A LOOK BACK: 1985 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SEASON

Rick Hood’s surprising victory in the opening event of the 1985 Crestliner Vans/USAC National Sprint Car Series gave him a point lead he would never relinquish as he led the Fortune Racing Team to a third consecutive series championship.

Hood and the Rose Brothers Trucking Chevy romped to nine wins and Rick also emerged as the champion of the USAC/CRA Sprint Car Challenge Series, an 11-race series within a series.

Rick’s season-opening victory at Manzanita was remarkable in that five months earlier he had suffered two badly-broken legs in a freak accident at the same track.  While walking through the infield to watch a practice session, he was struck by a sprint car and spent the rest of 1984 and early 1985 recuperating.

That initial Manzanita triumph came in the George Toney/Kenny Jarrett Farms sprinter, but he soon was back in the cockpit of the Fortune car, which he had driven to the 1984 title, and ended up with more than a 300-point cushion over his nearest rival at season’s end.

The debut of Crestliner Van Conversions of Richmond, Indiana as series sponsor coincided with USAC’s increase in engine sizes to 410 c.i. maximum and created a very competitive atmosphere.  Not only did many drivers experience their first taste of USAC victory, but the series expanded to include several tracks in locations not visited for a number of years.  This expansion movement is expected to continue in 1986, with the new 410 c.i. rule allowing more participants to compete in USAC races.

Steve Butler and Sheldon Kinser waged a terrific duel for the runner-up point ranking, switching the spot back and forth until Butler finally found victory lane at Putnamville in August.  From there, Steve held on to nose out Sheldon by 21 points at the end of the campaign.

Kinser’s 1985 season included a victory in the historic Midwest debut of the USAC/CRA Challenge at Putnamville and a Paragon victory which ended a four-race winning streak for Hood.

Youthful Terry Shepherd recorded a sensational feature win at Santa Fe to cap his Rookie season and take fourth in the final standings, with veteran Larry Rice closing out the Midwest schedule with a popular “4-Crown Nationals” win for fifth in the points.

Ron Shuman sped into national prominence with his nationally-televised victory in the “Tony Hulman Classic” main event at Terre Haute in May, while CRA regulars Lealand McSpadden, Eddie Wirth, Bubby Jones, Mike Sweeney and Bob East all registered feature wins.

First-time winners, in addition to Shepherd, Wirth and Sweeney, included Alan Brown, “Labor Day 100” winner Randy Standridge, hometown hero Mike Ward at West Memphis and, surprisingly, the ageless Bob Kinser.

Ohio favorites Jac Haudenschild and Jack Hewitt also cracked the winner’s circle as 17 different drivers earned feature trophies in the 27-race series.

The title was the third in a row for car owner Damon “Blackie” Fortune, who also fielded 1983 champion Ken Schrader’s machine.

 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (USAC/CRA "CHALLENGE): Phoenix, Arizona -- Manzanita Speedway -- March 8, 1985

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bubby Jones, 91, Lewis-20.087; 2. Mike Sweeney, 5, Kasparoff-20.147; 3. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-20.173; 4. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-20.264; 5. Richard Griffin, 1A, Carstens-20.317; 6. Wayne Bennet, 2, Bromme-20.336; 7. Rick Hood, 1u, Toney-20.401; 8. Lealand McSpadden, 98A, Krug-20.478; 9. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-20.523; 10. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-20.537; 11. George Snider, 37u, Fortune-20.617; 12. Daryl Swinehart, 5A, Roberts-20.677; 13. Jimmy Sills, 71N, Lovell-20.710; 14. Dan Lewis, 11, Pratt-20.742; 15. Rick Ungar, 39N, Klein-20.753; 16. John Redican, 55, Simpson-20.753; 17. Jimmy Oskie, 98JR, Agajanian-20.765; 18. John Andretti, 96, Gardner-20.787; 19. Walt Kennedy, 81, Kindoll-20.922; 20. Jim Lauri IV, 00, Hicks-20.940; 21. Steve Butler, 77A, Hardy-21.036; 22. Rick Sipes, B1, Sipes-21.155; 23. Tom Pollock, 99A, Lynch-21.203; 24. Mark Passerrelli, 78A, Clark-21.258; 25. Bob East, 7A, Elias-21.266; 26. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-21.336; 27. Greg Jones, 35, Jones-21.415; 28. Brad Marvel, 7, Gardner-21.434; 29. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-21.481; 30. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle-21.505; 31. Kirk Sturgeon, 43, Sturgeon-21.718; 32. Roger Newell, 78, Newell-21.732; 33. Joe McCarthy, 5m, Marcello-22.013; 34. Gary Blum, 22A, Blum-22.068; 35. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-22.341; 36. Steve Howard, 31, Lane-22.474; 37. John Beavert, 39, Brown/Williams-22.658, 38. Roger Stevens, 4A, Stevens-23.480; 39. Ron Ennis, 88u, Ennis-23.544; 40. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-24.042; 41. Duane Feduska, 82, A & A-27.409; 42. Larry Rice, 37u, G & R-NT; 43. Dave Culp, 87A, Stevens-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Heywood, 2. Noffsinger, 3. B. Jones, 4. Sweeney. 1:02.359

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. East, 2. Felts, 3. Sills, 4. Butler, 5. Wirth, 6. Oskie, 7. Griffin. 3:33.71

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Williams, 2. Bennet, 3. Michnowicz, 4. Sweeney, 5. Sipes, 6. Atchison, 7. Lewis, 8. Andretti. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kennedy, 2. Heywood, 3. Hood, 4. Ungar, 5. Snider, 6. Sturgeon, 7. G. Jones, 8. Pollock. 3:32.29

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McSpadden, 2. Noffsinger, 3. Lauri, 4. Redican, 5. Passerrelli, 6. Swinehart, 7. Newell, 8. Marvel. 3:31.00

CONSOLATION: (6 laps) 1. McCarthy, 2. Howard, 3. Feduska, 4. Blum, 5. Stevens, 6. Giardina, 7. Beavert, 8. Ennis, 9. Meyer. 2:12.95

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Wirth, 2. Griffin, 3. Lewis, 4. Oskie, 5. Sipes, 6. Passerrelli, 7. G. Jones, 8. Howard, 9. McCarthy, 10. Sturgeon, 11. Swinehart, 12. Atchison. 4:15.17

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Jeff Heywood, 3. Wayne Bennet, 4. John Redican, 5. Jimmy Sills, 6. Brad Noffsinger, 7. Bob East, 8. Richard Griffin, 9. Dan Lewis, 10. Jimmy Oskie, 11. Bobby Michnowicz, 12. Steve Butler, 13. Mike Sweeney, 14. Rick Ungar, 15. Rip Williams, 16. Billy Felts, 17. Eddie Wirth, 18. Lealand McSpadden, 19. Walt Kennedy, 20. Jim Lauri IV. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 McSpadden, Lap 24 Heywood, Laps 25-30 Hood.

 

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USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS (USAC/CRA "CHALLENGE"): Phoenix, Arizona -- Manzanita Speedway -- March 9, 1985

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bubby Jones, 91, Lewis-20.043; 2. Lealand McSpadden, 98A, Krug-20.100; 3. Jimmy Sills, 71N, Lovell-20.250; 4. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-20.367; 5. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-20.395; 6. Wayne Bennet, 2, Bromme-20.408; 7. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-20.433; 8. Rick Hood, 1u, Toney-20.454; 9. Steve Butler, 77A, Hardy-20.461; 10. Rick Ungar, 39N, Klein-20.479; 11. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-20.660; 12. Richard Griffin, 1A, Carstens-20.697; 13. Brad Marvel, 7, Gardner-20.725; 14. George Snider, 39u, Fortune-20.871; 15. Dan Lewis, 11, Pratt-20.917; 16. Bob East, 7A, Elias-20.930; 17. Jimmy Oskie, 98JR, Agajanian-20.951; 18. John Redican, 55, Simpson-20.976; 19. Mike Sweeney, 5, Kasparoff-21.044; 20. Walt Kennedy, 81, Kindoll-21.088; 21. Duane Feduska, 82, A & A-21.187; 22. Daryl Swinehart, 5A, Roberts-21.343; 23. Bob Meli, 12, Meli-21.371; 24. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-21.431; 25. Steve Howard, 31, Lane-21.476; 26. Jim Lauri IV, 00, Hicks-21.509; 27. Roger Stevens, 4A, Stevens-21.604; 28. Tom Pollock, 99A, Lynch-21.625; 29. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-21.668; 30. Larry Rice, 37u, G & R-21.836; 31. Roger Newell, 78, Newell-21.869; 32. Kirk Sturgeon, 43, Sturgeon-21.895; 33. Dave Culp, 87A, Stevens-21.952; 34. Mark Passerrelli, 78A, Clark-21.990; 35. Ron Davis, XA, Davis-22.005; 36. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle-22.049; 37. John Beavert, 39, Brown/Williams-22.069; 38. Joe McCarthy, 5m, Marcello-22.434; 39. John Andretti, 96, Gardner-22.487; 40. Greg Jones, 35, Jones-22.541; 41. Ron Ennis, 88u, Ennis-22.600; 42. Gary Blum, 22A, Blum-23.164; 43. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-23.227; 44. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-23.496; 45. Andy Mohre, 15, Mohre-24.863; 46. Rick Sipes, B1, Sipes-NT; 47. Jerry Norman, 4J, Norman-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Sills, 2. Wirth, 3. McSpadden, 4. B. Jones. 1:02.97

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B. Jones, 2. Butler, 3. Oskie, 4. Noffsinger, 5. Howard, 6. Felts, 7. Feduska, 8. Marvel. 3:35.77

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Lauri, 2. McSpadden, 3. Bennet, 4. Swinehart, 5. Ungar, 6. Snider, 7. Rice, 8. Redican. 3:38.47

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Williams, 2. Heywood, 3. Sweeney, 4. Sills, 5. Meli, 6. Lewis, 7. Stevens, 8. Newell. 3:40.01

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kennedy, 2. Hood, 3. Wirth, 4. Griffin, 5. East, 6. Michnowicz, 7. Pollock, 8. Sturgeon. 3:42.63

CONSOLATION: (6 laps) 1. Culp, 2. Passerrelli, 3. Davis, 4. Andretti, 5. Blum, 6. G. Jones, 7. Giardina, 8. Meyer, 9. Ennis, 10. Mohre, 11. Atchison, 12. Beavert. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Redican, 2. Ungar, 3. Snider, 4. East, 5. Lewis, 6. Meli, 7. Rice, 8. Pollock, 9. Felts, 10. Howard, 11. Culp, 12. Passerrelli, 13. Feduska, 14. Newell, 15. Sturgeon, 16. Stevens, 17. Michnowicz. 4:41.29

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Lealand McSpadden, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Jimmy Sills 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5. Richard Griffin, 6. Rip Williams, 7. Jeff Heywood, 8. Steve Butler, 9. Bob East, 10. Jimmy Oskie, 11. George Snider, 12. Mike Sweeney, 13. John Redican, 14. Walt Kennedy, 15. Jim Lauri IV, 16. Daryl Swinehart, 17. Bubby Jones, 18. Wayne Bennet, 19. Rick Ungar, 20. Eddie Wirth. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Hood, Laps 9-30 McSpadden.

