A LOOK BACK: 1989 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SEASON
Back in 1960 and ’61, Parnelli Jones and Jim Hurtubise blazed a winning trail in the USAC Sprint Car division with their Chevy-powered cars. Nicknamed the “Chevy Twins,” the two California hot-rodders changed history by upsetting the then-dominant Offenhauser-powered cars with their Chevy V-8s.
In 1989, it was driver Rich Vogler and the Hoffman family from Cincinnati, Ohio who introduced a V-6 Buick to USAC Sprint Car racing and stormed their way to the Loctite/Crestliner Vans USAC National Sprint Car Series driver and owner championships.
Scoring five feature wins and three third-place finishes in 19 starts, Rich also set fastest qualifying times an amazing 10 times, including a string of four-in-a-row and nine times in 11 consecutive races. He finished in the top-ten 13 times in the Hoffman sprinter.
Actually, the Dynamics, Inc./Hoffman Auto Racing Team utilized both the Chevy V-8 and the V-6 Buick for power in their bid for the 1989 title. “We ran a Gaerte Chevy for dirt and the Buick V-6 on pavement tracks,” said crew chief Dick Hoffman. “The Buick is lighter than a V-8. It gave us a weight advantage and has greater acceleration off the turns.”
Of the five feature wins they scored in ’89, four were on pavement and the single dirt win came at Moberly in a winged event – Vogler’s first in USAC competition.
Seventeen-year-old Jeff Gordon of Pittsboro, Ind. was the early sensation of the series as he took the point lead following his impressive triumph in the May 20 opener at Florence.
Jim Moulis, who ranked third in the final points, took over the series point lead after a fourth-place finish in the June 5 winged feature at Haubstadt. Former champion Rick Hood drove to a new track record as well as a victory in the Haubstadt feature, his 21st in USAC competition, then repeated as the feature winner two weeks later at Attica.
Jeff Gordon regained the point lead after a pair of fourth-place finishes on the high banks of Salem, and on the dirt at Buckeye Speedway in Orrville, Ohio, which were won by Wayne Hammond and Danny Smith, respectively.
June and July produced four different winners in four events. Veteran Jack Hewitt won the June 25 feature at Kokomo. Wayne Hammond led all 30 laps to win the June 29 Skoal Bandit Racing “Indyana Sprint Classic” at Indianapolis Raceway Park before a live ESPN television audience in the opening event of the five-race “Hardee’s Deluxe Racing Series.”
Rodney Ritter, Jr. led all 30 laps to score his first USAC triumph in the July 1 winged feature at Lawrenceburg. Two days later, Vogler posted his third consecutive new track record during qualifying at Berlin. He then wheeled the Hoffman V-6 Buick to a 30-lap win in the first USAC Sprint race at Berlin in a dozen years. It was also the first time a non-Chevrolet engine had captured a USAC Sprint feature in 16 years.
Vogler repeated at the next event – at Indianapolis Raceway Park – before the TV cameras again on July 13. This was the second of six consecutive pavement outings. The 1989 USAC Sprint season saw a most-diversified schedule of events with seven winged races on dirt, a pair of dirt non-wing events and 11 pavement races which included three on the speedy high banks at Salem and Winchester and five at IRP. ESPN’s live telecasts put a nationwide audience in the stands for those five races in “Thursday Night Thunder” action.
Supermodified veteran Gene Lee Gibson of Richwood, Ohio then grabbed the spotlight as he scored back-to-back wins in the Johnny Vance/Aristocrat Products sprinter at Winchester and Indianapolis Raceway Park. Then Vogler came back and captured the next two on the pavement. The 39-year-old resident of Indianapolis assumed command of the Loctite/Crestliner Vans point lead with his victories at Winchester and the “Tony Hulman Classic.” “Rapid Rich” also set quick time at both events. He then took a sixth on the dirt at Granite City as defending champion Steve Butler scored his first win of the season in the Stoops Racing No. 1.
Vogler’s first winged USAC triumph came in a 30-lapper at the new Moberly Motorsports Complex. Despite setting quick time at Toledo on September 10, he was involved in a crash and ranked 20th in the feature as young Eric Gordon of Greenfield, Ind. scored a very popular victory.
The USAC Sprints then headed north for the $50,000 “Canadian Sprint Car Nationals.” The opener of Canada’s newest half-mile paved oval in Bowmanville, Ontario was significant for Vogler as he would clinch his second series title with only the “4-Crown Nationals” event remaining on the schedule. Wayne Hammond and Gary Fedewa won the Mosport features with Vogler 19th and 5th, respectively. However, he earned enough points to eliminate the challenge of 21-year-old Eric Gordon, who finished fifth and second in Canada and was the series runner-up for the year.
Three-time USAC titlist Steve Butler won the 30-lap series finale at the “4-Crown Nationals” at Eldora on September 24. Vogler was eighth in the final race.
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "Winged" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 20, 1989 -- Florence, Kentucky -- Florence Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-16.818; 2. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 19, Ritter-16.551; 3. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-17.021; 4. Tray House, 23, Murphy-17.042; 5. Danny Smith, 56, Gohr-17.113; 6. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-17.151; 7. Larry Bland, 2B, Bland-17.269; 8. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-17.357; 9. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.378; 10. Rick Hood, 2v, Vance-17.388: 11. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-17.432; 12. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-17.465; 13. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-17.499; 14. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-17.504; 15. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-17.507; 15. Mike Bowling, 98, Bowling-17.576; 17. Jason Smith, 28, Smith-17.623; 18. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.647; 19. Ross Rogers, 66, Rogers-17.663; 20. Bob East, 7x, Stapp-17.703; 21. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.854; 22. Alan Brown, 5B, Brown-17.870; 23. Denny Martini, 7m, Martini-17.902; 24. Harry Garrett, 92, Garrett-17.914; 25. Steve Bixler, 39, Bixler-18.080; 26. Mike Blake, 81, Morgan-18.208; 27. Rich Taylor, 25, Taylor-18.390; 28. Leon Thickstun, 77x, Law-18.757.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Smith, 2. Elliott, 3. E. Gordon, 4. Staab, 5. Briscoe, 6. J. Smith, 7. Bixler. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Moulis, 2. Ritter, 3. Hood, 4. Nemire, 5. Brown, 6. Davis, 7. Blake. 2:55.34
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J. Gordon, 2. Martini, 3. Hillenburg, 4. Rogers, 5. Bland, 6. Alderson, 7. Taylor. 3:03.01
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tobin, 2. Garrett, 3. Bowling, 4. House, 5. Feese, 6. Thickstun, 7. East. 3:00.08
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (12 laps) 1. Feese, 2. Briscoe, 3. Bland, 4. Davis, 5. Alderson, 6. East, 7. Thickstun, 8. Blake, 9. Bixler, 10. Brown, 11. J. Smith, 12. Taylor. 3:34.15
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeff Gordon, 2. Tray House, 3. Danny Smith, 4. Jim Moulis, 5. Brian Tobin, 6. Dave Feese, 7. Kevin Briscoe, 8. Bob East, 9. Andy Hillenburg, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Eric Gordon, 12. Jerry Nemire, 13. Ross Rogers, 14. Larry Bland, 15. Mike Bowling, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Leon Thickstun, 18. Eric Davis, 19. Denny Martini, 20. Rick Hood, 21. Harry Garrett, 22. Rodney Ritter, Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 D. Smith, Laps 18-30 J. Gordon.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-100; 2-House-93; 3-Moulis-88; 4-Feese-79; 5-Staab-66; 6-E. Gordon-65; 7-Nemire-62; 8-Elliott-56; 9-Alderson-42; 10-Hillenburg & Thickstun-40.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: May 25 - Indianapolis Raceway Park - Clermont, IN - Skoal Bandit Racing "Indyana Sprint Classic"
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "WINGED" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 3, 1989 -- Haubstadt, Indiana -- Tri-State Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 14, Roan-12.904; 2. Kevin Briscoe, 1, Stoops-13.034; 3. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-13.034; 4. Jeff Gordon, 6, Winterbotham-13.185; 5. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-13.242; 6. Terry Shepherd, 7KC, Kasey-13.244; 7. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-13.274; 8. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-13.289; 9. Rick Ungar, 7x, Stapp-13.414; 10. Jason Smith, 28, Smith-13.519; 11. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-13.548; 12. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-13.580; 13. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-13.621; 14. Brad Rehlmeyer, 13R, Rehlmeyer-13.676; 15. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.733; 16. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-13.770; 17. Jerry Hamby, 2H, Hamby-13.796; 18. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.837; 19. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.965; 20. J.C. Sulawske, 51, Sulawske-14.167; 21. Roger Carey, 4, Carey-14.198; 22. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-14.474; 23. Bryan Ruble, 7m, Ruble-14.511.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hayhurst, 2. E. Gordon, 3. Hood, 4. J. Gordon, 5. Tepe, 6. Smith, 7. Thomas, 8. Staab. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hamby, 2. Briscoe, 3. Feese, 4. Rehlmeyer, 5. Vogler, 6. Davis, 7. Sulawske. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tobin, 2. Shepherd, 3. Cummins, 4. Moulis, 5. Gentry, 6. Ungar, 7. Carey. 2:17.65
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (12 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Davis, 3. Tepe, 4. Smith, 5. Gentry, 6. Carey, 7. Sulawske, 8. Thomas, 9. Staab. 2:46.10
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Tom Tepe, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Jim Moulis, 5. Dave Feese, 6. Jerry Hamby, 7. Terry Shepherd, 8. Leon Gentry, 9. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 10. Eric Davis, 11. Roger Carey, 12. Brad Rehlmeyer, 13. Jason Smith, 14. Mark Cummins, 15. Eric Gordon, 16. Brian Tobin, 17. J.C. Sulawske, 18. Kevin Briscoe, 19. Jeff Gordon, 20. Al Thomas. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Shepherd, Laps 7-8 E. Gordon, Lap 9 Shepherd, Laps 10-14 E. Gordon, Laps 15-40 Hood.
