Almost hard to believe that this race was 10 years ago this Friday!!...




September 20, 2003

USAC SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 69, Dynamics-15.918; 2. Tyler Walker, 35, Ledford-16.190; 3. J.J. Yeley, 20, Stewart-16.580; 4. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-16.590; 5. Jac Haudenschild, 4, Woodworth-16.594; 6. Shane Cottle, 5G, Goacher-16.714; 7. Dean Jacobs, 29, Pullins-16.809; 8. Boston Reid, 2B, Davis-17.022; 9. Russ Gamester, 2, Reid-17.030; 10. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-17.036; 11. Dave Darland, 71, Kunz-17.050; 12. Danny Smith, 4, Smith-17.055; 13. Brian Tyler, 6, K & D-17.057; 14. Brent Kaeding, 29x, BK-17.117; 15. Jon Stanbrough, 57, Hazen-17.148; 16. Todd Kane, 1W, McClain-17.161; 17. Eric Gordon, 62, BWB-17.161; 18. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK-17.225; 19. Travis Rilat, 29, Rilat-17.238; 20. Matt Westfall, 23s, Simon-17.252; 21. John Heydenreich, 57B, Burkey-17.255; 22. Derek Scheffel, 21s, Scheffel-17.319; 23. Stevie Smith, 19, Smith-17.325; 24. Marc Jessup, 14J, Jessup-17.350; 25. Dickie Gaines, 69, Dynamics-17.380; 26. Jonathan Vennard, 54, VRT-17.405; 27. Levi Jones, 38, Crossno-17.413; 28. Jimmy Stinson, 84, Stinson-17.416; 29. Jerry Coons, Jr., 10c, R & B-17.423; 30. Hud Cone, 20, Cone/Daugherty-17.440; 31. Kevin Huntley, 5, Briscoe-17.452; 32. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-17.466; 33. Greg Wilson, 63, Hampshire-17.478; 34. Bill Rose, 6R, Rose-17.479; 35. Mike Hess, 8F, Freed-17.501; 36. Damion Gardner, 45, Willis-17.543; 37. Mike Brecht, 20, Hammons-17.579; 38. Mitch Wissmiller, 7, Mahan-17.630; 39. Brian Gerster, 42G, Jackson-17.638; 40. Ricky Gaunt, 6G, Rose-17.645; 41. Nick Naber, 22, Jarrell-17.667; 42. Critter Malone, 97, Seeling-17.710; 43. Roger Rager, 51, Miller-17.735; 44. Tim Cox, 320, Kissel-17.751; 45. Don Droud, Jr., 75, Stanton-17.795; 46. John Scott, 83, Scott-17.804; 47. Sean Walden, 97, Walden-17.810; 48. Rob Chaney, 9x, SC-17.815; 49. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-17.819; 50. Brad Noffsinger, 11A, Wilkerson-17.828; 51. Brian Hayden, 2H, MPHG-17.841; 52. Jeff Bloom, 1S, Stroud-17.877; 53. Mat Neely, 17, Reinoehl-17.926; 54. Bryan Stanfill, 21x, Roberts-17.930; 55. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-17.937; 56. Johnny Parsons, 5, Nolen-17.963; 57. John Ivy, 8s, Sabo-17.984; 58. Rick Ziehl, 20z, R & R-18.071; 59. Jerrod Wilson, 7J, Wilson-18.077; 60. Brandon Petty, 3ac, Desalle-18.084; 61. Cory Kruseman, 21, Stewart-18.110; 62. Jesse Hockett, 26, Pearce-18.123; 63. Josh Slone, 4x, Slone-18.153; 64. Tony Elliott, 11, Walker-18.154; 65. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-18.157; 66. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-18.171; 67. Ryan Howard, 9, Howard-18.196; 68. Sean Robinson, 1R, Robinson-18.201; 69. Kevin Briscoe, 21R, Roberts-18.207; 70. Steve Surniak, 17H, Hagemier-18.221; 71. Kyle Wissmiller, 2k, Wissmiller-18.238; 72. Casey Shuman, 3, Shuman-18.266; 73. Dean Franklin, 42, Franklin-18.315; 74. Derek Davidson, 10T, R & B-18.351; 75. Travis Whitney, 15, McCarl-18.369; 76. Troy Rutherford, 7, Priestley-18.405; 77. Tim Clark, 9, Clark-18.422; 78. Jimmy Laser, 8L, Laser-18.456; 79. Alex Shanks, 1c Cravens-18.493; 80. Chris Coers, 71, Indy Race Parts-18.501; 81. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-18.511; 82. Terry Pletch, 29P, Pletch-18.522; 83. Sport Allen, 1, Stinson-18.557; 84. Chris Gentry, 3H, Gentry-18.559; 85. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-18.580; 86. Tony Beaber, 3T, Beaber-18.583; 87. Joe Roush, 11, Roush-18.583; 88. Justin Marvel, 47, Marvel-18.631; 89. Travis Welpott, 54, Westfall-18.655; 90. Rick Hayden, 5H, Hayden-18.656; 91. Mike Miller, 77, Law-18.691; 92. Marv Pifer, 32, Pifer-18.705; 93. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-18.723; 94. A.J. Anderson, 10E, Edison-18.730; 95. Leonard Lee, 2k, Kevlar-18.772; 96. Jerry Nemire, 66, Beaber-18.792; 97. J.T. Stapp, 3M, Botkin-18.793; 98. Dave Steele, 26, BWB-18.817; 99. Mark Hery, 82, Hery-18.844; 100. Kent Wolters, 1, Wolters-18.851; 101. Brandon Ferguson, 98, Robenault-18.855; 102. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-18.866; 103. Michael Burthay, 26P, Pearce-18.892; 104. Kenny Carmichael, Sr., 92, Williams-18.908; 105. Mitch Cunningham, 39, Cunningham-18.953; 106. Scott Hatton, 15, CDS-18.993; 107. Josh Cunningham, 47T, Cunningham-19.038; 108. Andy Pierce, 21, Hajduk-19.082; 109. Eric Shively, 3R, Rock Steady-19.090; 110. Brad Vogler, 4v, Vogler-19.098; 111. Terry Starks, 13, Starks-19.119; 112. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-19.160; 113. Todd Allen, 1A, Allen-19.165; 114. Marc Longworth, 4M, Schroeder-19.176; 115. Dwayne Spille, 71, Spille-19.260; 116. Randy Fink, 41, Fink-19.293; 117. Danny Sheridan, 21A, Dorathy-19.382; 118. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-19.399; 119. Cary Faas, 44, Staab-19.423; 120. Duffy Smith, 38k, Smith-19.437; 121. Ricky Vaughn, 22, Grayson-19.468; 122. Steve Buckwalter, 25, Buckwalter-19.475; 123. Steve Wilmot, 73, Wilmot-19.477; 124. Jimmy Davies, 99, Schaibley-19.497; 125. Mark Boyer, 11B, Boyer-19.670; 126. Kevin Besecker, 15, Besecker-19.722; 127. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-19.832; 128. Kurt Gross, 70, Gaines/Luebbert-19.861; 129. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-19.938; 130. Rodney Stone, 16, Stone-19.970; 131. Ray Kenens, K9, Kenens-20.090 132. Aaron Fry, 14, EA-20.400; 133. Tom Paterson, 11, Jenkins-20.958; 134. Brent Matus, 5G, Matus-21.318; 135. Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 92C, CW-NT; 136. Mike Hunnicutt, 34, Hunnicutt-NT; 137. Kurt Winker, 48H, Hartnell-NT; 138. Bryan Ruble, 38, Ruble-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Huntley, 2. Darland, 3. B.Hayden, 4. Naber, 5. Kruseman, 6. Miller, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Ferguson, 9. Vaughn, 10. Heydenreich, 11. Kenens, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. K.Wissmiller, 14. Starks. NT

