PERRIS, Calif. — Danny “Showtime” Sheridan was perfect Friday night at Perris Auto Speedway.  
After setting fast time and winning his heat, Sheridan started eighth in the 30-lap Firecracker feature and proceeded to drive the Kittle Plumbing No. 18 Stinger to his third Lucas Oil USAC-CRA Sprint Car Series triumph of the season.
“We were on a mission tonight. We came out here last time with a car we really didn’t know too much about and it wasn’t as good as we’d hoped it would be at Perris,” Sheridan explained. “We still pulled out a fifth-place finish, but we came back here tonight with old faithful and this car was phenomenal. I could drive under cars, around cars — it didn’t matter. It was a pretty convincing night for us, and to earn the Dean Thompson Award for sweeping is pretty exciting and I can’t wait to put that on my mantle.”
Alan Ballard led the first 10 circuits of the half-mile dirt track before giving up the lead to veteran Rip Williams, who led laps 11 and 12.
Point-leader Mike Spencer relieved Williams of the lead on lap 13 and set the pace until Sheridan made his winning move on lap 20.
Sheridan led the remaining distance in the 30-lap event, with Spencer taking second. Ballard, Garrett Hansen and Cory Kruseman rounded out the top five.
The summary:
Qualifications: 1. Danny Sheridan, Kittle 18, 16.785; 2. Garrett Hansen, Preistley 7, 17.182; 3. Blake Miller, Gardner 93, 17.218; 4. Rip Williams, Jory 3, 17.279; 5. Tony Jones, Alexander 4, 17.293; 6. Mike Spencer, Chaffin 50, 17.294; 7. Nic Faas, Faas 117, 17.409; 8. Alan Ballard, Stansberry 75, 17.495; 9. Josh Ford, Ford 73, 17.516; 10. Cory Kruseman, Kruseman 21k, 17.537; 11. Rickie Gaunt, Gardner 25x, 17.593; 12. Troy Rutherford, Rutherford 111, 17.630; 13. Tyler Brown, Gardner 96, 17.630; 14. Ronnie Case, Case 8, 17.665; 15. Henry Clarke, Kruseman 41k, 17.677; 16. David Cardey, Crossno 38, 17.703; 17. Eric Severson, Leonard 48n, 17.705; 18. J. Hicks, Miller 66, 17.714; 19. Greg Bragg, Sertich 92, 17.721; 20. Brian Venard, Blair 12, 17.863; 21. Cody Williams, Jory 44, 17.870; 22. Seth Wilson, Wilson 17, 17.927; 23. Austin Mero, Kruseman 71k, 18.177; 24. Brent Camarillo, Camland 51, 18.283; 25. Brandon Thomson, Thomson 19t, 18.290; 26. Nadine Gardner,  Gardner 16, 18.308; 27. Josh Williams, Perkins 1, 18.477; 28. Todd Hunsaker, Hunsaker 6, 18.533; 29. Brian Camarillo, Camland 22c, 18.621; 30. Ryan Devitt, Forstie 72, 18.738; 31. Royal Adderson, Adderson 40, 18.760; 32. Brien Kinney, Persall 85, 19.026; 33. Kenny Perkins, Perkins 4x, 19.258; 34. Joe Gunderson, Persall 84, 19.272; 35. John Butler, Butler 54, 21.659; 36. Tony Everhart, Everhart 55, 24.732.
First Heat (10 laps): Sheridan, Ford, Jones, Severson, C. Williams, Thomson, Brian Camarillo, Brown, Perkins.
Second Heat (10 laps): Wilson, Spencer, Hicks, Hansen, Case, Gardner, Gunderson, Devitt, Kruseman.
Third Heat (10 laps): J. Williams, Bragg, Gaunt, Miller, Mero, Faas, Clarke, Adderson, Butler.
Fourth Heat (10 laps): Cardey, Ballard, R. Williams, Hunsaker, Venard, Kinney, Brent Camarillo, Everhart, Rutherford.
Semi (10 laps): Kruseman, Brown, Faas, Clarke, C. Williams, Case, Venard, Thompson, Mero, Adderson, Kinney, Everhart, Gunderson, Perkins.
Feature (30 laps): Sheridan, Spencer, Ballard, Hansen, Kruseman, Miller, Jones, Bragg, Cardey, Brown, Wilson, Ford, Gaunt, Severson, Hunsaker, C. Williams, J.  Williams, Faas, R. Williams, Clarke, Case, Hicks.