FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MAY 14, 2007 Contact: DICK JORDAN 07-99
CRA SPRINTS HEAD FOR MANZANITA SPEEDWAY SATURDAY; TONY JONES 2ND TO REPEAT WITH WIN AT THE PAS
Tony Jones of Norco, Calif. joined Scotty Weir as repeat Lucas Oil USAC/CRA Sprint Car feature winners in 2007, winning Saturday night’s 30-lapper at Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway.
Jones leads the series to Manzanita Speedway in Phoenix, Ariz. this Saturday, 83 points ahead of Mike Spencer after beating Spencer to the checkered flag at Perris.
Jones led all 30 laps at The PAS in his La Villa Restaurant/Ferreira Dairy DRC/J & D. Trailing Spencer, who finished in the runnerup spot, were Danny Sheridan, Rip Williams and Cory Kruseman.
Jones has finished second and fourth in this year’s two previous races at the 1/2-mile dirt Phoenix, oval. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. won there in February and Charles Davis, Jr. won there in March.
LUCAS OIL USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS 1 Tony Jones 756 2 Mike Spencer 673 3 Rickie Gaunt 589 4 Danny Sheridan 584 5 Scotty Weir 558 6 Rip Williams 515 7 R.J. Johnson 474 8 Darren Hagen 460 9 Cory Kruseman 428 10 Garrett Hansen 388
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