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USAC/CRA - USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY - PERRIS, CA
OCTOBER 28, 2004
OVAL NATIONALS NIGHT #1

58 CARS

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Cory Kruseman, 21, Stewart-16.678; 2. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.835; 3. Tony Elliott, 11, Walker-17.047; 4. Tracy Hines, 69, Dynamics-17.072; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.086; 6. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.139; 7. Steve Ostling, 29x, Fischer-17.155; 8. Jon Stanbrough, 10, R & B-17.157; 9. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.167; 10. Cary Faas, 37, Faas-17.173; 11. Rickie Gaunt, 6, KMS-17.190; 12. Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-17.216; 13. Jason York, 25N, York-17.231; 14. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-17.331; 15. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-17.332; 16. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.335; 17. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-17.355; 18. Jay Drake, 20, Stewart-17.373; 19. Brad Sweet, 1, Sweet-17.385; 20. Jordan Hermansader, 4, Alexander-17.388; 21. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-17.390; 22. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.407; 23. Troy Cline, 62, BWB-17.421; 24. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-17.458; 25. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-17.473; 26. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-17.474; 27. Rick Williams, 6x, Williams-17.503; 28. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.505; 29. John Scott, 83, Scott-17.505; 30. Mat Neely, 17, Neely-17.520; 31. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-17.523; 32. Brent Kaeding, 69x, Kaeding-17.552; 33. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.560; 34. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.563; 35. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-17.591; 36. Mike English, 3x, Jory-17.592; 37. Bill Rose, 82, Hillberg-17.592; 38. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-17.613; 39. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-17.632; 40. Tom Hessert, 67, Kunz-17.665; 41. Rick Ziehl, 5, Keller-17.689; 42. Peter Murphy, 45, Willis-17.693; 43. Dave Darland, 56az, Pruett/May-17.717; 44. Marc Jessup, 11J, Walker-17.758; 45. Aaron Reyer, 31, Reyer-17.765; 46. Brandon Lane, 97H, Lane-17.784; 47. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.857; 48. Danny Sheridan, 4x, Kittle-17.896; 49. Darren Hagen, 11m, McMinn-17.927; 50. Bob Kershaw, 10c, CamLand-18.065; 51. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-18.073; 52. Nadine Keller, 6, Keller-18.355; 53. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-18.486; 54. Jesse Hockett, 2J, Massey-18.554; 55. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-18.649; 56. Jeremy Sherman, 11x, Wilkerson-18.943; 57. Tony Sessions, 00, Lightfoot-22.389; 58. Alex Pruett, 56p, Pruett/May-NT.

C-MAIN: (10 laps)
1. Peter Murphy, 2. Rick Ziehl, 3. Brandon Lane, 4. Marc Jessup, 5. Rob Kershaw, 6. Nadine Keller, 7. Rick Becker, 8. Darren Hagen, 9. David Cardey, 10. Danny Sheridan, 11. Jesse Hockett, 12. Aaron Reyer, 13. Seth Wilson, 14. Tony Sessions, 15. Jeremy Sherman, 16. Duane Feduska, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Alex Pruett (DNS)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Kevin Urton, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Charles Davis Jr., 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Greg Bragg, 6. Rickie Gaunt, 7. Bobby Cody, 8. Mike English

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Brent Kaeding, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Damion Gardner, 4. Bill Rose, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Rick Williams, 7. Steve Ostling, 8. Dickie Gaines

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Troy Rutherford, 2. Troy Cline, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Danny Ebberts, 7. Alan Ballard, 8. Jason York

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ronnie Case, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Tony Jones, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. John Scott, 7. Mike Leslie, 8. Brian Venard

FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Tom Hessert, 2. Rodney Argo, 3. Mat Neely, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Jordan Hermansader, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Gary W. Howard, 8. Cary Faas

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Tracy Hines, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Steve Ostling, 6. Cary Faas, 7. Dickie Gaines, 8. Rickie Gaunt, 9. Jason York, 10. Jordan Hermansader, 11. Brian Venard, 12. Peter Murphy, 13. Danny Ebberts, 14. Alan Ballard, 15. John Scott, 16. Rick Ziehl, 17. Marc Jessup, 18. Brandon Lane, 19. Bobby Cody, 20. Greg Bragg, 21. Rick Williams, 22. Mike Leslie, 23. Gary W. Howard, 24. Mike English

