SHELDON KINSER CONNECTS FOR SECOND-STRAIGHT USAC SPRINT TITLE IN 1982
Tall, talented Sheldon Kinser etched his name in the history books in 1982 by winning his second-straight USAC National Sprint Car championship and his third overall.
Kinser, a Bloomington, Ind. resident, was the first man since Parnelli Jones in 1961-62 to win two in a row and only the second three-time champion in history. The other one was Larry Dickson. Sheldon won his title in the Ben’s Tire Clinic Chevy owned by Ben Leyba of South Bend, Ind.
Sheldon scored five feature victories on his way to the title to rank high in that department. Runner-up Rich Vogler tallied four feature triumphs. Scoring two victories each were Ken Schrader, Chuck Amati, Johnny Parsons, Jac Haudenschild and Steve Kinser.
Sheldon also had six second-place finishes and three each third, fourth and fifth places. He took over the lead at the outset of the season and there was never very much doubt who was going to win the title.
Jack Hewitt, driving on a non-point license, won the season opener at Eldora on April 24 with Kinser running second and Vogler taking third. Hewitt made quite a comeback after having flipped during a heat race.
Jac Haudenschild, another non-pointer, won the second feature at Findlay, Ohio on May 5. Sheldon again finished second with Allen Barr taking third place.
Darkhorse winner Chet Johnson came from 17th starting position to post a popular victory in the Hulman Classic at Terre Haute on May 9. Randy Kinser finished second and Roger Rager third. Sheldon finished 18th in a borrowed car after experiencing problems with his own mount for one of the few times during the year.
Parsons won on May 14 when the USAC Sprints made their first appearance at Paducah. Sheldon was second and Schrader took third.
The traditional Pole Day Sprints were held at Paragon for the first time with Amati coming home the victor. Randy Kinser was second, Hewitt third and Sheldon took fourth.
The Indiana State Fairgrounds was the site of the May 28 event with Ron Shuman scoring his lone Sprint victory of the USAC season. Larry Martin was second, Sammy Swindell third and Sheldon fourth.
The defending champion’s first feature victory of the season came at Knoxville, Iowa on June 5. Finishing second and third behind Sheldon were Vogler and Johnny Coogan.
At I-70, the following day, June 6, Jeff Swindell was the winner with Danny Milburn taking second and Duke Cook finishing third. Sheldon wound up in the 13th position.
Amati collected his second feature victory at Chandler on June 17 with Schrader finishing second and Sheldon third. Sheldon then ripped off two consecutive feature victories to gain a wide margin in the point standings. At Terre Haute on June 20, he showed the way to runner-up Hewitt and third-place Martin. At Mansfield on June 23, he came home ahead of Jerry Nemire and Vogler.
Local favorite Dean Shirley was the winner as the sprinters ran for the first time at Springfield on June 26. Larry Rice took second and Vogler was third.
Haudenschild accounted for his second victory at Eldora on July 17 with Sheldon in the runner-up spot and Vogler third.
Vogler then ran off two consecutive victories. He won at Kokomo on July 21 with Schrader second and Steve Long third. Rich then captured the Paragon event on July 28 with Sheldon second and Parsons third. Red Bledsoe suffered a broken pelvis in a practice accident at Paragon.
Chuck Gurney made his first USAC Sprint appearance in three years a winning one at Santa Fe on July 30. Steve Kinser was second, Shuman third, Joe Saldana fourth and Sheldon fifth.
Schrader monopolized honors at Beaver Dam, Wisc. on July 31, nipping Sheldon to take first in the Sprint event after also winning a companion Midget feature. Bill Tyler was third.
Three drivers staged a drag race coming off the fourth turn on the final lap of a thriller at Terre Haute on Aug. 8, with Steve Kinser taking the victory ahead of Shuman and Hewitt.
Vogler took his third victory of the season at Santa Fe on Aug. 20 with Martin finishing second and Parsons taking third.
Larry Rice scored his lone triumph Sept. 5 at Terre Haute with Schrader finishing second and Sheldon third.
Vogler copped his fourth feature at Bloomington on Sept. 11 with Schrader second and Milburn third.
In the “4-Crown Nationals” at Eldora on Oct. 3, Steve Kinser drove to victory over teammate Danny Smith, who was second and third-place Shuman.
Final action of the year was at 311 Speedway. In the first of a pair of twin features on Saturday night, Oct. 16, Schrader was the winner with Van Gurley second and Sheldon third. Sheldon then won the night’s second feature with Steve Chassey second and Gurley third. In the lone feature on Sunday, Oct. 17, Sheldon finished off his season in fitting fashion with a victory while Schrader was second and Gurley third.
Sheldon’s season was a remarkable display of front-running consistency. He was in the top-five in 20 of the 25 features in which he participated and finished sixth and seventh in two others. He also was fast qualifier on five occasions.
Vogler’s runner-up drive included 10 finishes in the top-three. He was fast qualifier three times.
Milburn took third in the point standings and won Rookie of the Year honors with 17 top-ten finishes in 23 starts.
Leyba also won the car owners’ title with William King/William Powers, Vogler’s owners, taking second and Damon Fortune and Milburn tying for third.
Coogan suffered a broken jaw and punctured lung in a September race crash at Terre Haute but was well on the mend by season’s end.
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USAC "THUNDER & LIGHTNING" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE #1 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - April 24, 1982 - "Don Branson-Jud Larson Memorial"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-18.496; 2. Rich Vogler, 2, Farno-18.533i 3. Sheldon Kinser, 6, Leyba-18.568; 4. Roger Rager, 7, Gosnell-18.592; 5. Jack Hewitt, 32, Vance-18.764; 6. Gary Grissom, 11, Plummer-18.890; 7. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-18.988; 8. Larry Rice, 51, King-19.021; 9. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-19.048; 10. Steve Ball, 95A, Gaby-19.060; 11. David Smith, 28, Smith-19.084; 12. Chuck Amati, 65, Tate-19.102; 13. Tom Bigelow, 56, Gohr-19.155; 14. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-19.203; 15. Steve Long, 52, Long-19.256; 16. Mike Johnson, 14, Smith-19.285; 17. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-19.285; 18. Jerry Weeks, 25, Bowen-19.296; 19. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-19.304; 20. Allen Barr, 72m, Gingerich-19.430; 21. Jac Haudenschild, 63, Hampshire-19.551; 22. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-19.581; 23. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-19.683; 24. Ron Dorsett, 47A, Smith-19.819; 25. Kelly Kinser, 56A, Shields-19.892; 26. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-19.915; 27. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-20.018; 28. Buck Boughan, 48, Batista-20.042; 29. Johnny Parsons, 66x, French-20.048; 30. Jim Moughan, 27A, Hammitt-20.127; 31. Andy Hillenburg, 21, Hillenburg-20.157; 32. Todd Forbes, 35A, Forbes-20.207; 33. Mark Alderson, 52A, Winterbotham-20.292; 34. Terry Pletch, 69, Pletch-20.483; 35. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-20.505; 36. Jim Horn, 24, Horn-20.582; 37. Ron Fuller, 66, Kendrick-20.753; 38. Morris Coffman, 17A, Coffman-20.866; 39. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-20.957; 40. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-21.108; 41. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-21.203; 42. Russ Racine, 15A, Racine-21.334; 43. Gary Griffith, 45, Bare-21.497; 44. Bill Mroz, 55, Mroz-21.510; 45. Bobby Adkins, 86x, Gross-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K. Kinser, 2. Saldana, 3. Coogan, 4. J. Haudenschild, 5. Bigelow, 6. Trousdale, 7. Hewitt. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Vogler, 3. Nemire, 4. Grissom, 5. Weeks, 6. Moulis 7. Ball. 2:32.90
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gray, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Long, 4. Rockhold, 5. Smith, 6. Bledsoe, 7. Peperak. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1 Amati, 2. Dorsett, 3. Barr, 4. Rice, 5. Johnson, 6. Rager, 7. Boughan. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Rager, 3. Johnson, 4. Parsons, 5. Moughan, 6. Bigelow, 7. Ball, 8. Moulis, 9. Bledsoe, 10. Boughan, 11. Weeks, 12. Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Roger Rager, 5. Gary Grissom, 6. Joe Saldana, 7. Chuck Amati, 8. Johnny Parsons, 9. Ken Schrader, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Gary Gray, 12. Jim Moughan, 13. Steve Long, 14. Ron Dorsett, 15. Jerry Nemire, 16. Johnny Coogan, 17. Mike Johnson, 18. Manny Rockhold, 19. Kelly Kinser, 20. Allen Barr. 10:02.00
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hewitt
**Jack Hewitt flipped during the 1st heat race, as did Eric Trousdale. David Smith flipped during the semi-feature. All drivers escaping injury.
