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Rolling Thunder - Sprint Car Racing From Ascot

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QM8GYW35a9g

Thanks Lance for the link.  Great way to start the New Year off.  Doesn't get any better than Ascot, early 80's, lots of cars and the stands full of gratefull fans.

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tks lance and Don K for posting video

Wow...That is so cool.....Loved that ASCOT!

Thanks for sharing.  What great memories.  I spent a lot of Saturday nights in turn one Ascot.  I usually sat with the Famighetti brothers which was worth the price of admission by itself!  I will always remember how quickly Dean Thompson was on the hammer after being pushed off for his qualifying run.  

Tucson Osty

Tucson Osty, I remember that too.  Seemed he planted the throttle as soon as the engine barked to life and liften after exiting turn 2 after the 2nd lap.  I remember too Dean's last Victory where he was 4th fastest, won the Dash, won the 4th Heat and won the Main from 5th starting spot.  If my memory is correct, he was in the lead by the end of the 1st lap of the Main.  Saw him just before he passed at Tulare and had a great talk with Dean.  My all time favorite sprint car driver.  RIP Dean.

ASCOT PARK - GARDENA, CA
NOVEMBER 23, 1985
8TH ANNUAL DON PEABODY CLASSIC

44 CARS

TIME TRIALS:
1. Jeff Heywood, 8, Morales- 19.150, 2. John Redican, 79, Bright- 19.153, 3. Brad Noffsinger, 391, Kasparoff- 19.179, 4. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme- 19.234, 5. Stan Atherton, 45, Kawabe/Acosta- 19.327, 6. Jim Lauri IV, 81, Kindoll- 19.412, 7. Jack Hawley, 99, Carbone- 19.414, 8. Duane Feduska, 91, Lewis- 19.437, 9. Mike Sweeney, 5, Kasparoff- 19.496, 10. Brad Marvel, 00, Hicks- 19.544, 11. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer- 19.554, 12. Danny Lewis, 11, Pratt- 19.587, 13. Billy Felts, 125, Felts- 19.590, 14. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle- 19.619, 15. Bobby George, 19, Lee- 19.662, 16. Billy Shuman, 66A, Urgo- 19.686, 17. Jim Giardina, 58. Giardina- 19.688, 18. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz- 19.722, 19. Bubby Jones, 1, Gas Chem- 19.751, 20. Lealand McSpadden, 98A, Krug- 19.757, 21. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer- 19.849, 22. Brett Roa, 84, Roa- 19.863, 23. Ron Shuman, 21X, Stephens- 19.864, 24. Gary Howard, 1A, 19.882,25. Bob Meli, 25, Germo- 19.899, 26. Kirk Sturgeon, 43, Sturgeon- 19.917, 27. Mark Sokola, 27, Sokola- 19.919, 28. Kenneth Cope, 42, Cope- 19.928, 29. Eddie Wirth, 77, Davis/Wirth- 20.000, 30. Leroy Shaver, 57, Shaver- 20.035, 31. Mike Lang, 32, Lang- 20.048, 32. Randy Holbert, 38, Roa- 20.064, 33. Dave Blaney, 98JR, Agajanian- 20.074, 34. Bill Floyd, 65, Rounthwaite/Floyd- 20.174, 35. Glenn Nesbit, 72, Nesbit- 20.268, 36. Scott Beck, 119, Lent- 20.406, 37. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton- 20.427, 38. Alan Wexler, 97, Gaffney- 20.582, 39. Jim Blenkarn, 90, Blenkarn- 20.670, 40. Roy Bleckert III, 129, 20.706, 41. Jerry Hudson, 74, Reed- 21.286, 42. Dan Schuck, 16, Schuck- 21.411, 43. Andy Mohre, 15, Mohre- 22.696, 44. Mike Dyott, 44, Dyott- NT.

TROPHY DASH: (3 laps)
1. Dean Thompson, 2. Brad Noffsinger, 3. Jeff Heywood, 4. John Redican.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Mike Sweeney, 2. Jeff Heywood, 3. Kirk Sturgeon, 4. Eddie Wirth (#45), 5. Billy Felts, 6. Mike Lang, 7. Jim Giardina, 8. Brett Roa.

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Bubby Jones, 2. John Redican, 3. Ron Shuman, 4. Randy Holbert, 5. Mark Sokola, 6. Mark Atchison, 7. Jim Lauri IV, 8. Brad Marvel.

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Dave Blaney, 2. Lealand McSpadden, 3. Rip Williams, 4. Brad Noffsinger, 5. Jack Hawley, 6. Bobby George, 7. Kenneth Cope, 8. Gary Howard.

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Dean Thompson, 2. Bob Meli, 3. Bill Floyd, 4. Danny Lewis, 5. Billy Shuman, 6. Duane Feduska, 7. Jerry Meyer, 8. Leroy Shaver.

C-MAIN: (10 laps)
1. Glenn Nesbit, 2. Scott Beck, 3. Jerry Hudson, 4. Dan Schuck, 5. Roy Bleckert III, 6. Terry Singleton, 7. Jim Blenkarn, 8. Alan Wexler.

B-MAIN: (15 laps)
1. Jack Hawley, 2. Mark Atchison, 3. Billy Felts, 4. Duane Feduska, 5. Billy Shuman, 6. Jim Giardina, 7. Brett Roa, 8. Jerry Meyer, 9. Mark Sokola, 10. Mike Lang, 11. Glen Nesbit, 12. Kenneth Cope, 13. Scott Beck, 14. Leroy Shaver, 15. Bobby George, 16. Jim Lauri IV, 17. Gary Howard, 18. Brad Marvel.

FEATURE: (50 laps - With Starting Positions)
1. Dean Thompson (5th), 2. Mike Sweeney (1st), 3. Bubby Jones (13th), 4. Brad Noffsinger (6th), 5. Ron Shuman (15th), 6. Jeff Heywood (8th), 7. Duane Feduska (2nd), 8. Eddie Wirth (4th - #45), 9. Danny Lewis (10th), 10. Mark Atchison (12th), 11. John Redican (7th), 12. Rip Williams (9th), 13. Jack Hawley (3rd), 14. Bill Floyd (20th), 15. Kirk Sturgeon (17th), 16. Lealand McSpadden (14th), 17. Randy Holbert (18th), 18. Billy Felts (11th), 19. Bob Meli (16th), 20. Dave Blaney (19th).
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-Dean Thompson Wins Last CRA Feature and Retires From Sprint Car Racing Until 1995.

-Eddie Wirth Crashed In Qualifying, Jumps Into Stan Atherton's #45 and Clinches CRA Driving Title.

great stuff, thanks for the post.  Did i just see an entire evening of racing go nearly wire to wire with no stops?  One yellow in a heat race but green from then on?  Wow. Good times