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KISS: Points report 2005-05-30

After Two: Darland Leads KISS Points May 30, 2005 - With two King of Indiana Sprint Series races in the books, a pair of rainouts and three events to go, the point battle is still as close as it can be. Dave Darland holds a slim one-point lead ...

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After Two: Darland Leads KISS Points

May 30, 2005 - With two King of Indiana Sprint Series races in the books, a pair of rainouts and three events to go, the point battle is still as close as it can be. Dave Darland holds a slim one-point lead over Dickie Gaines. A. J. Anderson sits just seventeen points out of first, with Matt Westfall four points behind him and fifth place Justin Marvel only 28 points behind the leader.

After suffering back-to-back rainouts at Gas City and Bloomington, Darland jumped into the point lead with his victory at Lincoln Park Speedway, in the first series race completed. He followed that with a seventh place in Saturday's race at Lawrenceburg Speedway. Gaines was runner-up to Brandon Petty at Lawrenceburg after finishing sixth at Lincoln Park. Anderson matches a third in the first race with a ninth place on Saturday. Marvel and Westfall finished eighth and tenth at Lincoln Park, then Westfall was third and Marvel sixth at Lawrenceburg. Petty's victory at Lawrenceburg moved him to 11th in points, as he skipped the race at Lincoln Park.

Historically, it is a curious mix. Of the top five, Darland, Westfall and Marvel have all won one KISS feature. Even though Anderson hasn't won a KISS race, he was second in last year's points. And even though Gaines, who sits second in points, has yet to win a KISS race, his is the 2001 series point champion.

<pre> King of Indiana Sprint Series Point Standings 1 Dave Darland 242 2 Dickie Gaines 241 3 AJ Anderson 224 4 Matt Westfall 220 5 Justin Marvel 214 6 Kent Christian 195 7 Jon Stanbrough 184 8 Scotty Weir 169 9 John Wolfe 163 10 Marc Arnold 160 11 Brandon Petty 135 12 Kevin Besecker 131 13 Bryan Clauson 130 14 Levi Jones 130 15 Tony Beaber 120 16 Matt Neely 120 17 Kevin Briscoe 115 18 Bud Kaeding 115 19 Shane Cottle 107 20 Kyle Wismiller 99

Next, the KISS series returns to Kokomo Speedway for the first time since 2002 on Sunday, June 19.

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