NEW USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-30; 2-Vogler-28; 3-Rager-18; 4-Grissom-17; 5-Rice-12; 6-Long & Dorsett-10; 8-Nemire-8; 9-Coogan-7; 10-Rockhold-4.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" Sprint Car Race: May 5 - Findlay, Ohio - Millstream Motor Speedway (Night)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS (Race #2) - Findlay, OH - Millstream Motor Speedway - May 5, 1982
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 63A, Hampshire-17.941; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-18.271; 3. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-18.348; 4. Johnny Parsons, 66, French-18.359; 5. Allen Barr, 72m, Gingerich-18.498; 6. Mark Alderson, 52A, Winterbotham-18.534; 7. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-18.555; 8. Buck Boughan, 48, Batista-18.591; 9. Rich Vogler, 2, Farno-18.738; 10. Jack Hewitt, 14, Smith-18.792; 11. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-18.815; 12. Steve Long, 52, Long-18.974; 13. Andy Hillenburg, 21A, Hillenburg-19.066; 14. Steve Ball, 95A, Gaby-19.116; 15. Chet Johnson, 86, Haines-19.227; 16. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-19.242; 17. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-19.359; 18. Roger Rager, 7, Gosnell-19.477; 19. Ed Haudenschild, 36, McHenry-19.644; 20. Bill Corbin, Jr., 44, Corbin-19.812; 21. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-19.973; 22. Morris Coffman, 17A, Coffman-20.094; 23. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-20.151; 24. Bill Mroz, 55, Mroz-20.188; 25. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-20.669; 26. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-NT; 27. Todd Forbes, 35A, Forbes-NT; 28. Ron Fuller, 66A, Kendrick-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J. Haudenschild, 2. Vogler, 3. Barr, 4. Trousdale, 5. Atkins, 6. Hillenburg, 7. Trudeau. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kinser, 2. Alderson, 3. Ball, 4. Rager, 5. Hewitt, 6. Coffman. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Coogan, 3. Ed Haudenschild, 4. Nemire, 5. Bledsoe, 6. Milburn. 2:36.69
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boughan, 2. Cook, 3. Corbin, 4. Long, 5. Parsons, 6. Mroz. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Parsons, 2. Milburn, 3. Hewitt, 4. Atkins, 5. Peperak, 6. Bledsoe, 7. Coffman, 8. Mroz, 9. Trudeau, 10. Hillenburg. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Allen Barr, 4. Steve Long, 5. Chet Johnson, 6. Buck Boughan, 7. Danny Milburn, 8. Johnny Parsons, 9. Steve Ball, 10. Duke Cook, 11. Jerry Nemire, 12. Bill Corbin, Jr., 13. Roger Rager, 14. Johnny Coogan, 15. Mark Alderson, 16. Jack Hewitt, 17. Ed Haudenschild, 18. Rich Vogler, 19. Bimbo Atkins, 20. Eric Trousdale. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Barr, Laps 2-29 Jac Haudenschild.
**Johnny Coogan was shaken in a flip on lap 19 of the feature. He was released from a local hospital Thursday morning. Todd Forbes flipped hard during time trials but was uninjured. Feature event was red-flagged after 29 laps due to Boughan's flip in turn 4 on the final lap. Boughan escaped injury in the flip.
NEW USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES Points: 1-Kinser-63; 2-Vogler-34; 3-Long-29; 4-Rager-27; 5-Barr-26; 6-Johnson-20; 7-Nemire-19; 8-Grissom & Coogan-17; 10-Milburn-16.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: "Tony Hulman Classic" - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track - May 9, 1982 (30 Laps)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 9, 1982 - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track - "Tony Hulman Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 2, Farno-23.774; 2. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-23.802; 3. Russ Racine, 15A, Racine-24.065; 4. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-24.141; 5. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-24.143; 6. George Snider, 5, Delrose/Holt-24.398; 7. Jerry Weeks, 25, Bowen-24.455; 8. Andy Hillenburg, 21A, Hillenburg-24.607; 9. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-24.613; 10. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-24.613; 11. Jack Hewitt, 32, Vance-24.627; 12. Steve Long, 52, Long-24.738; 13. Kelly Kinser, 56A, Shields-24.769; 14. Roger Rager, 7, Gosnell-24.833; 15. Eddie Leavitt, 51, King/Powers-24.901; 16. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-25.076; 17. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-25.162; 18. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-25.302; 19. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-25.336; 20. David Smith, 28, ML-25.377; 21. Chuck Amati, 65, Shields-25.434; 22. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-25.472; 23. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-25.497; 24. Allen Barr, 72m, Gingerich-25.681; 25. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-25.682; 26. Johnny Parsons, 66, French-25.719; 27. Chet Johnson, 86, Haines-25.778; 28. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-25.948; 29. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-26.237; 30. Morris Coffman, 17A, Coffman-26.368; 31. Jac Haudenschild, 63A, Hampshire-26.386; 32. Ron Dorsett, 47A, Smith-26.414; 33. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-26.627; 34. Randy Bateman, 38, Bateman-26.838; 35. Bill Burks, 49, Albert-26.892; 36. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-27.105; 37. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-27.375; 38. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-27.500; 39. Greg Boyd, 16A, Boyd-27.502; 40. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-NT; 41. Bill Mroz, 55, Mroz-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Parsons, 2. Rager, 3. Cook, 4. Bledsoe, 5. Vogler, 6. Trousdale, 7. Snider. 3:25.41
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. R. Kinser, 2. C. Johnson, 3. Christian, 4. Weeks, 5. Leavitt, 6. Hewitt, 7. Peperak. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Hillenburg, 3. Barr, 4. Long, 5. Milburn, 6. David Smith, 7. Sheldon Kinser. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Amati, 2. K. Kinser, 3. Nemire, 4. Gentry, 5. Pletch, 6. Gray, 7. Coffman. 3:30.33
LAST CHANCE RACE: (8 laps) 1. Atkins, 2. Burks, 3. G. Boyd, 4. Stuckey, 5. Stewart, 6. Trudeau, 7. Bateman. 3:32.67
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. J. Haudenschild, 2. Leavitt, 3. Vogler, 4. David Smith, 5. Snider, 6. Peperak, 7. Pletch, 8. Rockhold, 9. Trousdale, 10. Milburn, 11. Gray, 12. Burks, 13. Hewitt, 14. Atkins. 4:11.67
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chet Johnson, 2. Randy Kinser, 3. Roger Rager, 4. Chuck Amati, 5. Duke Cook, 6. Kelly Kinser, 7. Allen Barr, 8. Steve Long, 9. Jac Haudenschild, 10. Bob Christian, 11. Andy Hillenburg, 12. Leon Gentry, 13. Jerry Nemire, 14. David Smith, 15. Jerry Weeks, 16. Ken Schrader, 17. Rich Vogler, 18. Sheldon Kinser, 19. Johnny Parsons, 20. Eddie Leavitt. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Kelly Kinser, Laps 4-20 Rager, Laps 21-26 Schrader, Lap 27 Rager, Laps 28-30 Johnson.
**Schrader flipped on the 27th lap in turn 1 while leading but he escaped injury.
NEW USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-66; 2-Chet Johnson-53; 3-Rager-51; 4-Vogler-44; 5-Long-43; 6-Barr-42; 7-Cook-32; 8-Nemire; 9-Johnny Coogan & Gary Grissom-17.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE: May 14 - Paducah International Raceway - Paducah, KY (Night) & May 15 - Paragon Speedway - Paragon, IN (Pole Night Sprints)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS RACE NO. 6 "Hoosier Sprints" Indiana State Fairgrounds Indianapolis, IN May 28, 1982
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Larry Martin (#21 Hajduk), 2. Johnny Coogan (#50 Vetzel), 3. Ron Shuman (#70 Snell), 4. Jack Hewitt (#32 Vance), 5. Steve Long (#52 Long), 6. Eric Trousdale (#35 Trousdale), 7. Jerry Weeks (#25 Bowen), 8. Red Bledsoe (#98 Bledsoe) 9. Larry Rice (#14 Smith), NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Joe Saldana (#56 Gohr), 2. Sammy Swindell (#5 Delrose/Holt), 3. Johnny Parsons (#66x French), 4. Sheldon Kinser (#1 Leyba), 5. Danny Milburn (#59 Milburn), 6. David Smith (#28 ML), 7. Rich Vogler (#7 Gosnell), 8. Dave Peperak (#77 Robertson), 9. Steve Ball (#95a Gaby). 5:35.49
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gary Gray (#83 Gray), 2. Roger Rager (#2 Farno), 3. Jac Haudenschild (#63A Hampshire), 4. Ken Schrader (#39 Fortune), 5. Jerry Nemire (#16 Nemire/Syring), 6. Manny Rockhold (#71 Rockhold), 7. Terry Pletch, (#68 Pletch), 8. Bill Tyler (#10 Batista), 9. Rich Vogler (#9 Gosnell). 5:38.51
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chuck Amati (#65 Tate), 2. Mark Alderson (#17 Jones), 3. Duke Cook (#11 Plummer), 4. Eddie Leavitt (#51 King/Powers), 5. Jim Moughan (#86 Haines), 6. Steve Cannon (#46 Egan), 7. Bud Wilmot (#84 Wilmot), 8. King Kramer (#61 Bowens), 9. Allen Barr (#72m Gingerich). 5:44.01
SbMI: (12 laps) 1. Nemire 2. Milburn, 3. Long, 4 Weeks 5. Trousdale, 6. Smith, 7. Pletch, 8. Kramer, 9. Barr, 10. Bledsoe, 11. Peperak, 12 Wilmot, 13. Bob Christian (#36 Christian), 14. Ball, 15. Rockhold, 16. Vogler (#9), 17. Tyler, 18. S. Cannon. 6:56.13
FEATURE: (40 laps-run in two 20-lap segments) 1. Ron Shuman, 2. Larry Martin, 3. Sammy Swindell, 4. Gary Gray, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Chuck Amati, 7. Johnny Coogan, 8. Jerry Weeks, 9. Steve Long, 10. Danny Milburn, 11. Eddie Leavitt, 12. Duke Cook, 13. Jac Haudenschild, 14. Jack Hewitt, 15. Mark Alderson, 16. Ken Schrader, 17. Roger Rager, 18. Johnny Parsons, 19. Joe Saldana, 20. Jerry Nemire. NT
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS RACE NO. 7 - Avilla Raceways - Avilla, Indiana - June 2, 1982
