KENYON DELIVERS SEVENTH USAC MIDGET TITLE IN 1985

The amazing Mel Kenyon of Lebanon, Indiana won a record seventh Jolly Rancher Candies/USAC National Midget championship in 1985, driving his 3-K Racing/Stan Lee VW to three feature victories and 17 other top-five finishes.

Kenyon’s wins at Springfield (where his first USAC triumph came 23 years ago), Seekonk and Granite City brought his career-leading total of USAC Midget wins to 105 and helped him build a substantial lead over point runner-up Rich Vogler.

Vogler was the winningest USAC Midget driver of the year with 10 National victories and his indoor championship gave him the early point lead, but his participation in the 1985 Indianapolis 500 and preliminaries, coupled with Kenyon’s win at Springfield on May 18, forced him to play catch-up the rest of the year.  At season’s end, he was 123 points in arrears.  Rich’s victories included the prestigious “Hut Hundred” at Terre Haute, the “4-Crown Nationals” at Eldora, both Fort Wayne indoor races and the non-point “Hoosier Dome” spectacular in Indianapolis in January.

John Andretti, the 1983 series Rookie of the Year, scored his first USAC National Midget win at Paragon and wound up third in the final standings with 1984 titlist Tom Bigelow fourth and Dave Ray fifth.  Bigelow’s lone 1985 win came in the marathon 500-lap Regency “Indy Midget 500” at the Indianapolis Speedrome.

The 27-race series spawned 13 different winners.  Traditional wins included Nick Fornoro, Jr.’s victory in the “Night Before the 500” at Indianapolis Raceway Park, Johnny Parsons’ win in the “Rex Easton Memorial” at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield and Brent Kaeding’s surprising victory in the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” finale at Ascot Park.

First-time winners, besides Andretti and Kaeding, were Russ Gamester at Santa Fe, Bruce Field at Winchester and Williams Grove, Barry Reed at the Indianapolis Speedrome and Drew Fornoro at Lee USA Speedway.

The continuation of the popular Eastern Midget Swing drew record crowds, with the Fornoro brothers (Drew and Nick) giving the East a split in the four-race match.

Past USAC National Midget champs Steve Lotshaw and Kevin Olson added to their career stats with wins at the Indianapolis Speedrome and Springfield, respectively, while Ken Schrader returned for a race at Springfield and won it.

 

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USAC-JOLLY RANCHER NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: January 6, 1985 - Fort Wayne, Indiana -- Memorial Coliseum

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-8.049; 2. Chuck Kryder, Jr., 50EC, Kryder-8.108; 3. Barry Reed, 16EC, Reed-8.203; 4. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-8.257; 5. Johnny Parsons, 8, Cornell-8.313; 6. Dick Pole, 69, Windstrup-8.351; 7. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-8.363; 8. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-8.376; 9. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-8.389; 10. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Alberts-8.395; 11. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-8.467; 12. Mel Kenyon, 61, 3-K-8.504; 13. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-8.505; 14. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-8.532; 15. Ronnie McLean, 22wc, McLean-8.536; 16. Jim Begley, 3, Byrd-8.621; 17. Klaus Wever, 38, Wever-8.644; 18. J.R. Armstrong, 43, Armstrong-8.669; 19. Duane Sandy, 17, Sandy-8.673; 20. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-8.684; 21. Ken Hopkins, 54A, Hopkins-8.696; 22. David Potter, 85, Potter-8.714; 23. Greg Leffler, 44, Armstrong-8.890; 24. Gary Lee, 4x, Workman-8.925; 25. Tom Hayworth, 61EC, Hayworth-8.927; 26. Kevin Potter, 58, Potter-8.945; 27. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-9.066; 28. Mike Hurst, 90, Hurst-9.178; 29. Paul Stoehr, 2EC, Czyzewski-9.275; 30. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-9.710; 31. Jim Wolf, 49, BKK-9.811.

CONSOLATION: (15 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. K. Potter, 3. Riley, 4. Hurst, 5. Stoehr, 6. Hayworth, 7. Lee, 8. Wolf. NT

FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. S. Cannon, 2. Parsons, 3. Vogler, 4. Wever, 5. Gamester. 2:09.36

SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Bigelow, 2. D. Potter, 3. Kryder, 4. Fedorcak, 5. Armstrong, 6. Pole. NT

THIRD HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Sandy, 2. Moore, 3. Reed, 4. Leffler, 5. McLean, 6. Nichols. 2:11.61

FOURTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Kenyon, 2. Ray, 3. J. Hines, 4. Andretti, 5. Begley, 6. Lee. 2:08.12

SEMI: (20 laps) 1. Moore, 2. Kenyon, 3. S. Cannon, 4. Bigelow, 5. McLean, 6. Begley, 7. Ray, 8. Armstrong, 9. Sandy, 10. D. Potter, 11. Wever, 12. K. Potter, 13. Lee. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Jim Hines, 3. Kenneth Nichols, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Mike Fedorcak, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. Dick Pole, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Johnny Parsons, 10. Eric Moore, 11. John Andretti, 12. Chuck Kryder, Jr., 13. Barry Reed. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Fedorcak, Laps 41-86 J. Hines, Laps 87-100 Vogler.

USAC-JOLLY RANCHER NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Vogler-34; 2-J. Hines-23; 3-Kenyon-21; 4-Nichols-20; 5-Fedorcak-16; 6-Kryder-14; 7-Pole-13; 8-Gamester, Moore, Andretti & Reed-11.

NEXT USAC-JOLLY RANCHER MIDGET RACES: January 19 - Indianapolis, IN - Hoosier Dome - 1st "Hoosier Dome Invitational" - 100 Laps & January 27 - Fort Wayne, IN - Memorial Coliseum - "Indoor Hoosier Hundred" - 100 Laps

 

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USAC-JOLLY RANCHER MIDGET RACE RESULTS: January 19, 1985 -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- "Hoosier Dome Invitational"

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #1: (12 laps) 1. Steve Chassey (#57 Nuckles), 2. Gary Bettenhausen (#25x Pole), 3. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 4. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 5. Wayne Arnold (#12 Milam), 6. Jackie Howerton (#38 Wever). NT

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #2: (12 laps) 1. Rich Vogler (#1s Lowe), 2. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 3. Andy Hurtubise (#21 Patterson), 3. Les Scott (#10 Scott), 5. Roy Caruthers (#5c Caruthers), 6. Robin Miller (#58 Potter). NT

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #3: (12 laps) 1. Steve Kinser (#35 Calvert), 2. Lonnie Caruthers (#78 Grubbs), 3. Tom Bigelow (#16 Sandy), 4. Warren Mockler (#53 Allen), 5. Steve Lotshaw (#2 Piascik), 6. Spike Gehlhausen (#5x Frye). NT

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #4: (12 laps) 1. J.R. Armstrong (#43 Armstrong), 2. Sam Isenhower (#6 Sandy), 3. Johnny Parsons (#8 Cornell), 4. Brad Marvel (#85 Potter), 5. Greg Leffler (#44 Armstrong), 6. Jim Hines (#11H Hines). NT

TEAM USA HEAT #1: (12 laps) 1. George Snider (#59 Nuckles), 2. Mack McClellan (#14 Schnelle), 3. Billy Engelhart (#44A Hudson), 4. Bob Cicconi (#57x Cicconi), 5. Guy Cicconi (#69 Windstrup). 2:02.56

TEAM USA HEAT #2: (12 laps) 1. Bobby Seymour (#4s Seymour), 2. Mike Seymour (#7s Seymour), 3. Ben Gustafson (#64 Gustafson), 4. Lee Smith (#27 Boissoneau), 5. Steve Boissoneau (#75 Boissoneau), 6. Don Carter, Jr. (#1x Mikuska). 2:08.56

TEAM USA HEAT #3: (12 laps) 1. Tim Richmond (#5EC Saligoe), 2. Bobby Wente (#25 Wente), 3. Steve Cannon (#48 Heerboth), 4. Ken Schrader (#11 Wilke). NT

TEAM USA HEAT #4: (12 laps) 1. Rick Harrell (#7x Harrell), 2. Nick Fornoro, Jr. (#81 Rieder), 3. Greg Nelson (#48x Komppa), 4. Mike Gregg (#4x Workman), 5. Jerry Russell (#19 Kunz), 6. Ted Dann (#12x Sauvageau). NT

TEAM INDIANA SEMI: (25 laps) 1. Scott, 2. Marvel, 3. Mockler, 4. Kenyon, 5. Hines, 6. Arnold, 7. R. Caruthers, 8. Lotshaw, 9. Leffler, 10. Miller, 11. Gehlhausen. NT

TEAM USA SEMI: (25 laps) 1. B. Cicconi, 2. Schrader, 3. Carter, 4. Gregg, 5. Boissoneau, 6. Smith, 7. Russell, 8. G. Cicconi, 9. Dann. NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Danny Frye, Jr. (#20EC Schroeder)

INVITEES NOT AT THE TRACK: Dave Blaney (#18 Cornell) and Sammy Swindell (#8x Streicher).

TEAM INDIANA FINAL ELIMINATION: (40 laps) 1. Armstrong, 2. Vogler, 3. Isenhower, 4. Nichols, 4. L. Caruthers, 6. Kenyon, 7, Andretti, 8. Parsons, 9. Scott, 10. Steve Kinser, 11. Hurtubise, 12. Chassey, 13. Marvel, 14. Bettenhausen, 15. Bigelow, 16. Mockler. NT

TEAM USA FINAL ELIMINATION: (40 laps) 1. B. Cicconi, 2. Schrader, 3. Richmond, 4. Fornoro, 5. Snider, 6. S. Cannon, 7. Wente, 8. Gustafson, 9. Engelhart, 10. Harrell, 11. Carter, 12. M. Seymour, 13. B. Seymour, 14. Nelson, 15. Gregg, 16. McClellan. NT

"HOOSIER DOME INVITATIONAL" MAIN EVENT: (100 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Johnny Parsons, 3. Ken Schrader, 4. J.R. Armstrong, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. Kenneth Nichols, 7. Ben Gustafson, 8. Bob Cicconi, 9. Lonnie Caruthers, 10. Sam Isenhower, 11. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 12. Steve Cannon, 13. Les Scott, 14. George Snider, 15. Bobby Wente, 16. John Andretti, 17. Tim Richmond, 18. Rick Harrell, 19. Billy Engelhart, 20. Steve Kinser. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Armstrong, Laps 8-100 Vogler.

 

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USAC-JOLLY RANCHER NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: January 27, 1985 -- Fort Wayne, Indiana - Memorial Coliseum -- "Indoor Hoosier 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-7.773; 2. Ronnie McLean, 22wc, McLean-8.002; 3. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-8.046; 4. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-8.055; 5. Barry Reed, 16EC, Reed-8.062; 6. Alan Brown, 5EC, Saligoe-8.066; 7. Duane Sandy, 17, Sandy-8.082; 8. Johnny Parsons, 8, Cornell-8.092; 9. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-8.098; 10. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-8.156; 11. Ken Hopkins, 54A, Hopkins-8.192; 12. Tom Corcoran, 69, Windstrup-8.211; 13. David Potter, 85, Potter-8.254; 14. Mike Fedorcak, 97, Alberts-8.206; 15. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-8.261; 16. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-8.270; 17. Kevin Potter, 58, Potter-8.270; 18. Rich Corson, 15EC, Corson-8.272; 19. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-8.296; 20. J.R. Armstrong, 43, Armstrong-8.297; 21. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-8.302; 22. Bruce Field, 44, Armstrong-8.318; 23. Chuck Kryder, Jr., 50EC, Kryder-8.328; 24. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-8.331; 25. Jim Begley, 3, Byrd-8.376; 26. Jim Wolf, 49, Helmer-8.397; 27. Dean Erfurth, 82, Erfurth-8.417; 28. Mike Hurst, 90, Hurst-8.534; 29. Tim Pangborn, 71, Lundgreen-8.614; 30. Rick Laughlin, 42, Laughlin-8.724; 31. John Murphy, 70, Murphy-8.790; 32. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-8.929.

CONSOLATION: (15 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Wolf, 3. Begley, 4. Erfurth, 5. Hurst, 6. Pangborn, 7. Riley, 8. Laughlin, 9. Kryder, 10. Murphy. 2:04.95

FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Ray, 2. D. Potter, 3. K. Potter, 4. Reed, 5. Vogler, 6. Moore. 2:06.48

SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Field, 2. Corson, 3. Brown, 4. McLean, 5. Fedorcak, 6. Kenyon. 2:08.28

THIRD HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Sandy, 2. J. Hines, 3. S. Cannon, 4. Burdine, 5. Hopkins. 2:10.25

FOURTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Nichols, 3. Armstrong, 4. Parsons, 5. Andretti, 6. Corcoran. 2:03.04

SEMI: (20 laps) 1. D. Potter, 2. Hopkins, 3. Nichols, 4. K. Potter, 5. Armstrong, 6. Gamester, 7. Corson, 8. Ray, 9. Burdine, 10. Corcoran, 11. S. Cannon, 12. Field, 13. Fedorcak. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Barry Reed, 4. Jim Hines, 5. Ken Hopkins, 6. Alan Brown, 7. John Andretti, 8. David Potter, 9. Duane Sandy, 10. Johnny Parsons, 11. Ronnie McLean, 12. Eric Moore. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-41 Kenyon, Laps 42-100 Vogler.

NEW USAC-JOLLY RANCHER NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Vogler-67; 2-J. Hines-47; 3-Kenyon-43; 4-Andretti-26; 5-Parsons-23; 6-Nichols-22; 7-Moore-18; 8-Fedorcak, 10-Hopkins & Brown-16.

