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Fernley, NV..May 29.....Burning
up six tires on the abrasive track during the night, Northern California's Ricky
Williams raced to a $2500 win in the 30 lap feature as the USAC Southwest
Unwinged Sprint Cars made their first ever trip into Northern Nevada to race at
Reno-Fernley Raceway on Saturday night. The series mainly runs in Arizona and
New Mexico, so only three series regulars were willing to make the monster tow
to the Reno area track. Series point leader Beau Binder actually raced at his El
Paso TX home track on Friday night, then traveled to Fernley to compete on
Saturday. Series regulars Leighton Crouch and Binder ran 2-3 in the $8500 race
that attracted 8 cars with the Northern California and Nevada support. The BCRA
Midget Lites also raced and Scott Kinney inherited that feature win in the Gary
Dennett owned mount after apparent victor Doug Hunting was disqualified in post
race tech. Tyler Franklin finished second ahead of Scott Clark. A great turnout
of 20 dwarf cars saw Nevada's Shawn Salisbury the winner ahead of Kevin Bender
and Doug Martin. Rick Looney swept to wins in both the heat race and feature for
the 318 Open Wheel class. Veteran Frank Kay got second in both races and Troy
Crawford put together two thirds.
Another NorCal invader Danny Olmstead was quickest of the USAC unwinged sprint
with a 17.84 qualifying run. Williams ripped off a 18.08 lap and Crouch ranked
third at 18.19. Jim Richardson from nearby Graeagle CA was fourth quick at 18.35
and series point leader Binder timed in at 18.47. All 8 cars raced in both heat
races and Binder beat Dave Burns and Richardson in heat 1. Williams outraced
Crouch and Richardson in heat 2. Williams was never headed in the 30 lap feature
as Crouch ran second ahead of Binder, Burns, Matt Fontaine, Olmstead, Nevada's
Mark Beck and Richardson. The far flung series next races at Lubbock TX on June
11. Binder came out of the race with a 19 point lead on Burns and 31 points in
front of Crouch.
The BCRA Midget Lites brought 21 cars that were split into three hear races.
Franklin beat David Maples in heat 1 while Hunting outraced Jeff Griffin in heat
2. Kinney previewed his feature win with a victory in heat 3 over Jared Adams.
Adams set the early pace in the 20 lap feature. Maples and Griffin traded second
for several laps before Kinney and Franklin got by them. Rick Green spun for an
early yellow flag. ON the restart, Kinney took second from Maples and Chad
Compton made an early charge also. Kevin Banks spun for a second yellow flag.
Kinney took the lead from Adams and Franklin was right behind him. Scott Clark
moved into fifth on lap 10 as the leaders began to race in lapped traffic. Billy
Graham Jr fell out without drawing a caution flag. Banks flipped in turn 4 on
lap 17 for a red flag. On the restart with 3 laps remaining, Hunting charged by
Kinney for the top spot only to fail the post race tech. That handed the win
over to Kinney ahead of Franklin, Clark, Griffin, Sam Corso, Jeff Scott, Adams,
William Elrod and Rick Neely.
The first heat for the dwarf cars went to Al Ghiorso ahead of Dan Weger and Ted
Stinson. Salisbury had a perfect night as he won heat 2 over Neil Stinson and
Skip Hempler. Salisbury was chased to his feature win by Bender, Martin, Vuki
Wilson, Stuart Goehring, Bill Brown, Jeff Shurley, Mike Atwater, Ghiorso and
Hawthorne's Bob Vaden. Billie Canham was the only feature scratch. The 318 Open
Wheel class had 8 entries and R Looney beat Kay, Crawford and Wally Looney in
the heat race. Larry Creiglow was disqualified from his feature finish as the
feature ended up with the same top five order as the heat action. R Looney won
ahead of Kay, Crawford, W Looney and Larry Silas.
The BCRA full midgets come to Reno-Fernley on June 12.
Summary
Open Wheel 318
Heat-Rick Looney, Frank Kay, Troy Crawford, Wally Looney, Larry Silas.
Main-R Looney, Kay, Crawford, W Looney, Silas, Rick Thuemler, John
Scherer.
Dwarf Cars
Heat 1-Al Ghiorso, Dan Weger, Ted Stinson, Barry Lane, Pat Weger.
Heat 2-Shawn Salisbury, Neil Stinson, Skip Hempler, Doug Martin, Kevin Bender.
Main-Salisbury, Bender, Martin, Vuki Wilson, Stuart Goehring, Bill Brown, Jeff
Shurley, Mike Atwater, Ghiorso, Bob Vaden, N Stinson, Hempler, D Weger, Reece
Wilson, T Stinson, P Weger, Lane, Curtis Thrasher, Greg Reid.
Midget Lites
Heat 1-Tyler Franklin, David Maples, Sam Corso, Jeff Scott, Chris Glaso.
Heat 2-Doug Hunting, Jeff Griffin, Chad Compton, Drew Barney, Ron Weimer.
Heat 3-Scott Kinney, Jared Adams, Scott Clark, Kevin Banks, Clay Green.
Main-Kinney, Franklin,Clark, Griffin, Corso, Scott, Adams, William Elrod, Rick
Neely, Compton, Glaso, Barney, C Green, Maples, Banks, April Halliday, Bill
Graham Rick Green, Jesse Harmon.
Unwinged 360 Sprint Cars
Fast Time-Danny Olmstead 17.84
Heat 1-Beau Binder, Dave Burns, Jim Richardson, Olmstead, Rick Williams.
Heat 2-Williams, Leighton Crouch, Richardson, Olmstead, Burns.
Main-Williams, Crouch, Binder, Burns, Matt Fontaine, Olmstead, Mark Beck,
Richardson.
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