NEXT USAC/CRA "CHALLENGE" SPRINT RACE: March 16 - Gardena, CA - Ascot Park Speedway

 

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USAC/CRA "CHALLENGE" SPRINT RACE RESULTS -- March 16, 1985 -- Gardena, California -- Ascot Park Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-18.751; 2. Jac Haudenschild, 98JR, Agajanian-19.095; 3. Mike Sweeney, 5, Kasparoff-19.118; 4. Bubby Jones, 91, Lewis-19.249; 5. Jim Lauri IV, 00, Hicks-19.293; 6. Brad Marvel, 7, Gardner-19.372; 7. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme-19.455; 8. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle-19.473; 9. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-19.524; 10. Bob Meli, 88, Havens-19.542; 11. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-19.567; 12. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-19.647; 13. Jimmy Oskie, 714, Higuchi-19.673; 14. Walt Kennedy, 81, Kindoll-19.678; 15. John Redican, 55, Simpson-19.720; 16. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-19.743; 17. Danny Lewis, 11, Pratt-19.843; 18. Kirk Sturgeon, 43, Sturgeon-19.884; 19. Larry Rice, 37u, G & R-19.907; 20. Steve Butler, 77A, Hardy-19.914; 21. Richard Griffin, 1A, Carstens-19.928; 22. Rick Hood, 1u, Toney-19.961; 23. Steve Howard, 31, Lane-20.045; 24. John Andretti, 96, Gardner-20.066; 25. Greg Jones, 35, Jones-20.139; 26. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-20.276; 27. Alan Wexler, 63, Rockert-20.297; 28. Terry Kawell, 52, Kawell-20.321; 29. George Snider, 98A, Krug-20.411; 30. Rick Paronelli, 17, Paronelli-20.561; 31. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-20.567; 32. John Beavert, 39, Brown/Williams-20.636; 33. Bobby George, 92, George-21.148; 34. Kirk Alexander, 33, Alexander-21.306; 35. Randy Holbert, 38, Roa-21.216; 36. Ron Ennis, 88u, Ennis-21.394; 37. Andy Mohre, 15, Mohre-21.584; 38. Tom Stahl, 131, Stahl-21.592; 39. Kevin Kierce, 54, Kierce-21.853; 40. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-21.994; 41. Tommy White, 46, Binter-NT; 42. Dan Curry, 76, Curry-NT; 43. Kenneth Cope, 42, Cope-NT; 44. Dan Schuck, 16, Schuck-NT; 45. Duane Feduska, 82, A & A-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. B. Jones, 2. Sweeney, 3. Noffsinger, 4. Haudenschild. 58.84

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Snider, 2. G. Jones, 3. Griffin, 4. Lewis, 5. Wirth, 6. Lauri, 7. Oskie. 3:20.36

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Meli, 3. Kennedy, 4. Sturgeon, 5. Marvel, 6. Giardina, 7. Beavert. 3:19.34

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Howard, 2. Wexler, 3. Thompson, 4. Redican, 5. Sweeney, 6. L. Rice, 7. Felts, 8. George. 3:22.44

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Heywood, 3. Atchison, 4. B. Jones, 5. Butler, 6. Michnowicz, 7. Kawell, 8. Alexander. 3:17.63

CONSOLATION: (6 laps) 1. Holbert, 2. Ennis, 3. Stahl, 4. Meyer, 5. Mohre, 6. Kierce. 2:06.23

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Noffsinger, 2. Sweeney, 3. Marvel, 4. Wirth, 5. Lauri, 6. Felts, 7. Oskie, 8. Williams, 9. Michnowicz, 10. Butler, 11. Kawell, 12. Giardina, 13. Beavert, 14. George, 15. Ennis, 16. Holbert. 3:55.93

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Eddie Wirth, 2. Mike Sweeney, 3. Bob Meli, 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5. Wayne Bennet (#2), 6. Bubby Jones 7. Mark Atchison, 8. John Redican, 9. Jeff Heywood, 10. Brad Marvel, 11. Richard Griffin, 12. Dan Lewis, 13. Walt Kennedy, 14. Rick Hood, 15. Steve Howard, 16. Kirk Sturgeon, 17. George Snider, 18. Greg Jones, 19. John Andretti, 20. Alan Wexler. 9:59.69

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Wirth.

NEXT USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES EVENT: March 31 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RESULTS: April 27, 1985 -- Eldora Speedway -- Rossburg, Ohio -- "Don Branson-Jud Larson Memorial"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-16.798; 2. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-16.873; 3. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-16.876; 4. Larry Rice, 37, G & R-17.106; 5. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-17.168; 6. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-17.234; 7. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.273; 8. Jac Haudenschild, 1, Toney-17.378; 9. Tom Bigelow, 2v, Vance-17.423; 10. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 5x, Briscoe-17.502; 11. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.583; 12. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-17.593; 13. Gary Bettenhausen, 15, Batista-17.601; 14. Joe Saldana, 77, Stapp-17.637; 15. Rich Vogler, 31, Nickles-17.666; 16. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-17.683; 17. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-17.743; 18. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.763; 19. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-17.790; 20. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-17.793; 21. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-17.793; 22. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-17.869; 23. Mike Winblad, 7x, Winblad-17.957; 24. Kelly Kinser, 7c, Chupp-17.965; 25. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-18.002; 26. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-18.059; 27. Mark Owsley, 6x, Owsley-18.115; 28. Eddie Leavitt, 51, King/Powers-18.169; 29. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-18.308; 30. Tray House, 79, Goacher-18.409; 31. Ron Ennis, 88, Ennis-18.463; 32. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-18.559; 33. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-18.580; 34. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-18.746; 35. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Bigelow, 3. Russell, 4. Bettenhausen, 5. Helm, 6. Workman, 7. Adkins, 8. Milburn. 2:19.94

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ritter, 2. Saldana, 3. Hood, 4. Elliott, 5. Wilmot, 6. Nemire, 7. Andretti, 8. House. 2:22.29

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mockler, 2. Butler, 3. Hewitt, 4. Vogler, 5. Winblad, 6. Staab, 7. Owsley, 8. Ennis. 2:25.34

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. L. Rice, 3. Bookmiller, 4. Leavitt, 5. Shepherd, 6. Donaldson, 7. Campbell, 8. Kelly Kinser. 2:26.41

TIPP MACHINE & TOOL "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Donaldson, 2. Shepherd, 3. Andretti, 4. K. Kinser, 5. Winblad, 6. Workman, 7. Staab, 8. Fager, 9. Helm, 10. Alderson, 11. Nemire, 12. Adkins, 13. Milburn, 14. Wilmot, 15. Owsley, 16. Campbell, 17. House, 18. Huntington. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Eddie Leavitt, 5. Terry Shepherd, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Rich Vogler, 9. Jerry Russell, 10. Warren Mockler, 11. Tim Bookmiller, 12. Gary Bettenhausen, 13. Joe Saldana, 14. Tom Bigelow, 15. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 16. John Andretti, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. Kelly Kinser, 19. Denny Donaldson, 20. Sheldon Kinser. 16:35.92

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Haudenschild.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-111; 2-Butler-49; 3-Hewitt-31; 4-Leavitt-26; 5-L. Rice-23; 6-Shepherd-22; 7-Vogler-17; 8-Russell & Mockler-16; 10-Bookmiller-12.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: April 28 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: April 28, 1985 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-19.569; 2. Larry Rice, 37, G & R-19.807; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-19.813; 4. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-19.964; 5. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-20.019; 6. Tom Bigelow, 2v, Vance-20.090; 7. Rich Vogler, 31, Nickles-20.146; 8. Kelly Kinser, 7c, Chupp-20.220; 9. Eddie Leavitt, 51, King/Powers-20.245; 10. Jac Haudenschild, 1, Toney-20.267; 11. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 5x, Briscoe-20.295; 12. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-20.300; 13. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-20.383; 14. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-20.485; 15. Tray House, 7G, Goacher-20.554; 16. Joe Saldana, 77, Stapp-20.608; 17. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-20.612; 18. Kevin Thomas, 2K, Thomas-20.617; 19. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-20.710; 20. Kenny Jacobs, 15, Batista-20.738; 21. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-20.839; 22. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-20.841; 23. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-20.978; 24. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-20.981; 25. Mark Owsley, 6x, Owsley-21.092; 26. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-21.154; 27. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-21.162; 28. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-20.240; 29. Chirs Paulsen, 71, Paulsen-20.786; 30 Mike Winblad, 7x, Winblad-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Huntington, 2. Russell, 3. Butler, 4. Hood, 5. Owsley, 6. Leavitt, 7. Paulsen, 8. Fager. 2:32.84

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. L. Rice, 3. Staab, 4. Thomas, 5. Campbell, 6. Shepherd, 7. Bigelow. 2:41.12

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. House, 3. Donaldson, 4. Vogler, 5. Bookmiller, 6. Milburn, 7. Ritter. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Elliott, 3. Saldana, 4. Mockler, 5. K. Kinser, 6. Workman, 7. Jacobs. 2:47.62

TOM STENGER FORD "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Leavitt, 2. K. Kinser, 3. Milburn, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Fager, 6. Bigelow, 7. Workman, 8. Shepherd, 9. Campbell, 10. Jacobs, 11. Owsley, 12. Paulsen, 13. Ritter. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Greg Staab, 3. Warren Mockler, 4. Kelly Kinser, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Jerry Russell, 7. Steve Butler, 8. Rich Vogler, 9. Joe Saldana, 10. Danny Milburn, 11. Paul Huntington, 12. Larry Rice, 13. Jack Hewitt, 14. Jac Haudenschild, 15. Sheldon Kinser, 16. Eddie Leavitt, 17. Denny Donaldson, 18. Tim Bookmiller, 19. Kevin Thomas, 20. Tray House. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Vogler, Laps 11-14 Hewitt, Laps 15-40 Hood.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-158; 2-Butler-69; 3-Mockler-46; 4-Hewitt-43; 5-L. Rice & Russell-39; 7-Staab-36; 8-Vogler-34; 9-Leavitt-31; 10-Elliott-30.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") May 4 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway & May 5 - Terre Haute, IN Action Track

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") - May 4, 1985 -- Putnamville, Indiana -- Lincoln Park Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ron Shuman, 21x, Stephens-12.594; 2. Bubby Jones, 91, Lewis-13.126; 3. Eddie Wirth, 77c, Wirth/Davis-13.231; 4. Mark Alderson, 2c, Bromme-13.245; 5. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-13.249; 6. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-13.334; 7. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-13.427; 8. Kevin Thomas, 2K, Thomas-13.470; 9. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-13.501; 10. Steve Butler, 5x, Briscoe-13.513; 11. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-13.578; 12. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-13.589; 13. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.640; 14. Bob Meli, 88c, Havens-13.676; 15. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-13.702; 16. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-13.704; 17. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-13.716; 18. John Redican, 55, Simpson-13.913; 19. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-13.967; 20. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-14.031; 21. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-14.050; 22. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-14.067; 23. Jimmy Oskie, 98JR, Bartosh-14.069; 24. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-14.082; 25. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-14.087; 26. Mark Owsley, 6x, Owsley-14.128; 27. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-14.165; 28. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-14.183; 29. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-14.262; 30. Mike Sweeney, 5c, Kasparoff-14.268; 31. Gary Bettenhausen, 15, Batista-14.295; 32. Bill VonHelmolt, 66, VonHelmolt-14.393; 33. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-14.493; 34. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-14.501; 35. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-14.533; 36. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-14.567; 37. Brad Marvel, 11, Plummer-14.666; 38. David Smith, 28, Smith-14.683; 39. Don Walker, 19, Mann-14.733; 40. Sonny Nutter, 125, Felts-14.835; 41. Chris Paulsen, 71, Fischer-14.879; 42. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-14.882; 43. Jerry Meyer, 28c, Meyer-14.981; 44. Art Wendt, 77, Wendt-15.571; 45. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-NT.

ADAM'S MARK HOTEL "LAST CHANCE RACE": (8 laps) 1. Bookmiller, 2. Cummins, 3. Andretti, 4. D. Smith, 5. Donaldson, 6. Walker, 7. Paulsen, 8. Meyer, 9. Marvel. 1:56.56

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Helm, 3. Shepherd, 4. Shuman, 5. Gurley, 6. Adkins, 7. Elliott, 8. Noffsinger. 1:54.68

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sweeney, 2. Redican, 3. Butler, 4. Meli, 5. Jones, 6. Owsley, 7. Felts, 8. L. Rice. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Oskie, 2. Williams, 3. Wirth, 4. Mockler, 5. Bettenhausen, 6. Hood, 7. Campbell, 8. Fisher. 1:55.84

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B. Kinser, 2. R. Kinser, 3. VonHelmolt, 4. Heywood, 5. Alderson, 6. Michnowicz, 7. Atkins, 8. Thomas. 1:55.56

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Thomas, 3. L. Rice, 4. Michnowicz, 5. Elliott, 6. Cummins, 7. Campbell, 8. Noffsinger, 9. Atkins, 10. Fisher, 11. Felts, 12. Bettenhausen, 13. Hood, 14. Gurley, 15. Adkins, 16. Owsley, 17. Bookmiller, 18. Alderson. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Larry Rice, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Mike Sweeney, 5. Bob Meli, 6. Randy Kinser, 7. Jeff Heywood, 8. John Redican, 9. Terry Shepherd, 10. Bob Kinser, 11. Warren Mockler, 12. Mike Helm, 13. Jimmy Oskie, 14. Rip Williams, 15. Bobby Michnowicz, 16. Ron Shuman, 17. Kevin Thomas, 18. Eddie Wirth, 19. Bubby Jones, 20. Bill VonHelmolt. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Thomas, Laps 5-40 Sheldon Kinser.

