A LOOK BACK: 1984 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SEASON
Rick Hood suffered two broken legs in a mishap at Manzanita on October 17, but that didn’t keep him from wearing the crown as the 1984 USAC “Thunder & Lightning” Sprint Car Series champion.
Hood had finished practicing for a non-USAC-sanctioned race at Manzanita and was walking across the infield when an errant sprinter struck him and two other men. The accident came two nights before he was to have competed in the first of two scheduled USAC/CRA “Challenge” races on the West Coast.
Rick became the driver for the Damon “Blackie” Fortune team for the 1984 season when 1983 champ Ken Schrader elected to give up the ride to pursue other commitments. Driving the Rose Brothers Trucking Chevy, Rick’s performances left race fans with many memorable moments about which to reminisce during the winter months.
Sheldon Kinser, winner of the 1977, 1981 and 1982 USAC Sprint Car titles, had his sights firmly set on becoming the first four-time USAC Sprint Champ when the season began. Unfortunately, he spent most of the year trying to overhaul Hood but was never able to surpass Rick in the standings.
Rick’s debut as the Fortune team driver came in the April 1 opener at Eldora. He took second to winner Jac Haudenschild, who was competing on a non-points license, therefore taking the early lead in the series standings. He never gave up that lofty position, although Kinser kept the pressure on throughout most of the season.
Sheldon got upside down in the nationally-televised program at Eldora in late April, while young Steve Butler earned the first of five wins he was to post in 1984. Hood was runner-up in the 30-lapper and extended his lead.
Sheldon then took a 30-lapper at Santa Fe in May as fast qualifier Hood was seventh, cutting the lead to 12 points. The two then traded second and third place finishes at Putnamville and Haubstadt as Chuck Amati won the “Pre-Indy Sprints” and Butler grabbed a hard-fought victory at Haubstadt.
Hood took a giant step toward the 1984 title, winning a 40-lapper at Lawrenceburg with fast qualifier Kinser third, then following the next afternoon with a sensational victory in the prestigious “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute. Kinser managed only an 11th place finish at Terre Haute and now trailed by 35 points. Hood then pushed the lead to 58 points by finishing second to Jack Hewitt at Kokomo.
Sheldon was the fast qualifier for the races at Danville and Eldora in July but was runner-up in both 30-lap main events. The reason why? Hood was the feature winner on both occasions.
A third consecutive 1-2 finish for the duo came at Putnamville, but this time it was Kinser who got to the checkered flag first.
Hood was fast qualifier for the next two races, at Paragon and Bloomington, but a flat tire cost him the win at Bloomington as Kinser won and sliced the lead to just 30 points. Butler had posted his fourth series triumph at Paragon the previous week.
A third-straight fast qualifying time made Hood the favorite when the series returned to Paragon in August, but he had to settle for second behind the high-flying Butler. Kinser was the first driver forced from the 30-lapper and dropped to 57 points back in the standings.
Sheldon posted fast time for the “Eldora Nationals” and when Hood’s car broke in practice for the August 16 race, it appeared that Sheldon would close the point gap. Rick found another ride for his heat race but the engine in that car went away and he finally wound up in Greg Staab’s machine for the main event. He finished third as Kinser took sixth behind winner Jack Hewitt.
Rick’s lead dropped back to just 36 points when engine problems forced him out of the lead in a 30-lapper at Terre Haute on August 26. Kinser wound up third behind Butler.
The Labor Day weekend proved the pivot point for both drivers. They hooked up in a classic duel with several other drivers in a 50-lapper at Granite City with Hood emerging as the winner of what many observers claimed to be the “greatest USAC Sprint race ever.” Sheldon was fourth and a subsequent eighth-place finish at Haubstadt the following night left him now 86 points down to Hood, who again found victory lane.
Kinser’s title hopes vanished as he missed the main at Lawrenceburg in September and Hood eventually ended up with a 102-point cushion for the year.
Danny Milburn scored his second-straight September win at Lawrenceburg and the series concluded with the triple rainout of the “4-Crown Nationals” at Eldora.
The series was one of the most competitive in recent years but suffered the loss of young Jeff Thickstun from Nashville, Indiana in a shuddering crash at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in May.
The Sprint Car Competition Commission, in a move expected to expand the scope of the series in 1985, voted at its late-1984 session, to allow 410-cubic-inch engines to compete during the 1985 series.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 1, 1984 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2v, Vance-16.946; 2. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-17.144; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-17.233; 4. Tom Bipes, 80, Bipes-17.274; 5. Johnny Parsons, 5, Toney 17.282; 6. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-17.354; 7. Charlie Swartz, 31, Nickles-17.405; 8. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-17.426; 9. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-17.482; 10. Gary Gray, 28, Gray-17.558; 11. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-17.648; 12. Jerry Russell, 98x, Haines-17.746; 13. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-17.833; 14. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-17.836; 15. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.870; 16. Mike Yeager, 82, Yeager-17.875; 17. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-17.877; 18. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-18.016; 19. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-18.055; 20. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.150; 21. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-18.220; 22. Don Hewitt, 80x, Tomlinson-18.276; 23. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-18.328; 24. Bob Kinser, 91, Myers-18.329; 25. John Sharp, 12, Carter-18.360; 26. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-18.605; 27. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-18.626; 28. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-18.762; 29. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-18.766; 30. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-19.020; 31. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-19.459; 32. Richard Pace, 75, Pace-19.618; 33. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-19.723; 34. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-23.491; 35. Rich Vogler, 5, Toney-NT; 36. Ralph Liguori, 11, Plummer-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Sharp, 3. Martin, 4. Bigelow, 5. Campbell, 6. Shirley, 7. Moulis, 8. Parsons. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ennis, 2. Gray, 3. Donaldson, 4. D. Hewitt, 5. Hood, 6. Butler, 7. Milburn, 8. Wilmot. 2:33.15
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Andretti, 3. Alderson, 4. Staab, 5. Trousdale, 6. Swartz, 7. Helm, 8. Thickstun. 2:36.01
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rolofson, 2. L. Gentry, 3. B. Kinser, 4. Johnson, 5. Russell, 6. Bipes, 7. Yeager, 8. Pace. 2:36.49
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Milburn, 3. Bipes, 4. Shirley, 5. J. Hewitt, 6. Russell, 7. Campbell, 8. Moulis, 9. Trousdale, 10. Wilmot, 11. Helm, 12. Yeager, 13. Swartz, 14. K. Gentry, 15. Liguori, 16. Pace. 3:11.96
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Mike Johnson, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Mark Alderson, 6. Gary Gray, 7. Jack Hewitt (#80x), 8. Tom Bigelow, 9. Danny Milburn, 10. Tom Bipes, 11. Greg Staab, 12. Larry Martin, 13. John Andretti, 14. Leon Gentry, 15. John Sharp, 16. Bob Kinser, 17. Denny Donaldson, 18. Gay Rolofson, 19. Ron Ennis, 20. Dean Shirley. NT
**Johnny Parsons escaped injury when he flipped end-over-end on the third lap of the first heat race.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Sheldon Kinser, Laps 8-30 Haudenschild.
USAC SPRINT SERIES POINT STANDINGS: 1-Hood-25; 2-Sheldon Kinser-24; 3-Alderson-18; 4-Milburn-16; 5-Bigelow-14; 6-Andretti & Martin-11; 8-L. Gentry-10; 9-Sharp-9; 10-B. Kinser & Rolofson-7.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: April 22 -- Paragon, IN -- Paragon Speedway -- "Cotton Tail Classic" -- 40 laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 28, 1984 -- Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - "Don Branson/Jud Larson Memorial"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-20.050; 2. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-20.137; 3. Dave Blaney, 2v, Vance-20.322; 4. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-20.432; 5. Richard Pace, 75, Pace-20.526; 6. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-20.591; 7. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-20.602; 8. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-20.607; 9. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-20.624; 10. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-20.658; 11. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-20.736; 12. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-20.806; 13. Johnny Parsons, 5, Toney-20.829; 14. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-20.831; 15. Randy Kinser, 56, Shields-20.834; 16. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-20.837; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-20.843; 18. Rodney Ritter, 19x, Ritter-20.844; 19. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-20.845; 20. Bobby Kinser, 91, Myers-20.887; 21. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-20.901; 22. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-20.955; 23. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-20.973; 24. Kevin Thomas, 27, Mayhew-21.030; 25. John Sharp, 12, Carter-21.108; 26. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-21.114; 27. Duke Cook, 30, Trost-21.134; 28. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-21.147; 29. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-21.183; 30. Chuck Amati, 8, Amati/McClure-21.233; 31. Mike Yeager, 82, Yeager-21.249; 32. Warren Mockler, 6m, Mockler-21.249; 33. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-21.380; 34. Jerry Russell, 98x, Haines-21.385; 35. Buck Boughan, 19, Mann-21.392; 36. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-21.409; 37. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-21.453; 38. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-21.468; 39. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-21.497; 40. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-21.533; 41. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-21.569; 42. Billy Deaton, 80x, Tomlinson-21.573; 43. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-21.618; 44. Greg Stephens, 11, Plummer-21.722; 45. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-21.770; 46. Jeff Thickstun, 45, Bayless/Melvin-21.770; 47. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-21.777; 48. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-21.806; 49. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-21.808; 50. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-21.891; 51. Mark Owsley, 6x, Owsley-21.899; 52. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-21.955; 53. Frank Weiss, 93, Northern Racers-21.968; 54. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-NT; 55. Tom Bipes, 80, Bipes-NT.