NEXT USAC-JOLLY RANCHER NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE: April 27 - Springfield Speedway -- Springfield, IL

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 17, 1985 -- Hinsdale, Illinois -- Santa Fe Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Paul Clark, 91, Clark-13.952; 2. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-13.968; 3. Joe Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-13.974; 4. Dean Erfurth, 48A, Wartenburg-13.988; 5. Terry Wente, 33SB, Wente-14.002; 6. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-14.026; 7. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-14.115; 8. Dave Ray, 33EC, Ray-14.167; 9. Larry Hillerud, 51EC, Hillerud-14.237; 10. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-14.365; 11. Bob O'Lena, 24EC, O'Lena-14.531; 12. Rich Corson, 15, Corson-14.566; 13. Tom Corcoran, 69, Windstrup-14.603; 14. Tim Sosbe, 25wc, Sosbe-14.620; 15. Steve Cannon, 67, Schneider-14.639; 16. Steve Thinnes, 48T, Thinnes-14.732; 17. Bob Meyers, 11x, Meyers-14.803; 18. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-14.808; 19. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-14.892; 20. Randy Sippel, 28, Smith-15.003; 21. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-15.009; 22. Jim Kristan, 8K, Krotowski-15.096; 23. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-15.285; 24. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-15.315; 25. Pepi Marchese, 5m, Marchese-15.627; 26. Terry Starks, 2x, Starks-15.847; 27. Dan Statter, 28x, Statter-16.377; 28. Rick Laughlin, 42, Laughlin-17.102; 29. K.V. Weiland, 84, Weiland-NT; 30. Ken Bacci, 77, Bacci-NT; 31. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hillerud, 2. T. Wente, 3. Clark, 4. Bradford, 5. Meyers, 6. Corcoran, 7. Marchese. 2:23.46

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Doty, 3. Sosbe, 4. Kristan, 5. Andretti, 6. Tyler. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kenyon, 2. S. Cannon, 3. Nichols, 4. Corrigan, 5. O'Lena, 6. Moore, 7. Statter. 2:24.49

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Erfurth, 3. Thinnes, 4. Sippel, 5. Corson, 6. Griffith, 7. Laughlin. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Corson, 3. Tyler, 4. Corcoran, 5. O'Lena, 6. Moore, 7. Marchese, 8. Laughlin, 9. Statter, 10. Griffith, 11. Meyers, 12. Weiland. 2:56.62

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Russ Gamester, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Dave Ray, 4. Kevin Doty, 5. Larry Hillerud, 6. Terry Wente, 7. John Andretti, 8. Paul Clark, 9. Dean Erfurth, 10. Tim Sosbe, 11. Steve Cannon, 12. Randy Sippel, 13. Rich Corson, 14. Don Tyler, 15. Kenneth Nichols, 16. Tom Corcoran, 17. Jim Kristan, 18. Steve Thinnes, 19. Jim Bradford, 20. Joe Corrigan. 9:32.82

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Gamester.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-68; 2-Vogler-67; 3-J. Hines-47; 4-Gamester-43; 5-Andretti-38; 6-Ray-28; 7-Nichols-27; 8-Doty-26; 9-Parsons-23; 10-Hillerud-19.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE: May 18 - Springfield, IL Speedway - 40 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 18, 1985 -- Springfield, Illinois -- Springfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-12.270; 2. Terry Wente, 33SB, Wente-12.276; 3. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-12.399; 4. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-12.407; 5. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-12.416; 6. Duke DeRosa, 34, Motz-12.449; 7. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-12.481; 8. Steve Cannon, 67, Schneider-12.495; 9. Steve Knepper, 55JR, Knepper-12.728; 10. Tim Sosbe, 25, Sosbe-12.742; 11. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-12.957; 12. Bryan Holderfield, 73, Holderfield-13.074; 13. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-13.116; 14. Andy Hurtubise, 21, Patterson-13.181; 15. Scott Weyant, 68, Kunz-13.185; 16. Bill Hudson, 44A, Hudson-13.241; 17. Scott Hatton, 5x, Hatton-13.304; 18. Bobby Schneider, 00, Schneider-13.384; 19. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-13.416; 20. Pepi Marchese, 5m, Marchese-13.438; 21. Wes Hardin, 18, Hardin-13.487; 22. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-13.517; 23. Tom Bland, 75, Bland-14.454; 24. Dan Statter, 28, Statter-18.524.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Doty, 3. Bradford, 4. S. Knepper, 5. Hardin, 6. Hatton. 2:07.67

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Sosbe, 2. DeRosa, 3. T. Wente, 4. Griffith, 5. Schneider, 6. Hurtubise. 2:09.38

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nichols, 2. Kenyon, 3. Moore, 4. Weyant, 5. O'Lena, 6. Bland. 2:07.85

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. S. Cannon, 3. B. Holderfield, 4. Marchese, 5. Hudson, 6. Statter. 2:11.46

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. O'Lena, 2. Bland, 3. Statter, 4. Hurtubise, 5. Hudson, 6. Schneider, 7. Hatton, 8. Hardin. 2:41.09

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Steve Cannon, 4. Steve Knepper, 5. Kenneth Nichols, 6. Eric Moore, 7. Eddie Griffith, 8. Pepi Marchese, 9. Jim Bradford, 10. Bill Hudson, 11. Tom Bland, 12. Tim Sosbe, 13. Bryan Holderfield, 14. Andy Hurtubise, 15. Duke DeRosa, 16. John Andretti, 17. Russ Gamester, 18. Scott Weyant, 19. Dan Statter, 20. Bob O'Lena. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 DeRosa, Lap 3 Nichols, Laps 4-6 DeRosa, Laps 7-12 Nichols, Laps 13-40 Kenyon.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-99; 2-Vogler-67; 3-Gamester-56; 4-Doty-52; 5-J. Hines & Andretti-47; 7-Nichols-46; 8-S. Cannon-36; 9-Moore-33; 10-Ray-28.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACES: May 23 - Indianapolis, IN - Indianapolis Speedrome - 100 Laps, May 25 - Clermont, IN - Indianapolis Raceway Park - Budweiser “Night Before the 500" - 40 Laps & May 27 - Winchester, IN - Winchester Speedway - 30 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL/REGIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 23, 1985 -- Indianapolis Speedrome -- Indianapolis, Indiana

FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Rich Vogler (#1s Lowe), 2. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 3. Tom Hayworth (#61EC Hayworth), 4. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 5. Rick Laughlin (#42 Laughlin), 6. Jimmy White (#11wc Eldridge), 7. Ron Glidden (#15G Glidden), 8. Dale Bell (#9 Eden), 9. Larry Hoppes (#4x Hoppes). NT

SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Ken Hopkins (#54A Hopkins), 2. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 3. Bill Sager, Jr. (#26 Sager), 4. Eric Moore (#79 Moore), 5. Mike Gregg (#4wc Workman), 6. Duane Sandy (#89 Waggoner), 7. Roger McCluskey, Jr. (#51s McCluskey), 8. Dennis Hurst (#91 Hurst), 9. Blake Hollingsworth (#93 Hollingsworth). NT

THIRD HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Mike Schuyler (#56 Schuyler), 2. Sam Isenhower (#6 Isenhower), 3. Steve Lotshaw (#2x Piascik), 4. Bob Wilkins (#15 Wilkins), 5. Mike Hurst (#90 Hurst), 6. Chuck West (#36wc West), 7. Ronnie McLean (#22wc McLean), 8. Greg Gray (#7 Lyons), 9. Eddie Griffith (#41 Griffith). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Barry Reed (#16 Reed), 2. Jim Begley (#3 Byrd), 3. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 4. Bill Hudson (#44EC Hudson), 5. John Murphy (#70 Murphy), 6. Jim Hines (#11 Hines), 7. David Potter (#85 Potter), 8. Kevin Potter (#58 Potter), 9. Pepi Marchese (#5wc Vaughn). NT

FIFTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Mack McClellan (#14 Schnelle), 2. Wayne Arnold (#12 Milam), 3. Jim Mahoney (#69 Windstrup), 4. Michael Lang (#99 Lang), 5. Dave Ray (#33 Ray), 6. Billy Humphreys (#72 Humphreys), 7. Bob Hayden (#77 Hayden), 8. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 9. Tom McMurray (#3m McMurray). NT

SEMI #1: (15 laps) 1. Gregg, 2. Andretti, 3. White, 4. Sager, 5. Glidden, 6. Moore, 7. Hayworth, 8. Sandy, 9. Bell, 10. Hoppes, 11. McCluskey. NT

SEMI #2: (15 laps) 1. Lotshaw, 2. Kenyon, 3. West, 4. McLean, 5. Wilkins, 6. Hudson, 7. Griffith, 8. Gray, 9. D. Hurst, 10. Murphy, 11. M. Hurst, 12. Hollingsworth. NT

SEMI #3: (15 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Humphreys, 3. J. Hines, 4. Ray, 5. Mahoney, 6. Lang, 7. Hayden, 8. McMurray, 9. D. Potter, 10. K. Potter. NT

"B" FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Wilkins, 2. Ray, 3. Hudson, 4. Sager, 5. Sandy, 6. Mahoney, 7. McCluskey, 8. M. Hurst, 9. Glidden, 10. Griffith, 11. Hayden, 12. Murphy, 13. McLean, 14. D. Hurst, 15. Hoppes, 16. Laughlin, 17. Hayworth, 18. Moore, 19. Lang, 20. Bell, 21. McMurray, 22. D. Potter. NT

"A" FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Steve Lotshaw, 2. Tom Bigelow, 3. Kenneth Nichols, 4. Barry Reed, 5. Wayne Arnold, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Jim Hines, 8. Ken Hopkins, 9. Mike Gregg, 10. Jimmy White, 11. Jim Begley, 12. Mike Schuyler, 13. Chuck West, 14. Dave Ray, 15. Bob Wilkins, 16. Rich Vogler, 17. Bill Hudson, 18. John Andretti, 19. Bill Sager, Jr., 20. Sam Isenhower, 21. Billy Humphreys, 22. Duane Sandy, 23. Jim Mahoney, 24. Ronnie McClean, 25. Russ Gamester. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-31 Reed, Laps 32-44 Nichols, Laps 45-93 Vogler, Laps 94-100 Lotshaw.

**Eric Moore flipped in turn 2 during the "B" Feature but escaped injury. John Andretti suffered a bruised knee in a tangle on the 94th lap of the main event.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-114; 2-Vogler-73; 3-Nichols-68; 4-J. Hines-59; 5-Gamester-57; 6-Doty-52; 7-Andretti-48; 8-S. Cannon-36; 10-Moore & Ray-33.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC SPEEDROME "REGIONAL" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Lotshaw-1900; 2-Bigelow-1325; 3-Vogler-1085; 4-Arnold-455; 5-Nichols-453; 6-Kenyon-440; 7-Reed-355; 8-J. Hines-330; 9-White-265; 10-Andretti-225.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACES: May 25 - Budweiser “Night Before the 500" - Indianapolis Raceway Park - 40 Laps & May 27 - Winchester, IN Speedway - 30 Laps

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC "REGIONAL" MIDGET RACE: May 30 - Indianapolis Speedrome - 50 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 25, 1985 -- Indianapolis Raceway Park – Clermont, Indiana -- 40th Annual Budweiser "Night Before the 500"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bruce Field, 4F, Wells-23.255; 2. Robby Flock, 71, Howard-23.283; 3. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-23.324; 4. Joe Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-23.334; 5. Mike Gregg, 98, Hersh-23.363; 6. Warren Mockler, 53, Allen-23.417; 7. Lonnie Caruthers, 78, Grubbs-23.438; 8. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 81, Rieder-23.448; 9. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-23.459; 10. Don Jones, 51, Jones-23.467; 11. Eddie Horne, 11H, Horne-23.472; 12. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-23.487; 13. Jack Calabrase, 32, Calabrase-23.493; 14. Chuck West, 36wc, West-23.522; 15. Ben Gustafson, 64, Gustafson-23.556; 16. Dan Boorse, 7F, Fiscus-23.736; 17. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-23.768; 18. Rick Harrell, 7x, Harrell-23.880; 19. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-23.916; 20. Merrill Calvert, 35, Calvert-24.089; 21. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-24.092; 22. Mack McClellan, 14EC, Schnelle-24.224; 23. Tim Sosbe, 25, Sosbe-24.278; 24. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-24.303; 25. Barry Reed, 16, Reed-24.319; 26. Jim Mahoney, 3x, Mahoney-24.342; 27. Don Carter, Jr., 1x, Carter-24.345; 28. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-24.346; 29. Andy Hurtubise, 21, Patterson-24.352; 30. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-24.484; 31. Ken Hopkins, 54, Hopkins-24.524; 32. Don Schilling, 21s, Schilling-24.730; 33. Steve Thinnes, 48F, Thinnes-25.039; 34. Mike Hurst, 90, Hurst-25.130; 35. Bill Hudson, 44EC, Hudson-25.250; 36. Bob Teauseau, 18, Teauseau-25.368; 37. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-25.640; 38. Dave Keith, 19EC, Keith-25.979; 39. Dennis Hurst, 91, Hurst-26.099; 40. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-26.334; 41. Gary Lee, 4wc, Workman-26.802; 42. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-29.834; 43. Gary Gray, 7, Lyon-NT; 44. Steve Lotshaw, 2, Piascik-NT; 45. Jim Begley, 3, Byrd-NT; 46. Bryan Holderfield, 73, Holderfield-NT.

SEMI-FEATURE: (15 laps) 1. Calvert, 2. McClellan, 3. Sosbe, 4. Ray, 5. Hopkins, 6. Isenhower, 7. J. Hines, 8. Schilling, 9. Carter, 10. Teauseau, 11. Mahoney, 12. Griffith, 13. M. Hurst, 14. Riley, 15. D. Hurst, 16, Thinnes, 17. Bradford, 18. Hudson, 19. Gamester, 20. Hurtubise, 21. Lotshaw, 22. Reed, 23. Burdine, 24. Keith. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 2. Bruce Field, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Jack Calabrase, 5. Mike Gregg, 6. John Andretti, 7. Ben Gustafson, 8. Sam Isenhower, 9. Dan Boorse, 10. Rick Harrell, 11. Eddie Horne, 12. Mack McClellan, 13. Tim Sosbe, 14. Robby Flock, 15. Warren Mockler, 16. Joe Corrigan, 17. Lonnie Caruthers, 18. Merrill Calvert, 19. Dave Ray, 20. Tom Bigelow, 21. Ken Hopkins, 22. Kenneth Nichols, 23. Chuck West, 24. Don Jones. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Field, Laps 29-40 Fornoro.