**Art Wendt and Jerry Russell escaped injury in separate flips during time trials. Bubby Jones flipped on the 6th lap of the feature but was uninjured. Rip Williams flipped on the 20th lap of the feature and was taken to Putnam County Hospital in Greencastle, IN for a precautionary check.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-158; 2-Butler-100; 3-L.Rice-73; 4-Sheldon Kinser-67; 5-Mockler-57; 6-Russell-39; 7-Shepherd-38; 8-Greg Staab-36; 9-Rich Vogler-34; 10-Eddie Leavitt-31.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: 15th Annual "Tony Hulman Classic" -- May 5, 1985 -- Terre Haute, IN -- Action Track

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") - May 5, 1985 -- Terre Haute, Indiana -- Action Track -- 15th Annual "Tony Hulman Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 5x, Briscoe-23.672; 2. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-23.760; 3. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-23.955; 4. Johnny Parsons, 5m, Marcello-24.026; 5. Mike Sweeney, 5c, Kasparoff-24.056; 6. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-24.119; 7. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-24.158; 8. John Redican, 55, Simpson-24.272; 9. Jerry Russell, 19, Mann-24.371; 10. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-24.394; 11. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-24.446; 12. Gary Bettenhausen, 15, Batista-24.504; 13. Bob Meli, 88c, Havens-24.509; 14. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-24.595; 15. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-24.695; 16. Ron Shuman, 21x, Stephens-24.768; 17. Bill VonHelmolt, 66, VonHelmolt-24.779; 18. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-24.832; 19. Kevin Thomas, 2K, Thomas-24.906; 20. Dean Thompson, 2c, Bromme-24.986; 21. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-25.009; 22. Eddie Wirth, 77c, Davis/Wirth-25.019; 23. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-25.032; 24. Jimmy Oskie, 98JR, Bartosh-25.066; 25. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-25.112; 26. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-25.163; 27. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-25.303; 28. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-25.375; 29. David Smith, 28, Smith-25.490; 30. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-25.613; 31. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-25.614; 32. Eddie Leavitt, 51, King/Powers-25.615; 33. Jerry Stuckey, 3x, Stuckey-25.666; 34. Sonny Nutter, 125, Felts-25.674; 35. Bubby Jones, 91, Lewis-25.781; 36. Mike Johnson, 27, Leslie-25.784; 37. Brad Marvel, 11, Plummer-25.791; 38. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-25.937; 39. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-26.152; 40. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-26.214; 41. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-16.433; 42. Jerry Meyer, 28c, Meyer-26.534; 43. Jerry Nemire, 83, Sohm-26.548; 44. Bill Kojis, 21, Hajduk-26.558; 45. Chris Paulsen, 71, Fischer-27.039; 46. Al Caton, 65, Caton-27.066; 47. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-27.185; 48. Kevin Huntley, 26, Huntley-NT.

BOWEN OLDSMOBILE "LAST CHANCE RACE": (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Johnson, 3. Nutter, 4. Kojis, 5. Nemire, 6. Stuckey, 7. Donaldson, 8. Andretti, 9. Paulsen, 10. Fager, 11. Meyer, 12. Marvel. 3:14.28

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meli, 2. Butler, 3. Elliott, 4. VonHelmolt, 5. Sweeney, 6. Gentry, 7. Russell, 8. Smith. 3:24.03

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Wirth, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Noffsinger, 5. Adkins, 6. B. Kinser, 7. Bookmiller, 8. Felts. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mockler, 2. Michnowicz, 3. Thomas, 4. Heywood, 5. Shepherd, 6. Campbell, 7. Huntington, 8. Milburn. 3:29.29

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shuman, 2. Bettenhausen, 3. Leavitt, 4. Oskie, 5. Jones (#2c) 6. Helm, 7. Redican, 8. Parsons. 3:13.20

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sweeney, 2. Parsons, 3. Hood, 4. Russell, 5. Adkins, 6. Shepherd, 7. Campbell, 8. Kojis, 9. Felts, 10. Milburn, 11. Bookmiller, 12. Smith, 13. Helm, 14. Nutter, 15. Redican, 16. Huntington, 17. Jones, 18. Johnson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ron Shuman, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Larry Rice, 4. Jeff Heywood, 5. Brad Noffsinger, 6. Mike Sweeney, 7. Gary Bettenhausen, 8. Bobby Michnowicz, 9. Rick Hood, 10. Eddie Wirth, 11. Bob Meli, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Jimmy Oskie, 14. Terry Shepherd, 15. Bill VonHelmolt, 16. Kevin Thomas, 17. Warren Mockler, 18. Bubby Jones (#92c), 19. Steve Butler, 20. Johnny Parsons, 21. Eddie Leavitt, 22. Jerry Russell. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Heywood, Laps 10-28 Rice, Laps 29-30 Shuman.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-170; 2-Butler-111; 3-L. Rice-98; 4-Sheldon Kinser-94; 5-Mockler-65; 6-Elliott-41; 7-Russell-40; 8-Shepherd-38; 9-Staab-36; 10-Leavitt-34.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") - May 8 - Wichita, KS - 81 Speedway, May 10 - Mesquite, TX - Devil's Bowl Speedway, May 11 - Lawton, OK - Lawton Speedway & May 12 - Oklahoma City, OK - Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") -- May 8, 1985 -- Wichita, Kansas -- 81 Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dean Thompson, 2c, Bromme-16.937; 2. Bubby Jones, 91, Lewis-17.037; 3. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-17.082; 4. Eddie Wirth, 77, Wirth/Davis-17.101; 5. Mike Sweeney, 5c, Kasparoff-17.108; 6. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-17.154; 7. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-17.359; 8. John Redican, 55, Simpson-17.438; 9. Mike Peters, 65, Boyd-17.583; 10. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-17.587; 11. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-17.671; 12. Jimmy Oskie, 98JR, Agajanian-17.741; 13. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-17.752; 14. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-17.849; 15. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.883; 16. Bob Meli, 88c, Havens-17.902; 17. T.J. Giddings, 1n, Nance-17.928; 18. Ed Reed, 50, Ruth-17.991; 19. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-18.248; 20. Mike Thomas, 37x, Thomas-18.499; 21. Sonny Nutter, 125, Felts-18.694; 22. Bill VonHelmolt, 66, VonHelmolt-18.717; 23. Eddie Leavitt, 51, King/Powers-18.905; 24. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-18.995; 25. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-19.340; 26. Larry Slawson, 1s, Slawson-19.340; 27. Jerry Meyer, 28c, Meyer-20.123; 28. Earl Hardy, 93, Hardy-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peters, 2. Thompson, 3. Noffsinger, 4. Nutter, 5. Sweeney, 6. Giddings, 7. Shepherd. 2:20.89

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. VonHelmolt, 3. Hood, 4. Jones, 5. Michnowicz, 6. Reed, 7. Slawson. 2:18.59

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L. Rice, 2. Elliott, 3. Butler, 4. Felts, 5. Heywood, 6. Meyer, 7. Leavitt. 2:16.73

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meli, 2. Wirth, 3. M. Thomas, 4. Donaldson, 5. Redican, 6. Oskie. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sweeney, 2. Michnowicz, 3. Redican, 4. Reed, 5. Shepherd, 6. Meyer, 7. Slawson, 8. Giddings, 9. Heywood, 10. Leavitt. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bubby Jones, 2. Dean Thompson, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Steve Butler, 6. Bob Meli, 7. Mike Peters, 8. John Redican, 9. Mike Sweeney, 10. Bobby Michnowicz, 11. Bill VonHelmolt, 12. Mike Thomas, 13. Sonny Nutter, 14. Billy Felts, 15. Brad Noffsinger, 16. Sheldon Kinser, 17. Denny Donaldson, 18. Eddie Wirth, 19. Ed Reed, 20. Larry Rice. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 L.Rice, Laps 2-27 Sweeney, Laps 28-40 Jones.

**Jimmy Oskie flipped in turn 3 during the 4th heat race. He was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Wichita for X-rays. Jeff Heywood flipped in turn 3 during the semi-feature. He was uninjured. Larry Rice flipped in turn 3 on the 2nd lap of the feature, while leading. He was not injured. Denny Donaldson and Eddie Wirth tangled, and Donaldson flipped in turn 4 on the 5th lap of the feature. Donaldson and Wirth both escaped serious injury.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-201; 2-Butler-135; 3-Sheldon Kinser & L. Rice-103; 5-Elliott-69; 6-Mockler-65; 7-Russell-40; 8-Shepherd-38; 9-Staab-36; 10-Leavitt-34.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: (USAC/CRA "Challenge"): May 10 - Devil's Bowl - Mesquite, TX, May 11 - Lawton Speedway - Lawton, OK & May 12 - Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Speedway - Oklahoma City, OK

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") -- May 10, 1985 -- Devil's Bowl Speedway -- Mesquite, Texas

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Summers, 12, WH-16.626; 2. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-16.652; 3. Mike Sweeney, 5c, Kasparoff-16.667; 4. Bill VonHelmolt, 66, VonHelmolt-16.700; 5. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-16.877; 6. Bob Meli, 88c, Havens-16.920; 7. Dean Thompson, 2c, Bromme-16.940; 8. John Andretti, 98JR, Agajanian-16.954; 9. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-17.024; 10. Eddie Wirth, 77c, Davis/Wirth-17.041; 11. John Redican, 55, Simpson-17.079; 12. Edd French, 1L, French-17.082; 13. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-17.172; 14. Greg Wooley, 23, Wooley-17.177; 15. Russ Kenaston, 75, Kenaston-17.279; 16. Rick Summers, 71, Summers-17.282; 17. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-17.286; 18. Billy Felts, Germo, Felts-17.330; 19. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.345; 20. Eddie Leavitt, 51, King/Powers-17.383; 21. Gary Wideman, 42, Stoner-17.387; 22. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-17.408; 23. Terry Moore, 56x, Harper-17.505; 24. Duke Grose, 1T, Thompson-17.507; 25. Bill Holder, 6, Bellah-17.541; 26. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-17.596; 27. Steve Perry, 23T, Perry-17.648; 28. Johnny Suggs, 77x, Suggs-17.671; 29. Ray Wilnack, 16, Wilnack-17.674; 30. Sonny Nutter, 25, Germo-17.682; 31. Dale Looper, 90, Looper-17.704; 32. Chuck Jones, 19, Jones-17.742; 33. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-17.751; 34. Jerry Meyer, 28c, Meyer-17.839; 35. David Horton, Jr., 11, Horton-17.888; 36. Mike Thomas, 37x, Thomas-17.987; 37. Ed Reed, 50, Ruth-18.048; 38. Tracy Rodden, 17T, Bellmire-18.066; 39. Charles McClanahan, 6x, McClanahan-18.277; 40. Bill White, 2N, Freeman-18.306; 41. Marc Madison, 14m, Clark-18.626; 42. Greg Bloxom, 73, Bloxom-18.917; 43. Ron Beechler, 52, Beechler-19.157; 44. Gary Dean, 5x, Casper-19.324.

FRONTIER FORD "LAST CHANCE RACE": (8 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. Meyer, 3. Horton, 4. Rodden, 5. Thomas, 6. McClanahan, 7. Madison, 8. Bloxom, 9. Dean. 2:20.93

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Holder, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Butler, 4. Richard Summers, 5. Wilnack, 6. Michnowicz, 7. Wideman, 8. L. Rice. 2:19.55

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Noffsinger, 2. Wirth, 3. Felts, 4. Heywood, 5. Hood, 6. Meli, 7. Nutter, 8. Wooley. 2:16.22

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Looper, 2. Redican, 3. Sweeney, 4. Perry, 5. Moore, 6. Elliott, 7. Kenaston, 8. D. Thompson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. French, 2. VonHelmolt, 3. Suggs, 4. Grose, 5. C. Jones, 6. Rick Summers, 7. Andretti, 8. Leavitt. 2:19.85

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Thompson, 3. Meli, 4. Wooley, 5. Andretti, 6. Wilnack, 7. L. Rice, 8. Rick Summers, 9. Horton, 10. Moore, 11. Meyer, 12. Elliott, 13. Wideman, 14. Shepherd, 15. Nutter, 16. Rodden, 17. C. Jones, 18. Michnowicz. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Eddie Wirth, 4. Dean Thompson, 5. Mike Sweeney, 6. Bob Meli, 7. John Redican, 8. Richard Summers, 9. Brad Noffsinger, 10. Jeff Heywood, 11. Billy Felts, 12. Greg Wooley, 13. Steve Perry, 14. Edd French, 15. Bill Holder, 16. Duke Grose, 17. Bill VonHelmolt, 18. Sheldon Kinser, 19. Johnny Suggs, 20. Dale Looper. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Butler, Lap 30 Hood.

