DEBEAUMONT WINS MIDGET AT IRWINDALE.Byline: Steve Ramirez Marc DeBeaumont upstaged bigger names Saturday night to win the USAC USAC Universal Service Administrative Company USAC United States Auto Club USAC Universidad de San Carlos (University of San Carlos, Guatemala) USAC US Airways Center (Phoenix, Arizona) Midget feature before 4,869 at Irwindale Speedway Irwindale Speedway is a motorsports facility located in Irwindale, California. It features banked, paved 1/2 and 1/3 mile oval tracks. It is mainly used for USAC sprint car and regional NASCAR races. . Other winners were Burbank resident Walt Johnson in TQ Midgets, Jim McGill in Ultra Spec Trucks and Rod Johnson For the former soccer player, see Rod Johnson (footballer) Rod Johnson is an American public address announcer for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. in Grand American For sports car racing association formed in 1999, see . Grand American was a NASCAR sanctioned series of pony car stock cars. The series ran from 1968 until 1971. The series was sometimes called the Baby Grand series. Modifieds. The victory allowed DeBeamont to take over the lead in the MCI (1) (Media Control Interface) A high-level programming interface from Microsoft and IBM for controlling multimedia devices. It provides commands and functions to open, play and close the device. (2) (Microwave Communications Inc. WorldCom USAC Western Midget series. ``When you beat guys like Davey Hamilton, it's special,'' said DeBeaumont, who recorded his first victory in the USAC Midget series.'' Hamilton controlled the first part of the race, holding the lead for the first eight laps of the 30-lap feature. DeBeamont took over the lead between turns 1 and 2 and held the advantage until he went a little too high in turn 4. Encino's Shane Scully made one last attempt on the final lap when he went low between turns 3 and 4, but DeBeaumont held him off to win by 0.178 seconds. The USAC TQ Midget feature was just as entertaining. Johnson ruled the field for most of the 20-lap feature before being pressured on the final circuit, grabbing the lead on the second lap and increased it to as much as five car- lengths before a caution on Lap 12 closed the gap. That allowed Greg Edenholm to close in on the final lap. But the Agoura resident, who made a nice inside move coming off turn 3, could get no closer than 0.131 seconds. |
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