FEATURE: (25 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Mike Kirby (1st), 2. Josh Ford (2nd), 3. Cory Kruseman (6th), 4. Tony Elliott (4th), 5. Tracy Hines (7th), 6. Rip Williams (8th), 7. Jon Stanbrough (9th), 8. Damion Gardner (5th), 9. Brad Sweet (13th), 10. Troy Cline (15th), 11. Bud Kaeding (14th), 12. Greg Bragg (25th), 13. Troy Rutherford (20th), 14. Brent Kaeding (19th), 15. Bill Rose (23rd), 16. Rickie Gaunt (26th), 17. Kevin Urton (18th), 18. Levi Jones (10th), 19. Tony Jones (16th), 20. Jay Drake (12th), 21. Ronnie Case (21st), 22. Rodney Argo (22nd), 23. Charles Davis Jr. (11th), 24. Mike Spencer (3rd), 25. Mat Neely (17th), 26. Tom Hessert (24th)
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**Bragg flipped during the first heat. Hessert flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Kirby.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Drake-1,501; 2-Bud Kaeding-1,377; 3-Kruseman-1,371; 4-L.Jones-1,272; 5-Ford-1,069;6-Elliott-1,021; 7-Darland-982; 8-Stanbrough-857; 9-Gaines-842; 10-Brian Tyler-837.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Rip Williwms-1,538; 2-Gardner-1,477; 3-Kirby-1,454; 4-Rutherford-983; 5-Bragg-877;6-Spencer-815; 7-T.Jones-778; 8-Ostling-775; 9-Cody-757; 10-Kruseman-713.

NEXT VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
October 29 - Perris (CA) Auto Speedway - 9th Budweiser "Perris Oval Nationals"

USAC/CRA - USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY - PERRIS, CA
OCTOBER 29, 2004
OVAL NATIONALS NIGHT #2

55 CARS

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-16.395; 2. Cory Kruseman, 21, Stewart-16.405; 3. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-16.465; 4. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-16.497; 5. Tom Hessert, 67, Kunz-16.572; 6. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-16.620; 7. Jon Stanbrough, 10, R & B-16.635; 8. Jay Drake, 20, Stewart-16.651; 9. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-16.677; 10. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-16.678; 11. Tracy Hines, 69, Dynamics-16.678; 12. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-16.697; 13. Mat Neely, 17, Neely-16.702; 14. Cary Faas, 37, Faas-16.755; 15. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-16.803; 16. Tony Elliott, 11, Walker-16.810; 17. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-16.858; 18. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreira-16.870; 19. Brad Sweet, 1, Sweet-16.910; 20. Troy Cline, 62, BWB-16.912; 21. Rick Ziehl, 5, Keller-16.912; 22. Steve Ostling, 29x, Fischer-16.919; 23. Rickie Gaunt, 6, KMS-16.927; 24. Bobby Cody, 41, Cody-16.992; 25. Marc Jessup, 11J, Walker-16.998; 26. John Scott, 83, Scott-16.999; 27. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-17.002; 28. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-17.022; 29. Dave Darland, 56az, Pruett/May-17.028; 30. Jason York, 25N, York-17.035; 31. Jesse Hockett, 2J, Massey-17.045; 32. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-17.118; 33. Brent Kaeding, 69x, Kaeding-17.133; 34. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-17.160; 35. Gary W. Howard, 84, Keene-17.195; 36. Peter Murphy, 45, Willis-17.222; 37. Danny Sheridan, 4x, Kittle-17.241; 38. Brandon Lane, 97H, Lane-17.245; 39. Bill Rose, 82, Hillberg-17.262; 40. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-17.405; 41. Rodney Argo, 91, Ferro-17.463; 42. Darren Hagen, 11m, McMinn-17.490; 43. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-17.510; 44. Aaron Reyer, 31, Reyer-17.527; 45. Jeremy Sherman, 11x, Wilkerson-17.639; 46. Rick Becker, 67, Becker-17.653; 47. Bob Kershaw, 10c, CamLand-17.728; 48. Ronnie Case, 33, Blair-17.800; 49. Nadine Keller, 6, Keller-17.888; 50. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-17.898; 51. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-18.012; 52. Kevin Urton, 51, Urton-NT; 53. Duane Feduska, 23, Bellegante-NT; 54. Tony Sessions, 00, Lightfoot-NT.

C-MAIN: (10 laps)
1. Rodney Argo, 2. David Cardey, 3. Jeremy Sherman, 4. Alan Ballard, 5. Darren Hagen, 6. Rick Becker, 7. Kevin Urton, 8. Ronnie Case, 9. Seth Wilson, 10. Nadine Keller, 11. Rob Kershaw, 12. Aaron Reyer, 13. Duane Feduska (DNS), 14. Tony Sessions (DNS)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Tony Elliott, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Peter Murphy, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Levi Jones, 6. Jesse Hocket, 7. John Scott, 8. Rick Ziehl

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Steve Ostling, 4. Danny Sheridan, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Mike Spencer, 7. Greg Bragg, 8. Danny Ebberts

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Damion Gardner, 2. Brent Kaeding, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Troy Rutherford, 5. Rickie Gaunt, 6. Brandon Lane, 7. Mat Neely, 8. Tony Jones

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Dickie Gaines, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Bobby Cody, 4. Brian Venard, 5. Josh Ford, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Cary Faas, 8. Bill Rose

FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Gary W. Howard, 3. Troy Cline, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Marc Jessup, 6. Jason York, 7. Tom Hessert, 8. Mike Leslie

SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Josh Ford, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Tom Hessert, 5. Rick Ziehl, 6. Danny Ebberts, 7. Marc Jessup, 8. Greg Bragg, 9. Tony Jones, 10. Rickie Gaunt, 11. Jason York, 12. Mat Neely, 13. Brad Sweet, 14. Alan Ballard, 15. Jeremy Sherman, 16. Jesse Hockett, 17. Mike Spencer, 18. David Cardey, 19. Bill Rose, 20. Brandon Lane, 21. Mike Leslie, 22. Rodney Argo, 23. John Scott, 24. Cary Faas (DNS)

FEATURE: (25 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Rip Williams (1st), 2. Cory Kruseman (6th), 3. Damion Gardner (5th), 4. Mike Kirby (12th), 5. Josh Ford (8th), 6. Jay Drake (3rd), 7. Bud Kaeding (4th), 8. Jon Stanbrough (10th), 9. Steve Ostling (15th), 10. Dave Darland (18th), 11. Levi Jones (7th), 12. Troy Rutherford (17th), 13. Tracy Hines (11th), 14. Brian Venard (2nd), 15. Tom Hessert (9th), 16. Troy Cline (14th), 17. Dickie Gaines (21st), 18. Brent Kaeding (20th), 19. Peter Murphy (23rd), 20. Bobby Cody (16th), 21. Tony Elliott (13th), 22. Charles Davis Jr., (19th), 23. Gary W. Howard (22nd), 24. Danny Sheridan (24th), 25. Mat Neely (25th), 26. Greg Bragg (26th)

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**Darland flipped during practice. Reyer flipped during the C Main.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Williams.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Drake-1,550; 2-Kruseman-1,441; 3-Bud Kaeding-1,427; 4-L.Jones-1,311; 5-Ford-1,123; 6-Elliott-1,042; 7-Darland-1,022; 8-Stanbrough-900; 9-Gaines-869; 10-Brian Tyler-837.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
-Rip Williams-1,606; 2-Gardner-1,543; 3-Kirby-1,510; 4-Rutherford-1,017; 5-Bragg-889; 6-Ostling-817; 7-Spencer-816; 8-T.Jones-794; 9-Kruseman-783; 10-Cody-776.

NEXT VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
October 30 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway – 9th “Budweiser Oval Nationals”

USAC/CRA - USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CARS
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY - PERRIS, CA
OCTOBER 30, 2004
OVAL NATIONALS FINALE

C-MAIN: (20 laps - With Original Starting Positions - 8 Transfer)
1. Mike Spencer (2nd, 2. Danny Sheridan (3rd), 3. Alan Ballard (7th), 4. Gary W. Howard (4th), 5. Jeremy Sherman (13th), 6. Rick Ziehl (5th), 7. Marc Jessup (10th), 8. Ronnie Case (1st), 9. Darren Hagen (18th), 10. Jason York (8th), 11. Rob Kershaw (15th), 12. Seth Wilson (17th), 13. Duane Feduska (19th), 14. Nadine Keller (20th), 15. Danny Ebberts (6th), 16. Mike Leslie (14th), 17. John Scott (12th), 18. Brandon Lane (9th), 19. Jesse Hockett (11th), 20. David Cardey (16th)

SEMI-MAIN: (20 laps - With Starting Positions - 12 Transfer)
1. Brent Kaeding (1st), 2. Levi Jones (2nd), 3. Tom Hessert (3rd), 4. Charles Davis Jr. (5th), 5. Dickie Gaines (8th), 6. Greg Bragg (7th), 7. Steve Ostling (4th), 8. Brad Sweet (6th), 9. Brian Venard (9th), 10. Danny Sheridan (18th), 11. Dave Darland (16th), 12. Mike Spencer (17th), 13. Tony Jones (11th), 14. Gary W. Howard (20th), 15. Mat Neely (10th), 16. Peter Murphy (12th), 17. Bill Rose (13th), 18. Ronnie Case (24th), 19. Marc Jessup (23rd), 20. Bobby Cody (15th), 21. Rick Ziehl (22nd), 22. Rickie Gaunt (14th), 23. Jeremy Sherman (21st), 24. Alan Ballard (19th)

