USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Race Race Results, Eldora

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

April 29, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 28, 2001 – Rossburg, OH – Eldora Speedway - "Border Wars VII" - "Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-15.448; 2. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-15.752; 3. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-15.832; 4. Brian Tyler, 7, Booe-15.871; 5. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-16.065; 6. Chris LaFollette, 6, K & D-16.078; 7. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-16.178; 8. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-16.269; 9. Dickie Gaines, 11x, Gaines-16.356; 10. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-16.511; 11. Bill Rose, 69, Dynamics-16.579; 12. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-16.666; 13. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-16.797; 14. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-16.799; 15. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-16.830; 16. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-16.907; 17. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-16.946; 18. Corey Smith, 66c, CS-16.967; 19. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-17.000; 20. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-17.193; 21. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-17.203; 22. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-17.290; 23. A.J. Anderson, 320, Kissel-17.420; 24. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-17.448; 25. Mike Lauterborn, 18, Lauterborn-17.585; 26. John Wolfe, 3m, McGuire-17.744; 27. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-18.026; 28. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wolfe, 2. Davidson, 3. Yeley, 4. Pletch, 5. Hines, 6. Cox, 7. C.Smith. 2:17.96

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Darland, 3. Doty, 4. Rose, 5. Anderson, LaFollette, 7. D.Smith. 2:20.26

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Rice, 3. Drake, 4. Hewitt, 5. Elliott, 6. Miller. 2:25.59

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Orr, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Gaines, 5. Lauterborn, 6. Petty. 2:19.75

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Elliott, 3. Cox, 4. Miller, 5. Anderson, 6. LaFollette, 7. C.Smith, 8. D.Smith, 9. Lauterborn, 10. Petty. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. J.J. Yeley, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. Dickie Gaines, 7. Chris LaFollette, 8. Bill Rose, 9. Jack Hewitt, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Robbie Rice, 12. Terry Pletch, 13. Tony Elliott, 14. Kevin Doty, 15. Levi Jones, 16. John Wolfe, 17. Scott Orr, 18. Mike Miller, 19. A.J. Anderson, 20. Tim Cox, 21. Bud Kaeding, 22. Derek Davidson. NT

**Miller flipped during qualifying. Carpenter flipped during qualifying. Dillion flipped during qualifying and was transported to Coldwater (OH) Hospital for observation. Lauterborn flipped during the semi. Kaeding flipped on the 24th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.

FINAL "BORDER WARS VII" POINT STANDINGS: 1-Yeley-132; 2-Darland-121; 3-Drake-119; 4-Gaines-105; 5-Elliott-92.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-227; 2-Drake-216; 3-Yeley-210; 4-Elliott-200; 5-Kaeding-167; 6-Hines-133; 7-Davidson-125; 8-Gaines-123; 9-Rose-123; 10-Rice-122.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: May 13 - Haubstadt, IN - Tri-State Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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