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-15.019; 2. Chuck Amati, 65A, Tate-15.065; 3. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-15.228; 4. Bob Kinser, 53, Collins-15.232; 5. Johnny Parsons, 66, French-15.263; 6. Jac Haudenschild, 63A, Hampshire-15.345; 7. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-15.362; 8. Rich Vogler, 7, Gosnell- 15.418, 9. Steve Long, 52, Long--15.556; 10. Allen Barr, 72m, Gingerich -15.573; 11. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-15.652, 12. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-15.747; 13. Terry Shepherd, 7K, Shepherd--15.788; 14. Donald O'Connor, 00, Ward-15.799; 15. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines -15.846; 16. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen- 15.894; 17. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-15.913; 18. Dick Colburn, 62, Colburn-15.946, 19. Bob Brutto, 36, McHenry-15.950; 20. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-15,957; 21. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-15.960; 22. Steve Ball, 95, Gaby-15.968; 23. Jerry Nemire, 52A, Winterbotham-16.057; 24. George McCord, 61m, McCord-16.074; 25. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-16.092; 26. Andy Hillenburg, 21A, Hillenburg- 16.148, 27. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-16.559.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Parsons, 3. S. Kinser, 4. Long, 5. Pletch, 6. Shepherd, 7. Rice. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hillenburg, 2. Amati, 3. Haudenschild, 4, Barr, 5. Colburn, 6. Ball, 7. O'Connor. 2:07.62
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Nemire, 3. Moughan, 4. Coogan, 5. Brutto, 6. Atkins, 7. Peperak. 2:10.32
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Vogler, 3. Bookmiller, 4. B. Kinser, 5. McCord, 6. Elliott. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. O'Connor, 2. Shepherd, 3. Colburn, 4. Ball, 5, Brutto, 6. Pletch, 7. McCord, 8. Atkins. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Johnny Parsons, 2. Chuck Amati, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Danny Milburn, 6. Allen Barr, 7. Bob Kinser, 8. Jerry Nemire, 9. Bob Christian, 10. Steve Long, 11. Andy Hillenburg, 12. Jac Haudenschild, 13. Terry Shepherd, 14. Dick Colburn, 15, Bill Tyler, 16. Jim Moughan, 17. Donald O'Connor, 18. Steve Ball, 19. Johnny Coogan, 20. Tim Bookmiller. NT
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS RACE NO. 8 - Knoxville Raceway - Knoxville, Iowa - June 5, 1982
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-19.840; 2. Rich Vogler, 7, Gosnell-19.995; 3. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-20.193, 4. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-20.217; 5. Johnny Parsons, 66, French-20.318; 6. Randy Smith, 7x, McCarl-20.385; 7. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel- 20.390; 8. Steve Long, 52, Long-20.420; 9. Jack Hewitt, 32, Vance-20.504; 10. Eddie Leavitt, 72m, Gingerich-20.542; 11. Jeff Swindell, 55, Tuttle-20.550; 12. Mackie Heimbaugh, 14, Moose-20.551; 13, Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-20.617; 14. Bill Robison, 47, Sonner-20.655; 15. Mike Brooks, 49A, Rogers-20.658; 16. Glen Hughes, Jr., 42, Hughes-20.714; 17. T.J. Giddings, 81, Johnson-20.746; 18. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines -20.876, 19. Jerry Potter, 1A, Arend-21.106; 20. Mike Thomas, 37, Thomas-21.161; 21. David Smith, 28, ML-21.416; 22. Tim Deaver, 48, Deaver-21.691; 23. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-21.706; 24. Sonny Smyser, 12, Vielhauer-21.809; 25. Buddy Wallen, 17, Wallen-23.178; 26. Steve Johnson, 93, Kirby-23.950; 27. Jeff Jones, 87, Jones-24.390; 28. Terry Smith, 39, Smith-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kinser, 2, Moughan, 3. Robinson, 4. Deaver, 5. S. Johnson, 6. Leavitt, 7. Parsons. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. J. Potter, 3. J. Swindell, 4. Milburn, 5. Brooks, 6. R. Smith, 7. Jones. 2:50.98
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coogan, 2. Saldana, 3. Heimbaugh, 4. Thomas, 5. Hughes, 6. Smyser. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D. Smith, 2. Cook, 3. Rockhold, 4. Giddings, 5. Long, 6. Wallen. 2:57.29
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Brooks, 2. Long, 3. Hewitt, 4. Wallen, 5. R. Smith, 6. S. Johnson, 7. Jones. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Johnny Coogan, 4. Jack Hewitt, 5. Duke Cook, 6. Manny Rockhold, 7. Bill Robinson, 8. Steve Long, 9. Danny Milburn, 10. Jeff Swindell, 11. David Smith, 12. T.J. Giddings, 13. Buddy Wallen, 14. Jerry Potter, 15. Mackie Heimbaugh, 16. Mike Brooks, 17. Joe Saldana, 18. Jim Moughan, 19. Tim Deaver, 20. Mike Thomas. NT
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS RACE NO. 9 - I-70 National Speedway - Odessa, Missouri - June 6, 1982
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jeff Swindell, 55, Tuttle-19.229; 2. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-19.294; 3 Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-19.430; 4. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-19.464; 5. Rich Vogler, 7, Gosnell-19.626; 6. T. J. Giddings, 81, Johnson-19.678; 7. Jack Hewitt, 32. Vance-19.708; 8. Bill Robison, 47, Sonner-19.824; 9. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-19.939; 10. David Smith, 82, ML-20.036; 11. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-20.131; 12. Steve Long, 52, Long-20.149; 13. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-20.169; 14. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-20.385; 15. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-20.560; 16. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-20.815; 17. Mike Thomas, 37, Thomas-20.979; 18. Jerry Walkingstick, 61, Brown-21.104; 19. Buddy Wallen, 17, Wallen-21.147.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J. Swindell, 2. Rockhold, 3. Hewitt, 4. Saldana, 5. Wallen, 6. Smith. 2:38.74
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Vogler, 3. Robison. 4. Moughan, 5. Thomas, 6. Cook. 2:37.76
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kinser, 2. Milburn, 3. Long, 4. Giddings, 5. Rolofson, 6. Walkingstick. 2:42.78
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Saldana, 2. Giddings, 3. D Smith, 4. Coogan, 5. Thomas, 6, Rolofson, 7. Wallen, 8. Walkingstick, 9. Moughan, 10. Cook. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jeff Swindell, 2. Danny Milburn, 3. Duke Cook, 4. Steve Long, 5. Bill Robison, 6. Jim Moughan, 7. Mike Thomas, 8. Buddy Wallen, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. Gay Rolofson, 11. Manny Rockhold, 12. Johnny Coogan, 13. Sheldon Kinser, 14. Rich Vogler, 15. Jerry Walkingstick, 16. T.J. Giddings, 17. Joe Saldana, 18. Jack Hewitt. 16.16.30
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: RACE #10 -- June 17, 1982 -- Chandler, Indiana -- Chandler Raceway Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ken Schrader, 39, Fortune-16.007; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-16.127; 3. Chuck Amati, 65A, Tate-16.263; 4. Steve Long, 52, Long-16.356; 5. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-16.428; 6. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-16.429; 7. Jerry Weeks, 25, Bowen-16.520; 8. Roger Rager, 52A, Winterbotham-16.570; 9. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-16.613; 10. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-16.621; 11. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-16.679; 12. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-16.779; 13. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-16.842; 14. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-16.919; 15. Brad Renshaw, 56A, Hayhurst-17.077; 16. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-17.210; 17. Larry Rice, 7, Gosnell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Weeks, 3. Stewart, 4. Gentry, 5. Long, 6. Moughan. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Kinser, 3. Milburn, 4. Coogan, 5. Rager. 2.12.01
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Amati, 2. Rockhold, 3. Renshaw, 4. Peperak, 5. Cook. 2:18.41
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Coogan, 2. Long, 3. Rager, 4. Peperak, 5. Moughan, 6. Milburn, 7. Gentry, 8. Renshaw, 9. Cook, 10. Stewart. 2:49.93
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chuck Amati, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Rich Vogler, 5. Steve Long, 6. Danny Milburn, 7. Johnny Coogan, 8. Jerry Weeks, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. Jim Moughan, 11. Brad Renshaw, 12. Duke Cook, 13. Roger Rager, 14. Denny Stewart, 15. Leon Gentry, 16. Manny Rockhold. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Coogan, Laps 2-30 Amati.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Kinser-253; 2-Vogler-153; 3-Long-146; 4-Milburn-140; 5-Cook-116; 6-Coogan-90; 7-Barr-85; 8-Rager-81; 9-Rockhold-70; 10-Weeks-63.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Action Track - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: RACE #11 -- June 20, 1982 -- Terre Haute, Indiana - Action Track
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Greg Stephens, 72m, Gingerich-23.154; 2. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-23.662; 3. Jac Haudenschild, 63, Hampshire-23.710; 4. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-24.028: 5. Stave Long, 52, Long-24.395; 6. Chuck Amati, 65, Tate-24.447; 7. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-24.667; 8. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-24.670; 9. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-24.676; 10. Tom Bigelow, 7, Gosnell-24.693; 11. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-24.860; 12. Jerry Weeks, 25, Bowen-24.874; 13. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-25.251; 14. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-25.256; 15 Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-25.296; 16. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-25.374; 17. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-25.423; 18. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-25.707; 19. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-25.722; 20. Jack Hewitt, 51, King/Powers-25.783; 21. Mark Alderson, 17, Jones-26.038; 22. Rich Vogler, 70, Snell-26.124; 23. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-26.161; 24. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-26.184; 25. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-26.725; 26. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-26.270; 27. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-26.330; 28. Roger Rager, 52A, Winterbotham-26.498; 29. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-26.538; 30. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-26.541; 31. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-26.823; 32. Danny Smith, 32, Vance-27.062; 33. Duke Cook, 11, Plummer-27.086; 34. Morris Coffman, 17A, Coffman-27.198; 35. Dick Vant, 15, Vant-27.621; 36. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-27.718; 37. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Randy Kinser, 2. Coogan, 3. Rice, 4. Long, 5. Alderson, 6. Stephens, 7. Rockhold. 3:30.94