"LAST CHANCE RACE" (Sponsored by Tipp Machine & Tool - run after feature): (10 laps) 1. Bookmiller, 2. Ennis, 3. Fisher, 4. Peperak, 5. Feese, 6. Owsley, 7. Vantlin, 8. Bateman, 9. Deaton, 10. K. Gentry, 11. Elliott. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Parsons, 3. Campbell, 4. Nemire, 5. Sharp, 6. Pace, 7. Andretti, 8. Martin. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Amati, 2. Moulis, 3. Adkins 4. Bigelow, 5. Ritter, 6. L. Thickstun, 7. Rice, 8. Johnson. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cook, 2. R. Kinser, 3. Alderson, 4. Blaney, 5. Staab, 6. Yeager, 7. Gray, 8. L. Gentry. 2:40.59
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B. Kinser, 2. Mockler, 3. Hewitt, 4. Donaldson, 5. Thomas, 6. Rolofson, 7. Butler, 8. Sheldon Kinser. 2:35.82
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Gray, 3. L. Thickstun, 4. Russell, 5. Staab, 6. Ritter, 7. Thomas, 8. Boughan, 9. L. Gentry, 10. Milburn, 11. Sharp, 12. Pace, 13. Yeager, 14. Wilmot, 15. Rolofson, 16. Huntington, 17. Rice, 18. Sheldon Kinser. 3:25.16
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Randy Kinser, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Gary Gray, 7. Bob Kinser, 8. Leon Thickstun, 9. Denny Donaldson, 10. Johnny Parsons, 11. Bobby Adkins, 12. Jerry Nemire, 13. Jerry Russell, 14. Chuck Amati, 15. Keith Campbell, 16. Duke Cook, 17. Dave Blaney, 18. Warren Mockler, 19. Jim Moulis, 20. Mark Alderson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Donaldson, Laps 4-15 Hewitt, Laps 16-30 Butler.
**6 drivers flipped during the day's events, but none were injured. Tom Bipes and Rich Vogler tumbled during warmups. Larry Martin and John Andretti tangled, and both rolled during the first heat. Sheldon Kinser flipped after tangling with Kevin Thomas in the fourth heat and Billy Deaton flipped over the wall in turn one during the "last chance" race.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-54; 2-Bigelow-31; 3-Butler-30; 4-B. Kinser-25; 5-Sheldon Kinser-24; 6-Hewitt-23; 7-Alderson-21; 8-Donaldson-19; 9-Martin-17; 10-Milburn-16.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: "Tony Hulman Classic" - May 6 - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 12, 1984 -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- Indiana State Fairgrounds -- "Pole Night Sprints"
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Joe Saldana (#2v Vance), 2. Duke Cook (#30 Trost), 3. Randy Kinser (#56 Shields), 4. Danny Milburn (#59 Milburn), 5. Richard Pace (#75 Pace), 6. Leon Gentry (#61 Gentry), 7. Ralph Liguori (#11 Plummer), 8. John Sharp (#12 Carter), 9. Frank Weiss (#93 Weiss), 10. Buck Boughan (#19m Mann), 11. Steve Dickson (#45x Bare), 12. Dave Feese (#40 Clavey/Feese), 13. Billy Engelhart (#83 Sohm), 14. David Smith (#28 ML). 5:31.06
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larry Rice (#2 Peterson/Niebel), 2. Johnny Parsons (#5 Toney), 3. Gay Rolofson (#26 Rolofson), 4. Chuck Amati (#8 Amati/McClure), 5. Bobby Adkins (#40G Goodin), 6. Tom Bigelow (#14 Smith), 7. Leon Thickstun (#22T Esterkamp), 8. Jeff Thickstun (#45 Bayless/Melvin), 9. Jeff Vantlin (#7R Vantlin), 10. Jim White (#96 Davis), 11. Dave Peperak (#77 Ram), 12. Ron Ennis (#88 Ennis), 13. Kenny Gentry (#18 Gentry), 14. Tony Elliott (#57 Hazen). NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser (#3 Leyba), 2. Jack Hewitt (#5x Briscoe), 3. Rick Hood (#39A Fortune), 4. Larry Martin (#51 King/Powers), 5. Steve Butler (#98 Whitacre), 6. Jerry Russell (#98x Haines), 7. Gary Gray (#28x Gray), 8. Tom Tepe (#41 Tepe), 9. Keith Campbell (#53 Campbell), 10. Ken Schrader (#21 Hajduk), 11. Mike Helm (#28H Helm), 12. Bob Kinser (#91 Myers), 13. Denny Donaldson (#7 Koch), 14. Bud Wilmot (#84 Wilmot), 15. Jerry Nemire (#16 Nemire/Syring), 16. Warren Mockler (#6m Mockler). 5:43.01
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Paul Huntington (#33 Nolen) & Mark Alderson (#17 Jones).
BRODIX CYLINDER HEADS "LAST CHANCE RACE": (12 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Bigelow, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Gray, 5. Schrader, 6. Campbell, 7. L. Thickstun, 8. J. Thickstun, 9. Sharp, 10. Boughan, 11. Ligouri, 12. Weiss, 13. Helm, 14. B. Kinser, 15. Feese, 16. S. Dickson, 17. Ennis, 18. Vantlin, 19. J. White, 20. Tepe, 21. Peperak. 6:55.64
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Joe Saldana, 2. Larry Rice, 3. Johnny Parsons, 4. Randy Kinser, 5. Jerry Russell, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Ken Schrader, 8. Keith Campbell, 9. Richard Pace, 10. Tom Bigelow, 11. Danny Milburn, 12. Larry Martin, 13. Jack Hewitt, 14. Leon Gentry, 15. Rick Hood, 16. Gary Gray, 17. Jeff Thickstun, 18. Gay Rolofson, 19. Leon Thickstun, 20. Dave Feese, 21. Steve Butler, 22. Duke Cook. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Saldana.
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Hood-62; 2-Sheldon Kinser-43; 3-Bigelow-42; 4-Hewitt-34; 5-Butler-31.
**Jeff Thickstun was fatally injured in an accident on the 12th lap of the feature event at Indianapolis. Jeff flipped numerous times on the front stretch and was taken to Methodist Hospital where he passed away from head and neck injuries.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" Sprint Car Race: May 13, 1984 -- Terre Haute, IN – Terre Haute Action Track -- "Tony Hulman Classic" - 30 laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 18, 1984 -- Hinsdale, Illinois -- Santa Fe Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-16.850; 2. Ken Schrader, 21, Hajduk-17.423; 3. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.534; 4. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-17.563; 5. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-17.710; 6. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-17.750; 7. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-17.797; 8. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-17.800; 9. Jerry Russell, 98x, Haines-17.823; 10. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-17.845; 11. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-17.858; 12. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-17.897; 13. Buck Boughan, 19m, Mann-18.003; 14. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-18.013; 15. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-18.061; 16. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-18.065; 17. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-18.089; 18. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-18.166; 19. Bob Kinser, 91, Myers-13.318; 20. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-18.510; 21. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.536; 22. Denny Stewart, 33EC, Stewart-18.540; 23. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-18.572; 24. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-18.717; 25. Richard Pace, 75, Pace-18.809; 26. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-19.178; 27. Jim White, 96, Davis-19.259; 28. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-19.265; 29. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-19.848.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Hood, 3. Boughan, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Elliott, 6. Martin, 7. Pace, 8. Becker. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Schrader, 3. Andretti, 4. Donaldson, 5. Weiss, 6. Stewart. 2:23.44
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Adkins, 2. Rice, 3. B. Kinser, 4. Moulis, 5. Campbell, 6. Tepe, 7. J. White. 2:48.77
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Gray, 3. Butler, 4. Bateman, 5. Feese, 6. Ennis. 2:44.29
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Campbell, 3. Elliott, 4. Feese, 5. J. White, 6. Pace, 7. Weiss, 8. Becker, 9. Stewart, 10. Tepe, 11. Ennis. NT
PETERSON/NIEBEL MATCH RACE: (4 laps) 1. Pace, 2. Becker, 4. Weiss, 4. Stewart. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Larry Martin, 3. Jerry Russell, 4. Steve Butler, 5. Ken Schrader, 6. Keith Campbell, 7. Rick Hood, 8. Larry Rice, 9. Denny Donaldson, 10. Bob Kinser, 11. Danny Milburn, 12. Leon Gentry, 13. Dave Feese, 14. Jim Moulis, 15. Gary Gray, 16. Randy Bateman, 17. Bobby Adkins, 18. John Andretti, 19. Buck Boughan, 20. Tony Elliott. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Sheldon Kinser
