A LOOK BACK: 1987 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SEASON
Defending Crestliner Vans/USAC National Sprint Car champion Steve Butler waged a season-long war with challenger Rich Vogler which ended only after the final shots were fired at the series finale in Eldora in September, giving the Kokomo veteran his second consecutive championship.
Butler and Vogler tossed the point lead back and forth like a football until Steve’s late-season victory in a 40-lapper at Paragon. That win, which concluded a sweep of the Indiana races for the Hoosier, left him with a comfortable, but not totally safe lead going into the “4-Crown Nationals” finale at Eldora. A third-place finish in the Eldora 30-lapper sealed the verdict.
Butler’s three victories in the Stoops Express/Pacific Forge/Jarrett Farms Chevy included the 17th “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute as he became the race’s 16th different winner. He hopes to become only the third driver in USAC history to win three Sprint Car titles and the first to win three in a row.
Steve’s victory at Paragon came in the fourth winged race of the year. Race organizers in 1987 were given the option of a winged or the more traditional non-winged race and several opted for the winged variety.
Following Vogler’s back-to-back wins in the season openers, including the “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic” at Eldora, rains interrupted a scheduled two-race Eastern spectacular in Pennsylvania which would have debuted the wing concept in USAC.
Newcomer Rick Ungar then flew to victory in the winged opener at Eldora in late April.
Following Butler’s back-to-back wins at Terre Haute in May, Oklahoma’s Tony Armstrong won a winged feature at Jackson in his only 1987 USAC start.
Kevin Huntley also recorded his first-ever USAC win in a race at Impact Speedway in Oregon, Wisc., then Vogler won the “Silver Anniversary” 30-lapper at Eldora in mid-June.
Kenny Jacobs, the 1986 True Value Hardware “Rookie of the Year,” put together back-to-back wins in winged features in his native Ohio.
Tony Elliott then scored a stunning victory in a live 30-lap feature on ESPN National television at Santa Fe in August. He later climaxed the season with a spectacular win in the “4-Crown” finale at Eldora.
Ron Standridge also joined the list of first-time winners, taking the 30-lapper at his home track in Springfield.
Butler’s final point edge over Vogler amounted to 32 points, as surprising Tray House, without a victory, but with consistent performances, ended up third in the standings ahead of Huntley and Jacobs.
Two veteran performers were dearly missed as the series wound down. Three-time champion Sheldon Kinser was forced out of action by illness late in the year and Ohio’s popular Bud Wilmot was forced into an early retirement by eye injuries suffered in a violent flip at Eldora in March.
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: February 8, 1987 – Tampa, Florida – Florida State Fairgrounds
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Blaney, 40, Stanton-22.292; 2. Frankie Kerr, K54, Lawrence-22.456; 3. Jac Haudenschild, 2H, Lee-22.465; 4. Greg Wooley, 23, Wooley-22.583; 5. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-22.718; 6. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-22.720; 7. Fred Linder, 56, Gohr-22.821; 8. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-22.884; 9. Kenny Adams, 3A, Riggins-22.903; 10. Red Kunstbeck, 66, Nowling-22.906; 11. Sonny Hartley, 3x, Pricher-22.921; 12. Rick Ungar, 1x, Sloan-22.952; 13. Andy Stapp, 7, Stapp-22.960; 14. Johnny Mackison, Jr., 1TW, Wimmer-22.977; 15. Rick Hood, 5x, Midwest Enterprises-23.087; 16. Kelly Kinser, 20, Strohpaul-23.092; 17. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-23.147; 18. Jim Childers, 19, Hallisky-23.196; 19. Darrell Hanestad, 1ST, Saucier-23.241; 20. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-23.277; 21. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-23.314; 22. Spike Lempelius, 52, Lempelius-23.453; 23. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-23.550; 24. Pete Walton, 10, Walton-23.967; 25. Red Stauffer, 21, Luscomb-24.207; 26. Ray Joe Fager, 30, Fager-25.223.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kane, 2. Mockler, 3. Vogler, 4. Adams, 5. Blaney, 6. Stauffer, 7. Stapp. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mackison, 2. Kerr, 3. Hewitt, 4. Kunstbeck, 5. Childers, 6. Lempelius, 7. Fager. 3:46.84
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Hood, 3. Huntley, 4. Linder, 5. Hartley, 6. Hanestad. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Staab, 3. Walton, 4. K. Kinser, 5. Ungar, 6. Wooley. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Blaney, 2. Wooley, 3. Ungar, 4. Stapp, 5. Hanestad, 6. Childers, 7. Lempelius, 8. Stauffer, 9. Fager, 10. Hartley. 6:44.39
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Rick Ungar, 5. Greg Wooley, 6. Dave Blaney, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Andy Stapp, 9. Kenny Adams, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Warren Mockler, 12. Todd Kane, 13. Johnny Mackison, Jr., 14. Pete Walton, 15. Frankie Kerr, 16. Jac Haudenschild, 17. Fred Linder, 18. Kelly Kinser, 19. Kevin Huntley, 20. Red Kunstbeck. NT
**Huntley flipped in turn 2 on the 4th lap of the feature, bus was not injured.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Hewitt, Lap 25 Vogler, Lap 26 Hewitt, Laps 27-30 Vogler.
NEW SPRINT SERIES POINT LEADERS: 1-Vogler-32; 2-Hewitt-27; 3-Hood-24; 4-Blaney-21; 5-Butler-18; 6-Staab-14; 7-Stapp-Mockler-Kane-13; 10-Walton-9.
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 28, 1987 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Bigelow, 2J, Douglass-16.063; 2. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-16.063; 3. Keith Kauffman, 1s, Sloan-16.064; 4. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-16.188; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.387; 6. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-16.453; 7. Larry Rice, 7, Wimmer-16.654; 8. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-16.677; 9. Bobby Adkins, 40, Goodin-16.701; 10. Andy Stapp, 7s, Stapp-16.799; 11. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-16.870; 12. Joe Gaerte, 21, Capels-16.894; 13. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.953; 14. Tony Elliott, 3, Leyba-17.016; 15. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-17.073; 16. Alan Brown, 5B, Brown-17.193; 17. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-17.236; 18. Jerry Russell, 28, ML-17.278; 19. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.307; 20. Johnny Beaber, 1B, Donatelli-17.390; 21. Ken Rice, 44a, Rice-17.476; 22. Bill Bailey, 28B, Bailey-17.495; 23. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-17.593; 24. Terry Shepherd, 40a, Arnold-17.623; 25. Frank Filskov, 27F, Filskov-17.627; 26. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-17.695; 27. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-17.724; 28. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-17.758; 29. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-17.853; 30. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-17.903; 31. Dave Darland, 36D, Darland-17.924; 32. Ray Morgan, 35, Bowen-18.128; 33. Duke Cook, 14, Smith-18.206; 34. Ray Joe Fager, 30, Fager-18.479; 35. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-19.012; 36. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-19.954; 37. Robbie Stanley, 7c, Chupp-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Adkins, 3. Huntington, 4. Nemire, 5. Filskov, 6. K. Rice, 7. Bigelow, 8. Butler. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Elliott, 3. Stapp, 4. House, 5. Wilmot, 6. Bailey, 7. Russell, 8. Peperak. 2:50.21
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kauffman, 2. Staab, 3. Kinser, 4. L. Rice, 5. Kane, 6. Helm, 7. Campbell, 8. Darland. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Beaber, 2. Jacobs, 3. Huntley, 4. Shepherd, 5. Brown, 6. Morgan, 7. Gaerte, 8. Mockler. NT
TOM STENGER FORD TRUCK CENTER “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Gaerte, 3. Bigelow (#28H), 4. Brown, 5. Kane, 6. K. Rice, 7. Filskov, 8. Wilmot, 9. Mann, 10. Reed, 11. Peperak, 12. Campbell, 13. Fager, 14. Cook, 15. Bailey. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Keith Kauffman, 5. Tray House, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Larry Rice, 9. Bobby Adkins, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Johnny Beaber, 12. Joe Gaerte, 13. Kevin Huntley, 14. Paul Huntington, 15. Jerry Nemire, 16. Alan Brown, 17. Andy Stapp, 18. Terry Shepherd, 19. Kenny Jacobs, 20. Sheldon Kinser. NT
**Stanley flipped during practice but was not injured. Mockler flipped in turn 1 during the 4th heat race but was not injured. Wilmot flipped on the final lap of the semi and suffered critical head injuries. Wilmot was transferred to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, OH Saturday night and underwent surgery on Sunday.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 House, Laps 9-23 Butler, Laps 24-30 Vogler.
NEW SPRINT SERIES POINT LEADERS: 1-Vogler-70; 2-Hewitt-52; 3-Butler-43; 4-Staab-28; 5-Rick Hood & Kauffman-24; 7-Dave Blaney & Bigelow-21; 9-Stapp-19; 10-Elliott & House-17.
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): April 25, 1987 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ron Milton, 8, Milton-14.796; 2. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-14.826; 3. Dave Blaney, 40s, Stanton-14.836; 4. Rick Hood, 5x, Rone-14.842; 5. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-14.891; 6. Rick Ungar, 7, Wimmer-15.152; 7. Kelly Kinser, 12, Kirtley-15.180; 8. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-15.181; 9. Tim Norman, 5J, Norman-15.226; 10. Gary Fedewa, 42x, Nosal-15.257; 11. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-15.261; 12. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-15.296; 13. Keith Kauffman, 1s, Sloan-15.318; 14. Terry Shepherd, 40a, Arnold-15.350; 15. Andy Stapp, 7s, Stapp-15.358; 16. Bobby Adkins, 40, Goodin-15.373; 17. Steve Kline, 10, Shattuck-15.388; 18. Steve Morehead, 42, Morehead-15.417; 19. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-15.527; 20. Todd Vance, 47, Vance-15.530; 21. Tom Bigelow, 28H, Helm-15.549; 22. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-15.591; 23. Art Wendt, 77x, Wendt-15.593; 24. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.603; 25. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-15.662; 26. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-15.867; 27. Rusty McClure, 14, Smith-15.950; 28. Bill Bailey, 28B, Bailey-16.107; 29. Bob Cicora, 29m, Cicora-16.425; 30. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-17.245; 31. Mike Winblad, 7x, Winblad-NT; 32. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mockler, 2. Milton, 3. Norman, 4. Staab, 5. Bigelow, 6. Kauffman, 7. Kline, 8. Cicora. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Morehead, 3. Kane, 4. Ungar, 5. Shepherd, 6. Huntley, 7. Fedewa, 8. Reed. 2:40.80
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Blaney, 2. Wendt, 3. House, 4. Stanley, 5. K. Kinser, 6. McClure, 7. Stapp. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Adkins, 3. Hood, 4. Vance, 5. Winblad, 6. Bailey, 7. Peperak. 2:36.10
TOM STENGER FORD TRUCK CENTER “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. K. Kinser, 3. Elliott, 4. Huntley, 5. Bailey, 6. Peperak, 7. Cicora, 8. Kauffman, 9. Butler (#7x), 10. Fedewa, 11. Stapp. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Ungar, 2. Warren Mockler, 3. Ron Milton, 4. Kelly Kinser, 5. Tray House, 6. Robbie Stanley, 7. Bobby Adkins, 8. Todd Vance, 9. Steve Morehead, 10. Bill Bailey, 11. Terry Shepherd, 12. Kevin Huntley, 13. Rick Hood, 14. Dave Blaney, 15. Jack Hewitt, 16. Rich Vogler, 17. Todd Kane, 18. Dave Peperak, 19. Tony Elliott, 20. Bob Cicora, 21. Tim Norman, 22. Art Wendt. NT
**Bigelow flipped during the first heat race but was unhurt. Hewitt flipped on the 24th lap of the feature but was also unhurt.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Mockler, Laps 7-26 Blaney, Laps 27-30 Ungar.
