MAY 31, 2004...Rick Williams of San Leandro, Calif., runner-up to Kevin
Urton in USAC's inaugural Western Sprint Car Championship in 1996, returned to
competition USAC Saturday night and promptly won the Southwest Sprint Car
Series' first race in the state of Nevada!
Williams was one of eight drivers who put on a spectacular 30-lap feature at the
3/8-mile dirt Reno-Fernley Raceway in Fernley, Nevada. He led all 30 laps but
had to withstand determined challenges from runner-up Leighton Crouch and
third-place finisher Beau Binder. Binder, the series point leader, also won a
heat race and emerged with a 19-point lead over Dave Burns in the new standings
going into scheduled Texas races in mid-June.
Burns finished fourth at Reno-Fernley, while Matt Fontaine was fifth. Danny
Olmstead was the fastest qualifier and Binder and Williams won preliminary
heats.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS:
May 29, 2004 - Fernley,Nevada - Reno-Fernley Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Danny Olmstead, 11D, Olmstead-17.84; 2. Rick Williams, 6, Williams-18.08; 3.
Leighton Crouch, 0c, Crouch-18.19; 4. Jaems Richardson, 8, Richardson-18.35; 5.
Beau Binder, 25, Binder-18.47; 6. David Burns, 52, Burns-18.69; 7. Mark Beck,
4x, Beck-19.86; 8. Matt Fontaine, 4, Fontaine-20.61.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Binder, 2. Burns, 3. Richardson, 4. Olmstead, 5. Williams, 6. Fontaine, 7.
Beck, 8. Crouch. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps)
1. Williams, 2. Crouch, 3. Richardson, 4. Olmstead, 5. Burns, 6. Fontaine, 7.
Beck, 8. Binder. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Rick Williams, 2. Leighton Crouch, 3. Beau Binder, 4. David Burns, 5. Matt
Fontaine, 6. Danny Olmstead, 7. Mark Beck, 8. James Richardson.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Williams.
USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR SERIES STANDINGS
1.-Beau Binder-130
2.-Dave Burns-111
3.-Leighton Crouch-99
4.-Rick Williams-77
5.-Rick Ziehl-66
6.-Josh Pelkey-62
7.-Mike Boat-61
8.-Danny Olmstead-61
9.-Mike Martin-60
10.-Matt Fontaine-54
NEXT USAC SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE:
June 11 - Lubbock, Texas - Lubbock Motor Speedway
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