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CRA SPRINT CARS
KNOXVILLE RACEWAY - KNOXVILLE, IA
MAY 13, 1990
*Thanks to Bill Wright.
McSpadden Completes CRA Midwest Tour
with Knoxville Win
by Bob Wilson
Knoxville, IA - The veteran, Lealand McSpadden, utilized a late
race restart to grab the lead and coast to a convincing win in the
thirty-lap California Racing Association feature event at the
Knoxville Raceway Sunday night.
What had been scheduled as a two-day Friday-Saturday event, fell to
rain on each of those days. The program then went to Sunday as a
result.
McSpadden, who was piloting the Danny Pivovaroff Ford Gambler, was
able to change a slowly deflating left rear tire during a red flag
stop on the twenty-eighth lap. When the race went green again, he was
able to maintain the front running spot to the finish to claim a
$5,000 payday.
The race had developed into a four-way contest early on as Jack Hewitt
led from the second lap through the twenty-first circuit. The quartet
of sprinters found the cushion to their liking as Bubby Jones,
McSpadden and Rip Williams trailed the fleet Hewitt around the
half-mile oval.
McSpadden moved low into turn one on the twenty-second lap and exited
down the backstretch with the lead. Jones was able to pull a similar
move four laps later on Hewitt to gain the runner-up spot and Williams
made a final lap pass of the fading Hewitt to gain third. CRA points
leader John Redican trailed Hewitt at the checkereds for fifth.
TIME TRIALS (Qualifying Order):
1. 55, John Redican, Chatsworth, CA (7) 19.634; 2. 2, Jerry Meyer,
Chino, CA (1) 19.710; 3. 3, Brad Noffsinger, Huntington Beach, CA (2)
19.717; 4. 91, Rip Williams, Yorba Linda, CA (11) 19.784; 5. 19,
Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (10) 19.850; 6. 7x, Jack Hewitt, Troy, OH
(13) 19.887; 7. 93, Robbie Ferguson, Harbor City, CA (6) 19.904; 8.
24, Bubby Jones, Glen Avon, CA (12) 19.948; 9. 98, Verne Sweeney,
Lomita, CA (8) 19.950; 10. 47, Cary Faas, Yorba Linda, CA (15) 20.017;
11. 48, Walt Kennedy, Upland, CA (23) 20.027; 12. 71, Bob Meli, Temple
City, CA (17) 20.062; 13. 72, Kim Craft, Hacienda Heights, CA (5)
20.152; 14. 7, Mike Sweeney, Phelan, CA (19) 20.203; 15. 1, Ron
Shuman, Tempe, AZ (31) 20.258; 16. 57, Ron Didonato, Anaheim, CA (20)
20.367; 17. 3Y, Danny Young, Des Moines, IA (16) 20.484; 18. 111, Mike
English, Norwalk, CA (21) 20.535; 19. 89, Ron Wolf, La Mirada, CA (24)
20.582; 20. 27, Billy Felts, Rialto, CA (14) 20.627; 21. 45, Harlan
Willis, Ventura, CA (26) 20.662; 22. 16L, Leonard Lee, Spring Valley,
CA (18) 20.939; 23. 12, Steve Ostling, Cerritos, CA (9) 20.969; 24.
20, Dennis Rodriguez Jr., Burbank, CA (4) 20.988; 25. 68, Rickie
Gaunt, Torrance, CA (22) 21.134; 26. 94, Terry Singleton, Buena Park,
CA (30) 21.399; 27. 51, Mitch Culp, Dana Point, CA (25) 21.475; 28.
64, Gary Morton, Lakeside, CA (3) 21.504; 29. x5, Jeff Holt,
Brookings, SD (32) 21.607; 30. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (33)
22.009; 31. 19x, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (28) 22.209; 32. 61, Gary
Bland, Cajon, CA (27) NT; 33. 15x, Billy Boat, Phoenix, AZ (29) NT.
TROPHY DASH (started), 3 laps, 1:03.1:
1. Rip Williams (1) 2. Jerry Meyer (3) 3. John Redican (4) 4. Brad
Noffsinger (2)
HEAT RACE 1 (started), 10 laps, NT:
1. John Redican (7) 2. Danny Young (3) 3. Lealand McSpadden (6) 4.
Verne Sweeney (5) / 5. Rickie Gaunt (1) 6. Harlan Willis (2) 7. Jeff
Holt (8) 8. Kim Craft (4) DNS - Billy Boat
HEAT RACE 2 (started), 10 laps, 3:32.2:
1. Jack Hewitt (7) 2. Mike Sweeney (5) 3. Jerry Meyer (8) 4. Mike
English (4) / 5. Leonard Lee (3) 6. Mike Thomas (1) 7. Terry Singleton
(2) 8. Cary Faas (6)
HEAT RACE 3 (started), 10 laps, 3:35.2:
1. Ron Shuman (4) 2. Brad Noffsinger (7) 3. Robbie Ferguson (6) 4.
Steve Ostling (2) / 5. Walt Kennedy (5) 6. Bob Weuve (1) 7. Ron Wolf
(3) 8. Mitch Culp (8)
HEAT RACE 4 (started), 10 laps, 3:38.8:
1. Bubby Jones (4) 2. Rip Williams (5) 3. Bob Meli (3) 4. Ron Didonato
(2) / 5. Billy Felts (1) 6. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (6) 7. Gary Morton
(7) DNS - Gary Bland
B-MAIN (started), 12 laps, 4:23.6:
1. Billy Boat (13) 2. Cary Faas (1) 3. Walt Kennedy (2) 4. Rickie
Gaunt (6) / 5. Bob Weuve (9) 6. Billy Felts (4) 7. Mike Thomas (8) 8.
Mitch Culp (11) 9. Ron Wolf (3) 10. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (10) 11.
Terry Singleton (7) 12. Gary Morton (12) 13. Leonard Lee (5) DNS - Kim Craft, Harlan Willis, Gary Bland, Jeff Holt
A-MAIN (started), 30 laps, NT:
1. Lealand McSpadden (4) 2. Bubby Jones (1) 3. Rip Williams (5) 4.
Jack Hewitt (3) 5. John Redican (8) 6. Danny Young (16) 7. Robbie
Ferguson (2) 8. Ron Shuman (14) 9. Jerry Meyer (7) 10. Ron Didonato
(15) 11. Bob Meli (12) 12. Rickie Gaunt (19) 13. Walt Kennedy (11) 14.
Mike English (17) 15. Steve Ostling (18) 16. Mike Sweeney (13) 17.
Billy Boat (20) 18. Brad Noffsinger (6) 19. Cary Faas (10) 20. Verne
Sweeney (9).
Lap Leaders:
Jones 1, Hewitt 2-21, McSpadden 22-30.
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