A LOOK BACK: 1988 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SEASON
Steve Butler of Kokomo, Ind. became the first driver in USAC history to win three-straight National Sprint Car championships as he grabbed the 1988 series crown, scoring three wins along the way in the Stoops Express Chevy.
The only driver to win both with and without the wing, Steve was also the only driver to win on both dirt and paved surfaces.
After an eight-year hiatus, the series returned to the paved ovals in 1988 with rousing success. Three of the paved races aired live on ESPN from Indianapolis Raceway Park and Butler won the last of these – the tradition-rich “Tony Hulman Classic.” That victory made Steve only the second repeat winner of the race in 18 years, but the first to win it back-to-back. He won it on the dirt at Terre Haute in 1987.
In the special Switzer Cherry Candy pavement point standings, Butler edged the talented Bob Frey by only one point for that championship too.
The advent of the wings to the series continued to produce new feature winners, with Sammy Swindell, Brad Doty, Danny Lasoski and Joe Gaerte scoring their first USAC triumphs.
Greg Staab quietly took the runner-up spot in the final standings, beating out Jack Hewitt by only five points. Greg’s night in the spotlight finally came, though, when he nabbed a 30-lapper on ESPN at IRP in July.
Hewitt was the winningest driver in the series, scoring four victories, but wound up third in the final points.
Butler trailed Hewitt through mid-July, then used his pavement prowess to move to the front and stayed there the rest of the year.
In addition to retaining the “Tony Hulman Classic” tradition by moving it to Indianapolis Raceway Park, the series saw the renewal of the famed “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial” race at the refurbished Salem Speedway. Bob Frey was the winner there.
True Value Master Mechanic Tools offered tremendous support for the series with their sponsorship of the last chance races. Participants were appreciative of their involvement, which helped create an even more competitive atmosphere.
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 27, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 18, Kepler-17.473; 2. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.673; 3. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-17.679; 4. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-17.693; 5. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.703; 6. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-17.746; 7. Tray House, 23, Murphy-17.880; 8. Jim Moughan, 5m, Merrill-17.950; 9. Terry Shepherd, 40, Arnold-18.120; 10. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-18.181; 11. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-18.200; 12. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-18.224; 13. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-18.362; 14. Joe Roush, 44R, Marks-18.384; 15. Tom Bigelow, 3, Leyba-18.386; 16. Ray Morgan, 7m, Morgan-18.420; 17. Roy Caruthers, 21, Capels-18.683; 18. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-18.696; 19. Gary Hayhurst, 56x, Hayhurst-18.790; 20. Larry Rice, 2J, Douglass-18.884; 21. Alan Brown, 34, Baker-18.916; 22. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-19.116; 23. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-19.286; 24. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. House, 2. Haudenschild, 3. Hillerud, 4. Morgan, 5. Vogler, 6. Peperak, 7. Staab, 8. Hayhurst. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. Hewitt, 3. Elliott, 4. L. Rice, 5. Moughan, 6. K. Rice, 7. Caruthers, 8. Reed. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Gordon, 3. Hillenburg, 4. Kane, 5. Bigelow, 6. Shepherd, 7. Brown. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Shepherd, 3. Moughan, 4. Bigelow, 5. Roush, 6. Caruthers, 7. Peperak, 8. K. Rice, 9. Brown. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Tray House, 5. Andy Stapp, 6. Terry Shepherd, 7. Andy Hillenburg, 8. Todd Kane, 9. Jim Moughan, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Larry Hillerud, 12. Tom Bigelow, 13. Joe Roush, 14. Roy Caruthers, 15. Dave Peperak, 16. Steve Butler, 17. Ken Rice, 18. Tony Elliott, 19. Ray Morgan, 20. Jeff Gordon. NT
**Hayhurst flipped on the 5th lap of the first heat race but was not injured.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Elliott, Laps 7-30 Haudenschild.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Haudenschild-39; 2-Hewitt-32; 3-House-22; 4-Vogler-21; 5-Stapp-20; 6-Hillenburg-18; 7-Shepherd-15; 8-Kane-14; 9-Moughan, L. Rice & Hillerud-12.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: April 23 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 23, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tray House, 23, Murphy-16.648; 2. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-16.679; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.722; 4. Terry Shepherd, 40, Arnold-16.774; 5. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.829; 6. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-16.994; 7. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.095; 8. Joe Gaerte, 3G, Gaerte-17.167; 9. Rick Hood, 1N, Nance-17.196; 10. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.239; 11. Dave Darland, 36D, Darland-17.240; 12. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-17.267; 13. Larry Rice, 2J, Douglass-17.323; 14. Bill Tyler, 25, Batista-17.366; 15. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.393; 16. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-17.471; 17. Kevin Thomas, 3, Leyba-17.492; 18. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-17.504; 19. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-17.518; 20. Rick Ungar, 7w, Wimmer-17.551; 21. Roy Caruthers, 21, Capels-17.554; 22. Ray Morgan, 7m, Morgan-17.655; 23. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-17.664; 24. Benny Rapp, 14, Rapp-17.699; 25. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-18.099; 26. Ken Rice, 44R, Rice-18.367; 27. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-19.182; 28. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-24.659; 29. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. House, 2. Caruthers, 3. Tyler, 4. Elliott, 5. Hood, 6. Thomas, 7. Blake. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Morgan, 4. Staab. 5. K. Rice, 6. Hollingsworth, 7. Nemire. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Butler, 3. L. Rice, 4. Pletch, 5. Darland, 6. Peperak, 7. Reed. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ungar, 2. Rapp, 3. Gordon, 4. Gaerte, 5. Helm, 6. Mann, 7. Shepherd. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Shepherd, 3. Darland, 4. Thomas, 5. Nemire, 6. Mann, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Helm, 9. Blake, 10. K. Rice, 11. Reed, 12. Peperak. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Joe Gaerte, 4. Rick Ungar, 5. Rick Hood, 6. Greg Staab, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Andy Hillenburg, 9. Jeff Gordon, 10. Kevin Thomas, 11. Roy Caruthers, 12. Terry Pletch, 13. Ray Morgan, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Bill Tyler, 16. Terry Shepherd, 17. Benny Rapp, 18. Larry Rice, 19. Tony Elliott, 20. Tray House. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Butler, Laps 7-29 Vogler, Lap 30 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hewitt-66; 2-Vogler-54; 3-Haudenschild-39; 4-Hillenburg-34; 5-House-33; 6-Butler-28; 7-Ungar & Gaerte-22; 9-Stapp & Shepherd-20.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: May 7 – Paragon (Ind.) Speedway (Winged)
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): May 7, 1988 – Paragon, Indiana – Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Blaney, 48, Nott-14.039; 2. Tray House, 23, Murphy-14.379; 3. Brad Doty, 7R, Runyon-14.424; 4. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-14.469; 5. Danny Smith, 57x, Nash-14.812; 6. Terry Shepherd, 40, Arnold-14.895; 7. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-14.985; 8. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-14.991; 9. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-15.071; 10. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-15.099; 11. Tim Gee, 88, Gee-15.108; 12. Chuck Amati, 66, Tate-15.112; 13. Ron Standridge, 10, Standridge-15.186; 14. Jim Moughan, 5m, Merrill-15.193; 15. Kelly Kinser, 4K, Kinser-15.213; 16. Jeff Gordon, 6, Winterbotham-15.286; 17. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-15.298; 18. Todd Shields, 56s, Shields-15.347; 19. Kevin Thomas, 3, Leyba-15.360; 20. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-15.373; 21. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.469; 22. Mike Ward, 61x, Blankenship-15.499; 23. Mickey Smith, 14, McDaniel, 24. Danny Pittman, 01L, Campbell-15.545; 25. Jeff Deckard, 9, Deckard-15.659; 26. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-15.740; 27. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-15.807; 28. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-16.042; 29. Ron Glidden, 2T, Silver Eagle-16.195; 30. Jack Ziegler, 76, G & W-16.240; 31. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-16.727; 32. Mike Mann, 37, Mann-16.934; 33. J.C. Sulawske, 51, Sulawske-17.365.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Blaney, 2. D. Smith, 3. Standridge, 4. Adkins, 5. Deckard, 6. Jacobs, 7. Peperak, 8. Glidden. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ward, 2. Ziegler, 3. House, 4. Moughan, 5. Shields, 6. Feese, 7. Hayhurst, 8. Shepherd. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B. Doty, 2. K. Kinser, 3. K. Thomas, 4. M. Smith, 5. Pletch, 6. Reed, 7. Gee, 8. Alderson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Pittman, 4. Butler, 5. Gordon, 6. Amati, 7. A. Thomas, 8. Sulawske. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Jacobs, 2. Pletch, 3. Deckard, 4. Shepherd, 5. Gordon, 6. Amati, 7. Glidden, 8. Alderson, 9. A. Thomas, 10. Peperak, 11. Feese, 12. Reed, 12. Sulawske. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Doty, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Danny Smith, 4. Dave Blaney, 5. Mike Ward, 6. Jack Hewitt, 7. Kenny Jacobs, 8. Jim Moughan, 9. Bobby Adkins, 10. Terry Pletch, 11. Ron Standridge, 12. Mickey Smith, 13. Danny Pittman, 14. Tray House, 15. Kevin Thomas, 16. Andy Hillenburg, 17. Jeff Deckard, 18. Terry Shepherd, 19. Kelly Kinser, 20. Jack Ziegler. NT
**Feese and Gordon flipped during the semi, but both escaped injury.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Shepherd, Laps 3-15 Butler, Laps 16-30 B. Doty.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hewitt-85; 2-Butler & Rich Vogler-54; 4-House-46; 5-Hillenburg-42; 6-Jac Haudenschild-39; 7-Shepherd-23; 8-Joe Gaerte-22; 9-Andy Stapp-20; 10-Gordon-18.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: May 14 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 14, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Pole Night” Sprints
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.286; 2. Terry Shepherd, 40, Arnold-16.338; 3. Tray House, 23, Murphy-16.352; 4. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-16.518; 5. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.530; 6. Kevin Thomas, 3, Leyba-16.545; 7. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.628; 8. Dave Darland, 36D, Darland-16.815; 9. Mike Mann, 37, Mann-16.817; 10. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-16.854; 11. Greg Staab, 44, Staab-16.976; 12. Bill Tyler, 25, Batista-17.018; 13. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-17.045; 14. Steve Imel, 95, Imel-17.159; 15. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-17.227; 16. Ken Rice, 44R, Rice-17.242; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.292; 18. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-17.374; 19. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-18.038; 20. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-18.170; 21. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Hewitt, 3. Gurley, 4. Stapp, 5. Hillenburg, 6. Staab, 7. Hollingsworth. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Staab, 3. Nemire, 4. Shepherd, 5. Darland, 6. Imel, 7. Blake. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Bookmiller, 3. House, 4. Thomas, 5. Mann, 6. Gentry. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Mann, 3. K. Rice, 4. Gentry, 5. Hollingsworth, 6. Blake, 7. Imel, 8. Hillenburg. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Andy Stapp, 4. Tray House, 5. Terry Shepherd, 6. Tony Elliott, 7. Mike Mann, 8. Greg Staab, 9. Bill Tyler, 10. Kevin Thomas, 11. Mark Alderson, 12. Mike Blake, 13. Van Gurley, 14. Ken Rice, 15. Leon Gentry, 16. Tim Bookmiller, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Jerry Nemire, 19. Blake Hollingsworth, 20. Steve Imel, 21. Andy Hillenburg. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Thomas, Laps 2-30 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hewitt-118; 2-Butler-89; 3-House-68; 4-Rich Vogler-54; 5-Shepherd-44; 6-Hillenburg-43; 7-Stapp-42; 8-Jac Haudenschild-39; 9-Staab-32; 10-Elliott-27.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: June 4 – Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Speedway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 4, 1988 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana – Lawrenceburg Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-12.430; 2. Terry Shepherd, 40, Arnold-12.440; 3. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-12.533; 4. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-12.574; 5. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-12.585; 6. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-12.587; 7. Tray House, 23, Murphy-12.718; 8. Ken Rice, 44R, Rice-12.739; 9. Leon Thickstun, 77x, Law-12.739; 10. Kevin Thomas, 3, Leyba-12.811; 11. Willie Rice, 59, Rice-12.924; 12. Denny Martini, 7, Rapco-12.945; 13. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-12.955; 14. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-13.017; 15. Mike Mann, 37, Mann-13.027; 16. Kim West, 1s, Skinner-13.181; 17. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-13.253; 18. Rick Ungar, 39, Klein-13.438; 19. Steve Imel, 95, Imel-13.470; 20. Danny Pittman, 01L, Pittman-13.950.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. West, 2. Thomas, 3. Butler, 4. Stapp, 5. House, 6. Imel, 7. Elliott. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. W. Rice, 3. Alderson, 4. Shepherd, 5. Peperak, 6. K. Rice, 7. Pittman. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Mann, 3. Ungar, 4. Hillenburg, 5. Martini, 6. Thickstun. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. House, 2. Thickstun, 3. Elliott, 4. Peperak, 5. Martini, 6. Pittman, 7. K. Rice, 8. Imel. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Tony Elliott, 4. Leon Thickstun, 5. Terry Shepherd, 6. Mark Alderson, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Rick Ungar, 9. Mike Mann, 10. Danny Pittman, 11. Kim West, 12. Denny Martini, 13. Andy Hillenburg, 14. Dave Peperak, 15. Ken Rice, 16. Andy Stapp, 17. Kevin Thomas, 18. Willie Rice, 19. Tray House, 20. Steve Imel. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Alderson, Lap 13 Hillenburg, Laps 14-15 Alderson, Laps 16-17 Butler, Laps 18-30 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hewitt-152; 2-Butler-122; 3-House-70; 4-Shepherd-65; 5-Rich Vogler-54; 6-Hillenburg & Staab-52; 8-Stapp & Elliott-48; 10-Jac Haudenschild-39.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: June 10 – Jackson (Minn.) Speedway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): June 10, 1988 – Jackson, Minnesota – Jackson Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. John Sernett, 14s, Krull-17.666; 2. Jeff Tuttle, 10T, Tuttle-17.841; 3. Marlon Jones, 9J, Lusk-17.959; 4. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-17.960; 5. Randy Smith, 20, Durst-17.960; 6. Terry McCarl, 7x, McCarl-18.096; 7. Danny Lasoski, 49, Rogers-18.145; 8. Jerry Richert, Jr., 81, Johnson-18.152; 9. Ray Lipsey, 45, Lipsey-18.156; 10. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-18.317; 11. Rick Ungar, 39, Klein-18.329; 12. Tony Armstrong, 10m, McAlpine-18.360; 13. Jamie Moyle, 20H, Trostle-18.365; 14. T.J. Giddings, 5, Kohls-18.541; 15. Gary DeWall, 16, DeWall-18.586; 16. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-18.590; 17. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-18.594; 18. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-18.596; 19. Tray House, 23, Murphy-18.678, 20. Tim Monson, 1w, Monson-18.692; 21. Bobby Houseman, 18, Houseman-18.715; 22. Rod Henderson, 83, Henderson-18.753; 23. Gordy Vogelaar, 99, Vogelaar-18.753; 24. Jim Grafton, 47, Grafton-18.761; 25. Rich Bubak, 9B, Mile-Hi-18.790; 26. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-18.878; 27. John Barger, 66, Baumann-18.966; 28. Glenn Berkner, 77x, Eckert-19.166; 29. Bob Hop, 88, Gillund-19.354; 30. Gary Zitterich, 87, Smith-19.438; 31. Brian Keck, 51K, Keck-19.541; 32. Bob Weuve, 19, Weuve-19.562; 33. Danny Young, 3Y, Young-19.634; 34. Joe Kouba, 55, Kouba-19.669; 35. Jim Kouba, 2K, Kouba-19.800; 36. Randy Rosenboom, 14x, Rosenboom-19.862; 37. Denny Parker, 53, Parker-20.054; 38. Glenn Stewart, 70, Stewart-21.350.
LAST CHANCE RACE: (5 laps) 1. Joe Kouba, 2. Rosenboom, 3. Parker, 4. Young, 5. Jim Kouba, 6. Stewart. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Grafton, 2. Monson, 3. Moyle, 4. Lipsey, 5. Sernett, 6. Elliott, 7. Berkner, 8. Smith. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bubak, 2. Butler, 3. Hop, 4. Tuttle, 5. Giddings, 6. D. Jacobs, 7. McCarl, 8. Houseman. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. M. Jones, 2. Staab, 3. Hillerud, 4. Lasoski, 5. Ungar, 6. Keck, 7. Zitterich, 8. Henderson. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Barger, 2. House, 3. Richert, 4. Weuve, 5. Vogelaar, 6. Armstrong, 7. DeWall, 8. K. Jacobs. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. K. Jacobs, 2. McCarl, 3. Ungar, 4. D. Jacobs, 5. Elliott, 6. Henderson, 7. Keck, 8. Vogelaar, 9. Berkner, 10. Zitterich, 11. Joe Kouba, 12. Rosenboom, 13. Houseman, 14. Armstrong, 15. Sernett, 16. Giddings, 17. DeWall, 18. Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Lasoski, 2. Jerry Richert, Jr., 3. Marlon Jones, 4. Steve Butler, 5. Rick Ungar, 6. Terry McCarl, 7. Tim Monson, 8. Rich Bubak, 9. Jeff Tuttle, 10. Ray Lipsey, 11. Jim Grafton, 12. John Barger, 13. Tray House, 14. Dean Jacobs, 15. Bob Weuve, 16. Jamie Moyle, 17. Greg Staab, 18. Larry Hillerud, 19. Kenny Jacobs, 20. Bob Hop. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Lasoski.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: June 11 – Knoxville (IA) Raceway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 11, 1988 – Knoxville, Iowa – Knoxville Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sammy Swindell, 1s, Annett-16.575; 2. Tony Armstrong, 10m, McAlpine-17.028; 3. Ray Lipsey, 45, Lipsey-17.055; 4. Jeff Tuttle, 10T, Tuttle-17.066; 5. Danny Lasoski, 49, Olsen-17.105; 6. Randy Smith, 20, Durst-17.150; 7. Lee Brewer, Jr., 1ST, Brewer-17.191; 8. Rick Ungar, 39, Klein-17.212; 9. Tommy Scott, 74s, Scott-17.222; 10. Tray House, 23, Murphy-17.252; 11. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-17.330; 12. Jerry Richert, Jr., 81, Johnson-17.371; 13. Jerry Beeck, Jr., 27, Beeck-17.377; 14. Marlon Jones, 9J, Lusk-17.464; 15. Bruce Moore, 2x, Moore-17.475; 16. Danny Thoman, 2v, Vanderwoude-17.505; 17. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-17.506; 18. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-17.536; 19. Terry McCarl, 7x, McCarl-17.559; 20. Devlin Polkinghorn, 1R, Polkinghorn-17.564; 21. Tod Bishop, 86, Bishop-17.591; 22. Mike Peters, 28, Peters-17.611; 23. Jamie Moyle, 20H, Trostle-17.659; 24. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.700; 25. Kenny McCarl, 8x, McCarl-17.722; 26. Tim Monson, 1w, Monson-17.722; 27. Mark Shaffer, 21, Shaffer-17.732; 28. Rich Bubak, 9B, Mile-Hi-17.784; 29. Bob White, 39x, White-17.794; 30. Wayne Redmond, 61, Redmond-17.870; 31. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.866; 32. Bill Vielhauer, 12x, Vielhauer-17.870; 33. Glenn Berkner, 77x, Eckert-17.876; 34. Jim Grafton, 47, Grafton-17.944; 35. Terry Thorson, 1J, Thorson-17.955; 36. Danny Young, 3Y, Young-17.991; 37. T.J. Giddings, 5, Kohls-17.997; 38. Joe Kouba, 55, Kouba-18.051; 39. Bob Weuve, 19, Weuve-18.062; 40. Bob Hop, 88, Gillund-18.098; 41. Rick Ryan, 1x, Ryan-18.176; 42. Rick Haas, 9z, Haas-19.260; 43. Don Droud, Jr., 9T, Droud-18.277; 44. Galen Martin, 2, Martin-18.353; 45. Jim Kouba, 2K, Kouba-18.473; 46. Tom Whiting, 96, Whiting-18.910; 47. Jerry Janssen, 4, Janssen-NT; 48. Bob Johnson, 15, Johnson-NT.
LAST CHANCE RACE: (10 laps) 1. Grafton, 2. Berkner, 3. Young, 4. Hop, 5. Giddings, 6. Weuve, 7. Joe Kouba, 8. Martin, 9. Droud, 10. Jim Kouba, 11. Whiting, 12. Ryan, 13. Janssen. 3:05.70
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Lasoski, 2. Swindell, 3. White, 4. Bishop, 5. Scott, 6. D. Jacobs, 7. K. McCarl, 8. Beeck. 3:03.10
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Monson, 2. Peters, 3. House, 4. Butler, 5. R. Smith, 6. Armstrong, 7. M. Jones, 8. Redmond. 3:03.80
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shaffer, 2. T. McCarl, 3. Moyle, 4. K. Jacobs, 5. Lipsey, 6. Brewer, 7. Staab, 8. Moore. 3:04.80
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bubak, 2. Richert, 3. Thoman, 4. Ungar, 5. Tuttle, 6. Vielhauer, 7. Elliott, 8. Polkinghorn. 3:06.20
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R. Smith, 2. Lipsey, 3. Tuttle, 4. Brewer, 5. Armstrong, 6. Grafton, 7. Elliott, 8. D. Jacobs, 9. Weuve, 10. Young, 11. Hop, 12. K. McCarl, 13. Moore, 14. Beeck, 15. Staab, 16. M. Jones, 17. Vielhauer, 18. Berkner. 3:45.90
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Sammy Swindell, 2. Randy Smith, 3. Jeff Tuttle, 4. Lee Brewer, Jr., 5. Steve Butler, 6. Jerry Richert, Jr., 7. Jamie Moyle, 8. Mike Peters, 9. Rich Bubak, 10. Danny Thoman, 11. Rick Ungar, 12. Kenny Jacobs, 13. Bob White, 14. Tod Bishop, 15. Mark Shaffer, 16. Tray House, 17. Tim Monson, 18. Danny Lasoski, 19. Ray Lipsey, 20. Terry McCarl. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 R. Smith, Laps 8-25 Swindell.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Butler-160; 2-Jack Hewitt-152; 3-House-88; 4-Terry Shepherd-65; 5-Staab-59; 6-Rich Vogler-54; 7-Andy Hillenburg-52; 8-Andy Stapp & Elliott-48; 10-Jac Haudenschild-39.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: June 18 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway – “Salute to J.W. Hunt”
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 18, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Salute to J.W. Hunt”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2v, Vance-16.630; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.661; 3. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.664; 4. Tray House, 23, Murphy-16.732; 5. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-16.785; 6. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.822; 7. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.887; 8. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-16.903; 9. Andy Hillenburg, 99, Davis-17.016; 10. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-17.077; 11. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-17.121; 12. Ron Mullen, 4x, Mullen-17.429; 13. Leon Thickstun, 77x, Law-17.568; 14. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-17.585; 15. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-17.611; 16. Steve Imel, 95, Frampton-17.676; 17. Jeff Walker, 39, Walker-17.681; 18. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.841; 19. Cary House, 9, House-17.991; 20. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-18.144; 21. Jeff Holt, 16x, Holt-18.453.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Alderson, 3. Vogler, 4. Thickstun, 5. T. House, 6. Imel, 7. C. House. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Huntley, 3. Stapp, 4. Stanley, 5. D. Jacobs, 6. Blake, 7. Walker. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nemire, 2. Mullen, 3. Staab, 4. Elliott, 5. Hillenburg, 6. Holt, 7. Peperak. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. T. House, 2. Hillenburg, 3. D. Jacobs, 4. Imel, 5. Blake, 6. C. House, 7. Holt, 8. Peperak. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Kevin Huntley, 3. Tray House, 4. Greg Staab, 5. Jerry Nemire, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Mark Alderson, 9. Dean Jacobs, 10. Robbie Stanley, 11. Andy Hillenburg, 12. Leon Thickstun, 13. Ron Mullen, 14. Mike Blake, 15. Steve Imel, 16. Andy Stapp, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. Jeff Holt, 19. Cary House, 20. Dave Peperak. NT
**Elliott flipped on the 18th lap of the feature but was not injured. Stapp flipped on the 18th lap restart but was only shaken up.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Huntley, Laps 19-30 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hewitt-186; 2-Butler-180; 3-T. House-107; 4-Staab-79; 5-Vogler-77; 6-Terry Shepherd-65; 7-Hillenburg-62; 8-Stapp & Elliott-55; 10-Alderson-43.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 7 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 7, 1988 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park – “Hardee’s Racing Series”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-22.156; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-22.287; 3. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-22.291; 4. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-22.563; 5. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-22.646; 6. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-22.762; 7. Jim Childers, 66, Nowling-22.781; 8. Mack McClellan, 73, Yahn-22.820; 9. Bill Tyler, 25, Batista-22.839; 10. Billy Vukovich III, 21, Capels-22.971; 11. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-23.114; 12. Leon Thickstun, 7, Atkinson-23.116; 13. Jeff Bloom, 7s, Roberts-23.148; 14. David Harrison, 44H, Harrison-23.267; 15. Tray House, 23, Murphy-23.316; 16. Jerry Landon, 8x, Becker-23.367; 17. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-23.384; 18. Andy Stapp, 4s, Stapp-23.421; 19. Gene Lee Gibson, 3, Leyba-23.496; 20. Benny Rapp, 14, Rapp-23.515; 21. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-23.699; 22. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-24.019; 23. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-24.157; 24. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-24.381; 25. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-24.504; 26. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-24.692; 27. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-24.846; 28. Roger Bible, 8B, Payne-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Bloom, 3. Alderson, 4. Nemire, 5. Tyler, 6. Champlin, 7. Peperak. 3:01.28
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Vukovich, 3. Moulis, 4. Frey, 5. Harrison, 6. Stapp, 7. Hollingsworth. 3:03.16
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hillenburg, 2. Childers, 3. Gibson, 4. House, 5. Staab, 6. Blake, 7. Seelman. 3:05.48
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thickstun, 2. Elliott, 3. Rapp, 4. McClellan, 5. Landon, 6. Bible, 7. Allen. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Harrison, 3. Stapp, 4. Hollingsworth, 5. Landon, 6. Peperak, 7. Seelman, 8. Blake, 9. Allen, 10. Bible, 11. Tyler. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bob Frey, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Billy Vukovich III, 4. Gene Lee Gibson, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Mack McClellan, 7. David Harrison, 8. Andy Hillenburg, 9. Tray House, 10. Jerry Nemire, 11. Mark Alderson, 12. Jeff Bloom, 13. Benny Rapp, 14. Rich Vogler, 15. Jim Moulis, 16. Greg Staab, 17. Andy Stapp, 18. Blake Hollingsworth, 19. Jim Childers, 20. Leon Thickstun. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Frey.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Butler-213; 2-Jack Hewitt-186; 3-House-120; 4-Vogler-94; 5-Staab-84; 6-Hillenburg-81; 7-Elliott-74; 8-Terry Shepherd-65; 9-Stapp-59; 10-Alderson-55.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 16 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Stoops Freightliner Shootout” (Winged)
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 16, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Stoops Freightliner Shootout”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Doty, 40s, Stanton-14.779; 2. Joey Allen, 7c, Chupp-14.806; 3. Kelly Kinser, 4K, Kinser-14.860; 4. Jimmy Sills, 29, Weikert-14.956; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-15.249; 6. Andy Stapp, 4s, Stapp-15.468; 7. Bobby Adkins, 40A, Goodin-15.483; 8. Kevin Huntley, 23s, Shoff-15.493; 9. Jac Haudenschild, 2T, Lee-15.521; 10. Tray House, 23, Murphy-15.560; 11. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-15.620; 12. Rick Hood, 1n, Campbell-15.641; 13. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-15.657; 14. Rod George, 4, Stockdale-15.670; 15. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-15.696; 16. Rocky Hodges, 3, Petitte-15.731; 17. Jeff Gordon, 6, Winterbotham-15.769; 18. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-15.934; 19. Joe Gaerte, 7TW, Wimmer-15.950; 20. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-15.972; 21. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.145; 22. Ken Rice, 44R, Rice-16.205; 23. Johnny Beaber, 14, Daugherty-15.374; 24. Billy Corbin, 19, Reynolds-16.417; 25. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.422; 26. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-16.644; 27. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-16.784; 28. Bobby Teeple, 8, Teeple-16.785; 29. Terry Shepherd, 7K, Kasey-16.802; 30. Roger Unverferth, 11, Unverferth-18.578; 31. Sammy Keen, 11K, Keen-NT; 32. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Gordon, 3. Haudenschild, 4. Staab, 5. Hillenburg, 6. Butler, 7. Elliott, 8. Shepherd. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Allen, 3. Stapp, 4. Alderson, 5. House, 6. George, 7. K. Rice, 8. Unverferth. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Beaber, 2. D. Jacobs, 3. K. Kinser, 4. Gaerte, 5. Adkins, 6. Hewitt, 7. Keen, 8. Peperak. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hodges, 2. Hood, 3. Corbin, 4. Stanley, 5. Sills, 6. Huntley, 7. Teeple. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Sills, 3. Huntley, 4. Hewitt, 5. George, 6. House, 7. Unverferth, 8. Hillenburg, 9. Elliott, 10. Adkins, 11. Teeple, 12. Keen, 13. K. Rice, 14. Peperak, 15. Nemire. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Kelly Kinser, 3. Brad Doty, 4. Rocky Hodges, 5. Jac Haudenschild, 6. Kevin Huntley, 7. Joe Gaerte, 8. Kenny Jacobs, 9. Jeff Gordon, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Robbie Stanley, 12. Andy Stapp, 13. Dean Jacobs, 14. Mark Alderson, 15. Joey Allen, 16. Rick Hood, 17. Billy Corbin, 18. Johnny Beaber, 19. Jimmy Sills, 20. Jack Hewitt. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Butler.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 17 – Findlay, Ohio – Millstream Motor Speedway – “Stoops Freightliner Shootout”
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): July 17, 1988 – Findlay, Ohio – Millstream Motor Speedway – “Stoops Freightliner Shootout”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-15.506; 2. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-15.762; 3. Brad Doty, 40s, Stanton-15.833; 4. Jim Wohlfeil, 3w, Wohlfeil-15.948; 5. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.961; 6. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-15.976; 7. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.016; 8. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-16.038; 9. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.079; 10. Tray House, 23, Murphy-16.145; 11. Johnny Beaber, 14, Daugherty-16.211; 12. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.255; 13. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-16.324; 14. Jeff Gordon, 6, Winterbotham-16.357; 15. Al Hager, 5, Brindley-16.382; 16. Billy Corbin, 19, Reynolds-16.416; 17. Bobby Teeple, 8, Teeple-16.469; 18. Steve Morehead, 42, Morehead-16.589; 19. Mark Christman, 34, Christman-16.636; 20. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-16.996; 21. Tom Basinger, 3, Basinger-17.111; 22. Todd Cramer, 30, Cramer-18.295; 23. Roger Unverferth, 11, Unverferth-18.747.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Nemire, 3. Hewitt, 4. House, 5. Corbin, 6. Wohlfeil, 7. Cramer, 8. Christman. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Beaber, 2. Elliott, 3. D. Jacobs, 4. Hillenburg, 5. Alderson, 6. Unverferth, 7. Teeple, 8. Gordon. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Morehead, 2. Doty, 3. Stanley, 4. Butler, 5. Staab, 6. Hager, 7. Basinger. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Teeple, 2. Staab, 3. Wohlfeil, 4. Alderson, 5. Corbin, 6. Cramer, 7. Basinger, 8. Unverferth, 9. Gordon. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Doty, 2. Robbie Stanley, 3. Kenny Jacobs, 4. Johnny Beaber, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Jim Wohlfeil, 7. Jack Hewitt, 8. Steve Morehead, 9. Dean Jacobs, 10. Tray House, 11. Bobby Teeple, 12. Billy Corbin, 13. Greg Staab, 14. Jerry Nemire, 15. Tony Elliott, 16. Andy Hillenburg, 17. Todd Cramer, 18. Mark Alderson, 19. Tom Basinger, 20. Jeff Gordon. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Stanley, Laps 16-30 Doty.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Butler-260; 2-Hewitt-203; 3-House-132; 4-Staab-104; 5-Rich Vogler-94; 6-Hillenburg-91; 7-Elliott-83; 8-K. Jacobs-72; 9-Stapp-70; 10-Alderson-66.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 24 – Salem, Indiana – Salem Speedway – “Joe James-Pat O’Connor Memorial”
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 24, 1988 – Salem, Indiana – Salem Speedway – “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-16.433; 2. Rich Vogler, 65, Miller-16.550; 3. Jim Childers, 66, Nowling-16.662; 4. Jeff Bloom, 7s, Roberts-16.711; 5. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-16.846; 6. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-16.899; 7. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.968; 8. Gene Lee Gibson, 3, Leyba-17.103; 9. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-17.113; 10. Leon Thickstun, 7, Atkinson-17.180; 11. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.240; 12. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.442; 13. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-17.468; 14. Jerry Landon, 8x, Becker-17.489; 15. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-17.584; 16. Bruce Field, 88, Venena-17.760; 17. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-17.942; 18. Roger Bible, 8B, Payne-17.980; 19. Jim Whiteside, 67, Whiteside-18.306; 20. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.729; 21. Tray House, 23, Murphy-19.054; 22. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-19.136; 23. Stephen Smith, 12, Smith-19.954; 24. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-20.113; 25. Mack McClellan, 73, Yahn-NT; 26. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alderson, 2. Frey, 3. Blake, 4. House, 5. Whited, 6. Hillenburg. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Thickstun, 3. Champlin, 4. Rapp, 5. Landon, 6. Bible. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Butler, 3. Hollingsworth, 4. Whiteside, 5. Childers, 6. Smith. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Field, 2. Nemire, 3. Gibson, 4. Bloom, 5. Rockhold, 6. Allen. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Hillenburg, 2. Landon, 3. Rockhold, 4. Whited, 5. Bible. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bob Frey, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Gene Lee Gibson, 5. Jeff Bloom, 6. Bruce Field, 7. Jerry Nemire, 8. Tim Champlin, 9. Jerry Landon, 10. Mike Blake, 11. Brent Whited, 12. Greg Staab, 13. Blake Hollingsworth, 14. Jim Whiteside, 15. Andy Hillenburg, 16. Manny Rockhold, 17. Tray House, 18. Mark Alderson, 19. Leon Thickstun, 20. Benny Rapp. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Butler, Laps 2-30 Frey.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Butler-284; 2-Hewitt-203; 3-House-137; 4-Vogler-127; 5-Staab-117; 6-Hillenburg-97; 7-Tony Elliott-83; 8-Alderson-73; 9-Kenny Jacobs-72; 10-Andy Stapp & Frey-70.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 28 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park – “Hardee’s Racing Series”
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 28, 1988 – Indianapolis Raceway Park – Clermont, Indiana – “Hardee’s Racing Series”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Gene Lee Gibson, 3, Leyba-21.900; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-21.941; 3. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-22.080; 4. Jeff Bloom, 7s, Roberts-22.360; 5. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-22.380; 6. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-22.461; 7. Billy Vukovich III, 21, Capels-22.558; 8. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-22.668; 9. Leon Thickstun, 7, Atkinson-22.726; 10. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-22.819; 11. Charlie Fisher, 48, Nott-23.024; 12. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-23.026; 13. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-23.057; 14. Bruce Field, 88, Venena-23.092; 15. Jim Childers, 66, Nowling-23.145; 16. Bill Tyler, 25, Batista-23.160; 17. Bob Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-23.169; 18. Mack McClellan, 73, Yahn-23.203; 19. David Harrison, 44H, Harrison-23.226; 20. Tray House, 23, Murphy-23.282; 21. Frank Weiss, 72, Victor-23.378; 22. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-23.481; 23. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-23.527; 24. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-23.535; 25. Jim Whiteside, 67, Whiteside-23.563; 26. Paul Stender, 16T, Stender-23.797; 27. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-23.825; 28. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-23.826; 29. Larry Fritz, 8v, Fritz-24.030; 30. George Wilkins, 71, Benson-24.258; 31. Roger Bible, 8B, Payne-24.590; 32. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-24.596; 33. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-25.234; 34. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-NT; 35. Bruce Robey, 65, Miller-NT. (Times for Gibson & Butler not applicable for track record purposes due to clock irregularity.)
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Huntley, 2. Gibson, 3. Whiteside, 4. Moulis, 5. Cicconi, 6. Thickstun, 7. Becker, 8. Weiss, 9. Fritz. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Butler, 3. Field, 4. Elliott, 5. Stender, 6. Vogler, 7. McClellan, 8. Seelman, 9. Wilkins. 3:04.79
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Childers, 2. Harrison, 3. Frey, 4. Vukovich, 5. Blake, 6. Fisher, 7. Bible, 8. Hollingsworth. 3:05.72
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. House, 2. Alderson, 3. Champlin, 4. Tyler, 5. Bloom, 6. Whited, 7. Nemire, 8. Rapp. 3:05.69
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bloom, 2. Thickstun, 3. Nemire, 4. Vogler, 5. Fisher, 6. Cicconi, 7. McClellan, 8. Seelman, 9. Stender, 10. Wilkins, 11. Becker, 12. Rapp, 13. Whited, 14. Hollingsworth, 15. Fritz, 16. Bible, 17. Blake. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Greg Staab, 2. Kevin Huntley, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Jeff Bloom, 5. Billy Vukovich III, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. Gene Lee Gibson, 8. Jim Childers, 9. Jerry Nemire, 10. Tim Champlin, 11. Leon Thickstun, 12. Bill Tyler, 13. Mark Alderson, 14. David Harrison, 15. Jim Whiteside, 16. Tray House, 17. Bob Frey, 18. Bruce Field, 19. Tony Elliott, 20. Jim Moulis. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Huntley, Laps 6-19 Butler, Laps 20-26 Huntley, Laps 27-30 Staab.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 30 – Winchester (Ind.) Speedway
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SWITZER CHERRY CANDY/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 30, 1988 – Winchester, Indiana – Winchester Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-15.502; 2. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-15.743; 3. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-15.754; 4. Bob Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-16.109; 5. Jeff Bloom, 7s, Roberts-16.290; 6. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.644; 7. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.745; 8. Jim Childers, 66, Nowling-16.905; 9. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.081; 10. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-17.196; 11. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-17.222; 12. Paul Huntington, 73, Yahn-17.230; 13. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-17.236; 14. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-17.582; 15. Jim Whiteside, 67, Whiteside-17.693; 16. Gene Lee Gibson, 3, Leyba-17.832; 17. Benny Rapp, 14R, Rapp-17.862; 18. Tray House, 23, Murphy-18.106; 19. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Alderson, 3. Bloom, 4. Childers, 5. Gibson, 6. Champlin, 7. Huntington, 8. Butler, 9. House. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Frey, 2. Staab, 3. Cicconi, 4. Nemire, 5. Whiteside, 6. Hollingsworth, 7. Allen, 8. Rapp. 2:16.62
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Seelman, 3. Champlin, 4. Hollingsworth, 5. House, 6. Rapp, 7. Huntington, 8. Allen. 2:47.13
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Mark Alderson, 3. Bob Frey, 4. Steve Butler, 5. Brent Whited, 6. Jim Childers, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Jerry Nemire, 9. Tim Champlin, 10. Bill Allen, 11. Benny Rapp, 12. Jim Whiteside, 13. Bob Seelman, 14. Tray House, 15. Blake Hollingsworth, 16. Jeff Bloom, 17. Bob Cicconi, 18. Gene Lee Gibson, 19. Paul Huntington. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Staab, Lap 4 Alderson, Laps 5-30 Vogler.
NEW SWITZER CHERRY CANDY/USAC “PAVEMENT” SPRINT STANDINGS: 1-Frey-107; 2-Vogler-105; 3-Butler-103; 4-Staab-69; 5-Gibson-66; 6-Alderson-60; 7-Nemire-55; 8-Childers-40; 9-House-34; 10-Huntley-29.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 31 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway (Winged)
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): July 31, 1988 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Gaerte, 7TW, Wimmer-13.221; 2. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-13.462; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-13.504; 4. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-13.516; 5. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-13.549; 6. Mickey Smith, 14s, Smith-13.603; 7. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-13.706; 8. Jerry Hamby, 2H, Hamby-13.734; 9. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.753; 10. Jack Ziegler, 76, Glass-13.773; 11. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-13.820; 12. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-13.822; 13. Chuck Amati, 66, Tate-13.823; 14. Andy Hillenburg, 5m, Merrill-13.863; 15. Scott McDaniel, 14m, McDaniel-13.872; 16. Mike Ward, 61x, Blankenship-13.877; 17. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-13.930; 18. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.962; 19. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.002; 20. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-14.121; 21. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-14.161; 22. Rich Vogler, 84, Weiland-14.164; 23. Brad Rehlmeyer, 13R, Rehlmeyer-14.227; 24. Wayne Slader, 84s, Slader-14.239; 25. Jeff Pritchard, 7J, Pritchard-14.301; 26. Bob Bowen, 35, Bowen-14.335; 27. Alan Brown, 34, Baker-14.430; 28. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-14.503; 29. Jason Smith, 28, ML-14.596; 30. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-14.661; 31. J.C. Sulawske-14.954.
REMAINDER OF PROGRAM RAINED OUT AND RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY NIGHT, AUGUST 7.
NEW SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Butler-332; 2-Hewitt-203; 3-Vogler-182; 4-Staab-168; 5-House-153; 6-Mark Alderson-114; 7-Bob Frey-107; 8-Hillenburg-97; 9-Jerry Nemire-90; 10-Tony Elliott-86.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: August 6 – Richmond (KY) Raceway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): August 6, 1988 – Richmond, Kentucky – Richmond Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-13.638; 2. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-13.793; 3. Mike Ward, 61x, Blankenship-13.887; 4. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-13.907; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-14.008; 6. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-14.018; 7. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-14.055; 8. Mike Bowling, 98, Bowling-14.218; 9. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-14.305; 10. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-14.348; 11. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-14.457; 12. Danny Pittman, 01L, Pittman/Campbell-14.586; 13. Andy Stapp, 4x, Stapp-14.718; 14. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-14.725; 15. Wayne Slader, 84, Slader-14.746; 16. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-14.796; 17. Tray House, 23, Murphy-NT; 18. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Briscoe, 3. Staab, 4. Huntley, 5. Gentry, 6. Stapp. 2:24.13
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Hayhurst, 3. D. Jacobs, 4. Alderson, 5. Bowling, 6. Champlin. 2:27.12
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ward, 2. Stanley, 3. Pittman, 4. Slader, 5. Davis. 2:25.45
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Huntley, 2. Stapp, 3. Davis, 4. Bowling, 5. Gentry, 6. Slader, 7. House, 8. Alderson, 9. Champlin. 3:02.01
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mike Ward, 2. Kenny Jacobs, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Dean Jacobs, 5. Kevin Briscoe, 6. Eric Davis, 7. Robbie Stanley, 8. Wayne Slader, 9. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 10. Greg Staab, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Mark Alderson, 13. Andy Stapp, 14. Danny Pittman, 15. Tray House, 16. Kevin Huntley, 17. Mike Bowling, 18. Tim Champlin. NT
**House flipped during practice and Bowling flipped during the feature, but there were no injuries.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 K. Jacobs, Laps 10-30 Ward.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: August 7 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): August 7, 1988 – Haubstadt, Indiana – Tri-State Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 4K, Kinser-13.408; 2. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-13.488; 3. Mike Ward, 61x, Blankenship-13.507; 4. Kevin Thomas, 8R, Thomas-13.624; 5. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-13.682; 6. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-13.721; 7. Bob Bowen, 35, Bowen-13.766; 8. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-13.766; 9. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-13.774; 10. Donnie Beechler, 21x, Pollock-13.787; 11. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-13.797; 12. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-13.838; 13. Mickey Smith, 14s, Smith-13.871; 14. Tim Gee, 88, Gee-13.889; 15. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-13.895; 16. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.907; 17. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-13.915; 18. Randy Kinser, 1x, Todd-13.925; 19. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-13.935; 20. Jerry Hamby, 2H, Hamby-13.966; 21. Jeff Pritchard, 7J, Pritchard-14.005; 22. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-14.076; 23. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-14.077; 24. Wayne Slader, 84s, Slader-14.126; 25. Scott McDaniel, 14m, McDaniel-14.149; 26. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-14.237; 27. Brad Rehlmeyer, 13R, Rehlmeyer-14.261; 28. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-14.295; 29. Alan Brown, 34, Brown-14.341; 30. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-14.656; 31. J.C. Sulawske, 51, Sulawske-14.713; 32. Jason Smith, 28, Smith-15.053; 33. Bryan Ruble, 96B, Ruble-15.367; 34. Danny Pittman, 01L, Pittman/Campbell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McDaniel, 2. K. Kinser, 3. Brown, 4. M. Smith, 5. Tepe, 6. Davis, 7. Pritchard, 8. Stanley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hayhurst, 2. Staab, 3. Beechler, 4. Gee, 5. K. Jacobs, 6. R. Kinser, 7. Huntley, 8. K. Gentry. 2:14.67
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ward, 2. Bateman, 3. L. Gentry, 4. D. Jacobs, 5. Stapp, 6. Rehlmeyer, 7. Bowen, 8. Sulawske. 2:16.13
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Alderson, 3. Cummins, 4. Briscoe, 5. Slader, 6. Hamby, 7. J. Smith, 8. K. Thomas. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Huntley, 3. Stanley, 4. Stapp, 5. Tepe, 6. K. Thomas, 7. R. Kinser, 8. Davis, 9. Hamby, 10. Slader, 11. Bowen, 12. Rehlmeyer, 13. K. Gentry, 14. Pritchard, 15. Ruble, 16. Sulawske, 17. J. Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kenny Jacobs, 2. Mike Ward, 3. Robbie Stanley, 4. Dean Jacobs, 5. Kevin Briscoe, 6. Tim Gee, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Randy Bateman, 9. Leon Gentry, 10. Scott McDaniel, 11. Mark Alderson, 12. Alan Brown, 13. Andy Stapp, 14. Mickey Smith, 15. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 16. Kelly Kinser, 17. Kevin Huntley, 18. Mark Cummins, 19. Steve Butler, 20. Donnie Beechler. NT
**Pittman flipped during practice. Stanley flipped during the first heat and Huntley flipped during the feature, but there were no injuries.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 K. Jacobs
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-363; 2-Jack Hewitt-203; 3-Staab-198; 4-Rich Vogler-182; 5-Tray House-159; 6-K. Jacobs-141; 7-Alderson-137; 8-Bob Frey-107; 9-Andy Hillenburg-97; 10-Jerry Nemire-90.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: August 18 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park – “Hardee’s Racing Series”
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SWITZER CHERRY CANDY/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 18, 1988 – Clermont, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park – “Hardee’s Racing Series” – 18th “Tony Hulman Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bob Frey, 20, Niebel-21.882; 2. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-22.224; 3. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-22.333; 4. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-22.401; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-22.405; 6. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-22.458; 7. Tray House, 23, Murphy-22.528; 8. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-22.585; 9. Leon Thickstun, 7, Atkinson-22.609; 10. Gene Lee Gibson, 3, Leyba-22.831; 11. Mack McClellan, 73, Yahn-22.925; 12. Jim Childers, 66, Nowling-22.944; 13. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-22.957; 14. Bob Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-23.015; 15. Larry Rice, 65, Miller-23.019; 16. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-23.040; 17. Rick Hood, 1n, Campbell-23.133; 18. Charlie Fisher, 48, Nott-23.192; 19. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-23.264; 20. Jeff Bloom, 7s, Roberts-23-292; 21. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-23.550; 22. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-23.558; 23. Paul Stender, 16T, Stender-23.566; 24. Larry Fritz, 8v, Fritz-23.827; 25. Bob Seelman, 74, Seelman-23.978; 26. Jim Whiteside, 67, Whiteside-24.134; 27. Tim Champlin, 8, Becker-24.306; 28. Roger Bible, 8B, Payne-24.403; 29. Frank Weiss, 72, Victor-24.592; 30. Bill Allen, 5, McGee-25.335; 31. Stephen Smith, 12, Smith-25.522; 32. Randy Schuller, 79, Schuller-35.216; 33. Brent Whited, 38, Hodson-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Frey, 2. Butler, 3. Blake, 4. Elliott, 5. Hood, 6. Seelman, 7. Thickstun. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Alderson, 3. Gibson, 4. Cicconi, 5. Fisher, 6. D. Jacobs, 7. Weiss. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Huntley, 2. House, 3. Rice, 4. Stender, 5. McClellan, 6. Champlin, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Allen. 3:06.54
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Childers, 3. Bloom, 4. Staab, 5. Nemire, 6. Bible, 7. Fritz, 8. Smith. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Nemire, 2. Fisher, 3. McClellan, 4. Hood, 5. Hollingsworth, 6. Seelman, 7. D. Jacobs, 8. Allen, 9. Weiss, 10. Champlin. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Mark Alderson, 3. Kevin Huntley, 4. Bob Frey, 5. Greg Staab, 6. Jack Hewitt, 7. Jim Childers, 8. Tray House, 9. Rick Hood, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Jerry Nemire, 12. Charlie Fisher, 13. Paul Stender, 14. Gene Lee Gibson, 15. Rich Vogler, 16. Mack McClellan, 17. Mike Blake, 18. Jeff Bloom, 19. Tony Elliott, 20. Blake Hollingsworth. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Butler.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-396; 2-Jack Hewitt-226; 3-Staab-215; 4-Vogler-192; 5-Tray House-175; 6-Alderson-165; 7-Kenny Jacobs-141; 8-Frey-135; 9-Huntley-113; 10-Nemire-100.
NEW SWITZER CHERRY CANDY/USAC PAVEMENT SPRINT POINTS: 1-Butler-136; 2-Frey-135; 3-Vogler-115; 4-Alderson-88; 5-Staab-86; 6-Huntley-81; 7-Gibson-75; 8-Nemire-65; 9-Childers-57; 10-House-50.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 3 – Granite City, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): September 3, 1988 – Granite City, Illinois – Tri-City Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Randy Smith, 20, Durst-18.402; 2. Rick Hood, 56, Gohr-18.635; 3. Rich Vogler, 84, Weiland-18.668; 4. Danny Lasoski, 49, Rogers-18.687; 5. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-18.867; 6. Kelly Kinser, 4K, Kinser-18.871; 7. Jerry Russell, 1x, Sloan-18.879; 8. Andy Stapp, 4x, Stapp-19.031; 9. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-19.049; 10. Terry Shepherd, 4c, Kasey-19.149; 11. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-19.189; 12. Jerry Richert, Jr., 81, Johnson-19.208; 13. Tray House, 23, Murphy-19.275; 14. Andy Hillenburg, 5m, Merrill-19.290; 15. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-19.300; 16. Tommy Scott, 74s, Scott-19.381; 17. Ron Standridge, 10, Standridge-19.454; 18. Donnie Beechler, 21x, Pollock-19.464; 19. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-19.475; 20. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-19.511; 21. Tony Weyant, 38, Weyant-19.545; 22. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-19.571; 23. Jack Ziegler, 76, Glass-19.625; 24. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-19.686; 25. A.R. Gardner, 9, Gardner-20.092; 26. Gay Rolofson, 00, Long-20.110; 27. Bob Weuve, 19, Weuve-20.116; 28. Wayne Slader, 84x, Slader-20.185; 29. Tony Hendrickson, 8, Booth-20.217; 30. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-20.409; 31. Eric Davis, 96, Davis-20.452; 32. Leon Gentry, 61x, Gentry-20.483; 33. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-20.523; 34. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-20.750; 35. Tom Bigelow, 83, Sohm-20.760; 36. Manny Rockhold, 3K, Kohler-21.179; 37. Rod Holliday, 62, Holliday-21.234.
LAST CHANCE RACE: (6 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Rockhold, 3. Holliday, 4. Peperak, 5. Hayhurst. 2:07.22
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Standridge, 2. Butler, 3. R. Smith, 4. Stanley, 5. Gardner, 6. House, 7. Hendrickson, 8. Weyant. 3:22.49
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Rolofson, 3. Beechler, 4. K. Kinser, 5. Shepherd, 6. Staab, 7. Alderson, 8. Hillenburg. 3:23.10
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Feese, 3. D. Jacobs, 4. Ziegler, 5. Gordon, 6. Davis, 7. Weuve, 8. Vogler. 3:22.91
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Scott, 2. Lasoski, 3. Tobin, 4. Slader, 5. Richert, 6. Stapp, 7. Briscoe, 8. Gentry. 3:28.09
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. Vogler, 3. Richert, 4. Hillenburg, 5. House, 6. Shepherd, 7. Briscoe, 8. Gardner, 9. Alderson, 10. Staab, 11. Weuve, 12. Bigelow, 13. Davis, 14. Hendrickson, 15. Holliday, 16. Rockhold, 17. Gentry, 18. Gordon. 4:16.55
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kelly Kinser, 2. Jerry Russell, 3. Robbie Stanley, 4. Rich Vogler, 5. Danny Lasoski, 6. Randy Smith, 7. Rick Hood, 8. Steve Butler, 9. Brian Tobin, 10. Andy Stapp, 11. Dave Feese, 12. Tray House, 13. Tommy Scott, 14. Andy Hillenburg, 15. Dean Jacobs, 16. Ron Standridge, 17. Donnie Beechler, 18. Gay Rolofson, 19. Jack Ziegler, 20. Jerry Richert, Jr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Stanley, Laps 27-28 Russell, Laps 29-30 K. Kinser.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-412; 2-Jack Hewitt-226; 3-Staab-215; 4-Vogler-212; 5-House-184; 6-Alderson-165; 7-Kenny Jacobs-141; 8-Bob Frey-135; 9-Kevin Huntley-113; 10-Hillenburg-104.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 9 – Paragon, Indiana – Paragon Speedway – “Sheldon Kinser Classic”
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): September 9, 1988 – Paragon, Indiana – Paragon Speedway – “Sheldon Kinser Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tray House, 23, Murphy-14.038; 2. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-14.167; 3. Joe Gaerte, 7TW, Wimmer-14.212; 4. Rocky Hodges, 3, Petitte-14.232; 5. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-14.255; 6. Kelly Kinser, 4K, Kinser-14.333; 7. Chuck Amati, 66, Tate-14.345; 8. Rich Vogler, 84, Weiland-14.355; 9. Brian Tobin, 68, Tobin-14.430; 10. Mike Ward, 61x, Blankenship-14.430; 11. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-14.479; 12. Jeff Gordon, 6, Winterbotham-14.481; 13. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-14.532; 14. Tim Gee, 88, Gee-14.559; 15. Todd Shields, 56s, Shields-14.595; 16. Kevin Briscoe, 5x, Briscoe-14.659; 17. Joe Miller, 4, Miller-14.667; 18. Max Dumesny, 5A, Dumesny-14.672; 19. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-14.674; 20. Mickey Smith, 14s, Smith-14.675; 21. Andy Hillenburg, 5m, Merrill-14.689; 22. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-14.711; 23. Jerry Russell, 63, Hampshire-14.719; 24. Dean Jacobs, 40, Arnold-14.728; 25. Jack Ziegler, 76, Glass-14.775; 26. Ron Glidden, 2T, Silver Eagle-14.777; 27. Eric Gordon, 75, Gordon-14.916; 28. Jeff Pritchard, 7J, Pritchard-14.987; 29. Jon Sargent, 22, Sargent-15.043; 30. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-15.049; 31. Greg Staab, 44,, BUF-15.068; 32. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-15.161; 33. Jeff Deckard, 9, Deckard-15.186; 34. Dallas Kinser, 8L, Lambertson-15.235; 35. Pete Abel, 04, Abel-15.248; 36. Bob Bowen, 35, Bowen-15.271; 37. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.297; 38. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-15.394; 39. Jerry Hamby, 2H, Hamby-15.413; 40. Rick Ungar, 14J, McDaniel-15.544; 41. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-15.909; 42. Dennis Rose, 270, Rose-15.923; 43. Kent Christian, 3x, Baker-16.094; 44. Johnny Johnson, 72J, Johnson-16.335; 45. Greg Axsom, 11, Axsom-16.385; 46. Tom Burch, 42, Burch-16.554.
LAST CHANCE RACE: (10 laps) 1. Deckard, 2. D. Kinser, 3. Bowen, 4. Hamby, 5. Blake, 6. Ungar, 7. Rose, 8. Reed, 9. Burch, 10. Axsom, 11. Johnson, 12. Christian, 13. Peperak. 2:38.58
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ziegler, 2. Miller, 3. House, 4. Hillenburg, 5. Butler, 6. Huntley, 7. Sargent, 8. Tobin. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Glidden, 2. Ward, 3. K. Jacobs, 4. Pletch, 5. K. Kinser, 6. Gee, 7. Stanley, 8. Dumesny. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Staab, 2. E. Gordon, 3. Amati, 4. Gaerte, 5. Shields, 6. Feese, 7. Russell, 8. Alderson. 2:32.00
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hodges, 2. M. Smith, 3. Vogler, 4. Stauffer, 5. Pritchard, 6. D. Jacobs, 7. J. Gordon, 8. Briscoe. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Huntley, 2. Butler, 3. Stanley, 4. Russell, 5. Briscoe, 6. Alderson, 7. Bowen, 8. Pritchard, 9. Sargent, 10. Shields, 11. Gee, 12. Hamby, 13. Tobin, 14. Dumesny, 15. Feese, 16. Deckard, 17. J. Gordon, 18. D. Kinser. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Joe Gaerte, 2. Rocky Hodges, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Kevin Huntley, 5. Mike Ward, 6. Kenny Jacobs, 7. Chuck Amati, 8. Robbie Stanley, 9. Andy Hillenburg, 10. Eric Gordon, 11. Rich Vogler, 12. Joe Miller, 13. Terry Pletch, 14. Greg Staab, 15. Jerry Russell, 16. Tray House, 17. Mickey Smith, 18. Red Stauffer, 19. Jack Ziegler, 20. Ron Glidden. NT
**Tobin flipped during the first heat. K. Kinser flipped during the second heat. Ziegler flipped during the feature, but there were no injuries.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Huntley, Laps 14-15 Gaerte, Laps 16-22 Huntley, Laps 23-24 Butler, Lap 25 Huntley, Laps 26-30 Gaerte.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-433; 2-Jack Hewitt & Staab-226; 4-Vogler-224; 5-House-197; 6-Alderson-165; 7-K. Jacobs-162; 8-Bob Frey-135; 9-Huntley-131; 10-Hillenburg-117.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 24-25 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 24-25, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tray House, 23, Murphy-16.189; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.322; 3. Terry Shepherd, 4c, Kasey-16.498; 4. Jerry Russell, 1x, Sloan-16.511; 5. Mark Alderson, 52, Wright-16.515; 6. Rich Vogler, 84, Weiland-16.520; 7. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.600; 8. Jack Hewitt, 23s, Shoff-16.635; 9. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.655; 10. Kevin Huntley, 69, Dynamics-16.665; 11. Rick Hood, 63, Hampshire-16.667; 12. Rodney Duncan, 1n, Campbell-16.730; 13. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.821; 14. Rick Ungar, 2v, Vance-16.831; 15. Andy Hillenburg, 5m, Merrill-16.940; 16. Andy Stapp, 4s, Stapp-16.943; 17. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-16.959; 18. Leon Thickstun, 77, Law-16.960; 19. Dave Darland, 5G, Goacher-16.962; 20. Larry Rice, 40, Arnold-16.967; 21. George Snider, 3, Leyba-17.038; 22. Ken Rice, 44R, Rice-17.070; 23. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.080; 24. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-17.150; 25. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-17.159; 26. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-17.165; 27. Steve Imel, 95, Frampton-17.202; 28. Rusty McClure, 00, Bodkins-17.220; 29. Bill Tyler, 25, Batista-17.270; 30. Ray Morgan, 7m, Morgan-17.291; 31. Alan Brown, 5B, Brown-17.374; 32. Dave Macey, 4x, Macey-17.398; 33. Jeff Walker, 39, Walker-17.412; 34. Joe Melnick, 66, Nowling-17.423; 35. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-17.434; 36. Dave Feese, 12, Clavey-17.494; 37. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-17.954; 38. Russ Gamester, 71, Benson-17.986; 39. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-17.992; 40. Kim West, 1s, Skinner-18.068; 41. Jeff O’Banion, 21, O’Banion-18.102; 42. A.R. Gardner, 9, Gardner-18.127; 43. Rod Bailey, 09, Bailey-18.591; 44. Troy Courtney, 0, Courtney-18.639; 45. Al Caton, 65, Caton-19.152; 46. Brent Whited, 45, Whited-19.815; 47. Rob Roberts, 7R, Roberts-NT.
