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18th Annual Pacific Coast Nationals
Ascot Park - Gardena, CA
October 24-27, 1984

October 24th- 45 Cars

Time Trials:
1. Brad Noffsinger, 96, Gardner- 18.863, 2. Mike Sweeney, 6, Kasparoff- 19.226, 3. Eddie Wirth, 77, Wirth/Kittell- 19.266, 4. John Redican, 55, Simpson-19.315, 5. Bubby Jones, 1, Kazarian- 19.381, 6. Dean Thompson, 2, Bromme- 19.382, 7. Bob Meli, 12, Havens- 19.492, 8. Rip Williams, 37, Vermeer- 19.560, 9. Jim Lauri IV, 31, Lane- 19.574, 10. Dave Bradway, 3C, Lamar- 19.624, 11. Steve Kinser, 11US, Kinser- 19.625, 12. Bob East, 5, Morales- 19.628, 13. Stan Atherton, 00, Hicks- 19.641, 14. Mark Atchison, 30, Noggle- 19.710, 15.Lealand McSpadden, 01N, Bailey Bros.- 19.722, 16. Jimmy Oskie, 18, Burns/Kagarise- 19.724, 17. Mike Spencer, 21, Spencer- 19.784, 18. Brent Kaeding, 39N, Klein- 19.791, 19. Bobby Michnowicz, 121, Michnowicz- 19.809, 20. Rick Ferkel, 1US, Klein- 19.844, 21. Sheldon Kinser, 98JR, Agajanian- 19.864, 22. Daryl Swinehart, 391, Kasparoff- 19.881, 23. Rich Vogler, 51, King- 19.928, 24. Mike Lang, 32, Lang- 19.981, 25. Ron Shuman, 21X, Stephens- 20.113, 26. Roger Newell, 78, Newell- 20.199, 27. Chuck Becker, 85, Becker- 20.136, 28. Randy Roberts, 5D, Conklin- 20.144, 29. Dave Swindell, 19, Swindell- 20.221, 30. Greg Staab, 44, BOF Racing- 20.24031, Rick Unger, 56N, Ross- 20.363, 32. Walt Kennedy, 23, Kennedy-20.456, 33. Brad Marvel, 75, Marvel- 20.519, 34. Terry Singleton, 94, Singleton- 20.523, 35. John Beavert, 39, Brown/Williams- 20.564, 36. Bob Nelson, 26, Nelson- 20.600, 37. Rich Brahmer, 26N, R&R- 20.602, 38. Richard Griffin, 91SM, Carsten- 20.919, 39. Alan Wexler, 41, Crowell- 20.955, 40. Jack Hewitt, 10S, Simone- 21.114, 41. Bill Clausen, 67, Pivovaroff- 21.273, 42. Herb Crawford, 53, Crawford- 21.663, 43. Jerry Meyer, 28, Meyer- 22.597, 44. Leroy Shaver, 57, Shaver- 23.316, 45. Charles Zabinski, 27, Zabinski- No Time.

Heat 1: (10 Laps: Top 4 Transfer to the Main)
1. Stan Atherton, 2. Bubby Jones, 3. Brad Marvel, 4. Ron Shuman, 5. Brad Noffsinger, 6. Sheldon Kinser, 7. Jim Lauri IV, 8. Mike Spencer, 9. Rich Brahmer, 10. Dave Swindell.

Heat 2: (10 Laps: Top 4 Transfer to the Main)
1. Richard Griffin, 2. Brent Kaeding, 3. Mike Sweeney, 4. Roger Newell, 5. Daryl Swinehart, 6. Greg Staab, 7. Mark Atchison, 8. Dean Thompson, 9. Terry Singleton, 10. Dave Bradway.

Heat 3: (10 Laps: Top 4 Transfer to the Main)
1. Rich Vogler, 2. Steve Kinser, 3. Eddie Wirth, 4. Lealand McSpadden, 5. Bob Meli, 6. Alan Wexler, 7. Bobby Michnowicz, 8. John Beavert, 9. Chuck Becker, 10. Rick Unger.

Heat 4: (10 Laps: Top 4 Transfer to the Main)
1. Rip Williams, 2. Rick Ferkel, 3. Jimmy Oskie, 4. John Redican, 5. Bob East, 6. Randy Roberts, 7. Jack Hewitt, 8. Mike Lang, 9. Bob Nelson, 10. Walt Kennedy.

Semi Main: (12 Laps- Top 4 To the Main)
1. Brad Noffsinger, 2. Dean Thompson, 3. Bob East, 4. Mark Atchison, 5. Sheldon Kinser, 6. Bobby Michnowicz, 7. Jim Lauri IV, 8. Daryl Swinehart, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Randy
Roberts, 11. Greg Staab, 12. John Beavert, 13. Jack Hewitt, 14. Mike Lang.