NEW SPRINT POINTS: 1-Moulis-176; 2-Feese-161; 3-J. Gordon-151; 4-E. Gordon-123; 5-Staab-104; 6-Tray House-93; 7-Vogler-90; 8-Hood-87; 9-Gentry-81; 10-Jerry Nemire-62.
NEXT SPRINT RACE: June 11 - Salem, IN Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 11, 1989 -- Salem, Indiana -- Salem Speedway -- "Joe James/Pat O'Connor Memorial"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-15.965; 2. Gene Lee Gibson, 1, Stoops-16.251; 3. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-16.581; 4. Wayne Hammond, 88, Nowling-16.590; 5. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-16.786; 6. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-17.089; 7. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-17.091; 8. Eric: Gordon, 75, Gordon-17.216; 9. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.268; 10. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-17.311; 11. Bruce Field, 2x, Leyba-17.343; 12. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.460; 13. Brent Whited, 35, Hodson-17.649; 14. Bob Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-17.884; 15. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-17.921; 16. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-17.924; 17. David Harrison, 44x, Harrison-18.098; 18. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-18.110; 19. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.353; 20. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-18.435; 21. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-18.444; 22. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-18.557; 23. Mike Blake, 81, Morgan-18.788; 24. Roger Anderson, 17, Anderson-18.889; 25. John Plummer, 0, Plummer-I8.903; 26. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-19.235; 27. Kevin Garrett, 71x, Benson-20.193; 28. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-NT; 29. Leon Thickstun, 7x, Stapp-NT; 30. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-NT; 31. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Frey, 2. Alderson, 3. Nemire, 4. Harrison, 5. Whited, 6. Stauffer, 7. Plummer, 8. Vogler. 2:15.31
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Gibson, 3. Murphy, 4. Durnwald, 5. Bloom, 6. Seelman, 7. Armstrong, 8. Cicconi. 2:19.56
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Moulis, 2. Field, 3. J. Gordon, 4. C. Thomas, 5. Rockhold, 6. Blake, 7. Garrett, 8. Thickstun. 2:22.59
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Hammond, 3. Champlin, 4. E. Gordon, 5. Feese, 6. Anderson, 7. Allen. 2:20.41
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "Last Chance" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Cicconi, 2. Whited, 3. Vogler, 4. Feese, 5. Stauffer, 6. Rockhold, 7. Bloom, 8. Armstrong, 9. Allen, 10. Blake, 11. Plummer, 12. Garrett, 13. Anderson, 14. Seelman. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Wayne Hammond, 2. Gene Lee Gibson, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Jeff Gordon, 5. Bruce Field, 6. Bob Cicconi, 7. Mark Alderson, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Tim Champlin, 10. Jerry Nemire, 11. Chip Thomas, 12. Brent Whited, 13. Greg Staab, 14. David Harrison, 15. Dave Feese, 16. Dave Durnwald, 17. John Murphy, 18. Jim Moulis, 19. Bob Frey, 20. Tom Bigelow. 8:41.58
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Alderson, Laps 3-30 Hammond.
NEW POINT STANDINGS: 1-J. Gordon-240; 2-Moulls-229; 3-Feese-211; 4-E. Gordon-195; 5-Vogler-175.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACES: June 16 - Attica, OH - Attica Raceway Park & June 17 - Orrville, OH - Buckeye Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "Winged" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 16, 1989 -- Attica, Ohio -- Attica Raceway Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Blaney, 7c, Chupp-13.073; 2. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-13.406; 3. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-13.420; 4. Tray House, 23, Murphy-13.426; 5. Todd Vance, 32, Vance-13.429; 6. Rocky Hodges, 5m, Merrill-13.442; 7. Rick Hood, 14, Arthalony-13.465; 8. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-13.475; 9. Todd Kane, 63, Hampshire-13.498; 10. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-13.592; 11. Chuck Wilson, 31, Wilson-13.611; 12. Mark Keegan, X, Keegan-I3.624; 13. Danny Smith, 56, Gohr-13.678; 14. David Harrison, 44x, Harrison-13.699; 15. Mark Chrisman, 34, Chrisman-13.761; 16. Andy Shammo, 8s, Sabo-13.774; 17. Mark Goodfleisch, 99, Brown-13.784; 18. Rusty McClure, 26, Willard-13.802; 19. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-13.825; 20. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-13.862; 21. Fred Linder, 4, Renfo-13.879; 22. Steve Morehead, 42, Morehead-13.915; 23. Eric Rankine, 39, Rankine-13.925; 24. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.935; 25. Dean Jacobs, 00, Bodkins-13.956; 26. Bobby Teeple, 8T, Teeple-13.964; 27. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-13.966; 28. Rodney Duncan, 41, Duncan-13.984; 29. Mike Latsch, 7, Latach-13.993; 30. Johnny Beaber, 21, Campbell-14.004; 31. Landon Stover, 96, Stover-14.013; 32. Dwain Leiber, 62, Leiber-14.018; 33. Jack Sodeman, 23x, Noble-14.072; 34. John Wisbon, 5w, Wisbon-14.012; 35. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-14.111; 36. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-14.133; 37. Rick Ferkel, 0, Ferkel-14.156; 38. Mark Murphy, 98, Murphy-14.173; 39. Randy Kinser, 20, Strohpaul-14.182; 40. George Litten, Jr., 12x, Litten-14.337; 41. Greg Foltz, V, Foltz-14.344; 42. Dick Liskai, 6, Liskai-14.600; 43. Al Liskai, 2x, Bradner-14.742; 44. Nolen Renfro, 1N, Renfro-15.074; 45. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-NT.
