USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS
MANZANITA SPEEDWAY - PHOENIX, AZ
JANUARY 29, 2005
2005 SEASON OPENER

38 CARS

QUALIFICATIONS: 
No Time Trials

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Mike Spencer (#44 Engstrom), 2. Rickie Gaunt (#2A Smiley), 3. Seth Wilson (#17 Racing Optics), 4. Rick Williams (#6x Williams), 5. R.J. Johnson (#15 Martin), 6. Dan Hillberg (#82 Hillberg), 7. Danny Sheridan (#4K Kettle), 8. Matt Rossi (#02 Rossi), 9. Cory Kruseman (#38 Crossno), 10. Levi Jones (#62A Bishop). NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Cary Faas (#2V Woodward), 2. Mike Leslie (#76 Montgomery), 3. Rick Ziehl (#14 Lancaster), 4. Justin Marvel (#14L Lancaster), 5. Mike Kirby (#4 Alexander), 6. Rip Williams (#3 Jory), 7. Peter Murphy (#21 Tarlton), 8. Jeff Slinkard (#61 Ratz), 9. Ronnie Case (#33 Blair), 10. Buddy Earle (#95 Earle). NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Dave Darland (#42 Cheney), 2. Jimmy Crawford (#17C Crawford), 3. Bill Rose (#6 Rose), 4. Tracy Hines (#7 Priestley), 5. Jeremy Sherman (#77b Bryan), 6. Troy Rutherford (#5 Keller), 7. Chuck Buckman Jr. (#4m Miller), 8. Damion Gardner (# 50 Chaffin), 9. Shon Deskins (#23 Fleming). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Jesse Hockett (#2J Massey), 2. Josh Ford (#73 Ford), 3. Darren Hagen (#71 Kunz), 4. Charles Davis, Jr. (#8A Smiley), 5. Tony Jones (#87 Vermeer-Ferreira), 6. Nathan High (#6A Pritchett), 7. Nadine Keller (#16 Keller), 8. David Cardey (#59 Giardina), 9. Jerry Coons Jr. (#3w WWS). NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 
1. Tracy Hines, 2. R.J. Johnson, 3. Chuck Buckman Jr., 4. Cory Kruseman, 5. Nathan High, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Jeff Slinkard, 8. Jeremy Sherman, 9. David Cardey, 10. Nadine Keller, 11. Matthew Rossi, 12. Troy Rutherford, 13. Tony Jones, 14. Dan Hillberg, 15. Peter Murphy, 16. Damion Gardner, 17. Ronnie Case, 18. Shon Deskins, 19. Buddy Earle. NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Ben Astenius practiced in No. 23.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Actual Starting Positions) 
1. Dave Darland (6th), 2. Charles Davis Jr. (12th), 3. Mike Spencer (5th), 4. Rick Williams (7th), 5. Tracy Hines (17th), 6. Mike Kirby (16th), 7. Bill Rose (14th), 8. Cory Kruseman (20th), 9. R.J. Johnson (18th), 10. Chuck Buckman Jr. (19th), 11. Rip Williams (21st), 12. Jimmy Crawford (9th), 13. Rick Ziehl (11th), 14. Darren Hagen (1st), 15. Rickie Gaunt (2nd), 16. Seth Wilson (13th), 17. Josh Ford (10th), 18. Mike Leslie (8th), 19. Cary Faas (4th), 20. Jesse Hockett (3rd), 21. Justin Marvel (15th). NT
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** Peter Murphy flipped in Turn 1 on the first lap of the semi feature. Jesse Hockett flipped in Turn 2 in the feature. Faas flipped in Turn 2 in the feature. Hagen flipped on the backstretch on lap 22 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Hagen, Laps 22-30 Darland.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 
1-Darland-68; 2-Davis-62; 3-Spencer-62; 4-Rick Williams-56; 5-Hines-53; 6-Rose-68; 7-Kirby-45; 8-Kruseman-40; 9-Johnson-39; 10-Crawford-36.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: 
February 5 - Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway