First Race, March 4th 1978, was at El Centro. It was a two day
show and Ron Shuman was the winner driving for Gary Stanton in the #
75 car. 2nd was McSpadden, 3rd was Jimmy Boyd in the Woodruff # 21.
4th Mike Shaw, 5th was Steve Howard.
3/05/78 El Centro - RON SHUMAN (Stanton 75) - 2 Mike Shaw,
3 Jimmy Boyd, 4 Dean Thompson, 5 Tony Simon.
3/25/78 Ascot Park - LEALAND McSPADDEN - 2 Tom Astone, 3
Jimmy Oskie, 4 Tony Simon, 5 Dean Thompson.
4/01/78 El Cajon - WALLY PANKRATZ (Pieper 71) - 2 Jimmy
Oskie, 3 John Ryals, 4 Roger Mears, 5 Dean Thompson.
4/08/78 Ascot Park - TOMMY ASTONE - 2 Jimmy Boyd, 3 Tony
Simon, 4 Dean Thompson, 5 Jimmy Oskie.
4/15/78 Ascot Park - LEALAND McSPADDEN - 2 Mike Shaw, 3 Lee
James, 4 Max Sweeney, 5 Rick Goudy.
4/22/78 Manzanita - LEALAND McSPADDEN - 2 Smokey Snellbaker
(McNeely 98), 3 Jimmy Oskie (Kindoll 1), 4th Steve Howard, 5th Dean
Thompson (Bromme 3)
4/29/78 Ascot Park - JIMMY BOYD (Woodruff 21) - 2 Walt
Kennedy, 3 Dean Thompson, 4 Mike Shaw, 5 Rick Goudy.
5/05/78 Ascot Park - LEE JAMES (Chuck Howard 15) - 2 Jimmy
Boyd, 3 Mike Shaw, 4 Jimmy Oskie, 5 Dean Thompson. *Chuck Howard was
Indy 500 flag man Brian Howard's dad.
5/13/78 Speedway 117 - STEVE HOWARD (Glen Howard # 94) - 2
Dean Thompson, 3 Buster Venard (FT) , 4 Lee James 15, 5 Tom Roa.
5/20/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Walt
Kennedy, 3 Rick Goudy, 4 Tom Hunt, 5 Buster Venard.
5/27/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Mike Shaw,
3 Rick Goudy, 4 Walt Kennedy, 5 Tony Simon.
5/29/78 Ascot Park - TONY SIMON - 2 Rick Goudy (Morales 2), 3
Steve Howard, 4 Walt Kennedy, 5 Buster Venard.
6/03/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Rick Goudy
(Morales 2), 3 Bob Meli, 4 Jimmy Boyd, 5 Tony Simon.
6/17/78 Speedway 117 - JIMMY OSKIE (Kindoll 1) - 2 Mike Shaw,
3 Rick Goudy, 4 Buster Venard, 5 Tony Simon. Dean Thompson 3. * Dean
was also Fast time.
6/24/78 Ascot Park - BOB MELI - 2 Billy Felts, 3 Jimmy Oskie,
4 Tony Simon, 5 Walt Kennedy.
7/01/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Steve
Howard, 3 Rick Goudy, 4 Jimmy Oskie, 5 Tony Simon.
7/03/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Jimmy
Oskie, 3 Rick Goudy, 4 Buster Venard, 5 Steve Howard. *Firecracker
50
7/08/78 Manzanita - LEALAND McSPADDEN - 2 Rick Goudy, 3 gene
Brown, 4 Buster Venard, 5 Jimmy Oskie.
7/15/78 Speedway 117 - JIMMY OSKIE (Kindoll 1) - * Steve
Howard had fast time that night at Speedway 117, a fast track run by
Don Basille.
7/22/78 Ascot Park - LEE JAMES (Howard 15) - 2 Jimmy Oskie
(Kindoll 1), 3 Dean Thompson (Bromme 3), 4 Rick Goudy (Morales 2), 5
Buster Venard (Elias 7)
7/29/78 Ascot Park - STEVE HOWARD - 2 Jimmy Oskie (Kindoll
1), 3 Dean Thompson (Bromme 2), 4 Buster Venard (Elias 7), 5 Rick
Goudy (Morales 2)
8/05/78 Ascot Park - JIMMY OSKIE (Kindoll 1) - 2 Rick Goudy
(Morales 2), 3 Rick Goade, 4 Tim Lightfoot, 5 Rip Williams.
8/11/78 Speedway 117 - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Jimmy
Oskie 1, 3 Rick Goudy (Morales 2), 4 Ron Rea, 5 Tom Roa. *Jimmy
Oskie had fast time.
8/12/78 Ascot Park - TOM ROA - 2 Steve Howard, 3 Ron Rea, 4
Tim Lightfoot, 5 Billy Felts.
8/19/78 El Cajon - WALLY PANKRATZ (Pieper 71) - 2 Billy
Allen, 3 Jimmy Oskie, 4 Dean Thompson, 5 Max Sweeney.