Main Event: (20 Laps- Top 10 To Inside Rows of Saturday Feature / With Starting Positions)
1. Eddie Wirth (2nd), 2. Bubby Jones (5th), 3. Mike Sweeney (3rd), 4. Dean Thompson (6th), 5. Brad Noffsinger (4th), 6. Rip Williams (7th), 7. Lealand McSpadden (12th), 8. Jimmy Oskie (13th), 9. John Redican (1st), 10. Steve Kinser (8th), 11. Mark Atchison (11th), 12. Bob East (9th), 13. Rich Vogler (16th), 14. Brent Kaeding (14th), 15. Rick Ferkel (15th), 16. Stan Atherton (10th), 17. Brad Marvel (19th), 18. Roger Newell (18th), 19.Ron Shuman (17th), 20. Richard Griffin (20th).

NOTES:
Zabinski Flipped in Practice.
Singleton Flipped in Heat 2.
Griffin Flipped in the Main.
During the Red for Griffin, Steve Kinser switched to Hoosier Tires and lost the setup.
Despite finishing in the Top 10 to assure themselves of a spot in Saturday's A Main, McSpadden and Kinser withdrew their finishes and chose to race for transfers again on the next night of racing.

*Thanks To J & Meredith Hicks.

18th Annual Pacific Coast Nationals
Ascot Park - Gardena, CA
October 27, 1984 - Finale

C-Main Event: (15 Laps- Top 10 Transfer to the B Main / With Starting Positions)
1. Tony Simon (2nd), 2. Jack Hewitt (11th -Krug #98A), 3. Rich Kouns (1st), 4. Alan Wexler (4th), 5. Jim Watson (6th), 6. Leroy Shaver (10th), 7. Bill Clausen (3rd), 8. Herb Crawford (8th), 9. Randy Holbert (15th -Roa #38), 10. Jerry Meyer (9th), 11. John Beavert (5th), 12. Anthony Simone (7th), 13. Mike Lang (12th), 14. Terry Singleton (13th), 15. Charles Zabinski (14th).

B-Main Event (25 Laps- Top 6 to the A Main / With Starting Positions)
1. Jac Haudenschild (6th), 2. Brad Doty (4th), 3. Ron Shuman (8th), 4. Daryl Swinehart (1st), 5. Walt Kennedy (10th), 6. Jack Hewitt (19th), 7. Randy Roberts (12th), 8. Dave Swindell (16th), 9. Jim
Watson (23rd), 10. Randy Holbert (26th), 11. Rich Brahmer (15th), 12. Gary McKeon (14th), 13. Bob Nelson (17th), 14. Mike Spencer (9th), 15. Herb Crawford (24th), 16. Mark Atchison (5th), 17. Brad Marvel (11th), 18. Duane Feduska (2nd), 19. Greg Staab (13th), 20.Jerry Meyer (27th), 21. Leroy Shaver (22nd), 22. Bill Clauson (25th), 23. Chuck Becker (3rd), 24. Bobby Michnowicz (7th), 25. Tony Simon (18th), 26. Rich Kouns (20th), 27.Alan Wexler (21st).
*Stan Atherton, Rick Ferkel, Richard Griffin, Rich Vogler, and Danny Lewis all Did Not Start.

PACIFIC COAST NATIONALS A-MAIN EVENT (50 Laps- 26 Cars / With Starting Positions)
1. Bubby Jones (3rd), 2. Steve Kinser (2nd), 3. Dean Thompson (7th), 4. Mike Sweeney (5th), 5. Jim Lauri IV (6th), 6. Brent Kaeding (18th), 7. Brad Noffsinger (9th), 8. Brad Doty (22nd), 9.Sheldon Kinser (17th), 10. Daryl Swinehart (24th), 11. Chuck Gurney (16th), 12. Jimmy Oskie (13th), 13. Rick Ungar (19th), 14. John Redican (15th), 15. Bob East (20th), 16.Walt Kennedy (25th), 17. Bob Meli (12th), 18. Roger Newell (14th), 19. Ron Shuman (23rd), 20. Lealand McSpadden (8th), 21. Rip Williams (11th), 22. Eddie Wirth (1st), 23. Dave Bradway (10th), 24. Jack Hewitt (26th), 25.Jac Haudenschild (21st), 26. Wayne Bennet (4th).

NOTES:
In the A Main, Eddie Wirth was quickly pulling away from everybody when he broke a magneto on Lap 5.
18 cars finished the Main Event.
The purse for Saturday was $10,000 to win, plus Lap Money of $50 per lap divided among the top 10 drivers each lap.
This was Bubby Jones' first Pacific Coast Nationals Win.
It was also the second straight year for Steve Kinser to finish second.