**Chuck West flipped on the front stretch on lap 10 of the feature. No injury.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-137; 2-Vogler-73; 3-Nichols-70; 4-Andretti-69; 5-J. Hines-59; 6-Gamester-57; 7-Doty-52; 8-S. Cannon-36; 9-Ray-35; 10-Moore-33.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: May 27 - Winchester, IN Speedway - 30 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 27, 1985 -- Winchester Speedway -- Winchester, Indiana

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bruce Field, 4F, Wells-16.946; 2. Robby Flock, 71, Howard-17.304; 3. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-17.350; 4. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 81, Rieder-17.415; 5. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-17.637; 6. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-17.845; 7. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-17.868; 8. Steve Lotshaw, 2, Lotshaw-18.069; 9. Ben Gustafson, 64, Gustafson-18.521; 10. Mike Gregg, 98, Hersh-18.674; 11. Ron Eden, 77x, Eden-18.716; 12. Ken Hopkins, 54, Hopkins-18.789; 13. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-18.859; 14. Bill Hudson, 44EC, Hudson-19.021; 15. Bill Allen, 29, Allen-19.646; 16. Jimmy White, 11x Eldridge-19.911; 17. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-21.362; 18. Bob Bennett, 2c, Cornell-NT.

"QUALIFYING" HEAT RACE: (10 laps) 1. J. Hines, 2. Gregg, 3. Gustafson, 4. Hopkins, 5. Ray, 6. Hudson, 7. Allen, 8. White, 9. Hayden, 10. Lotshaw. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bruce Field, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Robby Flock, 4. Tom Bigelow, 5. John Andretti, 6. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 7. Mike Gregg, 8. Jim Hines, 9. Bill Hudson, 10. Ken Hopkins, 11. Dave Ray, 12. Bob Hayden, 13. Ron Eden, 14. Bill Allen, 15. Jimmy White, 16. Steve Lotshaw, 17. Ben Gustafson. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Kenyon, Laps 5-30 Field.

**Bob Bennett escaped injury when he flipped on the front stretch during warmups.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-164; 2-Andretti-92; 3-Vogler-73; 4-J. Hines-72; 5-Nichols-70; 6-Gamester-57; 7-Bigelow & Doty-52; 9-Gregg-46; 10-Ray-44.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: May 31 - Hales Corners, WI - Hales Corners Speedway -- 40 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 31, 1985 -- Hales Corners Speedway -- Hales Corners, Wisconsin (Race co-sanctioned by BMARA)

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-16.877; 2. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-17.041; 3. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-17.103; 4. Paul Clark, 91, Clark-17.178; 5. Larry Hillerud, 51wc, Hillerud-17.236; 6. Joe Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-17.236; 7. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-17.248; 8. Kevin Olson, 11EC, Wilke-17.286; 9. Kevin Koch, 41, Koch-17.296; 10. Al Schmidt, 25x, Schmidt-17.414; 11. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-17.432; 12. Dean Erfurth, 81, Erfurth-17.443; 13. Butch Turnquist, 88, Turnquist-17.449; 14. Terry Wente, 2wc, Wente-17.485; 15. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-17.539; 16. Dan Boorse, 7x, Fitchburg-17.570; 17. Dean Billings, 10, Billings-17.571; 18. Larry Rice, 67, Schneider-17.680; 19. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-17.894; 20. Dan Fredenberg, 26, Fredenberg-17.913; 21. Randy Fiscus, 7, Fiscus-17.917; 22. Marty Davis, 19, Steffan-17.962; 23. Tim Sosbe, 25, Sosbe-18.048; 24. Bill Ripp, 9, Ripp-18.106; 25. Kurt Mayhew, 21, Mayhew-18.112; 26. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-18.177; 27. Jim Lothe, 23, Lothe-18.196; 28. Mike McNulty, 52, McNulty-18.347; 29. Pepi Marchese, 5v, Vaughn-19.087; 30. Dan Statter, 28x, Statter-19.568; 31. Lars Lein, 97, Lein-20.233; 32. Scott Crawford, 27, Crawford-21.135; 33. Jeff Lockwood, 3x, Lockwood-24.705; 34. Randy Sippel, 28H, Smith-NT; 35. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-NT; 36. Pete Weber, 85, Weber-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Koch, 3. Mayhew, 4. Hillerud, 5. Billings, 6. Turnquist, 7. Marchese, 8. Fiscus. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Corrigan, 2. Kenyon, 3. T. Wente, 4. Rice, 5. Davis, 6. O'Lena, 7. Statter, 8. Schmidt. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Ray, 3. Sosbe, 4. Tyler, 5. S. Cannon, 6. Bradford, 7. Lothe, 8. Lein. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Boorse, 2. Olson, 3. Clark, 4. Fredenberg, 5. Erfurth, 6. McNulty, 7. Ripp, 8. Crawford. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Erfurth, 2. S. Cannon, 3. Schmidt, 4. Turnquist, 5. Billings, 6. Fiscus, 7. Ripp, 8. McNulty, 9. Statter, 10. Marchese, 11. Davis, 12. Lothe, 13. Lein, 14. Bradford, 15. O'Lena. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Paul Clark, 3. Dave Ray, 4. Steve Cannon, 5. Larry Hillerud, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Kevin Olson, 8. Dean Erfurth, 9. Kevin Koch, 10. Dan Boorse, 11. Don Tyler, 12. Larry Rice, 13. Al Schmidt, 14. Dan Fredenberg, 15. Kurt Mayhew, 16. Butch Turnquist, 17. Kevin Doty, 18. Tim Sosbe, 19. Terry Wente, 20. Joe Corrigan. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Corrigan, Lap 4 Ray, Laps 5-40 Vogler.

**Scott Crawford flipped during the fourth heat race but escaped injury. Lars Lein flipped during the semi-feature but was not hurt.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-186; 2-Vogler-109; 3-Andretti-92; 4-J. Hines-72; 5-Nichols & Ray-70; 7-Gamester & Doty-57; 9-S. Cannon-54; 10-Bigelow-52.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACES: June 12 - Paragon, IN Speedway - 40 Laps, June 13 - Indianapolis, IN Speedrome - 100 Laps, June 14 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, IN - 40 Laps & June 15 - Kokomo, IN Speedway - 40 Laps (Babe's Showgirls' Indiana Quad-Track Midget Championship Series)

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL/REGIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 13, 1985 -- Indianapolis, Indiana-- Indianapolis Speedrome  -- "Babe's Showgirls" Indiana Quad-Track Midget Championship

FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Don Jones (#51 Jones), 2. Barry Reed (#16 Reed), 3. Steve Lotshaw (#12 Piascik), 4. Tim Sosbe (#25 Sosbe), 5. Larry Hoppes (#4x Hoppes), 6. Ken Hopkins (#54 Hopkins), 7. Roy Caruthers (#5c Crucean), 8. Bob Hayden (#77 Hayden).

SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Bobby Allen (#53 Allen), 2. Rich Vogler (#1s Lowe), 3. Mack McClellan (#14 Schnelle), 4. Eric Moore (#79 Moore), 5. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 6. John Murphy (#70 Murphy), 7. Mike Streicher (#8 Streicher), 8. Ralph Bickle, Jr. (#26 Sager), 9. Dennis Hurst (#91 Hurst), 10. Tom McMurray (#3m McMurray).

THIRD HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Dale Bell (#9 Eden), 2. Eddie Griffith (#41 Griffith), 3. Jim Hines (#11 Hines), 4. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 5. Ron Glidden (#15x Glidden), 6. Todd Holderfield (#73 Holderfield), 7. David Fuhrman (#32 Fuhrman), 8. Merrill Calvert (#35 Calvert), 9. Gary Lee (#4wc Workman), 10. Ronnie McLean (#22wc McLean).

FOURTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Wayne Arnold (#12x Milam), 2. Dave Ray (#33 Ray), 3. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 4. Rick Laughlin (#42 Laughlin), 5. Greg Gray (#7 Gray), 6. Billy Humphreys (#72EC Humphreys), 7. Bev Griffis (#15 Wilkins), 8. Bill Hudson (#44EC Hudson).

FIFTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 2. Blake Hollingsworth (#93 Hollingsworth), 3. Kevin Potter (#58 Potter), 4. Mike Hurst (#90 Hurst), 5. Steve Cannon (#48 Heerboth), 6. Michael Lang (#99 Lang), 7. Roger McCluskey, Jr. (#51s McCluskey), 8. David Potter (#85 Potter), 9. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K).

SEMI #1: (15 laps) 1. Sosbe, 2. R. Caruthers, 3. Moore, 4. Lotshaw, 5. McClellan, 6. Sam Isenhower (#6 Isenhower), 7. Hoppes, 8. Griffis (#5x Wilkins), 9. Hayden, 10. Hopkins.

SEMI #2: (15 laps) 1. Streicher, 2. T. Holderfield, 3. Bickle, 4. J. Hines, 5. Nichols, 6. Glidden, 7. Bigelow, 8. Murphy, 9. D. Hurst, 10. McMurray.

SEMI #3: (15 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Calvert, 3. Griffis, 4. Fuhrman, 5. Lee, 6. Gray, 7. Laughlin.

SEMI #4: (15 laps) 1. S. Cannon, 2. D. Hurst, 3. Kenyon, 4. D. Potter, 5. Larry Hillerud (#51EC Hillerud), 6. Lang, 7. K. Potter, 8. McCluskey, 9. Hudson.

"B" MAIN: (25 laps) 1. McClellan, 2. Hillerud, 3. Lang, 4. Nichols, 5. Lotshaw, 6. D. Potter, 7. Bigelow, 8. Isenhower, 9. Glidden, 10. McCluskey, Jr., 11. J. Hines, 12. Laughlin, 13. Hayden, 14. Griffis, 15. Murphy, 16. Fuhrman, 17. McMurray, 18. D. Hurst, 19. K. Potter, 20. Lee, 21. Hoppes.

"A" MAIN: (100 laps) 1. Barry Reed, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Larry Hillerud, 4. Steve Cannon, 5. John Andretti, 6. Eddie Griffith, 7. Ralph Bickle, Jr., 8. Merrill Calvert, 9. Michael Lang, 10. Bobby Allen, 11. Todd Holderfield, 12. Mack McClellan, 13. Kenneth Nichols, 14. Dave Ray, 15. Dale Bell, 16. Russ Gamester, 17. Wayne Arnold, 18. Roy Caruthers, 19. Mike Hurst, 20. Tim Sosbe, 21. Don Jones, 22. Blake Hollingsworth, 23. Mike Streicher, 24. Bev Griffis, 25. Eric Moore, 26. Rich Vogler.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-52 Allen, Laps 53-81 Kenyon, Laps 82-100 Reed.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL STANDINGS: 1-Kenyon-208; 2-Vogler-112; 3-Andretti-109; 4-Ray-77; 5-Nichols-76; 6-J. Hines-73; 7-S. Cannon-72; 8-Gamester-63; 9-Doty & Hillerud-57.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC SPEEDROME "REGIONAL" STANDINGS: 1-Lotshaw-2,369; 2-Vogler-2,175; 3-Reed-2,165; 4-Bigelow-1,492; 5-Kenyon-1,472; 6-Mike Mooney-1,039; 7-Arnold-730; 8-Nichols-713; 9-Isenhower-646; 10-J. Hines-593.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC "NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 14 - Lincoln Park Speedway - Putnamville, IN - 40 Laps

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC "REGIONAL" MIDGET RACE: June 20 - Indianapolis, IN Speedrome - 50 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 14, 1985 -- Lincoln Park Speedway -- Putnamville, Indiana -- "Babe's Showgirls" Indiana Quad-Track Midget Championship

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mike Streicher, 8, Streicher-14.220; 2. Tim Sosbe, 25, Sosbe-14.276; 3. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-14.406; 4. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-14.410; 5. Terry Wente, 2wc, Wente-14.418; 6. Steve Knepper, 55JR, Knepper-14.455; 7. Kevin Olson, 11EC, Wilke-14.474; 8. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-14.555; 9. Larry Hillerud, 51EC, Hillerud-14.562; 10. J.R. Miller, 68, Canaday-14.597; 11. Andy Hurtubise, 21, Patterson-14.671; 12. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-14.675; 13. Kurt Mayhew, 21x, Mayhew-14.757; 14. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-14.905; 15. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-14.916; 16. Tim Pangborn, 71, Lundgreen-15.002; 17. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-15.009; 18. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-15.040; 19. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-15.121; 20. Roy Caruthers, 5c, Crucean-15.124; 21. Mack McClellan, 67, Schneider-15.194; 22. Jimmy White, 11x, Eldridge-15.311; 23. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-15.345; 24. Ken Hopkins, 54, Hopkins-15.378; 25. Ron Glidden, 15x, Glidden-15.789; 26. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-15.843; 27. Rick Bailey, 15B, Bailey-15.883; 28. Bev Griffis, 5x, Wilkins-15.963; 29. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-16.012; 30. Merrill Calvert, 35, Calvert-16.166; 31. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-16.375; 32. Wil Newlin, 111, Eldridge-16.465; 33. Pepi Marchese, 5v, Vaughn-16.705; 34. Rick Laughlin, 42, Laughlin-16.789; 35. Dave Keith, 19EC, Keith-17.348; 36. Smokey Mooney, 44, Mooney-NT; 37. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-NT; 38. Tom McMurray, 3m, McMurray-NT; 39. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. McClellan, 2. Ray, 3. T. Wente, 4. Hillerud, 5. Mayhew, 6. Streicher, 7. Glidden. 2:30.05

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. S. Knepper, 2. Andretti, 3. Sosbe, 4. O'Lena, 5. S. Cannon, 6. Miller, 7. White. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Tyler, 3. Bigelow, 4. Olson, 5. Isenhower, 6. Hurtubise, 7. Bailey. 2:29.64

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Kenyon, 3. R. Caruthers, 4. Pangborn, 5. Griffis, 6. Hopkins, 7. Nichols. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Mayhew, 2. Isenhower, 3. S. Cannon, 4. Nichols, 5. Calvert, 6. Griffis, 7. Riley, 8. Rich Vogler (#8), 9. Hurtubise, 10. White, 11. Hollingsworth, 12. Miller. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Kevin Olson, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Steve Knepper, 5. John Andretti, 6. Don Tyler, 7. Sam Isenhower, 8. Mack McClellan, 9. Kurt Mayhew, 10. Steve Cannon, 11. Tom Bigelow, 12. Larry Hillerud, 13. Bob O'Lena, 14. Russ Gamester, 15. Kenneth Nichols, 16. Tim Pangborn, 17. Tim Sosbe, 18. Terry Wente, 19. Roy Caruthers, 20. Dave Ray. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Olson.