8/26/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Jimmy
Oskie (Kindoll 1), 3 Tony Simon, 4 Lee James (Howard 15), 5th
Mike Shaw.
9/02/78 Ascot Park - JIMMY OSKIE (Kindoll 1) - 2 Dean
Thompson (Bromme 3), 3 Rick Goudy (Morales 2), 4 Buster Venard
(Elias 7), 5 Steve Howard.
9/04/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Dean Thompson
(Bromme 3), 3 Steve Howard, 4 Billy Felts, 5 Lee James (Howard 15)
9/04/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Lee James
(Howard 15), 3 Dean Thompson (Bromme 3), 4 Buster Venard, 5 Billy
Allen.
9/09/78 Manzanita - BUSTER VENARD (Elias 7) - 2 Rick Goudy
(Morales 2), 3 Lee James (Howard 15), 4 Dennis Matousek, 5 Curt
Waters.
9/16/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Jimmy Oskie
(Kindoll 1), 3 Johnny Anderson, 4 Mike Andreetta (car # 8), 5 Steve
Howard.
9/23/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Dean
Thompson (Bromme 3), 3 Jimmy Oskie (Kindoll 1), 4 Lee James #15, 5th
Billy Allen.
9/30/78 Speedway 117 - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Bob
Meli, 3 Lee James (Howard 15), 4 Tom Roa, 5 Buster Venard (Elias 7),
* Rick Goudy had fast time in the Tamale Wagon.
10/01/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Buster
Venard (Elias 7), 3 Mike Shaw (Cunningham 20), 4 Dub May 28, 5 Lee
James (Howard 15)
10/07/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Buster
Venard (Elias 7), 3 Dean Thompson (Bromme 3), 4 Bob Brutto, 5 Jimmy
Oskie (Kindoll 1)
10/14/78 Manzanita WESTERN WORLD (WOO RACE) - LEALAND
McSPADDEN (Bailey 01) 2 Mike Brooks (Annett 12), 3 Johnny Anderson
(Woodruff 21), 4 Roger Rager (Aden 4J), 5 Eddie Leavitt 40, 6 Doug
Wolfgang (Smith 4x), 7 Mike Shaw (Cunningham 20), 8 Jimmy Oskie
(Kindoll 1), 9 Rick Goudy (Morales 2), 10 Jimmy Boyd (Watson 78), 11
Kenny Jacobs 3x, 12 Bobby Allen la, 13 Tom Corbin (Marler 4), 14
Mike Johnson (Tucker 17), 15 Smokey Snellbaker (McNeely 14), 16
Garry Rush (Stanton 75)
CAR THAT DID NOT FINISH... Sammy Swindell (Brown 44), Larry
Clark 78, Jack
Hewitt 18, Dub May (Stanton 75A), Tom Roa 26, Shane Carson (Trostle
20), Lee Osborne 81, Buster Venard (Elias 7), Rick Ferkel (Bromme
#3)
10/19/78 Ascot Park - DEAN THOMPSON (Bromme 3) - 2 Gary
Patterson (Ross 56), 3 Johnny Anderson (Woodruff 21), 4 Clark
Templeman, 5 Bubby Jones (Siebert 49)
Pacific Coast WOO Open preliminary, day one.
10/20/78 Ascot Park - RICK GOUDY (Morales 2) - 2 Rick Ferkel
(Daugherty 0), 3 Lealand McSpadden (Bailey 01), 4 Jimmy Boyd (Watson
78), 5 Jimmy Oskie (Kindoll 1)
Pacific Coast WOO Open preliminary day two.
10/21/78 Ascot Park - BUSTER VENARD (Elias 7) - 2 Steve
Kinser 11, 3 Jimmy Oskie (Kindoll 1), 4 Rick Goudy (Morales 2), 5
Rick Ferkel (Daugherty 0), 6 Johnny Anderson 21, 7 Doug Wolfgang 4x,
8 Sammy Swindell 44, 9 Jimmy Boyd (Watson 78), 10 Gary Patterson 56,
11 Chuck Gurney (Snow 4), 12 Shane Carson (Trostle 20), 13 Dean
Thompson (Bromme 3), 14 Lee James (Howard 15), 15 Mike Brooks 12, 16
Roger Rager 4J, 17 Bubby Jones 49, 18 Paul Sylvester 14, 19 Larry
Clark (Stanton 78), 20 Tom Roa 26. DNF Mike Shaw (Cunningham 20),
Lealand McSpadden 01, Dub May (Stanton 75), Ron Shuman (Gibson 2x)
DNF Wayne Bennet lx, Bob Meli (Hauser
78) FT Buster Venard 7. Pacific Coast WORLD OF OUTLAWS.
11/18/78 Ascot Park - BUSTER VENARD (Elias 7) - 2 Mike Shaw
(Cunningham 20), 3 Jimmy Oskie (Kindoll 1), 4 Rick Goudy (Morales
2), 5 Walt Kennedy.
Don Peabody CRA Classic.
*Thanks to Chris Holt.
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