Saturday

PERRIS, Calif. — Cory Kruseman completed a sweep of the opening weekend of action for the USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series and he did it in dramatic fashion.
Kruseman started his No. 21k Viper sprint car 12th on the half-mile dirt track and steadily worked his way to the front until taking the lead from Mike Spencer on the 29th tour. He led only the final two laps en route to his second victory in as many nights.
Spencer, who was the fast qualifier, finished second for the second-consecutive night. David Cardey had led the first 12 laps of the race before Spencer took control on lap 13.
“The bottom was really pretty slow,” Kruseman said.  “I tried a few slide-jobs that were in the middle of the race track and I couldn’t seem to get the car to stay where I needed it to stay.  We were way too tight until we had that red (flag) for Sheridan, which allowed us to come in and make some changes to the car that really helped.”
Cardey finished second, with defending series champion Tony Jones and Garrett Hansen rounding out the top five.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Mike Spencer, Chaffin 50, 17.041; 2. Nic Faas, Faas 17f, 17.134; 3. Tony Jones, Alexander 4, 17.235; 4. Josh Ford, Ford 73, 17.261; 5. Danny Sheridan, Kittle 18, 17.264; 6. Garrett Hansen, Preistley 7, 17.269; 7. Jesse Hockett, VKCC Motorsports 75, 17.310; 8. R. J. Johnson, Martin 15, 17.312; 9. David Cardey, Crossno 83, 17.327; 10. Blake Miller, Gardner 93, 17.347; 11. Jimmy Crawford, Crawford 51, 17.373; 12. Levi Jones, Walker-Guiducci 11, 17.374; 13. Cory Kruseman, Kruseman 21k, 17.392; 14. Cole Whitt, Crossno 2, 17.433; 15. Chad Boat, Boat 30, 17.530; 16. Alan Ballard, Dorathy 21, 17.639; 17. Shane Golobic, Golobic 57g, 17.697; 18. Seth Wilson, Wilson 17, 17.734; 19. Davey Pombo, Crossno 38, 17.747; 20. Tyler Brown, Gardner 96, 17.756; 21. Jordan Hermansader, Rase 32, 17.781; 22. Brady Bacon, Cheney 42, 17.801; 23. Todd Hunsaker, Hunsaker 6, 17.821; 24. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 17.848; 25. Luis Espinoza, Sertich 92, 18.029; 26. Alex Schutte, Kruseman 5k, 18.051; 27. Austin Mero, Kruseman 71k, 18.069; 28. Jonas Reynolds, Reynolds 48, 18.098; 29. Jonny Bates, Bates 33, 18.183; 30. Billy Blinn, Blinn 26, 18.284; 31. Henry Clarke, Kruseman 41k, 18.313; 32. Kenny Perkins, Perkins 34, 18.320; 33. Nadine Gardner Gardner 16, 18.371; 34. Shawn Kautz, Kautz 27, 18.487; 35. Royal Adderson, Adderson 40, 18.655; 36. Joe Gunderson, Gunderson 57, 19.389; 37. Kyle Bates, Boisvert 397, 19.493; 38. Brein Kinney, Persall 85, 19.593; 39. John Butler, Butler 54, 21.025.
C Main (8 laps): Adderson, Kautz, Gunderson, K. Bates, Butler, Kinney.
First Heat (10 laps): Kruseman, Sheridan, Spencer, Cardey, Hermansader, Schutte, Golobic, Blinn, Adderson.
Second Heat (10 laps): Whitt, Miller, Hansen, Wilson, Faas, Hunsaker, Mero, Clarke, Kautz.
Third Heat (10 laps): Crawford, T. Jones, Hockett, Boat, Pombo, Mellenberndt, Perkins, Reynolds, Gunderson. 
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Brown, Johnson, Ford, Ballard, Espinoza, J. Bates, Gardner, K. Bates, L. Jones.
Semi (12 laps): L. Jones, Golobic, Pombo, Mellenberndt, Espinoza, Schutte, Mero, Faas, Hunsaker, Reynolds, J. Bates, Hermansader, Gardner, Adderson, Kautz, K. Bates, Clarke, Perkins, Blinn.   
Feature (30 laps): Kruseman, Spencer, Cardey, T. Jones, Hansen, L. Jones, Whitt, Miller, Pombo, Johnson, Espinoza, Brown, Wilson, Schutte, Golobic, Mellenberndt, Crawford, Sheridan, Ford, Boat, Hockett, Ballard.

