USAC: Western Sprint Car Series Race Results, Boise

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 17, 2001

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2001 – Boise, ID – Meridian Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Damion Gardner, 20, Gardner-12.967; 2. Brian Evans, 87, Evans-12.995; 3. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-13.044; 4. Kenny Hamilton, 98, Tyler-13.067; 5. Tony Hunt, 77, Scott-13.069; 6. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-13.093; 7. Ray Evans, 82, Evans-13.126; 8. Bobby McMahan, 26, Espindola-13.129; 9. Bryan Bullard, 14, Pierson-13.135; 10. Ryan Flynn, F1, Flynn-13.149; 11. Amy Barnes, 12, Barnes-13.160; 12. Craig Panike, 9N, Newman-13.208; 13. Darren Spiers, V23, Spiers-13.229; 14. Kevin Kierce, 2, Swann-13.251; 15. Jimmy Hamilton, 93, Hamilton-13.293; 16. Mike Ford, 46, Ford-13.316; 17. Dan Lyons, 22, Lyons-13.340; 18. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-13.351; 19. John Ryals, 66, Ryals-13.363; 20. Shawn Smith, 10, Smith-13.382; 21. Randy Mello, 25, Mello-13.386; 22. Mike Cullum, 53, Cullum-13.400; 23. Jerry Hupp, 50, Hupp-13.407; 24. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-13.420; 25. Eric Pardee, 01, Pardee-13.436; 26. Butch Freeman, 1x, Freeman-13.491; 27. Bob Bachman, 02, Bachman-13.499; 28. Gene Godepski, 2x, Swann-13.510; 29. Chuck Maddox, 23, Maddox-13.529; 30. Bobby Bankson, 43, Bankson-13.609; 31. Marc Zieske, 10z, Zieske-13.645; 32. Pat Whittet, 75w, Whittet-13.860; 33. Shauna Hogg, 5, Hogg-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Spiers, 2. Hunt, 3. Lyons, 4. Bullard, 5. D,Gardner, 6. Mello, 7. Pardee, 8. Maddox. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Flynn, 3. Bankson, 4. B.Evans, 5. Freeman, 6. Cline, 7. Kierce, 8. Cullum. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Zieske, 2. Bachman, 3. Ryals, 4. Barnes, 5. R.Evans, 6. J.Gardner, 7. J.Hamilton, 8. Hupp. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Godepski, 2. Whittet, 3. Smith, 4. K.Hamilton, 5. McMahan, 6. Burdett, 7. Panike, 8. Ford, 9. Hogg. 2:15.29

SEMI: (20 laps) 1. D.Gardner, 2. J.Gardner, 3. R.Evans, 4. Ford, 5. Kierce, 6. Mello, 7. Hogg, 8. Burdett, 9. Freeman, 10. Hupp, 11. Pardee, 12. Cline, 13. Maddox. 14. Cullum, 15. J.Hamilton, 16. Panike, 17. McMahan. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jeff Gardner, 2. Ray Evans, 3. Bryan Bullard, 4. Scott Hansen, 5. Darren Spiers, 6. Dan Lyons, 7. Kevin Kierce, 8. Amy Barnes, 9. Damion Gardner, 10. Shawn Smith, 11. Kenny Hamilton, 12. Tony Hunt, 13. Ryan Flynn, 14. Brian Evans, 15. Bob Bachman, 16. Pat Whittet, 17. Mike Ford, 18. Marc Zieske, 19. John Ryals, 20. Bobby Bankson. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-41 R.Evans, Laps 42-50 J.Gardner.

WESTERN SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-J.Gardner-483; 2-Hunt-463; 3-Cline-394; 4-Fynn-355; 5-Ryals-352; 6-Kierce-326; 7-Bullard-325; 8-D.Gardner-319; 9-McMahan-296; 10-Barnes-268.

NEXT WESTERN SPRINT CAR RACES: July 21 - Salt Lake City, UT - Rocky Mountain Raceways

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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