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LEWIS REPEATS IN IRWINDALE'S
"CASEY DIEMERT CLASSIC" |
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NOVEMBER 28, 2004 - Michael Lewis of Noblesville, Ind. won Thursday
night's 40-lap "Casey Diemert Classic" USAC Western Sprint Car race at
Irwindale (Calif.,) Speedway. The race was part of the track's 64th "Turkey Night Grand Prix" racing program, USAC's 2004 finale. Lewis, who also won the series finale last year at Irwindale, caught early leader Bobby East on the 14th lap and led the rest of the way in his Team ASE/Snap-On Wesmar/Eagle. East finished second ahead of Chris Schmelzle, Aaron Pierce and Rick Hendrix. Tony Hunt finished sixth and emerged with a 28-point cushion over Lewis to win the 2004 Western Sprint Car driving title. Lewis was Thursday night's fastest qualifier and Pierce won the "qualifying race." USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 25, 2004 - Irwindale, California - Irwindale Speedway - "Casey Diemert Classic" QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Michael Lewis, 40, Western Speed-16.487; 2. Tony Hunt, 60, Western Speed-16.748; 3. Bobby East, 5x, Klatt-16.802; 4. Tony Stewart, 20, Stewart-16.824; 5. Josh Wise, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.864; 6. Kody Swanson, 75, Williams-16.916; 7. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS-16.980; 8. Bobby Santos III, 67, Zarounian-16.984; 9. Destiney Hays, 28, Hays-17.027; 10. Mike Murgoitio, 19, Murgoitio-17.073; 11. Chris Schmelzle, 37, LaMonte-17.094; 12. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-17.096; 13. Greg Taylor, 47, Taylor-17.115; 14. Nick Rescino, Jr., 11x, Rescino-17.133; 15. Anthony Simone, 10, Simone-17.187; 16. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-17.245; 17. Tim Barber, 14, Pierson-17.245; 18. Darren Hagen, 09, McMinn-17.253; 19. Brian McClish, 80, Western Speed-17.271; 20. Brad Bumgarner, 88, Bumgarner-17.277; 21. Greg Anderson, 2, Anderson-17.313; 22. Randy DuBois, 79, DuBois-17.348; 23. A.J. Russell, 71, Russell-17.374; 24. Jim Waters, 24, Waters-17.445; 25. Tracy Hines, 7, Priestley-17.469; 26. Rory Price, 3R, Finkenbinder-17.482; 27. Matt DeMartini, 6, Carr-17.491; 28. Amy Barnes, 12, Barnes-17.509; 29. Robert Beck, 03, Beck-17.526; 30. Michael Trimble, 15, Trimble-17.544; 31. Eric Silsby, 42, Barnes-17.556; 32. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-17.629; 33. Jeff Gardner, 51, Revcon-17.634; 34. Brian Geisler, 44T, Geisler-17.790; 35. Allen Goetz, 50, Goetz-17.853; 36. Jason McCord, 04, McClish-18.285; 37. Alan Kaiser, 94, Kaiser-18.797; 38. Chris Petersen, 18, Petersen-NT. QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Pierce, 2. Barber, 3. Bumgarner, 4. Simone, 5. Waters, 6. McClish, 7. Hines, 8. Trimble, 9. Beck, 10. McCord, 11. DuBois, 12. Anderson, 13. Barnes, 14. Hagen, 15. Hogg, 16. Russell, 17. DeMartini, 18. Kaiser, 19. Goetz, 20. Geiszler, 21. Price, 22. Silsby, 23. Petersen. NT FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Michael Lewis, 2. Bobby East, 3. Chris Schmelzle, 4. Aaron Pierce, 5. Rick Hendrix, 6. Tony Hunt, 7. Kody Swanson, 8. A.J. Fike, 9. Bobby Santos, 10. Tracy Hines, 11. Jim Waters, 12. Mike Muroitio, 13. Brad Bumgarner, 14. Shauna Hogg, 15. Anthony Simone, 16. Michael Trimble, 17. Tim Barber, 18. Nick Rescino, Jr., 19. Tony Stewart, 20. Josh Wise, 21. Brian McClish, 22. Destiney Hays, 23. Greg Taylor. NT ------------------------------------------ FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 East, Laps 14-40 Lewis. FINAL WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Hunt-895; 2-Lewis-867; 3-Bumgarner-780; 4-McClish-732; 5-Trimble-627; 6-Murgoitio-615; 7-Hogg-607; 8-Beck-601; 9-Barber-558; 10-Anderson-544. |