NEW SPRINT SERIES POINT LEADERS: 1-Vogler-85; 2-Hewitt-62; 3-Butler-43; 4-Mockler-42; 5-House-35; 6-Hood & Blaney-34; 8-Adkins-32; 9-Ungar-31; 10-Staab-29.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: May 3 – Terre Haute, IN – Terre Haute Action Track – 17th Annual “Tony Hulman Classic”
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 3, 1987 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – 17th Annual “Tony Hulman Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-21.841; 2. Dave Darland, 2J, Douglass-22.327; 3. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-22.391; 4. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-22.604; 5. Rick Ungar, 7, Wimmer-22.610; 6. Jack Ziegler, 76, Glass-22.625; 7. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-22.830; 8. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-22.868; 9. Rick Hood, 5x, Rone-22.868; 10. Larry Rice, 3, Leyba-23.107; 11. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-23.127; 12. Dave Feese, 12x, Clavey-23.135; 13. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-23.160; 14. Kelly Kinser, 12, Kirtley-23.236; 15. Andy Stapp, 7s, Stapp-23.246; 16. Kevin Thomas, 37D, Orem-23.262; 17. Tom Bigelow, 28H, Helm-23.285; 18. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-23.322; 19. Duke Cook, 14, Smith-23.332; 20. Andy Hillenburg, 41, Sears-23.359; 21. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-23.490; 22. Ray Morgan, 35, Bowen-23.497; 23. Randy Kinser, 1x, Todd-23.566; 24. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-23.607; 25. Ray Joe Fager, 30, Fager-23.792; 26. Gary Hayhurst, 56x, Hayhurst-23.830; 27. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-23.830; 28. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-24.012; 29. Dean Franklin, 83, Sohm-24.190; 30. Scott Allen, 5, Allen/Hempel-24.263; 31. Denny Stewart, 33s, Stewart-24.518; 32. Jerry Russell, 28, ML-24.605; 33. Bob Breneman, 69, Brown-25.823; 34. Pepi Marchese, 31x, Marchese-26.198; 35. Al Caton, 65, Caton-NT; 36. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Butler, 3. Hood, 4. Ungar, 5. Campbell, 6. Peperak, 7. Franklin, 8. Fager. 3:57.40
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K. Kinser, 2. Darland, 3. Rice, 4. Ziegler, 5. Rockhold, 6. Morgan, 7. Allen, 8. Hayhurst. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Mockler, 3. Stapp, 4. Cook, 5. Gentry, 6. Stewart, 7. R. Kinser, 8. Huntington. 3:56.02
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Feese, 3. House, 4. Huntley, 5. Becker, 6. Elliott, 7. Hillenburg. NT
BOWEN OLDSMOBILE “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. R. Kinser, 2. Peperak, 3. Rockhold, 4. Campbell, 5. L. Gentry, 6. Hillenburg, 7. Franklin, 8. Fager, 9. Hayhurst, 10. Morgan, 11. Caton, 12. Marchese, 13. Breneman, 14. Stewart. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Randy Kinser, 3. Kelly Kinser, 4. Tom Bigelow, 5. Tray House, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Dave Feese, 8. Rick Hood, 9. Rich Vogler, 10. Kevin Thomas, 11. Andy Stapp, 12. Duke Cook, 13. Jack Ziegler, 14. Warren Mockler, 15. Kevin Huntley, 16. Keith Campbell, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Dave Peperak, 19. Rick Ungar, 20. Manny Rockhold. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Ziegler, Lap 2 Ungar, Laps 3-30 Butler.
NEW SPRINT SERIES POINT LEADERS: 1-Vogler-101; 2-Butler-82; 3-Jack Hewitt-62; 4-House-53; 5-Ungar & Mockler-52; 7-Hood-49; 8-Bigelow-43; 9-Dave Blaney-34; 10-Bobby Adkins-32.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: May 23 – Terre Haute, IN – Terre Haute Action Track
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: May 23, 1987 – Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – “Hulman Classic II”
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Randy Kinser (#1x Todd), 2. Kevin Huntley (#6 Winterbotham), 3. Rick Ungar (#7 Wimmer), 4. Manny Rockhold (#71 Rockhold), 5. Dave Darland (#2J Douglass), 6. Gary Hayhurst, Jr. (#56x Hayhurst), 7. Jim Smith (#7s Smith), 8. Al Caton (#65 Caton), 9. Ray Joe Fager (#30 Fager). NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Keith Kauffman (#1s Sloan), 2. Bob Meli (#12m Meli), 3. Warren Mockler (#7R Runyon), 4. Dave Feese (#12c Clavey), 5. Jack Ziegler (#76 Glass), 6. Larry Rice (#3 Leyba), 7. Paul Huntington (#33 Nolen), 8. Pepi Marchese (#31x Marchese), 9. Tony Reed (#31R Reed). 3:51.28
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Steve Butler (#1 Stoops), 2. Jack Hewitt (#63 Hampshire), 3. Jerry Russell (#28 ML), 4. Alan Brown (#5B Brown), 5. Dean Franklin (#83 Sohm), 6. Keith Campbell (#53 Campbell), 7. Jerry Nemire (#16 Nemire), 8. Denny Stewart (#33s Stewart). 4:02.21
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rick Hood (#5x Midwest Enterprises), 2. Leon Gentry (#61 Gentry), 3. Tray House (#3T Murphy), 4. Sheldon Kinser (#12 Kirtley), 5. Dave Peperak (#77 Ram), 6. Ray Morgan (#35 Bowen), 7. Scott Allen (#5 Allen), 8. Rusty McClure (#14 Smith). 4:11.68
BOWEN OLDSMOBILE “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Peperak, 3. Franklin, 4. Ziegler, 5. Campbell, 6. Rice, 7. Hayhurst, 8. Huntington, 9. Nemire, 10. McClure, 11. Morgan, 12. Stewart, 13. Smith, 14. Thomas, 15. Caton, 16. Marchese. 5:02.98
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Keith Kauffman, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Jack Hewitt, 5. Randy Kinser, 6. Kevin Huntley, 7. Manny Rockhold, 8. Bob Meli, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. Warren Mockler, 11. Sheldon Kinser, 12. Tray House, 13. Alan Brown, 14. Dave Feese, 15. Dave Darland, 16. Jack Ziegler, 17. Dean Franklin, 18. Leon Gentry, 19. Jerry Russell, 20. Rick Ungar. NT
**Ungar flipped on lap 3 of the feature but was not injured.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Kauffman, Laps 23-30 Butler.
NEW SPRINT SERIES POINT LEADERS: 1-Butler-116, 2-Rich Vogler-101; 3-Hewitt-83; 4-Hood-74, 5-Mockler-65; 6-House-64; 7-Ungar-55; 8-Dave Blaney-34, 9-Bobby Adkins-32; 10-Larry Rice & Andy Stapp-31.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: May 30 – Alma, OH – Atomic Speedway (Winged)
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): May 30, 1987 – Alma, Ohio – K-C Raceway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): June 5, 1987 – Jackson, Minnesota – Jackson County Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Richert, Jr., 81, Johnson-18.269; 2. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-18.454; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-18.456; 4. Marlon Jones, 4, Lusk-18.513; 5. Tony Armstrong, 23, Shoff-18.545; 6. Bob East, 12A, Annett-18.644; 7. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-18.621; 8. Rich Brahmer, 66, Bauman-18.683; 9. Randy Smith, 20, Trostle-18.696; 10. Ken Chapman, 14, Krull-18.707; 11. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-18.803; 12. John Stevenson, 31, Paulson-18.809; 13. Jeff Tuttle, 10, Tuttle-18.815; 14. Danny Lasoski, 49, Rogers-18.828; 15. Tom James, 86, James-18.999; 16. Tim Monson, 6m, Monson-19.023; 17. Vance Peterson, 80, Peterson-19.025; 18. Glen Berkner, 21B, Berkner/Schwanke-19.055; 19. Roger Rager, 1w, Woodke-19.103; 20. Kelly Kinser, 1s, Sloan-19.154; 21. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-19.174; 22. Bruce Drotz, 12R, RCBS Racing-19.191; 23. Terry McCarl, 12x, Vielhauer-19.197; 24. Bob Hop, 88, Gillund-19.263; 25. Bobby Houseman, 18, Houseman-19.292; 26. Todd Vance, 32, Vance-19.302; 27. Joe Kouba, 55, Justice-19.349; 28. Dave Ekern, 11, Ekern-19.513; 29. Wayne Redmond, 61, Redmond-19.541; 30. Reed Peterson, 78, Mitchell-19.562; 31. Lou Kennedy, Jr., 21K, Kennedy-19.608; 32. Bill Rook, 00, Rook-19.704; 33. Gary DeWall, 16, DeWall-19.734; 34. Gabby Lusk, 2L, Lusk-19.748; 35. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-19.792; 36. Jim Kouba, 2K, Kouba-19.961; 37. Doug Navara, 28, Navara-20.129; 38. Mike Selberg, 60, Selberg-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tuttle, 2. Armstrong, 3. Richert, 4. Redmond, 5. Mockler, 6. Smith, 7. V. Peterson, 8. Houseman. 3:13.42
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Lasoski, 2. Chapman, 3. Vogler, 4. Vance, 5. East, 6. Berkner, 7. Drotz, 8. R. Peterson. 3:11.70
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Rager, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Huntley, 5. McCarl, 6. James, 7. Kennedy, 8. Joe Kouba. 3:02.87
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hop, 2. K. Kinser, 3. M. Jones, 4. Stevenson, 5. Ekern, 6. Brahmer, 7. Rook, 8. Monson. NT
GOHR RACING “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. East, 2. Smith, 3. Brahmer, 4. James, 5. Monson, 6. Drotz, 7. Berkner, 8. McCarl, 9. Lusk, 10. Ekern, 11. Rook, 12. Houseman, 13. Jim Kouba, 14. Navara, 15. Reed, 16. Mockler, 17. R. Peterson, 18. V. Peterson, 19. Joe Kouba. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Armstrong, 2. Jeff Tuttle, 3. Bob East, 4. Kevin Huntley, 5. Rich Vogler, 6. Kelly Kinser, 7. John Stevenson, 8. Todd Vance, 9. Rich Brahmer, 10. Ken Chapman, 11. Bruce Drotz, 12. Marlon Jones, 13. Sheldon Kinser, 14. Tim Monson, 15. Tom James, 16. Roger Rager, 17. Bob Hop, 18. Steve Butler, 19. Danny Lasoski, 20. Jerry Richert, Jr., 21. Randy Smith, 22. Wayne Redmond. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Jones, Laps 10-30 Armstrong.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 6 – Oregon, WI – Impact Speedway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 6, 1987 – Oregon, Wisconsin – Impact Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-18.497; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-18.595; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-18.868; 4. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-18.994; 5. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-19.070; 6. Dave Feese, 12c, Clavey-19.280; 7. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-19.296; 8. Kelly Kinser, 1s, Sloan-19.315; 9. Carmen Manzardo, 4, Manzardo-19.399; 10. Gary Zobel, Z93, Zobel-19.422; 11. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-19.461; 12. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-19.511; 13. Bob Robel, 3R, Robel-19.843; 14. Rick Keller, 24, Gensch-19.984; 15. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-20.089; 16. Al Schmidt, 25, Schmidt-20.161; 17. John Tierney, 3N, Tierney-20.314; 18. Kim Mock, 12H, Hoyt-20.695; 19. Joe Graumenz, 44, Graumenz-20.727; 20. Bill Warren, 95, Warren-21.498; 21. Pepi Marchese, 31x, Marchese-22.015; 22. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-22.184; 23. Jeff Wilke, 27, Wilke-NT; 24. Frank Filskov, 27F, Filskov-NT; 25. Lee Schmidt, 75s, Schmidt-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Mockler, 3. Schmidt, 4. Robel, 5. Graumenz, 6. Zobel, 7. House. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Keller, 2. Tierney, 3. K. Kinser, 4. Rockhold, 5. Butler, 6. Warren, 7. Huntley. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Manzardo, 3. Feese, 4. Moulis, 5. Becker, 6. Mock, 7. Marchese. NT
ADAM’S MARK HOTEL “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (9 laps) 1. Huntley, 2. House, 3. Mock, 4. Zobel, 5. Wilke, 6. Reed, 7. Marchese, 8. Warren. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Huntley, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Warren Mockler, 6. Tray House, 7. Dave Feese, 8. Jim Moulis, 9. Carmen Manzardo, 10. John Tierney, 11. Rick Keller, 12. Bob Robel, 13. Al Schmidt, 14. Kim Mock, 15. Manny Rockhold, 16. Rick Becker, 17. Joe Graumenz, 18. Gary Zobel, 19. Kelly Kinser, 20. Tony Reed. NT
