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Mopar Thunder Sprints

USAC VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 6, 2005 ­ 
Rossburg, Ohio ­ Eldora Speedway ­ “Mopar Thunder at Eldora”

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 21, Stewart-15.167; 2. Jac 
Haudenschild, 83J, Roth-15.309; 3. Rob Chaney, 9x, SC-15.432; 4. Jerry 
Coons, Jr., 69, Dynamics-15.474; 5. Josh Wise, 20, Stewart-15.490; 6. Todd 
Kane, 78, Kane-15.515; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29, BK/Leffler-15.535; 8. Levi 
Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-15.538; 9. Brad Sweet, 71x, Indy Race Parts-15.549; 
10. Kevin Huntley, 21R, Roberts-15.582; 11. Mike Brecht, 20m, 
Warnimont-15.594; 12. Dean Jacobs, 29x, Pullins-15.600; 13. Shane Cottle, 
10E, Edison-15.628; 14. Kevin Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-15.628; 15. Tony Elliott, 
5G, Goacher-15.637; 16. Dickie Gaines, 21x, Roberts-15.641; 17. Mitch 
Wissmiller, 7x, Wissmiller-15.728; 18. Tom Hessert III, 5H, Hessert-15.734; 
19. Davey Ray, 2a, Reid-15.786; 20. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-15.815; 21. 
Ron Dennis, 32, Dennis-15.817; 22. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-15.827; 23. 
Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-15.863; 24. Justin Marvel, 47, MPHG-15.898; 25. 
Critter Malone, 7T, Seven-15.945; 26. Luke Hall, 34, Hall-15.951; 27. John 
Scott, 83, Scott/Roberts-15.978; 28. Scotty Weir, 26, Weir-16.017; 29. Mike 
Miller, 320, Kissel-16.041; 30. Marc Jessup, 14J, Jessup-16.053; 31. Bill 
Rose, 10T, R & B-16.068; 32. Casey Shuman, 53, Barnhill-16.083; 33. Darren 
Hagen, 71, Hagen-16.139; 34. Jon Stanbrough, 10x, R & B-16.146; 35. Russ 
Gamester, 2, Reid-16.150; 36. Jonathan Vennard, 4m, Miller-16.177; 37. 
Billy Puterbaugh, 57, Hazen-16.189; 38. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-16.210; 
39. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-16.221; 40. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-16.280; 
41. Mat Neely, 6, K & N-16.285; 42. Jon Sciscoe, 56, Fox-16.329; 43. Tony 
Beaber, 3T, Toth-16.511; 44. Lee Boss, 8B, Boss-16.697; 45. John 
Heydenreich, 57B, Burkey-16.818; 46. Tim Clark, 11x, Clark-17.086; 47. 
Jimmy Drinan, 62, BWB-17.099; 48. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Guiducci-17.136; 
49. Aaron Fry, 14, EQ-17.838; 50. Steve Wilmot, 73w, Wilmot-18.855; 51. Jon 
Stanbrough, 10, R & B-NT.

       FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Rose, 2. Drake, 3. Malone, 4. Kaeding, 5. 
Cottle, 6. Ray, 7. Puterbaugh, 8. Beaber, 9. Fry. 2:40.19
       SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Shuman, 3. Haudenschild, 4. 
Westfall, 5. Briscoe, 6. Pletch, 7. Hall, 8. Boss, 9. Wilmot. 2:43.01
       THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Chaney, 2. Hagen, 3. Elliott, 4. Scott, 5. 
D.Smith, 6. Heydenreich, 7. Dennis, 8. Sweet. NT
       FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaines, 2. Stanbrough (#10x), 3. Huntley, 
4. Coons, 5. C.Smith, 6. Weir, 7. Clark, 8. Mosley. 2:50.51
       FIFTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Wise, 3. Gamester, 4. Brecht, 5. 
M.Wissmiller, 6. Clayton, 7. Neely, 8. Drinan. NT
       SIXTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Vennard, 3. Jessup, 4. Jacobs, 
5. Hessert, 6. Scisoe, 7. Marvel, 8. Kane. 2:53.88

       “C” MAIN: (10 laps) 1. Neely, 2. Hall, 3. Beaber, 4. Boss, 5. 
Mosley, 6. Fry, 7. Wilmot, 8. Drinan, 9. Marvel. NT

       “B” MAIN (Semi): (12 laps) 1. Jacobs, 2. Brecht, 3. Cottle, 4. 
Briscoe, 5. Westfall, 6. M.Wissmiller, 7. Hessert, 8. Ray, 9. Clayton, 10. 
Neely, 11. Dennis, 12. Weir, 13. Pletch, 14. Puterbaugh, 15. Scott, 16. 
C.Smith, 17. Sciscoe, 18. Boss, 19. Beaber, 20. D.Smith, 21. Hall, 22. Fry, 
23. Clark, 24. Mosley. NT

       FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Rob Chaney, 2. Kevin Huntley, 3. Dickie 
Gaines, 4. Josh Wise, 5. Jay Drake, 6. Jac Haudenschild, 7. Levi Jones, 8. 
Dave Darland, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Bill Rose, 11. Bud Kaeding, 12. Marc 
Jessup, 13. Mike Miller, 14. Shane Cottle, 15. Mike Brecht, 16. Darren 
Hagen, 17. Mat Neely, 18. Jonathan Vennard, 19. Dean Jacobs, 20. Mitch 
Wissmiller, 21. Jerry Coons, Jr., 22. Justin Marvel, 23. Casey Shuman, 24. 
Matt Westfall, 25. Russ Gamester, 26. Critter Malone, 27. Tony Elliott, 28. 
Kevin Briscoe. NT
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**Sweet flipped during the third heat. Dennis flipped during the third 
heat. Heydenreich flipped during the third heat. Drinan flipped during the 
fourth heat. Kane flipped during the sixth heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Huntley, Laps 20-40 Chaney.

NEW NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-931; 2-Darland-925; 3-Drake-920; 
4-Wise-823; 5-Kaeding-773; 6-Neely-706; 7-Stanbrough-571; 8-Hagen-471; 
9-Marvel-448; 10-Tracy Hines-439.

NEXT NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: August 13 ­ Salem, IN ­ Salem Speedway ­ 
Jasper Engines & Transmissions “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Classic”