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Perris, CA....Oct 4....Getting a
rare opportunity to race on the same card as the SCRA unwinged 410 sprint cars,
Richard McCormick raced from third starting to win the main event for the VRA
unwinged 360 sprint cars at Perris Auto Speedway Saturday night. Earlier,
McCormick had run second to Arizona visitor Charles Davis Jr in his heat race.
McCormick was chased across the finish line by 10th starting Mike Kirby with
Ronnie Case coming from 11th to place third ahead of 13th starter Steve Conrad.
Tom Stansberry finished 6th, one spot ahead of point leader Chris Wakim. Wakim's
point lead is now just 45 points over Stansberry with Oct 25 and Nov 1 races at
Ventura remaining on the 2003 season schedule. McCormick is a former USAC
TQ Midget racer and his win paid $1000 with Kirby earning $750 and Case $500.
Racing as a second division to the
410 mounts, a 30 car turnout saw a rare three heat format for VRA. The top five
finishers in each heat advanced into the A Main and they were joined by 7
transfers from the B Main. Jonas Reynolds beat Stansberry in heat 1 and point
leader Wakim edged out Mike Knopf and Mike Whitcomb in heat 2. Davis Jr and
McCormick were chased across the heat 3 finish line by Will Perkins, the
previous VRA winner in Ventura. Keith Williamson won the B Main ahead of Kevin
Kierce, Richard Terry, Mark Deskovick and Jayson May. Top runner Ron DiDonato
was a heat race scratch and Kierce had to drive through the B Main field after
missing his heat race. The busy Kirby raced two different cars for the Shoemaker
team, but was 22nd in the SCRA feature. Davis Jr also raced in both classes.
Knopf, Stansberry, McCormick, Reynolds, Davis Jr and Wakim made up the front
three rows for the 22 car A Main. McCormick raced to the win ahead of Kirby,
Case, Conrad, Knopf, Stansberry, Wakim, Luis Espinoza, Jesse Denome, Terry and
May.
The teams get a couple weekends off
before the back to back Ventura races to end their schedule. Knopf is third in
points ahead of Kierce, Espinoza and absent Rob Kershaw and Greg Taylor.
Summary
Heat 1-Jonas Reynolds, Tom
Stansberry, Larry Lloyd, Luis Espinoza, Jesse Denome.
Heat 2-Chris Wakim, Mike Knopf, Mike Whitcomb, Ronnie Case, Steve Conrad.
Heat 3-Charles Davis Jr, Richard McCormick, Will Perkins, Mike Kirby, Chris
Tramel.
B Main-Keith Williamson, Kevin Kierce, Richard Terry, Mark Deskovick, Jayson
May, Joe Henderson, Brandon Springstead, Kyle Hancock, Ron Wade, Jim
Porter.
A Main-McCormick, Kirby, Case, Conrad, Knopf, Stansberry, Wakim, Espinoza,
Denome, Terry, May, Henderson, Whitcomb, Lloyd, Perkins, Deskovick, Tramel,
Davis, Reynolds, Kierce, Springstead, Williamson.
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