**Filskov flipped during practice but was not injured. Wilke flipped during the “Last Chance” race and suffered a concussion. He was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Madison, WI for treatment.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Huntley.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Vogler-158; 2-Butler-150; 3-Huntley-97; 4-Mockler-84; 5-Jack Hewitt-83; 6-House-79; 7-Rick Hood-74; 8-Rick Ungar-55; 9-Sheldon Kinser-48; 10-Randy Kinser-45.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 13 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 13, 1987 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Silver Anniversary Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-16.128; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.233; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-16.267; 4. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-16.284; 5. Tony Elliott, 3, Leyba-16.307; 6. Rick Hood, 5x, Midwest Enterprises-16.418; 7. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-16.481; 8. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.617; 9. Tom Bigelow, 28H, Helm-16.653; 10. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-16.835; 11. Larry Rice, 40, Goodin-16.838; 12. Mark Alderson, 19, Mann-16.877; 13. Dave Feese, 12x, Clavey-16.950; 14. Tim Allison, 48, Nott-17.077; 15. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-17.312; 16. Alan Brown, 5B, Brown-17.663; 17. Pepi Marchese, 31x, Marchese-19.032; 18. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-19.203; 19. Rusty McClure, 14, Smith-NT; 20. Warren Mockler, 7R, Runyon-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Feese, 2. House, 3. Vogler, 4. Huntley, 5. Jacobs, 6. Brown. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rice, 2. Allison, 3. Elliott, 4. Butler, 5. McClure, 6. Marchese, 7. Hewitt. 2:16.13
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Alderson, 3. Mockler, 4. Peperak, 5. Bigelow, 6. Hood. 2:18.48
TOM STENGER FORD TRUCK CENTER “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Hewitt, 3. Jacobs, 4. McClure, 5. Brown, 6. Marchese, 7. Reed, 8. Hood. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Kenny Jacobs, 4. Tray House, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Kevin Huntley, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Warren Mockler, 9. Larry Rice, 10. Dave Feese, 11. Tim Allison, 12. Rusty McClure, 13. Mark Alderson, 14. Pepi Marchese, 15. Alan Brown, 16. Jack Hewitt, 17. Dave Peperak, 18. Tom Bigelow, 19. Tony Reed, 20. Rick Hood. 8:43.50
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Elliott, Laps 7-30 Vogler.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 14 – Hartford, OH – Sharon Speedway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): June 14, 1987 – Hartford, Ohio – Sharon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ed Lynch, Jr., 2L, Lynch-18.42; 2. Johnny Beaber, 1B, Beaber-18.53; 3. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-18.70; 4. Jack Sodeman, 23, Noble-18.82; 5. Mike Herbert, X, Herbert-18.87; 6. Chuck Ward, 3x, Pettite-18.93; 7. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-18.98; 8. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-19.11; 9. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-19.17; 10. Keith Kauffman, 880, Morral-19.17; 11. George Bischoff, 3B, Bischoff-19.37; 12. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-19.38; 13. Danny Perrett, 49, Colonial-19.38; 14. Doug Wolfgang, 29, Weikert-19.40; 15. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-19.41; 16. Bob Felmlee, 6x, Felmlee-19.84; 17. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-19.84; 18. Buddy Cochran, 30, Cochran-20.03; 19. Rod George, 4, Stockdale-20.07; 20. Jimmy Hawley, 162, Hawley-20.13; 21. Troy Preston, 32B, Preston-20.40; 22. George Marshall, 43, Marshall-20.69; 23. Guy Griffin, 10, Brest-21.02; 24. Jim Brauer, 14, Brauer-21.022; 25. Craig Rankin, 24, Rankin-NT; 26. Rich Heckman, 7H, Heckman-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Peperak, 3. Herbert, 4. Preston, 5. Lynch, 6. Perrett. 3:17.51
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wolfgang, 2. Beaber, 3. Ward, 4. Kauffman, 5. Marshall, 6. Cochran. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jacobs, 2. Vogler, 3. Huntley, 4. George, 5. Bischoff, 6. Griffin. 3:20.22
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Hawley, 3. Sodeman, 4. House, 5. Brauer, 6. Felmlee, 7. Rankin. NT
“LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Bischoff, 2. Perrett, 3. Lynch, 4. Marshall, 5. Felmlee, 6. Cochran, 7. Brauer, 8. Griffin. 4:04.83
FEATURE: (30 laps) NOT HELD DUE TO TRACK POWER FAILURE. COMPLETE NEW PROGRAM OF EVENTS RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 19.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Vogler-199; 2-Butler-184; 3-Huntley-115; 4-House-101; 5-Mockler-99; 6-Hewitt-88; 7-Hood-75, 8-Sheldon Kinser-74; 9-Rick Ungar-55; 10-Rice-47.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 19 – Hartford, OH – Sharon Speedway (Winged)
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): June 19, 1987 – Hartford, Ohio – Sharon Speedway
FEATURE: (30 laps – completion of June 14 program) 1. Kenny Jacobs (#56 Gohr), 2. Chuck Ward (#3x Petitte), 3. Steve Butler (#1 Stoops), 4. Ed Lynch, Jr., (#2L Lynch), 5. Johnny Beaber (#1B Beaber), 6. Kevin Huntley (#6 Winterbotham), 7. Rich Vogler (#2 Vance), 8. Troy Preston (#32B Preston), 9. Tray House (#3T Murphy), 10. George Marshall (#43 Marshall), 11. Buddy Cochran (#30 Cochran), 12. Bob Felmlee (#6x Felmlee), 13. Sheldon Kinser (#12 Kirtley), 14. Jimmy Hawley (#162 Hawley), 15. Mike Herbert (#X Herbert), 16. Rod George (#4R Stockdale), 17. George Bischoff (#3B Bischoff), 18. Rich Heckman (#7H Heckman), 19. Guy Griffin (#10 Brest), 20. Jack Sodeman (#23 Noble). NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Herbert, Laps 9-30 Jacobs.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 – Alma, OH – K-C Raceway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (Winged): June 20, 1987 – Alma, Ohio – K-C Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-13.006; 2. Rick Ungar, 7, Wimmer-13.114; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-13.278; 4. C.J. Holley, 85, Holley-13.351; 5. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-13.412; 6. George Fisher, 1x, Fisher-13.421; 7. Al Liskai, 2x, Gardner-13.452; 8. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-13.458; 9. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-13.470; 10. Ross Rogers, 19s, Spaulding-13.489; 11. Rodney Duncan, 22, Duncan-13.507; 12. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-13.574; 13. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-13.589; 14. Rusty McClure, 14, Smith-13.611; 15. Ron Meyers, 25, Meyers-13.853; 16. Mike Bowling, 98, Bowling-13.874; 17. Steve Bixler, 51, Bixler-14.032; 18. Dave Fisher, 9, Fisher-14.091; 19. Harry Garrett, 92, Garrett-14.108; 20. Steve McCann, 65, McCann-14.246; 21. Mike Imler, 1m, Imler-14.391; 22. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-14.423; 23. Randy Fink, 41, Fink-14.704; 24. Pepi Marchese, 31x, Marchese-15.570; 25. Bud Jacobs, 3c, Jacobs-15.817.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K. Jacobs, 2. Hewitt, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Bixler, 5. House, 6. Imler. 2:15.98
