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WILLIAMS WIRE-TO-WIRE AT PERRIS
Sunday, 30 September 2007
By Robert Mayson
Perris, Calif.....Rip Williams, Yorba Linda, Calif., started on the outside of the front row in his Sharon Jory / AMA Plastics No. 3 Stinger and went on to led all 30-laps of Saturday night's Lucas Oil USAC/CRA sprint car main event at the Perris Auto Speedway.
Continuing to close-in on Dean Thompson's record mark of 103 sanctioned wins, Williams' first triumph of the season counted as the 101ST sanctioned 410-sprint car victory of his extraordinary career.
R.J. Johnson, Phoenix, Ariz., took advantage of heavy lapped traffic in the last ten laps of the race and gave "The Ripper" a scare in the final laps in the race. Ultimately having to settling for a second-place finish in Bobby Martin's Arizona Race Mart No. 15 Maxim, Johnson crossed the finish-line only .174 seconds behind Williams.
Josh Ford, Camarillo, Calif., started on the pole before driving his Keith Ford / Agromin Soil No. 73 TCR to a third-place finish ahead of Garrett Hansen (Manhatten Beach, Calif.) and defending series champion Cory Kruseman (Ventura, Calif.).
LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 29, 2007 - Perris, California - Perris Auto Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 21k Kruseman-16.821; 2. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-16.867; 3. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-16.892; 4. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno-16.894; 5. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-16.920; 6. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Gardner-16.952; 7. R.J. Johnson, 15, Martin-17.000; 8. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-17.011; 9. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.016; 10. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.016; 11. Damion Gardner, 71, Leffler-17.021; 12. Tyler Brown, 97x, Crossno-17.028; 13. Brian Venard, 12, Blair-17.108; 14. Jimmy Crawford, 51, Stansberry-17.194; 15. Blake Miller, 93, Gardner-17.255; 16. David Cardey, 83, Crossno-17.280; 17. Alex Schutte 21 Kruseman-17.299; 18. Seth Wilson, 17, Wilson-17.352; 19. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo-17.354; 20. Jordan Hermansader, 36, Springstead-17.476; 21. Nadine Gardner, 16, Gardner-17.519; 22. Chris Wakim, 9w, Wakim-17.642; 23. Royal Adderson, 40, Adderson-17.663; 24. Tom Stansberry, 75T, Stansberry-17.889; 25. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-17.957; 26. Luis Espinosa, 92, Sertich-18.052; 27. Ross Millar, 67, Millar-18.172; 28. Rick Becker, 11, Wilkerson-18.262; 29. Joe Gunderson, 10, Adderson-18.393; 30. #71x, Leffler-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Venard, 2. Sheridan, 3. Williams, 4. Schutte, 5. Kruseman, 6. N.Gardner, 7. Hunsaker, 8. Gunderson. 2:56.27
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wakim, 2. Ford, 3. Espinosa, 4. Gaunt, 5. Crawford, 6. Jones. 3:08.68
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Argo, 2. Spencer, 3. Miller, 4. Johnson, 5. Adderson, 6. Millar, 7. D.Gardner. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cardey, 2. Stansberry, 3. Hansen, 4. Weir, 5. Becker, 6. Brown, 7. Hermansader. 2:53.80
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Kruseman, 3. Crawford, 4. Brown, 5. Hermansader, 6. N.Gardner, 7. Becker, 8. Hunsaker, 9. Millar, 10. Adderson, 11. Gunderson, 12. D.Gardner. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rip Williams, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Garrett Hansen, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Danny Sheridan, 7. Scotty Weir, 8. Tony Jones, 9. Brian Venard, 10. Mike Spencer, 11. Alex Schutte, 12. David Cardey, 13. Tyler Brown, 14. Blake Miller, 15. Jimmy Crawford, 16. Rodney Argo, 17. Chris Wakim, 18. Luis Espinosa, 19. Tom Stansberry, 20. Nadine Gardner, 21. Jordan Hermansader, 22. Rickie Gaunt. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Williams.
NEW LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jones-1,677; 2-Spencer-1,548; 3-Sheridan-1,453; 4-Gaunt-1,413; 5-Weir-1,267; 6-Williams-1,191; 7-Cardey-1,094; 8-Kruseman-960; 9-Miller-915; 10-Johnson-882.
NEXT LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: October 6 - Ventura (CA) Raceway
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