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Bigelow, 3. Milburn, 4. Amati, 5. Saldana, 6. Pletch, 7. Stewart. 3:29.51
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Jac Haudenschild, 3. Tyler, 4. Bledsoe, 5. Christian, 6. Gentry, 7. Stuckey. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Rager, 3. Nemire, 4. Peperak, 5. Weeks, 6. Gray, 7. Martin. NT
LAST CHANCE RACE: (8 laps) 1. Danny Smith. 2. Cook, 3. Moughan, 4. Coffman, 5. Vant, 6. Trudeau, 7. Schmidt, 8. Schrader. 3:31.52
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Saldana, 3. Stephens, 4. Alderson, 5. Christian, 6. Cook 7. Rockhold, 8. Stuckey, 9. Gentry, 10. Weeks, 11. Stewart, 12. Gray, 13. Pletch, 14. Danny Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Larry Martin, 4. Steve Long, 5. Roger Rager, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. Joe Saldana, 8. Greg Stephens, 9. Larry Rice, 10. Jerry Nemire, 11. Johnny Coogan, 12. Randy Kinser, 13. Danny Milburn, 14. Red Bledsoe, 15. Dave Peperak, 16. Bob Christian, 17. Mark Alderson, 18. Bill Tyler, 19. Rich Vogler, 20. Jac Haudenschild. 12:47.38
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Haudenschild, Laps 2-3 Sheldon Kinser, Laps 4-7 Haudenschild, Laps 8-30 Sheldon Kinser.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-287; 2-Long-165; 3-Vogler-159, 4-Milburn-150; 5-Cook-116; 6-Coogan-103; 7-Rager-100; 8-Barr-85; 9-Nemire-71; 10-Rockhold-70.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: June 23 - Mansfield, Ohio - Mansfield Raceway - 30 Laps (Night)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: RACE #13 -- June 26, 1982 -- Springfield, Illinois -- Springfield Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-12.197; 2. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-12.460; 3. Larry Rice, 7, Gosnell-12.510; 4. Steve Long, 52, Long-12.540; 5. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-12.563; 6. Dean Shirley, 14x, Shirley-12.603; 7. Jim Horn, 24, Horn-12.616; 8. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-12.628; 9. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-12.632; 10. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-12.682; 11. Roger Rager, 52A, Winterbotham-12.687; 12. Mark Alderson, 17x, Jones-12.691; 13. Ed Angle, 11, Plummer-12.734; 14. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-12.779; 15. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-12.792; 16. Joe Saldana, 56, Gohr-12.810; 17. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-12.886; 18. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-12.924; 19. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-13.066; 20. Dick Vant, 15, Vant-13.104; 21. Morris Coffman, 17A, Coffman-13.110; 22. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-13.160; 23. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-13.160.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Angle, 3. Horn, 4. Thomas, 5. Gentry, 6. Long, 7. Saldana, 8. Stewart. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Moughan, 3. Martin, 4. Rager, 5. Milburn, 6. Rockhold, 7. Coogan, 8. Vant. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bledsoe, 2. Shirley, 3. Alderson, 4. Trousdale, 5. Peperak, 6. Rice, 7. Coffman. 1:47.09
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Rice, 3. Long, 4. Coogan, 5. Saldana, 6. Peperak, 7. Gentry, 8. Coffman, 9. Rockhold, 10. Stewart. 2:17.38
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dean Shirley, 2. Larry Rice, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Jim Moughan, 5. Danny Milburn, 6. Eric Trousdale, 7. Sheldon Kinser, 8. Jim Horn, 9. Ed Angle, 10. Mark Alderson, 11. Johnny Coogan, 12. Joe Saldana, 13. Roger Rager, 14. Morris Coffman, 15. Al Thomas, 16. Larry Martin, 17. Leon Gentry, 18. Red Bledsoe, 19. Dave Peperak, 20. Steve Long. 11:28.33
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Shirley.
**Dick Vant flipped during the second heat race but was unhurt.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-349; 2-Vogler-208; 3-Long-178; 4-Milburn-174; 5-Rager-130; 6-Coogan-118; 7-Cook-116; 8-Nemire-96; 9-Barr-85; 10-Moughan, Jr.-74
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: July 17 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway (Night) - 30 Laps & July 18 - Bloomington, Indiana - Mitchell's Motor Speedway (Night) - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: RACE #14 -- July 17, 1982 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-17.076; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.121; 3. Jack Hewitt, 32, Vance-17.165; 4. Greg Staab, 72m, Gingerich-17.301; 5, Jac Haudenschild, 63A, Hampshire-17.358; 6. Roger Rager, 52A, Winterbotham-17.440; 7. Ed Angle, 66, French-17.453; 8. Bob Kinser, 53x, Collins-17.659; 9. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-17.740; 10. Steve Long, 52, Long-17.833; 11. Mike Yeager, 89, Yeager-17.974; 12. Bobby Adkins, 11, Plummer-18.010; 13. Jim Moughan, 86, Haines-18.039; 14, Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-18.113; 15. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-18.245; 16. Allen Barr, 9x, Reece-18.324; 17. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-18.358; 18. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-18.369; 19. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-18.468; 20. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-18.483; 21. Tim Boyd, 31, Boyd-18.535; 22. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-18.565; 23. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-18.596; 24. Bill Mroz, 55, Mroz-18.619; 25. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.647; 26. Andy Hillenburg, 7, Gosnell-18.714; 27. Donald O'Connor, 00, Ward-18.777; 28. Larry Martin, 94, Winterbotham-18.852; 29. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-18.863; 30. Gary Griffith, 45, Bare-18.922; 31. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-19.021; 32. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-19.023; 33. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-19.449; 34. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-20.778; 35. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-NT; 36. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-NT; 37. Sheldon Kinser, 1A, Leyba-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Irvin, 3. Vogler, 4. Bledsoe, 5. Rockhold, 6. Moughan, 7. K. Rice. 2:20.35
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rager, 2. Bookmiller, 3. Hillenburg, 4. Coogan, 5. Nemire, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Long. 2:28.09
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. O'Connor, 2. Milburn, 3. Angle, 4. Hewitt, 5. Gray, 6. Yeager, 7. Pletch. 2:22.78
FOURTH HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Martin, 2. Peperak, 3. Staab, 4. B. Kinser, 5. Barr, 6, Mroz, 7. Adkins. 2:24.30
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Long, 3. Nemire, 4. Gray, 5. Adkins, 6. Yeager, 7. Barr, 8. Pletch, 9. Griffith, 10. Rockhold, 11. Mroz, 12. K. Rice. 2:56.36
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Jack Hewitt, 5. Roger Rager, 6. Jerry Nemire, 7. Red Bledsoe, 8. Danny Milburn, 9. Andy Hillenburg, 10. Steve Long, 11. Gary Irvin, 12. Larry Martin, 13. Ed Angle, 14. Johnny Coogan, 15. Bob Kinser, 16. Tim Bookmiller, 17. Donald O'Connor, 18. Gary Gray, 19. Dave Peperak, 20. Greg Staab NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Haudenschild
**Johnny Coogan flipped during the feature event but escaped injury. Jim Moughan also flipped during the first heat race and escaped injury.
NEW USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-378; 2-Vogler-237; 3-Milburn-190; 4-Long-189; 5-Rager-150; 6-Coogan-126; 7-Cook-116; 8-Nemire-111; 9-Barr-85; 10-Martin-79.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: July 18, 1982 -- Bloomington, Indiana -- Mitchell's Motor Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 65A, Tate-13.764; 2. Ken Schrader, 39, Fortune-13.895; 3. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-13.982; 4. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-14.136; 5. Bob Christian, 36, Christian-14.178; 6. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-14.212; 7. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-14.255; 8. Allen Barr, 9x, Reece-14.259; 9. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-14.309; 10. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-14.314; 11. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-14.371; 12. Sheldon Kinser, 1A, Leyba-14.382; 13. Larry Martin, 66, French-14.443; 14. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-14.448; 15. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-14.450; 16. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-14.479; 17. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-14.495; 18. Jac Haudenschild, 63A, Hampshire-14.573; 19. David Smith, 28, ML-14.578; 20. Steve Long, 52, Long-14.593; 21. Greg Staab, 72m, Gingerich-14.603; 22. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-14.613; 23. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-14.646; 24. Mike Johnson, 11, Plummer-14.830; 25. Allen Campbell, 53, Campbell-15.025; 26. Andy Hillenburg, 7, Gosnell-15.035; 27. Roger Rager, 52A, Winterbotham-15.062; 28. Eric Trousdale, 25, Bowen-15.092; 29. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-15.154; 30. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-15.239; 31. Jack Hewitt, 32, Vance-NT.