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Fisher, 2. Ungar, 3. McClure, 4. Reed, 5. Rogers, 6. G. Fisher. 2:21.41
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Liskai, 2. Garrett, 3. Duncan, 4. Butler, 5. Fink, 6. Meyers. 2:23.51
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. McCann, 3. Bowling, 4. Holley, 5. Marchese, 6. Huntley. 2:28.00
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kenny Jacobs, 2. Rick Ungar, 3. Al Liskai, 4. Rodney Duncan, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. C.J. Holley, 8. Harry Garrett, 9. Dave Fisher, 10. Tray House, 11. Gary Fisher, 12. Steve Bixler, 13. Mike Imler, 14. Bud Jacobs, 15. Randy Fink, 16. Ross Rogers, 17. Jack Hewitt, 18. Sheldon Kinser, 19. Rusty McClure, 20. Mike Bowling, 21. Pepi Marchese, 22. Tony Reed, 23. Steve McCann, 24. Kevin Huntley. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Hewitt, Laps 24-30 K. Jacobs.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Vogler-232; 2-Butler-224; 3-Huntley-131; 4-House-124; 5-Jacobs-102; 6-Warren Mockler-99; 7-Hewitt-95; 8-Sheldon Kinser & Ungar-87; 10-Rick Hood-75.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 1 – Putnamville, IN – Lincoln Park Speedway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 6, 1987 – Hinsdale, Illinois – Santa Fe Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-16.789; 2. Terry Shepherd, 40, A & K-16.946; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-16.981; 4. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.079; 5. Sheldon Kinser, 12, Kirtley-17.099; 6. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-17.111; 7. Dave Feese, 12c, Clavey-17.114; 8. Randy Standridge, 9, Livingston-17.306; 9. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-17.342; 10. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-17.391; 11. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-17.409; 12. Jim Moughan, 6m, Moughan-17.435; 13. Kevin Huntley, 6, Winterbotham-17.491; 14. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-17.540; 15. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-17.544; 16. Ron Standridge, 10, Rahn-17.715; 17. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.837; 18. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-17.891; 19. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-17.948; 20. Louie Mann, 37D, Orem-18.018; 21. Tom Bigelow, 28H, Helm-18.020; 22. Rick Ungar, 7, Wimmer-18.100; 23. Larry Rice, 12x, Hajduk-18.381; 24. Frank Filskov, 27F, Filskov-18.461; 25. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-18.511; 26. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.786; 27. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-19.029; 28. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-19.364; 29. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-NT; 30. Mark Alloway, 00, Alloway-NT; 31. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 Laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Bigelow, 3. S. Kinser, 4. Hillenburg, 5. Fager, 6. Campbell, 7. Huntley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. House, 2. Shepherd, 3. Hillerud, 4. Moulis, 5. Thomas. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B. Kinser, 2. Peperak, 3. Jacobs, 4. Feese, 5. Butler, 6. Gentry, 7. Rice. 2:59.66
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mann, 2. Moughan, 3. Elliott, 4. Randy Standridge, 5. Ron Standridge, 6. Nemire, 7. Filskov, 8. Staab. NT
CNA INSURANCE “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Ron Standridge, 3. Thomas, 4. Fager, 5. Huntley, 6. Campbell, 7. Nemire, 8. Rice. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Randy Standridge, 6. Tray House, 7. Ron Standridge, 8. Kenny Jacobs, 9. Louie Mann, 10. Tom Bigelow, 11. Jim Moulis, 12. Larry Hillerud, 13. Bob Kinser, 14. Andy Hillenburg, 15. Dave Peperak, 16. Terry Shepherd, 17. Al Thomas, 18. Jim Moughan, 19. Dave Feese, 20. Ray Joe Fager. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Elliott.
NEW SPRINT POINTS: 1-Vogler-263; 2-Butler-251; 3-House-143; 4-Huntley-131; 5-Jacobs-117; 6-S. Kinser-107; 7-Warren Mockler-99; 8-Jack Hewitt-95; 9-Ungar-87; 10-Rick Hood-75.
NEXT CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE: August 21 – Springfield (IL) Speedway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 21, 1987 – Springfield, Illinois – Springfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Feese, 12c, Clavey-11.772; 2. Ron Standridge, 10, Rahn-12.011; 3. Kevin Thomas, 35, Bowen-12.040; 4. Randy Standridge, 9, Livingston-12.110; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-12.115; 6. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-12.207; 7. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-12.208; 8. Gay Rolofson, 00, Rolofson-12.253; 9. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-12.267; 10. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-12.400; 11. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-12.423; 12. Denny Stewart, 33s, Stewart-12.475; 13. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-12.560; 14. Tom Bigelow, 43, Silves-12.581; 15. Jeff Wiggs, 71, Wiggs-12.591; 16. Jim Moughan, 6x, Moughan-12.628; 17. Robbie Standridge, 22, Standridge-12.695; 18. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-12.717; 19. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-12.866; 20. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-12.910; 21. Bob Hamilton, 28, Hamilton-12.932; 22. Scott Allen, 5, Allen-13.324; 23. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-13.927; 24. Manny Rockhold, 3K, Koehler-NT; 25. Larry Rice, 4, Miller-NT; 26. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-NT; 27. Tom Fulton, 70, Fulton-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Butler, 3. Huntley, 4. Robbie Standridge, 5. Feese, 6. Hamilton. 2:08.55
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ron Standridge, 2. Vogler, 3. A. Thomas, 4. Bigelow, 5. Elliott, 6. Rockhold. 2:09.50
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gentry, 2. Huntington, 3. K. Thomas, 4. Wiggs, 5. Rice, 6. House. 2:11.13
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Moughan, 2. Fager, 3. Rolofson, 4. Randy Standridge, 5. Bateman, 6. Stewart. 2:12.81
SYNDICATE GLASS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Feese, 2. Elliott, 3. Helm, 4. Hamilton, 5. Stewart, 6. Rice, 7. Bateman, 8. Rockhold. 2:43.67
