Richmond International Speedway

Dave Blaxland would land his Miller High-Life Buick on the pole with a bullet 117.111 mph lap. Blaxland would be the only driver to crack the 117mph barrier. Skoal Bandit driver Scott Scrimgeour would flank Blaxland would a solid 116.666 mph run.

The first and only caution would come out on lap 4 as Peter Seymore would loop his Slender-You Oldsmobile entering turn 3. Geoff Bonner would get a scare but would negotiate his Bulls-eye Thunderbird below the spinning Seymore. Blaxland would elect to pit and surrender the lead over to Scrimgeour. Also stopping for fresh tires would be Agnew, Searle, Schwartz, and Seymore.

The race would get under green on lap 10 with Scrimgeour leading the way followed by defending champion Vince MacDonald. Scrimgeour would begin to pull away while fellow Ford driver Bonner began to put pressure on MacDonald.

The Tide ride would have it's night cut short on lap 12 when Don Burchill would take the Monte Carlo made famous by ol' DW to pit road with unknown problems.

By lap 16 MacDonald would be moving high to let Bonner through. Mullin was now in the fourth spot while Dan Searle had quietly moved up to the 5th spot.

Two laps later MacDonald would once again drift high in turn 3 to allow Mullin, another Ford driver to slip by and take over the third spot. The caution flag would nearly be needed on lap 20 when Mullin almost lost it coming off turn 2. The Havoline driver would have to lock the brakes up struggling to not loop the rear end around which he had done countless times in practice. MacDonald and Searle would both drive by sending Mullin to the 5th spot.

Lap 22 Searle makes a bid for the third spot and wins it from MacDonald. Scrimgeour and Bonner continue to pull away from the field.

Bonner running a smooth pace has closed in to a car length by lap 40 as he and race leader Scrimgeour encounter lap traffic and begin knocking drivers off the lead lap. John Agnew would be the first car to go a lap down while Carman Schwartz would have to surrender to the leaders just 3 laps later. Searle and Mullin are capitalizing on the opportunity to close in the gap to just 15 car lengths.

At the midway point it would still be Scrimgeour as Agnew would fall another lap to the leaders. Bonner would close it up to the left rear quarter panel but just simply could not get the run needed to mount a charge for turn 3. A stellar performance by Bonner would come to an end on lap 54 when electrical problems would side line the #90 Bulls-eye Thunderbird.

Green flag pit stops would start on lap 62 as Scrimgeour and Searle peeled off for pit road. Mullin would take over the lead and make another circuit before pitting and making what can only be described as a rookie mistake. The Havoline car would get caught speeding leaving pit road and would have to take a drive through penalty ending their shot at a top 3 finishing spot.

With the race well in hand the unthinkable would happen when the crew chief for the the #33 Skoal Bandit Monte Carlo would call Scrimgeour to pit road to throw in the towel for the night. Scrimgeour would hold on another five laps before retiring the car for the night on lap 75. One lap later and Peter Seymore is retiring his Olds after running in the 7th spot two laps down.

Searle now with the race all but won should it stay green continued to pace the field. Mullin however was coming on strong and actually closing on Searle. With just 12 laps to go Mullin running in third spot would get back on the lead lap. Dave Blaxland would be holding the second spot without any challenges as he had 19 seconds on Mullin.

It would be the fourth win for Searle although he admitted in victory lane that Scrimgeour was the class of the field. Dave Blaxland came in the second spot while Scott Mullin finished in the third spot. "I just couldn't believe my eyes, I'll tell ya one thing, it would have to involve nudity and plenty of it to pull me out of race car that was dominating an event like Scrimy was tonight" said Mullin.