1996 Winter Heat 200

1996 Winter Heat 200
Tuscon
200 L, 75 M
January 21, 1996
Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	1	45	Ron Hornaday, Jr. (RES)	Tootsietoy	Chevy	150	41	running
2	6	07	Lance Hooper (RES)	Golden West Motorsports	Chevy	150	53	running
3	13	28	Gary Collins (RES)	RKM Transportation	Chevy	150	0	running
4	8	83	Steve Portenga (RES)	Coffee Critic	Chevy	150	0	running
5	7	61	Rick Carelli (RES)	Total Petroleum	Chevy	150	0	running
6	4	1	Jeff Krogh (RES)	Excel Motorsports	Chevy	150	0	running
7	2	75	Bobby Gill (RES)	Spears Motorsports	Chevy	149	54	running
8	9	53	Dan Press (RES)	Sierra Racing Products	Chevy	149	0	running
9	15	21	John Kinder (RES)	PowerBase Motorsports	Pontiac	148	0	running
10	25	86	Rich Woodland, Jr. (RES)	Woodland Duck Farms	Chevy	148	0	running
11	19	56	Jon Paques (RES)	Lee's Iron & Metal	Olds	148	0	running
12	11	09	Terry Fisher (RES)	Casino of the Sun	Pontiac	148	0	running
13	20	26	Ron Burns (RES)	Advance Motorsports	Ford	146	0	running
14	22	90	Eric Norris (RES)	Walker Texas Ranger	Ford	146	0	running
15	16	2	Bill McAnally (RES)	Mega Power/Martin Senour	Chevy	145	0	running
16	26	37	Larry Gunselman (RES)	RaceStuff/Olson Technology	Ford	144	0	running
17	23	48	Jack Sellers (RES)	Bear Automotive	Chevy	144	0	running
18	5	24	Mark Krogh (RES)	Excel Motorsports	Chevy	143	0	running
19	27	59	Pete Graham (RES)	Airport Auto Brokers	Chevy	143	0	running
20	31	4	Mike Welch (RES)	Welch Racing	Pontiac	134	0	running
21	14	10	Ernie Cope (RES)	Ernie Cope Racing	Chevy	133	0	crash
22	24	3	Joe Bean (RES)	Bean & Krebs Motorsports	Chevy	130	0	brakes
23	12	12	Dan Obrist (RES)	Fight Team USA	Chevy	127	0	engine
24	17	43	Kenny Smith (RES)	Quick Pick Motorsports	Chevy	114	0	running
25	18	00	Scott Gaylord (RES)	Oliver Gravity Separators	Chevy	100	0	rear end
26	28	89	Bob Howard (RES)	Pennzoil	Olds	85	0	engine
27	21	7	L.J. Pryor (RES)	Red Eagle Racing	Ford	79	0	crash
28	10	58	Wayne Jacks (RES)	DuPont/Dorman Fasteners	Pontiac	65	0	suspension
29	30	80	Tim McCauley (RES)	McCauley Motorsports	Chevy	34	0	clutch
30	3	98	Greg Biffle (RES)	Wholesale Truck Parts	Chevy	26	2	suspension
31	29	19	Billy Kann (RES)	Interstate Batteries	Chevy	0	0	did not start

The 1996 Winter Heat 200 was a Winston West Series (now Camping World West Series) event held at Tuscon Raceway Park on January 21, 1996. It was the season opener. Ron Hornaday, Jr. grabbed the victory, holding off eventual season champ Lance Hooper.

[edit] Race Data

Cautions: Laps: 4-9, 68-72, 127-132, 136-144

Lap leaders: R. Hornaday Jr. 1, B. Gill 2-24, G. Biffle 25-26, B. Gill 27-57, L. Hooper 58-110, R. Hornaday Jr. 111-150