Notes and photos from the 1988 opener at Eldora Speedway. Enjoy.

Eldora Speedway - March 27, 1988

Heat One
77 Peperak 56 Hayhurst
7m Morgan 44 Staab
51 Hillerud 23 House
2 Vogler 18 Haudenschild

Hayhurst flip
Great finish!
1. 23 House
2. 18 Jac Haudenschild
3. 51 Hillerud
4. 7m Ray Morgan

Heat Two
44 K Rice 2j L Rice
21 Caruthers 44r Roush
4 Stapp 5m Moughan
57 Elliott 63 Hewitt

1. 4 Stapp
2. 63 Hewitt
3. 57 Elliott
4. 2j Rice

Heat Three
34 Brown 6w Gordon
3 Bigelow 78 Kane
40 Shepherd 1 Butler
69 Hillinberg 31r Reed

Last corner pass
1. 1 Butler
2. 6w Gordon
3. 69 Hillinberg
4. 78 Kane

Semi Feature
2v Vogler 5m Moughan
40 Shepherd 44 Roush
3 Bigelow 21 Caruthers
56 Hayhurst 34 Brown
44 K Rice
(probably missing some)

1. 2v Vogler
2. 40 Shepherd
3. 5m Moughan
4. 3 Bigelow
5. 44 Rice
6. Caruthers

Feature Lineup - 30 Laps
1 Butler 57 Elliott
2v Vogler 69 Hillinberg
63 Hewitt 18 Haudenschild
23 House 5m Moughan
40 Shepherd 51 Hillerud
4 Stapp 78 Kane
44 Staab 3 Bigelow
7m Morgan 21 Caruthers
6w Gordon 2j L Rice
77 Peperak 44 K Rice

57 Elliott leads early
Lap ? 18, 57, 1, 69, 2, 63, 5m, 4, 23
Yellow Elliott front stretch crash
Lap 12 18, 1, 69, 2v, 63, 4, 5m, 23, 51
Lap ? 18, 63, 1, 2v, 69 Hewitt & Haud!
Butler & K Rice crash 3rd turn
It's a Hewitt & Haud battle!
Lap 16 18, 63, 2v, 4, 69, 23
Lap ? 18, 63, 2v, 23, 4, 78, 69, 40
Lap ? 18, 63, 2v, 23, 4, 40

Finish
1. 18 Jac Haudenschild
2. 63 Jack Hewitt
3. 2v Rich Vogler
4. 23 Tray House
5. 4 Andy Stapp

A full gallery of photos from this event can be found here:
https://fscpictorial.smugmug.com/198...USAC/i-6PRmTSr

Winner Jac Haudenschild



Winner Jac Haudenschild



Steve Butler



Jeff Gordon



Tony Elliott



Rich Vogler



Larry Rice



Photos by Jim Fisher
www.fscpictiorial.com

That was a great one! I was there!

That was the same car Haud drove with the Outlaws. If I remember right Haud and his car owner were rained out someplace want to say W. VA. and they pulled though the night to make Eldora then hustled back to make the next Outlaw show. Remember that cuz I was and still am a big Haud fan.

I was there for that one and one later in the year that Haud flipped coming off two halfway down the back straight. Broke one of the belts and was slumped over the wheel. He came around but it was nasty. Another was Andy Stapp whos car broke in half. Might be mixing three different races up but I made all the NW and Kings Royal that year.

my very first time in a sprint car

Haudenschild was out of the 18 car by the Kings Royal that year with Doug Wolfgang taking over.

USAC NATIONAL SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 27, 1988 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway – “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jac Haudenschild, 18, Kepler-17.473; 2. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.673; 3. Andy Hillenburg, 69, Dynamics-17.679; 4. Rich Vogler, 2, Vance-17.693; 5. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-17.703; 6. Steve Butler, 1, Stoops-17.746; 7. Tray House, 23, Murphy-17.880; 8. Jim Moughan, 5m, Merrill-17.950; 9. Terry Shepherd, 40, Arnold-18.120; 10. Larry Hillerud, 51, Hillerud-18.181; 11. Andy Stapp, 4, Stapp-18.200; 12. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-18.224; 13. Greg Staab, 44, BUF-18.362; 14. Joe Roush, 44R, Marks-18.384; 15. Tom Bigelow, 3, Leyba-18.386; 16. Ray Morgan, 7m, Morgan-18.420; 17. Roy Caruthers, 21, Capels-18.683; 18. Jeff Gordon, 6w, Winterbotham-18.696; 19. Gary Hayhurst, 56x, Hayhurst-18.790; 20. Larry Rice, 2J, Douglass-18.884; 21. Alan Brown, 34, Baker-18.916; 22. Dave Peperak, 77, Ram-19.116; 23. Ken Rice, 44A, Rice-19.286; 24. Tony Reed, 31R, Reed-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. House, 2. Haudenschild, 3. Hillerud, 4. Morgan, 5. Vogler, 6. Peperak, 7. Staab, 8. Hayhurst. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stapp, 2. Hewitt, 3. Elliott, 4. L. Rice, 5. Moughan, 6. K. Rice, 7. Caruthers, 8. Reed. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Butler, 2. Gordon, 3. Hillenburg, 4. Kane, 5. Bigelow, 6. Shepherd, 7. Brown. NT

TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Vogler, 2. Shepherd, 3. Moughan, 4. Bigelow, 5. Roush, 6. Caruthers, 7. Peperak, 8. K. Rice, 9. Brown. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jac Haudenschild, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Rich Vogler, 4. Tray House, 5. Andy Stapp, 6. Terry Shepherd, 7. Andy Hillenburg, 8. Todd Kane, 9. Jim Moughan, 10. Larry Rice, 11. Larry Hillerud, 12. Tom Bigelow, 13. Joe Roush, 14. Roy Caruthers, 15. Dave Peperak, 16. Steve Butler, 17. Ken Rice, 18. Tony Elliott, 19. Ray Morgan, 20. Jeff Gordon. NT
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**Hayhurst flipped on the 5th lap of the first heat race, but was not injured.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Elliott, Laps 7-30 Haudenschild.

NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Haudenschild-39; 2-Hewitt-32; 3-House-22; 4-Vogler-21; 5-Stapp-20; 6-Hillenburg-18; 7-Shepherd-15; 8-Kane-14; 9-Moughan, L. Rice & Hillerud-12.

NEXT USAC SPRINT RACE: April 23 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway

I was thinking it was the CRA midwest tour race that he flipped it. Im not entirely sure but it was the Marks/Keppler Kodiak car.

Haud, was in the Powell #32U at the first CRA Midwest Tour race at Eldora.

He flipped heavily in Forbrook 5 at Eldora in one of the CRA races.