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CRA SPRINT CARS
YUMA SPEEDWAY - YUMA, ARIZONA
MARCH 7, 1992
J.W. HUNT CLASSIC
36 CARS
TIME TRIALS:
1. Lealand McSpadden, 91, Lewis- 18.64, 2. Jack Hewitt, 91L, Lewis- 18.65, 3. Richard Griffin, 4, Fite- 18.91, 4. Mike Kirby, 59, Pivovaroff- 18.95, 5. Steve Ostling, 5, Pratt- 18.96, 6. Billy Boat, 3, Bromme- 19.01, 7. Harlan Willis, 45, Willis- 19.10, 8. Verne Sweeney, 98, Sweeney- 19.20, 9. Mike English, 63, Battersby- 19.27, 10. Ron Shuman, 11, Wilkerson- 19.27, 11. Bobby Michnowicz, 19, Pivovaroff- 19.41, 12. Rip Williams, 47, Gaffney- 19.42, 13. Dennis Rodriguez, 21, Rodriguez- 19.53, 14. Brad Noffsinger, 1, Morales- 19.64, 15. Ron Wolf, 67, Freeman- 19.64, 16. Ricky Johnson, 51, Johnson- 19.68, 17. Jim Blenkarn, 46X, Blenkarn- 19.69, 18. Sid Blandford, 31C, Blandford- 19.69, 19. Kim Craft, 72, Craft- 19.81, 20. Mike Boat, 78A, Clark- 19.87, 21. Gary W. Howard, 75, Kelly- 19.94, 22. Adam Mitchell, 33, Mitchell- 20.16, 23. Don O'Keefe, 0K, O'Keefe- 20.19, 24. Don Tucker, 32, F.B.N. Inc.- 20.23, 25. Cary Faas, 37, Faas- 20.43, 26. Tom Downing, 90, Downing- 20.46, 27. Gary Bland, 61, Bland- 20.56, 28. Troy Cline, 17, Pivovaroff- 20.77, 29. Ricky Gaunt, 4G, Gaunt- 20.80, 30. Frank Baldozier, 74, Anderson- 20.92, 31. Kirk Brown, 43X, Brown- 21.04, 32. Scott Burns, 26, Burns- 21.22, 33. Dan Morton, 64, Morton- 21.36, 34. Dennis Stewart, 84, Stewart- 22.37, 35. Rich Stevens, 163, Stevens- NT, 36. Scott Sloane, 95, Sloane- NT.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps)
1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Richard Griffin, 3. Lealand McSpadden, 4. Mike Kirby.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Lealand McSpadden, 2. Gary W. Howard, 3. Dennis Rodriguez, 4. Mike English, 5. Cary Faas, 6. Steve Ostling, 7. Jim Blenkarn, 8. Ricky Gaunt, 9. Dan Morton.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ron Shuman, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Billy Boat, 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5. Sid Blandford, 6. Frank Baldozier, 7. Dennis Stewart, 8. Adam Mitchell, 9. Tom Downing.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Richard Griffin, 2. Bobby Michnowicz, 3. Ron Wolf, 4. Kim Craft, 5. Harlan Willis, 6. Don O'Keefe, 7. Gary Bland, 8. Kirk Brown, 9. Rich Stevens.
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Ricky Johnson, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Verne Sweeney...(more)
SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Steve Ostling, 2. Cary Faas, 3. Harlan Willis, 4. Sid Blandford, 5. Dennis Stewart, 6. Jim Blenkarn...(more)
FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Lealand McSpadden (8th) 2. Mike Kirby (5th) 3. Ron Shuman (10th) 4. Verne Sweeney (1st) 5. Brad Noffsinger (14th) 6. Cary Faas (20th) 7. Bobby Michnowicz (11th) 8. Steve Ostling (4th) 9. Rip Williams (12th) 10. Gary W. Howard (19th) 11. Mike English (9th) 12. Ricky Johnson (16th) 13. Harlan Willis (2nd) 14. Dennis Rodriguez (13th) 15. Sid Blandford (17th) 16. Billy Boat (3rd) 17. Ron Wolf (15th) 18. Richard Griffin (6th) 19. Jack Hewitt (7th) 20. Kim Craft (18th)
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Lap Leaders: Verne Sweeney 1, Steve Ostling Laps 2-16, Verne Sweeney Laps 17-21, Lealand McSpadden Laps 22-30.
NOTES:
A rainout which turned into a day show, with rodeo like results, greeted the fans at Yuma. The rough track made for some entertaining rides by all drivers as they tried to harness their four wheel mounts around the 3/8 mile sun blistered track.
Lealand outlasted the track and the competition as he found his groove wherever the #91 car led him.
On Lap 8 of the Main, Jack Hewitt made contact with Richard Griffin on the Front Straight and flipped. Also involved were Ron Shuman and Brad Noffsinger. Griffin and Hewitt dropped out, while Shuman and Noffsinger restarted at the back. Shuman ended up taking third from Sweeney coming to the checkered flag.
The Bromme Sprinter, driven by Billy Boat, made a valiant attempt to pass the eventual winner, but caught the wall in turn three late in the race, and flew softly over it to land on his cage. Billy was unhurt, but put on a whale of a show up until then.
Mike Kirby in the Danny Pivovaroff #59 made second place his home with a good drive.
Cary Faas went thru the pack at least twice, finally finishing sixth.
*Thanks to J Hicks & Chris Holt.
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