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BARBER WINS SHASTA WESTERN SPRINT DEBUT 
SERIES "OFF" UNTIL JUNE 12 AT TUCSON

by Dick Jordan

MAY 10, 2004...Tim Barber of San Francisco, Calif. led the final 27 laps of Saturday night's 40-lap feature to record his initial USAC Western Sprint Car victory at Shasta Speedway in Anderson, Calif. The race was the first for the series at the recently extended and refurbished 1/3-mile paved oval.

Barber and his Bos Sheet Metal Eagle/Chevy passed Shauna Hogg to secure the win over Hogg, Brad Bumgarner, Michael Trimble and Brian McClish. Fast qualifier Tony Hunt broke a rear end early in the feature and trails new series point leader Bumgarner by seven points going into a June 12 race at Tucson, Ariz.

Barber, the 2000 Russell Pro Triple Crown Champion, ranks sixth in the new series points.

USAC VALVOLINE WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 8, 2004 - Anderson, California - Shasta Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Hunt, 60, Western Speed-14.778; 2. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor-14.817; 3. Chad Nichols, 7, Scott-14.901; 4. Michael Newman, 9, Newman-14.990; 5. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-15.000; 6. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-15.020; 7. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-15.069; 8. Destiny Hays, 28, Hays-15.122; 9. Rick Brown, 98, Tyler-15.146; 10. Michael Trimble, 15, Trimble-15.214; 11. Brian McClish, 80, Western Speed-15.286; 12. Robert Beck, 3, Beck-15.331; 13. Greg Anderson, 2, Anderson-15.356; 14. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Murgoitio-15.362; 15. Chris Peterson, 18,
Peterson-15.400; 16. Alan Kaiser, 45, Kaiser-15.678; 17. Bob Scott, 7s, Scott-15.754; 18. Brent Rich, 33, Rich-16.540.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hays, 2. Trimble, 3. Murgoitio, 4. Hogg, 5. Taylor, 6. Kaiser, 7. Beck, 8. Rich, 9. Newman. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Anderson, 2. Brown, 3. Peterson, 4. Bumgarner, 5. McClish, 6. Barber, 7. Hunt, 8. Chad Nichols (#7).

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Newman, 3. Nichols (#7s), 4. Barber, 5. Beck, 6. Kaiser, 7. Rich. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tim Barber, 2. Shauna Hogg, 3. Brad Bumgarner, 4. Michael Trimble, 5. Brian McClish, 6. Destiny Hays, 7. Rick Brown, 8. Greg Anderson, 9. Robert Beck, 10. Mike Murgoitio, 11. Brent Rich, 12. Greg Taylor, 13. Chad Nichols (#7s), 14. Michael Newman, 15. Tony Hunt, 16. Alan Kaiser, 17. Chris Peterson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Hogg, Laps 14-40 Barber.

NEW WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Bumgarner-173; 2-Hunt-166; 3-Trimble-142; 4-Anderson-142; 5-Michael Lewis-140; 6-Barber-137; 7-Hogg-132;
8-McClish-125; 9-Jeff Gardner-109; 10-Newman-103.

NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE: June 12 - Tucson (AZ) Raceway Park

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