, Blumenhagen-14.464; 21. Robby Vaughn, 21, Vaughn-14.492; 22. Ronnie Case, 8, Case-14.524; 23. Allan Ballard, 97, Ballard-14.560; 24. Kelsey Carpenter, 78T, Carpenter-14.603; 25. Jeff Bell, 9, Bell-14.642; 26. Brock Lemley, 40, Kentch-14.661; 27. Jimmy Dietz, 1, Dietz-14.695; 28. Alan Munn, 42, Munn-14.986; 29. Jason Bloodgood, 47, Kentel-14.993; 30. Seth Bergman, 23b, Bergman-15.527; 31. Axel Walker, 63, Walker-15.573; 32. Lynn Reinstra, 13g, Reinstra-15.875; 33. Kevin Smith, 75x, Smith-16.348; 34. Bud Ashe, 57, Ashe-16.622; 35. Travis Rutz, 8x, Rutz-NT.

      FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hicks, 2. Kruseman, 3. Kaeding, 4. Williams, 5. Bell, 6. Vaughn, 7. Bloodgood, 8. Ostling, 9 Smith. NT

      SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Lemley, 2. Wilson, 3. Hermansader, 4. Bergman, 5. Case, 6. Jones, 7. Ashe, 8. Hantel, 9. R.J. Johnson. NT

      THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ballard, 2. Gardner, 3. Pombo, 4. Ford, 5. Sheridan, 6. Deitz, 7. Walker, 8. Becker. NT

      FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Munn, 2. Blumenhagen, 3. Kirby, 4. Carpenter, 5. Richardson, 6. Spencer, 7. Edson, 8. Rhinshed. NT

      SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Spencer, 3. Richardson, 4. Ostling, 5. Sheridan, 6. Becker, 7. Hantel, 8. Vaughn, 9. Bell, 10. R.J. Johnson, 11. Ashe, 12. Deitz, 13. Bloodgood, 14. Smith, 15. Case, 16. Edson, 17. Rhinshed, 18. Walker. NT

      FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Damion Gardner, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Jordan Hermansader, 7. Josh Ford, 8. J. Hicks, 9. Steve Ostling, 10. Davey Pombo, 11. Seth Wilson, 12. Rick Becker, 13. Robby Vaughn, 14. Brock Lemley, 15. Allan Ballard, 16. Kelsey Carpenter, 17. Seth Bergman, 18. Rip Williams, 19. Cory Kruseman, 20. Jim Richardson, 21. Tony Jones, 22. Roy Blumenhagen, 23. Alex Hantel, 24. Alan Munn. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: N/A

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-1,200; 2-Gardner-1,150; 3-Kirby-1,060; 4-Kruseman-1,029; 5-Charles Davis, jr.-901; 6-Rickie Gaunt-811; 7-Spencer-690; 8-Ford-652; 9-Jones-652; 10-Ostling-579.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: August 6 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

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