Disqualification revises race results

Following Sunday night's USAC races at Mansfield, Ohio, a disqualification occurred, involving the third-place Sprint car of Aaron Pierce. The car failed to pass post-race technical inspection and the resulting disqualification produced the ...

Following Sunday night's USAC races at Mansfield, Ohio, a disqualification occurred, involving the third-place Sprint car of Aaron Pierce. The car failed to pass post-race technical inspection and the resulting disqualification produced the following revised results:

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 17, 2003 - Mansfield, Ohio - Mansfield Motorsports Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS:
1. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz - 14.940
2. Aaron Pierce, 2v, Racing Team - 14.955
3. A.J. Fike, 32, RFMS - 15.125
4. J.J. Yeley, 20, Stewart - 15.165
5. Bobby East, 5, Klatt - 15.170
6. Marc Jessup, 14J, Jessup - 15.174
7. Tracy Hines, 69, Dynamics - 15.217
8. John Starks, 3x, Starks - 15.230
9. Eric Gordon, 51, Davis/Bowman - 15.254
10. Dane Carter, 15, Davis/Bowman - 15.283
11. Jason McCord, 4, Contos - 15.361
12. Eric Butze, 09, Butze - 15.400
13. Brian Tyler, 6, K & D - 15.421
14. Boston Reid, 2B, Davis - 15.442
15. Cory Kruseman, 21, Stewart - 15.470
16. Jimmy McCune, 19, Durnwald - 15.548
17. Michael Lewis, 11, Walker-NT
18. Travis Miniea, 82, Dellarco-NT.
NOTE: (Tony Hunt also in car #11).

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. McCord
2. Hines
3. Tyler
4. Gordon
5. East
6. Fike
7. Drake
8. Kruseman
9. Lewis. 2:32.75

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Starks
2. Yeley
3. Butze
4. McCune
5. Reid
6. Carter
7. Pierce
8. Jessup. 2:33.56

SEMI: (10 laps)
1. Drake
2. Pierce
3. Fike
4. East
5. Jessup
6. Reid
7. Lewis
8. Carter
9. Kruseman. 2:30.18

FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Bobby East
2. A.J. Fike
3. J.J. Yeley
4. Tracy Hines
5. Jason McCord
6. Eric Butze
7. Eric Gordon
8. John Starks
9. Marc Jessup
10. Cory Kruseman
11. Brian Tyler
12. Dane Carter
13. Jay Drake
14. Boston Reid
15. Michael Lewis
16. Jimmy McCune. NT

(NOTE: Racing Team, Inc. #2v car driven by Aaron Pierce disqualified for failing to pass post-race technical inspection after finishing third).

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Jessup, Laps 7-30 East.

NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Yeley-1,676; 2-Hines-1,403; 3-Drake-1,398; 4-Bud Kaeding-1,195; 5-Reid-1,018; 6-Kruseman-950; 7-Levi Jones-906; 8-Dave Darland-787; 9-Jon Stanbrough-694; 10-Tyler-634.