USAC/CRA SPRINT CARS
SANTA MARIA SPEEDWAY - SANTA MARIA, CA
AUGUST 27, 2005

24 CARS

QUALIFICATIONS: 
1. Damion Gardner, 50, Chaffin - 13.992; 2. Josh Ford, 73, Ford - 14.143; 3. Rip Williams, 3, Jory - 14.150; 4. Rodney Argo, 19, Argo - 14.207; 5. Mike Kirby, 4, Alexander -14.238; 6. Davey Pombo, 3P, Pombo - 14.277; 7. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle - 14.410; 8. Rickie Gaunt, 2A, Smiley - 14.463; 9. Mike Spencer, 44, Engstrom - 14.484; 10. Cory Kruseman, 38, Crossno - 14.580; 11. Evan Suggs, 33e, Suggs - 14.582; 12. Jordan Hermansader, 5, Keller - 14.765; 13. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta - 14.777; 14. Darren Simas, 12, Simas - 14.786; 15. Alan Ballard, 97, Ballard - 14.790; 16. Seth Wilson, 17, Racing Optics - 14.841; 17. Rusty Carlile, 36X, Carlisle - 14.881; 18. Charles Davis Jr, 8A, Smiley - 15.143; 19. Nadine Keller, 16, Keller - 15.280; 20. Ryan Devitt, 35R, Blenkarn 15.317; 21. Peter Murphy, 21, Tarlton & Son - 15.462; 22. R. J. Johnson, 15AZ, Martin - 15.462; 23. Matt Stewart, 85, Stewart - 15.700; 24. Jeff Fiscus, 90, Dean - 15.748.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Seth Wilson, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Cory Kruseman, 4. R.J. Johnson, 5. Danny Sheridan, 6. Nadine Keller, 7. Rodney Argo, 8. Danny Ebberts. 2:35:75.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Evan Suggs, 2. Rickie Gaunt, 3. Josh Ford, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Rusty Carlisle, 6. Darren Simas, 7. Ryan Devitt, 8. Matt Stewart. 2:33:00.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 
1. Peter Murphy, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Jordan Hermansader, 4. Mike Spencer, 5. Charles Davis Jr., 6. Davey Pombo, 7. Alan Ballard, 8. Jeff Fiscus. 2:28:97.

SEMI: (12 laps) 
1. Rodney Argo, 2. Davey Pombo, 3. Danny Ebberts, 4. Darren Simas, 5. Alan Ballard, 6. Nadine Keller, 7. Matt Stewart, 8. Ryan Devitt, 9. Jeff Fiscus. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions) 
1. Mike Kirby (5th), 2. Damion Gardner (8th), 3. Rip Williams (6th), 4. Rickie Gaunt (3rd), 5. Rodney Argo (9th), 6. Josh Ford (7th), 7. Davey Pombo (10th), 8. Jordan Hermansader (12th), 9. Charles Davis Jr.(18th), 10. Peter Murphy (19th), 11. Danny Sheridan (4th), 12. Evan Suggs (11th), 13. Randy Carlile (17th), 14. R.J. Johnson (20th), 15. Mike Spencer (2nd), 16. Alan Ballard (15th), 17. Seth Wilson (16th), 18. Danny Ebberts (13th), 19. Darren Simas (14th), 20. Cory Kruseman (1st). NT.
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**Ballard flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Spencer, Laps 20-30 Kirby.

NEW USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Williams-1,339; 2-Gardner-1,329;
3-Kirby-1,237; 4-Kruseman-1,187; 5-Davis-994; 6-Gaunt-909; 7-Spencer-846;
8-Ford-760; 9-Tony Jones-673; 10-Wilson-658.

NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR RACE: September 3 ­ Perris (CA) Auto Speedway