**Jack Hewitt escaped injury when he flipped during hot laps.
REMAINDER OF PROGRAM RAINED OUT. ENTIRE "NEW" PROGRAM RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY AFTERNOON, SEPTEMBER 26.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-378; 2-Vogler-239; 3-Milburn-190; 4-Long-189; 5-Rager-150; 6-Coogan-126; 7-Cook-116; 8-Nemire-111; 9-Barr-85; 10-Martin-79.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE: July 21 - Kokomo, IN - Kokomo Speedway (Night) - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: RACE #15 -- July 21, 1982 -- Kokomo, Indiana -- Kokomo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 56x, Shields-16.368; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-16.454; 3. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-16.499; 4. Jac Haudenschild, 63A, Hampshire-16.630; 5. Steve Long, 52, Long-16.685; 6. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-16.735; 7. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-16.766; 8. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-16.794; 9. Johnny Parsons, 66, French-16.832; 10. Tom Bigelow, 7, Gosnell-16.908; 11. Gary Irvin, 90, Irvin-16.919; 12. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-17.034; 13. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-17.044; 14. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.113; 15. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmilier-17.189; 16. Tim Boyd, 31, Boyd-17.215; 17. Randy Kinser, 65A, Tate-17.236; 18. Mark Alderson, 11, Plummer-17.239; 19. Larry Martin, 52A, Winterbotham-17.265; 20. Allen Barr, 9x, Reece-17.334; 21. Dave Peperak, 77A, Robertson-17.351; 22. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-17.363; 23. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-17.376; 24. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-17.441; 25. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-17.53S, 26. Rusty McClure, 31N, Nickles-17.954; 27. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-18.115; 28. Bob Brutto, 6x, Basala-19:629; 29. Bob Kinser, 53, Collins-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Parsons, 2. Long, 3. K. Kinser, 4. Peperak, 5. Tyler, 6. R. Kinser, 7. Stewart. 2:17.59
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Elliott, 3. Bledsoe, 4. Vogler, 5. Alderson, 6. Bigelow, 7. McClure. 2:16.53
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Atkins, 3. Milburn, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Martin, 6. Christian, 7. Irvin. 2:19.70
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Haudenschild, 3. Brutto, 4. Rice, 5. Nemire, 6. Barr, 7. Boyd. 2:21.31
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. Alderson, 3. Nemire, 4. Tyler, 5. Barr, 6. R. Kinser, 7. Martin, 8. Christian, 9. McClure, 10. Stewart. NT
FLAIWIE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Steve Long, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Danny Milburn. 6. Mark Alderson, 7. Tom Bigelow, 8. Bill Tyler, 9. Tim Bookmiller, 10. Kelly Kinser, 11. Terry Pletch, 12. Larry Rice, 13. Bimbo Atkins, 14. Tony Elliott, 15. Jerry Nemire, 16. Red Bledsoe, 17. Dave Peperak, 18. Johnny Parsons, 19. Bob Brutto, 20. Jac Haudenschild. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Vogler.
NEW USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-404; 2-Vogler-270; 3-Long-213; 4-Milburn-208; 5-Rager-150; 6-Coogan-126; 7-Nemire-117; 8-Cook-116; 9-Barr-85; 10-Rice-b3.
NEXT USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE: July 28 - Paragon, IN - Paragon Speedway (Night) - 30 Laps
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: RACE #16 -- July 28, 1982 -- Paragon, IN -- Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kelly Kinser, 56x, Shields-15.702; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-15.769: 3. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-15.832; 4. Johnny Parsons, 72m, Gingerich-15.856; 5. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-15.858; 6. Randy Kinser, 5x, Briscoe-15.879; 7. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-16.028; 8. Steve Long, 52, Long-16.034; 9. Allen Barr, 92x, Reece-16.071; 10. Tom Bigelow, 7, Gosnell-16.133: 11. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-16.148; 12. Rick Hood, 65A, Tate-16.223; 13. Steve Kinser, 56, Gohr-16.236; 14. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-16.280; 15. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-16.347; 16. Ron Dorsett, 47A, Smith-16.354; 17. Mike Helm, 28x, Helm-16.447; 18. Eric Trousdale, 25, Bowen-16.624; 19. Morris Coffman, 17A, Coffman-16.754; 20. Larry Martin, 86x, Gross-16.902; 21. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-16.953; 22. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-16.959; 23. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-17.140: 24. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-17.157; 25. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-18.201; 26. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Syring-NT; 27. Red Bledsoe, 98, Bledsoe-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Steve Kinser, 3. K. Kinser, 4. Helm, 5. Pletch, 6. Campbell, 7. Barr. 2:10.01
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trousdale, 2. Bigelow, 3. R. Kinser, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Bookmiller, 6. Gentry. 2:12.79
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Milburn, 2. Christian, 3. Peperak, 4. Rice, 5. Coffman, 6. Stewart. 2:11.57
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Parsons, 2. Dorsett, 3. Hood, 4. Long, 5. Martin, 6. Thomas. 2:10.72
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bookmiller, 2. Barr, 3. Pletch, 4. Campbell, 5. Coffman, 6. Stewart, 7. Martin, 8. Thomas, 9. Gentry. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Johnny Parsons, 4. Steve Kinser, 5. Danny Milburn, 6. Steve Long, 7. Dave Peperak, 8. Larry Rice, 9. Tom Bigelow, 10. Tim Bookmiller, 11. Eric Trousdale, 12. Mike Helm, 13. Keith Campbell, 14. Bob Christian, 15. Rick Hood, 16. Randy Kinser, 17. Allen Barr, 18. Terry Pletch, 19. Kelly Kinser, 20. Ron Dorsett. 12:01.78
LEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Vogler.
**Red Bledsoe suffered a broken pelvis when his car hit the wail in turn four during hot laps.
NEW USAC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-434; 2-Vogler-304; 3-Milburn-230; 4-Long-229; 5-Rager-150; 6-Coogan-126; 7-Nemire-117; 8-Cook-116; 9-Rice-97; 10-Barr-89.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: July 30 - Santa Fe Speedway - Hinsdale, IL - 30 Laps & July 31 - Raceway Park - Beaver Dam, WI - 30 Laps (Part of USAC Sprint/Midget doubleheader program)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: RACE #17 – July 30, 1982 – Hinsdale, Illinois – Santa Fe Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-17.505; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.543: 3. Dick Colburn, 62, Colburn-17.591; 4. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-17.594; 5. Steve Kinser, 56, Gohr-17.600; 6. Chuck Gurney, 72m, Gingerich-17.613, 7. Dave Peperak, 77A, Robertson-17.648; 8. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-17.651; 9. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-17.730; 10. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-17.790; 11. Larry Rice, 7, Gosnell-17.872; 12. Ron Shuman, 66, French-17.882; 13. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-17.931; 14. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-17.936, 15. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-17.948; 16. Steve Long, 52, Long-17.959; 17. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-18.009; 18. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-18.027; 19. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-18.102; 20. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-18.266; 21. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-18.431; 22. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-18.495; 23. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.590; 24. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-18.733; 25. Bob Hale, 33x, Hale-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Schrader, 3. Martin, 4. Gray. 5. Schmidt, 6. Moulis. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Gurney, 4. Milburn, 5. Thomas, 6. Atkins. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Trousdale, 2. Rice, 3. Rockhold, 4. Colburn, 5. Peperak, 6. Pletch. 2:28.37
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Long, 3. R. Shuman, 4. Rolofson, 5. Saldana, 6. Trudeau. 2:26.05
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Saldana, 2. Peperak, 3. Atkins, 4. Moulis, 5. Thomas, 6. Pletch, 7. Schmidt, 8. Trudeau, 9. Hale. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Chuck Gurney, 2. Steve Kinser, 3. Ron Shuman, 4. Joe Saldana, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Rich Vogler, 7. Bimbo Atkins, 8. Larry Rice, 9. Dick Colburn, 10. Larry Martin, 11. Steve Long, 12. Bill Tyler, 13. Gary Gray, 14. Eric Trousdale, 15. Gay Rolofson, 16. Manny Rockhold, 17. Dave Peperak, 18. Ken Schrader, 19. Danny Milburn. 20. Jim Moulis. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-16 Gurney, Laps 17-26 Steve Kinser, Laps 27-30 Gurney.
NEX1 USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: July 31 - Beaver Dam, WI – 30 laps
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USAC “Thunder & Lightning” SPRINT RACE RESULTS: RACE #18 – July 31, 1982 – Beaver Dam, Wisconsin – Raceway Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-15.109; 2. Dick Colburn, 62, Colburn-15.305; 3. Larry Rice, 66, French-15.416; 4. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-15.553; 5. Bill Tyler, 10, Batista-15.633; 6. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-15.639; 7. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-15.727; 8. Dave Peperak, 77A, Robertson-15.785; 9. Tom Bigelow, 7, Gosnell-15.812; 10. Steve Long, 52, Long-15.817; 11. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-15.848; 12. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdaie-15.854; 13. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-15.919; 14. Gay Rolofson, 26, Rolofson-15.947; 15. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-15.965; 16, Rick Lemanski, 76w, R & H-15.967; 17. Bimbo Atkins, 36A Atkins-15.979; 18. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-16.013; 19. Ed Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-16.360; 20. Jerry Nemire, 56, Gohr-16.425; 21. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Lemanski, 3. Moulis, 4. Martin, 5. Schmidt, 6. Trudeau, 7. Long. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Nemire, 3. Atkins, 4. Tyler, 5. Colburn, 6. Peperak, 7. Rolofson. 2:06.15
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler (#7), 2. Saldana, 3. Milburn, 4. Rice, 5. Rockhold, 6. Trousdale. 2:11.63
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Bill Tyler, 4. Rick Lemanski, 5. Larry Rice, 6. Jerry Nemire, 7. Jim Moulis, 8. Eric Trousdale, 9. Joe Saldana, 10. Larry Martin, 11. Gay Rolofson, 12. Dick Colburn, 13. Manny Rockhold, 14. Bimbo Atkins, 15. Dave Peperak, 16. Ed Trudeau, 17. Rick Schmidt, 18. Rich Vogler (#7). 19. Steve Long, 20. Danny Milburn. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Milburn, Laps 9-24 Tyler, Laps 25-30 Schrader.