**Tom Tepe and Ron Ennis both flipped during the semi-feature, but they were uninjured.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-85; 2-Sheldon Kinser-77; 3-Martin-52; 4-Butler-51; 5-Russell-49; 6-L.Rice-45; 7-Bigelow-42; 8-Milburn-41; 9-Campbell & B.Kinser-38.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACES: May 23 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway - "Pre-Indy Sprints" & May 27 - Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT SERIES RACE RESULTS: Haubstadt, Indiana -- Tri-State Speedway -- May 28, 1984
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-14.855; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-15.158; 3. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-15.167; 4. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.242; 5. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-15.305; 6. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-15.306; 7. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-15.341; 3. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-15.350; 9. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-15.393; 10. Randy Kinser, 56, Shields-15.409; 11. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-15.607; 12. Bob Kinser, 91, Myers-15.637; 13. Jerry Russell, 98x, Haines-15.664; 14. John Sharp, 12, Carter-15.805; 15. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-15.869; 16. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-15.894; 17. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-15.994; 18. David Smith, 28, ML-15.996; 19. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.997; 20. Jim White, 96, Davis-16.012; 21. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-16.166; 22. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-16.216; 23. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-16.245; 24. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-16.399; 25. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.473; 26. Richard Pace, 75, Pace-16.658; 27. Greg Boyd, 16, Boyd-16.754; 28. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Hood, 3. Campbell, 4. Thickstun, 5. Bateman, 6. Helm, 7. Russell. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. Kinser, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Sharp, 4. Hewitt, 5. Ennis, 6. Pace, 7. D. Smith. 2:36.48
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Martin, 3. Milburn, 4. K. Gentry, 5. Weiss, 6. G. Boyd, 7. Donaldson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B. Kinser, 2. Rice, 3. White, 4. Johnson, 5. L. Gentry, 6. Vantlin. 2:41.45
SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Donaldson, 3. Weiss, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Helm, 6. Ennis, 7. Bateman, 8. Pace, 9. G. Boyd, 10. Vantlin. 4:00.48
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Danny Milburn, 5. Bob Kinser, 6. Jerry Russell, 7. Randy Kinser, 8. Denny Donaldson, 9. Larry Rice, 10. Keith Campbell, 11. Jim White, 12. Dave Peperak, 13. Kenny Gentry, 14. Mike Johnson, 15. Ron Ennis, 16. John Sharp, 17. Leon Gentry, 18. Jack Hewitt, 19. Leon Thickstun, 20. Frank Weiss, 21. Mike Helm, 22. Larry Martin. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Hewitt, Laps 16-50 Butler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-163; 2-Sheldon Kinser-152; 3-Butler-105; 4-Russell-81; 5-Milburn-75; 6-B. Kinser-71; 7-Donaldson-67; 8-Martin-66; 9-Rice-65; 10-Campbell-62.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACES: June 9 - Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway - June 10 - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track (Tony Hulman Classic)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway -- June 9, 1984
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-12.992; 2. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-13.188; 3. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-13.317; 4. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-13.372; 5. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-13.404; 6. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-13.471; 7. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-13.518; 8. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-13.545; 9. Tom Bipes, 80, Bipes-13.566; 10. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.567; 11. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.588; 12. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-13.603; 13. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-13.645; 14. David Smith, 28, ML-13.647; 15. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-13.676; 16. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.683; 17. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-13.774; 18. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-13.774; 19. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-13.830; 20. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-13.887; 21. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-13.947; 22. Jim White, 96, Davis-13.949; 23. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-13.976; 24. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.984; 25. Denny Martini, 7m, Rapco-14.174; 26. Denny Stewart, 33EC, Stewart-14.199; 27. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-14.293; 28. Tray House, 3T, House-14.354; 29. Joe Miller, 4x, Miller-15.171; 30. Mike Yeager, 82, Yeager-16.793; 31. Ken Rice, 44x, Rice-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Andretti, 3. Hood, 4. L. Rice, 5. Ennis. 6. Bipes, 7. Martini, 8. Miller. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Smith, 3. Stewart, 4. Russell, 5. Elliott, 6. Peperak, 7. White, 8. Yeager. 2:25.56
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Bigelow, 3. Milburn, 4. Alderson, 5. Huntington, 6. Donaldson, 7. Thickstun. 2:22.10
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Saldana, 2. Gray, 3. House, 4. Campbell, 5. Feese, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Butler. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Thickstun, 3. Elliott, 4. Ennis, 5. Feese, 6. Peperak, 7. Huntington, 8. Martini, 9. Yeager, 10. White, 11. Bipes, 12. Donaldson, 13. L. Gentry. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Greg Staab, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Danny Milburn, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Joe Saldana, 7. Tom Bigelow, 8. Larry Martin, 9. Keith Campbell, 10. David Smith, 11. Leon Thickstun, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Gary Gray, 14. Mark Alderson, 15. Ron Ennis, 16. Tray House, 17. Denny Stewart, 18. Larry Rice, 19. Jerry Russell, 20. John Andretti. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Hood.
**John Andretti escaped injury in a flip in turn two on lap 10 of the feature
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: 14th "Tony Hulman Classic" - Terre Haute, IN -- Action Track -- June 10 -- 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: Terre Haute, Indiana -- Action Track -- June 10, 1984 -- 14th Annual "Tony Hulman Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Parsons, 5, Toney-23.657; 2. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-23.674; 3. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-24.166; 4. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-24.243; 5. David Smith, 28, ML-24.349; 6. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-24.403; 7. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-24.571; 8. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-24.877; 9. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-24.935; 10. Ken Schrader, 21, Hajduk-24.943; 11. Andy Hillenburg, 27, Mayhew-25.051; 12. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-25.097; 13. Jim White, 96, Davis-25.106; 14. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-25.151; 15. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-25.250; 16. Greg Boyd, 16x, Boyd-25.392; 17. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-25.425; 18. Dean Shirley, 83, Sohm-25.447; 19. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-25.462; 20. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-25.519; 21. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-25.536; 22. Jac Haudenschild, 2v, Vance-25.571; 23. Brad Marvel, 11, Plummer-25.599; 24. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-25.712; 25. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-25.713; 26. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-25.742; 27. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-25.915; 28. Tray House, 3T, House-25.962; 29. Mike Yeager, 82, Yeager-26.298; 30. Warren Mockler, 6m, Mockler-26.436; 31. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-26.517; 32. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-26.518; 33. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-26.525; 34. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-26.629; 35. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-26.704; 36. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-26.774; 37. Denny Stewart, 33EC, Stewart-26.982; 38. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-27.266; 39. Al Caton, 65, Caton-27.648; 40. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-NT; 41. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-NT; 42. #40G, Goodin-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Parsons, 2. Smith, 3. Campbell, 4. Johnson, 5. Nemire, 6. Trousdale, 7. White. 3:18.41
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Schrader, 3. Butler, 4. Mockler, 5. L. Rice, 6. Bateman, 7. Donaldson, 8. Shirley. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Hood, 3. Russell, 4. Rolofson, 5. Marvel, 6. Peperak, 7. Hillenburg, 8. L. Gentry. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Bigelow, 3. Gray, 4. House, 5. Huntington, 6. Feese, 7. Vantlin, 8. G. Boyd. 3:30.30
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Donaldson, 2. L. Rice, 3. Saldana, 4. Nemire, 5. Huntington, 6. Marvel, 7. Trousdale, 8. Feese, 9. Milburn, 10. Peperak, 11. Hillenburg, 12. Ennis, 13. G. Boyd, 14. Vantlin, 15. Stewart, 16. Shirley, 17. Bateman, 18. Caton. 4:09.36
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Larry Martin, 3. Larry Rice, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Ken Schrader, 7. Denny Donaldson, 8. Johnny Parsons, 9. Gary Gray, 10. Joe Saldana, 11. Sheldon Kinser, 12. Keith Campbell, 13. Mike Johnson, 14. Jerry Russell, 15. Jerry Nemire, 16. Gay Rolofson, 17. David Smith, 18. Tray House, 19. Tom Bigelow, 20. Warren Mockler. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Donaldson, Laps 2-30 Hood.