FEATURE: (50 laps - With Starting Positions - $30,000 To Win)
1. Cory Kruseman (6th), 2. Josh Ford (3rd), 3. Levi Jones (14th), 4. Bud Kaeding (1st), 5. Tony Elliott (9th), 6. Mike Spencer (24th), 7. Charles Davis Jr. (16th), 8. Rip Williams (4th), 9. Steve Ostling (19th), 10. Dave Darland (23rd), 11. Jon Stanbrough (7th), 12. Danny Sheridan (22nd), 13. Brian Venard (21st), 14. Brent Kaeding (13th), 15. Jay Drake (10th), 16. Troy Rutherford (11th), 17. Greg Bragg (18th), 18. Mike Kirby (2nd), 19. Damion Gardner (5th), 20. Tracy Hines (8th), 21. Troy Cline (12th), 22. Tom Hessert (15th), 23. Brad Sweet (20th), 24. Dickie Gaines (17th), 25. Bobby Cody (25th)
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**Cardey flipped during C Main. Ziehl flipped during Semi. Hines, Gardner and Cline flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-38 Kirby, Laps 39-41 Bud Kaeding, Laps 42-45 Ford, Lap 46 Kruseman, Laps 47-49 Ford, Lap 50 Kruseman.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Drake-1,573; 2-Kruseman-1,501; 3-Bud Kaeding-1,478; 4-L.Jones-1,368; 5-Ford-1,180;6-Elliott-1,090; 7-Darland-1,056; 8-Stanbrough-931; 9-Gaines-883; 10-Brian Tyler-837.

NEW VALVOLINE USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS:
1-Rip Williams-1,645; 2-Gardner-1,558; 3-Kirby-1,527; 4-Rutherford-1,038; 5-Bragg-909; 6-Spencer-862; 7-Ostling-854; 8-Kruseman-843; 9-T.Jones-795; 10-Cody-789.

NEXT VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE:
November 4-6 - Phoenix, AZ - Manzanita Speedway
37th NAPA Auto Parts/Budweiser "Western World Championships"

KRUSEMAN TAKES $30,000 "BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS" PRIZE
KIRBY, WILLIAMS TAKE 25-LAP PERRIS PRELIMS
"WESTERN WORLD" THIS THURSDAY-SATURDAY IN PHOENIX
by Dick Jordan

NOVEMBER 1, 2004...Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. captured Saturday night's 50-lap 9th Annual "Budweiser Oval Nationals" at the Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway. The victory in the $100,000 event earned his Tony Stewart Racing Team a $30,000 prize and boosted him to second in the USAC Valvoline National Sprint Car Series standings going into this week's final National race at Phoenix, Ariz.

The 37th NAPA Auto Parts/Budweiser "Western World Championships" begin Thursday at the 1/2-mile dirt Manzanita Park Speedway in Phoenix and conclude with a 40-lap feature on Saturday night. Preliminaries Thursday and Friday will set the stage for Saturday night's program. Kruseman's victory at Perris came in a sensational last-lap pass of Josh Ford after a late-race battle between the two. Ford finished second behind Kruseman's Mopar/Vital Express Eagle/Mopar. Levi Jones, Bud Kaeding and Tony Elliott rounded out the "top-five" at the checkered flag.

Valvoline USAC/CRA Sprint Car point leaders Rip Williams, Damion Gardner and Mike Kirby all met with success in the three-night Perris program, Kirby winning Thursday's 25-lap prelim, Williams taking Friday's 25-lapper and Gardner posting a third behind Williams. The result of the three nights, though, left Williams with an 87-point lead going into this week's Phoenix races. Gardner ranks second, 31 ahead of Kirby.

Williams led all 25 laps of Friday's feature in his John Jory Corporation/Weld Wheels Stinger/Shaver to beat Kruseman, Gardner, Kirby and Ford. Levi Jones was Friday's fastest qualifier. Kirby led all 25 laps of Thursday's race in his ITI Performance/Sander Engineering TCR/Downing to beat Ford, Kruseman, Tony Elliott and Tracy Hines. Kruseman was Thursday's fastest qualifier.

Kirby led the first 38 laps of Saturday's race before he and Gardner tangled bumpers and slid into the wall. That left Bud Kaeding as the leader until Ford took over on lap 42. Kruseman got around Ford on lap 46 but slid behind for the next three laps before regaining the lead on the final circuit!

Jay Drake of Val Verde, Calif. eyes this weekend's Phoenix event as the cap to his first USAC National championship season, currently holding a 72-point lead over teammate Kruseman in the Valvoline National standings.