**Vogler flipped Car No. 51 in qualifying and switched to Car No. 7 for the heat and feature.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-492; 2-Vogler-330; 3-Long-244; 4-Milburn-236; 5-Rager-150; 6-Nemire-135; 7-Rice-132; 8-Coogan-126; 9-Cook-116; 10-Martin-104.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 8 - Terre Haute, IN – Terre Haute Action Track – 30 Laps (Day)
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: August 8, 1982 -- Terre. Haute, Indiana -- RACE #19 – Terre Haute Action Track
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Chuck Amati, 65A, Tate-22.416; 2. Kelly Kinser, 56x, Shields-22.484; 3. Jack Hewitt, 39A, Fortune-22.549; 4. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-22.755; 5. Steve Long, 52, Long-23.006; 6. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-23.043; 7. Ron Shuman, 66, French-23.243; 8. Steve Kinser, 32, Vance-23.287; 9. Gary Irvin, 90, Irvin-23.319; 10. Johnny Parsons, 7, Gosnell-23.543; 11. Sheldon Kinser, 1A, Leyba-23.544; 12. Larry Rice, 14, Smith-23.704; 13. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-23.846; 14. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-23.863; 15. David Smith, 28, ML-24.030; 16. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-24.035; 17. Eric Trousdale, 25, Bowen-24.041; 18. Mark Alderson, 52A, Winterbotham-24.110; 19. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.225; 20. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-24.261; 21. Jerry Nemire, 94, Winterbotham-24.350; 22. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-24.600; 23. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-24.755; 24. Duke Cook, 69, Mayhew-24.808; 25. Denny Wade, 9x, Wade-25.266; 26. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-25.294; 27. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-25.313; 28. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-25.489; 29. Jeff Vantlin, 7x, Vantlin-26.468; 30. Tim Boyd, 31, Boyd-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Amati, 2. Nemire, 3. Trousdale, 4. Long, 5. Pletch, 6. Wade, 7, Irvin. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Parsons, 3. K. Kinser, 4. Milburn, 5. Alderson, 6. Stuckey, 7. Campbell. 3:15.73
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Shuman, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Gentry, 5. Thomas, 6. Smith, 7. Peperak. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Rice, 3. Saldana, 4. Coffman, 5. Rockhold, 6. Coogan, 7. Cook. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Pletch, 3. Smith, 4. Campbell, 5. Stuckey, 6. Thomas, 7. Coogan, 8. Wade, 9. Vantlin, 10. Rockhold, 11. Alderson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Ron Shuman, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Chuck Amati, 5. Steve Long, 6. Jerry Nemire, 7. Joe Saldana, 8. Dave Peperak, 9. Kelly Kinser, 10. Sheldon Kinser, 11. Terry Pletch, 12. Leon Gentry, 13. David Smith, 14. Eric Trousdale, 15. Danny Milburn, 16. Larry Rice, 17. Keith Campbell, 18. Jerry Stuckey, 19. Morris Coffman, 20. Rich Vogler, 21. Johnny Parsons. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Vogler, Lap 4 Long, Laps 5-23 Vogler, Laps 24-29 Hewitt, Lap 30 Steve Kinser.
**Mark Alderson suffered bruises in a wild barrel-roll at the start of the semi-feature. He was taken to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for a precautionary check-up.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-505; 2-Vogler-335; 3-Long-261; 4-Milburn-243; 5-Nemire-153, 6-Rager-150; 7-Rice-140; 8-Coogan-126; 9-Cook-116; 10-Peperak-110.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACE: August 20 - Hinsdale, IL - Santa Fe Speedway - 30 Laps (Night)
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USAC "THUNDER AND LIGHTNING" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: RACE #20 -- August 20, 1982 – Hinsdale, Illinois -- Santa Fe Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-17.127; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-17.340; 3. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-17.373; 4. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-17.451; 5. Steve Long, 52, Long-17.471; 6. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-17.493; 7. Bob Kinser, 66, French-17.556; 8. Dick Colburn, 62, Colburn-17.572; 9. Johnny Parsons, 7, Gosnell-17.577; 10. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-17.686; 11. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-17.761; 12. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-17.789; 13. Larry Rice, 25, Bowen-17.808; 14. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-17.854; 15. Jerry Nemire, 94, Winterbotham-17.894; 16. Eric Trudeau, 67, Trudeau-18.213; 17. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.234; 18. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-18.323; 19. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-18.396; 20. Jerry Weeks, 65, Miller-18.629; 21. Rick Schmidt, 23, Schmidt-18.745; 22. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-18.750; 23. Bob Hale, 33x, Hale-19.509; 24. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. B. Kinser, 3. Martin, 4. Moulis, 5. Rice, 6. Stewart, 7. Trudeau, 8. Thomas. 2:26.62
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. S. Kinser, 2. Rockhold, 3. Atkins, 4. Long, 5. Pletch, 6. Hale, 7. Weeks, 8. Colburn. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coogan, 2. Parsons, 3. Trousdale, 4. Nemire, 5. Milburn, 6. Schmidt, 7. Peperak. 2:26.20
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Milburn, 3. Rice, 4. Schmidt, 5. Weeks, 6. Stewart, 7. Trudeau, 8. Campbell, 9. Hale, 10. Colburn, 11. Pletch, 12. Thomas. 3:13.41
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Larry Martin, 3. Johnny Parsons, 4. Danny Milburn, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Dave Peperak, 7. Larry Rice, 8. Bimbo Atkins, 9. Johnny Coogan, 10. Rick Schmidt, 11. Jerry Weeks, 12. Keith Campbell, 13. Denny Stewart, 14. Eric Trousdale, 15. Jerry Nemire, 16. Manny Rockhold, 17. Eric Trudeau, 18. Steve Long, 19. Bob Kinser, 20. Jim Moulis NT
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USAC "THUNDER AND LIGHTNING" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS : Race #21 --September 5, 1982 -- Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track -- 30th Annual “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Parsons, 7, Gosnell-22.753; 2. Johnny Coogan, 50, Miller/Vetzel-22.986; 3. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-23.124; 4. Larry Rice, 25, Bowen-23.168; 5. Tom Bigelow, 65, Miller-23.194; 6. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-23.204; 7. Steve Long, 52, Long-23.221; 8. Chuck Amati, 65A, Tate-23.726; 9. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-23.771; 10. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-23.776; 11. Jerry Nemire, 94, Winterbotham-23.818; 12. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-23.823; 13. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-23.860; 14. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-23.931; 15. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-24.108; 16. Kelly Kinser, 66, French-23.140; 17. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-24.190; 18. Tom McDonald, 56A, Hayhurst-24.236; 19. Joe Saldana, 70, Tipp-24.273; 20. Manny Rockhold, 76, Rockhold-24.361; 21. Duke Cook, 69, Mayhew-24.373; 22. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-24.396; 23. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-24.526; 24. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-24.572; 25. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-24.649; 26. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-24.780; 27. Larry Martin, 21, Hajduk-24.783; 28. Dana Carter, 14, Smith-24.981; 29. David Smith, 28, ML-25.205; 30. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-25.473; 31. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-25.860; 32. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-25.918; 33. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-25.937; 34. Greg Boyd, 16A, Boyd-26.354; 35. Tray House, 7, Goacher-NT; 36. Bob Kinser, 53, Collins-NT
FIRST HEAT (8 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Parsons, 3. S. Kinser, 4. Trousdale, 5. Bigelow, 6. Cook, 7. Bookmiller. 3:12.90
SECOND HEAT (8 laps) 1. Gray, 2. Schrader, 3. McDonald, 4. Chassey, 5. Gentry, 6. Coogan, 7. Peperak. NT
THIRD HEAT (8 laps) 1. Martin, 2. Saldana, 3. Nemire, 4. Long, 5. Atkins, 6. Milburn, 7. Stuckey. 3:23.44
FOURTH HEAT (8 laps) 1. Rice, 2. Carter, 3. Campbell, 4. Vogler, 5. K. Kinser, 6. Rockhold, 7. Amati. 3:31.34
SEMI (10 laps) 1. K. Kinser, 2. Milburn, 3. Bigelow, 4. Bookmiller, 5. Smith, 6. Gentry, 7. Atkins, 8. Rockhold, 9. Stuckey, 10. Cook, 11. Coffman, 12. Boyd, 13. Stewart, 14. K. Rice. NT
**Coffman and K. Rice added by Race Organizer.
FEATURE (30 laps) 1. Larry Rice, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Jerry Nemire, 5. Kelly Kinser, 6. Dana Carter, 7. Tom Bigelow, 8. Joe Saldana, 9. Gary Gray, 10. Tom McDonald, 11. Danny Milburn, 12. Larry Martin, 13. Tim Bookmiller, 14. Rich Vogler, 15. Johnny Parsons, 16. Eric Trousdale, 17. Terry Pletch, 18. Steve Chassey, 19. Keith Campbell; 20. Steve Long. NT
LAP LEADERS 1-30 Rice.