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (10 laps) 1. Ferkel, 2. A. Liskai, 2. Wisbon, 4. Litten, 5. Alderson, 6. Renfro, 7. D. Liskai, 8. Murphy, 9. Sodeman, 10. R. Kinser, 11. Foltz, 12. Staab, 13. Nemire. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Latsch, 2. Blaney, 3. D. Jacobs, 4. McClure, 5. Kane, 6. Smith, 7. Vance, 8. Goodfleisch. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Beaber, 2. Teeple, 3. Butler, 4. Hodges, 5. J. Gordon, 6. Harrison, 7. Linder, 8. Morehead. 2:24.07
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Rankine, 3. Feese, 4. Stover, 5. Vogler, 6. Hood, 7. Wilson, 8. Chrisman. 2:24.00
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Duncan, 2. Leiber, 3. Keegan, 4. House, 5. Moulis, 6. Shammo, 7. Elliott, 8. E. Gordon. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Vogler, 3. Vance, 4. Smith, 5. J. Gordon, 6. Kane, 7. Chrisman, 8. E. Gordon, 9. Harrison, 10. Moulis, 11. Ferkel, 12. Linder, 13. Elliott, 14. Goodfleisch, 15. Morehead, 16. Shammo, 17. Wilson, 18. A. Liskai. 2:56.18
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Dave Blaney, 3. Rocky Hodges, 4. Tray House, 5. Mark Keegan, 6. Danny Smith, 7. Jack Hewitt, 8. Rich Vogler, 9. Steve Butler, 10. Rodney Duncan, 11. Dwain Leiber, 12. Dave Feese, 13. Mike Latsch, 14. Landon Stover, 15. Rusty McClure, 16. Johnny Beaber, 17. Todd Vance, 18. Dean Jacobs, 19. Eric Rankine, 20. Bobby Teeple. NT
**Rankine flipped at the start of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hood.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: June 17 - Orrville, OH - Buckeye Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "Winged" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 17, 1989 -- Orrville, Ohio -- Buckeye Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 14, Arthalony-16.114; 2. Danny Smith, 56, Gohr-16.209; 3. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 19, Ritter-16.321; 4. Dave Fisher, 9, Fisher-16.347; 5. Ed Lynch, Jr., 2L, Lynch-16.405; 6. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-16.422; 7. Jeff Schrum, 51, Schrum-16.491; 8. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-16.498; 9. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-16.508; 10. Tom Quarterson, 66, Quarterson-16.520; 11. Mark Chrisman, 34, Chrisman-16.670; 12. Rich Preston, 29x, Preston-16.686; 13. Scott Sukey, 20, Sukey-16.696; 14. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-16.832; 15. George Prosser, 57, Prosser-16.833; 16. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-16.943; 17. Bob Lime, 91x, Lime-16.955; 18. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.014; 19. Robert Felmlee, 6x, Felmlee-17.025; 20. Mark Murphy, 98, Murphy-17.048; 21. Pete Grove, 70, Grove-17.153; 22. George Willard, Jr., 26, Willard-17.184; 23. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.186; 24. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-17.531; 25. Greg Foltz, V, Foltz-17.577; 26. Doug Dodge, 5D, Dodge-17.609; 27. James Harble, 88, Harble-17.677; 28. Don Jaberg, 21, Jaberg-17.998; 29. Eric Hysong, 72, Hysong-18.258; 30. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-NT; 31. Dean Jacobs, 00, Bodkins-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Vogler, 3. Lynch, 4. Foltz, 5. Lime, 6. Sukey, 7. Grove, 8. Hysong. 2:48.82
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Quarterson, 2. Staab, 3. J. Gordon, 4. Smith, 5. E. Gordon, 6. Dodge, 7. Willard. 2:51.30
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chrisman, 2. Schrum, 3. Nemire, 4. Prosser, 5. Felmlee, 6. Harble, 7. Ritter. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Preston, 2. Moulis, 3. Alderson, 4. Jaberg, 5. Murphy, 6. Feese, 7. Fisher. 2:53.05
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (12 laps) 1. Ritter, 2. Sukey, 3. E. Gordon, 4. Lime, 5. Grove, 5. Harble, 7. Willard, 8. Hysong, 9. Dodge, 10. Murphy, 11. Fisher, 12. Felmlee. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Smith, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 4. Jeff Gordon, 5. Jim Moulis, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. Eric Gordon, 8. Mark Christman, 9. Tom Quarterson, 10. Jeff Schrum, 11. Rich Preston, 12. Mark Alderson, 13. Jerry Nemire, 14. Greg Staab, 15. Don Jaberg, 16. Scott Sukey, 17. Greg Foltz, 18. Ed Lynch, Jr., 19. Bob Lime, 20. George Prosser. NT
**Murphy flipped at the start of the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Schrum, Laps 5-30 Smith.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-373; 2-Moulis-349; 3-Vogler-332; 4-Feese & E. Gordon-308; 6-Staab-258; 7-Nemire-221; 8-Hood-220; 9-Alderson-215; 10-Tray House-180.
NEXT SPRINT RACE: June 25 - Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 25, 1989 -- Kokomo, Indiana -- Kokomo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.97; 2. Dave Darland, 36D, Darland-16.18; 3. Terry Shepherd, 7KC, Kasey-16.26; 4. Ray Kenens, K9, Kenens-16.36; 5. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-16.41; 6. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-16.41; 7. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-16.43; 8. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-I6.43; 9. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-16.46; 10. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-16.51; 11. Tom Bigelow, 26, Holsapple-16.53; 12. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.55; 13. Tom Chalk, 4c, Engel-16.60; 14. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-16.61; 15. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-16.61; 16. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-16.61; 17. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-16.62; 18. Cary House, 95, Frampton-16.67; 19. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-16.67; 20. Tray House, 23, Murphy-16.70; 21. Kenny Dunlap, 38, Dunlap-16.71; 22. Jeff Walker, 39, Walker-16.73; 23. Andy Hillenburg, 7x, Stapp-16.78; 24. Craig Keel, 8, Keel-16.82; 25. Tony Metzinger, 33F, Faurote-16.87; 26. Scott Fisher, 53, Cubel-16.90; 27. Mark Owsley, 6x, Owsley-17.07; 28. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-17.07; 29. Ron Glidden, 7, Johnson-17.07; 30. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-17.13; 31. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.21; 32. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-17.24; 33. Jeff O'Banion, 21, O'Banion-17.60; 34. Kyle Hanft, 69K, Hanft-18.03; 35. Tony Ploughe, 32, Ploughe-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chalk, 2. Elliott, 3. G. Fisher, 4. Roush, 5. Metzinger, 6. Moulis, 7. Glidden, 8. Dunlap. 2:43.88
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. S. Fisher, 2. Vogler, 3. Walker, 4. J. Gordon, 5. Nemire, 6. Darland, 7. Jarrett, 8. C. House. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Briscoe, 2. Owsley, 3. Hewitt, 4. Staab, 5. Hillenburg, 6. Alderson, 7. Shepherd, 8. Bigelow. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. T. House, 2. Mann, 3. Butler, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Kenens, 6. Keel, 7. Thomas, 8. E. Gordon. 2:54.18
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "Last Chance" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. Keel, 3. Nemire, 4. Kenens, 5. Moulis, 6. Alderson, 7. Dunlap, 8. C. House, 9. Hillenburg, 10. Metzinger, 11. Ploughe, 12. Thomas, 13. O’Banion, 14. Glidden, 15. Hanft, 16. Jarrett, 17. E. Gordon. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Gary Fisher, 4. Steve Butler, 5. Jerry Nemire, 6. Craig Keel, 7. Tray House, 8. Scott Fisher, 9. Jeff Gordon, 10. Ray Kenens, 11. Kevin Briscoe, 12. Tom Chalk, 13. Tim Bookmiller, 14. Rich Vogler, 15. Greg Staab, 16. Mark Owsley, 17. Terry Shepherd, 18. Jeff Walker, 19. Joe Roush, 20. Mike Mann. NT
**Bigelow flipped during the third heat and Vogler rolled over during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Hewitt, Lap 23 Elliott, Lap 24 Hewitt, Laps 25-27 Elliott, Laps 28-30 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-443; 2-Vogler-392; 3-Moulis-391; 4-E. Gordon-339; 5-Staab-314; 6-Dave Feese-308; 7-Nemire-301; 8-T. House-258; 9-Alderson-256; 10-Rick Hood-220.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: June 29 – Clermont, IN - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Hardee's Deluxe Racing Series" - Skoal Bandit Racing "Indyana Sprint Classic"
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 29, 1989 -- Clermont, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park -- Shoal Bandit Racing "Indyana Sprint Classic" -- Hardee's Deluxe Racing Series
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-20.877; 2. Chuck Gurney, 21x, Capels-20.987; 3. Bentley Warren, 2x, Leyba-21.137; 4. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-21.155; 5. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-21.255; 6. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-21.410; 7. Gary Fedewa, 42, Fedewa-21.444; 8. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-21.460; 9. Bruce Field, 5, S & V-21.534; 10. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-21.546; 11. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-21.627; 12. Gene Lee Gibson, 2v, Vance-21.707; 13. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-21.715; 14. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-21.795; 15. Tony Elliott, 65, Miller-21.930; 16. Craig Keel, 8K, Keel-21.941; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-21.951; 18. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-21.981; 19. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-21.990; 20. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-22.112; 21. Dave Durnwald, 7A, Atkinson-22.220; 22. Jim Keeker, 6R, Six-R-22.306; 23. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-22.350; 24. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-22.382; 25. Charlie Fisher, 48, Nott-22.398; 26. Charlie Workman, 45, Workman-22.664; 27. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-22.769; 28. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-23.112; 29. Roger Anderson, 17, Anderson-23.113; 30. Darl Harrison, 44H, Harrison-23.199; 31. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-23.543; 32. John Plummer, 0, Plummer-23.609; 33. Lenny Green, 93g, Green-23.932; 34. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-24.210; 35. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-24.276; 36. Larry Fritz, 8, Just Jags-24.359; 37. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-24.435; 38. Steve Imel, 95, Imel-24.684; 39. Ron Koehler, 10, Koehler-25.814; 40. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-NT; 41. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-NT; 42. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-NT; 43. Stephen Smith, 12s, Smith-NT; 44. Bob Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-NT.
