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NAPA AUTO PARTS/AUTO TRADER MAGAZINES
SCRA SPRINT CARS
PERRIS AUTO SPEEDWAY
SEPTEMBER 14, 2002
36 CARS
FAST QUALIFIERS (Top 10)
1. #41 - Bobby Cody - 16.659
2. #7 - Damion Gardner - 16.703
3. #47 - Brian Venard - 16.706
4. #98 - Verne Sweeney - 16.710
5. #6 - Mike English - 16.857
6. #3 - Rip Williams - 16.863
7. #50 - Richard Griffin - 16.871
8. #29 - Steve Ostling - 16.908
9. #99 - Adam Mitchell - 16.955
10. #5 - Mike Kirby - 17.015
HEAT 1
1. Mike Spencer, 2. Dan Hillberg, 3. Jarrett Chaney, 4. Adam Mitchell, 5.
Mike English, 6. Bobby Cody, 7. Steve Venard, 8. Eric Severson, 9. Mark
Heidenreich
HEAT 2
1. Rickie Gaunt, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Michael Hinrichsen, 5.
Damion Gardner, 6. Seth Wilson, 7. Dan Tedrick, 8. Gary W. Howard, 9. Ronnie
Clark-DNS
HEAT 3
1. John Scott, 2. Jordan Hermansader, 3. Richard Griffin, 4. Levi Jones, 5.
Mel Murphy, 6. Brian Venard, 7. Casey Shuman, 8. JD Vance, 9. Bob Ferro
HEAT 4
1. Steve Ostling, 2. Tony Jones, 3. Lance Gremett, 4. Josh Wise, 5. Verne
Sweeney, 6. Jimmy Thornell, 7. Tony Smiley, 8. Tom Wilhelm, 9. Rick Becker
PMD
1. Rip Williams, 2. Levi Jones, 3. Steve Ostling, 4. Richard Griffin, 5. Mike
Kirby, 6. Josh Wise, 7. Jarrett Chaney, 8. Adam Mitchell
B-MAIN
1. Mike English, 2. Damion Gardner, 3. Verne Sweeney, 4. Rick Becker, 5.
Jarrett Chaney, 6. Ronnie Clark, 7. Steve Venard, 8. Tony Smiley, 9. Eric
Severson, 10. Dan Tedrick, 11. Bob Ferro, 12. Tom Wilhelm, 13. Bobby Cody, 14.
Casey Shuman, 15. JD Vance, 16. Jimmy Thornell, 17. Mark Heidenreich, 18. Gary
W. Howard, 19. Seth Wilson, 20. Mel Murphy
A-MAIN (with starting positions)
1. Mike Kirby (5th)
2. Richard Griffin (4th)
3. Levi Jones (2nd)
4. Mike English (10th)
5. John Scott (12th)
6. Brian Venard (8th)
7. Tony Jones (17th)
8. Michael Hinrichsen (13th)
9. Steve Ostling (3rd)
10. Lance Gremett (16th)
11. Verne Sweeney (11th)
12. Dan Hillberg (19th)
13. Rickie Gaunt (14th)
14. Damion Gardner (9th)
15. Ronnie Clark (20th)
16. Mike Spencer (18th)
17. Steve Venard (22nd)
18. Rip Williams (1st)
19. Rick Becker (15th)
20. Josh Wise (6th)
21. Jarrett Chaney (7th)
22. Jordan Hermansader (21st)
Large crowd watched as Mike Kirby, who ran in the top four spots all race
long, took the lead from Richard Griffin late in the race when Griffin bobbled
in turn one. Rip Williams again seemed headed for victory for the second
race in a row when he had a problem in turn one (not sure of the cause) and a
subsequent visit to the turn one crashwall one lap later ended his quest for
victory. Steve Ostling had a flat tire while running second.
Had to restart at the back and came back to 9th. Rickie Gaunt flipped
after breaking a Jacob's Ladder around lap 10. He restarted at the back
and ended up 13th.
Nice passing jobs in the main included Mike English (12th to 4th), John Scott
(14th to 5th), Tony Jones (17th to 7th), Michael Hinrichsen (13th to 8th),
Lance Gremett (20th to 10th), Dan Hillberg (21st to 12th), Ronnie Clark (21st
to 15th),
Josh Wise, making his first ever Sprint Car start and substituting for the
injured Rodney Argo, made the dash and started 6th in the main. He was
running 6th when he tangled with Damion Gardner and was done for the night.
Seth Wilson, who has dominated The PAS Dwarf Car competition in 2002, made his
Sprint Car debut in a former Richard Griffin JB Chassis. Unfortunately,
he got upside down in his heat race causing heavy damage to the car.
*Thanks to Scott Daloisio.
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