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EAST GOES WEST TO WIN "OLD
PUEBLO CLASSIC" SPRINTS |
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NOVEMBER 22, 2004 - Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind. became the 14th driver
in USAC history to win both ends of a Sprint/Midget "doubleheader,"
capturing Saturday night's 40-lap "Old Pueblo Classic" 40-lappers at
Tucson (Ariz.) Raceway Park. East will put the cap on his 2004 USAC National Midget Championship season Thursday night when he competes in the 100-lap Mopar "Turkey Night Grand Prix" at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway. He'll have another opportunity at Irwindale to win Sprint and Midget races, with a 40-lap Western Sprint Car feature also part of the Thanksgiving night program. Practice at Irwindale gets under way at 2 pm and qualifying starts at 4. An autograph session is scheduled for 5 and the first race begins at 6:30. The USAC California Ford Focus Midgets share the billing, with a 25-lapper on the track's 1/3-mile oval. East passed Aaron Pierce on the fourth lap of Saturday's Tucson Sprint race, after leading all 40 laps of the preceding Midget feature. He paced the final 37 laps of the Sprint race in his Klatt Enterprises Power Stroke Diesel Beast/Ford to beat Tony Hunt, Pierce, Robert Beck and A.J. Fike. Brian McClish led the opening lap before yielding to Pierce. Hunt's runner-up finish left him with a 44-point lead over defending Western Sprint Car Champion Michael Lewis going into Thursday's Irwindale finale. USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 20, 2004 - Tucson, Arizona - Tucson Raceway Park - "Old Pueblo Classic" QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 5x, Klatt-14.624; 2. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-14.770; 3. A.J. Fike, 32x, RFMS-14.795; 4. Aaron Pierce, 26p, Pierce-14.858; 5. Brian McClish, 80, Western Speed-14.877; 6. Tony Hunt, 60, Western Speed-14.877; 7. Destiney Hays, 28, Hays-14.932; 8. Greg Anderson, 3K, Finkenbinder-14.938; 9. Michael Lewis, 40, Western Speed-14.969; 10. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor-14.995; 11. Robert Beck, 3, Beck-15.077; 12. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-15.081; 13. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Murgoitio-15.192; 14. Chris Schmelzle, 37, LaMonte-15.219; 15. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.268; 16. Josh Wise, 3F, Finkenbinder-15.271; 17. Jeff Gardner, 51, Revcon-15.296; 18. A.J. Russell, 7x, Russell-15.407; 19. Michael Trimble, 15, Trimble-15.491; 20. Alan Kaiser, 94, Kaiser-16.051; 21. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-16.817; 22. Jason McCord, 67, Zarounian-NT; 23. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-NT. FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pierce, 2. East, 3. Wise, 4. Taylor, 5. Murgoitio, 6. Hays, 7. Trimble. NT SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McClish, 2. Beck, 3. Bumgarner, 4. Gardner, 5. Anderson, 6. Schmelzle, 7. Kaiser. 2:02.62 THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Fike, 3. Hunt, 4. Hogg, 5. Hendrix, 6. Russell, 7. Mitchell. 2:00.03 SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hays, 2. Anderson, 3. Murgoitio, 4. Hendrix, 5. Schmelzle, 6. Russell, 7. Kaiser, 8. Mitchell. 2:32.34 FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bobby East, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Aaron Pierce, 4. Robert Beck, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Rick Hendrix, 7. Brad Bumgarner, 8. Destiney Hays, 9. Jeff Gardner, 10. Michael Lewis, 11. Mike Murgoitio, 12. Brian McClish, 13. Josh Wise, 14. Shauna Hogg, 15. Alan Kaiser, 16. Chris Schmelzle, 17. Greg Anderson, 18. A.J. Russell, 19. Michael Trimble, 20. Greg Taylor, 21. Marvin Mitchell. NT ---------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 McClish, Laps 2-3 Pierce, Laps 4-40 East. NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-845; 2-Lewis-801; 3-Bumgarner-753; 4-McClish-719; 5-Trimble-606; 6-Beck-601; 7-Murgoitio-586; 8-Hogg-582; 9-Anderson-544; 10-Barber-539. NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: November 25 - Irwindale (CA) Speedway - 64th Mopar "Turkey Night Grand Prix" |
