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SOUTHWEST
SPRINT CAR SERIES STARS SET
FOR USAC HAWAIIAN DEBUT NOVEMBER 14-15! |
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United States Auto Club is going to Hawaii!!
In the club’s initial venture to the islands, the stars of the USAC
Southwest Sprint Car Series have been invited to compete in a shootout against
stars of a weekly Hawaiian Sprint Car Series for $19,000 in prize money on a ¼-mile
dirt oval located next to Pearl Harbor!
The “Hawaiian USAC Southwest Sprint Car Classic” presented by Pacific
Air Cargo is scheduled November 14 and 15 at Hawaii Motor Speedway, with
complete programs of racing each night. A 30-lap feature is slated on Friday and
a 40-lapper concludes Saturday’s program. Qualifications and preliminary races
are also on tap each night at the track located in the Campbell Industrial Park
in Honolulu.
Invitations from USAC race director Hal Burns have been accepted by the
top drivers in the 2003 USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series and their cars will
depart Los Angeles November 1 on a 747 cargo plane.
An open practice for participants is scheduled at Hawaii Motor Speedway
on Wednesday, November 12.
Leading the USAC contingent are current series point leader Rick Ziehl of
Las Cruces, N.M. and 2002 USAC New Mexico/Arizona Sprint Car Champion Mike Boat
of Phoenix, Ariz.
Other Hawaiian-bound drivers are Arizonas Brandon Lane (Mesa), Robert
Hall, Jr. (Show Low), Ronnie Clark (Tucson), Kaylene Verville (Avondale), Mike
Martin (Yuma) and Shon Deskins and Bruce St. James (Phoenix). David Burns of
Santa Fe, N.M. and Leighton Crouch of Shallowater, Tex. complete the lineup from
the United States.
Verville is the only female in the stateside contingent. In 2002 she won
a race at Show Low, Ariz., becoming the first female in USAC history to win a
Sprint car feature event!
The dozen driver list includes the top nine in the 2003 USAC Southwest
Sprint Car standings and represents winners of seven of this year’s USAC
Southwest feature races. Ziehl leads that contingent with four victories,
including a streak of three straight since mid-July.
Hawaii is one of only eight states never to have hosted a USAC event in
the club’s 48-year history. The others are Alaska, Maine, Mississippi,
Montana, North Dakota, Rhode Island and Wyoming. |