**Leon Gentry escaped injury when he flipped in turn two on the third lap of the third heat race
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-240; 2-Sheldon Kinser-205; 3-Butler-149; 4-Martin-119; 5-Milburn-102; 6-Russell-93; 7-L. Rice-90; 8-Campbell-88; 9-Donaldson-81; 10-B. Kinser-71.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 3 - Paragon, IN Speedway - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 11, 1984 -- Kokomo, Indiana -- Kokomo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-16.087; 2. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-16.302; 3. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-16.419; 4. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-16.426; 5. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-16.491; 6. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-16.508; 7. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-16.577; 8. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-16.581; 9. John Sharp, 15, Johnson-16.596; 10. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-16.651; 11. Johnny Parsons, 5, Toney-16.687; 12. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-16.714; 13. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-16.715; 14. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-16.751; 15. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-16.753; 16. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-16.758; 17. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-16.797; 18. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-16.814; 19. Louie Mann, 37, G & R-16.814; 20. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-16.826; 21. Tray House, 11, Plummer-16.916; 22. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-16.943; 23. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-16.986; 24. Mark Alderson, 4s, Snyder-16.993; 25. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-17.031; 26. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-17.077; 27. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.092; 28. Jim White, 96, Davis-17.094; 29. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-17.116; 30. Bimbo Atkins, 19, Mann-17.202; 31. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-17.410; 32. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-17.482.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Peperak, 3. Helm, 4. Hood, 5. Sharp, 6. House, 7. Martin, 8. L. Rice. 2:17.00
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Thickstun, 3. Mockler, 4. Bigelow, 5. Atkins, 6. Saldana, 7. Christian, 8. Ennis. 2:17.60
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mann, 2. R. Kinser, 3. Elliott, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Parsons, 6. Weiss, 7. Campbell, 8. L. Gentry. 2:16.14
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. White, 2. Butler, 3. Donaldson, 4. Fisher, 5. Alderson, 6. Milburn, 7. Bookmiller, 8. Huntington. 2:16.51
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Campbell, 2. Saldana, 3. Alderson, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Milburn, 6. House, 7. Martin, 8. Christian, 9. Atkins, 10. L. Gentry, 11. Weiss, 12. Ennis, 13. L. Rice, 14. Sharp, 15. Parsons. 2:54.90
SYNDICATE GLASS "LAST CHANCE RACE" (6 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Atkins, 3. Weiss, 4. Ennis, 5. Christian. 1:46.10
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Randy Kinser, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Keith Campbell, 7. Joe Saldana, 8. Mark Alderson, 9. Tim Bookmiller, 10. Jerry Russell, 11. Denny Donaldson, 12. Leon Thickstun, 13. Sheldon Kinser, 14. Gary Fisher, 15. Jim White, 16. Mike Helm, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. Dave Peperak, 19. Warren Mockler, 20. Louie Mann. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hewitt
**Johnny Parsons barrel-rolled several times on the backstretch on the first lap of the semi-feature in a tangle with John Sharp and Larry Martin. NO INJURY!
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-272; 2-Sheldon Kinser-214; 3-Butler-173; 4-Martin-119; 5-Russell-108; 6-Campbell-103; 7-Milburn-102; 8-Donaldson-93; 9-Rice-90; 10-Bigelow-89.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 12- Danville, IL - Vermilion County Fair & Expo Speedway - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 12, 1984 -- Danville, Illinois -- Vermilion County Fair & Expo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-14.919; 2. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-15.084; 3. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-15.138; 4. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-15.156; 5. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-15.280; 6. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-15.292; 7. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-15.293; 8. David Smith, 28, ML-15.320; 9. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-15.439; 10. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.498; 11. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-15.533; 12. John Sharp, 15, Johnson-15.538; 13. Tray House, 3T, House-15.578; 14. Mark Alderson, 4s, Snyder-15.579; 15. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.581; 16. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-15.583; 17. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-15.589; 18. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-15.651; 19. Louie Mann, 37, G & R-15.662; 20. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-15.823; 21. Jack Ziegler, 33EC, Stewart-15.827; 22. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-15.841; 23. Jim White, 96, Davis-15.856; 24. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-15.952; 25. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-15.989; 26. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-16.123; 27. Kevin Thomas, 27, Mayhew-16.261; 28. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-16.286; 29. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Milburn, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Ziegler, 5. House, 6. Helm, 7. Feese. 2:06.56
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alderson, 2. Andretti, 3. Saldana, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Peperak, 6. Christian. 2:04.27
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. White, 2. Campbell, 3. K. Thomas, 4. Russell, 5. Donaldson, 6. Bookmiller. 2:07.70
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Sharp, 3. Martin, 4. Rolofson, 5. A. Thomas, 6. Ennis, 7. Smith. 2:04.98
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Donaldson, 2. Bookmiller, 3. Feese, 4. Peperak, 5. Helm, 6. House, 7. A. Thomas, 8. Christian. 2:38.18
PEPSI-COLA BOTTLERS "LAST CHANCE RACE": (3 laps) 1. House, 2. Helm, 3. Smith. 47.42
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Danny Milburn, 4. Mark Alderson, 5. Dave Feese, 6. Keith Campbell, 7. Joe Saldana, 8. Jack Ziegler, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. John Andretti, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Gay Rolofson, 13. Kevin Thomas, 14. Tim Bookmiller, 15. Jerry Russell, 16. Steve Butler, 17. John Sharp, 18. Denny Donaldson, 19. Jim White, 20. Larry Martin. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Hood, Lap 5 Sheldon Kinser, Laps 6-30 Hood.
**Denny Donaldson escaped injury when his car flipped on the front stretch on the 5th lap of the feature.
NEW USAC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hood-306; 2-Sheldon Kinser-247; 3-Butler-182; 4-Milburn-126; 5-Martin-122; 6-Campbell-121; 7-Russell-115; 8-Donaldson-98; 9-L. Rice-90; 10-Bigelow-89.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACES: July 14 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - 30 Laps & July 15 - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track - "Clover Classic" - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 14, 1984 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-16.762; 2. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-16.982; 3. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-17.015; 4. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-17.040; 5. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-17.190; 6. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-17.217; 7. Tray House, 11, Plummer-17.282; 8. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-17.525; 9. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-17.538; 10. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-17.607; 11. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-17.610; 12. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-17.640; 13. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.665; 14. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-17.734; 15. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-17.861; 16. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-17.894; 17. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.916; 18. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-17.999; 19. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-18.026; 20. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-18.410; 21. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-18.622; 22. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-19.430; 23. Johnny Parsons, 14, Smith-19.765; 24. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-20.010.
FIRST HEAT: (Slaps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Gray, 3. Campbell, 4. House, 5. Helm, 6. Saldana, 7. L. Gentry, 8. Becker. 2:21.25
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Elliott, 3. Hood, 4. Russell, 5. Martin, 6. Rolofson, 7. Butler. 2:19.14
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Mockler, 3. Adkins, 4. L. Rice, 5. Wilmot, 6. Feese, 7. Peperak. 2:23.40
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. L. Gentry, 3. Peperak, 4. Feese, 5. Butler, 6. Becker, 7. Rolofson, 8. Saldana, 9. Wilmot, 10. Helm. 2:59.11
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Larry Martin, 5. Danny Milburn, 6. Bobby Adkins, 7. Gary Gray, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. Jerry Russell, 10. Keith Campbell, 11. Warren Mockler, 12. Dave Feese, 13. Leon Gentry, 14. Larry Rice, 15. Gay Rolofson, 16. Dave Peperak, 17. Tray House, 18. Bud Wilmot, 19. Rick Becker, 20. Mike Helm. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hood
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Hood-338; 2-Sheldon Kinser-282; 3-Butler-182; 4-Milburn-146; 5-Martin-144; 6-Campbell-134; 7-Russell-128; 8-Donaldson & L. Rice-98; 10-Bigelow-89.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACES: July 18 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway - 30 Laps & July 19 - Paragon, IN - Paragon Speedway - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 18, 1984 -- Putnamville, Indiana -- Lincoln Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Louie Mann, 37, G & R-13.324; 2. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-13.563; 3. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-13.726; 4. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-13.732, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-13.755; 6. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-13.763; 7. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.787; 8. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.806; 9. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-13.826; 10. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-13.865; 11. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-13.930; 12. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-13.965; 13. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-13.973; 14. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-14.080; 15. Gary Grissom, 8x, Grissom-14.084; 16. John Sharp, 15, Johnson-14.114; 17. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-14.120; 18. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-14.133; 19. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-14.139; 20. Tray House, 3T, House-14.145; 21. Mark Alderson, 4s, Snyder-14.145; 22. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-14.188; 23. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-14.197; 24. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-14.240; 25. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-14.250; 26. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-14.256; 27. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-14.408; 28. Tom Bigelow, 5, Toney-14.409; 29. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-14.470; 30. Jack Ziegler, 33EC, Stewart-14.475; 31. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-14.611; 32. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-14.629; 33. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-14.740; 34. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-14.754; 35. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-14.980; 36. Al Caton, 65, Caton-16.101.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Alderson, 3. Mann, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Martin, 6. Peperak, 7. Helm, 8. Huntington. 1:54.78
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R. Kinser, 2. Hewitt, 3. Hood, 4. Feese, 5. Ziegler, 6. Ennis, 7. Campbell, 8. Milburn. 1:52.87
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mockler, 2. Adkins, 3. Grissom, 4. Johnson, 5. Staab, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Nemire, 8. Russell. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. House, 3. Andretti, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Weiss, 6. Huntley, 7. Elliott, 8. Sharp. 1:57.20
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Elliott, 3. Martin, 4. Milburn, 5. Staab, 6. Peperak, 7. Ziegler, 8. L. Gentry, 9. Nemire, 10. Ennis, 11. Sharp, 12. Huntley, 13. Huntington, 14. Christian, 15. Helm, 16. Campbell. NT
ADAM'S MARK HOTEL "LAST CHANCE RACE": (8 laps) 1. Ziegler, 2. Nemire, 3. Huntington, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Ennis, 6. Caton, 7. Christian, 8. Peperak, 9. Campbell. 2:00.76
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Randy Kinser, 4. Tim Bookmiller, 5. Jack Hewitt, 6. Jerry Russell, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Danny Milburn, 9. Bobby Adkins, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Mark Alderson, 12. Mike Johnson, 13. Tom Bigelow, 14. John Andretti, 15. Tray House, 16. Dave Feese, 17. Warren Mockler, 18. Louie Mann, 19. Gary Grissom, 20. Larry Martin. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Sheldon Kinser.