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: RACE #22 -- Bloomington, Indiana -- Mitchell's Motor Speedway -- September 11, 1982
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ron Shuman, 66, French-13.239; 2. Jerry Weeks, 65, Miller-13.259; 3. Steve Butler, 98x, Butler-13.271; 4. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-13.367; 5. Dana Carter, 14, Smith-13.374; 6. Jim Moulis, 30m, Moulis-13.421; 7. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-13.426; 8. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-13.476; 9. Allen Barr, 92, Reece-13.479; 10. David Smith, 28, ML-13.502; 11. Eric Trousdale, 35, Trousdale-13.502; 12. Kelly Kinser, 56x, Shields-13.519; 13. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-13.554; 14. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-13.583; 15. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-13.608; 16. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-13.625; 17. John Sharp, 5x, Briscoe-13.659; 18. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-13.700; 19. Tray House, 7T, Goacher-13.750; 20. Larry Rice, 25, Bowen-13.846; 21. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-13.851; 22. Morris Coffman, 17, Coffman-13.894; 23. Steve Long, 52, Long-13.920; 24. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-13.958; 25. Larry Fritz, 11, Plummer-14.021; 26. Jerry Nemire, 94, Winterbotham-14.124; 27. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-14.217; 28. Denny Stewart, 33, Stewart-14.235; 29. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-14.279; 30. Jerry Stuckey, 19, Stuckey-14.295; 31. Jeff Vantlin, 7x, Vantlin-14.403; 32. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coffman, 2. Bookmiller, 3. Gray, 4. Moulis, 5. Shuman, 6. Nemire, 7. Smith. 1:56.71
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Long, 3. Trousdale, 4. Rockhold, 5. House, 6. Vogler, 7. Weeks. 1:58.28
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K. Kinser, 2. Pletch, 3. Elliott, 4. Milburn, 5. Peperak, 6. Stewart, 7. L. Rice. 1:49.86
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fritz, 2. Sharp, 3. D. Carter, 4. Gentry, 5. Thomas, 6. Campbell, 7. Barr. 1:52.16
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Peperak, 3. Smith, 4. House, 5. L. Rice, 6. Campbell, 7. Nemire, 8. Stewart, 9. Thomas, 10. Vantlin, 11. Barr, 12. Shuman. 2:19.43
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Danny Milburn, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. David Smith, 6. Dave Peperak, 7. Terry Pletch, 8. John Sharp, 9. Steve Long, 10. Manny Rockhold, 11. Larry Fritz, 12. Jim Moulis, 13. Morris Coffman, 14. Gary Gray, 15. Tray House, 16. Leon Gentry, 17. Tim Bookmiller, 18. Kelly Kinser, 19. Eric Trousdale, 20. Dana Carter. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Elliott, Lap 9 Vogler, Lap 10 Elliott, Laps 11-30 Vogler.
**Steve Butler flipped in turn 1 after completing his second qualifying lap. Eric Trousdale flipped in turn 1 on the 9th lap of the feature. Kelly Kinser flipped in turn 1 on the restart of the feature at lap 9. Gary Gray flipped in turn 1 on the 29th lap of the feature. Kelly Kinser suffered a broken shoulder blade while Butler, Trousdale and Gray all escaped injury.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-552; 2-Vogler-413; 3-Milburn-297; 4-Long-282; 5-Rice-188; 6-Nemire-180; 7-Rager-150; 8-Coogan-146; 9-Martin-144; 10-Peperak-140.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: October 2-3 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 30 Laps - "4-Crown Nationals"
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USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: Race #23 -- Rossburg, OH -- Eldora Speedway -- October 2-3, 1982 -- "4-Crown Nationals"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-19.070; 2. Gary Gray, 83, Gapco-19.101; 3. Steve Kinser, 32, Vance-19.244; 4. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-19.278; 5. Smokey Snellbaker, 56L, Lloyd-19.321; 6. Danny Smith, 3x, Vance-19.436; 7. Roger Rager, 2, Farno-19.609; 8. Keith Kauffman, 63A, Hampshire-19.614; 9. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-19.633; 10. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-19.704; 11. Jerry Weeks, 69, Mayhew-19.707; 12. Steve Long, 52, Long-19.717; 13. Jack Hewitt, 31x, Nickles-19.787; 14. Ron Shuman, 66, French-19.824; 15. Jac Haudenschild, 94, Winterbotham-19.888; 16. Larry Rice, 25, Bowen-19.904; 17. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-19.957; 18. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-20.032; 19. Chuck Amati, 11, Plummer-20.111; 20. Larry Martin, 56x, Shields-20.115; 21. Dana Carter, 14, Smith-20.169; 22. Bimbo Atkins, 36A, Atkins-20.240; 23. Tim Bookmiller, 42, Bookmiller-20.329; 24. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-20.371; 25. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-20.456; 26. Bud Wilmot, 84, Wilmot-20.520; 27. Joe Saldana, 70, Snell-20.585; 28. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-20.693; 29. Greg Staab, 44, Staab-20.704; 30. Tim Coffeen, 21x, Coffeen-20.819; 31. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-21.486; 32. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-NT; 33. Gary Irvin, 90, Shorthorn-NT.
FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Rager, 3. Amati, 4. J. Haudenschild, 5. D. Carter, 6. Staab, 7. K. Rice, 8. Bookmiller, 9. Gentry, 10. Saldana, 11. Hewitt, 12. Weeks, 13. Pletch. 3:24.16
SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. L. Rice, 3. Shuman, 4. Kauffman, 5. Martin, 6. Long, 7. Atkins, 8. Milburn, 9. Campbell, 10. Wilmot, 11. Thomas, 12. Vogler, 13. Coffeen. 3:18.81
FEATURE: (30 Laps) - (Held on Oct. 3) 1. Steve Kinser, 2. Danny Smith, 3. Ron Shuman, 4. Keith Kauffman, 5. Smokey Snellbaker, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Greg Staab, 8. Jac Haudenschild, 9. Chuck Amati, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Dana Carter, 12. Roger Rager, 13. Steve Long, 14. Gary Gray, 15. Larry Martin, 16. Dave Peperak, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. Ken Schrader. 14:48.76
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Danny Smith, Laps 14-30 Steve Kinser.
**Terry Pletch flipped on the front stretch at the start of the 1st qualifying race on Saturday but escaped injury.
NEW SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-571; 2-Vogler-413; 3-Milburn-297; 4-Long-290; 5-L. Rice-202; 6-Nemire-180; 7-Rager-162; 8-Peperak-151; 9-Martin-150; 10-Coogan-146.
NEXT USAC SPRINT CAR RACES: October 16-17 - 311 Speedway - Madison, NC
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: Races #23-24 - Madison, North Carolina - 311 Speedway - October 16, 1982 - "North Carolina National Sprint Championships"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Long, 52, Long-18.536; 2. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-18.544; 3. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-18.559; 4. Dave Peperak, 77, Robertson-18.657; 5. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-18.663; 6. Rich Vogler, 51, King/Powers-18.805; 7. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-18.867; 8. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-18.841; 9. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-18.904; 10. Joe Saldana, 83, Gapco-18.961; 11. Bob Kinser, 66, French-19.031; 12. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-19.044; 13. Roger Rager, 2, Farno-19.201; 14. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-19.244; 15. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-19.488; 16. Dana Carter, 14, Smith-19.669; 17. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-19.945; 18. Tim Boyd, 31, Boyd-19.946; 19. Bill Burks, Jr., 49, Albert--20.472; 20. Mark Alderson, 46, Egan-21.878; 21. Mark Alderson, 7, Gosnell-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rager, 2. Milburn, 3. Gurley, 4. Pletch, 5. Long, 6. B. Kinser, 7. Chassey, 8. Campbell, 9. Burks, 10. Rockhold. 2:35.55
SECOND HEAT (8 laps) 1. Schrader, 2. Vogler, 3. Saldana, 4. Sheldon Kinser, 5. Gentry, 6. Peperak, 7. Alderson (#46), 8. Christian, 9. D. Carter, 10. Boyd. 2:34.14
CONSOLATION: (10 laps) 1. Chassey, 2. D. Carter, 3. Peperak, 4. B. Kinser, 5. Christian, 6. Campbell, 7. Burks, 8. Rockhold, 9. Alderson, 10. Boyd. 3:12.65
FIRST FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Van Gurley, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Roger Rager, 5. Steve Chassey, 6. Joe Saldana, 7. Steve Long, 8. Dana Carter, 9. Danny Milburn, 10. Leon Gentry, 11. Bob Kinser, 12. Terry Pletch, 13. Rich Vogler, 14. Dave Peperak. 6:21.91
SECOND FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Steve Chassey, 3. Van Gurley, 4. Joe Saldana, 5. Ken Schrader, 6. Bob Kinser, 7. Dana Carter, 8. Roger Rager, 9. Leon Gentry, 10. Danny Milburn, 11. Terry Pletch, 12. Manny Rockhold, 13. Keith Campbell, 14. Bob Christian, 15. Bill Burks, Jr., 16. Tim Boyd. NT
FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Schrader.
SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Chassey, Laps 6-20 Sheldon Kinser.
NEW USAC SPRINT POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-597; 2-Vogler-424; 3-Milburn-312; 4-Long-310; 5-Rice-202; 6-Rager-184; 7-Nemire-180; 8-Peperak-158; 9-Martin-150; 10-Coogan-146.
NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: Oct. 17 - Madison, NC - 311 Speedway - (Night) - Season Finale
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USAC "Thunder & Lightning" SPRINT RACE RESULTS: Race #25 - Madison, North Carolina - 311 Speedway - October 17, 1982 - "North Carolina National Sprint Championships"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ken Schrader, 39A, Fortune-18.500; 2. Van Gurley, 3B, Gurley-18.538; 3. Joe Saldana, 83, Gapco-18.540; 4. Steve Chassey, 56, Gohr-18.609; 5. Steve Long, 52, Long-18.634; 6. Sheldon Kinser, 1, Leyba-18.685; 7. Danny Milburn, 59, Milburn-18.842; 8. Leon Gentry, 61, Gentry-19.054; 9. Terry Pletch, 68, Pletch-19.135; 10. Manny Rockhold, 71, Rockhold-19.177; 11. Roger Rager, 2, Farno-19.179; 12. Bob Kinser, 66, French-19.253; 13. Dana Carter, 14, Smith-19.599; 14. Bob Christian, 36x, Christian-19.712; 15. Keith Campbell, 53, Campbell-20.106; 16. Tim Boyd, 31, Boyd-20.328; 17. Bill Burks, Jr., 49, Albert-21.026.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Chassey, 2. Schrader, 3. Milburn, 4. D. Carter, 5. Rockhold. 2:35.28
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gurley, 2. Rager, 3. Christian, 4. Gentry, 5. Burks, Jr., 6. Long. 2:33.42
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Saldana, 3. Pletch, 4. Campbell. 2:33.66
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps - No Points) 1. Christian, 2. Rockhold, 3. Campbell, 4. Burks, 5. Boyd. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Long, 2. Rockhold, 3. Campbell, 4. Gentry, 5. D. Carter, 6. Burks, 7. Boyd. 3:15.57
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Sheldon Kinser, 2. Ken Schrader, 3. Van Gurley, 4. Danny Milburn, 5. Joe Saldana, 6. Manny Rockhold, 7. Dana Carter, 8. Keith Campbell, 9. Leon Gentry, 10. Steve Chassey, 11. Roger Rager, 12. Tim Boyd, 13. Terry Pletch, 14. Bob Christian, 15. Steve Long, 16. Bill Burks, Jr., 17. Bob Kinser. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Sheldon Kinser.
FINAL USAC SPRINT SERIES POINTS: 1-Sheldon Kinser-641; 2-Rich Vogler-424; 3-Danny Milburn-339: 4-Steve Long-316; 5-Larry Rice-202; 6-Roger Rager-197; 7-Jerry Nemire-180; 8-Dave Peperak 158; 9-Joe Saldana-156; 10-Larry Martin-150.
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1982 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 641 Sheldon Kinser, Bloomington, Ind.
2 424 Rich Vogler, Indianapolis, Ind.
3 339 Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind. (R)
4 316 Steve Long, Indianapolis, Ind.
5 202 Larry Rice, Linden, Ind.
6 197 Roger Rager, Mound, Minn.
7 180 Jerry Nemire, Toledo, Ohio
8 158 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.
9 156 Joe Saldana, Brownsburg, Ind.
10 150 Larry Martin, Martinsville, Ind.
11 146 Johnny Coogan, Alexandria, Ind.
12 136 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill.
13 116 Duke Cook, Sidney, Ohio
14 89 Allen Barr, North Vernon, Ind.
15 78 Bill Tyler, Jackson, Mich.
16 77 Jerry Weeks, Anaheim, Calif.
17 74 Terry Pletch, Frankfort, Ind.
18 72 Red Bledsoe, Avon, Ind.
19 61 Jim Moughan, Springfield, Ill.
20 53 Chet Johnson, Dennison, Ill.
21 51 Bimbo Atkins, Warsaw, Ind.
22 45 David Smith, Newburgh, Ind.
23 29 Tom Bigelow, Whitewater, Wis.
24 25 Ron Dorsett, Mitchell, Ind.
25 22 Morris Coffman, Plainfield, Ind.
26 17 Gary Grissom, Anderson, Ind.
27 17 Donnie O'Connor, Lima, Ohio
28 17 Denny Stewart, Charleston, Ill.
29 17 Bill Burks, Jr., Marion, Ill.
30 13 Andy Hillenburg, Indianapolis, Ind.
31 13 Gary Irvin, West Lafayette, Ind.
32 12 Eddie Leavitt, Kearney, Mo.
33 4 Bill Mroz, Villa Hills, Ky.
34 2 Eric Trousdale, Terre Haute, Ind.
35 2 Russ Racine, Evansville, Ind.
36 1 Jim Horn, Springfield, Ill.
1982 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 625 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#1)
2 344 William King & William Powers, Evansville, Ind. (#51)
3 339 Damon Fortune, Boonville, Ind. (#39A)
4 339 Danny Milburn, Indianapolis, Ind. (#59)
5 316 Long Brothers Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#52)
6 298 Randy Gosnell, Indianapolis, Ind. (#7)
7 256 Jack French, Waynetown, Ind. (#66)
8 205 Jesse Plummer, Indianapolis, Ind. (#11)
9 191 Daryl Tate, Bloomington, Ind. (#65A)
10 184 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#32)
11 179 G & R Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#72m)
12 153 Ray Smith, Eaton, Ohio (#14)
13 151 Gohr Distributing, Buffalo, N.Y. (#56)
14 148 Bowen Oldsmobile, Terre Haute, Ind. (#25)
15 146 Miller/Vetzel Racing, Tampa, Fla. (#50)
16 137 Tipp Machine & Tool, Tipp City, Ohio (#70)
17 137 Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63A)
18 136 GAPCO, Inc., Indianapolis, Ind. (#83)
19 136 Manny Rockhold, Pekin, Ill. (#71)
20 131 John Hajduk, Niles, Ill. (#21)
21 128 Norm Haines, Springfield, Ill. (#86)
22 102 Walter Winterbotham, Dayton, Ohio (#52A)
23 101 Nemire/Syring Racing, Toledo, Ohio (#16)
24 97 Tom Batista, Jackson, Mich. (#10)
25 94 Richard Briscoe, Mitchell, Ind. (#5x)
26 93 Don Robertson, Clinton, Ind. (#77)
27 84 Jerry Shields, Bloomington, Ind. (#56A)
28 76 Bob Christian, Clayton, Ind. (#36x)
29 75 Bonnie Bledsoe, Plainfield, Ind. (#98)
30 75 Larry Gentry, Corydon, Ky. (#61)
31 74 Terry Pletch, Frankfort, Ind. (#68)
32 72 Terry Winterbotham, Dayton, Ohio (#94)
33 71 Larry Farno, Pleasant Hill, Ohio (#2)
34 65 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind. (#77A)
35 61 Eric Trousdale, Terre Haute, Ind. (#35)
36 51 Bimbo Atkins, Warsaw, Ind. (#36A)
37 50 Richard Colburn, Muskego, Wis. (#62)
38 50 Tim Bookmiller, Kokomo, Ind. (#42)
39 50 Allen Campbell, Olney, Ill. (#53)
40 45 M.L. & Associates, Newburgh, Ind. (#28)
41 37 Paul Hazen, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
42 32 Delrose/Holt Racing Associates, Champaign, Ill. (#5)
43 29 Jim Moulis, Fox Lake, Ill. (#30m)
44 28 Gay Rolofson, Argenta, Ill. (#26)
45 28 Wayne Miller, Albuquerque, N.M. (#65)
46 27 Andy Hillenburg, Indianapolis, Ind. (#21)
47 25 Gary Hayhurst, Evansville, Ind. (#56x)
48 22 Coffman Racing, Plainfield, Ind. (#17A)
49 17 Robert Gaby, Fort Wayne, Ind. (#95A)
50 17 Rex Jones, Lebanon, Ind. (#17x)
51 17 Clara Ward, Wapakoneta, Ohio (#0)
52 17 Shirley Stewart, Charleston, Ill. (#33)
53 17 Joseph Albert, Makanda, Ill. (#49)
54 16 James Horn, Springfield, Ill. (#24)
55 15 Schmidt Industrial Truck, Sturtevant, Wis. (#23)
56 14 Butch Smith, Frankfort, Ky. (#47A)
57 14 Walter “Curly” Boyd, Indianapolis, Ind. (#31)
58 14 B.U.F. Racing, Dayton, Ohio (#44s)
59 13 Gary Irvin, West Lafayette, Ind. (#90)
60 13 Ben Leyba, South Bend, Ind. (#1A)
61 11 William Corbin, Sr., Findlay, Ohio (#44)
62 10 Michael Yeager, Dayton, Ohio (#89)
63 9 Franklin Hammitt, Jr., Springfield, Ill. (#27A)
64 9 Edward Trudeau, Somers, Wis. (#67)
65 7 Thomas Brothers Trucking, Ludlow, Ill. (#72)
66 7 Jerry Collin, Kokomo, Ind. (#53)
67 6 George McHenry, Jackson, Mich. (#36)
68 6 Billy Goacher, Anderson, Ind. (#7T)
69 5 Scotch Grove Racing, Fairfax, Iowa (#49A)
70 4 William Mroz, Villa Hills, Ky. (#55)
71 4 Fred Reece, Westfield, Ind. (#9x)
72 2 Russ Racine, Evansville, Ind. (#15A)
73 2 John Bare, Columbus, Ohio (#45)