**Sheldon Kinser flipped in turn 2 on the 9th lap of the feature and was taken to Charter. Suburban Hospital in Mesquite for a precautionary check and X-rays. Tony Elliott flipped during the semi-feature but escaped injury.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC POINTS: 1-Hood-235; 2-Butler-162; 3-Sheldon Kinser-109; 4-L. Rice-1031; 5-Elliott-69; 6-Mockler-65; 7-Russell-40; 8-Shepherd-38; 9-Staab-36; 10-Vogler & Leavitt-34.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: May 11 - Lawton, OK Speedway & May 12 - Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Speedway - Oklahoma City, OK (Roth USAC/CRA "Challenge" Races)

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") -- May 11, 1985 -- Lawton Speedway -- Lawton, Oklahoma

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-13.868; 2. Larry Rice, 1, Leyba-13.989; 3. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-14.046; 4. Dean Thompson, 2c, Bromme-14.056; 5. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-14.145; 6. Mike Sweeney, 5c, Kasparoff-14.211; 7. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-14.216; 8. Sonny Nutter, 25, Germo-14.226; 9. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-14.317; 10. John Redican, 55, Simpson-14.339; 11. Bill VonHelmolt, 66, VonHelmolt-14.384; 12. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-14.449; 13. Johnny Suggs, 77x, Suggs-14.485; 14. Richard Summers, 12, WH-14.498; 15. Ed Reed, 50, Ruth-14.559; 16. Bob Meli, 88c, Havens-14.582; 17. Steve Perry, 23T, Perry-14.617; 18. Terry Moore, 56x, Harper-14.731; 19. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-14.917; 20. Marc Madison, 14m, Clark-14.986; 21. Greg Wooley, 23, Wooley-15.018; 22. Rick Summers, 71, Summers-15.123; 23. Billy Felts, 125, Germo-15.316; 24. Mike Thomas, 37x, Thomas-15.323; 25. David Horton, Jr., 11, Horton-15.488; 26. Jerry Meyer, 28c, Meyer-15.494; 27. John Andretti, 98JR, Agajanian-15.809; 28. Larry Slawson, 1s, Slawson-16.045; 29. Mike Peters, 65, Boyd-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wooley, 2. Butler, 3. Hood, 4. Suggs, 5. Noffsinger, 6. Perry, 7. Horton. 1:54.10

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Redican, 2. Sweeney, 3. Rick Summers, 4. Moore, 5. Meyer, 6.  L. Rice, 7. Richard Summers. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Felts, 3. Reed, 4. Wirth, 5. Heywood, 6. VonHelmolt, 7. Michnowicz. 1:57.10

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meli, 2. Thompson, 3. Shepherd, 4. Slawson, 5. Madison, 6. Nutter, 7. Thomas. 1:54.52

SYNDICATE GLASS "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Noffsinger, 2. L. Rice, 3. Michnowicz, 4. VonHelmolt, 5. Nutter, 6. Perry, 7. Madison, 8. Meyer, 9. Horton, 10. Thomas, 11. Richard Summers. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Sweeney, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5. Eddie Wirth, 6. John Redican, 7. Bill VonHelmolt, 8. Terry Shepherd, 9. Greg Wooley, 10. Ed Reed, 11. John Andretti, 12. Billy Felts, 13. Terry Moore, 14. Sonny Nutter, 15. Dean Thompson, 16. Johnny Suggs, 17. Larry Rice, 18. Bobby Michnowicz, 19. Larry Slawson, 20. Rick Summers. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Sweeney.

**Richard Summers flipped during the second heat race and again during the semi - No Injury. Jeff Heywood flipped during the third heat race and was taken to Memorial Hospital in Lawton and held overnight for observation. Larry Rice flipped on lap 2 of the feature but escaped injury.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-271; 2-Butler-194; 3-L. Rice-111; 4-Sheldon Kinser-109; 5-Elliott-69; 6-Mockler-65; 7-Shepherd-56; 8-Russell-40; 9-Staab-36; 10-Vogler & Leavitt-34.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: (USAC/CRA "Challenge"): May 12 -- Oklahoma City, OK -- Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: (USAC/CRA "Challenge") May 12, 1985 -- Oklahoma City, Oklahoma -- Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-21.416; 2. Billy Felts, 25, Germo-21.959; 3. Dean Thompson, 2c, Bromme-21.962; 4. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-21.982; 5. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-22.020; 6. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-22.332; 7. John Redican, 55, Simpson-22.417; 8. John Andretti, 98JR, Agajanian-22.428; 9. Bob Meli, 88c, Havens-22.476; 10. Mike Sweeney, 5c, Kasparoff-22.487; 11. Steve Perry, 23T, Perry-22.563; 12. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-22.641; 13. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-22.651; 14. Steve Butler, 98, Whitacre-22.699; 15. Ed Reed, 50, Ruth-22.724; 16. Jerry Meyer, 28c, Meyer-22.739; 17. Greg Wooley, 23, Wooley-23.072; 18. Bill VonHelmolt, 66, VonHelmolt-23.107; 19. Sonny Nutter, 125, Felts-23.180; 20. Bruce Jennings, 181, Jennings-23.249; 21. Mike Thomas, 37x, Thomas-23.299; 22. David Horton, Jr., 11, Horton-23.561; 23. Mike Peters, 65, Boyd-23.632; 24. Johnny Suggs, 77x, Suggs-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Sweeney, 3. Michnowicz, 4. Wirth, 5. Redican, 6. Nutter, 7. Meyer. 3:10.69

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wooley, 2. Perry, 3. Butler, 4. Andretti, 5. Horton, 6. B. Jennings, 7. Noffsinger, 8. Felts. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peters, 2. Shepherd, 3. Thompson, 4. Meli, 5. VonHelmolt, 6. Reed, 7. Donaldson, 8. Thomas. NT

GOHR RACING/GENESEE BEER "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Felts, 2. Noffsinger, 3. Donaldson, 4. Redican, 5. Reed, 6. Meyer, 7. B. Jennings, 8. VonHelmolt, 9. Horton, 10. Nutter. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Denny Donaldson, 3. Brad Noffsinger, 4. Eddie Wirth, 5. John Redican, 6. Dean Thompson, 6. Mike Peters, 8. Bob Meli, 9. Mike Sweeney, 10. John Andretti, 11. Terry Shepherd, 12. Bill VonHelmolt, 13. Bruce Jennings, 14. Billy Felts, 15. Bobby Michnowicz, 16. Jerry Meyer, 17. Steve Perry, 18. Ed Reed, 19. Steve Butler, 20. Greg Wooley. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Donaldson, Laps 29-30 Hood.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-305; 2-Butler-198; 3-L. Rice-111; 4-Sheldon Kinser-109; 5-Shepherd & Elliott-69; 7-Mockler-65; 8-Russell-40; 9-Donaldson-38; 10-Andretti-37.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 7 - Bloomington, IN Speedway, June 8 - Lawrenceburg, IN Speedway & June 9 - Action Track - Terre Haute, IN

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 8, 1985 -- Lawrenceburg, Indiana -- Lawrenceburg Speedway -- "Joseph Chevrolet Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 5, Briscoe-13.199; 2. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-13.224; 3. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-13.230; 4. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-13.256; 5. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.270; 6. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.271; 7. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-13.280; 8. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.282; 9. Gary Bettenhausen, 15, MBC-13.304; 10. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-13.402; 11. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-13.407; 12. Stevie Reeves, 8R, Weaver-13.445; 13. Denny Donaldson, 55, Koch-13.485; 14. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-13.528; 15. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.774; 16. Denny Martini, 7m, Rapco-13.783; 17. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-13.844; 18. Joe Miller, 4x, Miller-14.118; 19. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-14.286; 20. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Martini, 2. Butler, 3. Rice, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Donaldson, 6. Alderson, 7. Stapp. 2:19.34

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Staab, 3. Adkins, 4. Shepherd, 5. Gray, 6. R. Kinser, 7. Mockler. 2:16.66

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bettenhausen, 2. Hood, 3. Campbell, 4. Elliott, 5. Reeves, 6. Miller. 2:19.04

TOM STENGER FORD "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Gray, 2. Stapp, 3. Reeves, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Donaldson, 6. Alderson, 7. Miller, 8. Mockler. 2:15.87

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Gary Bettenhausen, 4. Larry Rice, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Greg Staab, 7. Terry Shepherd, 8. Steve Butler, 9. Stevie Reeves, 10. Keith Campbell, 11. Andy Stapp, 12. Denny Martini, 13. Mark Alderson, 14. Denny Donaldson, 15. Randy Kinser, 16. Bobby Adkins, 17. Danny Milburn, 18. Gary Gray, 19. Warren Mockler, 20. Joe Miller. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Adkins, Laps 10-37 Butler, Laps 38-40 Hood.

**Danny Milburn suffered a minor knee injury in an end-over-end flip on lap 19 of the feature. He was treated at a nearby hospital and released. Mark Alderson escaped injury in a flip on the 26th lap of the feature.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: June 9 - Action Track - Terre Haute, IN

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 9, 1985 -- Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Saldana, 21, Capels-22.823; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-22.911; 3. Jack Hewitt, 37, G & R-23.114; 4. Jac Haudenschild, 7c, Chupp-23.135; 5. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-23.231; 6. Gary Bettenhausen, 15, MBC-23.298; 7. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-23.354; 8. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-23.585; 9. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-23.639; 10. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-23.653; 11. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-23.712; 12. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-23.764; 13. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-23.786; 14. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-23.928; 15. Paul Huntington, 33, Nolen-23.983; 16. Andy Hillenburg, 21H, Hillenburg-24.023; 17. Steve Butler, 5, Briscoe-24.133; 18. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-24.167; 19. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.717; 20. Denny Donaldson, 55, Koch-24.898; 21. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-25.049; 22. Al Caton, 65, Caton-25.615; 23. Jack Ziegler, 72, Victor-28.280; 24. Jerry Stuckey, 3x, Stuckey-NT; 25. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rockhold, 2. Butler, 3. Campbell, 4. Elliott, 5. Fager. 3:07.27

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bettenhausen, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Andretti, 4. Mockler, 5. Rice, 6. Caton. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Hewitt, 3. Huntington, 4. L. Gentry, 5. Staab. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hillenburg, 2. Peperak, 3. Shepherd, 4. Donaldson, 5. Stuckey, 6. Haudenschild. NT

GOHR RACING/GENESEE BEER "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Rice, 2. Staab, 3. Ziegler, 4. Fager, 5. Stuckey, 6. Caton, 7. Haudenschild. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Gary Bettenhausen, 4. Larry Rice, 5. Andy Hillenburg, 6. Jac Haudenschild, 7. Manny Rockhold, 8. Terry Shepherd, 9. Keith Campbell, 10. Jack Ziegler, 11. Greg Staab, 12. Warren Mockler, 13. Denny Donaldson, 14. Ray Joe Fager, 15. Jerry Stuckey, 16. Steve Butler, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. Jack Hewitt, 19. John Andretti, 20. Paul Huntington, 21. Leon Gentry, 22. Dave Peperak. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hood.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-384; 2-Butler-231; 3-Sheldon Kinser-176; 4-Rice-156; 5-Shepherd-103; 6-Elliott-97; 7-Bettenhausen-85; 8-Mockler-77; 9-Staab-69; 10-Donaldson-54.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 3 - Paragon, IN Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: June 28, 1985 -- Bloomington, Indiana -- Bloomington Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 5, Briscoe-12.793; 2. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-12.860; 3. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-12.868; 4. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-12.869; 5. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-12.917; 6. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-12.919; 7. Alan Brown, 4s, Snyder-12.943; 8. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-12.956; 9. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-12.967; 10. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 19, Ritter-13.062; 11. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-13.065; 12. Andy Hillenburg, 21, Hillenburg-13.077; 13. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-13.091; 14. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-13.119; 15. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.167; 16. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-13.189; 17. Mike Johnson, 27, Leslie-13.199; 18. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-13.218; 19. Stevie Reeves, 8R, Weaver-13.221; 20. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.2451 21. Tom Tepe, 51, King/Powers-13.262; 22. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-13.279; 23. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-13.33-; 24. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-13.370; 25. Dallas Kinser, 10x, Kinser-13.417; 26. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-13.427; 27. David Smith, 28, Smith-13.494; 28. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-13.510; 29. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-13.535; 30. Joe Miller, 4, Miller-13.540; 31. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.551; 32. Denny Martini, 7m, Rapco-13.598; 33. Devin Turpin, 15x, Johnson-13.604; 34. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-13.666; 35. Art Wendt, 77w, Wendt-13.781; 36. Tray House, 91, Burton-13.865; 37. Ray Joe Eager, 30F, Fager-13.912; 38. Bill Messer, 99, Messer-14.712.