**Keith Campbell flipped on the front stretch at the start of the 2nd heat race. NO INJURY.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 19 - Paragon, IN Speedway - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 19, 1984 -- Paragon, Indiana -- Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-15.207; 2. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-15.266; 3. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-15.368; 4. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-15.388; 5. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-15.420; 6. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-15.428; 7. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.479; 8. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-15.484; 9. Rodney Ritter, 19x, Ritter-15.496; 10. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-15.497; 11. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-15.550; 12. Tom Bigelow, 5, Toney-15.555; 13. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.565; 14. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-15.583; 15. John Sharp, 15, Johnson-15.595; 16. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.603; 17. Mark Alderson, 4s, Snyder-15.623; 18. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-15.627; 19. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-15.632; 20. Tray House, 11, Plummer-15.633; 21. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-15.639; 22. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-15.690; 23. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-15.765; 24. Bob Kolacki, 36K, Kolacki-15.845; 25. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-15.845; 26. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-15.865; 27. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-15.950; 28. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-15.962; 29. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.964; 30. Brad Marvel, 17, Jones-16.031; 31. Jack Ziegler, 33EC, Stewart-16.032; 32. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-16.163; 33. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/ Syring-16.232; 34. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.299; 35. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-16.421; 36. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-16.739; 37. Al Caton, 65, Caton-17.117; 38. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Adkins, 3. Hood, 4. Russell, 5. Alderson, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Peperak, 8. Ritter. 2:09.47
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Feese, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Christian, 5. Huntley, 6. Butler, 7. Mockler, 8. Marvel. 2:06.56
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Huntington, 2. Ziegler, 3. Staab, 4. Andretti, 5. Weiss, 6. Fisher, 7. Sharp, 8. Elliott. 2:10.09
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Cummins, 3. House, 4. Bigelow, 5. Kolacki, 6. Campbell, 7. Bookmiller, 8. Thickstun. NT '
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Elliott, 3. Bookmiller, 4. Alderson, 5. Fisher, 6. Helm, 7. Campbell, 8. Nemire, 9. Kolacki, 10. Mockler, 11. Peperak, 12. Sharp, 13. Weiss, 14. Ritter, 15. Huntley, 16. L. Gentry. NT
KOKOMO SPEEDWAY "LAST CHANCE RACE": (8 laps) 1. Fisher, 2. Nemire, 3. Helm, 4. Johnson, 5. Mockler, 6. Kolacki, 7. Caton, 8. Peperak, 9. K. Gentry, 10. L. Gentry. 2:12.19
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Larry Martin, 6. John Andretti, 7. Mark Alderson, 8. Danny Milburn, 9. Mark Cummins, 10. Dave Feese, 11. Greg Staab, 12. Gary Fisher, 13. Jack Ziegler, 14. Paul Huntington, 15. Tray House, 16. Bob Christian, 17. Randy Kinser, 18. Jerry Russell, 19. Tom Bigelow, 20. Tim Bookmiller. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Butler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-398; 2-Sheldon Kinser-338; 3-Butler-216; 4-Milburn-176; 5-Martin-165; 6-Russell-149; 7-Campbell-134; 8-Bigelow-104; 9-Donaldson & Rice-98.
**Leon Thickstun spun over the banking in turn 2 and flipped on lap 4 of the 4th heat race. NO INJURY
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 27 - Bloomington, IN - Mitchell's Motor Speedway - 40 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1984 -- Bloomington, Indiana -- Mitchell's Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-12.801; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-12.882; 3. Larry Martin, 51, King/Powers-12.969; 4. Ken Schrader, 37, G & R-13.109; 5. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-13.134; 6. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-13.149; 7. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-13.176; 8. Rodney Ritter, 19x, Ritter-13.216; 9. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-13.228; 10. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-13.233; 11. Mark Alderson, 4s, Snyder-13.243; 12. Tray House, 3T, House-13.285; 13. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-13.299; 14. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.301; 15. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-13.308; 16. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-13.310; 17. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-13.312; 18. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.321; 19. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.335; 20. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-13.486; 21. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-13.509; 22. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-13.580; 23. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-13.593; 24. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-13.604; 25. John Sharp, 12, Carter-13.663; 26. Jim White, 96, Davis-13.688; 27. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.692; 28. David Smith, 28, ML-13.803; 29. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-13.807; 30. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-13.817; 31. Denny Martini, 7m, Rapco-13.879; 32. Denny Stewart, 33EC, Stewart-13.896; 33. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.921; 34. Tony Troth, 75x, Troth-13.950; 35. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Andretti, 3. Gray, 4. Butler, 5. Feese, 6. Vantlin, 7. Peperak, 8. Sharp. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Staab, 3 Adkins, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Christian, 6. Helm, 7. Thickstun, 8. White. 2:11.85
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Martin, 3. Gentry, 4. Saldana, 5. Alderson, 6. Mockler, 7. Martini, 8. Campbell. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ritter, 2. Schrader, 3. Milburn, 4. House, 5. Russell, 6. Stewart, 7. Smith, 8. Huntley. 2:14.51
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Russell, 3. Alderson, 4. Thickstun, 5. Feese, 6. Campbell, 7. Helm, 8. Smith, 9. Elliott, 10. Mockler, 11. Martini, 12. Vantlin, 13. White, 14. Stewart, 15. Sharp, 16. Christian. 2:41.09
CNA INSURANCE "LAST CHANCE RACE": (8 laps) 1. Feese, 2. Sharp, 3. Martini, 4. Mockler, 5. Stewart, 6. Troth, 7. Helm, 8. Elliott. 1:48.69
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Greg Staab, 4. Larry Martin, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Rodney Ritter, 7. Joe Saldana, 8. Jerry Russell, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. Tray House, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Danny Milburn, 13. Rick Hood, 14. Mark Alderson, 15. John Andretti, 16. Gary Gray, 17. Bobby Adkins, 18. Mike Johnson, 19. Randy Kinser, 20. Leon Thickstun. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 R. Kinser, Laps 11-20 Hood, Laps 21-40 Sheldon Kinser.
**Mike Johnson escaped injury when he flipped end-over-end in turn 3 on the 23rd lap of the feature event.
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Hood-416; 2-Sheldon Kinser-386; 3-Butler-239; 4-Martin-195; 5-Milburn-187; 6-Russell-165; 7-Campbell-134; 8-Donaldson, Rice & Alderson-98.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 15 - Paragon, IN - Paragon Speedway - (Night) - 30 Laps & August 16 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - (Night) - 30 Laps - "Eldora Nationals"
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 16, 1984 -- Rossburg, Ohio ---- Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-17.327; 2. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-17.396; 3. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.485; 4. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-17.486; 5. Tom Bigelow, 5, Toney-17.674; 6. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-17.726; 7. Ken Schrader, 37, G & R- 17.747; 8. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-17.795; 9. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-17.821; 10. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.830; 11. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.832; 12. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-17.997; 13. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-18.001; 14. Tray House, 3T, House-18.030; 15. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-18.192; 16. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-18.194; 17. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-18.231; 18. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-18.448; 19. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-18.474; 20. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.498; 21. Rick Hood, 7, Koch-18.755; 22. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-NT; 23. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Butler, 3. Fisher, 4. Milburn, 5. Campbell, 6. Kinser, 7. Peperak. 2:28.02
SECOND HEAT:(8 laps) 1. Huntington, 2. House, 3. Elliott, 4. Adkins, 5. Gentry, 6. Bigelow, 7. Andretti. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Nemire, 3. Wilmot, 4. Gray, 5. Staab, 6. Feese, 7. Hood (#7). 2:26.56
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Kinser, 3. Campbell, 4. Hood (#44), 5. Feese, 6. Gentry, 7. Mockler. 3:03.36
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Ken Schrader, 5. Gary Gray, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Jerry Nemire, 8. Bobby Adkins, 9. Keith Campbell, 10. Tray House, 11. Tony Elliott, 12. Paul Huntington, 13. Bud Wilmot, 14. Dave Feese, 15. Leon Gentry, 16. Gary Fisher, 17. Dave Peperak, 18. Warren Mockler, 19. Tom Bigelow, 20. Danny Milburn. 13:14.11
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Bigelow, Laps 19-30 Hewitt.
SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Hood-469, 2-Kinser-412, 3-Butler-304, 4-Milburn-210, 5-Martin-203, 6-Russell-173, 7- Campbell-146, 8-Schrader-132, 9-Bigelow-111, 10-Elliott-99.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 22 - Putnamville, IN Lincoln Park Speedway - (Night - 30 laps)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 26, 1984 -- Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track -- "Edwards Jewelers Clover Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ken Schrader, 37, G & R-22.698; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-22.913; 3. Steve Kinser, 37m, G & R-22.986; 4. Brad Marvel, 75m, Marvel-23.079; 5. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-23.207; 6. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-23.314; 7. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-23.330; 8. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-23.376; 9. Larry Martin, 15, Johnson-23.462; 10. Tom Bigelow, 5, Toney-23.464; 11. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-23.479; 12. Bob Kinser, 91, Myers-23.528; 13. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-23.618; 14. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-23.752; 15. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-23.779; 16. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-23.808; 17. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-23.848; 18. David Smith, 28, ML-23.929; 19. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-23.942; 20. Tray House, 3T, House-23.998; 21. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-24.028; 22. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.100; 23. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-24.113; 24. Dean Shirley, 83, Sohm-24.221; 25. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-24.249; 26. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-24.390; 27. Tim Coffeen, 77x, Coffeen-24.435; 28. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-24.468; 29. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-24.494; 30. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-24.579; 31. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-24.708; 32. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-24.980; 33. Jerry Stuckey, 3x, Stuckey-25.093; 34. Greg Boyd, 16B, Boyd-25.657; 35. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-NT; 36. #27 Mayhew-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Andretti, 3. Hood, 4. Nemire, 5. Milburn, 6. Helm, 7. Rockhold, 8. Martin. 3:09.30
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Bigelow, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Russell, 5. Peperak, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Smith, 8. Ennis. 3:08.67
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Steve Kinser, 3; Mockler, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Feese, 6. Coffeen, 7. Rolofson, 8. Huntington. 3:10.24
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. B. Kinser, 3. Marvel, 4. Adkins, 5. Shirley, 6. Campbell, 7. House, 8. Alderson. 3:15.88
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Feese, 2. Alderson, 3. Smith, 4. Rockhold, 5. Milburn, 6. Campbell, 7. Helm, 8. L. Gentry, 9. Coffeen, 10. Stuckey, 11. Rolofson, 12. Peperak, 13. Huntington, 14. House, 15. Shirley, 16. Ennis. 4:01.90
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Tom Bigelow, 5. Steve Kinser, 6. Brad Marvel, 7. Jerry Nemire, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. Tim Bookmiller, 10. Dave Feese, 11. Bob Kinser, 12. Bobby Adkins, 13. Manny Rockhold, 14. David Smith, 15. John Andretti, 16. Warren Mockler, 17. Rick Hood, 18. Jerry Russell, 19. Mark Alderson, 20. Jack Hewitt. 15:20.45
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Hood, Laps 19-30 Butler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-475; 2-Sheldon Kinser-439; 3-Butler-338; 4-Milburn-210; 5-Martin-203; 6-Russell-177; 7-Schrader-167; 8-Campbell-148; 9-Elliott-116; 10-Adkins-106.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACES: September 1 - Granite City, IL - Tr-City Speedway - 50 Laps & September 2 - Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway - 40 Laps
**Rich Vogler suffered a fractured right shoulder blade in a flip over the first turn guardrail during practice laps. He was treated at Terre Haute Regional Hospital.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 2, 1984 -- Haubstadt, Indiana -- Tri-State Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-15.032; 2. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-15.130; 3. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.132; 4. Dean Shirley, 21, Hajduk-15.173; 5. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-15.270; 6. Larry Goad, 72, Goad-15.289; 7. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-15.307; 8. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-15.337; 9. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-15.352; 10. Ken Schrader, 37, G & R-15.384; 11. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-15.420; 12. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-15.438; 13. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-15.501; 14. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-15.508; 15. Larry Martin, 75m, Marvel-15.514; 16. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-15.571; 17. Bob Kinser, 91, Myers-15.693; 18. Mark Alderson, 4s, Snyder-15.697; 19. Tony Elliott, 17x, Jones-15.731; 20. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.744; 21. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.764; 22. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-15.773; 23. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-15.782; 24. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-15.818; 25. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-15.824; 26. Jim White, 96, Davis-15.889; 27. David Smith, 28, ML-16.039; 28. Tray House, 3T, House-16.089; 29. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-16.096; 30. Greg Boyd, 16x, Boyd-16.282; 31. Jerry Hamby, 76, Hamby-16.584; 32. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-NT; 33. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B. Kinser, 2. Andretti, 3. Hood, 4. Hewitt, 5. Campbell, 6. Huntington, 7. Ennis, 8. Becker. 2:37.10
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Adkins, 3. Alderson, 4. Schrader, 5. Butler, 6. Goad, 7. G. Boyd, 8. White. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cummins, 2. Johnson, 3. Milburn, 4. Smith, 5. Peperak, 6. Martin, 7. Elliott, 8. Hamby. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Feese, 2. Rice, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Nemire, 5. House, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Shirley. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Peperak, 4. Shirley, 5. Goad, 6. Huntington, 7. Campbell, 8. Martin, 9. Elliott, 10. White, 11. Ennis, 12. Becker, 13. Hamby, 14. G. Boyd, 15. House. NT
POWERS WELDING "LAST CHANCE RACE": (6 laps) 1. Huntington, 2. Martin, 3. House, 4. Campbell, 5. Ennis, 6. Becker, 7. Hamby, 8. Elliott (#57). NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Larry Goad, 4. Jerry Russell, 5. John Andretti, 6. Jerry Nemire, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Sheldon Kinser, 9. Danny Milburn, 10. Bobby Adkins, 11. Mark Cummins, 12. Dave Feese, 13. Bob Kinser, 14. Mike Johnson, 15. Leon Gentry, 16. David Smith, 17. Mark Alderson, 18. Dave Peperak, 19. Dean Shirley, 20. Jack Hewitt. 11:19.53
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Goad, Laps 22-40 Hood.
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Hood-573; 2-Sheldon Kinser-487; 3-Butler-375; 4-Schrader-252; 5-Milburn-249; 6-Russell-210; 7-Martin-203; 8-Bigelow-173; 9-Campbell-162; 10-Andretti-150.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE: September 16, 1984 -- Lawrenceburg, IN Speedway (Night) - 40 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 16, 1984 -- Lawrenceburg, Indiana -- Lawrenceburg Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-12.834; 2. Brad Marvel, 75m, Marvel-12.918; 3. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-13.005; 4. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-13.050; 5. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.103; 6. Chuck Amati, 94x, Winterbotham-13.156; 7. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.221; 8. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-13.270; 9. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-13.308; 10. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.444; 11. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-13.448; 12. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-13.465; 13. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-13.486; 14. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-13.491; 15. Tom Bigelow, 5, Toney-13.508; 16. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-13.568; 17. Bob Kinser, 91, Myers-13.580; 18. Joe Miller, 4x, Miller-13.593; 19. Denny Martini, 7m, Rapco-13.610; 20. Tray House, 3T, House-13.659; 21. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-13.748; 22. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-13.762; 23. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.763; 24. Jim White, 96, Davis-13.808; 25. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.815; 26. Tom Bipes, 80, Bipes-13.865; 27. Chris Paulsen, 7x, Paulsen-13.926; 28. Mike Yeager, 82, Yeager-13.946; 29. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-13.954; 30. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-13.978; 31. David Smith, 28, ML-13.979; 32. Jim Collier, 89x, Collier-14.057; 33. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-14.107; 34. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-14.214; 35. Tim Coffeen, 77x, Coffeen-14.418; 36. Eric Davis, 69, Davis-14.493; 37. Richard Pace, 75, Pace-NT.
STENGER FORD "LAST CHANCE RACE": (6 laps) 1. Nemire, 2. Coffeen, 3. Ennis, 4. Davis. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thickstun, 2. L. Rice, 3. Staab, 4. Huntington, 5. Peperak, 6. B. Kinser, 7. Gray, 8. Campbell. 2:21.74
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Amati, 2. Russell, 3. Adkins, 4. Marvel, 5. Milburn, 6. Miller, 7. Bipes, 8. Sheldon Kinser. 2:22.15
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Paulsen, 3. Elliott, 4. Johnson, 5. Martini, 6. Hewitt, 7. Bigelow, 8. L. Gentry. 2:23.29
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. House, 2. K. Rice, 3. Hood, 4. Mockler, 5. Butler, 6. Collier, 7. Yeager, 8. White. 2:25.91
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Milburn, 3. Gray, 4. Miller, 5. Martini, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Nemire, 8. B. Kinser, 9. Bigelow, 10. L. Gentry, 11. Yeager, 12. Butler, 13. White, 14. Peperak, 15. Campbell, 16. Bipes, 17. Collier, 18. Coffeen. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Danny Milburn, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Chuck Amati, 4. David Smith, 5. Brad Marvel, 6. Ken Rice, 7. Gary Gray, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. Joe Miller, 10. Rick Hood, 11. Leon Thickstun, 12. Mike Johnson, 13. Greg Staab, 14. Paul Huntington, 15. Warren Mockler, 16. Jerry Russell, 17. Denny Martini, 18. Chris Paulsen, 19. Jerry Nemire, 20. Bobby Adkins, 21. Tray House, 22. Larry Rice. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Amati, Laps 9-25 Hewitt, Laps 26-40 Milburn.
