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8/13
Kinser Takes A Main Thursday Night
from Knoxville Raceway
Knoxville, IA – Steve Kinser of Bloomington, Indiana won the rain-delayed second night of qualifying feature Thursday night at the Knoxville Nationals. The program didn't get green flag for qualifying until 10:30 p.m. Kinser, the defending National Champion, led all but the first two laps of the twenty-lap event ahead of Ron Shuman, the only other race leader. Kinser commented after the race that things felt right. His sweep of the qualifying events Thursday earned the Hoosier the pole for the 30-lap Championship race Saturday.
Danny Smith definitely proved the gambling instinct of "The Gambler". Smith scratched his first night efforts that were a respectable 6th place of the opening qualifiers. The risk paid off as Smith bettered himself to third of the Thursday qualifying cars and the fourth in combined points.
Ron Shuman made a move on Smith on the last lap to gain the second spot. Rounding out the top finishers were Shane Carson, Terry Doss, Jeff Swindell and Don Reiners.
During time trials, Larry Aszmus of Anchorage, Alaska, began bicycling his sprint car as he entered the first turn. Aszmus was taken to a Knoxville Hospital and transferred to Des Moines Mercy Hospital for treatment of an arm injury. Kinser was the fastest of the forty-five entries with a clocking of 20.443.
Preliminary racing action saw Mike Peters of Wichita, Kansas, Danny Smith of Hendersonville, Tennessee, Bob Geldner of St. Peter, Minnesota and Kinser receiving wins. The B main was won by Leonard Lee of El Cajon, California, ahead of John McCoy of Knoxville.
Results
Time Trials, *: 1. 11, Steve Kinser, Bloomington, IN, 20.433; 2. 75, Ron Shuman, Tempe, AZ, 20.536; 3. 18x, Danny Smith, Hendersonville, TN, 20.692; 4. 73, Terry Doss, Tulsa, OK, 20.710; 5. 97, Bill Mellenberndt, Sioux Falls, SD, 20.825; 6. 54, Don Reiners, Sioux Falls, SD, 20.827; 7. 47, Billy Robison, Topeka, KS, 21.008; 8. 55x, Jeff Swindell, Memphis, TN, 21.078; 9. 112, Shane Carson, Oklahoma City, OK, 21.088; 10. 6T, Gary Dunkle, Chanute, KS, 21.089; 11. 21P, Ed Polich, Great Falls, MT, 21.097; 12. 17A, Larry Clark, Tolleson, AZ, 21.148; 13. 38, Ken Schrader, Fenton, MO, 21.158; 14. 1B, Bob Geldner, St. Peter, MN, 21.215; 15. 70, Joe Saldana, Speedway, IN, 21.227; 15.; 16. 69N, Bobby Brutto, San Jose, CA, 21.281; 17. 89, Bob Williams, Independence, MO, 21.338; 18. 5c, Al Hagar, Fostoria, OH, 21.351; 19. 9, John McCoy, Knoxville, IA, 21.377; 20. 28, Mike Peters, Wichita, KS, 21.408; 21. 37, Mike Thomas, Des Moines, IA, 21.420; 22. 07, Gary Patterson, Breckenridge, CO, 21.523; 23. 27x, Jim Moughan Jr., Springfield, IL, 21.584; 24. 1, Rick Weld, Kansas City, MO, 21.589; 25. 88A, Tim Gee, Spruce Grove, ALB, Can., 21.638; 26. 72, Bill McCormick, Anderson, CA, 21.795; 27. 48, Tim Deaver, Knoxville, IA, 21.854; 28. 16L, Leonard Lee, El Cajon, CA, 22.105; 29. 76w, Rick Lemanski, Fox Lake, WI, 22.106; 30. 80, Al Liskai, Tiffin, OH, 22.142; 31. 18A, Larry Aszmus, Anchorage, AK, 22.145; 32. 00, Bobby Ensminger, Burlington, IA, 22.194; 33. 98, Jac Haudenschild, Millersburg, OH, 22.227; 34. 14A, Mike Hoover, West Memphis, Arkansas, 22.415; 35. 92, Layne Wright, Denver, CO, 22.446; 36. 1c, Larry Slawson, Tulsa, OK, 22.519; 37. 29, Don Johnson, Longmont, CO, 22.907; 38. 93, Steve Johnson, Orion, IL, 22.977; 39. 8S, Frank Swain, Kansas City, MO, 23.203; 40. 33, Ken Potter, Lee's Summit, MO, 27.770; 41. 20, Tim Green, Des Moines, IA, NT; 42. 97x, Rick Salem, Overland, KS, NT; 43. 60, Mike Selberg, Brooklyn Park, MN, NT; 44. 2J, Randy Flodman, Lincoln, NE, NT; 45. 65, Junior Parkinson, Gladstone, MO, NT.