**Tim Sosbe flipped on lap 5 of the feature and was taken to Indianapolis Methodist Hospital where he was listed in "Fair" condition on Sunday. Bob Hayden flipped during warmups and Russ Gamester flipped during the feature but both escaped injury.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL POINTS: 1-Kenyon-233; 2-Andretti-127; 3-Vogler-112; 4-Doty-82; 5-S. Cannon-81; 6-Ray & Nichols-80; 8-J. Hines-73; 9-Gamester-71; 10-Bigelow-65.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 19 - Paragon, IN - Paragon Speedway - 40 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 19, 1985 -- Paragon Speedway -- Paragon, Indiana -- Babe's Showgirls "Indiana Quad-Track Midget Championship"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-16.442; 2. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-16.503; 3. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-16.523; 4. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-16.626; 5. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-16.668; 6. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-16.720; 7. Larry Hillerud, 51EC, Hillerud-16.897; 8. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-16.953; 9. Bobby Allen, 53, Allen-16.968; 10. Merrill Calvert, 35, Calvert-17.059; 11. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-17.071; 12. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-17.104; 13. Mack McClellan, 14, Schnelle-17.106; 14. Jimmy White, 11x, Eldridge-17.141; 15. Andy Hurtubise, 21, Patterson-17.188; 16. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-17.269; 17. David Potter, 85, Potter-17.299; 18. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-17.343; 19. Kurt Mayhew, 21x, Mayhew-17.349; 20. Bev Griffis, 5x, Wilkins-17.490; 21. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-17.522; 22. Roy Caruthers, 5c, Crucean-17.540; 23. Rick Laughlin, 42, Laughlin-17.576; 24. Dale Bell, 9, Eden-17.659; 25. Dave Keith, 19EC, Keith-17.661; 26. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-17.779; 27. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-17.870; 28. Jim Begley, 3s, Byrd-17.969; 29. Pepi Marchese, 5v, Vaughn-18.138; 30. Allen Yagle, 3y, Yagle-18.574; 31. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-NT; 32. Barry Reed, 16, Reed-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Kenyon, 3. Allen, 4. Hayden, 5. D. Potter, 6. Keith, 7. McClellan. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. R. Caruthers, 3. White, 4. O'Lena, 5. Calvert, 6. T. Hines, 7. Griffith. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hurtubise, 2. Hillerud, 3. Laughlin, 4. Tyler, 5. Mayhew, 6. Riley, 7. Ray. 2:53.15

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Griffis, 2. Bigelow, 3. J. Hines, 4. Nichols, 5. Moore, 6. Bell, 7. Begley. 2:54.13

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Calvert, 3. Bell, 4. Griffith, 5. Yagle, 6. Riley, 7. T. Hines, 8. Mayhew, 9. Marchese, 10. Moore, 11. D. Potter, 12. Begley. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. John Andretti, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Don Tyler, 4. Dave Ray, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Kenneth Nichols, 7. Jim Hines, 8. Larry Hillerud, 9. Mel Kenyon, 10. Eddie Griffith, 11. Bob O'Lena, 12. Bob Hayden, 13. Bobby Allen, 14. Dale Bell, 15. Merrill Calvert, 16. Rick Laughlin, 17. Bev Griffis, 18. Jimmy White, 19. Roy Caruthers, 20. Andy Hurtubise. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Andretti, Lap 11 Vogler, Laps 12-40 Andretti.

**Bev Griffis flipped off turn 4 during qualifications and Troy Riley hit the wall and flipped on the front stretch during practice - no injuries. Ted Hines hit the front stretch wall and flipped into turn 1 during the semi-feature but also escaped injury.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Kenyon-253; 2-Andretti-157; 3-Vogler-143; 4-Ray-98; 5-Nichols-94; 6-Bigelow 6 J. Hines-86; 8-Doty-82; 9-S. Cannon-81; 10-Hillerud-77.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL RACE: June 29 - Kokomo, IN -- Kokomo Speedway -- 40 Laps (Final race in "Indiana Quad-Track Midget Championship")

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 29, 1985 -- Kokomo Speedway -- Kokomo, Indiana -- Babe's Showgirls Indiana "Quad-Track" Midget Championship

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Larry Hillerud, 51EC, Hillerud-16.217; 2. Kevin Olson, 11EC, Wilke-16.288; 3. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-16.705; 4. Dick Pole, 25EC, Downing-16.734; 5. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-16.875; 6. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-16.965; 7. Kurt Mayhew, 21x, Mayhew-17.072; 8. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-17.135; 9. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-17.248; 10. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-17.334; 11. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-17.377; 12. Larry Rice, 9, Pool-17.651; 13. Kevin Potter, 58, Potter-17.743; 14. Barry Reed, 16, Reed-17.757; 15. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-17.790; 16. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-17.892; 17. Bobby Allen, 53, Allen-18.057; 18. Bob O'Lena, 24, O’Lena-18.1351 19. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-18.203; 20. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-18.474; 21. Ken Hopkins, 54, Hopkins-18.678; 22. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-18.731; 23. Bev Griffis, 15, Wilkins-18.816; 24. Merrill Calvert, 35, Calvert-18.900; 25. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-19.613; 26. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-19.623; 27. Johnny Parsons, 67, Schneider-NT; 28, Eric Moore, 79, Moore-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kenyon, 2. Hillerud, 3. Hopkins, 4. Allen, 5. K. Potter, 6. Isenhower, 7. Gamester. 2:50.31

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Olson, 2. Nichols, 3. S. Cannon, 4. O'Lena, 5. Reed, 6. Hayden, 7. Riley. 2:48.80

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Andretti, 3. J. Hines, 4. Mayhew, 5. Hollingsworth, 6. Griffis, 7. Moore. 2:50.06

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pole, 2. Ray, 3. Rice, 4. Calvert, 5. T. Hines, 6. Griffith. 2:49.78

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Griffis, 2. Reed, 3. T. Hines, 4. Gamester, 5. Isenhower, 6. K. Potter, 7. Hollingsworth, 8. Griffith, 9. Hayden. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Kevin Olson, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Dave Ray, 5. John Andretti, 6. Steve Cannon, 7. Larry Hillerud, 8. Kenneth Nichols, 9. Sam Isenhower, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Bobby Allen, 12. Merrill Calvert, 13. Barry Reed, 14. Jim Hines, 15. Bob O’Lena, 16. Kurt Mayhew, 17. Dick Pole, 18. Ken Hopkins, 19. Bev Griffis, 20. Ted Hines. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Kenyon, Laps 6-9 Ray, Laps 10-12 Kenyon, Laps 13-40 Vogler. 

**Bob Hayden escaped injury when he flipped in turn 2 on lap 1 of the semi-feature.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-278; 2-Andretti & Vogler-175; 4-Ray-118; 5-Nichols-108; 6-Hillerud-99; 7-S. Cannon-96; 8-J. Hines-92; 9-Bigelow-86; 10-Doty-82.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACES: (Co-Sanctioned by ARDC & NEMA) July 3- Seekonk, MA - Seekonk Speedway - 30 Laps, July 4 - Lee, NH - Lee USA Speedway - 30 Laps, July 5 - Williams Grove, PA - Williams Grove Speedway - 30 Laps & July 6 - Binghamton, NY - Five Mile Point Speedway - 30 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 3, 1985 -- Seekonk, Massachusetts -- Seekonk Speedway (Co-Sanctioned by USAC, ARDC & NEMA)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 2. Brian Wickens (#29 Percival), 3. John Buzzard (#2 Buzzard), 4. Dan Dionne (#57 Foster), 5. Dave Ray (#33 Ray), 6. Ed DeVoe (#13 Brett), 7. Bruce Buffington (#9B Buffington).

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Drew Fornoro (#45 Angelillo), 2. Nick Fornoro, Jr. (#81 Rieder), 3. Billy Mann (#1m Rogers), 4. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 5. Brett Mowrey (#8 Mowrey), 6. Paul Stoehr (#2x Czyzewski), 7. Bob Cicconi (#59 Cicconi), 8. Frank Yantorno (#5 Yantorno), 9. Dick Williams (#9 Williams).

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tim Lowery (#17 Lowery), 2. Richard Elliott (#6 Elliott), 3. Steve Eldridge (#20x LaMacchia), 4. Doug Cleveland (#38 Cleveland), 5. Butch Walsh (#21 Scrivani), 6. David Kent (#18 Kent), 7. Barry Knight (#60 Goulet), 8. Henry Nelson (#88 Nelson), 9. Stanley Bielusiak (#19 Bielusiak).

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mike Seymour (#7 Seymour), 2. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 3. Dave Humphrey (#14 Kibbe), 4. Mike Favulli (#80 Favulli), 5. Bobby Seymour (#4s Seymour), 6. Lee Smith (#27 Smith), 7. Bob Eldridge (#11 Sleeper), 8. Jack Gianninni (#8x Gianninni), 9. Russ Stoehr (#26 Beane).

SEMI: (8 laps) 1. L. Smith, 2. P. Stoehr, 3. Yantorno, 4. B. Cicconi, 5. Knight, 6. Kent, 7. R. Stoehr, 8. Williams, 9. B. Eldridge, 10. Nelson, 11. Gianninni, 12. Buffington.

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Duane Sandy (#17s Sandy), Bobby White (#24 Laue), Eric Moore (#79 Moore) & Bill Case, Jr. (#9c Case).

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon, 2. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 3. Drew Fornoro, 4. John Andretti, 5. Bobby Seymour, 6. Mike Favulli, 7. Dave Humphrey, 8. Tim Lowery, 9. Richard Elliott, 10. Lee Smith, 11. Paul Stoehr, 12. Frank Yantorno, 13. Tom Bigelow, 14. John Buzzard, 15. Steve Eldridge, 16. Doug Cleveland, 17. Bob Cicconi, 18. Dan Dionne, 19. Dave Ray, 20. Butch Walsh, 21. Brian Wickens, 22. Brett Mowrey, 23. Mike Seymour, 24. Billy Mann.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kenyon.

**Brett Mowrey flipped on lap 4 of the feature but escaped injury.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 4 - Lee, NH - 30 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 4, 1985 -- Lee, New Hampshire -- Lee USA Speedway (Co-Sanctioned by USAC, ARDC & NEMA)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Lee Smith (#27 Smith), 2. Richard Elliott (#6 Elliott), 3. Paul Stoehr (#2x Czyzewski), 4. Tim Lowery (#17 Lowery), 5. Steve Eldridge (#20x LaMacchia), 6. John Buzzard (#2 Buzzard), 7. Henry Nelson (#88 Nelson), 8. Bob Cicconi (#59 Cicconi).

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Drew Fornoro (#45 Angelillo), 2. Bobby Seymour (#4x Seymour), 3. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 4. Mike Favulli (#80 Favulli), 5. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 6. Frank Yantorno (#5 Yantorno), 6. Billy Mann (#1m Rogers), 8. Butch Walsh (#21 Scrivani), 9. Barry Knight (#60 Goulet).

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nick Fornoro, Jr. (#81 Rieder), 2. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 3. Dave Humphrey (#14 Kibbe), 4. David Kent (#18 Kent), 5. Russ Stoehr (#26 Beane), 6. Dick Williams (#9 Williams), 7. Brian Wickens (#29 Percival), 8. Dave Lind (#T-5 Dunn).

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Dave Ray (#33 Ray).

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Drew Fornoro, 2. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 3. Lee Smith, 4. Richard Elliott, 5. Bobby Seymour, 6. Tom Bigelow, 7. Mike Favulli, 8. John Andretti, 9. Bob Cicconi, 10. Billy Mann, 11. Paul Stoehr, 12. John Buzzard, 13. Dick Williams, 14. Russ Stoehr, 15. Dave Humphrey, 16. Mel Kenyon, 17. Barry Knight, 18. Frank Yantorno, 19. Dave Lind 20. Tim Lowery, 21. Steve Eldridge, 22. Henry Nelson, 23. David Kent.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 D. Fornoro.

**Steve Eldridge suffered a broken neck in a flip on the 4th lap of the feature event.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 5, 1985 -- Williams Grove, PA - 30 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 5, 1985 -- Williams Grove, Pennsylvania -- Williams Grove Speedway (Co-Sanctioned by USAC, ARDC & NEMA)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 2. Jimmy Fearick (#11 Ryan), 3. Bob Cicconi (#57 Cicconi), 4. Frank Fiore, Jr. (#88 Fiore), 5. John Buzzard (#80 Bollinger), 6. Gary Halteman (#57H Halteman), 7. Andy Hurtubise (#21 Patterson), 8. David Suchy (#27x Suchy), 9. Mike Miller (#82 Miller), 10. Duane Sandy (#17 Sandy).

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 2. Dave Ray (#33 Ray), 3. Nick Fornoro, Jr. (#81 Rieder), 4. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 5. Hank Rogers, Jr. (#60 McIlroy), 6. Bruce Field (#75 Kaelin), 7. Mel Mondschein (#71 Marshall), 8. Dick Williams (#9 Williams), 9. Kevin Olson (#2 Buzzard), 10. Fremont Dickerman (#70 Dickerman).

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Drew Fornoro (#1x Angelillo), 2. Lou Cicconi, Jr. (#59 Cicconi), 3. Bill Case, Jr. (#9c Case), 4. John Heydenreich (#99 Townsend), 5. Lee Smith (#27 Smith), 6. Lew Blair (#20 Brink), 7. Brett Mowery (#8 Mowrey), 8. Tom Howe (#4H Howe), 9. Kevin Scully (#06 Scully).