GOHR RACING/GENESEE BEER "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (6 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Wendt, 3. House, 4. Fager, 5. Turpin, 6. Messer. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Hood, 4. Staab, 5. Johnson, 6. Tepe, 7. Helm, 8. D. Kinser. 2:11.79

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Mockler, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Weiss, 5. Miller, 6. Andretti, 7. Hewitt, 8. Ritter. 2:13.85

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rice, 2. Campbell, 3. Reeves, 4. Brown, 5. Huntley, 6. Adkins, 7. Thickstun, 8. Smith. 2:12.83

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Huntington, 3. Martini, 4. Hillenburg, 5. Elliott, 6. B. Kinser, 7. Shepherd, 8. Staab. 2:14.57

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Thickstun, 2. Ritter, 3. B. Kinser, 4. Hewitt, 5. Shepherd, 6. Johnson, 7. Andretti, 8. Helm, 9. Smith, 10. Christian, 11. Tepe, 12. Miller, 13. Wendt, 14. Elliott, 15. Huntley, 16. Stapp, 17. House, 18. Adkins. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Leon Thickstun, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Steve Butler, 5. Alan Brown, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. Bob Kinser, 8. Sheldon Kinser, 9. Andy Hillenburg, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Randy Kinser, 12. Frank Weiss, 13. Larry Rice, 14. Dave Peperak, 15. Warren Mockler, 16. Denny Martini, 17. Keith Campbell, 18. Stevie Reeves, 19. Paul Huntington, 20. Rodney Ritter, Jr. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Brown, Laps 13-31 Thickstun, Laps 32-40 Hood.

**Tray House escaped injury in a barrel-roll and flip off turn one on the third lap of the semi-feature.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-426; 2-Butler-266; 3-Sheldon Kinser-195; 4-Rice-168; 5-Shepherd-103; 6-Elliott-97; 7-Mockler-86; 8-G. Bettenhausen-85; 9-Staab-82; 10-Vogler-58.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: July 3 - Paragon, IN Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 3, 1985 -- Paragon, Indiana -- Paragon Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-15.487; 2. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-15.587; 3. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-15.661; 4. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-15.683; 5. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-15.722; 6. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-15.730; 7. Joe Saldana, 21, Capels-15.737; 8. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-15.760; 9. Mike Johnson, 71w, Johnson-15.776; 10. Jack Ziegler, 4J, Ziegler-15.808; 11. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-15.814; 12. Larry Rice, 1, Toney-15.826; 13. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.849; 14. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-15.857; 15. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.860; 16. Alan Brown, 4s, Snyder-15.861; 17. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-15.879; 18. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-15.898; 19. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.985; 20. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-15.999; 21. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-16.004; 22. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-16.010; 23. Joe Roush, 36R, Roush-16.035; 24. Chris Paulsen, 7x, Paulsen-16.045; 25. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-16.060; 26. David Smith, 28, Smith-16.066; 27. Danny Milburn, 44R, Stanley-16.092; 28. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-16.124; 29. Joe Miller, 4, Miller-16.177; 30. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-16.337; 31. Tom Tepe, 51, King/Powers-16.337; 32. Jim Whiteside, 66, Whiteside-16.427; 33. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-16.464; 34. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.546; 35. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-16.570; 36. Mickey Smith, 14x, Smith-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chassey, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Hood, 4. B. Kinser, 5. Fisher, 6. Johnson, 7. Miller, 8. Peperak. 2:26.50

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Christian, 3. Shepherd, 4. Huntley, 5. Nemire, 6. Rockhold, 7. D. Smith, 8. Ziegler. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Elliott, 3. Thickstun, 4. Tepe, 5. Roush, 6. Fager, 7. Saldana, 8. Campbell. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bookmiller, 2. Brown, 3. Gurley, 4. Rice, 5. Cummins, 6. Paulsen, 7. Whiteside, 8. Mockler. NT

GOHR RACING/GENESEE BEER "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Rockhold, 2. Johnson, 3. Mockler, 4. Fisher, 5. Nemire, 6. Roush, 7. Fager, 8. Miller, 9. Whiteside, 10. Helm, 11. Paulsen, 12. Saldana, 13. Peperak, 14. Cummins, 15. Ziegler, 16. D. Smith, 17. Campbell NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Terry Shepherd, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Manny Rockhold, 6. Leon Thickstun, 7. Warren Mockler, 8. Mike Johnson, 9. Bob Kinser, 10. Greg Staab, 11. Larry Rice, 12. Alan Brown, 13. Steve Chassey, 14. Gary Fisher, 15. Tom Tepe, 16. Tim Bookmiller, 17. Van Gurley, 18. Danny Milburn, 19. Kevin Huntley, 20. Bob Christian. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Shepherd, Laps 8-12 Sheldon Kinser, Lap 13 Hood, Laps 14-30 Sheldon Kinser.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: July 6 - West Memphis, AR

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 6, 1985 -- West Memphis, Arkansas -- Riverside Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-14.319; 2. J.T. Hayes, 5, Hayes-14.440; 3. Mike Ward, 88, Ward-14.546; 4. Jim Cofer, 4, Pack-14.560; 5. Kenny Conrad, 9, Conrad-14.585; 6. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-14.717; 7. Ronnie Daniels, 7H, Hanks-14.726; 8. Mark Zorich, 3, Zorich-14.784; 9. Ray Bugg, 25, Bugg-14.814; 10. Mike Hoover, 14, Hoover-14.873; 11. Jim Bowden, 29, Holton-14.935; 12. Ricky Stenhouse, 3, Miller-15.066; 13. Bud Ward, 55, Ward-15.072; 14. Lee Brewer, Jr. 24D, JD Transports-15.185; 15. Paul Hart, 32, Hart-15.241; 16. Mike Walker, 1c, Littlejohn-15.262; 17. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-15.435; 18. Mike Brewer, 44, Brewer-15.544; 19. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-15.549; 20. Steve Byrd, 21R, Byrd-15.658; 21. Corky Green, 5x, Green-15.980; 22. David Smith, 28, Smith-16.028; 23. Bubba Marshall, 05, Marshall-NT; 24. Joe Gillentine, 42, Gillentine-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cofer, 2. Hood, 3. Hoover, 4. B. Ward, 5. Fager, 6. D. Smith. 2:30.65

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rockhold, 2. L. Brewer, 3. Green, 4. Hayes, 5. Bowden, 6. Stenhouse, 7. Conrad, 8. Byrd. 2:28.39

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. M. Ward, 3. Bugg, 4. Hart, 5. M. Brewer. 2:23.62

"LAST CHANCE" RACE: (12 laps) 1. Daniels, 2. Conrad, 3. Walker, 4. Zorich, 5. M. Brewer, 6. D. Smith, 7. Fager, 8. Byrd. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mike Ward, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. J.T. Hayes, 4. Manny Rockhold, 5. Bud Ward, 6. Mike Brewer, 7. Ray Joe Fager, 8. Ray Bugg, 9. Steve Byrd, 10. Rick Hood, 11. Corky Green, 12. Jim Cofer, 13. Lee Brewer, Jr., 14. Mark Zorich, 15. Mike Walker, 16. Ronnie Daniels, 17. Kenny Conrad, 18. Mike Hoover, 19. Paul Hart, 20. David Smith. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Sheldon Kinser, Laps 17-40 Mike Ward.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-474; 2-Sheldon Kinser-272; 3-Butler-266; 4-Rice-179; 5-Shepherd-126; 6-Elliott-118; 7-Mockler-100; 8-Staab-97; 9-G. Bettenhausen-85; 10-Rockhold-67.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE: July 11 - Danville, IL - Vermilion County Fair & Expo Speedway - 30 Laps

 

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CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 11, 1985 -- Danville, Illinois -- Vermilion County Fair .6 Expo Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Tepe, 51, King/Powers-14.749; 2. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-14.944; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-14.947; 4. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-14.954; 5. Tray House, 6x, Poor-15.027; 6. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-15.038; 7. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-15.045; 8. Alan Brown, 4s, Snyder-15.047; 9. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-15.049; 10. Jac Haudenschild, 7c, Chupp-15.054; 11. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-15.058; 12. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-15.063; 13. Steve Butler, 37, G & R-15.157; 14. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-15.309; 15. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.311; 16. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-15.363; 17. Kelly Kinser, 1, Toney-15.416; 18. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-15.468; 19. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-15.517; 20. Chris Paulsen, 7x, Paulsen-15.560; 21. Manny Rockhold, 1, Rockhold-15.569; 22. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-15.761; 23. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-15.875; 24. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-15.945; 25. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-16.107; 26. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-NT; 27. Leon Gentry, 61, Gently-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Butler, 2. K. Kinser, 3. Rockhold, 4. Tepe, 5. Elliott, 6. House, 7. Fager. 2:04.33

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Chassey, 3. Stapp, 4. Workman, 5. Stewart, 6. Haudenschild. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Staab, 2. Mockler, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Hewitt, 5. Campbell, 6. Andretti. 2:03.62

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. Paulsen, 3. Bookmiller, 4. Brown, 5. Thomas, 6. Peperak. 2:05.58

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. House, 3. Haudenschild, 4. Peperak, 5. Campbell, 6. Stewart, 7. Fager, 8. Thomas. 2:34.86

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Terry Shepherd, 4. Jac Haudenschild, 5. Tray House, 6. Steve Chassey, 7. Kelly Kinser, 8. Steve Butler, 9. Alan Brown, 10. Manny Rockhold, 11. Dave Peperak, 12. Warren Mockler, 13. Andy Stapp, 14. Tim Bookmiller, 15. Charlie Workman, 16. Chris Paulsen, 17. Sheldon Kinser, 18. Greg Staab, 19. Keith Campbell, 20. Tony Elliott. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Hewitt, Laps 26-30 Hood.

