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Dennis Parker and Lloyd Beckman - June 1983

Friday, May 16th, 1975

First Heat: Jerry Miller #3
Second Heat: Dick Morris #49
Third Heat: Roger Rager #8
Fourth Heat: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Trophy Dash: Jerry Miller #3
Consilation: John Stevenson #31
B Feature: Mike Brooks #12

FEATURE:1st--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
2nd--Doug Wolfgang #34
3rd--Roger Rager #8
4th--Edd French #7
5th--Ralph Blackett #28

Friday, May 23rd, 1975

First Heat: Jerry Miller #3
Second Heat: Ralph Blackett #28
Third Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Trophy Dash: Dick Morris #49
B Feature: Dick Kenny #62

FEATURE:1st--Ed Leavitt #44
2nd--Dick Morris #49
3rd--Ralph Blackett #28
4th--Don Maxwell #71
5th--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X

Friday, May 30th, 1975

First Heat: Edd French #7
Second Heat: Roger Larson #20
Third Heat: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Trophy Dash: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Consilation: Ed Leavitt #44
B Feature: Con Edwards #22

FEATURE:1st--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
2nd--Larry Kirkpatrick #18
3rd--Jerry Miller #3
4th--Roger Larson #20
5th--Don Maxwell #71

Friday, June 6th, 1975

First Heat: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Second Heat: Ralph Blackett #28
Third Heat: Dick Morris #49
Trophy Dash: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Consilation: Gary Dunkle #34
B Feature: Doug Wolfgang #57

FEATURE:1st--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
2nd--Ralph Blackett #28
3rd--Dick Morris #49
4th--Larry Kirkpatrick #18
5th--Gary Dunkle #34

Friday, June 13th, 1975

First Heat: Larry Kirkpatrick #18
Second Heat: Butch Bahr #25
Third Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Trophy Dash: Gary Dunkle #34
B Feature: Sam Briscoe #57

FEATURE:1st--Don Maxwell #71
2nd--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
3rd--Larry Kirkpatrick #18
4th--Butch Bahr #25
5th--Gary Dunkle #34

J.J. Riggins - June 20th, 1975

Friday, June 20th, 1975

First Heat: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Second Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Third Heat: Dick Kenny #62
Trophy Dash: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
B Feature: Keith Hightshoe #6

FEATURE:1st--Don Maxwell #71
2nd--Roger Larson #20
3rd--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
4th--Gary Dunkle #34
5th--Jerry Miller #3

Doug Wolfgang - June 27th, 1975

Friday, June 27th, 1975

First Heat: Edd French #7
Second Heat: Jerry Miller #3
Third Heat: Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
Trophy Dash: Larry Kirkpatrick #18
Consilation: Wayne Holz #73
B Feature: Keith Hightshoe #6

FEATURE:1st--Edd French #7
2nd--Ray Lee Goodwin #4X
3rd--Jerry Miller #3
4th--Dick Morris #49
5th--Larry Kirkpatrick #18

Friday, July 4th, 1975
Independence Day

First Heat: Jerry Miller #3
Second Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Third Heat: Wayne Holz #73
Trophy Dash: Edd French #7
B Feature: Rich Brahmer #6

FEATURE:1st--Edd French #7
2nd--Norm Martin #7X
3rd--Wayne Holz #73
4th--Hank Elmendorf #53
5th--Dick Kenny #62

Jerry Miller - July 11th, 1975

Friday, July 11th, 1975

First Heat: Jan Opperman #4X
Second Heat: Dick Morris #49
Third Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Trophy Dash: Jan Opperman #4X
B Feature: Keith Hightshoe #6

FEATURE:1st--Jan Opperman #4X
2nd--Don Maxwell #71
3rd--Butch Bahr #25
4th--Dick Morris #49
5th--Jerry Miller #3

Doug Wolfgang - May 1st, 1977

Ralph Blackett - May 1st, 1977

Don Maxwell and Ed Smith Jr. - May 1st, 1977

Sunday, May 1st, 1977

First Heat: Roger Larson #38
Second Heat: Doug Wolfgang #20
Third Heat: Don Maxwell #44
Fourth Heat: Ralph Blackett #4X
Trophy Dash: Doug Wolfgang #20
B Feature: Terry Turbak #1X

FEATURE:1st--Doug Wolfgang #20
2nd--Lonnie Jensen #57
3rd--Roger Larson #38
4th--J.J. Riggins #14
5th--Butch Bahr #25

Sammy Swindell - June 12th, 1977

Jim Goettsche - June 12th, 1977

Sunday, June 12th, 1977

First Heat: Sammy Swindell #71
Second Heat: Doug Wolfgang #20
Third Heat: Lloyd Beckman #49

cancelled due to rain

John Sernett - July 4th, 1977

Monday, July 4, 1977
Independence Day

First Heat: Lloyd Beckman #49
Second Heat: Rich Brahmer #6
Third Heat: Lonnie Jensen #57
Trophy Dash: Lloyd Beckman #49

FEATURE:1st--Lloyd Beckman #49
2nd--Thad Dosher #4X
3rd--Gary Dunkle #34
4th--Lonnie Jensen #57
5th--John Sernett #00