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bruce Field, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Kenneth Nichols, 4. Hank Rogers, Jr., 5. John Andretti, 6. Bob Cicconi, 7. Frank Fiore, Jr., 8. Lou Cicconi, Jr., 9. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 10. Lee Smith, 11. Bill Case, Jr., 12. Dick Williams, 13. Kevin Scully, 14. Tom Howe, 15. Drew Fornoro, 16. Mel Mondschein, 17. John Heydenreich, 18. Andy Hurtubise, 19. Gary Halteman, 20. Jimmy Fearick, 21. Lew Blair, 22. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 23. Dave Ray, 24. Kevin Olson, 25. David Suchy.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Nichols, Laps 9-19 Andretti, Laps 20-25 Kenyon, Laps 26-30 Field.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 6, 1985 -- Binghamton, NY - 30 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 6, 1985 -- Binghamton, New York -- Five Mile Point Speedway (Co-Sanctioned by USAC, ARDC & NEMA)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bruce Field (#75 Kaelin), 2. Bill Case, Jr. (#9c Case), 3. Nick Fornoro, Jr. (#81 Rieder), 4. Paul Stoehr (#3 Czyzewski), 5. Bob Cicconi (#57 Cicconi), 6. Drew Fornoro (#1x Angelillo), 7. Fremont Dickerman (#70 Dickerman), 8. Mel Mondschein (#71 Marshall), 9. Dick Williams (#9 Williams).

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 2. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 3. Lee Smith (#27 Smith), 4. Andy Hurtubise (#21 Patterson), 5. Lou Cicconi, Jr. (#59 Cicconi), 6. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 7. Lew Blair (#20 Brink), 8. Bill Evans (#41 Evans), 9. Kevin Scully (#06 Scully), 10. Jimmy Fearick (#11 Ryan), 11. David Suchy (#27x Suchy).

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 2. John Andretti, 3. Mel Kenyon, 4. Kenneth Nichols, 5. Drew Fornoro, 6. Lou Cicconi, Jr., 7. Lee Smith, 8. Andy Hurtubise, 9. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 10. Bill Case, Jr., 11. Bob Cicconi, 12. Kevin Scully, 13. Dick Williams, 14. Paul Stoehr, 15. Bill Sargent (#47 Plakstis), 16. Bill Evans, 17. David Suchy, 18. Fremont Dickerman, 19. Kevin Olson (#2 Buzzard), 20. Lew Blair, 21. Mel Mondschein, 22. Bruce Field.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Andretti, Laps 12-25 N. Fornoro.

**Mel Kenyon wins 4-race USAC/ARDC/NEMA Series Championship.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kenyon-357; 2-Andretti-254; 3-Vogler-175; 4-Nichols-152; 5-Bigelow-129; 6-Ray-119; 7-Hillerud-99; 8-S. Cannon-96; 9-J. Hines-92; 10-Doty-82.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 27 - Terre Haute, IN - Action Track -- Twin 50-Lap Features

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDY/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1985 -- Terre Haute, Indiana -- Action Track -- "Farmer's Twin 50's"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 3, Byrd-24.869; 2. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-25.298; 3. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-25.338; 4. Steve Lotshaw, 2, Lotshaw-25.386; 5. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-25.436; 6. Johnny Parsons, 21, Patterson-25.455; 7. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-25.688; 8. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-25.834; 9. Larry Rice, 9EC, Pool-25.850; 10. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-26.012; 11. Don Tyler, 84, Weiland-26.077; 12. Stan Fox, 20EC, Schroeder-26.230; 13. Dean Erfurth, 81, Erfurth-26.759; 14. Duke DeRosa, 34, Motz-26.896; 15. Dick Pole, 25, Downing-26.910; 16. Todd Holderfield, 74, Holderfield-27.053; 17. Merrill Calvert, 35, Calvert-27.058; 18. Kevin Koch, 40, Koch-27.118; 19. Dave Keith, 19EC, Keith-27.383; 20. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-27.447; 21. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-27.604; 22. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-27.625; 23. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-27.691; 24. Bill Hudson, 44A, Hudson-27.961; 25. Gordy Ward, 35x, Ward-27.991; 26. Duane Sandy, 89, Waggoner-28.043; 27. Gene Beach, 56B, Beach-28.231; 28. Pepi Marchese, 5v, Vaughn-28.295; 29. Billy Mehner, 68, Kunz-23.323; 30. Kenneth Nichols, 17, Sandy-28.330; 31. Ron Glidden, 15x, Glidden-28.370; 32. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-28.403; 33. Dale Bell, 9, Eden-28.472; 34. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-28.480; 35. Danny Williams, 5EC, Williams-28.484; 36. Rick Laughlin, 42, Laughlin-28.715; 37. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-28.843; 38. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-28.861; 39. Troy Riley, 57EC, Riley-30.911; 40. Don Walker, 46B, Baker-30.932; 41. Dan Boorse, 11EC, Wilke-NT; 42. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-NT; 43. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-NT; 44. Bobby Allen, 53, Allen-NT; 45. Steve Cannon, 67, Schneider-NT; 46. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-NT; 47. #1s, Lowe-NT.

LAST CHANCE RACE: (12 laps) 1, Ward, 2. O'Lena, 3. Bell, 4. Burdine, 5. Hudson, 6. Moore, 7. Bradford, 8. T. Hines, 9. Marchese, 10. Mehner, 11. Glidden, 12. Beach, 13. Laughlin, 14. Hayden, 15. Hollingsworth, 16. Williams, 17. Riley, 18. Sandy. NT

FIRST FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Tom Bigelow, 3. Larry Rice, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Dean Erfurth, 6. John Andretti, 7. Larry Hillerud, 8. Dave Ray, 9. Todd Holderfield, 10. Dale Bell, 11. Sam Isenhower, 12. Merrill Calvert, 13. Bob O'Lena, 14. Bill Hudson, 15. Dick Pole, 16. Kevin Koch, 17. Don Tyler, 18. Dave Keith, 19. Gordy Ward, 20. Johnny Parsons, 21. Ric Burdine, 22. Kenneth Nichols (#93), 23. Stan Fox, 24. Duke DeRosa, 25. Eddie Griffith. NT

2ND FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. John Andretti, 3. Kevin Koch, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Tom Bigelow, 6. Dave Ray, 7. Larry Hillerud, 8. Dick Pole, 9. Sam Isenhower, 10. Ric Burdine, 11. Bill Hudson, 12. Eric Moore, 13. Merrill Calvert, 14. Bob O'Lena, 15. Dean Erfurth, 16. Dave Keith, 17. Todd Holderfield, 18. Larry Rice, 19. Duke DeRosa, 20. Johnny Parsons, 21. Gordy Ward, 22. Dale Bell, 23. Don Tyler, 24. Kenneth Nichols (#93). 21:33.06

FIRST FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Kenyon, Laps 4-6 Vogler, Laps 7-21 Kenyon, Laps 22-50 Vogler.

SECOND FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-31 Andretti, Laps 32-50 Vogler.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER CANDY NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-405; 2-Andretti-300; 3-Vogler-236; 4-Bigelow-176; 5-Nichols-154; 6-Ray-153; 7-Hillerud-129; 8-S. Cannon-96; 9-J. Hines-92; 10-Doty-82.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER CANDY NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE: August 17 - Springfield, IL - Springfield Speedway - 40 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 17, 1985 -- Springfield, Illinois - Springfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-12.568; 2. Rick Hood, 11EC, Wilke-12.604; 3. Ken Schrader, 20EC, Schroeder-12.689; 4. J.R. Miller, 68x, Miller-12.768; 5. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-12.801; 6. Joe Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-12.808; 7. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-12.849; 8. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-12.863; 9. Gary Staggers, 7D, Wiencek-12.868; 10. Mike Gregg, 98, Hersh-12.913; 11. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-12.919; 12. Steve Knepper, 55JR, Knepper-12.924; 13. Jerry Russell, 67, Schneider-13.015; 14. Jeff Lee, 8x, HiBoy-I3.018; 15. Rich Mueller, 80, Mueller-13.021; 16. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-I3.028; 17. Larry Cahill, 7, Cahill-13.029; 18. Billy Naud, 75D, Wiencek-I3.069; 19. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-13.074; 20. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-13.079; 21. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-13.110; 22. Mike Wente, 25, Wente-13.110; 23. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-13.127; 24. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-13.165; 25. Dale Bell, 9, Eden-13.166; 26. Duke DeRosa, 34, Motz-13.194; 27. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.244; 28. Gene Beach, 56B, Beach-13.257; 29. Tom Eatwell, 15x, Eatwell-13.264; 30. Steve Hamm, 77x, Hamm-13.287; 31. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-13.296; 32. Roy Caruthers, 5c, Crucean-13.302; 33. Scott Weyant, 47, Johnson-13.313; 34. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-13.315; 35. Duane Sandy, 17, Sandy-13.345; 36. Bryan Holderfield, 73, Holderfield-13.383; 37. Robby Parish, 87, Parish-13.415; 38. Wes Hardin, 18EC, Hardin-13.471; 39. Phil Henington, 1H, Henington-13.482; 40. Pepi Marchese, 5v, Vaughn-13.505; 41. Dave Mackey, 55x, Mackey-13.523; 42. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-13.529; 43. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-13.539; 44. Mark Ray, 3x, Ray-13.608; 45. Ron Roberts, 27, Finley-13.733; 46. Bob O'Lena, 24 O'Lena-13.952; 47. Dan Statter, 28EC, Statter-14.406; 48. Tom Bland, 75, Bland-14.451; 49. Warren Mockler, 1, Sandy-NT; 50. K.V. Weiland, 84, Weiland-NT; 51. Todd Holderfield, 74, Holderfield-NT; 52. Scott Weyant, 99, Weyant-NT.

LAST CHANCE RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hamm, 2. Eatwell, 3. Burdine, 4. B. Holderfield, 5. Caruthers, 6. Moore, 7. Weyant, 8. Sandy, 9. Parish, 10. Hardin. 1:46.46

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Russell, 2. Vogler, 3. Isenhower, 4. Andretti, 5. Bell, 6. Cahill, 7. Staggers. 2:11.37

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. DeRosa, 2. Lee, 3. Bland, 4. Gregg, 5. Corrigan, 6. M. Wente, 7. Hood. 2:13.06

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. D. Ray, 2. Schrader, 3. Tyler, 4. Mueller, 5. Nichols, 6. Eatwell, 7. T. Hines. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kenyon, 2. Knepper, 3. Miller, 4. Beach, 5. Gamester, 6. Hillerud, 7. Bradford. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hood, 2. Corrigan, 3. Nichols, 4. Gamester, 5. Hillerud, 6. M. Wente, 7. B. Holderfield, 8. Eatwell, 9. L. Caruthers, 10. Burdine, 11. Bell, 12. T. Hines, 13. Cahill, 14. Bradford, 15. Moore, 16. Hamm. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ken Schrader, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Jerry Russell, 6. Mike Gregg, 7. John Andretti, 8. Joe Corrigan, 9. Russ Gamester, 10. Dave Ray, 11. Sam Isenhower, 12. Steve Knepper, 13. Gene Beach, 14. Billy Naud, 15. Don Tyler, 16. Duke DeRosa, 17. J.R. Miller, 18. Jeff Lee, 19. Rich Mueller, 20. Kenneth Nichols. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 Andretti, Lap 18 Schrader, Lap 19 Andretti, Laps 20-40 Schrader.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC MIDGET RACE: August 18, 1985 -- Springfield, IL - Illinois State Fairgrounds - "Rex Easton Memorial" - 25 Miles

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 18, 1985 -- Springfield, Illinois – Illinois State Fairgrounds - "Rex Easton Memorial"

FIRST "QUALIFYING HEAT" RACE: (10 miles) 1. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 2. Johnny Parsons (#71 Weeks), 3. Joe Corrigan (#65 Corrigan), 4. Jon Backlund (#1B Range), 5. Steve Lotshaw (#2 Lotshaw), 6. Warren Mockler (#1 Sandy), 7. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 8. Jack Calabrase (#85 Barger), 9. Gary Byers (#31 Martinez), 10. Danny Frye, Jr. (#83 Sohm), 11. Ken Schrader (#20EC Schroeder), 12. Larry Rice (#9EC Pool), 13. Scott Hatton (#5x Hatton), 14. J.R. Miller (#68x Miller), 15. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 16. Manny Rockhold (#71 Rockhold), 17. Dave Ray (#33 Ray), 18. Ron Roberts (#27 Finley), 19. Eric Moore (#79 Moore), 20. Bob O'Lena (#24 O'Lena), 21. Bryan Holderfield (#73 Holderfield), 22. Dan Stetter (#28EC Stetter), 23. John Murphy (#70 Murphy). NT

SECOND "QUALIFYING HEAT" RACE: (10 laps) 1. Arnie Knepper (#35 Knepper), 2. Rich Vogler, (#1s Lowe), 3. Mike Gregg (#98 Hersh), 4. Jerry Russell (#67 Schneider), 5. Duke DeRosa (#34 Motz), 6. Larry Hillerud (#51 Hillerud), 7. Gary Staggers (#7D Wiencek), 8. Rick Hood (#11EC Wilke), 9. Bobby Olivero (#99wc Shefchik), 10. Roger Branson (#68 Kunz), 11. Ken Hopkins (#54A Hopkins), 12. Sam Isenhower (#6 Isenhower), 13. Ric Burdine (#48EC Burdine), 14. Bobby Allen (#29 Allen), 15. Scott Weyant (#99 Weyant), 16. Eddie Griffith (#41 Griffith), 17. Terry Starks (#2x Starks), 18. Bob Hayden (#77 Hayden), 19. Dave Mackey (#55x Mackey), 20. Pepi Marchese (#5v Vaughn), 21. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 22. Wes Hardin (#18EC Hardin), 23. Duane Sandy (#17 Sandy). NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Todd Holderfield (#74 Holderfield).

