CRA SPRINT CARS
ASCOT PARK - GARDENA, CA
NOVEMBER 17, 1990
13TH ANNUAL DON PEABODY CLASSIC
*LAST CRA SPRINT CAR RACE AT ASCOT PARK
58 CARS
TIME TRIALS: 1. Billy Boat, 2, Bromme- 17.958 (Track Record), 2. Bill Von Helmolt, 66, Von Helmolt- 18.423, 3. Rip Williams, 91, Lewis- 18.451, 4. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer- 18.506, 5. Jac Haudenschild, 91X, Lewis- 18.523, 6. Brad Noffsinger, 3, Gardner- 18.530, 7. Cary Faas, 47, Gaffney- 18.572, 8. Ron Shuman, 1, Morales- 18.586, 9. Mike Kirby, 79, Bright- 18.593, 10. Steve Ostling, 12, Pratt- 18.640, 11. Mike Sweeney, 15, Fite/Madden- 18.650, 12. Bob Meli, 71, Meli- 18.664, 13. Tim Green, 11, Wilkerson- 18.686, 14. Walt Kennedy, 48, Leonard- 18.711, 15. Lealand McSpadden, 19, Pivovaroff- 18.720, 16. Mike English, 17, Robertson- 18.753, 17. Brent Kaeding, 69, Miller- 18.785, 18. Rick Gaunt, 68, Gaunt- 18.804, 19. Harlan Willis, 45, Willis- 18.834, 20. Frank Baldozier, 74, Anderson- 18.859, 21. Bubby Jones, 24, Henry- 18.919, 22. Clark Drake, 68X, Gaunt- 18.924, 23. Stan Atherton, 77, Acosta- 18.929, 24. Gary W. Howard, 75, Kelly- 19.011, 25. Verne Sweeney, 98, Sweeney- 19.012, 26. Kim Craft, 72, Craft- 19.055, 27. Ron Wolf, 89, Wolf - 19.074, 28. Mark Sokola, 42, Robison- 19.124, 29. Dennis Rodriguez, 20, Rodriguez- 19.134, 30. Robbie Ferguson, 93, Ferguson- 19.172, 31. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton- 19.172, 32. Keith Chrisco, 43, Fontana- 19.194, 33. Ron DiDonato, 57, Acosta- 19.205, 34. Ricky Williams, 65, Williams- 19.290, 35. Mike Boat, 7OH, Byron- 19.361, 36. Ed Reed, 31, Lane- 19.370, 37. John Redican, 55, Simpson/Noutary- 19.431, 38. Kenny Cope, 95H, Hallett- 19.433, 39. Gary Bland, 61, Bland- 19.514, 40. Brian Campbell, 14, Campbell- 19.659, 41. Tony Elliott, 39E, Elliott- 19.698, 42. Sid Blandford, 119, Pivovaroff/Babbitt- 19.711, 43. Joe Smith, 30, Smith- 19.721, 44. Dan McLeod, 60, Ruth- 19.792, 45. Scott Sloane, 95, Sloane- 19.826, 46. Tom Downing, 90, Downing- 19.897, 47. Steve Rogers, 86, Jones- 19.975, 48. Frank Bucheit, 33, Bucheit- 20.008, 49. Jim Giardina, 58, Giardina- 20.024, 50. Dan Schuck, 80, Schuck- 20.131, 51. Don Tucker, 32, Tucker- 20.029, 52. Dave Twitchell, 18, Twitchell- 22.316, 53. George Sacks, 85, Sacks- 23.016, 54. D.J. Ruth, 25, Ruth- NT., 55. Dale Laakso, 39, Laakso- NT., 56. Billy Felts, 39F, Laakso- NT., 57. Scott Burns, 26, Burns- NT., 58. Alex Walker, 12W, Walker- NT.
TROPHY DASH: (3 laps) 1. Jerry Meyer, 2. Billy Boat, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Bill Von Helmolt. 56:58.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Verne Sweeney, 2. Brent Kaeding, 3. Tim Green, 4. Mike Kirby, 5. Dennis Rodriguez, 6. Jac Haudenschild, 7. Billy Boat, 8. Bubby Jones. 3:09:13.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kim Craft, 2. Rick Gaunt, 3. Brad Noffsinger, 4. Walt Kennedy, 5. Steve Ostling, 6. Bill Von Helmolt, 7. Robbie Ferguson, 8. Clark Drake. NT.
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ron Wolf, 2. Harlan Willis, 3. Lealand McSpadden, 4. Rip Williams, 5. Cary Faas, 6. Terry Singleton, 7. John Redican (#15), 8. Stan Atherton. NT.
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Keith Chrisco, 2. Mark Sokola, 3. Jerry Meyer, 4. Ron Shuman, 5. Frank Baldozier, 6. Gary W. Howard, 7. Bob Meli, 8. Mike English. 3:34:30.
C-MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Ron DiDonato, 2. Ricky Williams, 3. Ed Reed, 4. Mike Boat, 5. Kenny Cope, 6. Tony Elliott, 7. Gary Bland, 8. Brian Campbell. 3:13:07.
B-MAIN: (12 laps) 1. Billy Boat, 2. Bill Von Helmolt, 3. Cary Faas, 4. Bob Meli, 5. Jac Haudenschild, 6. Steve Ostling. 7. Frank Baldozier, 8. Bubby Jones, 9. Mike English, 10. Gary W. Howard, 11. Ricky Williams, 12. Dennis Rodriguez, 13, Ron DiDonato, 14. Stan Atherton, 15. Robbie Ferguson, 16. Terry Singleton. 3:46:15.
FEATURE: (50 laps - With Starting Positions) 1. Ron Shuman (2nd), 2. Cary Faas (3rd), 3. Mike Kirby (1st), 4. Jerry Meyer (5th), 5. Rip Williams (6th), 6. Brad Noffsinger (4th), 7. Brent Kaeding (13th), 8. Tim Green (10th), 9. Bob Meli (9th), 10. Bill Von Helmolt (7th), 11. Rick Gaunt (14th), 12. Keith Chrisco (20th), 13. Ron Wolf (18th), 14. Harlan Willis (15th), 15. Mark Sokola (19th), 16. Verne Sweeney (16th), 17. Billy Boat (8th), 18. Walt Kennedy (11th), 19. Kim Craft (17th), 20. Lealand McSpadden (12th). NT.
-Ron Shuman wins 3rd Don Peabody Classic (1988, 89, 90). -It was his second Peabody Classic in the famed Morales "Tamale Wagon."