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (6 laps) 1. Champlin, 2. Armstrong, 3. Green, 4. Fritz, 5. Rice, 6. Koehler, 7. Imel. 3:01.72
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Nemire, 3. Field, 4. Frey, 5. E. Gordon, 6. Fisher, 7. Durnwald, 8. Anderson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gurney, 2. Butler, 3. Feese, 4. J. Gordon, 5. Keeker, 6. Alderson, 7. Workman, 8. David Harrison (44H). 2:55.12
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Elliott, 3. Thomas, 4. Warren, 5. Fedewa, 6. Moulis, 7. Seelman, 8. Bigelow. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hammond, 2. Bloom, 3. Gibson, 4. Staab, 5. Murphy, 6. Keel, 7. Weiss, 8. Plummer. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. E. Gordon, 2. Fedewa, 3. Keel, 4. Murphy, 5. Keeker, 6. Durnwald, 7. Champlin, 8. Bigelow, 9. Fisher, 10. Moulis, 11. Workman, 12. Armstrong, 13. Fritz, 14. Weiss, 15. K. Rice, 16. David Harrison, 17. Green, 18. Alderson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Wayne Hammond, 2. Bob Frey, 3. Chuck Gurney, 4. Gene Lee Gibson, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Bentley Warren, 7. Gary Fedewa, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Bruce Field, 10. Chip Thomas, 11. Jeff Gordon, 12. Craig Keel, 13. Jerry Nemire, 14. Dave Feese, 15. Rich Vogler, 16. John Murphy, 17. Jack Hewitt, 18. Greg Staab, 19. Jeff Bloom, 20. Tony Elliott. 10:51.50
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hammond.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-508; 2-Vogler-457; 3-Moulis-428; 4-E. Gordon-412; 5-Feese-367; 6-Staab-364; 7-Nemire-363; 8-Alderson-287; 9-Butler-268; 10-Tray House-258.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 1 - Lawrenceburg, IN Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "Winged" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 1, 1989 -- Lawrenceburg, Indiana -- Lawrenceburg Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-11.329; 2. Andy Hillenburg, 81, Stewart-11.417; 3. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-11.496; 4. Tray House, 23, Murphy-11.520; 5. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-11.569; 6. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 19, Ritter-11.629; 7. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-11.673; 8. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-11.679; 9. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-11.818; 10. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-11.822; 11. Larry Miller, 9, Winterbotham-11.831; 12. Denny Martini, 7m, Martini-11.913; 13. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-11.917; 14. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-11.931; 15. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-11.976; 16. Steve Bixler, 39, Bixler-12.098; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-12.158; 18. Tim Bucher, 24, Bucher-12.330; 19. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-12.904; 20. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-14.757.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tobin, 2. Vogler, 3. House, 4. Davis, 5. K. Rice, 6. Bixler, 7. Butler. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hillenburg, 2. Briscoe, 3. Moulis, 4. E. Gordon, 5. Nemire, 6. Miller. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hammond, 2. Elliott, 3. Ritter, 4. J. Gordon, 5. Martini, 6. Bucher. 1:37.72
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Bixler, 3. Bucher, 4. Nemire, 5. Martini, 6. Miller, 7. K. Rice. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 2. Tray House, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Brian Tobin, 5. Jim Moulis, 6. Kevin Briscoe, 7. Jerry Nemire, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. Jeff Gordon, 10. Eric Davis, 11. Wayne Hammond, 12. Denny Martini, 13. Tim Bucher, 14. Eric Gordon, 15. Steve Bixler, 16. Larry Miller, 17. Andy Hillenburg, 18. Ken Rice, 19. Rich Vogler, 20. Greg Staab. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Ritter.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 3 - Marne, MI - Berlin Raceway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 3, 1989 -- Marne, Michigan -- Berlin Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-15.456; 2. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-15.477; 3. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-15.725; 4. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-15.868; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-15.945; 6. Billy Vukovich III, 2x, Leyba-16.146; 7. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-16.244; 8. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-16.250; 9. Gary Fedewa, 42, Fedewa-16.343; 10. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-16.429; 11. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-16.436; 12. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.533; 13. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-16.569; 14. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-16.644; 15. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-16.935; 16. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-17.065; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.251; 18. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-17.398; 19. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-18.839.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fedewa, 2. Vogler, 3. Champlin, 4. Murphy, 5. Hillenburg, 6. Butler, 7. Moulis, 8. Seelman, 9. Thomas. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hammond, 2. Durnwald, 3. Frey, 4. J. Gordon, 5. E. Gordon, 6. Vukovich, 7. Staab, 8. Armstrong, 9. Nemire. 2:13.36
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Bloom, 2. Butler, 3. Vukovich, 4. Moulis, 5. Staab, 6. Nemire, 7. Armstrong, 8. Seelman. 2:07.51
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Bob Frey, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Gary Fedewa, 5. Billy Vukovich III, 6. Jeff Bloom, 7. Eric Gordon, 8. Greg Staab, 9. Andy Hillenburg, 10. Jerry Nemire, 11. Jim Moulis, 12. Dave Durnwald, 13. Tim Champlin, 14. Bob Seelman, 15. Jeff Gordon, 16. Brad Armstrong, 17. John Murphy, 18. Wayne Hammond, 19. Chip Thomas. NT
**Hammond flipped on the front stretch on lap 8 but escaped injury.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Vukovich, Laps 6-30 Vogler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-640; 2-Vogler-614; 3-Moulis-574; 4-Nemire-499; 5-Staab-476; 6-Butler-445; 7-Dave Feese-367; 8-Tray House-322; 9-Hammond-317; 10-Tony Elliott-310.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 13 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT CAR RESULTS: July 13, 1989 - Indianapolis Raceway Park - Clermont, Indiana -- "Hardee's Deluxe Racing Series”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-20.784; 2. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-20.805; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-20.885; 4. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-20.903; 5. Chuck Gurney, 21x, Capels-20.934; 6. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-20.983; 7. Gary Fedewa, 42, Fedewa-21.087; 8. Gene Lee Gibson, 2v, Vance-21.251; 9. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-21.268; 10. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-21.467; 11. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-21.472; 12. Doug Heveron, 2x, Leyba-21.526; 13. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-21.551; 14. Bruce Field, 5, S & V-21.558; 15. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-21.724; 16. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-21.821; 17. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-21.838; 18. Jim Keeker, 6R, Six-R-21.876; 19. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-21.943; 20. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-22.089; 21. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-22.092; 22. Charlie Workman, 45, Workman-22.159; 23. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-22.172; 24. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-22.397; 25. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-22.507; 26. Bill Tyler, 74, Seelman-22.745; 27. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-22.863; 28. Lenny Green, 93G, Green-22.946; 29. John Plummer, 0, Plummer-23.393; 30. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-23.547; 31. Leon Thickstun, 96, Davis-24.120; 32. Mike Vandermaas, 18, Vandermaas-24.576; 33 Larry Fritz, 8, Just Jags-24.705; 34. Ron Koehler, 10, Koehler-24.810; 35. Roger Bible, 8B, Bible-NT; 36. David Harrison, 44H, Harrison-NT; 37. Steve Imel, 95, Imel-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Frey, 3. Gurney, 4. Bloom, 5. Staab, 6. Moulis, 7. Rapp, 8. Plummer. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Alderson, 3. J. Gordon, 4. Tyler, 5. Field, 6. Keeker, 7. Armstrong, 8. Workman. 2:51.48
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Fedewa, 4. Stauffer, 5. Nemire, 6. Bigelow, 7. C. Thomas. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gibson, 2. Heveron, 3. E. Gordon, 4. Hammond, 5. Vandermaas, 6. Green, 7. Durnwald, 8. Murphy. 2:57.05
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "Last Chance" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Keeker, 3. Moulis, 4. Armstrong, 5. Workman, 6. Field, 7. Fritz, 8. Plummer, 9. Vandermaas, 10. Koehler, 11. Green, 12. Rapp, 13. Bigelow. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Jeff Gordon, 3. Wayne Hammond, 4. Jack Hewitt, 5. Chuck Gurney, 6. Eric Gordon, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Gary Fedewa, 9. Mark Alderson, 10. Jim Keeker, 11. Jim Moulis, 12. Red Stauffer, 13. Brad Armstrong, 14. Bill Tyler, 15. Bob Frey, 16. Steve Butler, 17. Gene Lee Gibson, 18. Doug Heveron, 19. Andy Hillenburg, 20. Jeff Bloom. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Gurney, Laps 4-8 J. Gordon, Laps 9-30 Vogler.
NEW SPRINT POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-732; 2-Vogler-715; 3-Moulis-637; 4-E. Gordon-621: 5-Staab-552; 6-Nemire-529; 7-Butler-506; 8-Hammond-407; 9-Dave Feese-367; 10-Alderson-328.