FEATURE: (25 miles) 1. Johnny Parsons, 2. Rich Vogler, 3. John Andretti, 4. Joe Corrigan, 5. Arnie Knepper, 6. Mel Kenyon, 7. Rick Hood, 8. Jack Calabrase, 9. Ken Schrader, 10. Bobby Olivero, 11. Warren Mockler, 12. Larry Rice, 13. Gary Byers, 14. Roger Branson, 15. Larry Hillerud, 16. Gary Staggers, 17. Sam Isenhower, 18. Jon Backlund, 19. Ken Hopkins, 20. Steve Lotshaw, 21. Duke DeRosa, 22. Jerry Russell, 23. Mike Gregg, 24. Danny Frye, Jr. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Parsons.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-442; 2-Andretti-345; 3-Vogler-307; 4-Bigelow-180; 5-D. Ray-165; 6-Nichols-155; 7-Hillerud-135; 8-S. Cannon-96; 9-J. Hines-92; 10-Doty-82.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 24 - St. Charles, MO - St. Charles Speedway - 40 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL/REGIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 29, 1985 -- Indianapolis, Indiana-- Indianapolis Speedrome

FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Eric Moore (#79 Moore), 2. Sam Isenhower (#6 Isenhower), 3. Mike Hurst (#90 Hurst), 4. Ralph Bickle, Jr. (#26 Sager), 5. Michael Lang (#99 Lang), 6. Mack McClellan (#4 Bays), 7. Rich Vogler (#1s Lowe), 8. Bob Wilkins (#15 Wilkins).

SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 2. Steve Lotshaw (#2 Piascik), 3. Ted Hines (#12 Hines), 4. Eddie Griffith (#41 Griffith), 5. David Fuhrman (#32 Fuhrman) 6. Dale Bell (#9 Eden), 7. Alan Bigelow (#7 Gray), 8. Bob Hayden (#77 Hayden), 9. Robby Parish (#87 Parish).

THIRD HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 2. Ric Burdine (#48EC Burdine), 3. Jim Hines (#11 Hines), 4. Jim Keeker (#43 Keeker), 5. Rick Bailey (#89 Waggoner), 6. Dennis Hurst (#91 Hurst), 7. Dave Ray (#33 Ray), 8. Ron Glidden (#15x Glidden), 9. Bev Griffis (#5x Wilkins).

FOURTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Klaus Wever (#38 Wever), 2. Roy Caruthers (#5c Crucean), 3. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 4. Bobby Allen (#53 Allen), 5. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 6. Blake Hollingsworth (#93 Hollingsworth), 7. Wayne Arnold (#12x Milam), 8. David Potter (#85 Potter).

FIFTH HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Duane Sandy (#17 Sandy), 2. Tom Hayworth (#61 Hayworth), 3. Barry Reed (#16EC Reed), 4. Rick Laughlin (#42 Laughlin), 5. Larry Hoppes (#4x Hoppes), 6. Jimmy White (#11x Eldridge), 7. Don Tyler (#18wc Tyler), 8. Bryan Potter (#58 Potter), 9. Jim Begley (#3 Byrd).

SEMI #1: (15 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Bickle, 3. T. Hines, 4. McClellan, 5. Fuhrman, 6. A. Bigelow, 7. Griffith, 8. Bell, 9. Roger McCluskey, Jr. (#51s McCluskey), 10. M. Hurst.

SEMI #2: (15 laps) 1. Andretti, 2. Glidden, 3. J. Hines, 4. Allen, 5. Bailey, 6. Keeker, 7. Hayden, 8. Gamester, 9. D. Hurst.

ALSO AT THE TRACK: John Murphy (#70 Murphy).

REMAINDER OF PROGRAM RAINED OUT

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 30, 1985 -- St. Charles Speedway -- St. Charles, Missouri

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-12.267; 2. Mike Wente, 25, Wente-12.482; 3. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-12.645; 4. Steve Enlow, 3x, Enlow-12.677; 5. Bobby Olivero, 99, Shefchik-12.706; 6. Bobby Schneider, 00, Schneider-12.732; 7. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-12.768; 8. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-12.779; 9. Terry Wente, 2wc, Wente-12.896; 10. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-12. Steve Knepper, 55JR, Knepper-12.937; 12. Scott Hatton, 5x, Hatton-12.950; 13. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-13.032; 14. Scott Weyant, 70, Palazzolo-13.055; 15. Gene Beach, 56B, Beach-13.074; 16. Terry Holderfield, 11x, Lee-13.084; 17. Dean Franklin, 14, Darnell-13.108; 18. Duke DeRosa, 34, Motz-13.115; 19. Jeff Lee, 8x, HiBoy-13.163; 20. Bev Griffis, 15x, Wilkins-13.673; 21. Shannon Finley, 23, Finley-13.678; 22. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-13.708; 23. Chuck Lee, 2x, Lee-13.744; 24. Bill Hudson, 44A, Hudson-14.298; 25. Billy Molkenbur, 14B, Molkenbur-14.802; 26. Bob Willig, 95, Rowberry-NT; 27. Scott Weyant, 99, Weyant-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (4 laps) 1. Enlow, 2. M. Wente, 3. Kenyon, 4, Vogler. 51.23

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Ray, 3. Enlow, 4. Doty, 5. J. Lee, 6. Gamester, 7. T. Holderfield, 8. Griffith, 9. Molkenbur. 2:08.30

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Olivero, 2. Franklin, 3. Weyant, 4. M. Wente, 5. Andretti, 6. S. Knepper, 7. C. Lee, 8. B. Griffis. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kenyon, 2. T. Wente, 3. Schneider, 4. Hatton, 5. Beach, 6. Finley, 7. Hudson, 8. DeRosa. 2:07.00

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. S. Knepper, 2. Andretti, 3. Gamester, 4. J. Lee, 5. T. Holderfield, 6. Beach, 7. Finley, 8. C. Lee, 9. Griffith, 10. Molkenbur, 11. DeRosa, 12. B. Griffis. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Kevin Doty, 4. Bobby Olivero, 5. Steve Knepper, 6. Bobby Schneider, 7. John Andretti, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Scott Hatton, 10. Scott Weyant, 11. Steve Enlow, 12. Terry Wente, 13. Terry Holderfield, 14. Gene Beach, 15. Shannon Finley, 16. Bev Griffis, 17. Jeff Lee, 18. Dean Franklin, 19. Dave Ray, 20. Mike Wente. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Schneider, Laps 3-4 Olivero, Laps 5-19 Vogler, Laps 20-35 Kenyon, Laps 36-40 Vogler.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER NATIONAL POINTS: 1-Kenyon-474; 2-Andretti-357; 3-Vogler-343; 4-Bigelow-180; 5-Ray-168; 6-Nichols-158; 7-Hillerud-135; 8-Doty-102; 9-S. Cannon-96; 10-J. Hines & Gamester-93.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 31 - "Labor Day 100" - 50 Laps - Tri-City Speedway - Granite City, IL

**Terry Wente escaped injury when he flipped on the front stretch on the final lap of the St. Charles feature event.

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RESULTS: August 31, 1985 -- Granite City, Illinois -- Tri-City Speedway -- "Labor Day 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-22.982; 2. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-23.345; 3. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-23.402; 4. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-23.609; 5. Johnny Parsons, 68, Kunz-23.751 6. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-23.780; 7. Duke DeRosa, 34, Motz-23.784; 8. Bobby Olivero, 99wc, Shefchik-23.821; 9. Rich Mueller, 80, Mueller-23.925; 10. Danny Frye, Jr., 83, Sohm-24.035; 11. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-24.076; 12. Shannon Finley, 23, Finley-24.083; 13. Art Knepper, 45, Knepper-24.179; 14. Larry Cahill, 7x, Cahill-24.246; 15. Todd Holderfield, 74, Holderfield-24.527; 16. Wes Hardin, 18EC, Hardin-24.667; 17. Jeff Lee, 8x, HiBoy-24.925; 18. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-25.122; 19. Frank Johnson, 47, Johnson-25.511; 20. Bev Griffis, 15x, Wilkins-25.664; 21. Ken Cahill, 5x, Cahill-25.691; 22. Billy Molkenbur, 14B, Molkenbur-26.390; 23. Dave Ray, 3x, Ray-NT; 24. Dave Mackey, 55x, Mackey-NT; 25. Tom Bland, 75, Gard-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. DeRosa, 3. Tyler, 4. A. Knepper, 5. Dave Ray (#47), 6. Frye, 7. Hardin, 8. Molkenbur. 3:11.00

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Andretti, 3. Olivero, 4. L. Cahill, 5. Parsons, 6. Lee, 7. Griffis, 8. Mackey. 3:14.58

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kenyon, 2. Bigelow, 3. T. Holderfield, 4. Mueller, 5. Finley, 6. Griffith. 3:12.96

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Mel Kenyon, 2. Don Tyler, 3. Tom Bigelow, 4. John Andretti, 5. Russ Gamester, 6. Todd Holderfield, 7. Rich Vogler, 8. Jeff Lee, 9. Wes Hardin, 10. Duke DeRosa, 11. Dave Ray, 12. Danny Frye, Jr., 13. Billy Molkenbur, 14. Shannon Finley, 15. Art Knepper, 16. Johnny Parsons, 17. Bobby Olivero, 18. Larry Cahill, 19. Bev Griffis, 20. Eddie Griffith, 21. Dave Mackey. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1 Bigelow, Laps 2-25 Vogler, Laps 26-29 Kenyon, Laps 30-48 Vogler, Laps 49-50 Kenyon.

**Bev Griffis escaped injury when she flipped on the backstretch on lap 3.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Kenyon-511; 2-Andretti-386; 3-Vogler-369; 4-Bigelow-206; 5-Ray-177; 6-Nichols-158; 7-Hillerud-135; 8-Gamester-115; 9-Doty-102; 10-S. Cannon-96.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 8 - "Hut Hundred" – Terre Haute Action Track - Terre Haute, IN - 100 Laps

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANIDES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 8, 1985 -- Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track -- 33rd Annual "Hut Hundred"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Johnny Parsons, 81, Rieder-24.247; 2. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-25.066; 3. Rick Hood, 11EC, Wilke-25.139; 4. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-25.272; 5. Stan Fox, 20EC, Schroeder-25.336; 6. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-25.422; 7. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-25.495; 8. Bobby Olivero, 99wc Shefchik-25.571; 9. Larry Rice, 9EC, Pool-25.595; 10. Steve Knepper, 35, Knepper-25.668; 11. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-25.679; 12. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-25.703; 13. Terry Wente, 2wc, Wente-25.781; 14. Steve Lotshaw, 2, Lotshaw-25.871; 15. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-25.884; 16. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-25.891; 17. Duke DeRosa, 34, Motz-25.993; 18. Dean Erfurth, 99, Komppa-26.091; 19. Kevin Koch, 40, Koch-26.110; 20. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-26.276; 21. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-26.336; 22. Bob Cicconi, 57, Cicconi-26.378; 23. Jerry Russell, 67, Schneider-26.394; 24. Guy Cicconi, 59, Cicconi-26.512; 25. Gary Byers, 31, Martinez-26.552; 26. Dick Pole, 25EC, Downing-26.694; 27. Dean Billings, 10, Billings-26.739; 28. Roy Caruthers, 5c, Crucean-26.813; 29. Lars Lein, 97, Lein-26.971; 30. Bill Ripp, 9x, Ripp-27.213; 31. Danny Frye, Jr., 83, Sohm-27.356; 32. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-27.383; 33. Ron Roberts, 23, Finley-27.402; 34. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-27.479; 35. Alan Brown, 68, Kunz-27.564; 36. Ron Glidden, 15x, Glidden-27.583; 37. Ron Eden, 9, Eden-27.629; 38. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-27.666; 39. Ken Hopkins, 54A, Hopkins 27.711; 40. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-27.714; 41. Bob O'Lena, 24, O’Lena-27.772; 42. Don Martin, 98, Martin-27.830; 43. Dale Hurd, Jr., 6x, Hurd-27.861; 44. Manny Rockhold, 71, Johnson-27.965; 45. Gene Beach, 56B, Beach-28.506; 46. Jim Anderson, 76, Anderson-28.548; 47. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-28.569; 48. Roger Fegge, 81x, Erfurth-28.664; 49. Doug Wingert, 00, Wingert-28.697; 50. Wil Newlin, 17x Eldridge-28.862; 51. Steve Thinnes, 48T, Thinnes-28.913; 52. Wes Hardin, 18EC, Hardin-29.396; 53. Dick Watson, 8x, Chambers-29.754; 54. Michael Lang, 10x, D/Mar-NT; 55. Bryan Holderfield, 73, Holderfield-NT; 56. Don Walker, 46B, Baker-NT; 57. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-NT.

"LAST CHANCE" RACE: (8 laps) 1. Thinnes, 2. Hurd, 3. Rockhold, 4. Wingert, 5. Beach, 6. Fegge, 7. Anderson, 8. T. Hines, 9. Watson, 10. Hardin, 11. Newlin. 3:37.31

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Roberts, 2. Eden, 3. Thinnes, 4. O'Lena, 5. Hurd, 6. Brown, 7. Martin, 8. Frye, 9. Glidden, 10. Griffith, 11. Burdine, 12. Hopkins, 13. Rockhold, 14. Wingert, 15. Moore, 16. Bradford. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Johnny Parsons, 3. Rick Hood, 4. Tom Bigelow, 5. Mel Kenyon, 6. John Andretti, 7. Steve Cannon, 8. Kevin Doty, 9. Kevin Koch, 10. Steve Knepper, 11. Dave Ray, 12. Dean Erfurth, 13. Jerry Russell, 14. Kenneth Nichols, 15. Bob Cicconi, 16. Ron Roberts, 17. Steve Thinnes, 18. Guy Cicconi, 19. Jim Hines, 20. Gary Byers, 21. Dick Pole, 22. Duke DeRosa, 23. Roy Caruthers, 24. Russ Gamester, 25. Steve Lotshaw, 26. Dean Billings, 27. Terry Wente, 28. Ron Eden, 29. Bill Ripp, 30. Stan Fox, 31. Lars Lein, 32. Larry Rice, 33. Bobby Olivero. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Parsons, Laps 5-57 Vogler, Laps 58-79 Parsons, Laps 80-100 Vogler.

**Jim Bradford escaped unhurt when he rolled over during the semi-feature.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Kenyon-533; 2-Andretti-409; 3-Vogler-400; 4-Bigelow-227; 5-Ray-186; 6-Nichols-164; 7-Hillerud-135; 8-Gamester-117; 9-Doty-115; 10-S. Cannon-111.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 13 & 14 - Indianapolis Speedrome -Indianapolis, IN - 100 Laps (Sept. 13) and 500 Laps (Sept. 14).