**Jac Haudenschild escaped injury in a flip during the second heat race and returned to finish fourth in the feature event.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-512; 2-Butler-283; 3-Sheldon Kinser-280; 4-Rice-179; 5-Shepherd-151; 6-Elliott-119; 7-Mockler-112; 8-Staab-104; 9-G. Bettenhausen-85; 10-Rockhold-80.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 4 - Kokomo, IN Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 4, 1985 -- Kokomo, Indiana -- Kokomo Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Bigelow, 1, Toney-15.693; 2. Steve Butler, 6x, Poor-15.717; 3. Alan Brown, 4s, Snyder-15.844; 4. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-16.005; 5. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-16.045; 6. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-16.069; 7. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-16.072; 8. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.083; 9. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-16.105; 10. Jeff Donelson, 2D, Donelson-16.191; 11. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-16.228; 12. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-16.237; 13. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-16.254; 14. Chris Paulsen, 7x, Paulsen-16.374; 15. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.412; 16. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-16.425; 17. Gary Fisher, 79, Evans-16.440; 18. Louie Mann, 2x, Douglass-16.454; 19. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-16.552; 20. Bubby Jones, 37, G & R-16.5;3; 21. Mark Alderson, 9, Reece-16.594; 22. Kelly Kinser, 5, Briscoe-16.612; 23. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-16.623; 24. Rich Leming, 19, Mann-16.633; 25. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-16.643; 26. Kevin Thomas, 55, Koch-16.679; 27. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-16.799; 28. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-16.911; 29. Gary Beale, 28B, Beale-17.015; 30. Jim Lipkey, 25, Lipkey-17.172; 31. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. B. Kinser, 3. Alderson, 4. Bigelow, 5. Fisher, 6. Workman, 7. Beale, 8. Shepherd. 2:53.88

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K. Kinser, 2. Mann, 3. Donelson, 4. Butler, 5. Vogler, 6. Thomas, 7. Paulsen. 2:44.72

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. R. Kinser, 3. Brown, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Staab, 6. Elliott, 7. Fager, 8. Nemire. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. B. Jones, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Mockler, 5. Gurley, 6. Helm, 7. Leming. 2:50.32

McGONIGAL BUICK-CADILLAC "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (12 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Fisher, 3. Shepherd, 4. Thomas, 5. Gurley, 6. Fager, 7. Staab, 8. Helm, 9. Nemire, 10. Paulsen, 11. Beale, 12. Leming, 13. Elliott. 3:16.68

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Rick Hood, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Terry Shepherd, 5. Tim Bookmiller, 6. Warren Mockler, 7. Bob Kinser, 8. Gary Fisher, 9. Randy Donelson, 10. Sheldon Kinser, 11. Kelly Kinser, 12. Andy Stapp, 13. Louie Mann, 14. Mark Alderson, 15. Tom Bigelow, 16. Randy Kinser, 17. Steve Butler, 18. Alan Brown, 19. Bubby Jones, 20. Kevin Thomas. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Vogler, Laps 8-10 Hewitt, Laps 11-30 Vogler, Laps 31-40 Hewitt.

NEW CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-550; 2-Sheldon Kinser-294; 3-Butler-292; 4-Larry Rice-179; 5-Shepherd-176; 6-Mockler-133; 7-Elliott-119; 8-Staab-104; 9-Vogler-87; 10-Gary Bettenhausen-85.

NEXT CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 16 - Springfield, IL Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 16, 1985 -- Springfield, Illinois -- Springfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jerry Russell, 14s, McQuinn-12.867; 2. Alan Brown, 4s, Snyder-13.034; 3. Ronnie Standridge, 2s, Smith-13.090; 4. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-13.108; 5. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.108; 6. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-13.155; 7. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-13.159; 8. Randy Standridge, 9, Livingston-13.239; 9. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-13.241; 10. Larry Gates, 14x, McDaniel-13.260; 11. Dean Shirley, 83, Sohm-13.282; 12. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.345; 13. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-13.381; 14. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-13.397; 15. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-13.457; 16. Tray House, 6x, Poor-13.479; 17. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.483; 18. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-13.490; 19. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-13.494; 20. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-13.498; 21. Tom Mislich, 2m, Mislich-13.534; 22. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-13.544; 23. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-13.607.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. Thomas, 3. Hood, 4. Russell, 5. Becker, 6. House, 7. Gates, 8. Rockhold. 2:13.76

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Randy Standridge, 2. Feese, 3. Mockler, 4. Workman, 5. Shirley, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Campbell, 8. Brown. 2:17.81

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ronnie Standridge, 2. Mislich, 3. Stewart, 4. Elliott, 5. Wilmot, 6. Butler, 7. Fager. NT

SEMI-FEATURE: (12 laps) 1. Brown, 2. Butler, 3. Campbell, 4. Rockhold, 5. Gates, 6. Shirley, 7. House, 8. Fager, 9. L. Gentry, 10. Becker, 11. Wilmot. 2:42.91

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Alan Brown, 2. Jerry Russell, 3. Ronnie Standridge, 4. Randy Standridge, 5. Larry Gates, 6. Tony Elliott, 7. Terry Shepherd, 8. Keith Campbell, 9. Rick Hood, 10. Tom Mislich, 11. Steve Butler, 12. Manny Rockhold, 13. Al Thomas, 14. Ray Joe Fager, 15. Dave Feese, 16. Charlie Workman, 17. Denny Stewart, 18. Warren Mockler, 19. Tray House, 20. Dean Shirley. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Butler, Laps 31-40 Brown.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-566; 2-Butler-302; 3-Sheldon Kinser-294; 4-Shepherd-198; 5-Rice-179; 6-Elliott-140; 7-Mockler-138; 8-Staab-104; 9-Brown-99; 10-Rockhold-89.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 21, 1985 - Hinsdale, IL - Santa Fe Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 21, 1985 -- Hinsdale, IL - Santa Fe Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-16.949; 2. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-17.039; 3. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-17.050; 4. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-17.061; 5. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.097; 6. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-17.105; 7. Rich Leming, 19, Mann-17.193; 8. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-17.226; 9. Andy Hillenburg, 37, G & R-17.273; 10. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-17.327; 11. John Tierney, 3N Tierney-17.341; 12. Dave Peperak, 77, Peperak-17.442; 13. Tom Bigelow, 21, Hajduk-17.634; 14. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-17.703; 15. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-17.715; 16. Dave Feese, 40, Feese-17.738; 17. Kevin Thomas, 55, Koch-17.757; 18. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-17.763; 19. Tom Mislich, 2m, Mislich-17.783;  20. Tray House, 6x, Poor-17.943; 21. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-18.393; 22. Kim Mock, 42x, Mock-18.946; 23. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-NT; 24. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-NT; 25. Dick Colburn, 7J, Colburn-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mislich, 2. Bigelow, 3. Vogler, 4. Feese, 5. Leming, 6. Mockler, 7. Mock, 8. Bookmiller. 2:22.56

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Butler, 3. Elliott, 4. Tierney, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. House, 7. Becker. 2:23.98

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Workman, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Peperak, 4. Shepherd, 5. Stapp, 6. Fager, 7. Hood. NT

GOHR RACING "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Mockler, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Stapp, 5. House, 6. Becker, 7. Chassey, 8. Colburn, 9. Fager, 10. Mock, 11. Leming. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Terry Shepherd, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Warren Mockler, 4. Rick Hood, 5. Andy Hillenburg, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. Andy Stapp, 8. Charlie Workman, 9. John Tierney, 10. Steve Chassey, 11. Tray House, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Rick Becker, 14. Dick Colburn, 15. Sheldon Kinser, 16. Steve Butler, 17. Dave Feese, 18. Kevin Thomas, 19. Tom Mislich, 20. Dave Peperak. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Elliott, Laps 4-40 Shepherd.

**Manny Rockhold flipped during qualifications but was uninjured.

NEW CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Hood-591; 2-Butler-314; 3-Sheldon Kinser-300; 4-Shepherd-241; 5-Rice-179; 6-Mockler-167; 7-Elliott-151; 8-Vogler-129; 9-Staab-104; 10-Brown-99.

NEXT CRESTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE: August 23, 1985 -- Bloomington, IN Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 23, 1985 - Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway

QUALIFCATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 37, G & R-12.764; 2. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-12.845; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-12.862; 4. Mike Johnson, 71x, Wilson-12.863; 5. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hamphire-12.874; 6. Tray House, 6x, Poor-12.877; 7. Bob Kinser 17B, Bayless-12.882; 8. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-12.905; 9. Kevin Thomas, 55, Koch-12.916; 10. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-12.920; 11. Leon Thickstun, 22T, Esterkamp-12.921; 12. Alan Brown, 4s, Snyder-12.938; 13. Louie Mann, 2x, Douglass-12.950; 14. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-12.974; 15. Stevie Reeves, 8R, Weaver-13.034; 16. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-13.045; 17. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-13.054; 18. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-13.072; 19. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-13.102; 20. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-13.122; 21. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-13.127; 22. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 20, Campbell-13.134; 23. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-13.149; 24. Andy Hillenburg, 5, Briscoe-13.193; 25. Larry Rice, 44R, Stanley-13.248; 26. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-13:269; 27. Mickey Smith, 14m, Smith-13.273; 28. Mike Helm, 28H Helm-13.340; 29. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-13.373; 30. Chris Paulsen, 7x, Paulsen-13.374; 31. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-13.425; 32. David Smith, 28, Smith-13.448; 33. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-13.524; 34. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.595; 35. Art Wendt, 77w, Wendt-13.643; 36. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-13.646; 37. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-13.726; 38. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-14.005; 39. Jeff Walker, 10x, Walker-14.088; 40. John Sharp, 19, Ritter-NT.

ADAMS MARK HOTEL "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (8 laps) 1. Wendt, 2. Gentry, 3. Workman, 4. Becker, 5. Fager, 6. Andretti. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. Staab, 3. Rice, 4. Huntley, 5. Thomas, 6. Mann, 7. Hewitt, 8. K. Kinser. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Chassey, 3. Ritter, 4. Shepherd, 5. Elliott, 6. Huntington, 7. House, 8. Paulsen. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Vogler, 3. B. Kinser, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Mickey Smith, 6. Bookmiller, 7. Reeves, 8. Thickstun. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Adkins, 2. Hillenburg, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Brown, 5. Mockler, 6. Johnson, 7. Helm, 8. D. Smith. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Huntington, 2. Johnson, 3. Hewitt, 4. Thickstun, 5. Mockler, 6. Thomas, 7. Mann, 8. Reeves, 9. D. Smith, 10. Gentry, 11. Wendt, 12. Paulsen, 13. House, 14. Bookmiller, 15. Elliott, 16. Helm. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bob Kinser, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Greg Staab, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Mike Johnson, 8. Steve Butler, 9. Andy Hillenburg, 10. Leon Thickstun, 11. Randy Kinser, 12. Terry Shepherd, 13. Paul Huntington, 14. Andy Stapp, 15. Rodney Ritter, Jr., 16. Bobby Adkins, 17. Rich Vogler, 18. Kevin Huntley, 19. Steve Chassey, 20. Alan Brown. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hood, Laps 2-10 B.Kinser, Lap 11 Hewitt, Laps 12-13 B.Kinser, Lap 14 Hewitt, Laps 15-38 Hood, Laps 39-40 B. Kinser.

**Mike Helm escaped injury when he flipped in turn 2 on the 4th lap of the semi-feature.

NEXT CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE: August 24 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 25, 1985 -- Terre Haute, Indiana -- Action Track

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tom Bigelow, 2v, Vance-22.197; 2. Andy Hillenburg, 5, Briscoe-22.291; 3. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-22.295; 4. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-22.382; 5. Greg Staab, 44, Staab-22.490; 6. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-22.490; 7. Gary Gray, 28x, Gray-22.495; 8. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-22.521; 9. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-22.558; 10. Larry Gates, 14x, McDaniel-22.576; 11. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-22.683; 12. Jerry Russell, 51, King/Powers-22.763; 13. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-22.810; 14. Bobby Adkins, 40G, Goodin-22.863; 15. David Smith, 28, Smith-22.881; 16. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-22.889; 17. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-22.938; 18. Dean Shirley, 83, Sohm-22.941; 19. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire-22.944; 20. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-22.957; 21. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-23.047; 22. Jack Ziegler, 72, Victor-23.069; 23. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-23.172; 24. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-23.398; 25. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 21, Capels-23.444; 26. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-23.475; 27. Danny Milburn, 14, Smith-23.516; 28. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-23.585; 29. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-23.591; 30. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-23.734; 31. Ray Morgan, 7x, Morgan-23.858; 32. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-24.035; 33. Jerry Stuckey, 3x, Stuckey-24.051; 34. Andy Stapp, 77x, Stapp-24.163; 35. Al Caton, 65, Caton-25.334; 36. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-NT; 37. Jeff Boyd, 16x, Boyd-NT; 38. Kevin Thomas, 55, Koch-NT.

