Originally Posted by 21sprint:
This is the one,got it off sprintcarforum
1982 United States Auto Club
410 Non Wing Sprint Car
Thunder on the Dirt
Chandler Raceway Park, Chandler, Indiana
Thursday, June 17th, A Feature #10
Inaugural visit to this facility by USAC.
Qualifications:
1. Kenny Schrader, Fortune 39, 16.007; 2. Sheldon Kinser, Leyba 1, 16.127; 3. Chuck Amati, Tate 65, 16.263; 4. Steve Long, Long 52, 16.356; 5. Johnny Coogan, Vetzel 50, 16.428; 6. Dave Peperak, Robertson 77, 16.429; 7. Jerry Weeks, Bowen 25, 16.520; 8. Roger Rager, Winterbotham 52A, 16.570; 9. Duke Cook, Plummer 11, 16.613; 10. Jim Moughan Jr., Haines 86, 16.621; 11. Danny Milburn, Milburn 59, 16.679; 12. Manny Rockhold, Rockhold 71, 16.779; 13. Denny Stewart, Horn 33, 16.842; 14. Rich Vogler, King-Powers 51, 16.919; 15. Brad Renshaw, Hayhurst 56A, 17.077; 16. Leon Gentry, Gentry 61, 17.210; 17. Larry Rice, Gosnell 7, No Time.
First Heat Race (8 Laps)
1. Kenny Schrader, 2. Jerry Weeks, 3. Denny Stewart, 4. Leon Gentry, 5. Steve Long, 6. Jim Moughan Jr.
Second Heat Race T-2:12.01
1. Rich Vogler, 2. Sheldon Kinser, 3. Danny Milburn, 4. Johnny Coogan, 5. Roger Rager.
Third Heat Race T-2:18.41
1. Chuck Amati, 2. Manny Rockhold, 3. Brad Renshaw, 4. Dave Peperak, 5. Duke Cook.
Semi (10 Laps) T-2:49.93
1. Johnny Coogan, 2. Steve Long, 3. Roger Rager, 4. Dave Peperak, 5. Jim Moughan Jr., 6. Danny Milburn, 7. Leon Gentry, 8. Brad Renshaw, 9. Duke Cook, 10. Denny Stewart.
Chuck Amati wins his 2nd career USAC A Feature.
A Feature (30 Laps)
1. Chuck Amati [4] $2,000; 2. Kenny Schrader, 3. Sheldon Kinser, 4. Rich Vogler, 5. Steve Long, 6. Danny Milburn, 7. Johnny Coogan, 8. Jerry Weeks, 9. Dave Peperak, 10. Jim Moughan Jr., 11. Brad Renshaw, 12. Duke Cook, 13. Roger Rager, 14. Denny Stewart, 15. Leon Gentry, 16. Manny Rockhold. DNS-Larry Rice.
Lap leaders: Johnny Coogan 1, Chuck Amati 2-30.
Amati takes the lead from Coogan on the 2nd lap and winning with relative ease. Only Schrader taking Coogan on the 8th lap and a brief challenge on Amati was the only challenge. Amati would win this deal by about half-straightway.
Sheldon Kinser is leading the season points to-date, by at least 100 points over Steve Long. Kinser is packing-up and flying out to Washington state for the Super Dirt Cup to compete on Friday night.
21sprint,
Thanks for digging up the info. I'll have to check my records further to see if USAC ran there again, more like the mid eighties. I'm almost positive that I saw Sheldon Kinser win there, but that is just from memory. I used to keep records on some of the races I attended, but not all of them. Now, I wish I had written down a few details of each race instead of just the track and date.
I remember seeing Johnny Coogan have a huge crash at Terre Haute. Don't believe he competed much after that. Someone told me last summer that Johnny is now a deputy sheriff somewhere in the central Indiana area and that he had pulled them over for speeding.