USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Lawrenceburg

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 28, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 26, 2001 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - "Robbie Stanley Classic" - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ande Possman, 12x, Uhrick-12.388; 2. Derek Scheffel, 21s, Scheffel-12.413; 3. Mike English, 7c, Priestly-12.438; 4. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-12.439; 5. Kent Christian, 9R, Christian-12.518; 6. Brian Hayden, 2H, MPHG-12.525; 7. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-12.538; 8. Eric Roberts, 21x, Roberts-12.598; 9. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-12.606; 10. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-12.622; 11. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-12.655; 12. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-12.670; 13. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-12.681; 14. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-12.688; 15. Critter Malone, 44, Staab-12.690; 16. Jason Gregg, 75, Gregg-12.707; 17. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-12.720; 18. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-12.723; 19. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-12.738; 20. Eric Burns, 86, Britt-12.765; 21. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-12.773; 22. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-12.780; 23. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-12.791; 24. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Reynolds/Byram-12.792; 25. Jeremy Sherman, 21c, Ellis-12.807; 26. Travis Gregg, 76T, Gregg-12.839; 27. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-12.848; 28. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-12.851; 29. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-12.880; 30. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-12.906; 31. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-12.912; 32. Jerry Coons, Jr., 16, BWB-12.927; 33. Kevin Briscoe, 69, Dynamics-12.939; 34. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-12.956; 35. A.J. Anderson, 10, Edison-12.987; 36. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-13.026; 37. Tim Cox, 320, Kissel-13.034; 38. Nick Naber, 6N, Naber-13.052; 39. Jason Knoke, 77, Law-13.059; 40. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-13.120; 41. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-13.147; 42. Troy Vermeil, 65, Vermeil-13.188; 43. Justin Marvel, 7, Booe-13.220; 44. Kenny Carmichael, 92, C & W-13.248; 45. Bill Boggs, 53x, Stapp-13.265; 46. Troy Rutherford, 18, Gorman-13.288; 47. Steve Simon, 23s, Simon-13.288; 48. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-13.313; 49. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-13.359; 50. Dwayne Spille, 71, Spille-13.421; 51. Mike Martin, 16a, Martin-13.504; 52. Wil Newlin, 4u, Stapp-13.763; 53. Jimmy Laser, 8L, Laser-13.924.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. Briscoe, 2. Anderson, 3. Marvel, 4. Hewitt, 5. Knoke, 6. Martin, 7. Turner, 8. Laser, 9. Simon, 10. Boggs, 11. Cox. 1.42:64 QUALIFYING RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. Davidson, 2. Kruseman, 3. D. Smith, 4. Carmichael, 5. Vermeil, 6. Newlin, 7. Naber, 8. Spille, 9. Miller, 10. Rutherford. 1.46:63

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Jones, 3. Kaeding, 4. Tyler, 5. Sherman, 6. Christian, 7. Possman, 8. Briscoe, 9. Drake. NT SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Petty, 2. Rose, 3. Gaines, 4. Dillion, 5. Scheffel, 6. Darland, 7. Anderson, 8. B.Hayden, 9. T.Gregg. NT THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Yeley, 3. Elliott, 4. Shively, 5. Mann, 6. Davidson, 7. English, 8. Carpenter, 9. Malone. NT FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Burns, 3. K.Thomas, 4. Rice, 5. J.Gregg, 6. Vennard, 7. Roberts, 8. Kruseman, 9. Coons. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Scheffel, 3. English, 4. Roberts, 5. Darland, 6. B.Hayden, 7. Possman, 8. Sherman, 9. J.Gregg, 10. Davidson, 11. Malone, 12. Briscoe, 13. Anderson, 14. Mann, 15. Carpenter, 16. Kruseman, 17. Christian, 18. Vennard, 19. T.Gregg. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Jay Drake, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. Mike English, 5. Kevin Thomas, 6. Dickie Gaines, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Brian Hayden, 9. Levi Jones, 10. Eric Roberts, 11. Robbie Rice, 12. Brian Tyler, 13. Tony Elliott, 14. J.J. Yeley, 15. Derek Scheffel, 16. Terry Pletch, 17. Tracy Hines, 18. Brandon Petty, 19. Gregg Dillion, 20. Eric Burns, 21. Bill Rose, 22. Eric Shively. NT

**Rutherford flipped during the second qualifying race. Vennard flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Drake, Laps 7-15 Darland, Lap 16 Drake, Laps 17-30 Darland.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-974; 2-Drake-935; 3-Yeley-849; 4-Elliott-791; 5-Hines-751; 6-Kaeding-615; 7-Davidson-610; 8-Rice-594; 9-Rose-566; 10-Tyler-491.

PENNZOIL "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" STANDINGS: 1-Darland-218; 2-Drake-189; 3-Elliott-171; 4-Jones-162; 4-Hayden-155; 6-Yeley-136; 7-Stanbrough-129; 8-Pletch-122; 9-Kruseman-115; 10-English-109.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: July 27 - Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway - "Larry Rice Classic" - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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