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VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 3, 2005 – Gas 
City, Indiana – Gas City I-69 Speedway – “Border Wars XI”

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-12.698; 2. Justin 
Marvel, 47, MPHG-12.762; 3. Shane Hollingsworth, 85, Baldwin-12.827; 4. 
Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-12.886; 5. A.J. Anderson, 34, Anderson-12.912; 6. 
Jay Drake, 21, Stewart-12.914; 7. Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-12.916; 8. 
Critter Malone, 7, Seven, Inc.-12.947; 9. Kevin Besecker, 15, 
Besecker-12.964; 10. Brandon Petty, 3R, Reynolds-12.982; 11. Josh Ford, 73, 
Ford-13.011; 12. Cory Kruseman, 67, Kunz-13.011; 13. Kyle Wissmiller, 2k, 
Wissmiller-13.025; 14. Casey Shuman, 57, Hazen-13.071; 15. Jerry Coons, 
Jr., 69, Dynamics-13.084; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 10T, R & B-13.089; 17. Dave 
Darland, 11, Walker/Guiducci-13.093; 18. Bud Kaeding, 29, 
Leffler/BK-13.118; 19. Darren Hagen, 71, Hagen-13.123; 20. John Wolfe, 3m, 
Botkin-13.130; 21. Bill Rose, 2, Reid-13.167; 22. Brian Stanfill, 53, 
Barnhill-13.186; 23. Bart Grider, 82G, Crites-13.236; 24. Rex Norris III, 
63, Norris-13.279; 25. Zach Osborn, 11x, Osborn-13.291; 26. Dustin Smith, 
77s, Smith-13.294; 27. Jeremy Warren, 57x, Warren-13.317; 28. Josh Wise, 
20, Stewart-13.327; 29. Tony Beaber, 3T, Toth-13.382; 30. Jason Holt, 99, 
Holt-13.416; 31. Steve Barth, 14B, Barth-13.457; 32. Mat Neely, 6, K & 
N-13.457; 33. Mitch Wissmiller, 7x, Wissmiller-13.463; 34. Michael Burthay, 
21B, Burthay-13.487; 35. Tom Hessert III, 5H, Hessert-13.492; 36. Ron 
Dennis, 32x, Dennis-13.503; 37. John Scott, 83, Scott/Roberts-13.509; 38. 
Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.516; 39. Brad Stevens, 97, Stevens-13.559; 
40. Danny Ebberts, 77, Acosta-13.578; 41. Brad Sweet, 12x, 
Walker/Guiducci-13.594; 42. Tony Elliott, 21x, Roberts-13.610; 43. Scotty 
Weir, 22w, Weir-13.624; 44. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-13.661; 45. Mark 
Hall, 2H, Hall-13.700; 46. Jonathan Vennard, 4m, Miller-13.728; 47. Terry 
Pletch, 29p, Pletch-13.731; 48. Matt Brueilly, 3, Sweat-13.741; 49. Lee 
Boss, 8B, Boss-13.837; 50. Josh Spencer, 66J, Spencer-13.877; 51 Corey 
Smith, 66s, Smith-13.888; 52. Jeff Martin, 26x, Martin-14.425; 53. Jon 
Stanbrough, 10, R & B-NT.

       FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (6 laps) 1. M.Wissmiller, 2. Hessert, 3. 
Sweet, 4. Stevens, 5. Boss, 6. Weir, 7. Hall, 8. Scott, 9. Pletch, 10. 
C.Smith. NT
       SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (6 laps) 1. Burthay, 2. Dennis, 3. Elliott, 
4. Westfall, 5. Ebberts, 6. Vennard, 7. Bruielly, 8. Welpott, 9. Martin, 
10. Spencer. NT

       FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Rose, 3. Cottle, 4. Anderson, 
5. M.Wissmiller, 6. Osborn, 7. Besecker, 8. Beaber, 9. K.Wissmiller. NT
       SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Drake, 2. D.Smith, 3. Kaeding, 4. 
Stanfill, 5. Petty, 6. Shuman, 7. Marvel, 8. Hessert,9. Holt. 2:16.17
         THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hagen, 2. Clayton, 3. Coons, 4. Barth, 5. 
Hollingsworth, 6. Grider, 7. Ford, 8. Warren, 9. Burthay.NT
       FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Neely, 2. Wolfe, 3. Kruseman, 4. Jones, 5. 
Wise, 6. Norris, 7. Malone, 8. Stanbrough, 9. Dennis.

       SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Marvel, 2. Hollingsworth, 3. Malone, 4. Petty, 5. 
Besecker, 6. Grider, 7. Stanbrough (#10T), 8. Wise, 9. Ford, 10. Norris, 
11. Shuman, 12. Hessert, 13. M.Wissmiller, 14. Burthay, 15. Holt, 16. 
Dennis. 2:41.33

       FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Levi Jones, 4. 
Jerry Coons, Jr., 5. A.J. Anderson, 6. Shane Hollingsworth, 7. Critter 
Malone, 8. Shane Cottle, 9. John Wolfe, 10. Brandon Petty, 11. Josh Wise, 
12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Bill Rose, 14. Tom Hessert III, 15. Mat Neely, 16. 
Daron Clayton, 17. Bart Grider, 18. Dustin Smith, 19. Steve Barth, 20. 
Darren Hagen, 21. Cory Kruseman, 22. Bryan Stanfill, 23. Justin Marvel, 24. 
Kevin Besecker. NT
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**Pletch flipped during the first qualifying race. Beaber & K.Wissmiller 
flipped during the first heat. Marvel flipped on lap 13 of the feature and 
was transported to Marion General Hospital in Marion, Ind.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Drake.

NEW VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Drake-321; 2-Darland-317; 
3-Jones-276; 4-Kaeding-251; 5-Neely-246; 6-Coons-199; 7-Wise-191; 
8-Hessert-187; 9-Tracy Hines-184; 10-Marvel-137.

FINAL “BORDER WARS XI” STANDINGS: 1-Jay Drake-137; 2-Dave Darland-131; 
3-Jerry Coons, Jr.-120.

NEXT VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 9 – Indianapolis (Ind.) 
Raceway Park