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL & REGIONAL MIDGET RESULTS: September 13, 1985 -- Indianapolis Speedrome -- Indianapolis, Indiana

COMPLETION OF RAINED OUT AUGUST 29 PROGRAM

SEMI #3: (15 laps) 1. Don Tyler (#18wc Tyler), 2. Jim Begley (#3 Byrd), 3. Wayne Arnold (#12A Hieb), 4. Barry Reed (#16EC Reed), 5. Rick Laughlin (#42 Laughlin), 6. John Murphy (#70 Murphy), 7. Blake Hollingsworth (#93 Hollingsworth).

"B" MAIN: (25 laps) 1. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 2. Eddie Griffith (#41 Griffith), 3. Mack McClellan (#4m Bays), 4. Reed, 5. David Potter (#85 Potter), 6. Bob Cicconi (#43 Keeker), 7. Todd Holderfield (#73 Holderfield), 8. Hollingsworth, 9. Laughlin, 10. Bob Hayden (#77 Hayden), 11. Alan Bigelow (#7 Gray), 12. Bobby Allen (#53 Allen), 13. Johnny Parsons (#11EC Wilke), 14. Michael Lang (#10x Lang), 15. Rick Bailey (#89 Waggoner), 16. Mike Hurst (#90 Hurst), 17. Jim Wartenburg (#22 Braga), 18. Dale Bell (#9 Eden), 19. Tom Bigelow (#1 Sandy), 20. Robby Parish (#87 Parish), 21. Jim Mahoney (#25m Mahoney).

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Rich Vogler (#1s Lowe), 2. Sam Isenhower (#6 Isenhower), 3. Kenneth Nichols (#0 Nichols), 4. Wayne Arnold, 5. Bob Cicconi, 6. Russ Gamester, 7. Mack McClellan, 8. Ted Hines (#12 Hines), 9. Barry Reed, 10. Ron Glidden (#15x Glidden), 11. Don Tyler, 12. Klaus Wever (#38 Wever), 13. Rick Laughlin, 14. Blake Hollingsworth, 15. Tom Hayworth (#61EC Hayworth), 16. Steve Lotshaw (#12 Piascik), 17. Eddie Griffith, 18. Jim Begley, 19. Duane Sandy (#17 Sandy), 20. Eric Moore (#79 Moore), 21. Todd Holderfield, 22. Ralph Bickle, Jr. (#26 Sager), 23. John Andretti (#4 Helmling), 24. Mel Kenyon (#66 3-K), 25. Roy Caruthers (#5c Crucean), 26. Ric Burdine (#48ec Burdine), 27. Jim Hines (#11 Hines), 28. David Potter.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 R. Caruthers, Laps 7-10 Wever, Laps 11-53 Isenhower, Lap 54 Vogler, Laps 55-56 Isenhower, Laps 57-100 Vogler.

FINAL SPEEDROME JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC "Regional" MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Vogler-9,461; 2-Lotshaw-3,454; 3-Arnold-3,380; 4-Kenyon-3,104; 5-Isenhower-2,879; 6-Reed-2,747; 7-Nichols-2,250; 8-Bigelow-2,043; 9-J. Hines-1,707; 10-Hollingsworth-1,620.

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 13-14, 1985 -- Indianapolis Speedrome -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- 5th Annual "Yellow Cab/Regency Indy Midget 500"

QUALIFICATIONS: (held Sept. 13 & 14) 1. Bobby Allen, 53, Allen-12.108; 2. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-12.211; 3. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-12.274; 4. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-12.281; 5. Bob Bennett, 38, Wever-12.282; 6. Mack McClellan, 4m, Bays-12.283; 7. Wayne Arnold, 12A, Hieb-t12.285; 8. Eric Moore, 79, Moore-12.309; 9. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-12.324; 10. Todd Holderfield, 73, Holderfield-12.343; 11. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 81, Rieder-12.347; 12. Tom Hayworth, 61EC, Hayworth-12.348; 13. Barry Reed, 16EC, Reed-12.365; 14. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.368; 15. Mike Hurst, 90, Hurst-12.376; 16. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 51s, McCluskey-12.384; 17. Sam Isenhower, 6, Isenhower-12.390; 18. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-12.414; 19. Steve Lotshaw, 12x, Piascik-12.424; 20. Bob Cicconi, 43, Keeker-12.466; 21. Kevin Potter, 58, Potter-12.467; 22. Jim Begley, 3, Byrd-12.468; 23. Ron Glidden, 15x, Glidden-12.468; 24. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-12.473; 25. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-12.477; 26. John Warren, 14x, Warren-12.494; 27. Rick Bailey, 89, Waggoner-12.500; 28. Don Carter, Jr., 1D, Carter-12.503; 29. Jim Wartenburg, 22, Braga-12.506; 30. John Murphy, 70, Murphy-12.510; 31. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-12.511; 32. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-12.512; 33. Billy Humphreys, 72EC, Humphreys-12.521; 34. Robby Parish, 87, Parish-12.526; 35. Johnny Parsons, 11EC, Wilke-12.540; 36. Ronnie McLean, 22EC, McLean-12.546; 37. Don Jones, 51, Jones-12.558; 38. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-I2.562; 39. Michael Lang, 10x, Lang-12.567; 40. Mike Schuyler, 56x, Schuyler-12.574; 41. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-12.576; 42. Dale Bell, 9, Eden-12.581; 43. Jim Mahoney, 25m, Mahoney-12.600; 44. Charlie Workman, 4w, Workman-12.615; 45. Duane Sandy, 17, Sandy-12.631; 46. Roy Caruthers, 5c, Crucean-12.635; 47. Dude Toole, 99, Lang-12.643; 48. Ken Hopkins, 54A, Hopkins-12.645; 49. Bev Griffis, 5x, Wilkins-12.660; 50. Johnny Coy, 60, Cicconi-12.686; 51. David Potter, 85, Potter-12.731; 52. Bill Sager, Jr., 26, Sager-12.752; 53. Bob Hayden, 77, Hayden-12.824; 54. Larry Hoppes, 4x, Hoppes-12.868; 55. Alan Bigelow, 7, Gray-12.923; 56. Rick Laughlin, 42, Laughlin-12.947; 57. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-13.188; 58. Dennis Hurst, 91, Hurst-NT.

LAST CHANCE RACE: (25 laps - held Sept. 14) 1. Andretti, 2. Parsons, 3. Mahoney, 4. Parish, 5. Workman, 6. Bell, 7. Griffis, 8. Hayden, 9. Hoppes, 10. Lang, 11. Coy, 12. Toole, 13. Griffith, 14. McLean, 15. R. Caruthers, 16. Laughlin, 17. Jones, 18. Gamester, 19. Burdine, 20. Sandy, 21. Schuyler. NT

FEATURE: (500 laps) 1. Tom Bigelow, 2. Mack McClellan, 3. Bobby Allen (relieved by Mockler after 192 laps), 4. Mel Kenyon, 5. Bob Cicconi, 6. Barry Reed, 7. Ron Glidden, 8. Don Carter, Jr., 9. John Andretti, 10. Rich Vogler, 11. Jim Hines, 12. Kenneth Nichols, 13. Kevin Potter (relieved by David Potter after 190 laps), 14. Jim Begley (relieved by Roy Caruthers after 167 laps), 15. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 16. Ted Hines, 17. John Murphy (relieved by David Fuhrman after 141 laps), 18. Johnny Parsons, 19. John Warren, 20. Todd Holderfield, 21. Blake Hollingsworth, 22. Steve Lotshaw, 23. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 24. Rick Bailey, 25. Don Tyler, 26. Mike Hurst, 27. Jim Mahoney, 28. Bob Bennett, 29. Eric Moore, 30. Sam Isenhower, 31. Wayne Arnold, 32. Jim Wartenburg, 33. Tom Hayworth. 1:54:54.532

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 T. Bigelow, Laps 7-41 McClellan, Laps 42-48 Vogler, Laps 49-84 Fornoro, Lap 85 Vogler, Laps 86-282 Fornoro, Laps 283-342 Kenyon, Laps 343-500 T. Bigelow.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/NATIONAL MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Kenyon-574; 2-Vogler-446; 3-Andretti-430; 4-Bigelow-283; 5-Nichols-196; 6-Ray-186; 7-Hillerud-135; 8-Gamester-131; 9-K. Doty-115; 10-J. Hines-112.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 5-6 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - 20 Laps - 5th Annual "4-Crown Nationals”

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 5-6, 1985 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway -- 5th Annual "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rich Vogler, 1s, Lowe-17.844; 2. Larry Rice, 9EC, Pool-18.321; 3. Steve Knepper, 55JR, Knepper-18.330; 4. Tom Bigelow, 1, Sandy-18.352; 5. Bob Cicconi, 57EC, Cicconi-18.385; 6. Jerry Russell, 67, Schneider-18.479; 7. Paul Clark, 91, Clark-18.519; 8. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-18.539; 9. Kurt Mayhew, 21, Mayhew-18.635; 10. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-18.742; 11. Sam Isenhower, 6, lsenhower-18.906; 12. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-19.090; 13. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-19.098; 14. Kenneth Nichols, 0, Nichols-19.126; 15. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-19.134; 16. Dean Billings, 10, Billings-19.185; 17. Mark Alderson, 9A, Alderson-19.236; 18. Steve Cannon, 48, Heerboth-19.324; 19. Jim Hines, 11, Hines-19.332; 20. Roy Caruthers, 5c, Crucean-19.611; 21. Lars Lein, 97, Lein-19.655; 22. Pepi Marchese, 66x, Marchese-19.698; 23. Gary Mullen, 44, Mullen-19.700; 24. Jim Bradford, 62, Bradford-19.865; 25. Bill Allen, 29, Allen-19.919; 26. Ric Burdine, 48EC, Burdine-19.966; 27. Ronnie Paulin, 15, Mullen-19.998; 28. Eddie Griffith, 41, Griffith-20.087; 29. Alan Bigelow, 7, Lyon-20.120; 30. Dean Franklin, 68, Kunz-20.139; 31. Blake Hollingsworth, 93, Hollingsworth-20.368; 32. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-20.443; 33. Dick Watson, 8, Chambers-20.605; 34. Bob O'Lena, 24, O'Lena-20.635; 35. Robby Parish, 87, Parish-20.989; 36. Dave Mackey, 55, Mackey-21.400; 37. Rick Laughlin, 3m, McMurray-24.877; 38. Don Walker, 46B, Baker-NT; 39. John Andretti, 4, Helmling-NT; 40. Mack McClellan, 14, Schnelle-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Clark, 3. Isenhower, 4. Andretti, 5. Alderson, 6. Lein, 7. Mayhew, 8. Hillerud, 9. J. Hines, 10. A. Bigelow, 11. Hollingsworth, 12. Parish, 13. Allen, 14. Mullen, 15. Watson, 16. Paulin. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Kenyon, 3. Tyler, 4. Nichols, 5. Burdine, 6. Billings, 7. Bradford, 8. Marchese, 9. R. Caruthers, 10. Griffith, 11. O'Lena, 12. S. Cannon, 13. T. Hines, 14. Mackey, 15. Franklin. NT

FEATURE: (Held October 6) - (20 laps) 1. Rich Vogler, 2. Mel Kenyon, 3. Tom Bigelow, 4. Steve Knepper, 5. Paul Clark, 6. Larry Rice, 7. Kevin Doty, 8. Bob Cicconi, 9. Mark Alderson, 10. John Andretti, 11. Sam Isenhower, 12. Don Tyler, 13. Larry Hillerud, 14. Dave Ray, 15. Kenneth Nichols, 16. Jerry Russell, 17. Jim Hines, 18. Dean Billings, 19. Roy Caruthers, 20. Kurt Mayhew, 21. Pepi Marchese, 22. Jim Bradford, 23. Ric Burdine, 24. Lars Lein. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Cicconi, Laps 2-14 Bigelow, Laps 15-20 Vogler.

**Lars Lein and Ric Burdine tangled and flipped in turn 3 on the 6th lap of the feature but escaped injury. Robby Parish flipped on the front stretch on the 4th lap of the first heat race but was also unhurt.

NEW JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET STANDINGS: 1-Kenyon-602; 2-Vogler-484; 3-Andretti-440; 4-Bigelow-309; 5-Nichols-203; 6-Ray-195; 7-Hillerud-142; 8-Doty-133; 9-Gamester-131; 10-J. Hines-115.