SECOND HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Malone, 2. Doty, 3. Danny Smith, 4. Scheffel, 5. Walker, 6. Shuman, 7. Pletch, 8. Pifer, 9. Pool. 10. Thomas, 11. Fry, 12. Buckwalter, 13. Hockett, 14. Bloom. NT

THIRD HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. S.Smith, 2. Yeley, 3. Tyler, 4. Franklin, 5. Rager, 6. Slone, 7. S.Allen, 8. T.Allen, 9. Turner, 10. Wilmot, 11. Burthay, 12. Neely, 13. G.Wilson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Rose, 2. Jessup, 3. Cox, 4. Brent Kaeding, 5. Stanfill, 6. Davidson, 7. Elliott, 8. Gentry, 9. Carmichael, Sr., 10. Anderson, 11. Longworth, 12. Davies, 13. Matus, 14. Drake. NT

FIFTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Haudenschild, 2. Gaines, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Droud, 5. Dustin Smith, 6. Christian, 7. Hess, 8. Whitney, 9. Lee, 10. Orr, 11. M.Cunningham, 12. Boyer, 13. Spille. NT

SIXTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Vennard, 2. Kane, 3. Gardner, 4. Scott, 5. Parsons, 6. Cottle, 7. C.Smith, 8. Hatton, 9. Nemire, 10. Beaber, 11. Ruble, 12. Rutherford, 13. Fink, 14. Besecker. NT

SEVENTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Jacobs, 2. Brecht, 3. Gordon, 4. Jones, 5. Ivy, 6. Clark, 7. Walden, 8. Howard, 9. Roush, 10. J.Cunningham, 11. Stapp, 12. Peperak. NT

EIGHTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Chaney, 2. Stinson, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Ziehl, 5. M.Wissmiller, 6. Reid, 7. Robinson, 8. Steele, 9. Mosley, 10. Laser, 11. Marvel, 12. Gross, 13. Pierce. NT

NINTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Gamester, 2. Griffin, 3. Rilat, 4. Shanks, 5. J.Wilson, 6. Briscoe, 7. Coons, 8. Gerster, 9. Hery, 10. Welpott, 11. Shively, 12. Dori, 13. Faas. NT

TENTH HEAT: (12 laps – Held Sept. 19) 1. Noffsinger, 2. Gaunt, 3. Westfall, 4. Surniak, 5. Petty, 6. Cone, 7. Coers, 8. Cline, 9. Wolters, 10. R.Hayden, 11. Duffy Smith, 12. Stone, 13. Vogler. NT

F-MAIN: (15 laps – Held Sept. 20) 1. Marvel, 2. Shively, 3. Neely, 4. Rutherford, 5. Stapp, 6. Gross, 7. Buckwalter, 8. Duffy Smith, 9. M.Cunningham, 10. Davies, 11. Longworth, 12. Boyer, 13. Peperak, 14. Stone, 15. Ruble, 16. Burthay, 17. Dori, 18. Kenens, 19. K.Wissmiller. NT

E-MAIN: (15 laps – Held Sept. 20) 1. Laser, 2. Beaber, 3. Rutherford, 4. Shively, 5. Welpott, 6. Wolters, 7. Turner, 8. Marvel, 9. Hery, 10. Anderson, 11. Carmichael, Sr., 12. Neely, 13. R.Hayden, 14. J.Cunningham, 15. Mosley, 16. Orr, 17. Lee, 18. Thomas, 19. Wilmot, 20. Fry, 21. Vaughn, 22. Roush, 23. Nemire, 24. Heydenreich. NT

D-MAIN: (15 laps – Held Sept. 20) 1. Cline, 2. Coons, 3. Elliott, 4. Gerster, 5. Walden, 6. Hess, 7. Howard, 8. C.Smith, 9. S.Allen, 10. Whitney, 11. Robinson, 12. Shively, 13. Rutherford, 14. Gentry, 15. Hatton, 16. Ted Hines, 17. Beaber, 18. Steele, 19. Ferguson, 20. T.Allen, 21. Pool, 22. Laser, 23. Pifer. NT

C-MAIN: (20 laps – Held Sept. 20) 1. Reid, 2. Cottle, 3. Kruseman, 4. Cline, 5. Cone, 6. Elliott, 7. Parsons, 8. J.Wilson, 9. Christian, 10. Stanfill, 11. Miller, 12. Ivy, 13. Slone, 14. Dustin Smith, 15. Davidson, 16. M.Wissmiller, 17. Gerster, 18. Coons, 19. Shuman, 20. Pletch, 21. Rager, 22. Clark, 23. Petty, 24. Briscoe. NT

B-MAIN: (20 laps – Held Sept. 20) 1. Tyler, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Danny Smith, 5. Brent Kaeding, 6. Jones, 7. Gordon, 8. Westfall, 9. Rilat, 10. Naber, 11. Droud, 12. Cox, 13. Scheffel, 14. B.Hayden, 15. Kruseman, 16. Cline, 17. Gardner, 18. Reid, 19. Shanks, 20. Scott, 21. Ziehl, 22. Franklin, 23. Surniak, 24. Cottle. NT

A-MAIN: (40 laps – Held Sept. 20) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Stevie Smith, 3. Dickie Gaines, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Rob Chaney, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Dean Jacobs, 8. Tracy Hines, 9. Jonathan Vennard, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Kevin Doty, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Ricky Gaunt, 14. Marc Jessup, 15. Danny Smith, 16. Mike Brecht, 17. Todd Kane, 18. Tyler Walker, 19. Richard Griffin, 20. Critter Malone, 21. Jon Stanbrough, 22. Brad Noffsinger, 23. Kevin Huntley, 24. Brian Tyler, 25. Bud Kaeding, 26. Jimmy Stinson. NT

134 cars qualified! I don't know if we'll ever get to see something like that again? Wow!
Only at the Chili bowl!

its been a while since I have heard some of those names.

It's hard to believe it has been 10 years. That was also the day that Quinn took his nasty tumble at Spoon River Speedway in a midget.

What did it pay to win? Start? The overall purse was a million right? I can only imagine what they charged for pit passes lol

If my memory is correct, it paid $200,000 to win and $10,000 to start. And I got $850 for my E-Main 20th place finish. It was my FIRST time ever with a 410 engine and my first trip to Eldora! I had run 305's prior to that event.

Was a great night of racing, but there was only around 9000 fans to witness it.

Can't remember what pit passes were....but grandstand seats were $85. If I remember correctly 3rd paid $100,000 and 8th was $35,000. RacerRob could verify that. I am sure the ticket price kept a lot of people at home.

Funny that Stevie Smith finished second in this race and Steve Smith form Tn. finished second in the late model million.