Californian
Jimmy Sills made himself at home in Donnellson, Iowa, winning the NSCA winged
sprint car feature. – Max Dolder Photo
Donnellson, Iowa (July 22, 1984) – Jimmy Sills of Sacramento, Calif., in the area for some Midwest sprint car shows, made a stop at the Lee County Fair and walked away with top honors in the National Speedways Contest Association winger sprint car feature on Sunday evening.
Galen Martin of Fairfield held the early lead in the 25-lapper before Scott Ritchhart of Lincoln, Ill., sped past. Ritchhart was doing a great job of keeping some distance between himself and Sills until a caution on lap 8 bunched the field up, putting the California speedster on his tail for the restart.
When the green flag dropped, the two drivers put on quite the show for the next several laps, slicing and dicing, before Sills slipped by on the inside to take over the lead he wouldn’t relinquish.
Ritchhart hung on to take runner-up honors with Martin coming home in third. Jim Moughan of Springfield, Ill., and Mike Thomas of Des Moines rounded out the top five finishers.
In other action, Dave Gretchell of Sperry made it two in a row, winning the street stock in dominating fashion.
Results –
Time trials – Rocky Hodges, Des Moines (19.389)
Heat #1 – Rocky Hodges
Heat #2 – Jimmy Sills, Sacramento, Calif.
Feature –
1. Jimmy Sills
2. Scott Ritchhart, Lincoln, Ill.
3. Galen Martin, Fairfield
4. Jim Moughan, Springfield, Ill.
5. Mike Thomas, Des Moines
6. Jim Grafton, Des Moines
7. Jimmy Bell, Des Moines
8. Dick Crook, Oskaloosa
9. Perry Jenkins, Farmington, Mo.
10. Glenn Hughes Jr., Denver, Colo.
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