USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS
MANZANITA SPEEDWAY - PHOENIX, AZ
MARCH 20, 2004 - 4th Annual "Sokola Classic"

32 CARS

QUALIFICATIONS: 
1. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley-19.106; 2. Tony Elliott, 6z, Keller-19.146; 3. Tracy Hines, 7H, Priestley-19.153; 4. Eric Wilkins, 3w, WWS Racing-19.266; 5. Bud Kaeding, 45, Willis-19.276; 6. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-19.278; 7. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom-19.284; 8. Cory Kruseman, 4, Alexander-19.322; 9. Brian Venard, 47, Venard-19.433; 10. Jordan Hermansader, 91, Ferro-19.438; 11. Charles Davis, Jr., 8A, Smiley-19.469; 12. Tony Jones, 2, Vermeer/Ferreria-19.485; 13. Levi Jones, 38J, Crossno-19.537; 14. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-19.601; 15. Josh Ford, 73, Ford-19.621; 16. Darren Hagen, 11, McMinn-19.661; 17. Mike Kirby, 38, Crossno-19.679; 18. Jeff Slinkard, 61, Ratz-19.714; 19. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin-19.736; 20. Gary W. Howard, 14H, Lancaster-19.776; 21. Mike Leslie, 76, Montgomery-19.967; 22. Jeremy Sherman, 21, Ellis-19.974; 23. Dave Darland, 14, Lancaster-19.975; 24. Robert Hall, Jr., 16a, Hall-20.058; 25. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard-20.132; 26. Greg Bragg, 12, Pratt-20.381; 27. David Cardey, 59, Giardina-20.412; 28. Matthew Rossi, 16, Rossi-20.543; 29. Bruce St., James, 7k, St. James-24.745; 30. Jimmy Crawford, 18, Crawford-NT; 31. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics-NT; 32. Bob Ream, Jr., 8, B.R.A.T.-NT.

DASH: (4 laps) 
1. Hines, 2. Gaunt, 3. Wilkins, 4. Elliott. 1:19.11

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Gaunt, 2. L.Jones, 3. Ballard, 4. Venard, 5. Leslie, 6. Kirby, 7. Kaeding. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Sherman, 2. Williams, 3. Rutherford, 4. Bragg, 5. Slinkard, 6. Hermansader. 3:24.56

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Ford, 2. Darland, 3. Hines, 4. Spencer, 5. Gardner, 6. Cardey, 7. Davis. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Hall, 2. Kruseman, 3. Wilkins, 4. T.Jones, 5. Howard, 6. Hagen, 7. Rossi. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 
1. Kaeding, 2. Davis, 3. Gardner, 4. Leslie, 5. Slinkard, 6. Howard, 7. Wilson, 8. Cardey, 9. Hagen, 10. Hermansader. 4:11.59

FEATURE: (40 laps - With Actual Starting Positions) 
1. Cory Kruseman (3rd), 2. Jeremy Sherman (16th), 3. Tracy Hines (7th), 4. Rickie Gaunt (8th), 5. Troy Rutherford (5th), 6. Mike Spencer (4th), 7. Charles Davis, Jr. (10th), 8. Rip Williams (12th), 9. Damion Gardner (14th), 10. Levi Jones (11th), 11. Josh Ford (13th), 12. Brian Venard (2nd), 13. Jeff Slinkard (21st), 14. Greg Bragg (20th), 15. Dave Darland (17th), 16. Robert Hall, Jr. (18th), 17. Tony Jones (1st), 18. Alan Ballard (19th), 19. Mike Leslie (15th), 20. Eric Wilkins (6th), 21. Bud Kaeding (9th). NT
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**Kaeding flipped during the first heat. Kaeding flipped on lap 12 of the feature. T.Jones flipped on lap 31 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: 
Laps 1-17 T.Jones, Laps18-40 Kruseman.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 
1-Kruseman-177; 2-Gardner-157; 3-Williams-140; 4-Rutherford-138; 5-Gaunt-133; 6-Hines-128; 7-Kirby-117; 8-Sherman-111; 9-T.Jones-108; 10-Ford-98.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: 
April 3 - Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway