CONSISTENT SCHRADER SEALS 1983 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT TITLE
Consistency was the key to success as Ken Schrader and the Rose Brothers Trucking Chevy walked off with the 1983 USAC National “Thunder & Lightning” Sprint Car championship.
Ken opened the season with a victory at Paragon, then added another triumph in the “Pole Night Hoosier Sprints” at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in May. The balance of the season failed to produce any more feature wins but his record of finishing all but one race in the top-six earned him the crown by a whopping margin over runner-up Larry Rice.
Schrader’s consistency also paid off with the championship in the six-race Danners/USAC Midwest Sprint Car Series, which incorporated six of the final seven events of the season. Rice’s performance in those events, which landed him the runner-up spot in the Danners points, also helped boost him past defending National Sprint Car champ Sheldon Kinser for the National runner-up spot.
Kinser, the series titlist the past two seasons, was winless throughout most of the season but ended that drought in the opening race of the Danners Series at Lincoln Park. Sheldon earlier had been involved in a controversial finish at Eldora and was denied victory in that race due to a rule infraction.
Jack Hewitt, winner of that controversial Eldora feature when Kinser’s car was disqualified due to low tire pressure, was the winningest driver in the 1983 National series, with five feature wins, including the prestigious “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute in May. Hewitt became the 12th different winner of the classic.
Hewitt also won the “4-Crown Nationals” feature at Eldora, the final event of the season.
Other highlights of the season included Danny Milburn’s victory in the Danners Series at Lawrenceburg. The 1982 season Rookie of the Year had not previously tasted victory in USAC competition.
Larry Martin and Kelly Kinser also tasted victory for the first time under USAC sanction, Kinser winning a pair of main events at Lincoln Park and Paragon, and Martin emerging as the winner of a bizarre race at Bloomington.
Martin’s win came about as the result of Rick Hood’s flip on the final turn of the final lap at Bloomington. Hood was leading at the time and Martin running third. On the restart, local favorite Rodney Ritter grabbed the lead and held it to the finish, but it was discovered after the race that his engine was oversized, and he was disqualified, leaving Martin as the race winner.
Outlaw star Steve Kinser scored an impressive win at Santa Fe and Rick Hood won a Danners Series feature at Tri-State while Rich Vogler, the 1980 series champion, scored back-to-back victories in the “Don Branson/Jud Larson Memorial” at Eldora and at Terre Haute in June.
Veteran Dean Shirley was impressive enough in victory at Kokomo to haul down 1983 True Value Hardware Company Rookie of the Year honors. He also set a new track record for the USAC Sprints at Paragon.
The influence of Danners’ involvement with the series was expected to be a long-lasting one, with several tracks joining USAC for the first time in 1983 and planning to continue their USAC activity in 1984 as a direct result of the Danners sponsorship.
Schrader’s championship was his second in as many years with USAC, having won the 1982 Silver Crown Championship Series title. Ken tied Rich Vogler as USAC’s winningest driver in 1983, scoring a total of eight USAC wins, including his two Sprint feature triumphs.
Veteran observers liken Schrader’s capabilities behind the wheel to those of A.J. Foyt, for whom Ken admits he has utmost admiration. “I’d like to have the capabilities he has of winning races, his records are unbelievable,” he said in a post season interview.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 17, 1983 - Paragon, Indiana - Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 56s, Shields-15.691; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-15.722; 3. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-15.832; 4. Dana Carter, 96, Davis-15.939; 5. Steve Butler, 98A, Whitacre-16.057; 6. Cliff Cockrum, 51, King/Powers-16.079; 7. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-16.087; 8. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-16.120; 9. Steve Long, 4, Long-16.136; 10. Jerry Nemire, 14, Smith-16.199; 11. Tom Bigelow, 25, Bowen-16.218; 12. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-16.241; 13. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-16.291; 14. Chuck Amati, 37, G & R-16.298; 15. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.340; 16. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-16.419; 17. Larry Rice, 5, Toney-16.454; 18. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-16.467; 19. John Sharp, 91, Sharp-16.488; 20. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-16.506; 21. Tom Goad, 74x, Goad-16.550; 22. Van Gurley, 23, Gurley/Leep-16.583; 23. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-16.595; 24. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-16.630; 25. Bob Kinser, 2x, Bland-16.648; 26. Tom McDonald, 56A, Hayhurst-16.666; 27. John Tierney, 15, Carlson-16.682; 28. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-16.699; 29. Roger Rager, 6, Winterbotham-16.805; 30. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-16.853; 31. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-16.886; 32. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-16.891; 33. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-16.928; 34. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-17.011; 35. Denny Wade, 9, Wade-17.115; 36. Rick Schmidt, 23A, Schmidt-17.125; 37. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.176; 38. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-17.394; 39. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-17.398; 40. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-17.441; 41. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-17.536; 42. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-17.731; 43. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-17.782; 44. Billy Marvel, Jr. 7 Marvel-18.790; 45. David Smith, 28, ML-NT; 46. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Long, 3. K. Kinser, 4. B. Kinser, 5. Goad, 6. Rockhold. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Amati, 2. Gurley, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Cockrum, 5. McDonald, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Nemire. 2:16.71
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trousdale, 2. Sharp, 3. Schrader, 4. Staab, 5. Alderson, 6. Bigelow, 7. Tierney. 2:16.60
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R. Kinser, 2. Martin, 3. Tepe, 4. Moughan, 5. D. Carter, 6. Milburn, 7. Rolofson. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Bigelow, 3. McDonald, 4. Goad, 5. Alderson, 6. Butler. 7. Rockhold, 8. Milburn, 9. Nemire, 10. Rolofson, 11. D. Carter, 12. Rager. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Tom Bigelow, 3. Randy Kinser, 4. Larry Rice, 5. Kelly Kinser, 6. Chuck Amati, 7. John Sharp, 8. Leon Gentry, 9. Sheldon Kinser, 10. Jim Moughan, 11. Tom Tepe, 12. Larry Martin, 13. Tom Goad, 14. Greg Staab, 15. Tom McDonald, 16. Steve Long, 17. Cliff Cockrum, 18. Van Gurley, 19. Eric Trousdale, 20. Bob Kinser. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Bigelow, Laps 22-30 Schrader.
**Cliff Cockrum & Steve Butler escaped injury in separate flips during time trials. Jerry Nemire and Danny Milburn both flipped in a tangle during the semi but were not hurt. Tom Goad flipped on the final lap of the feature and was also uninjured.
USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrader-34; 2-Bigelow-25; 3-L. Rice-22; 4-Amati-19; 5-Sharp-17; 6-Sheldon Kinser-16; 7-L. Gentry-15; 8-Moughan, Tepe & Martin-12.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE: Saturday Afternoon - April 30 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "Don Branson-Jud Larson Memorial"
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 8, 1983 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - "Tony Hulman Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 56s, Shields-22.797; 2. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-22.989, 3. Bob Kinser, 1A, Leyba-23.335; 4. Rich Vogler, 30, Trost-23.392; 5. Larry Dickson, 20, Peterson/Niebel-23.401; 6. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-23.525; 7. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley/Leep-23.549; 8. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-23.567; 9. Brent Kaeding, 69, Kaeding-23.575; 10. Tom Bigelow, 37, G & R-23.657; 11. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-23.689; 12. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-23.709; 13. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-23.719; 14. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-23.724; 15. David Smith, 28, ML-23.793; 16. Dean Shirley, 14s, Shirley-23.818; 17. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-23.831; 18. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-23.872; 19. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-23.891; 20. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-23.961; 21. John Sharp, 91, Myers-23.981; 22. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.022; 23. Larry Rice, 5, Toney-24.073; 24. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-24.093; 25. Roger Rager, 6, Winterbotham-24.118; 26. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-24.130; 27. Steve Long, 4, Long-24.185; 28. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-24.219; 29. Tom McDonald, 56A, Hayhurst-24.256; 30. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-24.265; 31. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-24.282; 32. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-24.329; 33. Steve Craft, 37A, Craft-24.341; 34. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-24.407; 35. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-24.411; 36. Chuck Amati, 25, Bowen-24.688; 37. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-24.700; 38. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-24.725; 39. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-24.797; 40. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-24.897; 41. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-25.016; 42. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-25.066; 43. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-25.299; 44. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-25.330; 45. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-25.515; 46. Gary Grissom, 7G, Goacher-25.667; 47. Jeff Boyd, 16A, Boyd-25.813; 48. Al Hager, 14, Smith-25.854; 49. Steve Cannon, 49x, Bess-25.965; 50. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-26.044; 51. Al Caton, 65, Caton-27.557.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sharp, 2. Rager, 3. K. Kinser, 4. Staab, 5. Kaeding, 6. Christian, 7. Dickson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Martin, 3. Gentry, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Milburn, 6. Bigelow, 7. Nemire. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Long, 2. L. Rice, 3. Smith, 4. Gurley, 5. Alderson, 6. Barr, 7. B. Kinser. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kemp, 2. Shirley, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Vogler, 5. Hewitt, 6. Trousdale, 7. Peperak. 3:20.76
"LAST CHANCE RACE": (10 laps) 1. Tepe, 2. Moughan, 3. Amati, 4. Coogan, 5. Rockhold, 6. Tyler, 7. Stuckey, 8. Vantlin, 9. Feese, 10. Craft, 11. Fisher, 12. Pletch, 13. Campbell, 14. McDonald. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. B. Kinser, 3. Kaeding, 4. Dickson, 5. Bigelow, 6. Milburn, 7. Moughan, 8. Amati, 9. Barr, 10. Tepe, 11. Peperak, 12. Alderson, 13. Trousdale, 14. Christian. 3:58.38
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Kelly Kinser, 4. Larry Dickson, 5. Randy Kinser, 6. Roger Rager, 7. Sheldon Kinser, 8. Brent Kaeding, 9. Dean Shirley, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Steve Long, 13. Johnny Kemp, 14. Tom Bigelow, 15. Bob Kinser, 16. Larry Martin, 17. Van Gurley, 18. Greg Staab, 19. Rich Vogler, 20. David Smith. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Dickson, Laps 6-30 Hewitt.
**Greg Staab escaped injury when he flipped on the 8th lap of the feature.
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrader-67; 2-L. Rice-36; 3-Bigelow & Sheldon Kinser-32; 5-Gentry-27; 6-Long & Sharp-21; 8-Martin-20; 9-Amati-19; 10-Dickson & Rager-18.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" Series race: May 14 (Night) - "Pole Night Sprints" - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fairgrounds
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 20, 1983 -- Hinsdale, IL -- Santa Fe Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-17.945; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.968; 3. Larry Rice, 5, Toney-17.992; 4. Steve Kinser, 37, G & R-18.011; 5. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-18.053; 6. Steve Long, 4, Long-18.080; 7. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-18.197; 8. John Sharp, 91, Myers-18.247; 9. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-18.271; 10. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-18.319; 11. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-18.331; 12. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-18.442; 13. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-18.461; 14. Tom Mislich, 32, Mislich-18.477; 15. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-18.511; 16. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-18.609; 17. David Smith, 28, ML-18.649; 18. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-18.664; 19. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.693; 20. Steve Craft, 37A, Craft-18.699; 21. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-18.707; 22. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.736; 23. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-18.796; 24. Gary White, 42, White-18.817; 25. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-18.935; 26. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-18.953; 27. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-18.957; 28. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-19.018; 29. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-19.218; 30. Scott Ritchhart, 49x, Bess-19.440; 31. John Tierney, 15c, Tierney-19.443; 32. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-19.472; 33. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-19.500.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Moulis, 3. Fisher, 4. Milburn, 5. Tepe, 6. Trudeau, 7. Smith. 2:28.14
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Long, 2. Rockhold, 3. Hewitt, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Moughan, 6. Kemp, 7. Mislich. 2:26.10
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. L. Gentry, 3. L. Rice, 4. Coogan, 5. Tyler, 6. Martin, 7. Nemire. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Schmidt, 3. White, 4. Trousdale, 5. Sharp, 6. Craft, 7. K. Gentry. 2:29.70
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sharp, 2. Mislich, 3. Tepe, 4. Tierney, 5. Martin, 6. Moughan, 7. Kemp, 8. Smith, 9. Campbell, 10. K. Rice, 11. Trudeau, 12. Craft. 3:07.78
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Danny Milburn, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Steve Long, 6. John Sharp, 7. Bill Tyler, 8. Jack Hewitt, 9. Johnny Coogan, 10. Rick Schmidt, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Larry Rice, 13. Tom Mislich, 14. Dave Peperak, 15. Manny Rockhold, 16. Gary Fisher, 17. Gary White, 18. Jim Moulis, 19. Eric Trousdale, 20. Top Tepe. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Long, Laps 10-30 Steve Kinser.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: May 21 - "Pole Night Sprints" - Indianapolis, IN - Indiana State Fairgrounds
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 21, 1983 -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- Indiana State Fairgrounds -- "Pole Night Hoosier Sprints”
FIRST HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Rich Vogler (#20 Peterson/Niebel) 2. Larry Dickson (#2x Vance), 3. Tom Bigelow (#37 G & R), 4. Manny Rockhold (#71 Rockhold), 5. Keith Campbell (#53 Campbell), 6. Leon Gentry (#61 Gentry), 7. Greg Stephens (#71x Jones), 8. Tom McDonald (#56A Hayhurst), 9. Mark Alderson (#14 Smith). 6:56.62
SECOND HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt (#51 King/Powers), 2. Eddie Leavitt (#5 Delrose/Holt) 3. John Sharp (#91 Myers), 4. Roger Rager (#6 Winterbotham), 5. Sheldon Kinser (#1 Leyba), 6. Al Hager (#14A Smith), 7. Gary Fisher (#79 Evans), 8. Kelly Kinser (#56s Shields), 9. Terry Pletch (#68 Pletch). 6:54.32
THIRD HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Duke Cook (#11 Plummer), 2. Larry Rice (#5T Toney), 3. Jim Moughan (#86 Haines), 4. David Smith (#28 ML), 5. Jeff Boyd (#16A Boyd), 6. Gary Grissom (#7G Goacher), 7. Jerry Nemire (#49x Bess), 8. Bob Christian (#36 Christian). 6:52.25
FOURTH HEAT: (12 laps) 1. Ken Schrader (#39A Fortune), 2. Danny Milburn (#3 Stenger), 3. Steve Long (#4 Long), 4. Jerry Weeks (#25 Bowen), 5. Kenny Gentry (#18A Gentry), 6. Eric Trousdale (#5 Trousdale), 7. Johnny Coogan (#50 Vetzel), 8. Larry Martin (#21 Hajduk), 9. Dave Peperak (#77 Robertson), 10. Tim Boyd (#31 Boyd). NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. K. Kinser, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Hager, 5. Campbell, 6. K. Gentry, 7. Bill Tyler (#15 Koch), 8. J. Boyd, 9. Grissom, 10. Alderson, 11. Pletch, 12. Peperak. NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Quint Cullison (#59 Cullison) & (#30 Trost - No Driver).
FEATURE: (30 lap) 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Larry Dickson, 4. Eddie Leavitt, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Danny Milburn, 8. John Sharp, 9. Steve Long, 10. Jerry Weeks, 11. Jim Moughan, 12. Manny Rockhold, 13. Leon Gentry, 14. Duke Cook, 15. Kelly Kinser, 16. Al Hager, 17. Roger Rager, 18. Sheldon Kinser, 19. David Smith, 20. Jack Hewitt 17:24.11
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Schrader
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-132; 2-L. Rice-67; 3-Sheldon Kinser-58; 4-Long-55; 5-Sharp-51; 6-Bigelow-50; 7-L. Gentry-48; 8-Milburn-43; 9-Dickson-42; 10-Moughan-2.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: May 25 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway - "Pre-Indy Sprints”
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 25, 1983 -- Putnamville, Indiana -- Lincoln Park Speedway - "Pre-Indy Sprints'
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 63, Hampshire-14.199; 2. Kelly Kinser, 56s, Shields-14.214; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-14.331; 4. John Sharp, 91, Myers-14.359; 5. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-14.367; 6. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-14.379; 7. Al Hager, 14, Smith-14.383; 8. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-14.402; 9. Larry Rice, 5T, Toney-14.424; 10. Steve Long, 4, Long-14.471: 11. Steve Butler, 98A, Whitacre-14.490; 12. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-14.494; 13. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-14.541; 14. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-14.548; 15. Tom Bigelow, 37, G & R-14.560; 16. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-14.589; 17. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-14.600; 18. Bob Kinser, 2, Bland-14.601 19. Tom Goad, 74x, Goad-14.624; 20. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-14.632; 21. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-14.642, 22. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-14.661; 23. Roger Rager, 25, Bowen-14.694; 24. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-14.703; 25. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-14.799; 26. Greg Staab, 44, BUF, 14.894; 27. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-14.898; 28. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.025; 29. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.087; 30. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-15.126; 31. Bill Marvel, Jr., 7, Marvel-15.160; 32. Tom Bipes, 80, Bipes-15.329; 33. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-15.447; 34. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-15.506; 35. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Alderson, 2. Moughan, 3. L. Rice, 4. Milburn, 5. Barr, 6. Vogler, 7. Campbell. 2:01.40
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Staab, 3. B. Kinser, 4. R. Kinser, 5. K. Kinser, 6. Long, 7. Trousdale. 2:01.37
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rager, 2. Bigelow, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Butler, 5. Hager, 6. Rolofson, 7. Goad. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Tyler, 3. Sharp, 4. Kemp, 5. Tepe, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Coogan. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. K. Kinser, 2. Vogler, 3. Barr, 4. Long, 5. Rolofson, 6. Coogan, 7. Trousdale, 8. Peperak, 9. L. Gentry, 10. Hager, 11. Campbell, 12. Tepe NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kelly Kinser, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Ken Schrader, 5. Allen Barr, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Rich Vogler, 8. Bill Tyler, 9. Jack Hewitt, 10. Bobby Kinser, 11. Danny Milburn, 12. Tom Bigelow, 13. Roger Rager, 14. Johnny Kemp, 15. Greg Staab, 16. John Sharp, 17. Randy Kinser, 18. Mark Alderson, 19. Steve Long, 20. Jim Moughan. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 R. Kinser, Laps 27-30 K. Kinser
**Moughan escaped injury when he flipped on the 2nd lap of the feature
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-154; 2-Sheldon Kinser-87; 3-L. Rice-84; 4-Bigelow-62; 5-Sharp-58; 6-Long-57; 7-Milburn-54; 8-L. Gentry-48; 9-Dickson-42; 10-Rager-35.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 4 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - (Night) - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 4, 1983 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway -- "Don Branson-Jud Larson Memorial"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2x, Vance-16.845; 2. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-17.049; 3. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-17.165; 4. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.180; 5. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-17.252; 6. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-17.360; 7. Kelly Kinser, 56s, Shields-17.367; 8. Ed Angle, 37, G & R-17.389; 9. Larry Martin, 20, Peterson/Niebel-17.402; 10. Joe Saldana, 83, GAPCO-17.421; 11. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-17.431; 12. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-17.522; 13. Larry Rice, 5T, Toney-17.560; 14. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-17.654; 15. Tom Bigelow, 28H, Helm-17.654; 16. John Sharp, 91, Myers-17.670; 17. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-17.780; 18. Al Hager, 14, Smith-17.854; 19. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-17.923; 20. Roger Rager, 25, Bowen-17.935; 21. Duke Cook, 30, Trost-18.007; 22. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.117; 23. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-18.143i 24. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-18.166; 25. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-18.197; 26. Dave Peperak, 77, Peperak-18.267; 27. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-18.285; 28. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-18.364; 29. Buck Boughan, 36, McHenry-18.479; 30. Mark Christman, 34, Christman-19.558; 31. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-NT; 32. Ronnie Myers, 45, Bare-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Hewitt, 3. L. Rice, 4. Cook, 5. L. Gentry, 6. Martin, 7. Schmidt. 2:21.86
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Saldana, 2. Tyler, 3. Schrader, 4. Milburn, 5. Hager, 6. Rockhold 7. Peperak. 2:24.16
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. R. Kinser, 3. K. Kinser, 4. K. Gentry, 5. Alderson 6. Fisher, 7. Tepe. 2:24.89
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Angle, 3. Sharp, 4. Nemire, 5. K. Rice, 6. Campbell, 7. Rager. 2:26.15
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Alderson, 3. Campbell, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Rockhold, 6. Peperak, 7. Tepe, 8. Fisher, 9. K. Rice, 10. Hager, 11. Rager, 12. Schmidt. 3:04.01
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Ed Angle, 4. Danny Milburn, 5. Ken Schrader, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Bill Tyler, 8. John Sharp, 9. Tom Bigelow, 10. Joe Saldana, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Larry Martin, 13. Jerry Nemire, 14. Keith Campbell, 15. Randy Kinser, 16. Kenny Gentry, 17. Larry Rice, 18. Mark Alderson, 19. Kelly Kinser, 20. Duke Cook. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Milburn, Laps 2-7 R. Kinser, Laps 8-30 Vogler.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-176; 2-Sheldon Kinser-106; 3-L. Rice-90; 4-Bigelow-78; 5-Milburn & Sharp-73; 7-L. Gentry-58; 8-Long-57; 9-Tyler-47; 10-Dickson-42.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 19 - Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track - (Day) - 30 Laps
**Al Hager escaped injury when he flipped over the guard rail in turn 3 on the 1st lap of the semi-feature at Eldora.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 1983 -- Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track -- "Vetzel Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-22.697; 2. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-22.791; 3. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-22.871; 4. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-22.993; 5. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-23.024; 6. Bob Kinser, 37, G & R-23.096; 7. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-23.226; 8. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-23.228; 9. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-23.264; 10. Kelly Kinser, 56s, Shields-23.290; 11. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-23.302; 12. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-23.313; 13. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-23.336; 14. Steve Long, 4, Long-23.371; 15. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-23.381; 16. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-23.511; 17. Tom Bigelow, 5T, Toney-23.615; 18. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-23.689; 19. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-23.705; 20. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-23.764; 21. Roger Rager, 25, Bowen-23.796; 22. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-23.819; 23. Billy Engelhart, 96, Davis-23.827; 24. Jack Hewitt, 30, Trost-23.853; 25. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-23.854; 26. John Sharp, 91, Myers-23.886; 27. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-23.922; 28. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-23.973; 29. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-24.045; 30. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-24.085; 31. Tom Mislich, 32, Mislich-24.125; 32. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-24.163; 33. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-24.168; 34. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-24.262; 35. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-24.311; 36. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-24.419; 37. Greg Stephens, 49, Bess-24.436; 38. David Smith, 28, ML-24.461; 39. Steve Craft, 37A, Craft-24.509; 40. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-24.514; 41. John Tierney, 15c, Tierney-24.646; 42. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-24.657; 43. Kevin Thomas, 27, Mayhew-25.081; 44. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-25.538; 45. Dave Peperak, 77, Peperak-25.602; 46. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-25.747; 47. Al Caton, 65, Caton-26.012; 48. Jeff Boyd, 16A, Boyd-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Bigelow, 3. Rager, 4. Tyler, 5. Campbell, 6. Coogan, 7. Vantlin. 3:08.40
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sharp, 2. K. Kinser, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Chassey, 5. B. Kinser, 6. Long, 7. Rockhold. 3:06.96
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shirley, 2. Milburn, 3. Barr, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Kemp, 6. Engelhart, 7. Martin. 3:09.90
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Schrader, 3. Cook, 4. L. Rice, 5. Trousdale, 6. Hewitt, 7. Stuckey. 3:09.42
LAST CHANCE RACE: (12 laps) 1. Moughan, 2. Mislich, 3. Christian, 4. Smith, 5. Stephens, 6. Craft, 7. K. Rice, 8. Stewart, 9. Tierney, 10. Thomas, 11. Feese, 12. Helm. 4:52.59
SEMI-FEATURE: (10 laps) 1. B. Kinser, 2. Campbell, 3. Coogan, 4. Long, 5. Engelhart, 6. Rockhold, 7. Moughan, 8. Mislich, 9. K. Gentry, 10. Vantlin, 11. Pletch, 12. Trousdale, 13. Kemp, 14. Martin. 4:00.87
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Randy Kinser, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Bob Kinser, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Tom Bigelow, 8. Keith Campbell, 9. Danny Milburn, 10. Dean Shirley, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Johnny Coogan, 13. John Sharp, 14. Steve Long, 15. Kelly Kinser, 16. Duke Cook, 17. Bill Tyler, 18. Steve Chassey, 19. Roger Rager, 20. Allen Barr. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 B. Kinser, Laps 4-18 R. Kinser, Laps 19-30 Vogler.
**Mike Helm escaped injury when he flipped in turn 3 on the 1st lap of the "last chance" race. Steve Long suffered only a sore shoulder when he flipped over the guardrail in turn 2 on the 27th lap of the feature.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-204; 2-Sheldon Kinser-128; 3-L. Rice-106; 4-Bigelow-95; 5-Milburn-88; 6-Sharp-85; 7-L. Gentry-70; 8-Long-64; 9-Tyler-52; 10-Dickson-42.
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USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 20, 1983 -- Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-16.586; 2. Ed Angle, 37, G & R-16.923; 3. Roger Rager, 14, Smith-17.054; 4. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-17.076; 5. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-17.076; 6. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-17.080; 7. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-17.130; 8. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.150; 9. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-17.225; 10. Mark Alderson, 51, King/Powers-17.283; 11. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-17.288; 12 Dave Peperak, 77, Peperak-17.361, 13. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-17.504; 14. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.505; 15. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-17.520; 16. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.542; 17. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-17.732; 18. Billy Marvel, Jr., 7, Marvel-17.828; 19. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-17.898; 20. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-17.925; 21. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-17.929; 22. John Sharp, 5T, Toney 17.938; 23. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-17.941; 24. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-17.993; 25. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coogan, 2. Martin, 3. L. Rice, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Feese, 6. Tyler. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Billy Marvel, Jr., 2. Shirley, 3. Angle, 4. Sharp, 5 Alderson, 6. Elliott. 2:18.95
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Rager, 3. Nemire, 4. Fisher, 5. Stewart, 6. Pletch. 2:16.79
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Milburn, 3. Campbell, 4. Trousdale, 5. Peperak, 6. Helm. NT
SEMI (10 laps) 1. Alderson, 2. Elliott, 3. Peperak, 4. Pletch, 5. Feese, 6. Stewart, 7. Tyler, 8. Helm. 2:51.44
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dean Shirley, 2. Larry Martin, 3. Ed Angle, 4. Larry Rice, 5. Ken Schrader, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Danny Milburn, 8. Jerry Nemire, 9. Roger Rager, 10. Tony Elliott, 11. Keith Campbell, 12. Mark Alderson, 13. Johnny Coogan, 14. John Sharp, 15. Terry Pletch, 16. Gary Fisher, 17. Dave Peperak, 18, Leon Gentry, 19. Eric Trousdale, 20 Billy Marvel, Jr. 8:42.16
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Shirley.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-224; 2-Sheldon Kinser-147; 3-L. Rice-126, 4-Milburn, 5-Bigelow-95; 6-Sharp-93; 7-L. Gentry-74; 8-Long-64; 9-Shirley & Martin-63.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: July 27 - Paragon, IN - Paragon Speedway - 33 Laps (Night)
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USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1983 -- Paragon, Indiana – Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-15.355; 2. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-15.586; 3. Kelly Kinser, 37, G & R-15.659; 4. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-15.766; 5. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-15.809; 6. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.823; 7. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-15.850; 8. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-15.862; 9. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.937; 10. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-15.939; 11. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-15.969; 12. Ken Schrader, 39, Fortune-16.010; 13. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-16.043; 14. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-16.088; 15. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-16.107; 16. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-16.164; 17. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-16.171; 18. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-I6.177; 19. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-16.195; 20. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-16.202; 21. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-16.205; 22. Kevin Thomas, 2K, Thomas-16.228; 23. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-16.242; 24. Bob Kolacki, 10x, Kolacki-16.250; 25. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-16.282; 26. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-16.388; 27. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-16.518; 28. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.537; 29. Billy Marvel, Jr., 7, Marvel-16:674; 30. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Campbell, 2. Coogan, 3. Shirley, 4. Milburn, 5. Irvin, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Stewart. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. K. Gentry, 3. Thomas, 4. Elliott, 5. Bigelow, 6. Tyler, 7. Vogler. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Rager, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Nemire, 5. K. Kinser, 6. Fisher, 7. Peperak. 2:11.74
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. L. Rice, 3. Helm, 4. Alderson, 5. Trousdale, 6. Kolacki, 7. Tepe. 2:12.03
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. K. Kinser, 3. Peperak, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Bigelow, 5. Bigelow, 6. Tepe, 7. Vogler, 8. Kolacki, 9. Fisher, 10. Marvel, 11. Trousdale. 2:44.67
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Dean Shirley, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. Randy Kinser, 5. Roger Rager, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Sheldon Kinser, 8. Danny Milburn, 9. Leon Gentry, 10. Bill Tyler, 11. Keith Campbell, 12. Johnny Coogan, 13. Kenny Gentry, 14. Dave Peperak, 15. Jerry Nemire, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Mike Helm, 18. Mark Alderson, 19. Kelly Kinser, 20. Kevin Thomas. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Elliott, Laps 6-16 K. Kinser, Lap 17 Hewitt, Laps 18-22 K. Kinser, Laps 23-30 Hewitt.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-249; 2-Sheldon Kinser-165; 3-L. Rice-144; 4-Milburn-119; 5-Shirley-96; 6-Bigelow-95; 7-Sharp-93; 8-L. Gentry-86; 9-Tyler-67; 10-Long-64.
NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 2 (Night) - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 2, 1983 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 37, G & R-16.979; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.091; 3. Joe Saldana, 83, GAPCO-17.222; 4. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.242; 5. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers 17.297; 6. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-17.311; 7. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-17.349; 8. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-17.378; 9. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.386; 10. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-17.473; 11. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-17.483; 12. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-17.496; 13. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-17.645; 14. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-17.646; 15. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-17.937; 16. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-17.940; 17. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-17.968; 18. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-18.058; 19. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-18.062; 20. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.122; 21. Kelly Kinser, 30, Trost-18.125; 22. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-18.127; 23. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-18.204; 24. Duke Cook, 27, Mayhew-18.217; 25. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-18.514; 26. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-18.688; 27. Mark Christman, 34, Christman-20.092.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. K. Kinser, 3. L. Rice, 4. Hewitt, 5. Alderson, 6. Elliott, 7. K. Rice. 2:23.72
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Campbell, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Irvin, 6. Wilmot, 7. Peperak. 2:23.74
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Schrader, 3. Milburn, 4. Saldana, 5. Fisher, 6. Nemire, 7. Christman. 2:22.53
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Rager, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Staab, 5. Coogan, 6. Cook. 2:23.90
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Alderson, 3. Irvin, 4. Coogan, 5. Nemire, 6. Peperak, 7. Fisher, 8. Wilmot, 9. Christman, 10. Cook, 11. K. Rice. 3:37.09
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Jac Haudenschild, 3. Tony Elliott, 4. Joe Saldana, 5. Larry Rice, 6. Johnny Coogan, 7. Keith Campbell, 8. Leon Gentry, 9. Bill Tyler, 10. Gary Irvin, 11. Roger Rager, 12. Greg Staab, 13. Jerry Nemire, 14. Ken Schrader, 15. Danny Milburn, 16. Dave Peperak, 17. Tom Bigelow, 18. Randy Kinser, 19. Rich Vogler, 20. Mark Alderson, 21. Kelly Kinser. NT
(Sheldon Kinser's 1st-place finishing position was protested and disallowed due to a rules infraction)
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Hewitt, Laps 15-22 Sheldon Kinser, Lap 23 Hewitt, Laps 24-30 Sheldon Kinser (Kinser's disqualification due to a rules infraction would make Hewitt the leader of laps 1-30).
**Five drivers escaped injury in accidents which caused four red flags during the feature event. Rich Vogler flipped on lap 6, Danny Milburn flipped on lap 17, Jerry Nemire and Greg Staab both flipped on lap 21 and Roger Rager flipped on lap 24.
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrader-259; 2-Sheldon Kinser-170; 3-L. Rice-162; 4-Milburn-127; 5-Bigelow-103; 6-L. Gentry-101; 7-Shirley-96; 8-Sharp-93; 9-Tyler-83; 10-Long-64.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: August 24 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway - 30 Laps (Opening race of the Danners/USAC Midwest Sprint Car Championship Series)
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 24, 1983 -- Putnamville, Indiana – Lincoln Park Speedway -- Race #1 in the Danners/USAC Midwest Sprint Car Championship
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-13.896; 2. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-14.057; 3. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-14.080; 4. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-14.092; 5. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-14.148; 6. Billy Marvel, Jr., 7, Marvel-14.279; 7. Steve Butler, 98x, Whitacre-14.317; 8. Mike Johnson, 71, Wilson-14.359; 9. Bob Kinser, 2x, Bland-14.366; 10. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-14.386; 11. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-14.434; 12. Rick Hood, 65x, Shields 14.473; 13. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-14.525; 14. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-14.530; 15. Buck Boughan, 19, Mann-14.550; 16. Steve Kinser, 37, G & R-14.562; 17. Bob Christian, 36, Christian 14.607; 18. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-14.608; 19. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-14.619; 20. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-14.621; 21. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-14.649; 22. Mickey Smith, 11, Plummer-14.681; 23. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-14.692; 24. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-14.704; 25. Jeff Thickstun, 15x, Johnson-14.707; 26. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-14.707; 27. Tom Goad, 74, Goad-14.740; 28. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-14.749; 29. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-14.783; 30. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-14.800; 31. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-14.821; 32. Rodney Ritter, 10x, Smith-14.833; 33. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-14.853; 34. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-14.897; 35. Greg Stephens, 17x, Jones-14.931; 36. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-14.955; 37. David Smith, 28, ML-14.978; 38. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-15.003; 39. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-15.014; 40. Scott Hemple, 5H, Hemple-15.060; 41. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-15.067; 42. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-15.072; 43. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.232; 44. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-15.267; 45. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-15.285; 46. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-15.717; 47. Al Caton, 65, Caton-15.932; 48. Tray House, 7G, Goacher-16.132; 49. John Sharp, 88, Cooper-19.070.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thickstun, 2. Vantlin, 3. Rager, 4. Christian, 5. B. Kinser, 6. Vogler, 7. Campbell. 2:02.00
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Schrader, 3. Marvel, 4. M. Smith, 5. Stewart, 6. Paul Huntington (#3B), 7. Tyler. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trousdale, 2. Butler, 3. Goad, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Helm, 6. Shirley, 7. Boughan. 2:00.91
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Hood, 3. Kemp, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Johnson, 6. Milburn, 7. Andretti. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Shirley, 2. Johnson, 3. B. Kinser, 4. Vogler, 5. Huntington (#3B), 6. Milburn, 7. Stewart, 8. Campbell, 9. Elliott, 10. Tyler, 11. Helm, 12. Andretti. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Dean Shirley, 5. Roger Rager, 6. Eric Trousdale, 7. Rich Vogler, 8. Mike Johnson, 9. Larry Rice, 10. Tom Goad, 11. Kent Christian, 12. Billy Marvel, Jr., 13. Jeff Vantlin, 14. Johnny Kemp, 15. Mickey Smith, 16. Bob Kinser, 17. Steve Butler, 18. Randy Kinser, 19. Steve Kinser, 20. Leon Thickstun. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Rager, Laps 3-30 Sheldon Kinser.
**Bob Kinser was unhurt when he flipped during the feature event.
NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-291; 2-Sheldon Kinser-201; 3-L. Rice-178; 4-Milburn-127; 5-Shirley-114; 6-Bigelow-103; 7-L. Gentry-101; 8-Sharp-93; 9-Tyler-83; 10-S. Long-64.
NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: August 28 - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track - 30 Laps (Day) (RACE #2 IN THE DANNERS/USAC MIDWEST SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 28, 1983 -- Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track -- Race #2 in the Danners/USAC Midwest Sprint Car Championship Series
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-23.069; 2. Steve Kinser, 37, G & R-23.335; 3. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-23.361; 4. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-23.399; 5. Steve Butler, 98A, Whitacre-23.491; 6. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-23.542; 7. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-23.595; 8. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-23.712; 9. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-23.733; 10. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-23.765; 11. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-23.941; 12. Jeff Thickstun, 15x, Johnson-23.979; 13. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-24.022; 14. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-24.037; 15. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-24.042; 16. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.083; 17. Mickey Smith, 11, Plummer-24.097; 18. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-24.123; 19. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-24.235; 20. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-24.243; 21. Mike Johnson, 71x, Wilson-24.247; 22. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-24.307; 23. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-24.326; 24. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-24.439; 25. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-24.469; 26. Rick Hood, 65x, Shields-24.660; 27. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-24.684; 28. Paul Huntington, 3B, Gurley-24.726; 29. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-24.781; 30. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-24.819; 31. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-24.888; 32. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-24.895; 33. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-24.976; 34. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-24.978; 35. John Sharp, 88, Cooper-25.123; 36. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-25.279; 37. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-25.299; 38. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-25.489; 39. Billy Marvel, Jr. 7 Marvel-25.515; 40. David Smith, 28, ML-25.629; 41. Greg Boyd, 16A, Boyd-25.722; 42. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-25.774; 43. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-26.101; 44. Scott Hemple, 5H, Hemple-26.123; 45. Al Caton, 65, Caton-26.340; 46. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-NT; 47. Bill Tyler, 15, Koch-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Elliott, 3. Kemp, 4. Schrader, 5. M. Smith, 6. Johnson, 7. Butler. 3:13.28
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Shirley, 3. Milburn, 4. K. Gentry, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Vantlin, 7. Hood. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Martin, 3. Rager, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Coogan, 6. Andretti, 7. Irvin. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Huntington, 3. Bigelow, 4. Campbell, 5. Thickstun, 6. Helm, 7. Gentry. 3:21.31
"C" MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Nemire, 2. Peperak, 3. Barr, 4. Rockhold, 5. Stewart, 6. Christian, 7. K. Rice, 8. Hemple, 9. Thomas, 10. Coffman, 11. Marvel, 12. Sharp, 13. Pletch, 14. D. Smith, 15. Boyd, 16. Trousdale. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Coogan, 3. Thickstun, 4. Hood, 5. Irvin, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Andretti, 8. Rockhold, 9. Helm, 10. Stewart, 11. Peperak, 12. Christian, 13. Barr, 14. Vantlin, 15. Nemire, 16. K. Rice. 4:07.102.
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Larry Rice, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Rick Hood, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Larry Martin, 9. Randy Kinser, 10. Johnny Coogan, 11. Keith Campbell, 12. Paul Huntington, 13. Kenny Gentry, 14. Steve Butler, 15. Johnny Kemp, 16. Danny Milburn, 17. Roger Rager, 18. Dean Shirley, 19. Leon Thickstun, 20. Rich Vogler. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hewitt.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-317; 2-Sheldon Kinser-201; 3-L. Rice-200; 4-Milburn-134; 5-Bigelow-121; 6-Shirley-120; 7-L. Gentry-101; 8-Sharp-93; 9-Tyler-83; 10-Martin-79.
DANNERS/USAC MIDWEST SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-56; 2-L. Rice-47; 3-Hood-46; 4-Steve Kinser-42; 5-Vogler-41; 6-Hewitt-36; 7-Rager-34; 8-Shirley-33; 9-Sheldon Kinser-31; 10-Trousdale & R. Kinser-29.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: September 4 - Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway - 30 Laps (Night)
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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: Haubstadt, Indiana -- Tri-State Speedway -- September 4, 1983 -- Race #3 in the 1983 USAC/DANNERS MIDWEST SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Bigelow, 14, Smith-15.120; 2. Jack Hewitt, 37, G & R-15.173; 3. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-15.222; 4. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-15.234; 5. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-15.247; 6. Rick Hood, 65s, Shields-15.277; 7. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-15.339; 8. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-15.364; 9. Mike Johnson, 71, Wilson-15.433; 10. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-15.436; 11. Billy Marvel, Jr. 7 Marvel-15.474; 12. Chuck Amati, 51, King/Powers-15.505; 13. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-15.557; 14. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-15.626; 15. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-15.638; 16. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-15.664; 17. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-15.685; 18. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.710; 19. David Smith, 28, ML-15.716; 20. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.775; 21. Bill Tyler, 15A, Koch-15.789; 22. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.793; 23. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-15.823; 24. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-15.852; 25. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-15.854; 26. Bob Kinser, 25, Bowen-15.887; 27. John Sharp, 88, Cooper-16.002; 28. Jeff Vantlin, 7R, Vantlin-16.067; 29. Tom Tepe, 41, Tepe-16.102; 30. Scott Hemple, 5H, Hemple-16.157; 31. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-16.197; 32. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-16.447; 33. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.506; 34. Mickey Smith, 14A, Smith-NT; 35. Jeff Boyd, 16A, Boyd-NT; 36. Steve Craft, 37A, Craft-NT.
CAMBRIDGE INN "C" MAIN: (10 laps) 1. K. Gentry, 2. Pletch, 3. Hemple, 4. Craft, 5. Helm, 6. Boyd, NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Rager, 3. Tyler, 4. Milburn, 5. Bigelow, 6. Nemire, 7. Johnson. 2:07.21
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Hewitt, 3. Campbell, 4. B. Kinser, 5. Stewart, 6. L. Gentry 7. Vogler. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Trousdale, 4. L. Rice, 5. D. Smith, 6. Sharp, 7. Marvel. 2:04.85
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Amati, 2. Barr, 3. Kemp, 4. Peperak, 5. Elliott, 6. Vantlin, 7. Martin. 2:09.05
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Vogler, 3. Martin, 4. Bigelow, 5. Stewart, 6. Pletch, 7. Elliott, 8. D. Smith, 9. Hemple, 10. Marvel, 11. Nemire, 12. L. Gentry, 13. K. Gentry, 14. Sharp, 15. Vantlin, 16. Craft. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Larry Rice, 3. Mike Johnson, 4. Ken Schrader, 5. Rich Vogler, 6. Johnny Kemp, 7. Larry Martin, 8. Jack Hewitt, 9. Tom Bigelow, 10. Eric Trousdale, 11. Bill Tyler, 12. Sheldon Kinser, 13. Danny Milburn, 14. Keith Campbell, 15. Bob Kinser, 16. Dave Peperak, 17. Chuck Amati, 18. Allen Barr, 19. Roger Rager, 20. Bob Christian. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hood.
**Jeff Vantlin escaped injury when he flipped during the semi-feature. Leon Gentry suffered minor shoulder abrasions when he flipped over the fence in turn 2 during the semi-feature. Chuck Amati was unhurt in a flip during the feature.
NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-339; 2-L. Rice-228; 3-Sheldon Kinser-213; 4-Milburn-143; 5-Bigelow-139; 6-Shirley-120; 7-L. Gentry-101; 8-Tyler-95; 9-Sharp-93; 10-Campbell-84.
USAC/DANNERS MIDWEST SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Schrader-82; 2-Hood-75; 3-L. Rice-74; 4-Vogler-62; 5-Rager-61; 6-Bigelow-51; 7-Kemp-49; 8-Sheldon Kinser-48; 9-Trousdale-47; 10-Johnson-46.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 10, 1983 -- Bloomington, Indiana -- Mitchell's Motor Speedway -- Race #4 in the 1983 Danners/USAC Midwest Sprint Car Championship
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Johnson, 71, Wilson-12.977; 2. Mickey Smith, 14x, Smith-12.984; 3. Rick Hood, 65s, Shields-13.015; 4. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-13.058; 5. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-13.084; 6. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-13.116; 7. Steve Butler, 98A, Whitacre-13.138; 8. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-13.184; 9. Bill Tyler, 15A, Koch-13.283; 10. Chuck Amati, 51, King/Powers-13.283; 11. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-13.293; 12. Tom Bigelow, 14A, Smith-13.298; 13. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.306; 14. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-13.308; 15. David Smith, 28, ML-13.315; 16. Chuck Gurney, 37, G & R-13.395; 17. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-13.424; 18. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-13.482; 19. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-13.534; 20. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-13.544; 21. Jeff Boyd, 16A, Boyd-13.558; 22. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-13.567; 23. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-13.572; 24. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-13.575; 25. Buck Boughan, 19x, Mann-13.580; 26. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-13.596; 27. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.626; 28. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-13.680; 29. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-13.697; 30. Billy Marvel, Jr., 7, Marvel-13.717; 31. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-13.752; 32. Jerry Nemire, 96, Davis-13.758; 33. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.764; 34. Paul Huntington, 3B, Gurley/Leep-13.815; 35. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-13.815; 36. Tracy Potter, 66, DB-13.910; 37. Scott Hemple, 5H, Hemple-13.985; 38. John Sharp, 88, Cooper-14.011; 39. Jeff Thickstun, 15x, Johnson-14.088; 40. Frank Filskov, 88x, Tyler-14.112; 41. Jimmy White, 7G, Goacher-14.164; 42. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-17.039; 43. Steve Craft, 37A, Craft-18.338.
CAMBRIDGE INN "C" MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Campbell, 3. Huntington, 4. Thickstun, 5. Nemire, 6. Sharp, 7. Peperak, 8. Helm, 9. Hemple, 10. T. Potter, 11. Marvel, 12. Filskov, 13. J. White. 2:19.69
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rager, 2. M. Johnson, 3. K. Gentry, 4. Bigelow, 5. Fisher, 6. Gurney, 7. Shirley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Elliott, 3. Moulis, 4. Tyler, 5. J. Boyd, 6. Boughan, 7. M. Smith. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Milburn, 3. Hood, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Pletch, 6. Amati, 7. Christian. 1:49.29
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D. Smith, 2. Schrader, 3. L. Gentry, 4. Kemp, 5. Butler, 6. Stewart. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Gurney, 3. Amati, 4. Thickstun, 5. Fisher, 6. Christian, 7. Stewart, 8. Huntington, 9. Andretti, 10. Peperak, 11. Pletch, 12. Shirley, 13. M. Smith, 14. Campbell, 15. Boughan. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Larry Martin, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. Chuck Amati, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. David Smith, 8. Bill Tyler, 9. Larry Rice, 10. Jim Moulis, 11. Danny Milburn, 12. Kenny Gentry, 13. Leon Gentry, 14. Rick Hood, 15. Johnny Kemp, 16. Roger Rager, 17. Chuck Gurney, 18. Sheldon Kinser, 19. Mike Johnson. NT
**Rodney Ritter (#19x Ritter) was disqualified from the program due to an oversized engine. Ritter was temporarily 4th fastest qualifier at 13.048, 7th in the fourth heat, won the semi and won the 30-lap feature prior to the disqualification.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Martin, Laps 9-29 Hood, Lap 30 Martin.
NEW USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-363; 2-L. Rice-244; 3-Sheldon Kinser-217; 4-Milburn-156; 5-Bigelow-155; 6-Shirley-120; 7-L. Gentry-111; 8-Tyler-109; 9-Sharp-93; 10-Campbell-83.
NEW DANNERS/USAC MIDWEST SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP POINTS: 1-Schrader-108; 2-L. Rice-95; 3-Hood-91; 4-Bigelow-72; 5-Martin-69; 6-Vogler-67; 7-M. Johnson-62; 8-Kemp & Hewitt-61; 10-Rager-58.
NEXT DANNERS/USAC MIDWEST SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: September 15 - Paragon, IN & September 18 - Lawrenceburg, IN
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 18, 1983 -- Lawrenceburg, Indiana -- Lawrenceburg Speedway -- Race #6 (Final) in Danners/USAC Midwest Sprint Car Championship
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 65s, Shields-14.505; 2. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-14.660; 3. David Smith, 28, ML-14.811; 4. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-14.833; 5. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-14.966; 6. Dean Shirley, 14s, McQuinn-14.981; 7. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-14.989; 8. Johnny Kemp, 100, Kemp-15.009; 9. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-15.023; 10. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-15.033; 11. Allen Barr, 6H, Hill-I5.127; 12. Tom Bipes, 80, Bipes-15.1731 13. Tom Bigelow, 14A, Smith-15.176; 14. Mike Johnson, 71x, Wilson-15.183; 15. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-15.2121 16. Chuck Amati, 51, King/Powers-15.21917. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-15.2441 18. Leon Thickstun, 22, Thickstun-15.260; 19. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.312; 20. Mickey Smith, 14x, Smith-15.354; 21. Marvin Deputy, 2x, Deputy-15.15.366; 22. Bob Kinser, 96, Davis-15.394; 23. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-15.421; 24. Bill Tyler, 15A, Koch-15.424; 25. Jeff Thickstun, 15x, Johnson-I5.4421 26. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-15.554; 27. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-I5.645; 28. John Sharp, 88, Cooper-15.650ç 29. Rich Vogler, 5T, Toney-15.7111 30. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-15.723; 31. Roger Rager, 91, Myers-I5.7951 32. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-15.853; 33. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-15.881; 34. Bob Meli, 12c, Meli-15.9101 35. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.010; 36. Kenny Gentry, 18A, Gentry-I6.156; 37. Greg Boyd, 16A, Boyd-16.217.
CAMBRIDGE INN "C" MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Rager, 3. Vogler, 4. Staab, 5. Meli, 6. K. Rice, 7, L. Gentry, 8. Boyd, 9. K. Gentry. 2:31.41
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Martin, 3. J. Thickstun, 4. Deputy, 5. Hood, 6. Milburn, 7. Irvin. 1:57.81
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Thickstun, 2. Johnson, 3. Shirley, 4. Schrader, 5. L. Rice, 6. Peperak, 7. B. Kinser. 1:59.19
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barr, 2. Christian, 3. Fisher, 4. D. Smith, 5. Elliott, 6. S. Kinser, 7. Andretti. 2:01.10
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. M. Smith, 2. Tyler, 3. Kemp, 4. Campbell, 5. Amati, 6. Sharp, 7. Bipes. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Milburn, 3. Elliott, 4. Irvin, 5. L. Rice, 6. S. Kinser, 7. Bipes, 8. Amati, 9. Staab, 10. B. Kinser, 11. Sharp, 12. Andretti, 13. Rager, 14. Peperak, 15. Vogler, 16. Stewart. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Danny Milburn, 2. Larry Martin, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Allen Barr, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Ken Schrader, 7. Leon Thickstun, 8. Mike Johnson, 9. David Smith, 10. Keith Campbell, 11. Marvin Deputy, 12. Dean Shirley, 13. Jeff Thickstun, 14. Bill Tyler, 15. Gary Fisher, 16. Bob Christian, 17. Mickey Smith, 18. Tony Elliott, 19. Gary Irvin, 20. Johnny Kemp. NT
LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Milburn.
USAC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Ken Schrader-402; 2-Larry Rice-251; 3-Sheldon Kinser-238; 4-Tom Bigelow-188; 5-Danny Milburn-186; 6-Dean Shirley-132; 7-Bill Tyler-119; 8-Leon Gentry-111; 9-Keith Campbel-105; 10-John Sharp-93.
