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DAVE DARLAND ADDS TULSA TO HIS VICTORY RESUME |
| TULSA, OK, AUGUST 18, 2004 - Lincoln, Indiana's Dave
Darland claimed his first sprint car victory in Oklahoma aboard the
#56 Pruett Group, Raney Racing Engines, TCR on Tulsa Speedway's
quick three-eighths mile clay oval. It was the maiden victory
for the Pruett Group in SCRA/NWWC competition, crowning this year's
Napa Auto Parts/Auto Trader Magazine Non Wing World Championship
tour's fifth different winner. Darland said that his car was tight early in the evening, on the tackier track, but as the race progressed and became more of a dry slick surface, it came to his chassis setup and he was able to best early leader, Tony Elliott, whose car developed a push, allowing Darland to slip by on the bottom and assume the point. Twenty-seven entries queued up for this Wednesday night show, before a good crowd, viewing the non-wing sprints on Tulsa Speedway for the first time since 1988. Among the visitors testing the non-wing waters were Gary Wright of Hooks, Texas, Zach Chappell of Talala, Oklahoma and Sean Walden from Bentonville, Arkansas and several regular winged warriors from the Tulsa area. In addition to Darland and Elliott, other mid-western competitors included Bud Kaeding, Levi Jones and Matt Neely. The SCRA traveling group now moves to the final venue of the tour at Lakeside Speedway in Kansas City, Kansas. Programs scheduled are a Media event on Thursday, including the Annual Jerry Weld Classic Invitational Race, which will admit all fans free of charge for a preview of the thrills on tap for Friday and Saturday evenings. Friday's show will transfer the four top finishers into the $10,000.00 to win Saturday night feature, with all others competing in the early Saturday events leading up to the Tour Finale. SCRA RACE #12 - TULSA SPEEDWAY, TULSA, OKLAHOMA/8-18-04 Arizona Race Mart Time Trials 1. Levi Jones, 2B 17.090 , 2. Zach Chappell, 50Z 17.150, 3. Alex Pruett, 56AZ 17.180, 4. Tony Elliott, 11 17.280, 5. Bud Kaeding, 45 17.280, 6. Dave Darland, 56 17.340, 7. Mike Spencer, 44 17.400, 8. Sean McClelland, 1 17.500, 9. Jimmy Crawford, 13 17.590, 10. Matt Neely, 17N 17.600, 11. Gary Wright, 9 17.700, 12. Mike Martin, 57M 17.740, 13. Charles Davis Jr., 8A 17.900, 14. Cody Branchcomb, 94 17.980, 15. Mel Murphy, 62 17.990, 16. Seth Wilson, 17 18.030, 17. Mark Nation, 3N 18.030, 18. Ronnie Clark, 33 18.100, 19. Rickie Gaunt, 2A 18.130, 20. Alan Ballard, 97 18.250, 21. Roy Larkin, 52 18.280, 22. Brian McClelland, 87 18.560, 23. Nick Smith, 15S 18.570, 24. Jake Martens, 48 18.830, 25. Jerrod Wilson, 88J 19.310, 26. Sean Walden, 14 19.930, 27. Don Whitmore, 66 20.700 SHAVER ENGINES HEAT 1 (10 Laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Charles Davis Jr., 3. Rickie Gaunt, 4. Matt Neely, 5.Levi Jones, 6. Mike Spencer, 7.Brian McClelland, 8. Jerrod Wilson, 9. Seth Wilson. STINGER CHASSIS HEAT 2 (10 Laps) 1. Gary Wright, 2. Zach Chappell, 3. Cody Branchcomb, 4. Nick Smith, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Sean Walden, 7. Alan Ballard 8. Sean McClelland, 9. Mark Nation (DNS). SPIN TECH MUFFLERS HEAT 3 (10 Laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Jimmy Crawford, 3. Alex Pruett, 4. Mike Martin, 5. Don Whitmore, 6. Roy Larkin, 7. Ronnie Clark, 8. Jake Martens, 9. Mel Murphy. JE PISTONS DASH (6 Laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Alex Pruett, 6. Zach Chappell, 7. Matt Neely, 8. Jimmy Crawford. B-MAIN EVENT (12 Laps) 1. Mike Spencer, 2. Ronnie Clark, 3. Seth Wilson, 4. Roy Larkin, 5. Brian McClelland, 6. Alan Ballard, 7. Sean Walden, 8. Jerrod Wilson, 9. Jake Martens. A -MAIN EVENT (30 Laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Levi Jones, 4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Nick Smith, 6. Matt Neely, 7. Rickie Gaunt, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Ronnie Clark, 10. Charles Davis Jr., 11. Alex Pruett, 12. Sean Walden, 13. Cody Branchcomb, 14. Jimmy Crawford, 15. Mike Martin, 16. Alan Ballard, 17. Zach Chappell, 18. Seth Wilson, 19. Brian McClelland, 20. Roy Larkin, 21. Gary Wright, 22. Don Whitmore. Led: Tony Elliott (Lap 1-22), Dave Darland (Lap 23-30), No Time. |