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 29, 1989 -- Winchester, Indiana -- Winchester Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-15.007; 2. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-15.220; 3. Gene Lee Gibson, 2v, Vance-15.296; 4. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-15.356; 5. Jeff Gordon, 6, Winterbotham-15.796; 6. Wayne Hammond, 88, Nowling-15.882; 7. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-15.999; 8. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.048; 9. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-16.164; 10. Bruce Field, 14, Smith-16.253; 11. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-16.410; 12. Billy Vukovich III, 65, Miller-16.586; 13. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-16.653; 14. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-16.747; 15. Dave Durnwald, 7, Durnwald-16.801; 16. Jim Whiteside, 0, Plummer-16.911; 17. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-17.025; 18. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.131; 19. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-17.156; 20. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-17.309; 21. Charlie Workman, 45, Workman-17.641; 22. Bill Tyler, 74, Seelman-17.758; 23. Michael Lang, 71, Benson-17.806; 24. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-17.832; 25. Roger Bible, 8B, Bible-19.890; 26. Jim Alvis, 21x, Alvis-NT; 27. Bob Cicconi, 2x, Leyba-NT; 28. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2, Hillenburg, 3. E. Gordon, 4. J. Gordon, 5. Workman, 6. Allen, 7. Whited. 2:08.53
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Frey, 2. Tyler, 3. Champlin, 4. Hammond, 5. Bible, 6. Nemire, 7. Field. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gibson, 2. Murphy, 3. Moulis, 4. Bloom, 5. Durnwald, 6. Lang. 2:12.87
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alderson, 2. Staab, 3. Whiteside, 4. Vukovich, 5. Thomas, 6. Alvis. 2:13.69
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Durnwald, 2. Thomas, 3. Allen, 4. Whited, 5. Alvis, 6. Lang, 7. Workman, 8. Bible. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Gene Lee Gibson, 2. Bob Frey, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Mark Alderson, 5. Greg Staab, 6. Andy Hillenburg, 7. Wayne Hammond, 8. John Murphy, 9. Jim Moulis, 10. Jeff Gordon, 11. Bill Allen, 12. Chip Thomas, 13. Bill Tyler, 14. Brent Whited, 15. Eric Gordon, 16. Jim Whiteside, 17. Tim Champlin, 18. Jeff Bloom, 19. Dave Durnwald, 20. Billy Vukovich III. NT
**Bruce Field and Jerry Nemire flipped during the second heat race. Field went over over the outside wall in turn three and suffered a broken right arm and facial cuts. He was taken to Ball Memorial Hospital in Muncie.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Gibson, Laps 10-25 Vogler, Laps 26-30 Gibson.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 30 - Toledo, OH Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 30, 1989 -- Toledo, Ohio -- Toledo Speedway
RACES RAINED OUT - Organizers and USAC negotiating to reschedule the race for later in 1989.
NEW SPRINT POINTS: 1-Vogler-811; 2-J. Gordon-800; 3-Moulis-707; 4-E. Gordon-378; 5-Staab-635; 6-Nemire-559; 7-Steve Butler-506; 8-Hammond-483; 9-Alderson-418; 10-Frey-407.
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 10, 1989 -- Clermont, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park -- "Hardee's Deluxe Racing Series"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-20.692; 2. Jeff Gordon, 23s, Shoff-20.801; 3. Gary Fedewa, 42, Fedewa-20.850; 4. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-20.996; 5. Doug Heveron, 2x, Leyba-21.053; 6. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-21.063; 7. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-21.131; 8. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-21.247; 9. Gene Lee Gibson, 2v, Vance-21.279; 10. Jack Hewitt, 1, Stoops-21.293; 11. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-21.362; 12. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-21.471; 13. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-21.728; 14. Jac Haudenschild, 32, Powell-21.767; 15. David Harrison, 44H, Harrison-21.770; 18. Leon Thickstun, 96, Daugherty-21.776; 17. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-21.780; 18. Jim Keeker, 6R, Six-R-21.830; 19. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-21.831; 20. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-21.852; 21. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-22.043; 22. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-22.213; 23. Michael Lang, 71, Benson-22.264; 24. Bill Tyler, 10, Koehler-22.285; 25. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-22.350; 26. Tony Elliott, 65, Miller-22.457; 27. Lenny Green, 93G, Green-22.610; 28. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-22.642; 29. Charlie Workman, 45, Wallace-22.732; 30. Rusty McClure, 1A, Adkins-22.924; 31. Roger Bible, 8B, Bible-23.042; 32. Larry Fritz, 8, Just Jags-23.159; 33. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-23.245; 34. Roger Anderson, 17, Anderson-23.716; 35. Mike Vandermaas, 18, Vandermaas-23.935; 36. Bobby Allen, 33, Cook-24.175; 37. Bill Roynon, 81, Morgan-25.503; 38. John Plummer, 0, Plummer-NT; 39. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-NT; 40. Bob Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gibson, 2. Vogler, 3. Murphy, 4. Heveron, 5. Champlin, 6. Durnwald, 7. Weiss, 8. Workman, 9. Whited, 10. Roynon. 2:56.54
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. J. Gordon, 3. Keeker, 4. T.J. Nish (#32), 5. Stauffer, 6. McClure, 7. Hillenburg, 8. Elliott. 2:52.57
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. E. Gordon, 2. Nemire, 3. Staab, 4. Harrison, 5. Lang, 6. Fedewa, 7. Vandermaas, 8. Bible, 9. Green. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hammond, 2. Fritz, 3. Thomas, 4. Tyler, 5. Thickstun, 6. Alderson, 7. Bloom, 8. Moulis. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Fedewa, 2. Alderson, 3. Champlin, 4. Stauffer, 5. Thickstun, 6. Workman, 7. McClure, 8. Lang, 9. Anderson, 10. Durnwald, 11. Green, 12. Weiss, 13. Whited, 14. Roynon, 15. Hillenburg, 16. Armstrong. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Gene Lee Gibson, 2. Doug Heveron, 3. Gary Fedewa, 4. Jeff Gordon, 5. Eric Gordon, 6. Mark Alderson, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Chip Thomas, 9. David Harrison, 10. Jim Keeker, 11. T.J. Nish, 12. Jerry Nemire, 13. Red Stauffer, 14. Jack Hewitt, 15. Wayne Hammond, 16. Rich Vogler, 17. John Murphy, 18. Tim Champlin, 19. Larry Fritz, 20. Bill Tyler. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Heveron, Laps 16-30 Gibson.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-J. Gordon-891; 2-Vogler-873; 3-E. Gordon-762; 4-Moulis-737; 5-Staab-711; 6-Nemire-623; 7-Hammond-545; 8-Steve Butler-506; 9-Alderson-496; 10-Bob Frey-407.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: August 24 - Indianapolis Raceway Park – Clermont, IN - "Tony Hulman Classic" - "Hardee's Deluxe Racing Series"
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 24, 1989 – Clermont, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park -- 19th "Tony Hulman Classic" -- "Hardee's Deluxe Racing Series"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-20.505; 2. Gary Fedewa, 42, Fedewa-20.631; 3. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-20.808; 4. Jeff Gordon, 23s, Shoff-20.941; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-20.946; 6. Gary Bettenhausen, 11, Bettenhausen-20.971; 7. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-21.021; 8. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-21.146; 9. Doug Heveron, 2x, Leyba-21.158; 10. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-21.372; 11. David Harrison, 44H, Harrison-21.383; 12. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-21.443; 13. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-21.468; 14. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-21.471; 15. Jim Mahoney, 8, Just Jags-21.484; 16. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-21.621; 17. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-21.624; 18. Jim Keeker, 6R, Six-R-21.627; 19. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-21.652; 20. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-21.792; 21. Charlie Workman, 45, Wallace-21.794; 22. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-21.866; 23. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-21.901; 24. Jack Hewitt, 66x, Nowling-21.944; 25. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-22.206; 26. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-22.250; 27. Michael Lang, 71x, Benson-22.513; 28. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-22.539; 29. Lenny Green, 93G, Green-22.953; 30. Ron Koehler. 10, Koehler-23.188; 31. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-23.414; 32. Steve Imel, 95, Imel-23.703; 33. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-NT; 34. Mike Ehlers, 0, Plummer-NT; 35. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-NT; 36. Leon Thickstun, 96, Daugherty-NT; 37. Gene Lee Gibson, 2v, Vance-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Butler, 3. Murphy, 4. Champlin, 5. Nemire, 6. Heveron, 7. Workman, 8. Green. 2:50.62
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. E. Gordon, 2. Fedewa, 3. Staab, 4. Bettenhausen, 5. Bloom, 6. Durnwald, 7. Koehler, 8. Keeker. 2:52.51
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Harrison, 2. Alderson, 3. Moulis, 4. Hammond, 5. Mahoney, 6. Armstrong, 7. Lang, 8. Seelman. 2:53.61
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J. Gordon, 2. Frey, 3. Huntley, 4. Hewitt, 5. Imel, 6. C. Thomas, 7. Weiss, 8. Stauffer, 9. Hillenburg. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (12 laps) 1. Durnwald, 2. Weiss, 3. Nemire, 4. Mahoney, 5. Workman, 6. Lang, 7. Seelman, 8. Hillenburg, 9. C. Thomas, 10. Koehler, 11. Green, 12. Imel, 13. Bloom, 14. Armstrong. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Wayne Hammond, 4. Gary Fedewa, 5. Mark Alderson, 6. Jeff Gordon, 7. Eric Gordon, 8. David Harrison, 9. Bob Frey, 10. Frank Weiss, 11. Jack Hewitt, 12. Jerry Nemire, 13. Jim Moulis, 14. Tim Champlin, 15. Kevin Huntley, 16. Dave Durnwald, 17. John Murphy, 18. Jim Mahoney, 19. Gary Bettenhausen, 20. Greg Staab. NT
**Red Stauffer taken to Methodist Hospital for observation after a tangle with Andy Hillenburg during the fourth heat race. Gary Bettenhausen suffered minor burns on a leg when his engine exploded on the fourth lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Butler, Laps 11-30 Vogler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-J. Gordon & Vogler-975; 3-E. Gordon-840; 4-Moulis-798; 5-Staab-758; 6-Nemire-684; 7-Hammond-632; 8-Butler-600; 9-Alderson-583; 10-Frey-478.