DANNERS/USAC MIDWEST SERIES SPRINT CAR CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL POINTS: 1-Ken Schrader-156; 2-Rick Hood-143; 3-Larry Rice-119; 4-Tom Bigelow-115; 5-Mike Johnson-106; 6-Larry Martin-101; 7-Roger Rager-891 8-Sheldon Kinser-881 9-Jack Hewitt & Rich Vogler-83.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 24-25, 1983 -- Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway -- "4-Crown Nationals"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Bigelow, 14A, Smith-18.653; 2. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-18.952; 3. Larry Martin, 56s, Shields-18.990; 4. Johnny Parsons, 5T, Toney-18.994; 5. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-19.077; 6. Jack Hewitt, 37, G & R-19.153; 7. Larry Rice, 20, Peterson/Niebel-19.223; 8. Ken Rice, 44A, Gilstrap-19.239; 9. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-19.288; 10. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-19.379; 11. Danny Milburn, 3, Stenger-19.571; 12. Rick Hood, 65s, Shields-19.586; 13. Johnny Coogan, 50, Vetzel-19.632; 14. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-19.718; 15. Steve Siegel, 91, Myers-19.804; 16. John Andretti, 25, Bowen-19.818; 17. Steve Butler, 98A, Whitacre-19.864; 18. Bill Tyler, 15A, Koch-19.926; 19. Duke Cook, 96, Davis-20.040; 20. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-20.042; 21. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-20.055; 22. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-20.081; 23. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-20.100; 24. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-20.167; 25. John Sharp, 88, Cooper-20.269; 26. Dave Peperak, 77A, Peperak-20.302; 27. Buck Boughan, 19x, Mann-20.603; 28. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Milburn, 3. Butler, 4. Siegel, 5. Wilmot, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Coogan, 8. Cook, 9. Campbell, 10. Sharp, 11. Boughan. 3:22:26
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Tyler, 4. Elliott, 5. Andretti, 6. K. Rice, 7. Irvin, 8. Pletch, 9. Fisher, 10. Peperak, 11. Vogler. 3:18.28
FEATURE: (30 laps - held on Sept. 25) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Johnny Parsons, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. Larry Rice, 5. Rick Hood, 6. Tony Elliott, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Larry Martin, 9. Danny Milburn, 10. George Snider (#90), 11. John Andretti, 12. Leon Gentry, 13. Bud Wilmot, 14. Ken Rice, 15. Johnny Coogan, 16. Bill Tyler, 17. Steve Siegel, 18. Mark Alderson, 19. Tom Bigelow, 20. Sheldon Kinser. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hewitt
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Schrader-428; 2-L. Rice-280; 3-Sheldon Kinser-242; 4-Milburn-201; 5-Bigelow-196; 6-Shirley-132; 7-Tyler-126; 8-L. Gentry-120; 9-Campbell-105; 10-Elliott-98.
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1983 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 428 Ken Schrader, Fenton, Mo.
2 280 Larry Rice, Brownsburg, Ind.
3 242 Sheldon Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.
4 201 Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind.
5 196 Tom Bigelow, Winchester, Ind.
6 132 Dean Shirley, Middleton, Ill.
7 126 Bill Tyler, Jackson, Mich.
8 120 Leon Gentry, Henderson, Ky.
9 105 Keith Campbell, Olney, Ill.
10 98 Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.
11 93 John Sharp, Bloomington, Ind.
12 78 Johnny Coogan, Alexandria, Ind.
13 64 Steve Long, Indianapolis, Ind.
14 64 Johnny Kemp, Belle Rive, Ill.
15 58 Chuck Amati, Freeman Spur, Ill.
16 44 Eric Trousdale, Terre Haute, Ind.
17 42 Larry Dickson, Marietta, Ohio
18 39 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio
19 39 David Smith, Newburgh, Ind.
20 37 Kenny Gentry, Henderson, Ky.
21 33 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.
22 29 Mark Alderson, Timber Lake, S.D.
23 28 Jim Moughan, Springfield, Ill.
24 23 John Andretti, Brownsburg, Ind.
25 21 Eddie Leavitt, Kearney, Mo.
26 21 Tom Goad, Evansville, Ind.
27 21 Gary Fisher, Kokomo, Ind.
28 20 Duke Cook, Sidney, Ohio
29 19 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.
30 14 Rick Schmidt, Racine, Wis.
31 13 Tom Tepe, Evansville, Ind.
32 13 Gary Irvin, West Lafayette, Ind.
33 11 Jeff Vantlin, Vincennes, Ind.
34 8 Tom Mislich, Odell, Ill.
35 8 Steve Chassey, Clermont, Ind.
36 8 Bud Wilmot, Middleton, Ohio
37 6 Tom McDonald, Homewood, Ill.
38 6 Gary White, Marion, Ill.
39 6 Terry Pletch, Frankfort, Ind.
40 6 Mike Helm, Indianapolis, Ind.
1983 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 428 Damon Fortune, Boonville, Ind. (#39A)
2 303 G & R Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#37)
3 288 William King & William Powers, Evansville, Ind. (#51)
4 249 Jerry Shields, Bloomington, Ind. (#56s)
5 246 Peterson/Niebel Racing, Edinburgh, Ind. (#20)
6 242 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#1)
7 202 George Toney, Elwood, Ind. (#5T)
8 201 Stenger Leasing/Southside Ready Mix, Indianapolis, Ind. (#3)
9 187 Harold Myers, Bloomington, Ind. (#91)
10 149 Jerry Shields, Bloomington, Ind. (#65s)
11 132 Dennis McQuinn, Springfield, Ill. (#14s)
12 126 Richard Briscoe, Mitchell, Ind. (#5x)
13 126 John Koch, Albion, Mich. (#15A)
14 123 Cecilia Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14A)
15 120 Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)
16 105 Allen Campbell, Olney, Ill. (#53)
17 105 Bud Whitacre, Kokomo, Ind. (#98A)
18 98 Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
19 81 Bowen Oldsmobile, Terre Haute, Ind. (#25)
20 78 Miller/Vetzel Racing, Tampa, Fla. (#50)
21 64 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2x)
22 64 Long Brothers Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#4)
23 64 Carolyn Kemp, Belle Rive, Ill. (#100)
24 60 Larry Davis, Lexington, Ind. (#96)
25 47 Gary Hill, Hope, Ind. (#6H)
26 44 Eric Trousdale, Terre Haute, Ind. (#35)
27 39 M.L. & Associates, Newburgh, Ind. (#28)
28 37 Gene Gentry, Henderson, Ky. (#18A)
29 36 GAPCO, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. (#83)
30 31 B.U.F. Racing, Dayton, Ohio (#44)
31 30 Bob Christian, Clayton, Ind. (#36x)
32 28 Norm Haines, Springfield, Ill. (#86)
33 25 Jesse Plummer, Indianapolis, Ind. (#11)
34 24 Shorthorn Racing, West Lafayette, Ind. (#90)
35 23 Walter Winterbotham, Dayton, Ohio (#6)
36 23 Gurley Leep Buick, South Bend, Ind. (#3B)
37 22 Robert Helm, Indianapolis, Ind. (#28H)
38 22 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind. (#77A)
39 21 Delrose/Holt Racing Associates, Champaign, Ill. (#5)
40 21 Murl Goad, Evansville, Ind. (#74x)
41 21 Kent Evans, Kokomo, Ind. (#79)
42 20 John Hajduk, Niles, Ill. (#21)
43 20 Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)
44 20 Rex Jones, Lebanon, Ind. (#17x)
45 19 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill. (#71)
46 19 Jim Moulis, Fox Lake, Ill. (#30m)
47 14 Rick Schmidt, Sturtevant, Wis. (#23A)
48 13 Alvin Tepe, Evansville, Ind. (#41)
49 11 Don Robertson, Clinton, Ind. (#77)
50 11 Jeff Vantlin, Vincennes, Ind. (#7R)
51 9 Nemire/Syring Racing, Toledo, Ohio (#16)
52 9 Doug Trost, Pleasant Hill, Ohio (#30)
53 8 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#1A)
54 8 Tom Mislich, Odell, Ill. (#32A)
55 8 Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
56 8 Steven Wilmot, Middletown, Ohio (#84)
57 7 Steven Gilstrap, Indianapolis, Ind. (#44A)
58 6 Gary Hayhurst, Evansville, Ind. (#56A)
59 6 W.C. Enterprises, Marion, Ill. (#42)
60 6 Brenda Pletch, Frankfort, Ind. (#68)
61 3 Bob Meli, Temple City, Calif. (#12c)