Lealand McSpadden - July 31st, 1977

Sunday, July 31st, 1977

First Heat: Jimmy Boyd #21
Second Heat: Sammy Swindell #71
Third Heat: Lealand McSpadden #75
Trophy Dash: Doug Wolfgang #20
B Feature: Randy Smith #3

FEATURE:1st--Sammy Swindell #71
2nd--Doug Wolfgang #20
3rd--Lealand McSpadden #75
4th--Ralph Blackett #40
5th--Mike Shaw #92

Sunday, September 11th, 1977

Time Trials: Doug Wolfgang #20 -- 17.09 seconds

First Heat: Doug Wolfgang #20
Second Heat: Randy Smith #3
Third Heat: Lloyd Beckman #4X
Fourth Heat: Steve Howard #94
B Feature: Ron Williams #29

FEATURE:1st--Doug Wolfgang #20
2nd--Lonnie Jensen #57
3rd--Lloyd Beckman #4X
4th--Steve Howard #94
5th--J.J. Riggins #14

Butch Bahr - May 14th, 1978

Doug Wolfgang - May 14th, 1978

J.J. Riggins - May 14th, 1978

J.J. Riggins - May 14th, 1978

Gary Dunkle and J.J. Riggins - May 14th, 1978

Sunday, May 14th, 1978

First Heat: Doug Wolfgang #4X
Second Heat: J.J. Riggins #14
Trophy Dash: J.J. Riggins #14
B Feature: Bill Robison #81

FEATURE:1st--Doug Wolfgang #4X
2nd--J.J. Riggins #14
3rd--Lonnie Jensen #57
4th--Jim Goettsche #3
5th--Jan Opperman #4J

Wednesday, June 21st, 1978

First Heat: Shane Carson #20
Second Heat: Lonnie Jensen #57
Third Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Trophy Dash: Shane Carson #20

FEATURE:1st--Don Maxwell #71
2nd--Don Weyhrich # $1.98
3rd--Randy Smith #98
4th--Jim Goettsche #3
5th--Gary Dunkle #44

Wednesday, July 5th, 1978

First Heat: Kim Lingenfelter #17
Second Heat: Doug Wolfgang #4X

cancelled due to rain

Wednesday, July 19th, 1978

First Heat: Lonnie Jensen #57
Second Heat: Kim Lingenfelter #17
Trophy Dash: Jimmy Boyd #21

1st FEATURE:1st--Jimmy Boyd #21
2nd--Doug Wolfgang #4X
3rd--Kim Lingenfelter #17
4th--Don Weyhrich # $1.98
5th--Lloyd Beckman #7

2nd FEATURE:1st--Kim Lingenfelter #17
2nd--Don Weyhrich # $1.98
3rd--Doug Wolfgang #4X
4th--Rich Brahmer #6
5th--Lonnie Jensen #57

Wednesday, August 2nd, 1978

First Heat: Jimmy Boyd #21
Second Heat: Shane Carson #20
Trophy Dash: Shane Carson #20

FEATURE:1st--Jimmy Boyd #21
2nd--Shane Carson #20
3rd--Lonnie Jensen #57
4th--Mike Shafer #4
5th--Scott Carson #11

Friday, September 8th, 1978

First Heat: Shane Carson #20
Second Heat: Lloyd Beckman #57
Third Heat: Ed Leavitt #40
Trophy Dash: Kim Lingenfelter #17

FEATURE:1st--Shane Carson #20
2nd--Ed Leavitt #40
3rd--Kim Lingenfelter #17
4th--Don Maxwell #71
5th--Jim Goettsche #3

Sunday, September 10th, 1978

First Heat: Ed Leavitt #40
Second Heat: Kim Lingenfelter #17
Third Heat: Doug Wolfgang #4X
Trophy Dash: Ed Leavitt #40

FEATURE:1st--Doug Wolfgang #4X
2nd--Shane Carson #20
3rd--Ed Leavitt #40
4th--Bob Williams #2
5th--Ralph Blackett #10

Tim Green - June 1st, 1980

Doug Wolfgang - June 1st, 1980

Lee James and Steve Kinser - June 1st, 1980

Sunday, June 1st, 1980

First Heat: Steve Kinser #11
Second Heat: Tim Green #55
Third Heat: John Stevenson #31
Trophy Dash: Steve Kinser #11

FEATURE:1st--Steve Kinser #11
2nd--Lee James #15J
3rd--Doug Wolfgang #20
4th--Johnny Anderson #20X
5th--Tim Green #55

Sunday, July 13th, 1980

First Heat: John Stevenson #31
Second Heat: Art Coons #15
Third Heat: Ed Leavitt #49
Trophy Dash: Mike Peters #28
Aussie Pursuit: Edd French #7777

FEATURE:1st--John Stevenson #31
2nd--Ed Leavitt #49
3rd--Edd French #7777

Sunday, August 10th, 1980

Time Trials: Doug Wolfgang #20

First Heat: Jerry Potter #7
Second Heat: Gary Patterson #21N
Third Heat: Don Maxwell #71
Trophy Dash: Jerry Potter #7
Speed Dash: Vern Church #9

FEATURE:1st--Gary Patterson #21N
2nd--Tim Green #55
3rd--Doug Wolfgang #20
4th--Vern Church #9
5th--Mike Peters #28

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