G & C SUPPLY "LAST CHANCE" RACE: (4 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Stapp, 3. Stuckey, 4. Caton. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Elliott, 3. Andretti, 4. Rockhold, 5. Staab, 6. L. Gentry, 7. Fornoro, 8. Vogler. 3:12.85

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Huntington, 2. Adkins, 3. Hood, 4. Ziegler, 5. Hillenburg, 6. Gates, 7. Shirley, 8. Fager. 3:23.18

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Shepherd, 3. Chassey, 4. Gray, 5. Nemire, 6. D. Smith, 7. Milburn, 8. Morgan. 3:25.57

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Mockler, 2. Butler, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Campbell, 5. Russell, 6. Becker, 7. Cummins, 8. Workman. 3:21.33

SEMI-FEATURE: (10 laps) 1. Gates, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Russell, 4. Cummins, 5. D. Smith, 6. Staab, 7. Peperak, 8. Stapp, 9. Fornoro, 10. L. Gentry, 11. Morgan, 12. Becker, 13. Stuckey, 14. Milburn, 15. Nemire, 16. Shirley, 17. Fager. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rick Hood, 2. Andy Hillenburg, 3. Jerry Russell, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Keith Campbell, 7. Warren Mockler, 8. Jack Hewitt, 9. Manny Rockhold, 10. Bobby Adkins, 11. Jack Ziegler, 12. Gary Gray, 13. John Andretti, 14. Mark Cummins, 15. Steve Butler, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Steve Chassey, 18. Paul Huntington, 19. Larry Gates, 20. Terry Shepherd. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hood

**Ray Joe Fager escaped injury when he flipped on the backstretch on the first lap of the semi-feature. Kevin Thomas suffered a minor shoulder injury when he flipped during time trials.

NEW CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-656; 2-Sheldon Kinser-345; 3-Butler-343; 4-Shepherd-255; 5-Rice-201; 6-Mockler-185; 7-Elliott-159; 8-Vogler-136; 9-Staab-132; 10-Rockhold & Russell-102.

NEXT CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE: August 31 – Tri-City Speedway - Granite, City, IL

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 31, 1985 -- Granite City, Illinois -- Tri-City Speedway -- "Labor Day 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-21.480; 2. Rich Vogler, 2m, Mislich-21.945; 3. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-22.144; 4. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-22.205; 5. Tom Bigelow, 2v, Vance-22.220; 6. Randy Standridge, 9, Livingston-22.222; 7. Andy Hillenburg, 5, Briscoe-22.255; 8. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-22.296; 9. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-22.327; 10. Larry Gates, 14x, McDaniel-22.359; 11. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-22.380; 12. Larry Rice, 99, Davis/Holsapple-22.408; 13. Jerry Russell, 51, King/Powers-22.427; 14. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-22.481; 15. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-22.536; 16. Dean Shirley, 83, Sohm-22.662; 17. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-22.747; 18. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-22.889; 19. Kevin Thomas, 7, Koch-22.891; 20. Danny Frye, Jr., 83x, Sohm-23.015; 21. Scott Allen, 5x, Allen/Hempel-23.137; 22. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-23.284; 23. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-23.666; 24. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.100; 25. Johnny Koch, 0, Koch-24.380; 26. Rick Standridge, 10x, Rahn-NT; 27. Ronnie Standridge, 2s, Smith-NT; 28. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gates, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Butler, 4. Hood, 5. Russell, 6. Fager, 7. Shirley, 8. Thomas. 3:02.67

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps). 1. Vogler, 2. Shepherd, 3. Andretti, 4. Bigelow, 5. Frye, 6. Rockhold, 7. Workman, 8. Peperak. 3:02.55

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Elliott, 3. Randy Standridge, 4. Rice, 5. Campbell, 6. Allen, 7. Bateman, 8. L. Gentry. 3:08.94

BOB ELDER CADILLAC "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Shirley, 2. Thomas, 3. Bateman, 4. Peperak, 5. Workman, 6. Koch. 3:58.74

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Randy Standridge, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Steve Butler, 4. Tom Bigelow, 5. Jerry Russell, 6 Rick Hood, 7. Larry Rice, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. Manny Rockhold, 10. Keith Campbell, 11. Danny Frye, Jr., 12. Charlie Workman, 13. Terry Shepherd, 14. Dave Peperak, 15. Johnny Koch, 16. Ray Joe Fager, 19. Larry Gates, 20. John Andretti, 21. Randy Bateman, 22. Rich Vogler, 23. Scott Allen, 24. Dean Shirley. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Bigelow, Laps 5-28 Sheldon Kinser, Laps 29-40 Randy Standridge.

**Warren Mockler flipped over the 3rd-turn guardrail during warmups but was unhurt. Scott Allen also escaped injury when he flipped in turn 1 on the 5th lap of the feature.

NEW CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-677; 2-Sheldon Kinser-385; 3-Butler-380; 4-Shepherd-266; 5-Rice-220; 6-Mockler-185; 7-Elliott-178; 8-Vogler-141; 9-Staab-132; 10-Russell-124.

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: September 7, 1985 -- Putnamville, Indiana -- Lincoln Park Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-13.342; 2. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-13.455; 3. Andy Hillenburg, 5, Briscoe-13.665; 4. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-13.710; 5. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-13.714; 6. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.803; 7. Gary Fisher, 6x, Poor-13.806; 8. Jack Ziegler, 72, Victor-13.816; 9. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-13.882; 10. Randy Kinser, 56s, Shields-13.942; 11. Ronnie Standridge, 2s, Smith-13.959; 12. Jeff Donelson, 2D, Donelson-13.971; 13. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-14.002; 14. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-14.097; 15. Bob Kinser, 17B, Bayless-14.098; 16. Jim Lipkey, 25, Lipkey-14.099; 17. Kevin Huntley, 26H, Huntley-14.109; 18. Alan Brown, 37, G & R-14.115; 19. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-14.170; 20. J.T. Hayes, 5R, Hayes-14.173; 21. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-14.195; 22. Frank Weiss, 93, Weiss-14.197; 23. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-14.201; 24. John Andretti, 10, Bowen-14.235; 25. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-14.303: 26. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-14.327; 27. Louie Mann, 2x, Douglass-14.420; 28. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-14.431; 29. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-14.499; 30. Jerry Russell, 51, King/Powers-14.513; 31. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-14.547; 32. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-14.547; 33. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-14.596; 34. Kevin Thomas, 63, Hampshire-14.632; 35. Kelly Kinser, 7c, Chupp-14.635; 36. John Sharp, 19, Ritter-14.842; 37. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-15.129; 38. Devin Turpin, 91, Burton-15.194; 39. Tom Fulton, 70, Fulton-15.420; 40. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Shepherd, 3. Vogler, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Campbell, 6. Butler, 7. Chassey, 8. Huntley. 2:24.94

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Brown, 3. Hood, 4. R. Kinser, 5. Elliott, 6. Workman, 7. Weiss, 8. Mockler. 2:24.27

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mann, 2. Hillenburg, 3. B. Kinser, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Fager, 6. Ronnie Standridge, 7. Huntington, 8. Nemire. 2:25.83

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Helm, 2. Andretti, 3. Cummins, 4. Donelson, 5. Ziegler, 6. Hayes, 7. Lipkey. 2:30.30

BILL'S UNCLAIMED FREIGHT "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Butler, 3. Ronnie Standridge, 4. Ziegler, 5. Huntley, 6. Lipkey, 7. Hayes, 8. Jack Hewitt (#63), 9. Workman, 10. Nemire, 11. Campbell, 12. Gurley, 13. Weiss, 14. Chassey, 15. Fager, 16. Rockhold, 17. Turpin, 18. Huntington, 19. K. Kinser, 20. Mockler. 2:56.44

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Steve Butler, 2. Randy Kinser, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Rich Vogler, 5. Bob Kinser, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Tim Bookmiller, 8. Jack Ziegler, 9. Louie Mann, 10. Jerry Russell, 11. Alan Brown, 12. Jeff Donelson, 13. Kyle Cummins, 14. Mike Helm, 15. Andy Hillenburg, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Denny Stewart, 18. John Andretti, 19. Terry Shepherd, 20. Ronnie Standridge. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Butler.

**John Sharp flipped during qualifications but was unhurt. Warren Mockler also escaped injury when he flipped during the "Last Chance" race. Ronnie Standridge was taken to the hospital for a checkup, then released, after he flipped end-over-end on the opening lap of the feature event.

NEW CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Hood-712; 2-Butler-420; 3-Sheldon Kinser-406; 4-Shepherd-271; 5-Rice-220; 6-Mockler-185; 7-Elliott-183; 8-Vogler-178; 9-Russell-140; 10-B. Kinser-134.

NEXT CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE: October 5-6 - "4-Crown Nationals" - Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: October 5-6, 1985 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway -- 5th Annual "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Larry Rice, 6x, Poor-16.455; 2. Rich Vogler, 15, MBC-16.536; 3. Steve Butler, 1, Toney-16.720; 4. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.734; 5. Rick Hood, 39, Fortune-16.927; 6. Kevin Thomas, 55, Koch-16.937; 7. Warren Mockler, 7GW, Mockler-16.994; 8. Ron Mullen, 4x, Mullen-16.996; 9. Louie Mann, 2x, Douglass-17.014; 10. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-17.064; 11. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-17.193; 12. Sheldon Kinser, 2, Leyba-17.262; 13. Denny Donaldson, 7, Koch-17.266; 14. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-17.275; 15. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-17.298; 16. Paul Huntington, 33EC, Nolen-17.334; 17. Mark Cummins, 3c, Cummins-17.376; 18. Randy Standridge, 9, Livingston-17.404; 19. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-17.445; 20. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-17.463; 21. Jack Ziegler, 72, Victor-17.472; 22. Tom Bigelow, 2v, Vance-17.533; 23. Jim Lipkey, 25, Lipkey-17.533; 24. Jerry Russell, 51, King/Powers-17.544; 25. Rich Leming, 19, Mann-17.725; 26. Mike Johnson, 4J, Ziegler-18.247; 27. Brad Boyer, 52, Boyer-18.248; 28. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.250; 29. Mike Helm, 28H, Helm-18.257; 30. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-18.283; 31. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-18.294; 32. Rick Becker, 56B, Becker-18.669; 33. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-NT; 34. Rodney Duncan, 7c, Chupp-NT; 35. Charlie Workman, 4, Workman-NT; 36. Al Caton, 65, Caton-NT; 37. Johnny Parsons, 37, G & R-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shepherd, 2. Mockler, 3. Mann, 4. Donaldson, 5. Bookmiller, 6. Cummins, 7. Ziegler, 8. Leming, 9. Rockhold, 10. Helm, 11. Boyer, 12. Fager, 13. Lipkey. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Staab, 3. R. Mullen, 4. T. Bigelow, 5. Russell, 6. Nemire, 7. Huntington, 8. R. Standridge, 9. Campbell, 10. Duncan, 11. M. Johnson, 12. L. Gentry, 13. Wilmot, 14. Becker. NT

FEATURE: (Held on October 6) (30 laps) 1. Larry Rice, 2. Steve Butler, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Kevin Thomas, 6. Warren Mockler, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Tom Bigelow, 9. Jerry Nemire, 10. Louie Mann, 11. Terry Shepherd, 12. Tim Bookmiller, 13. Mark Cummins, 14. Denny Donaldson, 15. Paul Huntington, 16. Jerry Russell, 17. Jack Ziegler, 18. Manny Rockhold, 19. Greg Staab, 20. Rich Leming, 21. Ron Mullen, 22. Keith Campbell, 23. Randy Standridge, 24. Rich Vogler. 10:12.63

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Hood, Laps 11-30 Rice.

**Johnny Parsons escaped injury when he hit the wall in turn 3 during qualifications and flipped.

NEW CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hood-735; 2-Butler-449; 3-Sheldon Kinser-428; 4-Shepherd-285; 5-Rice-256; 6-Mockler-203; 7-Elliott-200; 8-Vogler-184; 9-Russell-145; 10-Staab-137.

