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CRA King Kruseman Wins at Kings; Series Now Nine-For-Nine
HANFORD, Calif. - Defending USAC/CRA Sprint Car Series champion Cory Kruseman of Ventura, Calif. won Saturday night’s 20-lap feature at Kings Speedway, leading all but the first of the 20 laps. The race was shortened from its scheduled 30-lap distance by track curfew.
Kruseman trailed teammate Michael Trimble on the opening lap, then took the lead in his Agromin Soil/Sander Engineering Bullet/Mopar. Becoming the ninth different race winner in nine 2007 races, Kruseman was trailed at the checkered flag by Tyler Brown, Scotty Weir, Rickie Gaunt and Davey Pombo. Fast qualifier Charles Davis Jr. escaped injury in a flip during the feature.
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 31, 2007 – Hanford, California – Kings Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Charles Davis Jr, 21, Dorathy-16.821; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 94, Keller-16.864; 3. Alan Ballard, 97x, Crossno-17.033; 4. David Cardey, 83, Crossno-17.052; 5. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-17.130; 6. Tyler Brown, 34, Brown-17.198;7. J Hicks, 66, Miller-17.301; 8. Tony Jones, 4, Alexander-17.400; 9. Johnathan Logan, 32X, Logan-17.482; 10. Scotty Weir, 38, Crossno- 17.484; 11. Daren Hagen, 7, Priestley-17.522; 12. Michael Trimble, 21T, Kruseman-17.575;13. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-17.576; 14. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-17.669; 15. Jason York, 92, Sertich-17.807; 16.Nadine Keller, 16, Keller-17.816; 17. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-17.902; 18. Troy Rutherford, 11, Wilkerson-18.014; 19. Davey Pombo, 38S, Crossno- 18.063; 20. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-18.337; 21. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-18.370; 22. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo- 18.389; 23. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-18.639; 24. Kevin W. Barnes, 36B, Barnes-19.384; 25. Ryan Kaplan, 6x, Williams-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Weir, 3. Argo, 4. Hicks, 5. Pombo, 6. Davis, 7. Cardey, 8. Kaplan 9. Keller. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spencer. 2. Hagen, 3. Ford, 4. Jones; 5. Gaunt, 6. Williams, 7. Hansen, 8. Hunsaker. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rutherford, 2. Sheridan, 3. York, 4. Trimble, 5. Logan, 6. Ballard, 7. Brown, 8. Barnes. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Brown, 2. Ballard, 3. Hansen, 4. Cardey, 5. Davis, 6. Williams, 7. Hunsaker, 8. Keller, 9.Kaplan, 10. Barnes. NT
FEATURE: (20 laps#) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Tyler Brown, 3. Scotty Weir, 4. Rickie Gaunt, 5. Davey Pombo, 6. Tony Jones, 7. Darren Hagen, 8. J Hicks, 9. Alan Ballard, 10. Rip Williams, 11. Danny Sheridan, 12. Jason York, 13. Rodney Argo, 14. Michael Trimble, 15. Jonathan Logan, 16. Mike Spencer, 17. David Cardey, 18. Garrett Hansen, 19. Josh Ford, 20. Troy Rutherford, 21. Charles Davis Jr. NT
**Davis flipped during the feature. #Feature shortened to 20 laps by curfew.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Trimble, Laps 2-20 Kruseman.
NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Jones-522; 2-Hagen-460; 3-Spencer-455; 4-Gaunt-440; 5-Sheridan-383; 6-Williams-368; 7-Weir-347; 8-Hansen-315; 9-Kruseman-301; 10-R.J. Johnson-282.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: April 7 – Tucson, AZ – USA Race Park
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