FINAL "HARDEE'S" SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hammond-338; 2-J. Gordon-332; 3-Vogler-330; 4-E .Gordon-314; 5-Staab-249.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: August 26 - Winchester, IN Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 26, 1989 -- Winchester, Indiana -- Winchester Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-14.903; 2. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-15.060; 3. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-15.259; 4. Tom Bigelow, 6w, Winterbotham-15.426; 5. Bob Cicconi, 2x, Leyba-15.944; 6. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-16.124; 7. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-16.347; 8. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.369; 9. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-I6.371; 10. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-16.514; 11. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-16.537; 12. Jim Mahoney, 4, Stapp-16.564; 13. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-16.573; 14. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-16.965; 15. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-17.045; 16. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-17.172; 17. Brent Whited, 45, Whited-17.770; 18. Mike Vandermaas, 18, Vandermaas-17.832; 19. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Moulis, 3. Bigelow, 4. Bloom, 5. Murphy, 6. Durnwald. 2:06.42
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cicconi, 2. Alderson, 3. Champlin, 4. Staab, 5. Nemire, 6. Whited. 2:07.74
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Frey, 2. Hammond, 3. E. Gordon, 4. Mahoney, 5. Vandermaas. 2:04.06
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Bob Frey, 3. Bob Cicconi, 4. Eric Gordon, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Wayne Hammond, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Jim Mahoney, 9. John Murphy, 10. Dave Durnwald, 11. Jerry Nemire, 12. Jim Moulis, 13. Bill Allen, 14. Mike Vandermaas, 15. Mark Alderson, 16. Tim Champlin, 17. Jeff Bloom, 18. Brent Whited. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Cicconi, Laps 10-30 Vogler.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Vogler-1,077; 2-Jeff Gordon-975; 3-E. Gordon-926; 4-Moulis-862; 5-Staab-833; 6-Nemire-745; 7-Hammond-712; 8-Alderson-646; 9-Steve Butler-600; 10-Frey-575.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACES: September 2 - Granite City, IL - Tr-City Speedway & September 3 - Moberly, MO - Moberly Motorsports Complex
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "WINGED" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 2, 1989 - Granite City, Illinois - Tri-City Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jack Hewitt, 5m, Merrill-18.379; 2. Rick Hood, 14x, Arthalony-18.428; 3. Tod Bishop, 86, Smith-18.595; 4. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-18.788; 5. Mike Ward, 88, Ward-18.788; 6. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-18.893; 7. Ron Standridge, 10, Rahn-19.018; 8. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-19.046; 9. Andy Stapp, 7x, Stapp-19.109; 10. Rocky Hodges, 49, Rogers-19.113; 11. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-19.215; 12. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-19.347; 13. Todd Kane, 63, Hampshire-19.588; 14. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-19.881; 15. Bob Bowen, 35, Bowen-19.901; 16. Randy Standridge, 2s, Smith-19.988; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-20.004; 18. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-20.080; 19. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-20.408; 20. Terry Babb, 4x, Babb-20.608; 21. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-20.651; 22. Ray Morgan, 7, Morgan-20.664; 23. Lou Thery, 96, Thery-20.997; 24. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-21.080; 25. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-21.164; 26. Brad Devereaux, 5, Devereaux-21.187; 27. Jim Boice, 01L, Campbell-21.775; 28. Kenny Gentry, 81, Kloke-21.979; 29. Eric Gordon, 83, Sohm-NT; 30. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ward, 2. Hewitt, 3. Staab, 4. Kane, 5. L. Gentry, 6. Nemire, 7. Stapp. 2:34.17
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Hood, 3. Briscoe, 4. Hodges, 5. Morgan, 6. Hammond, 7. Devereaux. 2:40.41
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bishop, 2. Vogler, 3. Ron Standridge, 4. Moulis, 5. Thery, 6. Bowen, 7. Boice. 2:50.27
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Feese, 2. Hayhurst, 3. Tobin, 4. Huntley, 5. Randy Standridge, 6. Babb, 7. E. Gordon (#83), 8. K. Gentry. 2:47.57
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hammond, 2. Stapp, 3. Bowen, 4. E. Gordon, 5. L. Gentry, 6. Babb, 7. Boice, 8. Randy Standridge, 9. Thery, 10. Devereaux, 11. Morgan, 12. K. Gentry, 13. Nemire. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Mike Ward, 4. Rick Hood, 5. Todd Kane, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. Kevin Huntley, 8. Brian Tobin, 9. Rocky Hodges, 10. Andy Stapp, 11. Kevin Briscoe, 12. Jim Moulis, 13. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 14. Greg Staab, 15. Eric Gordon, 16. Bob Bowen, 17. Dave Feese, 18. Ron Standridge, 19. Tod Bishop, 20. Wayne Hammond. NT
**Devereaux flipped during the "Last Chance" Semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Ward, Laps 7-24 Hewitt, Laps 25-30 Butler.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 3 - Moberly, MO Motorsports Complex
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC "WINGED" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 3, 1989 -- Moberly, Missouri -- Moberly Motorsports Complex
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-15.230; 2. Rocky Hodges, 49, Rogers-15.455; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-I5.546; 4. Todd Kane, 63, Hampshire-15.551; 5. Ray Lipsey, 45, Lipsey-15.585; 6. Terry McCarl, 5m, Merrill-15.603; 7. Rick Hood, 14x, Arthalony-15.607; 8. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-15.655; 9. Greg Hodnett, 4A, Pack-15.677; 10. Tim Gee, 41, Sears-I5.723; 11. Jerry Richert, Jr., 1x, Duret-15.792; 12. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-15.838; 13. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-16.030; 14. Andy Stapp, 7x, Stapp-I6.200; 15. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-16.213; 16. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-16.306; 17. Rich Bubak, 9, Bubak-16.551; 18. Danny Thoman, 65, Thoman-16.600; 19. Ron Roberts, 21, Roberts-16.619; 20. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-NT; 21. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. Gee, 3. Kane, 4. Hood, 5. Moulis, 6. Nemire, 7. Vogler. 2:57.41
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. Bubak, 3. Richert, 4. Tobin, 5. Hodges, 6. Lipsey, 7. E. Gordon. 2:42.86
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hodnett, 2. Hammond, 3. Huntley, 4. Butler, 5. McCarl, 6. Thoman. NT
DASH FOR CASH: (6 laps) 1. Gee, 2. Hammond, 3. Bubak, 4. Roberts, 5. Stapp, 6. Hodnett. 1:37.23
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Hodges, 3. McCarl, 4. Moulis, 5. E. Gordon, 6. Nemire, 7. Lipsey, 8. Thoman. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Terry McCarl, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Jerry Richert, Jr., 5. Todd Kane, 6. Kevin Huntley, 7. Rich Bubak, 8. Jim Moulis, 9. Eric Gordon, 10. Steve Butler, 11. Tim Gee, 12. Jerry Nemire, 13. Wayne Hammond, 14. Rocky Hodges, 15. Andy Stapp, 16. Brian Tobin, 17. Ron Roberts, 18. Danny Thoman, 19. Greg Hodnett, 20. Greg Staab. NT
**Butler flipped in turn 4 on the 25th lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 McCarl, Laps 25-30 Vogler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Vogler-1,257; 2-E. Gordon-1,058; 3-Moulis-994; 4-Jeff Gordon-975; 5-Staab-935; 6-Nemire-849; 7-Hammond-821; 8-Butler-767; 9-Mark Alderson-646; 10-Bob Frey-575.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 10 - Toledo, OH Speedway
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 10, 1989 -- Toledo, Ohio -- Toledo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-15.247; 2. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-15.431; 3. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-15.534; 4. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-15.578; 5. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-15.675; 6. David Harrison, 44H, Harrison-15.727; 7. Bob Cicconi, 2x, Leyba-15.775; 5. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-15.810; 9. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-15.852; 10. Gary Fedewa, 42, Fedewa-15.918; 11. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-15.942; 12. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-15.955; 13. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-15.971; 14. Andy Hillenburg, 69T, Dynamics-16.008; 15. Dave Durnwald, 7, Atkinson-16.104; 16. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-I6.116; 17. Bill Tyler, 65, Miller-16.158; 18. John Murphy, 73, Yahn-16.266; 19. Brad Armstrong, 22, Armstrong-16.328; 20. Charlie Workman, 45, Wallace-16.466; 21. Bob Dawson, 21, Austen-I6.559; 22. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-16.606; 23. Mike Zimmerman, 27, Zimmerman-16.725; 24. Brent Whited, 45x, Whited-16.755; 25. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-16.926; 26. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-16.990; 27. Ray Joe Fager, 81, Morgan-17.406; 28. Curt Kelley, 7x, Kelley-17.784; 29. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-NT; 30. Steve Imel, 5x, Contos-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Vogler, 3. Tyler, 4. Alderson, 5. Nemire, 6. Dawson, 7. Champlin. 2:08.07
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Frey, 2. Fedewa, 3. Hillenburg, 4. Harrison, 5. Murphy, 6. Seelman, 7. Allen. 2:08.07
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cicconi, 2. Durnwald, 3. E. Gordon, 4. Armstrong, 5. Bloom, 6. Zimmerman, 7. Fager. 2:10.10
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rapp, 2. Moulis, 3. Huntley, 4. Hammond, 5. Workman, 6. Imel, 7. Kelley. 2:10.61
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bloom, 2. Nemire, 3. Murphy, 4. Workman, 5. Imel, 6. Seelman, 7. Dawson, 8. Zimmerman, 9. Kelley, 10. Fager, 11. Allen. 3:15.26
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Eric Gordon, 2. Bob Frey, 3. Mark Alderson, 4. Bob Cicconi, 5. Greg Staab, 6. Wayne Hammond, 7. Gary Fedewa, 8. Jeff Bloom, 9. Kevin Huntley, 10. David Harrison, 11. Jerry Nemire, 12. Dave Durnwald, 13. John Murphy, 14. Benny Rapp, 15. Charlie Workman, 16. Brad Armstrong, 17. Andy Hillenburg, 18. Jim Moulis, 19. Bill Tyler, 20. Rich Vogler. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Alderson, Laps 16-30 E. Gordon.