NEXT JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: November 28 - Gardena, CA -- Ascot Park Speedway -- Valvoline "Turkey Night Grand Prix" 100-lapper

 

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JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 28, 1985 -- Ascot Park Speedway - Gardena, California - ''Turkey Night Grand Prix"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joe Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-20.364; 2. Bill Bower, 7Q, Bower-20.728; 3. Jeff Heywood, 84, White-20.738; 4. Tommy Astone, 2N, Runjovac-20.743; 5. Kevin Koch, 40, Koch-20.767; 6. Bobby Olivero, 99wc, Shefchik-20.806; 7. Rip Williams, 01, Laski-20.815; 8. Tommy White, 1x, Binter-20.888; 9. Brent Kaeding, 14N, Hagopian-20.905; 10. Rich Vogler, 3, Byrd-20.909; 11. Stan Fox, 9, Lewis-20.923; 12. Robby Flock, 71x, Weeks-20.926; 13. Jim Lauri IV, 53wc, Mullaney-20.937; 14. Sleepy Tripp, 67wc, Zarounian-20.952; 15. Randy Roberts, 16wc, Mayhew-20.993; 16. Bob Davison, 14, Wahl-21.045; 17. Mike Smith, 95, Smith-21.072; 18. Joe Winters, 09, Winters-21.131; 19. Wally Pankratz, 5v, Beauchamp-21.134; 20. Hank Butcher, 56, Montgomery-21.151; 21. Robert Dolacki, 6wc, Dolacki-21.199; 22. Dean Erfurth, 82, Erfurth-21.255; 23. Mel Kenyon, 66, 3-K-21.255; 24. Steve Lotshaw, 15wc, Gerhardt-21.265; 25. Wayne Bennet, 37, Bowen-21.288; 26. Kevin Olson, 21wc, Prather-21.300; 27. Jack Yeley, 11, Yeley-21.331; 28. Dave Ray, 33, Ray-21.333; 29. DeWayne Woodward, 16ws, Gerhardt-21.357; 30. Dennis Welsh, 99wc, Welsh-21.360; 31. Rusty Rasmussen, 38, Rasmussen-21.361; 32. Tony Simon, 36, Baiza-21.376; 33. Chuck West, 36wc, West-21.389; 34. John Starks, 55, Starks-21.390; 35. Rick Bussell, 1N, Bussell-21.404; 36. Mike Gregg, 98, Hersh-21.409; 37. Jim Berg, 80, Wright-21.485; 38. Mike Gehringer, 98wc, Stutchman-21.532; 39. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-21.537; 40. Mike Appio, 57, Appio-21.557; 41. Harlan Willis, 7wc, Schuck-21.574; 42. Gordy Edwards, 19wc, Hayes-21.595; 43. Bob Crisp, 8wc, Crisp-21.741; 44. Don Tyler, 18wc, Tyler-21.744; 45. Martin Rosler, 6WA, Rosler-21.758; 46. Dan Hillberg, 17wc, Hillberg-21.844; 47. Mary Webster, 76, Webster-21.857; 48. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-21.890; 49. Hal Ross, 27, Ross-21.892; 50. Russell Wright, 50wc, Irwin-21.943; 51. Rick Moss, 2WA, Moss-21.961; 52. Mike Botelho, 96, Botelho-22.051; 53. Willie Frazier, 63, DeMartini-22.0571 54. Marty DeMartini, 62, DeMartini-22.144; 55. Fred Carter, 37wc, Carter-22.693; 56. Dan Fortner, 85, Fortner-22.697; 57. Ken Dunlap, 89, Kleinbauer-22.737; 58. Floyd Alvis, 18, Alvis-22.747; 59. Pepi Marchese, 5m, Marchese-22.916; 60. Lynn Carter, 31, Marcus-22.939; 61. Martin Bower, 81, Schwerter-22.983; 62. Tim Joyce, 06, Joyce-NT; 63. Don Sperry, 6x, Sperry-NT; 64. Rick Haugh, 7N, Haugh-NT; 65. Brad Dunham, 47wc, Dunham-NT; 66. Ron Shuman, 71, Howard-NT; 67. Brad Noffsinger, 92, Frasher-NT; 68. #29wc, Dressen-NT; 69. #41, Koch-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (4 laps) 1. Heywood, 2. Astone, 3. B. Bower, 4. Corrigan. 1:23.59

"LAST CHANCE" RACE: (10 laps) 1. Willis, 2. Crisp, 3. Webster, 4. J. Davison, 5. Edwards, 6. Botelho, 7. Rosier, 8. Moss, 9. Frazier, 10. Ross, 11. DeMartini, 12. Wright, 13. Hillberg, 14. Tyler. NT

SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Ray, 2. Olson, 3. Yeley, 4. Gregg, 5. J. Berg, 6. Woodward, 7. Doty, 8. West, 9. Bennet, 10. Webster, 11. J. Davison, 12. Crisp, 13. Appio, 14. Simon, 15. Starks, 16. Rasmussen, 17. Gehringer, 18. Welsh, 19. Willis, 20. Bussell. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Brent Kaeding, 2. Tommy White, 3. Tommy Astone, 4. Jeff Heywood, 5. Wally Pankratz, 6. Kevin Koch, 7. Stan Fox, 8. Robby Flock, 9. Bobby Olivero, 10. Randy Roberts, 11. Dave Ray, 12. Dean Erfurth, 13. Mel Kenyon, 14. Hank Butcher, 15. Kevin Olson, 16. Joe Corrigan, 17. Mike Smith, 18. Rich Vogler, 19. Mike Gregg, 20. Rip Williams, 21. Joe Winters, 22. Bob Davison, 23. Jim Lauri IV, 24. Jack Yeley, 25. Robert Dolacki, 26. Steve Lotshaw, 27. Bill Bower, 28. Sleepy Tripp. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Corrigan, Laps 15-97 Heywood, Laps 98-100 Kaeding.

**Rick Haugh flipped during practice but was unhurt. Mike Gehringer and John Starks also flipped separately during the semi-feature but were also unhurt.  Pre-race favorite Ron Shuman's car caught fire on his first qualifying lap due to a loose oil filter. He then popped a right front tire and hit the outside fence in turn 4 on his second qualifying lap, so he was unable to compete.

FINAL JOLLY RANCHER CANDIES/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Mel Kenyon-609; 2-Rich Vogler-486; 3-John Andretti-440; 4-Tom Bigelow-309; 5-Dave Ray-204; 6-Kenneth Nichols-203; 7-Larry Hillerud-142; 8-Kevin Doty-133; 9-Russ Gamester-131; 10-Jim Hines-115.

 

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1985 USAC National Midget Driver Points

POS.      PTS.       DRIVER

1            609        Mel Kenyon, Lebanon, Ind.

2            486        Rich Vogler, Glen Ellyn, Ill.

3            440        John Andretti, Brownsburg, Ind.

4            309        Tom Bigelow, Whitewater, Wisc.

5            204        Dave Ray, Davenport, Iowa

6            203        Kenneth Nichols, Indianapolis, Ind.

7            142        Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, Ill.

8            133        Kevin Doty, Milan, Ill.

9            131        Russ Gamester, Peru, Ind.

10          115        Jim Hines, New Castle, Ind.

11          112        Don Tyler, Glenview, Ill.

12          111        Steve Cannon, Danville, Ill.

13          107        Johnny Parsons, Speedway, Ind.

14          107        Sam Isenhower, Lebanon, Ind.

15          106        Bob Cicconi, Prospect Park, Pa.

16          93          Barry Reed, Indianapolis, Ind.

17          91          Mack McClellan, Vandalia, Ohio

18          78          Kevin Olson, Rockford, Ill.

19          71          Rick Hood, Memphis, Tenn.

20          69          Kevin Koch, Madison, Wisc.

21          66          Joe Corrigan, Loves Park, Ill.

22          66          Mike Gregg, Ft. Collins, Colo.

23          54          Robby Flock, City of Industry, Calif.

24          51          Bobby Allen, Carmel, Ind.

25          48          Eric Moore, Edinburgh, Ind.

26          48          Steve Lotshaw, Indianapolis, Ind.

27          47          Ken Hopkins, Riverdale, Ill.

28          43          Eddie Griffith, Indianapolis, Ind.

29          43          Todd Holderfield, Mahomet, Ill.

30          42          Terry Wente, St. Peters, Mo.

31          41          Dick Pole, Glenwood, Ill.

32          39          Tim Sosbe, Rochester, Ind.

33          37          Bill Hudson, Jasper, Ind.

34          37          Merrill Calvert, New Ross, Ind.

35          34          Duke DeRosa, Springfield, Ill.

36          32          Bob O’Lena, South Bend, Ind.

37          26          Tommy White, Anaheim, Calif.

38          22          Andy Hurtubise, Indianapolis, Ind.

39          20          Ted Hines, New Castle, Ind.

40          17          Ric Burdine, Indianapolis, Ind.

41          16          Mike Fedorcak, Yoder, Ind.

42          16          Alan Brown, Brownsburg, Ind.

43          16          Jimmy White, Indianapolis, Ind.

44          16          David Potter, Indianapolis, Ind.

45          15          Bob Hayden, Indianapolis, Ind.

46          15          Jim Begley, Greenwood, Ind.

47          14          Ronnie McLean, South Bend, Ind.

48          14          Jim Bradford, Worth, Ill.

49          13          Roy Caruthers, Indianapolis, Ind.

50          13          Pepi Marchese, Indianapolis, Ind.

51          12          Bev Griffis, Zionsville, Ind.

52          11          Scott Weyant, Springfield, Ill.

53          11          Danny Frye, Jr., St. Charles, Mo.

54          10          Gary Byers, Logansport, Ind.

55          10          Rick Laughlin, Indianapolis, Ind.

56          9            Mike Streicher, Findlay, Ohio

57          8            Tom Bland, Indianapolis, Ind.

58          8            Chuck West, Fresno, Calif.

59          7            Randy Sippel, Plymouth, Wisc.

60          7            Bryan Holderfield, Mahomet, Ill.

61          7            Kevin Potter, Speedway, Ind.

62          6            Don Jones, Miami, Okla.

63          6            J.R. Miller, Macomb, Ill.

64          5            Duane Sandy, Bryan, Ohio

65          5            Steve Thinnes, North Riverside, Ill.

66          4            Mike Hurst, Indianapolis, Ind.

67          3            Tim Pangborn, West Allis, Wisc.

68          2            Sleepy Tripp, Costa Mesa, Calif.

69          1            J.R. Armstrong, Winchester, Ind.

70          1            Danny Statter, Waukesha, Wisc.

 

1985 USAC National Midget Entrant Points

POS.      PTS.       ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION

1            609        3-K Racing, Lebanon, Ind. (#66)

2            440        Helmling Racing, Vincennes, Ind. (#4)

3            416        Bob Lowe, Greensburg, Ind. (#1s)

4            319        Sandy Racing, West Lafayette, Ind. (#1)

5            201        Kenneth Nichols, Indianapolis, Ind. (#0)

6            195        Ralph Ray, Davenport, Iowa (#33)

7            164        James Riemenschneider, West Milford, N.J. (#81)

8            143        Greg Wilke, Milwaukee, Wisc. (#11EC)

9            142        Larry Hillerud, Arlington Heights, Ill. (#51)

10          133        Donald Doty, Milan, Ill. (#50)

11          131        Gary Gamester, Peru, Ind. (#46)

12          115        Jim Hines, New Castle, Ind. (#11)

13          107        Sam Isenhower, Lebanon, Ind. (#6)

14          107        Jayne Tyler, Glenview, Ill. (#18wc)

15          93          Barry Reed, Indianapolis, Ind. (#16EC)

16          91          Jonathan Byrd, Greenwood, Ind. (#3)

17          90          Walter Knepper, Belleville, Ill. (#55JR)

18          87          Math Schneider, Lockport, Ill. (#67)

19          81          Bobby Allen, Indianapolis, Ind. (#53)

20          79          Richard Heerboth, Villa Park, Ill. (#48)

21          69          Dan Pool, Crawfordsville, Ind. (#9EC)

22          69          Kevin Koch, Madison, Wisc. (#40)

23          66          Lyle Corrigan, Loves Park, Ill. (#65)

24          56          Henry Hersh, Ft. Collins, Colo. (#98)

25          53          Ed Shefchik, Puyallup, Wash. (#99wc)

26          51          Jack Schroeder, St. Peters, Mo. (#20EC)

27          50          Ron Weeks, Bellflower, Calif. (#71)

28          48          John Moore, Franklin, Ind. (#79)

29          47          George Hopkins, Riverdale, Ill. (#54A)

30          43          Lou Cicconi, Glen Mills, Pa. (#59)

31          43          Sandy Griffith, Indianapolis, Ind. (#41)

32          42          Terry Wente, St. Peters, Mo. (#2wc)

33          41          Larry Howard, Temecula, Calif. (#71H)

34          39          Charles Sosbe, Kokomo, Ind. (#25)

35          39          Merrill Calvert, Crawfordsville, Ind. (#35)

36          37          Bill Hudson, Jasper, Ind. (#44A)

37          34          Michael Motz, Riverton, Ill. (#34)

38          34          Tom Piascik, Cincinnati, Ohio (#12x)

39          33          Ron Glidden, Brownsburg, Ind. (#15G)

40          32          Bob O’Lena, South Bend, Ind. (#24)

41          32          Todd Holderfield (#74)

42          28          Terry Downing (#25EC)

43          27          Charlie Patterson (#21)

44          26          Joe Binter (#1x)

45          25          Robert White (#84)

46          23          Cliff Cornell (#8)

47          22          Ed Czyzewski (#2EC)

48          20          Schnelle Racing (#14)

49          20          Ted Hines (#12)

50          20          Sandy Racing (#17)

51          19          Jim Beauchamp (#5v)

52          18          Glenn Windstrup (#69)

53          18          Bryan Holderfield (#73)

54          17          Ric Burdine (#48EC)

55          16          Loren Eldridge (#11wc)

56          16          Ralph Potter (#85)

57          15          Bob Hayden (#77)

58          15          Steve Lewis (#9)

59          14          Debbie McLean (#22wc)

60          14          Keith Kunz (#68)

61          14          Joe Finley (#27)

62          14          Dale Bell (#9)

63          14          Ralph Potter (#58)

64          14          Jim Bradford (#62)

65          13          Gene Crucean (#5c)

66          12          Harry Lotshaw (#2)

67          11          Ronald Vaughan (#5)

68          11          Gene Beach (#56B)

69          11          Wes Hardin (#18EC)

70          11          Sohm Enterprises (#83)

71          11          Bob Wilkins (#15x)

72          10          Charlie Workman (#4x)

73          10          Donald Harrell (#7x)

74          10          Tommy Laughlin (#42)

75          10          William Mayhew (#16wc)

76          9            Streicher Racing (#8)

77          8            Chuck West (#36wc)

78          8            John Kommpa (#99)

79          8            Bill Schwerter (#7Q)

80          7            Greg Smith (#28H)

81          7            Blake Hollingsworth (#93)

82          6            Dave Keith (#19EC)

83          6            Don Jones (#51)

84          5            Bob Wilkins (#5x)

85          5            K.V. Weiland (#84)

86          5            Arnold Thinnes (#48T)

87          5            Roy Prather (#21wc)

88          4            Gordy Ward (#35x)

89          4            John Murphy (#70)

90          4            Mike Hurst (#90)

91          3            Armstrong Mould Racing (#44)

92          3            Judy Grubbs (#78)

93          3            Lundgreen Auto (#71)

94          2            J.T. Mullaney (#53wc)

95          2            George & Gary Zarounian (#67wc)

96          1            Armstrong Mould Racing (#43)

97          1            Danny Statter (#28)

98          1            Rich Mueller (#80)