**Tray House was taken to a local hospital for a check-up after flipping end-over-end in turn one on the 23rd lap of the feature.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-587; 2-Sheldon Kinser-487; 3-Butler-375; 4-Milburn-289; 5-Schrader-252; 6-Russell-218; 7-Martin-203; 8-Campbell-162; 9-Andretti-150; 10-Elliott-143.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: October 13 - Eldora Speedway - Rossburg, Ohio -- 30 Laps (Day)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 13, 1984 -- Eldora Speedway -- Rossburg, Ohio – “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Bigelow, 5, Toney-17.191; 2. Rich Vogler, 2v, Vance-17.263; 3. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-17.322; 4. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-17.428; 5. Sheldon Kinser, 3, Leyba-17.474; 6. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-17.577; 7. Jac Haudenschild, 37, G & R-17.604; 8. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-17.614; 9. Dave Blaney, 37m, G & R-17.634; 10. Rick Hood, 39A, Fortune-17.661; 11. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-17.661; 12. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-17.674; 13. Larry Rice, 2, Peterson/Niebel-17.712; 14. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-17.854; 15. Rodney Ritter, 19, Ritter-17.869; 16. Jack Hewitt, 5x, Briscoe-17.987; 17. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-18.033; 18. Dave Feese, 40, Clavey/Feese-18.041; 19. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-18.046; 20. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-18.095; 21. Billy Engelhart, 31, Nickles-18.113; 22. Johnny Parsons, 11, Plummer-18.154; 23. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-18.186; 24. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-18.237; 25. Jim White, 96, Davis-18.272; 26. Jerry Russell, 98R, Haines-18.316; 27. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.333; 28. Billy Pauch, 7c, Chupp-18.349; 29. Warren Mockler, 6, Mockler-18.359; 30. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-18.371; 31. Tray House, 7G, Goacher-18.386; 32. David Smith, 28, ML-18.421; 33. Chuck Amati, 94, Winterbotham-18.467; 34. Mike Johnson, 91, Myers-18.476; 35. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-18.505; 36. Denny Martini, 7m, Rapco-18.679; 37. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.692; 38. Gary Grissom, 88, Ennis-18.915; 39. Pepi Marchese, 27, Mayhew-19.842; 40. Al Caton, 65, Caton-20.348.
FIRST "STENGER FORD" QUALIFYING HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Saldana, 2. Haudenschild, 3. Alderson, 4. Engelhart, 5. Elliott, 6. Blaney, 7. Moulis, 8. L. Rice, 9. Mockler, 10. White, 11. Campbell, 12. Amati, 13. Bob Cicconi (#94), 14. Rockhold, 15. House, 15. Ritter, 16. Marchese, 17. L. Gentry. 3:08.25
SECOND "STENGER FORD" QUALIFYING HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. R. Kinser, 3. Hewitt, 4. Thickstun 5. Nemire, 6. Johnson, 7. Feese, 8. Pauch, 9. Smith, 10. Wilmot, 11. Russell, 12. Peperak, 13. Martini, 14. Grissom, 15. Caton, 16. Donaldson, 17. Parsons. NT
(FEATURE EVENTS FOR ALL 4 SERIES PARTICIPATING IN THE "4-CROWN NATIONALS" WERE RAINED OUT ON OCTOBER 14 AND HAVE BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, OCTOBER 21.)
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USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR "CHALLENGE" SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 19, 1984 -- Phoenix, Arizona -- Manzanita Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-21.04; 2. Rip Williams, 37c, Vermeer-21.04; 3. Brad Noffsinger, 96, Gardner-21.09; 4. Brent Kaeding, 69N, Single-21.14; 5. Stan Atherton, 00, Hicks-21.21; 6. Richard Griffin, 91A, Carsten-21.21; 7. Bob East, 7c, Ellis-21.25; 8. Lealand McSpadden, 01, Bailey-21.34; 9. Eddie Wirth, 77, Wirth/Kittell-21.37; 10. Joe McCarthy, 37T, Roach-21.40; 11. Wayne Bennet, 391, Kasparoff-21.42; 12. Mike Sweeney, 6, Kasparoff-21.45; 13. Roger Newhall, 78c, Newhall-21.58; 14. Bubby Jones, 1, Kazarian-21.61; 15. Sheldon Kinser, 98JR, Agajanian-21.62; 16. Dave Bradway, 3c, Lamar-21.74; 17. Jack Hewitt, 98A, Krug-21.85; 18. Ray Keil, 3R, Keil-21.93; 19. Ron Horton, 44c, Deschamps-21.96; 20. Randy Roberts, 5D, Conklin 21.98; 21. Brad Marvel, 75m, Marvel-22.01; 22. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-22.13; 23. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme-22.13; 24. Danny Lewis, 11, Pratt-22.15; 25. Dave Culp, 87A, Stevens-22.17; 26. Jim Watson, 69, Watson-22.20; 27. Terry Crousure, 44A, Martin-22.21; 28. Rick Ungar, 2x, Gibson/Krug-22.28; 29. Wayne Gibson, 78A, Clark-22.44; 30. Ken Tadolini, 80D, Dyer-22.47; 31. Dave Haight, 88H, Haight-22.56; 32. Billy Boat, 51A, Chumbley-22.65; 33. Walt Kennedy, 23, Kennedy-22.68; 34. Anthony Simone, 10s, Simone-22.69; 35. Tom Pollack, 99, Lynch-22.71; 36. John Pearson, 1c, Gordon-22.73; 37. Joe Herrera, 4N, Herrera-22.83; 38. Gary Blum, 77A, Hardy-22.89; 39. Ron Davis, 4D, Davis-23.00; 40. Ed Reed, 50, Reed-23.12; 41. Herb Crawford, 53, Crawford-23.26; 42. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton-23.27; 43. Randy Case, 118, Case-27.78; 44. Don Powell, 4, Johansen-NT; 45. Jimmy Oskie, 18, Burns/Kagarise-NT; 46. Tim Lightfoot, 37x, Lightfoot-NT.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Noffsinger, 3. Vogler, 4. Williams. 1:06.07
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Vogler, 3. Wirth, 4. Atherton, 5. Jones, 6. Watson, 7. Tadolini, 8. Keil. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thompson, 2. Williams, 3. Griffin, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. McCarthy, 6. Crousure, 7. Haight, 8. Horton. 3:49.45
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bradway, 2. Ungar, 3. Lewis, 4. Noffsinger, 5. Bennet, 6. Boat, 7. B. East, 8. Roberts. 3:47.12
FOURTH HEAT: HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McSpadden, 2. Kaeding, 3. Hewitt, 4. Mike Sweeney, 5. Culp, 6. Marvel, 7. Gibson, 8. Kennedy. 3:47.47
CONSOLATION: (6 laps) 1. Pearson, 2. Blum, 3. Singleton, 4. Crawford, 5. Powell, 6. Herrera, 7. Case, 8. Simone, 9. Davis, 10. Pollack. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bennet, 2. Jones, 3. McCarthy, 4. Marvel, 5. B. East, 6. Culp, 7. Pearson, 8. Blum, 9. Roberts, 10. Keil, 11. Gibson, 12. Crousure, 13. Tadolini, 14. Haight, 15. Watson, 16. Boat. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Lealand McSpadden, 2. Brad Noffsinger, 3. Bubby Jones, 4. Dave Bradway, Jr., 5. Jack Hewitt, 6. Richard Griffin, 7. Eddie Wirth, 8. Mike Sweeney, 9. Wayne Bennet, 10. Brent Kaeding, 11. Rip Williams, 12. Brad Marvel, 13. Sheldon Kinser, 14. Rick Ungar, 15. Greg Staab, 16. Danny Lewis, 17. Rich Vogler, 18. Stan Atherton, 19. Joe McCarthy, 20. Dean Thompson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 McSpadden, Laps 4-6 Griffin, Laps 7-30 McSpadden.
NEXT USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR "CHALLENGE" EVENT: October 26, 1984 - Gardena, CA -- Ascot Park Speedway
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Friday night at Ascot Park, in the second race of the CRA/USAC National Championship Sprint Car Series, Rip Williams of Garden Grove, California, driving the Bob Vermeer/Hacienda Mexican Food Products No. 37 won the 30-lap feature, going flag-to-flag from his inside third row starting position. Williams survived a first lap crash involving four cars. After a quick welding job on the front end of his car, he came back for the hard-earned victory. Mike Sweeney, in the Joe Kasparoff/Super K No. 6 was second with Bubby Jones third.