NEW SPRINT POINTS: 1-Vogler-1,311; 2-E. Gordon-1,152; 3-Moulis-1,046; 4-Staab-1,019; 5-Jeff Gordon-975; 6-Nemire-913; 7-Hammond-902; 8-Butler-797; 9-Alderson-735; 10- Frey-673.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACES: September 16-17 - Bowmanville, Ont., Canada - Mosport's Ascot North - Mosport/USAC Pavement Sprint Car "Nationals"
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 17, 1989 -- Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada -- Mosport's Ascot North .(Afternoon race)
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Billy Vukovich III, 9, Dynamics-20.706; 2. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-20.754; 2. Jim Mahoney, 4x, Stapp-20.770; 4. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-20.893; 5. Gary Fedewa, 42, Nosal-20.948; 6. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-21.071; 7. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-21.205; 8. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-21.224; 9. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-21.235; 10. Curt Kelley, 7K, Kelley-21.252; 11. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-21.354; 12. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-21.396; 13. Gene Lee Gibson, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-21.469; 14. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-21.650; 15. Greg Wheeler, 16c, Wheeler-21.677; 16. Johnny Parsons, 20, Niebel-21.793; 17. George McCord, 61, McCord-21.851; 18. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-21.878; 19. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-21.886; 20. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-21.983; 21. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-22.021; 22. Tom Bigelow, 6w, Winterbotham-22.441; 23. Mike Zimmerman, 27, Zimmerman-22.595; 24. Charlie Workman, 45, Wallace-22.818; 25. Steve Imel, 5, Contos-24.230; 26. Jesse Fordyce, 4, Fordyce-24.671; 27. #75, Gordon-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gibson, 2. Fedewa, 3. Vukovich, 4. E. Gordon, 5. Nemire, 6. McCord, 7. Imel. 2:49.79
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Weiss, 2. Vogler, 3. Kelley, 4. Bigelow, 5. Seelman, 6. Fordyce, 7. Rapp. 2:49.93
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mahoney, 2. Moulis, 3. Hammond, 4. Wheeler, 5. Zimmerman, 6. Champlin. 2:49.70
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alderson, 2. Parsons, 3. Bloom, 4. Workman, 5. Staab, 6. Thomas. 2:48.79
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Rapp, 2. Seelman, 3. Champlin, 4. Nemire, 5. McCord, 6. Staab, 7. Thomas, 8. Imel, 9. Zimmerman, 10. Fordyce. 4:17.79
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Gary Fedewa, 2. Jim Mahoney, 3. Jeff Bloom, 4. Frank Weiss, 5. Eric Gordon, 6. Wayne Hammond, 7. Johnny Parsons, 8. Gene Lee Gibson, 9. Jim Moulis, 10. Bob Seelman, 11. Curt Kelley, 12. Tim Champlin, 13. Charlie Workman, 14. Jerry Nemire, 15. Tom Bigelow, 16. Benny Rapp, 17. Mark Alderson, 18. Greg Wheeler, 19. Rich Vogler, 20. Billy Vukovich III. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Weiss, Laps 12-30 Fedewa.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 17 - Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada - Mosport's Ascot North - (Night Race)
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 17, 1989 -- Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada -- Mosport's Ascot North (Night race)
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Bloom, 67, Bloom-20.541; 2. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-20.621; 3. Tom Bigelow, 6w, Winterbotham-20.678; 4. Johnny Parsons, 20, Niebel-20.910; 5. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-21.057; 6. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-21.155; 7. Tim Champlin, 8x, Becker-21.285; 8. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-21.535: 9. Gene Lee Gibson, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-21.557; 10. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-21.609; 11. George McCord, 61, McCord-21.618; 12. Curt Kelley, 7K, Kelley-21.640; 13. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-21.780; 14. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-21.921; 15. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-22.141; 16. Greg Wheeler, 16c, Wheeler-22.321; 17. Steve Imel, 5, Contos-22.370; 18. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-22.397; 19. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-22.511; 20. Mike Zimmerman, 27, Zimmerman-22.727; 21. Charlie Workman, 45, Wallace-22.802; 22. Jesse Fordyce, 4, Fordyce-25.190; 23. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-NT; 24. Jim Mahoney, 4x, Stapp-NT; 25. Gary Fedewa, 42, Nosal-NT; 26. Billy Vukovich III, 9, Dynamics-NT; 27. #75, Gordon-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Champlin, 2. Parsons, 3. Rapp, 4. Moulis, 5. Bloom, 6. Wheeler, 7. Seelman, 8. Fordyce. 2:53.89
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Weiss, 2. Alderson, 3. McCord, 4. E. Gordon, 5. Nemire, 6. Zimmerman, 7. Imel. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Kelley, 3. Staab, 4. Gibson, 5. Thomas, 6. Hammond, 7. Workman. 2:53.28
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bloom, 2. Nemire, 3. Hammond, 4. Thomas, 5. Seelman, 6. Workman, 7. Zimmerman, 8. Fordyce. 4:21.18
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Wayne Hammond, 2. Eric Gordon, 3. Johnny Parsons, 4. Jim Mahoney, 5. Rich Vogler, 6. Frank Weiss, 7. Jim Moulis, 8. Gene Lee Gibson, 9. Jeff Bloom, 10. Jerry Nemire, 11. Gary Fedewa, 12. Bob Seelman, 13. George McCord, 14. Greg Wheeler, 15. Mark Alderson, 16. Mike Zimmerman, 17. Charlie Workman, 18. Benny Rapp, 19. Curt Kelley, 20. Tom Bigelow, 21. Tim Champlin, 22. Greg Staab, 23. Jesse Fordyce, 24. Chip Thomas, 25. Steve Imel. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Bloom, Laps 2-5 Alderson, Laps 6-25 Hammond, Laps 26-36 E. Gordon, Laps 37-40 Hammond.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Vogler-1,450; 2-E.Gordon-1,311; 3-Moulis-I,192; 4-Staab-1,107; 5-Hammond-1,074; 6-Nemire-1,035; 7-Jeff Gordon-975 ; 8-Alderson-850; 9-Steve Butler-797; 10-Bob Frey-673.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 23-24 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - "4-Crown Nationals"
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LOCTITE/CRESTLINER VANS USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 23-24, 1989 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway -- "4-Crown Nationals"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 69, Dynamics-17.130; 2. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.151; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-17.445; 4. Kevin Thomas, 7KC, Kasey-17.464; 5. Tony Elliott, 2v, Vance-17.657; 6. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.675; 7. Bill Tyler, 74, Fisher-17.707; 8. Dave Darland, 36D, Darland-17.722; 9. Todd Kane, 63, Hampshire-17.747; 10. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-17.768; 11. Ray Morgan, 7m, Morgan-17.769; 12. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-17.792; 13. Tom Bigelow, 26, Holsapple-17.794; 14. Larry Rice, 57, Hazen-17.803; 15. Steve Imel, 5, Imel-17.810; 16. Wayne Hammond, 66, Nowling-17.911; 17. Ron Glidden, 2T, Silver Eagle-17.951; 18. Rocky Hodges, 9, Winterbotham-17.952; 19. Brian Tyler, 15, Batista-17.979; 20. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-18.040; 21. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-18.042; 22. Joe Roush, 99x, Davis-18.061; 23. Andy Hillenburg, 25, McQueen/Chrisman-18.080; 24. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-18.099; 25. Andy Stapp, 7x, Stapp-18.105; 26. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-18.129; 27. Terry Shepherd, 37m, Mann-18.130; 28, Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.134; 29. Cary House, 95F, Frampton-18.134; 30. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-18.172; 31. Tom Bipes, 83, Tyler-18.176; 32. Jim Moulis, 30, Moulis-18.238; 33. Bob Bowen, 35, Bowen-18.265; 34. Bob Cicconi, 84, Weiland-18.268; 35. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-18.280; 36. Randy Atkins, 75A, Coffey-18.317; 37. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-18.343; 38. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-18.462; 39. Chip Thomas, 34, Obst-18.463; 40. Kent Christian, 71, Benson-18.513; 41. Dane Ronk, 27c, Ronk-18.528; 42. Mark Goodfleisch, 99, Brown-18.532; 43. Ron Mullen, 2x, Jeffries-18.825; 44. Ray Joe Fager, 81, Morgan-19.034; 45. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-19.100; 46. Al Caton, 65, Caton-20.066; 47. Blake Hollingsworth, 7, Johnson-NT; 48. Red Bailey, 09, Bailey-NT.