Friday

PERRIS, Calif. — 2006 series champion Cory Kruseman made a late-race charge from the eighth starting spot to capture the season opener for the USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series Friday night at Perris Auto Speedway.
Kruseman, who earlier was the fastest car in qualifying on the half-mile dirt track, took the lead from Danny Sheridan with only four of the 30 laps remaining. Mike Spencer finished second, ahead of polesitter Blake Miller.  Sheridan came home fourth, with R.J. Johnson rounding out the top five.
Rip Williams started seventh and was battling for second on the second lap when he flipped after tangling with R.J. Johnson exiting turn four. Williams suffered an injured left foot during a ride that included contact with Sheridan while his car was airborne. 
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Cory Kruseman, Kruseman 21k, 16.821; 2. Rip Williams, Jory 3, 17.074; 3. Mike Spencer, Chaffin 50, 17.083; 4. Danny Sheridan, Kittle 18, 17.109; 5. Tony Jones, Alexander 4, 17.144; 6. R.J. Johnson, Martin 15, 17.162; 7. Garrett Hansen, Priestley 7, 17.228; 8. Chad Boat, Boat 30, 17.230; 9. Blake Miller, Gardner 93, 17.303; 10. Levi Jones, Walker/Guiducci 11, 17.310; 11. Jesse Hockett, VKCC 75, 17.326; 12. David Cardey, Crossno 83, 17.412; 13. Alex Schutte, Kruseman 5k, 17.426; 14. Brady Bacon, Cheney 42, 17.431; 15. Peter Murphy, Dorathy 21, 17.465; 16. Shane Golobic, Golobic 57g, 17.487; 17. Josh Ford, Ford 73, 17.547; 18. Luis Espinoza, Sertich 92, 17.728; 19. Cole Whitt, Crossno 2, 17.730; 20. Jimmy Crawford, Crawford 51, 17.780; 21. Tyler Brown, Gardner 96, 17.878; 22. Davey Pombo, Crossno 38, 17.883; 23. Jordan Hermansader, Rase 32, 17.890; 24. Bret Mellenberndt, Mellenberndt 97, 17.934; 25. Nadine Gardner , Gardner 16, 17.966; 26. Henry Clarke, Kruseman 41k, 18.112; 27. Billy Blinn, Blinn 26, 18.137; 28. Nic Faas, Faas 17f, 18.153; 29. Austin Mero, Kruseman 71k, 18.158; 30. Eric Severson, Cherry 11c, 18.166; 31. Jonas Reynolds, Reynolds 48, 18.339; 32. Seth Wilson, Wilson 17, 18.363; 33. Todd Hunsaker, Hunsaker 6, 18.452; 34. Kenny Perkins, Perkins 34, 18.499; 35. Shawn Kautz, Kautz 27, 18.561; 36. Royal Adderson, Adderson 40, 18.910; 37. Joe Gunderson, Gunderson 57, 19.192; 38. Brein Kinney, Persall 85, 19.983; 39. John Butler, Butler 54, 20.183.
First Heat (10 laps): Brown, Ford, Miller, Kruseman, T. Jones, Mero, Hunsaker, Gardner, Gunderson, Schutte.
Second Heat (10 laps): Pombo, Williams, Johnson, L. Jones, Bacon, Espinoza, Clarke, Perkins, Kinney, Severson.
Third Heat (10 laps): Spencer, Hockett, Whitt, Hansen, Hermansader, Murphy, Reynolds, Kautz, Blinn, Butler.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Sheridan, Cardey, Boat, Wilson, Crawford, Golobic, Faas, Adderson, Mellenberndt.
Semi (12 laps): T. Jones, Crawford, Schutte, Golobic, Murphy, Espinoza, Hermansader, Faas, Clarke, Mero, Adderson, Gardner, Hunsaker, Mellenberndt, Kautz, Reynolds, Perkins, Gunderson, Kinney, Blinn, Bacon.
Feature (30 laps): Kruseman, Spencer, Miller, Sheridan, Johnson, Hansen, Crawford, Ford, Hockett, Whitt, Boat, Golobic, Cardey, L. Jones, Brown, Pombo, Wilson, Schutte, Espinoza, Murphy, T. Jones, Williams.