EL CENTRO, Calif. (April 12, 2003) - Kent Rosevear
of Yuma, Ariz., a former IMCA Modified Champion, captured the 2003 USAC
Southwest Sprint Car Series opener Saturday night at Imperial Valley Speedway in
El Centro, Calif. The race was his first under USAC sanction!
Rosevear caught early leader Steve Stone on the 27th lap and led the final four
laps in his Pro-Tech Automotive Buckley/RPM. Stone finished second and emerged
as the series point leader going into an April 26 race at Hollywood Hills
Speedway in San Felipe Pueblo, N.M.
Saturday night's program featured four flips, including defending series
champion Mike Boat, who won his heat race, then flipped on the 20th lap of the
feature. Fast qualifier Rick Ziehl was also involved in a feature crash but all
drivers escaped injury.
Trailing Rosevear and Stone in the 30-lap feature event on the 3/8-mile dirt
track were Brandon Lane, Mike Martin and Ron Clark.
USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series results from Imperial
Valley Speedway:
QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Rick Ziehl, 35, Nagle-16.25; 2. Shon Deskins, 99, Deskins-17.91; 3. Ron
Clark, 33, Clark-18.31; 4. Matthew Rossi, 14, Rossi-18.53; 5. Kent Rosevear, 24,
Rosevear-18.59; 6. Steve Stone, 57x, Stone-18.66; 7. Brandon Lane, 97,
Lane-18.84; 8. Kaylene Verville, 01, Verville-18.90; 9. Ron Kratz, 45,
Kratz-18.90; 10. Mike Rux, 18, Rux-18.98; 11. Chris Bonneau, 78, Bonneau-18.98;
12. Beau Binder, 25, Binder-19.00; 13. Mike Boat, 74, Boat-19.00; 14. Mike
Martin, 57, Martin-19.31; 15. Bruce St. James, 00, St. James-19.34; 16. Aaron
Reyer, 2J, Reyer-19.44; 17. James Aragon, 19, Aragon-19.91; 18. Dave Burns, 52,
Burns-NT; 19. Jim Pless, 56, Pless-NT; 20. Mark Deskovich, 7k, Deskovich-NT.
DASH: (4 laps)
1. Rossi, 2. Ziehl, 3. Clark, 4. Deskins. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Ziehl, 2. Martin, 3. Rux, 4. Rossi, 5. Lane, 6. Aragon. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Binder, 2. Verville, 3. Rosevear, 4. Deskins, 5. St. James, 6. Pless. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Boat, 2. Kratz, 3. Stone, 4. Clak, 5. Burns. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Kent Rosevear, 2. Steve Stone, 3. Brandon Lane, 4. Mike Martin, 5. Ron
Clark, 6. Bruce St. James, 7. Ron Kratz, 8. Kaylene Verville, 9. James Aragon,
10. Shon Deskins, 11. Mike Boat, 12. Beau Binder, 13. Matthew Rossi, 14. Rick
Ziehl, 15. Mike Rux. NT
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**Deskovich flipped during hot laps. Pless flipped during the second heat. Rossi
flipped on lap 4 of the feature. Boat flipped on lap 20 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-26 Stone, Laps 27-30 Rosevear.
NEW SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Stone-62; 2-Lane-56; 3-Martin-56;
4-Clark-55; 5-St. James-47; 6-Kratz-47; 7-Verville-44; 8-Deskins-42; 9-Ziehl-39;
10-Aragon-37.
NEXT SOUTHWEST SPRINT CAR RACE: April 26 - San Felipe Pueblo, NM - Hollywood
Hills Speedway
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