USAC/CRA SPRINT CAR "CHALLENGE" SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: October 26, 1984 - Gardena, CA -- Ascot Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme-19.186; 2. Mike Sweeney, 6, Kasparoff-19.211; 3. Eddie Wirth, 77, Wirth/Kittel-19.243; 4. Bubby Jones, 1, Kazarian-19.290; 5. Brad Noffsinger, 96, Gardner-19.318; 6. Daryl Swinehart, 391, Kasparoff-19.382; 7. Bob East, 5, Morales-19.426; 8. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-19.470; 9. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-19.478; 10. Stan Atherton, 00, Hicks-19.588; 11. Richard Griffin, 91A, Carstens-19.624; 12. Roger Newell, 78, Newell-19.627; 13. Brent Kaeding, 39N, Klein-19.628; 14. Dave Bradway, Jr., 3c, Lamar-19.649; 15. Jimmy Oskie, 18, Burns/Kagarise-19.666; 16. Bob Meli, 12, Havens-19.682; 17. Mike Lang, 32, Lang-19.767; 18. Brad Doty, 75A, Stanton-19.788; 19. Duane Feduska, 82, A & A-19.840; 20. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-19.864; 21. Lealand McSpadden, 01N, Bailey-19.975; 22. Rick Ferkel, 1u, Klein-19.978; 23. Leroy Shaver, 57, Shaver-20.033; 24. Ron Shuman, 21x, Stephens-20.110; 25. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle-20.120; 26. Sheldon Kinser, 98JR, Agajanian-20.240; 27. Brad Marvel, 75, Marvel-20.300; 28. John Beavert, 39, Brown/Williams-20.307; 29. Chuck Becker, Jr., 85, Becker-20.312; 30. Tommy White, 46, Bintner-20.316; 31. Walt Kennedy, 23, Kennedy-20.327; 32. Bob Nelson, 26, Nelson-20.354; 33. Randy Roberts, 5D, Conklin-20.385; 34. Bill Clausen, 67, Pivovaroff-20.544; 35. Anthony Simone, 10s, Simone-20.597; 36. Alan Wexler, 41, Crowell-20.606; 37. Rick Ungar, 56N, Ross-20.642; 38. Donnie Henderson, 89, Swinney-20.671; 39. Jack Hewitt, 98A, Krug-20.690; 40. Jim Watson, 69, Watson-21.292; 41. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-21.531; 42. Herb Crawford, 53x, Crawford-21.752; 43. Tom Stahl, 131, Stahl-22.090.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Wirth, 2. Jones, 3. Thompson, 4. Sweeney. 58.367
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Doty, 3. Michnowicz, 4. Bradway, 5. Thompson, 6. White, 7. Ferkel, 8. Noffsinger. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Griffin, 2. Kennedy, 3. Sweeney, 4. Marvel, 5. Oskie, 6. Feduska, 7. Swinehart, 8. Shaver. 3:25.50
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meli, 2. Shuman, 3. East, 4. Staab, 5. Newell, 6. Nelson, 7. Wirth, 8. Beavert. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Williams, 3. Jones, 4. Atchison, 5. Becker, 6. Roberts, 7. McSpadden, 8. Lang. 3:23.25
CONSOLATION: (6 laps) 1. Simone, 2. Hewitt, 3. Clausen, 4. Henderson, 5. Meyer, 6. Watson, 7. Stahl, 8. Crawford, 9. Wexler. 2:05.13
SEMI (12 laps) 1. Thompson, 2. Swinehart, 3. Oskie, 4. Feduska, 5. McSpadden, 6. Shaver, 7. Roberts, 8. White, 9. Nelson, 10. Lang, 11. Simone, 12. Hewitt. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rip Williams, 2. Mike Sweeney, 3. Bubby Jones, 4. Jimmy Oskie, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Mark Atchison, 7. Daryl Swinehart, 8. Brad Doty, 9. Sheldon Kinser, 10. Bobby Michnowicz, 11. Ron Shuman, 12. Bob East, 13. Greg Staab, 14. Walt Kennedy, 15. Duane Feduska, 16. Brad Marvel, 17. Bob Meli, 18. Richard Griffin, 19. Dean Thompson, 20. Dave Bradway, Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Williams.
**Griffin and Bradway flipped during the feature.
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1984 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 591 Rick Hood, Memphis, Tenn.
2 489 Sheldon Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.
3 378 Steve Butler, Kokomo, Ind.
4 290 Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind.
5 218 Jerry Russell, Springfield, Ill. (R)
6 203 Larry Martin, Martinsville, Ind.
7 162 Keith Campbell, Olney, Ill.
8 150 John Andretti, Brownsburg, Ind.
9 143 Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.
10 137 Bobby Adkins, Indianapolis, Ind.
11 112 Mark Alderson, Timber Lake, S.D.
12 106 Bob Kinser, Bedford, Ind.
13 105 Leon Gentry, Henderson, Ky.
14 105 Larry Rice, Linden, Ind.
15 98 Denny Donaldson, Jackson, Mich.
16 97 Dave Feese, Saybrook, Ill.
17 83 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.
18 80 David Smith, Chandler, Ind.
19 78 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio
20 78 Leon Thickstun, Belmont, Ind.
21 50 Warren Mockler, Westfield, Ind.
22 46 Jim White, Indianapolis, Ind.
23 40 John Sharp, Bloomington, Ind.
24 34 Gay Rolofson, Argenta, Ill.
25 23 Dean Shirley, Middletown, Ill.
26 20 Mike Helm, Indianapolis, Ind.
27 19 Ron Ennis, Martinsville, Ind.
28 13 Duke Cook, Sidney, Ohio
29 13 Bud Wilmot, Middletown, Ohio
30 13 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.
31 12 Richard Pace, Louisville, Ky.
32 12 Buck Boughan, Lima, Ohio
33 12 Kenny Gentry, Henderson, Ky.
34 7 Frank Weiss, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
35 6 Bob Christian, Clayton, Ind.
36 6 Denny Stewart, Charleston, Ill.
1984 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 570 Damon Fortune, Boonville, Ind. (#39A)
2 489 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#3)
3 378 Bud Whitacre, Kokomo, Ind. (#98)
4 233 G & R Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#37)
5 230 Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind. (#59)
6 229 William King & William Powers, Evansville, Ind. (#51)
7 224 Richard Briscoe, Mitchell, Ind. (#5x)
8 165 Norm Haines, Springfield, Ill. (#98R)
9 162 Allen Campbell, Olney, Ill. (#53)
10 156 BUF Racing, Dayton, Ohio (#44)
11 154 Jerry Shields, Bloomington, Ind. (#56s)
12 151 George Toney, Elwood, Ind. (#5T)
13 150 Bowen Oldsmobile, Terre Haute, Ind. (#25)
14 149 Ray Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14)
15 143 Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
16 137 Gary Gray, Indianapolis, Ind. (#28x)
17 137 David Goodin, Indianapolis, Ind. (#40G)
18 126 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2v)
19 106 Harold Myers, Bloomington, Ind. (#91)
20 105 Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)
21 105 Peterson/Niebel Racing, Edinburgh, Ind. (#2)
22 98 John Koch, Albion, Mich. (#7)
23 97 Dave Feese, Saybrook, Ill. (#40)
24 92 Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
25 83 RAM Racing, Clinton, Ind. (#77)
26 81 Mike Johnson, Martinsville, Ind. (#71w)
27 80 M.L. & Associates, Newburgh, Ind. (#28)
28 78 Nemire/Syring Racing, Toledo, Ohio (#16)
29 78 A.J. Esterkamp, Cincinnati, Ohio (#22T)
30 77 Racing Associates, Niles, Ill. (#21)
31 75 Barry Snyder, Frankfort, Ind. (#4s)
32 71 Kermit House, Chesterfield, Ind. (#3T)
33 67 Bookmiller Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#42)
34 54 Dennis McQuinn, Springfield, Ill. (#14s)
35 50 Lynda Mockler, Westfield, Ind. (#6m)
36 46 Larry Davis, Madison, Ind. (#96)
37 44 Chuck Amati, Herrin, Ill. (#8)
38 44 Brad Marvel, Indianapolis, Ind. (#75m)
39 37 Rex Jones, Lebanon, Ind. (#17x)
40 36 Rodney Ritter, Bloomington, Ind. (#19)
41 34 Gay Rolofson, Argenta, Ill. (#2B)
42 34 Gene Nolen, Greenwood, Ind. (#33)
43 33 Gary Carter, Paragon, Ind. (#12)
44 31 Shirley Stewart, Charleston, Ill. (#33EC)
45 29 Mark Cummins, Princeton, Ind. (#3c)
46 24 Kent Evans, Kokomo, Ind. (#79)
47 20 Robert Helm, Indianapolis, Ind. (#28H)
48 19 Ron Ennis, Martinsville, Ind. (#88)
49 15 Denny Johnson, Bloomington, Ind. (#15)
50 13 Doug Trost, Pleasant Hill, Ohio (#30)
51 13 Jim Moulis, Fox Lake, Ill. (#30m)
52 13 Jesse Plummer, Indianapolis, Ind. (#11)
53 13 Steven Wilmot, Middletown, Ohio (#84)
54 13 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill. (#71)
55 12 Rachel Pace, Louisville, Ky. (#75)
56 12 Gene Gentry, Henderson, Ky. (#18)
57 11 Bipes Racing, Lawrenceburg, Ind. (#80)
58 10 Elmer Mayhew, Westville, Ill. (#27)
59 9 Harold Nickles, Lima, Ohio (#31)
60 7 Northern Racers, Indianapolis, Ind. (#93)
61 6 Randy Bateman, Murphysboro, Ill. (#38)
62 6 Bob Christian, Clayton, Ind. (#36)
63 4 Jerry Bayless & Max Melvin, Crawfordsville, Ind. (#45)
64 4 James Mann, Elkhart, Ind. (#19)
65 2 Rick Becker, Sun Prairie, Wis. (#56B)