FIRST TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "QUALIFYING RACE": (10 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. Bill Tyler, 3. Morgan, 4. Imel, 5. Bookmiller, 6. Mullen, 7. Glidden, 8. Ronk, 9. Bigelow, 10. Bowen, 11. Rose, 12. C. Thomas, 13. A. Thomas, 14. Shepherd, 15. Kane, 16. Brian Tyler, 17. Hillenburg, 18. Bipes, 19. C. House, 20. Hillerud. NT
SECOND TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS "QUALIFYING RACE" (10 laps) 1. Huntley, 2. Hodges, 3. Rice, 4. Alderson, 5. E. Gordon, 6. Darland, 7. Hammond, 8. Moulis, 9. Roush, 10. Nemire, 11. Bradford, 12. Atkins, 13. Goodfleisch, 14. Feese, 15. Cicconi, 16. Christian, 17. Caton, 18. Fager, 19. Pletch, 20. Gentry. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – Held Sept. 24) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Greg Staab, 4. Mark Alderson, 5. Andy Stapp, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Rich Vogler, 9. Ray Morgan, 10. Tom Bigelow, 11. Wayne Hammond, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Ron Glidden, 14. Jim Moulis, 15. Dane Ronk, 16. Joe Roush, 17. Jack Hewitt, 18. Ron Mullen, 19. Bill Tyler, 20. Kevin Huntley, 21. Steve Imel, 22. Rocky Hodges, 23. Eric Gordon, 24. Tim Bookmiller. NT
**Bailey flipped in turn 1 during warmups. Bipes and Brian Tyler flipped in turn 1 during the first "qualifying race".
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Elliott, Laps 10-25 Hewitt, Laps 26-30 Butler.
FINAL USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Vogler-1,522; 2-E. Gordon-1,354; 3-Moulis-1,247; 4-Staab-1,191; 5-Hammond-1,135; 6-Nemire-1,054; 7-Jeff Gordon-975; 8-Alderson-534; 9-Butler-891; 10-Bob Frey-673.
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1989 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 1525 Rich Vogler, Indianapolis, Ind.
2 1354 Eric Gordon, Greenfield, Ind. (R)
3 1247 Jim Moulis, Fox Lake, Ill.
4 1192 Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio
5 1135 Wayne Hammond, Tampa, Fla.
6 1054 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio
7 975 Jeff Gordon, Pittsboro, Ind.
8 934 Mark Alderson, Brownsburg, Ind.
9 891 Steve Butler, Kokomo, Ind.
10 673 Bob Frey, Wickenburg, Ariz.
11 629 Jeff Bloom, Bangor, Mich.
12 492 John Murphy, Indianapolis, Ind.
13 490 Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio
14 457 Dave Durnwald, Tiffin, Ohio
15 452 Dave Feese, Saybrook, Ill.
16 433 Chip Thomas, Belleville, Ill.
17 411 Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio
18 399 Andy Hillenburg, Indianapolis, Ind.
19 399 Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.
20 364 Charlie Workman, Indianapolis, Ind.
21 338 Rick Hood, Evansville, Ind.
22 331 Brad Armstrong, New Palestine, Ind.
23 322 Tray House, Anderson, Ind.
24 288 Bob Cicconi, Prospect Park, Pa.
25 248 Frank Weiss, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
26 229 Brent Whited, Richmond, Ind.
27 222 Red Stauffer, Winter Park, Fla.
28 194 Bruce Field, Lockport, Ill.
29 188 David Harrison, Bettsville, Ohio
30 176 Steve Imel, Anderson, Ind.
31 147 Todd Kane, Powell, Ohio
32 139 Lennie Green, Brownsburg, Ind.
33 122 Kevin Briscoe, Mitchell, Ind.
34 109 Denny Martini, Sayler Park, Ohio
35 94 Larry Fritz, Carmel, Ind.
36 76 Mike Blake, Indianapolis, Ind.
37 75 Ron Koehler, South Bend, Ind.
38 75 John Plummer, Indianapolis, Ind.
39 74 Bill Allen, Union, Ohio
40 72 Leon Thickstun, Nashville, Ind.
41 48 Al Thomas, Ludlow, Ill.
42 41 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.
43 34 Dave Darland, Lincoln, Ind.
44 31 Craig Keel, Weedsport, N.Y.
45 9 Cary House, Anderson, Ind.
1989 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 1595 Dynamics, Inc., Milford, Ohio (#69)
2 1330 Eric Gordon, Greenfield, Ind. (#75)
3 1321 Molds Unlimited, Vandalia, Ohio (#6w)
4 1247 Jim Moulis, Fox Lake, Ill. (#30)
5 1192 B.U.F. Motorsports, Dayton, Ohio (#44)
6 1135 J & J Marine, Saint Petersburg, Fla. (#66)
7 1106 Stoops Racing, Anderson, Ind. (#1)
8 1054 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio (#16)
9 934 Eric Wright, Indianapolis, Ind. (#52)
10 842 Niebel Engines, Edinburgh, Ind. (#20)
11 629 Linda Bloom, Bangor, Mich. (#67)
12 601 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#2x)
13 492 James Yahn, Ohio City, Ohio (#73)
14 452 William Clavey, Dwight, Ill. (#12)
15 447 Charles Atkinson, Columbus, Ind. (#7)
16 442 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2v)
17 433 Mike Obst, O'Fallon, Ill. (#34)
18 415 Jim McQueen & Steve Chrisman, Edinburgh, Ind. (#25)
19 364 Craig Wallace, Sheridan, Ind. (#45)
20 341 Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
21 331 Howard Armstrong, New Palestine, Ind. (#22)
22 322 Donald Murphy, Chesterfield, Ind. (#23)
23 321 Stan Shoff, Metamora, Ill. (#23s)
24 284 Stapp Enterprises, Brownsburg, Ind. (#7x)
25 248 Frank Weiss, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (#93)
26 236 Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
27 222 Bob Luscomb, Orlando, Fla. (#21)
28 176 Six-R Racing, Cicero, Ind. (#6R)
29 176 Contos Racing, Anderson, Ind. (#95)
30 172 Larry Fritz, Carmel, Ind. (#8)
31 153 Ray Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14)
32 152 Dave Hodson, Richmond, Ind. (#38)
33 147 Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)
34 141 Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)
35 120 KCM Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#7KC)
36 109 Guy Cicconi, Chadds Ford, Pa. (#59)
37 100 John Plummer, Indianapolis, Ind. (#0)
38 91 Ron Koehler, South Bend, Ind. (#10)
39 86 Joe Morgan, Indianapolis, Ind. (#81)
40 83 Clarence Miller, Hilliard, Ohio (#65)
41 74 Billy McGee, Union, Ohio (#5)
42 64 M.L. & Associates, Newburgh, Ind. (#28)
43 48 Thomas Brothers Trucking, Ludlow, Ill. (#72)
44 42 Karen Daugherty, Nashville, Ind. (#96)
45 41 Automotive Machine, Pekin, Ill. (#71)
46 37 Ralph Brown, Romeoville, Ill. (#5B)
47 31 Daniel Keel, Weedsport, N.Y. (#8K)
48 19 Gary Bettenhausen, Monrovia, Ind. (#11)
