CRA RACE RESULTS

CRA SPRINT CARS

KNOXVILLE RACEWAY - KNOXVILLE, IA

MAY 13, 1990

McSpadden Completes CRA Midwest Tour with Knoxville Win by Bob Wilson Knoxville, IA - The veteran, Lealand McSpadden, utilized a late race restart to grab the lead and coast to a convincing win in the thirty-lap California Racing Association feature event at the Knoxville Raceway Sunday night. What had been scheduled as a two-day Friday-Saturday event, fell to rain on each of those days. The program then went to Sunday as a result.

McSpadden, who was piloting the Danny Pivovaroff Ford Gambler, was able to change a slowly deflating left rear tire during a red flag stop on the twenty-eighth lap. When the race went green again, he was able to maintain the front running spot to the finish to claim a $5,000 payday. The race had developed into a four-way contest early on as Jack Hewitt led from the second lap through the twenty-first circuit. The quartet of sprinters found the cushion to their liking as Bubby Jones, McSpadden and Rip Williams trailed the fleet Hewitt around the half-mile oval. McSpadden moved low into turn one on the twenty-second lap and exited down the backstretch with the lead. Jones was able to pull a similar move four laps later on Hewitt to gain the runner-up spot and Williams made a final lap pass of the fading Hewitt to gain third. CRA points leader John Redican trailed Hewitt at the checkereds for fifth.

TIME TRIALS (Qualifying Order): 1. 55, John Redican, Chatsworth, CA (7) 19.634; 2. 2, Jerry Meyer, Chino, CA (1) 19.710; 3. 3, Brad Noffsinger, Huntington Beach, CA (2) 19.717; 4. 91, Rip Williams, Yorba Linda, CA (11) 19.784; 5. 19, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (10) 19.850; 6. 7x, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH (13) 19.887; 7. 93, Robbie Ferguson, Harbor City, CA (6) 19.904; 8. 24, Bubby Jones, Glen Avon, CA (12) 19.948; 9. 98, Verne Sweeney, Lomita, CA (8) 19.950; 10. 47, Cary Faas, Yorba Linda, CA (15) 20.017; 11. 48, Walt Kennedy, Upland, CA (23) 20.027; 12. 71, Bob Meli, Temple City, CA (17) 20.062; 13. 72, Kim Craft, Hacienda Heights, CA (5) 20.152; 14. 7, Mike Sweeney, Phelan, CA (19) 20.203; 15. 1, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (31) 20.258; 16. 57, Ron Didonato, Anaheim, CA (20) 20.367; 17. 3Y, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (16) 20.484; 18. 111, Mike English, Norwalk, CA (21) 20.535; 19. 89, Ron Wolf, La Mirada, CA (24) 20.582; 20. 27, Billy Felts, Rialto, CA (14) 20.627; 21. 45, Harlan Willis, Ventura, CA (26) 20.662; 22. 16L, Leonard Lee, Spring Valley, CA (18) 20.939; 23. 12, Steve Ostling, Cerritos, CA (9) 20.969; 24. 20, Dennis Rodriguez Jr., Burbank, CA (4) 20.988; 25. 68, Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA (22) 21.134; 26. 94, Terry Singleton, Buena Park, CA (30) 21.399; 27. 51, Mitch Culp, Dana Point, CA (25) 21.475; 28. 64, Gary Morton, Lakeside, CA (3) 21.504; 29. x5, Jeff Holt, Brookings, SD (32) 21.607; 30. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (33) 22.009; 31. 19x, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (28) 22.209; 32. 61, Gary Bland, Cajon, CA (27) NT; 33. 15x, Billy Boat, Phoenix, AZ (29) NT.

TROPHY DASH (started), 3 laps, 1:03.1: 1. Rip Williams (1) 2. Jerry Meyer (3) 3. John Redican (4) 4. Brad Noffsinger (2)

HEAT RACE 1 (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. John Redican (7) 2. Danny Young (3) 3. Lealand McSpadden (6) 4. Verne Sweeney (5) / 5. Rickie Gaunt (1) 6. Harlan Willis (2) 7. Jeff Holt (8) 8. Kim Craft (4) DNS - Billy Boat

HEAT RACE 2 (started), 10 laps, 3:32.2: 1. Jack Hewitt (7) 2. Mike Sweeney (5) 3. Jerry Meyer (8) 4. Mike English (4) / 5. Leonard Lee (3) 6. Mike Thomas (1) 7. Terry Singleton (2) 8. Cary Faas (6)

HEAT RACE 3 (started), 10 laps, 3:35.2: 1. Ron Shuman (4) 2. Brad Noffsinger (7) 3. Robbie Ferguson (6) 4. Steve Ostling (2) / 5. Walt Kennedy (5) 6. Bob Weuve (1) 7. Ron Wolf (3) 8. Mitch Culp (8)

HEAT RACE 4 (started), 10 laps, 3:38.8: 1. Bubby Jones (4) 2. Rip Williams (5) 3. Bob Meli (3) 4. Ron Didonato (2) / 5. Billy Felts (1) 6. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (6) 7. Gary Morton (7) DNS - Gary Bland

B-MAIN (started), 12 laps, 4:23.6: 1. Billy Boat (13) 2. Cary Faas (1) 3. Walt Kennedy (2) 4. Rickie Gaunt (6) / 5. Bob Weuve (9) 6. Billy Felts (4) 7. Mike Thomas (8) 8. Mitch Culp (11) 9. Ron Wolf (3) 10. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (10) 11. Terry Singleton (7) 12. Gary Morton (12) 13. Leonard Lee (5) DNS - Kim Craft, Harlan Willis, Gary Bland, Jeff Holt

A-MAIN (started), 30 laps, NT: 1. Lealand McSpadden (4) 2. Bubby Jones (1) 3. Rip Williams (5) 4. Jack Hewitt (3) 5. John Redican (8) 6. Danny Young (16) 7. Robbie Ferguson (2) 8. Ron Shuman (14) 9. Jerry Meyer (7) 10. Ron Didonato (15) 11. Bob Meli (12) 12. Rickie Gaunt (19) 13. Walt Kennedy (11) 14. Mike English (17) 15. Steve Ostling (18) 16. Mike Sweeney (13) 17. Billy Boat (20) 18. Brad Noffsinger (6) 19. Cary Faas (10) 20. Verne Sweeney (9).

Lap Leaders: Jones 1, Hewitt 2-21, McSpadden 22-30.