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USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, Gateway International

8 May 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
USAC COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 6-7, 2000 -- Madison, Illinois - Gateway International Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held May 6) 1. Brad Noffsinger, 40, Curb/Agajanian-31.448; 2. Paul White, 100, Cook-31.774; 3. Bud Kaeding, 44, Helmling-31.908; 4. Tracy Hines, 37, Indiana Underground-31.963; 5. J.J. Yeley, 92, Hoerner-31.968; 6. Jason Leffler, 9, East/Stewart-31.977; 7. Jimmy Sills, 11, Snider/Foyt-32.036; 8. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-32.056; 9. Ryan Newman, 1, Vance-32.097; 10. Brian Tyler, 69, Dynamics-32.111; 11. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-32.143; 12. Dan Drinan, 333, RE Technologies-32.151; 13. Ed Carpenter, 7, Snider-32.162; 14. Jon Herb, 52, Nowicke-32.193; 15. Jack Hewitt, 23, Dewitt-32.238; 16. Jay Drake, 6, RPS-32.257; 17. Kasey Kahne, 67, Zarounian-32.281; 18. Brian Gerster, 25, BWB-32.288; 19. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-32.344; 20. Brian Paulus, 22, P & P-32.348; 21. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-32.405; 22. Billy Whittaker, 47, JP Autosport-32.467; 23. Todd Kane, 75, Dixon/Kane-32.499; 24. Bobby McMahan, 26, Espindola-32.529; 25. Chuck Leary, 30, Leary-32.529; 26. Rich Tobias, Jr., 74, RW Motorsports-32.558; 27. John Heydenreich, 99, Mucci/Matczak-32.564; 28. Jimmy McCune, 2, Vance-32.622; 29. Eric Gordon, 41, Bowen-32.648; 30. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-32.685; 31. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 91, Hoerner-32.708; 32. Bill Rose, 62, Beaver-32.715; 33. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-32.733; 34. Jimmy Kite, 50, Aviators-32.782; 35. Robby Flock, 80, Beach-32.843; 36. Tony Elliott, 20, Nolen-33.265; 37. Randy Bateman, 96, T & D-33.323; 38. Dana LaLiberte, 70, LaLiberte-34.541; 39.Eric Butze, 35, RE Technologies-34.921; 40. Donnie Lehmann, 46, Egan-34.929; 41. Tad Roach, 16, Logan-36.516; 42. Dean Franklin, 83, Sohm-NT; 43. Troy Vaccaro, 18, Conroy-NT; 44. Ricky Shelton, 8, Wallace-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps - Held May 6) 1. McCord, 2. Heydenreich, 3. McCune, 4. Kite, 5. Capie, 6. Elliott, 7. Flock, 8. Rose, 9. Bateman, 10. Franklin, 11. Butze, 12. Roach, 13. Leary, 14. Gordon, 15. Lehmann, 16. Tobias, 17. Puterbaugh, 18. LaLiberte. NT

FEATURE: (100 miles - 80 Laps - Held May 7) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Brad Noffsinger, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. John Heydenreich, 6. Jack Hewitt, 7. Dan Drinan, 8. Jimmy McCune, 9. Russ Gamester, 10. Brian Paulus, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Jay Drake, 13. Brian Gerster, 14. Billy Whittaker, 15. Todd Kane, 16. Jimmy Kite, 17. Bobby McMahan, 18. Kasey Kahne, 19. Tom Capie, 20. Jimmy Sills, 21. Jon Herb, 22. Bud Kaeding, 23. Paul White, 24. Chet Fillip, 25. Tony Elliott, 26. Brian Tyler, 27. Ed Carpenter, 28. Jason McCord, 29. Ryan Newman, 30. Gary Hieber. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-17 White, Lap 18 Drinan, Lap 19 Noffsinger, Lap 20 Leffler, Laps 21-22 White, Laps 23-24 Drinan, Laps 25-27 Leffler, Laps 28-65 Noffsinger, Lap 66 Leffler, Laps 67-80 Hines.

NEW SILVER CROWN STANDINGS: 1-Hines-210; 2-Noffsinger-194; 3-Tyler-181; 4-Darland-147; 5-Newman-142; 6-White-132; 7-Leffler-129; 8-Hieber-119; 9-Yeley-113; 10-Heydenreich-105.

NEXT COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET RACE: May 20 - Indianapolis, IN - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Coca-Cola 100"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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