Winchester, IN (October 17, 2005) – Lincoln, Indiana’s Dave Darland came away with the victory in Sunday’s Rich Vogler Classic for the Valvoline USAC Sprint Car Series at Winchester Speedway. It was the first ever victory for Darland at Winchester Speedway. A packed house cheered Darland on to victory on a beautiful fall afternoon, after Darland grabbed the lead in his Hoosier Race Tires/Weld Wheels Beast/Claxton on lap 18, charging beneath Ron Gregory on the backstretch taking the lead going into turn three. Gregory had lead the first 17 laps of the 30-lap feature. Florida’s Dave Steele finished second making a late pass on Gregory. Gregory held on to finish third just ahead of Levi Jones and Josh Wise, who rounded out the top five. Fast qualifier, Tracy Hines, who just missed setting a new track record during qualifying, finished in sixth.

The event went green to checker without any incidents, the closest call came when young Cameron Dodson, winner of the King Of The Wing show in May at Winchester Speedway, almost ran over a lap car late in the event. Dodson finished in eighth, just behind Eric Gordon. Jerry Coons Jr. finished in ninth with local racer Aaron Pierce in tenth.

In the American Modified feature Mike Stacy took full advantage of his pole starting position to lead all 40 laps of the season championship event. Stacy was the winner of the American Modified feature on Labor Day also. Jason Dietsch stayed on Stacy’s tail through out the event, but could never make the pass. Dietsch held on to finish second. New Castle, Indiana native Rodney Scott made some great late passes to get to third, but ran out of time to make any more headway on the top two runners. Mark Timmerman finished in fourth with Modoc, Indiana native Don Skaggs Sr. in fifth.

The modified event was marred by a huge red flag incident that destroyed several cars who were all running behind Kyle Jones when his motor let go coming out of turn one. The incident took out Brian Nester, who had clinched the 2005 American Modified Championship by just starting the event. Also collected in the incident was Nester’s teammate Bud Perry and area racer L.J. Lines. In all eight cars were forced to retire after the lap 29 incident. A total of 35 modifieds signed in for the day’s events.

In the first ever Open Sportsman event at Winchester Speedway, Scott Hinshaw came away with the victory in the 40-lap feature event driving a Mount Lawn Late Model. Keith Sterkowitz came in second, managing to keep the car going after making hard contact with the turn one wall. Joe Beaver finished in third in an Anderson Speedway SuperTruck, one of two trucks that ran the event. Terry Cater finished in fourth while Anderson, Indiana native Jon Conklin came in fifth. Bob Dumke came in sixth in the only I -URL Stock Car in the event. Billy Riddle in seventh in an Anderson Speedway Thundercar while Aaron Pippin came in eighth and Regina Adams in ninth in Shady Bowl Speedway Street Stocks, it was all three drivers first ever race at Winchester Speedway. Zack Hulvey rounded out the top ten in a Baer Field Speedway Late Model.

Sunday’s event was the last of the season for Winchester Speedway. Owner Charlie Shaw and CRA Co-Promoters RJ Scott and Glenn Luckett would like to thank all the track workers, race teams, fans, and sponsors for there great support of the Grand Reopening Season. As previously announced the track will remain open for the 2006 season. A schedule will be released in the near future, all 2006 season updates can be found at www.winchesterspeedway.com.

1) Dave Darland, 2) Dave Steele, 3) Ron Gregory, 4) Levi Jones, 5) Josh Wise, 6) Tracy Hines, 7) Eric Gordon, 8) Cameron Dodson, 9) Jerry Coons Jr., 10) Aaron Pierce, 11) Darren Hagen, 12) Michael Lewis, 13) Tom Hessert, 14) Rex Norris III, 15) Lee Boss, 16) Jon Stanbrough, 17) Mike Ford, 18) Marc Jessup

1) Mike Stacy, 2) Jason Dietsch, 3) Rodney Scott, 4) Mark Timmerman, 5) Don Skaggs Sr., 6) Dick Dunlevy, 7) Damon Breedlove, 8) Rob Yelton, 9) Baldy Baker, 10) Chad Pendleton, 11) Josh Smith, 12) Ernie Shook, 13) Joe Shannon, 14) Mike Pippen, 15) Kyle Jones, 16) Brian Nester, 17) Bud Perry, 18) Ross Klingelhofer, 19) L.J. Lines, 20) David Barnhart, 21) Shawn Stroble, 22) Darren Bowman, 23) Danny Parker, 24) Dave Stacy, 25) Harold Scott, 26) Mike Carroll

1) Scott Hinshaw, 2) Keith Sterkowitz, 3) Joe Beaver, 4) Terry Cater, 5) Jon Conklin, 6) Bob Dumke, 7) Billy Riddle, 8) Aaron Pippin, 9) Regina Adams, 10) Zack Hulvey, 11) Rick Tackman, 12) Wes Russell Jr., 13) John Weisenauer, 14) Mike Riddle Jr., 15) Charlie Thomas, 16) Brian Hopkins