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"VUKOVICH CLASSIC" SPRINTS TO LEWIS!
WESTERN SPRINTS MAKE SHASTA DEBUT SATURDAY

by Dick Jordan

MAY 3, 2004...Defending USAC Valvoline Western Sprint Car Champion Michael
Lewis of Noblesville, Ind. is undefeated in this year's series, wheeling his Western Speed Racing Team ASE/Snap-On Eagle/Wesmar to victory in Saturday night's "Vukovich Classic" 40-lapper at Madera (Calif.) Speedway.

Lewis passed Jeff Gardner on lap 13 and led the rest of the way to beat Tony Hunt, Brad Bumgarner, Jeff Gardner and Chad Nichols.Lewis, the fastest qualifier, also won at Madera on April 24.

The Western Sprint cars head for Anderson, Calif. for this Saturday night's debut at Shasta Speedway. A 40-lap feature is planned at the 1/3-mile paved oval.

Lewis leads former Western Sprint Car Champ Hunt by only seven points going into the Anderson program. Chad Nichols led the first four laps at Madera, relinquishing
the lead to former series titlist Jeff Gardner for laps 5-12.

USAC VALVOLINE WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: 
May 1, 2004 - Madera, California - Madera Speedway - "Vukovich Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 
1. Michael Lewis, 40, Western Speed-13.51; 2. Tony Hunt, 60, Western Speed-13.61; 3. Brian McClish, 80, Western Speed-13.72; 4. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-13.73; 5. Nick Rescino, 11x, Rescino-13.77; 6. Chad Nichols, 67, Zarounian-13.84; 7. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-13.85; 8. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-13.85; 9. Mark Monico, 21, Monico-13.92; 10. Destiny Hays, 28, Hays-13.95; 11. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor-14.01; 12. Michael Newman, 9, Newman-14.02; 13. Chad Ede, 11, Ede-14.07; 14. Bryan Bullard, 71, McCreary-14.07; 15. Michael Trimble, 15, Trimble-14.10; 16.
Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-14.10; 17. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Murgoitio-14.11; 18. Randy DuBois, 7, Scott-14.13; 19. Greg Anderson, 2, Anderson-14.14; 20. Chuck Maddox, 23, Maddox-14.15; 21. Mike McCreary, 7x, McCreary-14.26; 22. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-14.35; 23. Amy Barnes, 12, Barnes-14.39; 24. Robert Beck, 3, Beck-14.54; 25. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-14.62; 26. Alan Kaiser, 45, Kaiser-15.17; 27. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-15.28.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 
1. Simone, 2. Hogg, 3. Anderson, 4. Lewis, 5. Bumgarner, 6. Gardner, 7. Ede, 8. Hays, 9. Barber. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 
1. Maddox, 2. Bullard, 3. Murgoitio, 4. Hendrix, 5. Barnes, 6. Hunt, 7. Taylor, 8. Rescino, 9. Kaiser. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 
1. Trimble, 2. McCreary, 3. Monico, 4. Nichols, 5. DuBois, 6. Newman, 7. McClish, 8. Beck, 9. Mitchell. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 
1. Hunt, 2. Gardner, 3. McClish, 4. Rescino, 5. Newman, 6. Taylor, 7. Hays, 8. Ede, 9. Beck, 10. Barber, 11. Kaiser, 12. Mitchell. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 
1. Michael Lewis, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Brad Bumgarner, 4. Jeff Gardner, 5. Chad Nichols, 6. Rick Hendrix, 7. Brian McClish, 8. Michael Newman, 9. Greg Anderson, 10. Tim Barber, 11. Nick Rescino, 12. Michael Trimble, 13. Bryan Bullard, 14. Mike Murgoitio, 15.
Shauna Hogg, 16. Anthony Simone, 17. Randy DuBois, 18. Mike McCreary, 19.
Mark Monico, 20. Amy Barnes, 21. Chuck Maddox. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Nichols, Laps 5-12 Gardner, Laps 13-40 Lewis.

NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Lewis-140; 2-Hunt-133; 3-Bumgarner-114;
4-Gardner-109; 5-Anderson-95; 6-Bullard-91; 7-Trimble-84; 8-Barber-74;
9-McClish-73; 10-Newman-72.

NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: May 8 - Anderson, CA - Shasta Speedway


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