Heat one (started), 10 laps, 3:38.02: 1. Mike Peters (6) 2. Terry Doss (10) 3. Bobby Brutto (7) 4. Jeff Swindell (9) 5. Larry Clark (8) / 6. Mike Hoover (3) 7. Rick Lemanski (4) 8. Frank Swain (2) 9. Rick Weld (5) DNS – Steve Johnson
Heat two (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Danny Smith (10) 2. Billy Robison (9) 3. Jim Moughan Jr. (5) 4. Joe Saldana (7) 5. Ed Polich (8) / 6. Leonard Lee (4) 7. John McCoy (6) 8. Don Johnson (2) 9. Jac Haudenschild (3) DNS – Larry Aszmus
Heat three (started), 10 laps, NT: 1. Bob Geldner (7) 2. Ron Shuman (10) 3. Don Reiners (9) 4. Al Hagar (6) 5. Gary Dunkle (8) / 6. Tim Deaver (4) 7. Bobby Ensminger (3) 8. Larry Slawson (2) 9. Gary Patterson (5) DNS – Bill McCormick
Heat four (started), 3:39.63: 1. Steve Kinser (10) 2. Shane Carson (8) 3. Ken Schrader (7) 4. Layne Wright (2) 5. Bill Mellenberndt (9) / 6. Tim Gee (4) 7. Mike Thomas (5) 8. Al Liskai (3) 9. Bob Williams (6) 10. Ken Potter (1)
B main (started), 12 laps, 4:29.93: 1. Leonard Lee (6) 2. John McCoy (2) / 3. Tim Gee (4) 4. Rick Lemanski (3) 5. Bobby Ensminger (5) 6. Al Liskai (8) 7. Don Johnson (9) 8. Larry Slawson (10) 9. Frank Swain (11) 10. Mike Thomas (1) 11. Mike Hoover (7) DNS – Bob Williams, Gary Patterson, Rick Weld, Tim Deaver, Jac Haudenschild, Ken Potter, Bill McCormick, Larry Aszmus, Steve Johnson, Tim Green, Rick Salem, Mike Selberg, Randy Flodman, Junior Parkinson
A main (started), 20 laps, 7:08.30: 1. Steve Kinser (1) 2. Ron Shuman (2) 3. Danny Smith (3) 4. Shane Carson (9) 5. Terry Doss (4) 6. Jeff Swindell (8) 7. Don Reiners (6) 8. Bob Geldner (14) 9. Billy Robison (7) 10. Joe Saldana (15) 11. Bill Mellenberndt (5) 12. Ed Polich (11) 13. Al Hagar (17) 14. Ken Schrader (13) 15. Mike Peters (19) 16. Jim Moughan Jr. (19) 17. Larry Clark (12) 18. Bobby Brutto (16) 19. Gary Dunkle (10) 20. Layne Wright (20) 21. Leonard Lee (21) 22. John McCoy (22). Lap Leaders: Shuman 1-2, S. Kinser 3-20.
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