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CRA SPRINT CARS
YUMA SPEEDWAY - YUMA, ARIZONA
MARCH 7, 1992
J.W. HUNT CLASSIC
36 CARS
TIME TRIALS:
1. Lealand McSpadden, 91, Lewis- 18.64, 2. Jack Hewitt, 91L,
Lewis- 18.65, 3. Richard Griffin, 4, Fite- 18.91, 4. Mike Kirby, 59,
Pivovaroff- 18.95, 5. Steve Ostling, 5, Pratt- 18.96, 6. Billy Boat,
3, Bromme- 19.01, 7. Harlan Willis, 45, Willis- 19.10, 8. Verne
Sweeney, 98, Sweeney- 19.20, 9. Mike English, 63, Battersby- 19.27,
10. Ron Shuman, 11, Wilkerson- 19.27, 11. Bobby Michnowicz, 19,
Pivovaroff- 19.41, 12. Rip Williams, 47, Gaffney- 19.42, 13. Dennis
Rodriguez, 21, Rodriguez- 19.53, 14. Brad Noffsinger, 1, Morales-
19.64, 15. Ron Wolf, 67, Freeman- 19.64, 16. Ricky Johnson, 51,
Johnson- 19.68, 17. Jim Blenkarn, 46X, Blenkarn- 19.69, 18. Sid
Blandford, 31C, Blandford- 19.69, 19. Kim Craft, 72, Craft- 19.81, 20.
Mike Boat, 78A, Clark- 19.87, 21. Gary W. Howard, 75, Kelly- 19.94,
22. Adam Mitchell, 33, Mitchell- 20.16, 23. Don O'Keefe, 0K, O'Keefe-
20.19, 24. Don Tucker, 32, F.B.N. Inc.- 20.23, 25. Cary Faas, 37, Faas-
20.43, 26. Tom Downing, 90, Downing- 20.46, 27. Gary Bland, 61, Bland-
20.56, 28. Troy Cline, 17, Pivovaroff- 20.77, 29. Ricky Gaunt, 4G,
Gaunt- 20.80, 30. Frank Baldozier, 74, Anderson- 20.92, 31. Kirk
Brown, 43X, Brown- 21.04, 32. Scott Burns, 26, Burns- 21.22, 33. Dan
Morton, 64, Morton- 21.36, 34. Dennis Stewart, 84, Stewart- 22.37, 35.
Rich Stevens, 163, Stevens- NT, 36. Scott Sloane, 95, Sloane- NT.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps)
1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Richard Griffin, 3. Lealand McSpadden, 4. Mike
Kirby.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Lealand McSpadden, 2. Gary W. Howard, 3. Dennis Rodriguez, 4. Mike
English, 5. Cary Faas, 6. Steve Ostling, 7. Jim Blenkarn, 8. Ricky
Gaunt, 9. Dan Morton.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ron Shuman, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Billy Boat, 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5.
Sid Blandford, 6. Frank Baldozier, 7. Dennis Stewart, 8. Adam
Mitchell, 9. Tom Downing.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Richard Griffin, 2. Bobby Michnowicz, 3. Ron Wolf, 4. Kim Craft, 5.
Harlan Willis, 6. Don O'Keefe, 7. Gary Bland, 8. Kirk Brown, 9. Rich
Stevens.
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Ricky Johnson, 3. Mike Kirby, 4. Verne
Sweeney...(more)
SEMI-MAIN: (12 laps)
1. Steve Ostling, 2. Cary Faas, 3. Harlan Willis, 4. Sid Blandford, 5.
Dennis Stewart, 6. Jim Blenkarn...(more)
FEATURE: (30 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Lealand
McSpadden (8th) 2. Mike Kirby (5th) 3. Ron Shuman (10th) 4. Verne
Sweeney (1st) 5. Brad Noffsinger (14th) 6. Cary Faas (20th) 7. Bobby
Michnowicz (11th) 8. Steve Ostling (4th) 9. Rip Williams (12th) 10.
Gary W. Howard (19th) 11. Mike English (9th) 12. Ricky Johnson (16th)
13. Harlan Willis (2nd) 14. Dennis Rodriguez (13th) 15. Sid Blandford
(17th) 16. Billy Boat (3rd) 17. Ron Wolf (15th) 18. Richard Griffin
(6th) 19. Jack Hewitt (7th) 20. Kim Craft (18th)
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Lap Leaders: Verne Sweeney 1, Steve Ostling Laps 2-16, Verne Sweeney
Laps 17-21, Lealand McSpadden Laps 22-30. NOTES:
A rainout which turned into a day show, with rodeo like results,
greeted the fans at Yuma. The rough track made for some entertaining
rides by all drivers as they tried to harness their four wheel mounts
around the 3/8 mile sun blistered track. Lealand
outlasted the track and the competition as he found his groove
wherever the #91 car led him. On Lap 8 of the
Main, Jack Hewitt made contact with Richard Griffin on the Front
Straight and flipped. Also involved were Ron Shuman and Brad
Noffsinger. Griffin and Hewitt dropped out, while Shuman and
Noffsinger restarted at the back. Shuman ended up taking third from
Sweeney coming to the checkered flag. The Bromme
Sprinter, driven by Billy Boat, made a valiant attempt to pass the
eventual winner, but caught the wall in turn three late in the race,
and flew softly over it to land on his cage. Billy was unhurt, but put
on a whale of a show up until then. Mike Kirby in the
Danny Pivovaroff #59 made second place his home with a good drive. Cary
Faas went thru the pack at least twice, finally finishing sixth. *Thanks
to J Hicks & Chris Holt.
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