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ron Standridge, 2. Jim Moughan, 3. Dave Feese, 4. Steve Butler, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Kevin Huntley, 8. Al Thomas, 9. Randy Standridge, 10. Mike Helm, 11. Leon Gentry, 12. Paul Huntington, 13. Bob Hamilton, 14. Tom Bigelow, 15. Jeff Wiggs, 16. Robbie Standridge, 17. Jack Hewitt, 18. Gay Rolofson, 19. Tray House (#30F), 20. Rich Vogler. NT
**Vogler flipped on the first lap of the feature and Hewitt flipped on the 5th lap of the feature. Neither driver was injured.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Butler, Laps 5-16 Elliott, Laps 17-30 Ron Standridge.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-272; 2-Vogler-267; 3-Huntley-147; 4-House-145; 5-Kenny Jacobs-117; 6-Sheldon Kinser-107; 7-Hewitt-103; 8-Warren Mockler-99; 9-Rick Ungar-87; 10-Elliott-83.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 29 – Paragon (Ind.) Speedway
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 29, 1987 – Paragon, Indiana – Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Terry Shepherd, 40A, Arnold-14.225; 2. Ron Milton, 8, Milton-14.308; 3. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-14.349; 4. Randy Kinser, 1x, Todd-14.421; 5. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-14.429; 6. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-14.461; 7. Mickey Smith, 14, Smith-14.488; 8. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-14.493; 9. Tim Gee, 88, Gee-14.530; 10. Bobby Adkins, 40, Goodin-14.565; 11. Tony Weyant, 38, Weyant-14.642; 12. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-14.648; 13. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 19, Ritter-14.738; 14. Larry Bland, 2x, Bland-14.770; 15. Rick Hood, 1n, Campbell-14.786; 16. Rusty McClure, 3, Leyba-14.787; 17. Alan Brown, 5B, Brown-14.806; 18. Eric Rankine, 39, Rankine-14.882; 19. Robbie Stanley, 44R, Stanley-14.947; 20. Jack Ziegler, 76, Glass-14.982; 21. Rich Vogler, 84, Weiland-15.007; 22. Eric Gordon, 65G, Gordon-15.034; 23. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.058; 24. Warren Mockler, 66, Nowling-15.106; 25. Larry Rice, 2J Douglass-15.205; 26. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-15.218; 27. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.224; 28. Dave Darland, 36D, Darland-15.370; 29. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-15.377; 30. Jeff Deckard, 9x, Deckard-15.399; 31. Kurt Hawkins, 3D, Hawkins-15446; 32. Gary Hayhurst, Jr., 56x, Hayhurst-15.544; 33. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-16.012; 34. Steve Lake, 91, Lake-NT; 35. #26 Huntley-NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Rankine, 3. Ritter, 4. Gordon, 5. Huntley, 6. Gee, 7. Shepherd, 8. Deckard. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Adkins, 2. Hood, 3. Milton, 4. Elliott, 5. Stanley, 6. Hawkins, 7. Peperak, 8. Butler. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mockler, 2. Smith, 3. McClure, 4. Hillenburg, 5. Hayhurst, 6. Weyant, 7. Darland, 8. Ziegler. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. House, 2. Vogler, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Brown, 5. Campbell, 6. Fager, 7. Blake, 8. Rice. NT
ADAMS MARK HOTEL “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. Butler, 3. Huntley, 4. Gee, 5. Stanley, 6. Campbell, 7. Weyant, 8. Ziegler, 9. Deckard, 10. Fager, 11. Hawkins, 12. Blake, 13. Peperak. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Randy Kinser, 3. Terry Shepherd, 4. Bobby Adkins, 5. Rick Hood, 6. Kevin Huntley, 7. Tray House, 8. Tim Gee, 9. Rich Vogler, 10. Mickey Smith, 11. Rusty McClure, 12. Andy Hillenburg, 13. Tony Elliott, 14. Jack Ziegler, 15. Warren Mockler, 16. Robbie Stanley, 17. Ron Milton, 18. Eric Rankine, 19. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 20. Alan Brown, 21. Dave Peperak, 22. Jerry Russell, 23. Eric Gordon, 24. Keith Campbell. NT
**Darland flipped during the third heat race but was not injured.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Huntley, Laps 11-40 Butler.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-312; 2-Vogler-284; 3-Huntley & House-167; 5-Kenny Jacobs-117; 6-Mockler-109; 7-Sheldon Kinser-107; 8-Hewitt-103; 9-Hood-100; 10-Elliott-92.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: September 26-27 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”
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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 26-27, 1987 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.382; 2. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-17.416; 3. Kevin Thomas, 37m, Orem-17.497; 4. Kenny Jacobs, 56, Gohr-17.611; 5. Larry Rice, 2J, Douglass-17.618; 6. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.630; 7. Rick Hood, 1n, Campbell-17.637; 8. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.660; 9. Dave Feese, 12c, Clavey-17.696; 10. Andy Stapp, 7s, Stapp-17.704; 11. Tray House, 3T, Murphy-17.741; 12. Rusty McClure, 3, Leyba-17.860; 13. Jerry Russell, 1s, Sloan-17.865; 14. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-17.871; 15. Kevin Huntley, 6w, Winterbotham-17.948; 16. Tom Bigelow, 43, Silves-17.965; 17. Bobby Adkins, 40, Goodin-18.071; 18. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-18.160; 19. Jack Ziegler, 76, Glass-18.187; 20. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-18.316; 21. Brad Boyer, 52, Boyer-18.414; 22. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-18.434; 23. Kent Christian, 4, Miller-18.487; 24. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-18.562; 25. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-18.592; 26. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-18.604; 27. Bill Tyler, 2x, Duffy-18.722; 28. Ken Rice, 59, Rice-18.777; 29. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-18.808; 30. Roy Caruthers, 21, Capels-18.816; 31. Dave Macey, 4x, Miller-18.829; 32. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-19.044; 33. Ray Morgan, 7m, Morgan-19.057; 34. Tim Coffeen, 77x, Coffeen-19.120; 35. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-19.125; 36. Ray Joe Fager, 30, Fager-19.232; 37. Kenny Dunlap, 38, Dunlap-19.517; 38. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-19.526; 39. Jim Lipkey, 25, Lipkey-19.643; 40. Jim Whiteside, 66x, Whiteside-NT; 41. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-NT; 42. Warren Mockler, 66, Nowling-NT.
