Kruseman Wins at Santa Maria

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From Dick Jordan

Santa Maria, CA — (June 18, 2011) — Cory Kruseman won the USAC / CRA and Western Classic co-sanctioned feature event Saturday night at Santa Maria Speedway. Nic Faas, Greg Bragg, Austin Williams, and Rickie Gaunt rounded out the top five.

Tyler Dolacki and Cole Custer won the Ford Focus midget car features.

AMSOIL USAC/CRA & WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard VanderWeerd, 10, VanderWeerd-14.664; 2. Rickie Gaunt, 66, Miller-14.798; 3. Nic Faas, 4, Alexander-14.827; 4. Ricky Kirkbride, 87, Van Meter-14.906; 5. Cory Kruseman, 21K, Kruseman-14.917; 6. Danny Faria Jr., 2X, Bowman-14.965; 7. Greg Bragg, 92, Sertich-14.968; 8. Mike Spencer, 50, Chaffin-15.052; 9. Wes Gutierrez, 007, WG-15.100; 10. Ronnie Gardner, 93, Gardner-15.159; 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 88, VanderWeerd-15.175; 12. Cody Williams, 44, Jory-15.352; 13. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-15.360; 14. Geoff Ensign, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.394; 15. Austin Williams, 44, Jory-15.412; 16. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.423; 17. Tim Barber, 3T, Finkenbinder-15.426; 18. Matt Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.458; 19. Danny Sheridan, 18, Kittle-15.490; 20. Tim Sherman Jr., 1JR, Sherman-15.621; 21. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-15.621; 22. Jerry Kobza, 93K, Kobza-15.767; 23. Marty Hawkins, 3M, Hawkins-15.824; 24. Bill Jones, 16J, Jones-16.093; 25. Richard Brace Jr., 21J, Adel-16.131; 26. Jeff Shurley, 50S, Shurley-16.159; 27. Todd Miller, 96, Miller-16.230.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. Williams, 2. R. VanderWeerd, 3. Kruseman, 4. Gutierrez, 5. Barber, 6. Hunt, 7. Brace. NT.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gardner, 2. Mitchell, 3. Faria, 4. Gaunt, 5. Ensign, 6. Shurley, 7. Kobza. NT.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheridan, 2. J. VanderWeerd, 3. Faas, 4. Bragg, 5. A. Williams, 6. Hawkins, 7. Miller. NT.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hogg, 2. Sherman, 3. Spencer, 4. Kirkbride, 5. C. Williams, 6. Jones. NT.

DASH: (9 laps) 1. Faas, 2. R. VanderWeerd, 3. Gaunt, 4. Kirkbride. NT.

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. C. Williams, 3. A. Williams, 4. Ensign, 5. Barber, 6. Hawkins, 7. Brace, 8. Kobza, 9. Jones, 10. Miller, 11. Shurley. NT.

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Cory Kruseman, 2. Nic Faas, 3. Greg Bragg, 4. Austin Williams, 5. Rickie Gaunt, 6. Richard VanderWeerd, 7. Ronnie Gardner, 8. Danny Faria Jr., 9. Wes Gutierrez, 10. Cody Williams, 11. Jace VanderWeerd, 12. Tim Barber, 13. Shauna Hogg, 14. Ricky Kirkbride, 15. Tim Sherman, 16. Marty Hawkins, 17. Tony Hunt, 18. Mike Spencer, 19. Matt Mitchell, 20. Danny Sheridan, 21. Rip Williams, 22. Geoff Ensign. NT.

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Spencer, Laps 23-30 Kruseman.

NEW AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT POINTS:

NEW WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT POINTS:

NEXT AMSOIL USAC/CRA SPRINT RACE: July 2 – Perris (CA) Auto Speedway

NEXT WESTERN CLASSIC SPRINT RACE: July 9 – Stockton (CA) 99 Speedway

USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Robert Dolacki (#17 Dolacki), 2. Wally Pankratz (#37 Pankratz), 3. Collin Henry (#12c
4. Gordy Edwards (#12 Edwards), 5. Jet Davison (#59 Davison). NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kyle Edwards (#39 Edwards), 2. Jarid Blondel (#98 Blondel), 3. Tyler Dolacki (#18 Dolacki), 4. Daniel Williams (#25 Williams). NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Tyler Dolacki, 2. Jarid Blondel, 3. Wally Pankratz, 4. Robert Dolacki, 5. Daniel Williams, 6. Randi Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 7. Collin Henry, 8. Jet Davison, 9. Gordy Edwards, 10. Kyle Edwards. NT
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**Edwards flipped on lap 11 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 R.Dolacki, Laps 6-9 Blondel, Laps 10-25 T.Dolacki.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FORD FOCUS POINTS: 1-T.Dolacki-359; 2-Blondel-332; 3-D.Williiams-326; 4-W.Pankratz-307; 5-Davison-284; 6-R.Dolacki-280; 7-Edwards-251; 8-Henry-145; 9-R.Pankratz-108; 10-Edwards-83.

NEXT WESTERN FORD FOCUS RACE: June 25 – Ventura (CA) Raceway

USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE RESULTS: June 18, 2011 – Santa Maria, California – Santa Maria Speedway

HEAT RACE: (8 laps ) 1. Trevor Hunt (#8 Pankratz), 2. Parker Colston (#64 Colston), 3. Christine Breckenridge (#26 Brckenridge), 4. Cole Custer (#55k Kruseman), 5. Logan Williams (#37 Pankratz), 6. Katlynn Leer (#12k Kruseman). NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Cole Custer, 2. Parker Colston, 3. Logan Williams, 4. Christine Breckenridge, 5. Katlynn Leer, 6. Trevor Hunt. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Custer.

NEW WESTERN DIRT FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINTS: 1-Custer-402; 2-Colston-308; 3-Breckenridge-227; 4-Hunt-175; 5-Leer-111; 6-Logan Williams-103; 7-Collin Henry-101; 8-Zach Bogner-64; 9-Daniel Williams-64; 10-Sheldon DeBlauw-59.

NEXT WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS RACE: June 25 – Ventura (CA) Raceway