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KNOXVILLE RACEWAY - KNOXVILLE, IA
MAY 10, 1991

*Thanks to Bill Wright.

Griffin Takes Friday Knoxville CRA Opener
by Bob Wilson

Knoxville, Iowa (May 10) - Richard Griffin found the racing surface to his liking as he captured the 30-lap feature event for the California Racing Association (CRA) non-winged sprint cars at Knoxville Raceway Friday night.

Griffin, who was obviously the fastest car all evening, set two track records on the night. He piloted his sprinter into the lead of the feature event on lap 12 from a fourth row starting position. Once in front, the fleet Griffin appeared to be on his way to an unchallenged victory.

On lap 24, Bubby Jones came into the picture and began to vie for the top spot. Two laps later, Lealand McSpadden made it a three-some as Griffin's tires began to go away. The final circuits saw several challenges for the top spot as Griffin was able to keep the point position and crossed the finish line three car lengths ahead of Jones and McSpadden to claim the $3,000 first place money.

Finishing fourth was a fast-closing Billy Boat, Rip Williams took fifth and Ron Shuman settled for sixth. Gary Howard, Sid Blandford, Steve Ostling and Rich Bubak formed the top 10 finishers.

This seventh annual CRA Midwest Tour of Champions saw Griffin establish new track records at one and ten lap distances in the Pepper Fite-owned Ford-powered sprinter. Additional marks were set for three laps and 12 laps.

Qualifying heats went to Griffin, Cary Faas and Rickie Gaunt. McSpadden took the trophy dash and the B Main.

A companion Knoxville Limited Sprint program found Mark Wilson on top of an 18-car field in that division's feature event. Dwight Snodgrass was second and Mike Twedt finished third.

TIME TRIALS (Qualifying Order): 
1. 29, Richard Griffin, Silver City, NM (5) 18.936 (NTR); 2. 6, Billy Boat, Phoenix, AZ (11) 19.326; 3. 24, Bubby Jones, Glen Avon, CA (7) 19.441; 4. 91, Lealand McSpadden, Tempe, AZ (20) 19.553; 5. 2, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ (12) 19.703; 6. 67, Carl Shockley, Montclair, CA (10) 19.716; 7. 1, Rip Williams, Yorba Linda, CA (14) 19.830; 8. 47, Cary Faas, Yorba Linda, CA (16) 19.859; 9. 16L, Leonard Lee, Spring Valley, CA (6) 19.916; 10. 5, Steve Ostling, Bellflower, CA (21) 19.958; 11. 81, Jon Stanbrough, Danville, IN (13) 20.065; 12. 66, Mike Jones, Hartford, SD (2) 20.151; 13. 45, Harlan Willis, Ventura, CA (24) 20.220; 14. 20, Dennis Rodriguez Jr., Fountain Valley, CA (19) 20.229; 15. 98, Verne Sweeney, Lomita, CA (18) 20.238; 16. 42, Mark Sokola, Huntington Beach, CA (3) 20.320; 17. 0K, Don O'Keefe Jr., Union City, CA (23) 20.371; 18. 19, Rickie Gaunt, Torrance, CA (25) 20.386; 19. 9, Rich Bubak, Golden, CO (9) 20.399; 20. 14, Brian Campbell, Glendale, CA (26) 20.420; 21. 31, Sid Blandford Jr., Vail, CO (15) 20.436; 22. 75, Gary Howard, Rancho Cucamonga, CA (8) 20.583; 23. 19x, Bob Weuve, Newton, IA (1) 21.166; 24. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA (22) 21.088; 25. 32, Don Tucker, Hawthorne, CA (27) 21.530; 26. 61, Gary Bland, El Cajon, CA (4) NT; 27. 56B, Rick Becker, Sun Prairie, WI (17) NT.

TROPHY DASH (started), 3 laps, :58.2 (NTR): 
1. Lealand McSpadden (1) 2. Billy Boat (3) 3. Bubby Jones (2) 4. Richard Griffin (4)

HEAT RACE 1 (started), 10 laps, 3:19.6 (NTR): 
1. Richard Griffin (6) 2. Harlan Willis (2) 3. Rip Williams (4) 4. Steve Ostling (3) / 5. Rich Bubak (7) 6. Lealand McSpadden (5) 7. Mark Sokola (1) 8. Gary Howard (8) DNS  Gary Bland

HEAT RACE 2 (started), 10 laps, 3:21.3: 
1. Cary Faas (4) 2. Jon Stanbrough (3) 3. Billy Boat (6) 4. Ron Shuman (5) / 5. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (2) 6. Don OKeefe Jr. (1) 7. Bob Weuve (8) 8. Brian Campbell (7) DNS - Don Tucker

HEAT RACE 3 (started), 10 laps, 3:20.3: 
1. Rickie Gaunt (1) 2. Verne Sweeney (2) 3. Bubby Jones (6) 4. Leonard Lee (4) / 5. Sid Blandford Jr. (7) 6. Mike Jones (3) 7. Mike Thomas (8) 8. Carl Shockley (5) DNS - Rick Becker

B-MAIN (started), 12 laps, 4:05.4 (NTR): 
1. Lealand McSpadden (1) 2. Carl Shockley (2) 3. Mike Jones (3) 4. Gary Howard (10) 5. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (4) 6. Mark Sokola (5) 7. Sid Blandford Jr. (9) 8. Rich Bubak (7) / 9. Don OKeefe Jr. (6) 10. Mike Thomas (11) 11. Bob Weuve (12) 12. Brian Campbell (8) 13. Don Tucker (13) DNS - Rick Becker, Gary Bland

A-MAIN (started), 30 laps, NT: 
1. Richard Griffin (8) 2. Bubby Jones (6) 3. Lealand McSpadden (5) 4. Billy Boat (7) 5. Rip Williams (2) 6. Ron Shuman (4) 7. Gary Howard (16) 8. Sid Blandford Jr. (19) 9. Steve Ostling (10) 10. Rich Bubak (20) 11. Leonard Lee (9) 12. Mike Jones (12) 13. Rickie Gaunt (15) 14. Harlan Willis (13) 15. Mark Sokola (18) 16. Dennis Rodriguez Jr. (17) 17. Cary Faas (1) 18. Carl Shockley (3) 19. Jon Stanbrough (11) 20. Verne Sweeney (14). 

Lap Leaders: Williams 1-11, Griffin 12-30.

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