USAC Years
After Sleepy took the Rookie of the Year and USRC 1974 Championship and headed for the Midwest and tried his luck with USAC, taking Rookie of the Year honors and Championship in 1975 and then again winning the USAC Championship back-to-back in 1976. He was invited race in Australia during their 1976/77 season (since they have the reverse seasons, December, January, February are their big racing months). In turn, Sleepy raced 17-years in either Australia, New Zealand or both. He raced with USAC until he returned to California to race the newly formed USAC Western States Championship, in which he joined car owners George and Gary Zarounian, to dominate the early years, winning the 1983, 85, 87, 88, 90, 91, 92 Championships. During those years, he won 104 features, putting him at the top of the feature list. He raced until he was injured in a crash at a BCRA race at Stockton, California, in 2003.
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