27 years ago today, the legendary Ascot Park held their final CRA Sprint Car race, the 13th Annual Don Peabody Classic.
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CALIFORNIA RACING ASSOCIATION SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 17, 1990 – Ascot Park – Gardena, California – “13th Annual Don Peabody Classic”
TIME TRIALS: 1. Billy Boat, 2, Bromme-17.958 (New Track Record); 2. Bill Von Helmolt, 66, Von Helmolt-18.423; 3. Rip Williams, 91, Lewis-18.451; 4. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer-18.506; 5. Jac Haudenschild, 91X, Lewis-18.523; 6. Brad Noffsinger, 3, Gardner-18.530; 7. Cary Faas, 47, Gaffney-18.572; 8. Ron Shuman, 1, Morales-18.586; 9. Mike Kirby, 79, Bright-18.593; 10. Steve Ostling, 12, Pratt-18.640; 11. Mike Sweeney, 15, Fite/Madden-18.650; 12. Bob Meli, 71, Meli-18.664; 13. Tim Green, 11, Wilkerson-18.686; 14. Walt Kennedy, 48, Leonard-18.711; 15. Lealand McSpadden, 19, Pivovaroff-18.720; 16. Mike English, 17, Robertson-18.753; 17. Brent Kaeding, 69, Miller-18.785; 18. Rick Gaunt, 68, Gaunt-18.804; 19. Harlan Willis, 45, Willis-18.834; 20. Frank Baldozier, 74, Anderson-18.859; 21. Bubby Jones, 24, Henry-18.919; 22. Clark Drake, 68X, Gaunt-18.924; 23. Stan Atherton, 77, Acosta-18.929; 24. Gary W. Howard, 75, Kelly-19.011; 25. Verne Sweeney, 98, Sweeney-19.012; 26. Kim Craft, 72, Craft-19.055; 27. Ron Wolf, 89, Wolf-19.074; 28. Mark Sokola, 42, Robison-19.124; 29. Dennis Rodriguez, 20, Rodriguez-19.134; 30. Robbie Ferguson, 93, Ferguson-19.172; 31. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton-19.172; 32. Keith Chrisco, 43, Fontana-19.194; 33. Ron DiDonato, 57, Acosta-19.205; 34. Ricky Williams, 65, Williams-19.290; 35. Mike Boat, 7OH, Bryon-19.361; 36. Ed Reed, 31, Lane-19.370; 37. John Redican, 55, Simpson/Noutary-19.431; 38. Kenny Cope, 95H, Hallett-19.433; 39. Gary Bland, 61, Bland-19.514; 40. Brian Campbell, 14, Campbell-19.659; 41. Tony Elliott, 39E, Elliott-19.698; 42. Sid Blandford, 119, Pivovaroff/Babbitt-19.711; 43. Joe Smith, 30, Smith-19.721; 44. Dan McLeod, 60, Ruth-19.792; 45. Scott Sloane, 95, Sloane-19.826; 46. Tom Downing, 90, Downing-19.897; 47. Steve Rogers, 50, Jones-19.975; 48. Frank Bucheit, 33, Bucheit-20.008; 49. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina-20.024; 50. Dan Schuck, 80, Schuck-20.131; 51. Don Tucker, 32, Tucker-20.209; 52. Dave Twitchell, 18, Twitchell-22.316; 53. George Sacks, 85, Sacks-23.016; 54. D.J. Ruth, 25, Ruth-NT; 55. Dale Laakso, 39, Laakso-NT; 56. Billy Felts, 39F, Laakso-NT; 57. Scott Burns, 26, Burns-NT; 58. Alex Walker, 12W, Walker-NT.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Meyer, 2. B.Boat, 3. Rip.Williams, 4. Von Helmolt. 56.38
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. V.Sweeney, 2. Kaeding, 3, Green, 4. Kirby, 5. Rodriguez, 6. Haudenschild, 7. B.Boat, 8. Jones. 3:09.13
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Craft, 2. Gaunt, 3. Noffsinger, 4. Kennedy, 5. Ostling, 6. Von Helmolt, 7. Ferguson, 8. Drake. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Wolf, 2. Willis, 3. McSpadden, 4. Rip.Williams, 5. Faas, 6. Singleton, 7. Redican (Fite/Madden 15), 8. Atherton. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chrisco, 2. Sokola, 3. Meyer, 4. Shuman, 5. Baldozier, 6. Howard, 7. Meli, 8. English. 3:34.30.
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. DiDonato, 2. Ricky.Williams, 3. Reed, 4. M.Boat, 5. Cope, 6. Elliott, 7. Bland, 8. Campbell. 3:13.07
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. B.Boat, 2. Von Helmolt, 3. Faas, 4. Meli, 5. Haudenschild, 6. Ostling, 7. Baldozier, 8. Jones, 9. English, 10. Howard, 11. Ricky.Williams, 12. Rodriguez, 13. DiDonato, 14. Atherton, 15. Ferguson, 16. Singleton. 3:46.15
FEATURE: (50 laps – With Starting Positons) 1. Ron Shuman (2nd), 2. Cary Faas (3rd), 3. Mike Kirby (1st), 4. Jerry Meyer (5th), 5. Rip Williams (6th), 6. Brad Noffsinger (4th), 7. Brent Kaeding (13th), 8. Tim Green (10th), 9. Bob Meli (9th), 10. Bill Von Helmolt (7th), 11. Rick Gaunt (14th), 12. Keith Chrisco (20th), 13. Ron Wolf (18th), 14. Harlan Willis (15th), 15. Mark Sokola (19th), 16. Verne Sweeney (16th), 17. Billy Boat (8th), 18. Walt Kennedy (11th), 19. Kim Craft (17th), 20. Lealand McSpadden (12th). NT
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HARD CHARGER: Keith Chrisco (20th to 12th)
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