Perris Auto Speedway report 96-11-28

The 56th Annual Turkey Night Grand Prix Perris Auto Speedway Perris, CA 11/28/96

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100 Lap USAC Midget Feature

Pos Car# Driver             Hometown           Entrant/Engine
 1    15 Billy Boat         Glendale, AZ       John Lawson/Gaerte
 2     2 Ronnie Day         Salinas, CA        Terry Caves/Gaerte
 3     9 Kenny Irwin Jr.    Indianapolis, IN   Steve Lewis/Ford
 4   91x Jordan Hermansader R.P.V., CA         Hermansader/VanDyne
 5   36X Jim Keene          Bakersfield, CA    Larry Brown/Gaerte
 6    56 Shane Scully       Encino, CA         Marsha Scully/Vandyne
 7    71 Jason Leffler      L.B.,CA            Leffler/Esslinger
 8    96 Jay Drake          Canyon Country, CA Steve Beneto/Gaerte
 9    73 George Ito         Ventura, CA        George Ito/Fontana
10    36 Larry Brown        Bakersfield, CA    Larry Brown/Gaerte
11     4 Jimmy Sills        Placerville, CA    David Calderwood/Gaerte
12    55 John Starks        Puyallup, WA       Arnie Starks/Gaerte
13   15x Richard Griffin    Silver City, NM    John Lawson/Gaerte
14    57 Johnny Cofer       Macdoel, CA        D.Esslinger/Esslinger
15    91 Donnie Beechler    Springfield, IL    Steve Lewis/ Ford
16    31 Wally Pankratz     Orange, CA         Ed Croteau/Esslinger
17    33 Scott Hansen       Simi Valley, CA    Scott Hansen/Esslinger
18    77 Dwayne Marcum      Tustin, CA         Robert Marcus/Fontana
19   71X Cory Kruseman                         Leffler/Esslinger
20    17 J.J. Yeley         Phoenix, AZ        CEDMotersports/Brayton
21    24 Gary Howard        Anaheim, CA        Rich & Carol Hart/Gaerte
22    69 Clay Klepper       Caruthers,CA       Clay Klepper/Gaerte
23    75 Ricky Shelton      Huntington Bch, CA Dick Shelton/Esslinger
DQ   124 Robby Flock        Temecula, CA       Rich & Carol Hart/Gaerte

Boat led wire to wire...

Flock finished 2nd...DQ'd for oversize rear tire (assuming the RIGHT rear...jla).

Richard Griffin flipped hard...awake at the scene...spent the night at Riverside General for observation.

USAC National Midget Final Standings

Pos Car# Driver          Pts
 1     9 Kenny Irwin Jr. 991
 2     7 Tracy Hines     832
 3   41x Brian Gerster   642
 4    14 Steve Barth     582
 5       Doug Kalitta    562
 6       Carl Olsen      542
 7       Kenneth Nichols 503
 8       Jeff Sands      468
 9       Andy Michner    386
10       Jimmy McCune    373

USAC "Western States" Skoal Midgets Final Standings

Pos Car# Driver          Hometown           Pts
 1   96  Jay Drake       Canyon Country, CA 1208
 2   15  Billy Boat      Glendale, AZ       1185
 3   71  Jason Leffler   L.B.,CA             933
 4   33  Scott Hansen    Simi Valley, CA     929
 5   56  Shane Scully    Encino, CA          694
 6   57  Johnny Cofer    Macdoel, CA         527
 7    9  Kenny Irwin Jr. Indianaplois, IN    492
 8   12  Rick Hendrix    Simi Valley, CA     470
 9   31  Wally Pankratz  Orange, CA          442
10   36  Larry Brown     Bakersfield, CA     431

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