FIRST GOHR RACING QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Hood, 3. Helm, 4. Ziegler, 5. House, 6. Morgan, 7. Huntley, 8. Adkins, 9. Feese, 10. Tyler, 11. Nemire, 12. Boyer, 13. Dunlap, 14. Lipkey, 15. Rockhold, 16. Macey, 17. Christian, 18. Reed. NT
SECOND GOHR RACING QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Stapp, 3. McClure, 4. Staab, 5. Bookmiller, 6. Alderson, 7. Bigelow, 8. Hillerud, 9. Hillenburg, 10. Hollingsworth, 11. Caruthers, 12. K. Rice, 13. Whiteside, 14. Fager, 15. Coffeen, 16. A. Thomas, 17. Blake. 3:11.29
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Kenny Jacobs, 5. Rich Vogler, 6. Andy Stapp, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Tray House, 9. Kevin Thomas, 10. Rick Hood, 11. Dave Feese, 12. Bill Tyler, 13. Jack Ziegler, 14. Bobby Adkins, 15. Rusty McClure, 16. Mark Alderson, 17. Andy Hillenburg, 18. Larry Rice, 19. Kent Christian (#43), 20. Jerry Russell, 21. Tim Bookmiller, 22. Jerry Nemire, 23. Larry Hillerud, 24. Mike Helm, 25. Kevin Huntley, 26. Ray Morgan. NT
**Russell & Nemire flipped in turn 2 on the 16th lap of the feature. Nemire escaped injury while Russell was taken to Coldwater (Ohio) Hospital for treatment.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Elliott.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Butler-333; 2-Vogler-305; 3-House-180; 4-Huntley-168; 5-Kenny Jacobs-138; 6-Hewitt-134; 7-Elliott-123; 8-Hood-111; 9-Warren Mockler-109; 10-Sheldon Kinser-107.
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1987 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 337 Steve Butler, Kokomo, Ind.
2 305 Rich Vogler, Indianapolis, Ind.
3 180 Tray House, Chesterfield, Ind.
4 168 Kevin Huntley, Bloomington, Ind.
5 138 Kenny Jacobs, Holmesville, Ohio
6 134 Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio
7 123 Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.
8 114 Rick Hood, Memphis, Tenn.
9 109 Warren Mockler, Westfield, Ind.
10 107 Sheldon Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.
11 87 Rick Ungar, Garrettsville, Ohio (R)
12 81 Randy Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.
13 68 Tom Bigelow, Winchester, Ind.
14 68 Bobby Adkins, Indianapolis, Ind.
15 61 Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, Ind.
16 52 Larry Rice, Brownsburg, Ind.
17 49 Andy Stapp, Brownsburg, Ind.
18 44 Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio
19 35 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.
20 34 Dave Blaney, Hartford, Ohio
21 30 Keith Kauffman, Mifflintown, Pa.
22 24 Andy Hillenburg, Indianapolis, Ind.
23 23 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.
24 23 Jack Ziegler, Marshall Ill.
25 20 Leon Gentry, Henderson, Ky.
26 19 Todd Kane, Powell, Ohio
27 19 Al Thomas, Ludlow, Ill.
28 17 Dave Darland, Lincoln, Ind.
29 16 Bob Meli, Temple City, Calif.
30 14 Mike Helm, Indianapolis, Ind.
31 14 Jerry Russell, Springfield, Ill.
32 11 Bill Bailey, Grove City, Pa.
33 9 Pete Walton, Fayetteville, Ga.
34 9 Joe Gaerte, Rochester, Ind.
35 8 Pepi Marchese, Indianapolis, Ind.
36 6 Keith Campbell, Olney, Ill.
37 5 Rick Becker, Sun Prairie, Wis.
38 5 Tony Reed, Indianapolis, Ind.
39 4 Ray Joe Fager, Greenfield, Ind.
40 2 Red Kunstbeck, Brandon, Fla.
41 1 Ray Morgan, Fairbanks, Ind.
1987 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 337 Jeff Stoops, Anderson, Ind. (#1)
2 288 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2)
3 178 Donald Murphy, Chesterfield, Ind. (#3T)
4 168 Terry Winterbotham, Vandalia, Ohio (#6w)
5 150 William & Phyllis Kirtley, Bloomington, Ind. (#12)
6 143 Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
7 134 Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)
8 99 Gary Runyon, Carmel, Ind. (#7R)
9 98 William Sloan II, Addison, Ill. (#1s)
10 96 William Clavey, Dwight, Ill. (#12c)
11 95 Tom Wimmer, Fairmount, Ind. (#7)
12 90 Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
13 84 David Goodin, Indianapolis, Ind. (#40G)
14 75 Midwest Enterprises, Brownsburg, Ind. (#5x)
15 70 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#3)
16 68 Robert Helm, Indianapolis, Ind. (#28H)
17 61 Southern Auto Supply Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#40A)
18 56 Mark Todd, Bloomington, Ind. (#1x)
19 49 Andy Stapp, Brownsburg, Ind. (#7s)
20 44 B.U.F. Racing, Dayton, Ohio (#44)
21 35 RAM Racing, Clinton, Ind. (#77)
22 28 Gary Stanton, Nicholasville, Ky. (#40)
23 28 James Douglass, Kokomo, Ind. (#2J)
24 23 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill. (#71)
25 23 Ray Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14)
26 21 Gene Nolen, Greenwood, Ind. (#33)
27 20 Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)
28 19 Marty Kane, Powell, Ohio (#78)
29 19 Ben Bowen, Terre Haute, Ind. (#35)
30 19 Thomas Brothers Trucking, Ludlow, Ill. (#72)
31 16 Louie Mann, Burlington, Ind. (#37m)
32 12 Larry Bayless, Brownsburg, Ind. (#17B)
33 11 Bill Bailey, Grove City, Pa. (#28B)
34 9 Johnny Capels, Indianapolis, Ind. (#21)
35 8 Pepi Marchese, Indianapolis, Ind. (#31x)
36 6 Paul Fager, Indianapolis, Ind. (#30F)
37 6 Allen Campbell, Olney, Ill. (#53)
38 5 Rick Becker, Sun Prairie, Wis. (#56B)
39 5 Jack Reed, Indianapolis, Ind. (#31R)
40 4 M.L. & Associates, Newburgh, Ind. (#28)