FIRST TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “QUALIFYING RACE”: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Gordon, 3. Staab, 4. Elliott, 5. Gentry, 6. Helm, 7. Nemire, 8. Tyler, 9. Snider, 10. Imel, 11. Brown, 12. Mann, 13. O’Banion, 14. Bailey, 15. Caton, 16. Darland, 17. Gamester, 18. Walker, 19. Hillenburg, 20. West. 2:58.02
SECOND TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “QUALIFYING RACE”: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Duncan, 3. Ungar, 4. Huntley, 5. L. Rice, 6. McClure, 7. Feese, 8. K. Rice, 9. Hollingsworth, 10. Morgan, 11. Roush, 12. Macey, 13. Gardner, 14. Bookmiller, 15. Courtney, 16. Bradford, 17. Melnick, 18. Stapp. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps – held Sept. 25) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Jerry Russell, 3. Mark Alderson, 4. Greg Staab, 5. Terry Shepherd, 6. Tray House, 7. Rodney Duncan, 8. Rich Vogler, 9. Tony Elliott, 10. Jack Hewitt, 11. Larry Rice, 12. Jerry Nemire, 13. George Snider, 14. Dave Feese, 15. Bill Tyler, 16. Jeff Gordon, 17. Rusty McClure, 18. Mike Helm, 19. Blake Hollingsworth, 20. Leon Gentry, 21. Rick Ungar, 22. Kevin Huntley, 23. Rick Hood, 24. Ken Rice. NT
**Hillenburg flipped during qualifying, but escaped injury. West flipped during the first qualifying race, but escaped injury. Hood & Huntley flipped at the start of the feature, but escaped injury.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Russell, Laps 8-30 Butler.
FINAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-467; 2-Staab-244; 3-Hewitt & Vogler-237; 5-House-218; 6-Alderson-186; 7-Kenny Jacobs-162; 8-Bob Frey-155; 9-Huntley-132; 10-Hillenburg-117.
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1988 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 468 Steve Butler, Kokomo, Ind.
2 246 Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio
3 241 Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio
4 238 Rich Vogler, Indianapolis, Ind.
5 218 Tray House, Chesterfield, Ind.
6 188 Mark Alderson, Timber Lake, S.D.
7 162 Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, Ohio
8 135 Bob Frey, Wickenburg, Ariz.
9 133 Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, Ind.
10 117 Andy Hillenburg, Indianapolis Ind.
11 109 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio
12 102 Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.
13 97 Andy Stapp, Brownsburg, Ind.
14 95 Dean Jacobs, Fredericksburg, Ohio (R)
15 85 Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, Ind.
16 76 Joe Gaerte, Rochester, Ind.
17 75 Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio
18 63 Rick Hood, Memphis, Tenn.
19 57 Jim Childers, Seffner, Fla.
20 57 Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, Ohio
21 48 Leon Thickstun, Nashville, Ind.
22 42 Jeff Gordon, Vallejo, Calif.
23 40 Larry Rice, Brownsburg, Ind.
24 40 Bill Tyler, Parma, Mich.
25 31 Leon Gentry, Henderson, Ky.
26 29 Benny Rapp, Temperance, Mich.
27 26 Jim Moughan, Springfield, Ill.
28 25 Gary Hayhurst, Jr., Evansville, Ind.
29 24 David Harrison, Bettsville, Ohio
30 24 Bruce Field, Lockport, Ill.
31 24 Blake Hollingsworth, Indianapolis, Ind.
32 21 Mack McClellan, Dayton, Ohio
33 20 Dave Feese, Saybrook, Ill.
34 18 Ken Rice, Dayton, Ohio
35 14 Todd Kane, Powell, Ohio
36 14 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.
37 13 Bobby Adkins, Indianapolis, Ind.
38 11 Dave Darland, Lincoln, Ind.
39 9 Tom Bigelow, Winchester, Ind.
40 9 Paul Stender, Big Bend, Wis.
41 8 Bob Seelman, Lansing, Mich.
42 7 Steve Imel, Anderson, Ind.
43 7 Bob Cicconi, Prospect Park, Pa.
44 5 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.
45 4 Red Stauffer, Orlando, Fla.
46 3 Mike Helm, Indianapolis, Ind.
1988 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 468 Jeff Stoops, Anderson, Ind. (#1)
2 246 B.U.F. Motorsports, Dayton, Ohio (#44)
3 218 Donald Murphy, Chesterfield, Ind. (#23)
4 214 Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)
5 205 Dynamics, Inc., Milford, Ohio (#69)
6 188 Eric Wright, Indianapolis, Ind. (#52)
7 184 Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
8 170 Jack Arnold Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#40)
9 162 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2)
10 135 Niebel Engines, Edinburgh, Ind. (#20)
11 130 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#3)
12 102 Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
13 97 Steve Stapp, Brownsburg, Ind. (#4s)
14 84 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio (#16)
15 76 Tom Wimmer, Fairmount, Ind. (#7w)
16 61 Johnny Capels, Indianapolis, Ind. (#21)
17 59 Lyle Roberts, Kalamazoo, Mich. (#7x)
18 46 Clarence Miller, Hilliard, Ohio (#65)
19 46 Chuck Merrill, Lincoln, Ill. (#5m)
20 42 Molds Unlimited, Vandalia, Ohio (#6w)
21 40 MBC Racing, Jerome, Mich. (#25)
22 39 Les Kepler, Grover City, Calif. (#18)
23 31 Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)
24 29 Benny Rapp, Temperance, Mich. (#14)
25 26 Brent Whited, Richmond, Ind. (#38)
26 25 Donald Whiteside, Indianapolis, Ind. (#67)
27 25 Gary Hayhurst, Evansville, Ind. (#56s)
28 24 David Harrison, Bettsville, Ohio (#44H)
29 24 Blake Hollingsworth, Indianapolis, Ind. (#93)
30 23 James Yahn, Ohio City, Ohio (#73)
31 20 Charles Atkinson, Columbus, Ind. (#7)
32 20 Clavey Motorsports, Dwight, Ill. (#12)
33 18 Ken Rice, Dayton, Ohio (#44A)
34 17 James Douglass, Kokomo, Ind. (#2J)
35 14 RAM Racing, Clinton, Ind. (#77)
36 13 David Goodin, Indianapolis, Ind. (#40G)
37 11 Bob Darland, Walton, Ind. (#36D)
38 11 Ralph Brown, Romeoville, Ill. (#34)
39 9 Paul Stender, Big Bend, Wis. (#16T)
40 8 Bob Seelman, Lansing, Mich. (#74)
41 7 Steve Imel, Anderson, Ind. (#95)
42 7 Guy Cicconi, Chadds Ford, Pa. (#59)
43 5 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill. (#71)
44 4 Bob Luscomb, Orlando, Fla. (#21)
45 3 Robert Helm, Indianapolis, Ind. (#28H)