NEXT CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: October 18, 1985 -- Phoenix, AZ -- Manzanita Speedway -- 30 Laps - "USAC/CRA Challenge Event"

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: October 19, 1985 -- Phoenix, Arizona -- Manzanita Speedway -- "USAC/CRA Challenge Event"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme-19.872; 2. Bob East, 75A, Stanton-19.966; 3. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-19.991; 4. Mike Sweeney, 5, Kasparoff-20.079; 5. Billy Boat, 1A, Chumbley-20.125; 6. Ron Shuman, 21x, Stephens-20.209; 7. Dave Blaney, 69A, Fredenburgh-20.276; 8. Danny Lewis, 11, Pratt-20.302; 9. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-20.346; 10. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-20.408; 11. Rick Hood, 39u, Fortune-20.412; 12. Richard Summers, 12T, Summers-20.462; 13. Lealand McSpadden, 98A, Krug-20.498; 14. Billy Felts, 125, Germo-20.504; 15. Sheldon Kinser, 98JR, Agajanian-20.533; 16. Brent Kaeding, 69N, Single-20.539; 17. Walt Kennedy, 14, Kennedy-20.550; 18. Dave Bradway, Jr. 1L, Lamar-20.561; 19. Greg Staab, 44u, BUF-20.577; 20. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-20.622; 21. Steve Butler, 11A, Williams-20.730; 22. Terry Shepherd, 7s, Shepherd-20.773; 23. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-20.840; 24. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-20.857; 25. Bob Meli, 25, Germo-20.858; 26. Billy Shuman, 66A, Urgo-20.942; 27. Ron Horton, 44N, DesChamps-21.048; 28. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton-21.116; 29. Dan Moore, 86, Jones & Sons-21.183; 30. Dave Manes, 18A, Barnett-21.242; 31. Duane Feduska, 91, Lewis-21.306; 32. Don Burke, 50, Ruth-21.347; 33. John Pearson, 88N, Leist-21.348; 34. Rick Sipes, B1, Sipes-21.426; 35. Bob Foster, 95A, Foster-21.583; 36. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-21.654; 37. Gary Faucett, 34A, Martin-21.760; 38. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-21.975; 39. Herb Crawford, 53, Crawford-22.433.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Williams, 2. Sweeney, 3. Thompson, 4. B. East. 1:01.055

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Meli, 2. Kennedy, 2. McSpadden, 4. Thompson, 5. Butler, 6. Boat, 7. Pearson, 8. Moore, 9. Faucett, 10. Wirth. 3:31.87

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. B. Shuman, 2. R. Shuman, 3. B. East, 4. Noffsinger, 5. Bradway, 6. Shepherd, 7. Felts.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Feduska, 2. Michnowicz, 3. Williams, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Hood, 6. Blaney, 7. Horton, 8. Foster, 9. Crawford, 10. Staab. 3:33.88

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Heywood, 3. Sweeney, 4. Lewis, 5. Summers, 6. Meyer, 7. Singleton, 8. Giardina. NT

"C" MAIN: (8 laps) 1. Wirth, 2. Manes, 3. Sipes, 4. Giardina, 5. Burke, 6. Moore, 7. Foster, 8. Faucett, 9. Crawford. 2:54.57

"B" MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Blaney, 2. Hood, 3. Summers, 4. Wirth, 5. Bradway, 6. Boat, 7. Butler, 8. Felts, 9. Manes, 10. Pearson, 11. Shepherd, 12. Horton, 13. Singleton, 14. Meyer. 4:22.66

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bob East, 2. Eddie Wirth, 3. Dave Blaney, 4. Lealand McSpadden, 5. Dean Thompson, 6. Rick Hood, 7. Brad Noffsinger, 8. Danny Lewis, 9. Billy Shuman, 10. Richard Summers, 11. Bobby Michnowicz, 12. Sheldon Kinser, 13. Jeff Heywood, 14. Ron Shuman, 15. Walt Kennedy, 16. Mike Sweeney, 17. Rip Williams, 18. Brent Kaeding, 19. Bob Meli, 20. Duane Feduska. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Lewis, Laps 6-19 R. Shuman, Laps 20-30 B. East.

**Kaeding flipped in turn 2 on the opening lap of the feature and Williams flipped in turn 3 on the second lap of the feature but neither driver was injured.

NEW CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Hood-750; 2-Butler-449; 3-Sheldon Kinser-428; 4-Shepherd-285; 5-Rice-256; 6-Mockler-203; 7-Elliott-200; 8-Vogler-184; 9-Russell-145; 10-Staab-137.

 

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CRESTLINER VANS/USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RESULTS: October 25, 1985 -- Gardena, California -- Ascot Park Speedway -- USAC/CRA "Challenge" Event

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme-19.210; 2. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer-19.472; 3. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz-19.500; 4. Bubby Jones, 1, Kazarian-19.508; 5. Bob East, 75A, Stanton-19.570; 6. Billy Felts, 125, Germo-19.584; 7. Bobby George, 92, George-19.608; 8. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle-19.612; 9. Dave Blaney, 40, Stanton-19.613; 10. Danny Lewis, 11 Pratt-19.618; 11. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales-19.640; 12. Steve Kinser, 11us, Kinser-19.685; 13. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff-19.722; 14. Mike Sweeney, 5, Kasparoff-19.769; 15. Duane Feduska, 91, Lewis-19.794; 16. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth-19.801; 17. Lealand McSpadden, 98A, Krug-19.865; 18. Jim Lauri IV, 81, Kindoll-19.934; 19. Jac Haudenschild, 78N, Watson-19.991; 20. Stan Atherton, 45, Kawabe/Acosta-20.003; 21. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-20.082; 22. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton-20.109; 23. Steve Ostling, 75, Ostling-20.156; 24. Sheldon Kinser, 98JR, Agajanian-20.262; 25. Ron Shuman, 21x, Stephens-20.301; 26. Mark Sokola, 27, Sokola-20.316; 27. Mike Lang, 32, Lang-20.338; 28. Scott Beck, 119, Lent-20.346; 29. Glenn Nesbit, 72, Nesbit-20.630; 30. Kirk Alexander, 33, Alexander-20.708; 31. Dave Manes, 18A, Barnett-20.866; 32. Dan Moore, 86, Jones-20.889; 33. Terry Shoemaker, 95, Shoemaker-21.249; 34. Ray Joe Fager, 30F, Fager-NT; 35. Ray Bleckert, 111, Bleckert-NT; 36. Jimmy Oskie, 7, Gardner-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Michnowicz, 3. Thompson, 4. Williams. 59.309

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. R. Shuman, 2. Thompson, 3. McSpadden, 4. Noffsinger, 5. B. East, 6. Blaney, 7. Meyer, 8. Nesbit. 3:16.71

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sweeney, 2. Lewis, 3. Williams, 4. Manes, 5. Felts, 6. Singleton, 7. Lauri, 8. Sokola. 3:18.62

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Heywood, 2. Haudenschild, 3. Feduska, 4. Michnowicz, 5. Lang, 6. George, 7. Ostling, 8. Moore. 3:19.22

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Worth, 2. Jones, 3. Atherton, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Atchison, 6. Beck, 7. Shoemaker, 8. Steve Kinser. 3:19.60

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. B. East, 2. Atchison, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Blaney, 5. Lauri, 6. Meyer, 7. Ostling, 8. George, 9. Singleton, 10. Lang, 11. Nesbit, 12. Sokola, 13. Beck, 14. Moore. 3:56.42

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bubby Jones, 2. Rip Williams, 3. Steve Kinser, 4. Dave Blaney, 5. Dean Thompson, 6. Jeff Heywood, 7. Eddie Wirth, 8. Bobby Michnowicz, 9. Ron Shuman, 10. Lealand McSpadden, 11. Jac Haudenschild, 12. Brad Noffsinger, 13. Mike Sweeney, 14. Mark Atchison, 15. Bob East, 16. Dave Manes, 17. Sheldon Kinser, 18. Stan Atherton, 19. Danny Lewis, 20. Duane Feduska. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Atchison, Laps 19-30 Jones.

FINAL CRESTLINER VANS/USAC SPRINT SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Hood-750; 2-Butler-449; 3-Sheldon Kinser-428; 4-Shepherd-285; 5-Rice-256; 6-Mockler-203; 7-Elliott-200; 8-Vogler-184; 9-Russell-145; 10-Staab-137.

 

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1985 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points

POS.      PTS.       DRIVER

1            750        Rick Hood, Memphis, Tenn.

2            449        Steve Butler, Kokomo, Ind.

3            428        Sheldon Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.

4            285        Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, Ind. (R)

5            256        Larry Rice, Brownsburg, Ind.

6            203        Warren Mockler, Westfield, Ind.

7            200        Tony Elliott, Warsaw, Ind.

8            184        Rich Vogler, Indianapolis, Ind.

9            145        Jerry Russell, Springfield, Ill.

10          137        Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio

11          134        Bob Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.

12          119        Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.

13          114        Alan Brown, Brownsburg, Ind.

14          112        Tom Bigelow, Whitewater, Wis.

15          85          Gary Bettenhausen, Monrovia, Ind.

16          82          Keith Campbell, Olney, Ill.

17          62          Denny Donaldson, Jackson, Mich.

18          60          John Andretti, Brownsburg, Ind.

19          42          Charlie Workman, Indianapolis, Ind.

20          37          Ray Joe Fager, Greenfield, Ind.

21          35          Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.

22          34          Eddie Leavitt, Kearney, Mo.

23          33          Joe Saldana, Lincoln, Neb.

24          32          Tray House, Chesterfield, Ind.

25          27          Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind.

26          25          Steve Chassey, Carmel, Ind.

27          20          Kevin Thomas, Mobile, Ala.

28          17          Mark Alderson, Brownsburg, Ind.

29          14          Denny Stewart, Charleston, Ill.

30          12          Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio

31          10          George Snider, Bakersfield, Calif.

32          10          Frank Weiss, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

33          8            Chris Paulsen, Indianapolis, Ind.

34          1            David Smith, Chandler, Ind.

 

1985 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points

POS.      PTS.       ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION

1            689        Damon Fortune, Boonville, Ind. (#39)

2            453        George Toney, Elwood, Ind. (#1)

3            428        Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#2)

4            285        Terry Shepherd, Warsaw, Ind. (#7s)

5            226        MBC Racing, Jackson, Mich. (#15)

6            203        Warren Mockler, Westfield, Ind. (#7GW)

7            200        Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)

8            198        Richard Briscoe, Mitchell, Ind. (#5)

9            193        Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)

10          137        B.U.F. Racing, Dayton, Ohio (#44)

11          134        Larry Bayless, Brownsburg, Ind. (#17B)

12          130        Bud Whitacre, Kokomo, Ind. (#98)

13          119        Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill. (#71)

14          113        G & R Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#37)

15          112        William King & William Powers, Evansville, Ind. (#51)

16          101        Barry Snyder, Frankfort, Ind. (#4s)

17          100        Jerry Shields, Bloomington, Ind. (#56s)

18          89          Steve Stapp, Brownsburg, Ind. (#77)

19          84          Tim Bookmiller, Kokomo, Ind. (#42)

20          82          Allen Campbell, Olney, Ill. (#53)

21          80          Dennis McQuinn, Springfield, Ill. (#14s)

22          76          Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2v)

23          57          Phil Poor, Anderson, Ind. (#6x)

24          55          Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)

25          49          John Koch, Albion, Ind. (#7)

26          47          Gene Nolen, Greenwood, Ind. (#33)

27          46          Verlin Chupp, Goshen, Ind. (#7c)

28          42          Charlie Workman, Indianapolis, Ind. (#4)

29          41          John Koch, Albion, Mich. (#55)

30          37          B.F.W. Building Corp., Indianapolis, Ind. (#30F)

31          36          Leon Smith, Meredosia, Ill. (#2s)

32          35          RAM Racing, Clinton, Ind. (#77)

33          34          Harold Nickles, Lima, Ohio (#31)

34          30          David Goodin, Indianapolis, Ind. (#40G)

35          28          Ben Bowen, Terre Haute, Ind. (#10)

36          26          Bill Hardy, Phoenix, Ariz. (#77A)

37          25          Mark Cummins, Princeton, Ind. (#3c)

38          23          Kent Evans, Kokomo, Ind. (#79)

39          23          Racing Associates, Niles, Ill. (#21)

40          23          Robert Helm, Indianapolis, Ind. (#28H)

41          20          Ray Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14)

42          14          Shirley Stewart, Charleston, Ill. (#33)

43          12          Leon Thickstun, Nashville, Ind. (#22T)

44          11          Thomas Brothers Trucking, Ludlow, Ill. (#72)

45          10          Northern Racers, Indianapolis, Ind. (#93)

46          8            Rex Jones, Lebanon, Ind. (#17)

47          8            Chris Paulsen, Indianapolis, Ind. (#71)

48          8            Rick Becker, Sun Prairie, Wis. (#56B)

49          7            Rex Huntley, Bloomington, Ind. (#26H)

50          6            Jack Gardner, Los Angeles, Calif. (#96)

51          6            Johnny Capels, Indianapolis, Ind. (#21c)

52          4            Billy Goacher, Anderson, Ind. (#7G)

53          2            Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)

54          2            Sohm Enterprises, Saint Louis, Mo. (#83)

55          2            James Mann, Elkhart, Ind. (#19)

56          1            M.L. & Associates, Newburgh, Ind. (#28)

57          1            Randy Bateman, Murphysboro, Ill. (#38)