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USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Toledo

9 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2000 Toledo, Ohio Toledo Speedway - Hemelgarn Racing "Rollie Beale Night"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Newman, 1x, Vance-15.447; 2. Dave Steele, 91, GMS-15.477; 3. Tracy Hines, 19, GMS-15.544; 4. Jay Drake, 62, BWB-15.587; 5. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.623; 6. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-15.651; 7. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Puterbaugh-15.677; 8. Jason McCord, 4c, Contos-15.700; 9. Robbie Rice, 22, Rice-15.700; 10. Bud Kaeding, 129, BK-15.710; 11. Jimmy McCune, 2, Vance-15.728; 12. Brian Tyler, 73, Booe-15.750; 13. Kasey Kahne, 23, Kahne-15.853; 14. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-15.887; 15. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Lamers-15.914; 16. Eric Gordon, 3ac, DeSalle-15.922; 17. Tony Ave, 3, Frontier-15.940; 18. Derek Davidson, 9R, Roudebush-16.010; 19. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-16.042; 20. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-16.148; 21. Jim Mills, 45, Turbines-16.223; 22. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT-16.251; 23. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-16.387; 24. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-16.556; 25. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-16.568; 26. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-16.571; 27. Bobby Adamson, 2a, Adamson-16.602; 28. Ed Kenens, 35, Kenens-17.580; 29. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-17.769.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ave, 2. Rice, 3. Newman, 4. Darland, 5. Kahne, 6. Mills, 7. Pool, 8. Rodgers. 2:07.68

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Petty, 3. Surniak, 4. Steele, 5. Vennard, 6. Kaeding, 7. Davidson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Puterbaugh, 2. Hines, 3. Blake, 4. McCune, 5. Elliott, 6. Adamson, 7. Jones. 2:09.92

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Gordon, 3. Armstrong, 4. McCord, 5. Drake, 6. Tyler, 7. Kenens. NT

TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Drake, 3. Kaeding, 4. Kahne, 5. Elliott, 6. Davidson, 7. Vennard, 8. Jones, 9. Pool, 10. Adamson, 11. Mills, 12. Rodgers, 13. Kenens. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Dave Steele, 5. Steve Surniak, 6. Bill Puterbaugh, Jr., 7. Robbie Rice, 8. Kasey Kahne, 9. Brian Tyler, 10. Bud Kaeding, 11. Eric Gordon, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Jimmy McCune, 14. Tony Ave, 15. Derek Davidson, 16. Ryan Newman, 17. J.J. Yeley, 18. Brandon Petty, 19. Mike Blake, 20. McCord, 21. Hewitt. 22. Armstrong. 7:57.22

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Darland.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Elliott-568; 2-Yeley-532; 3-Hines-498; 4-Davidson-463; 5-Darland-457; 6-Tyler-456; 7-Drake-442; 8-Gordon-411; 9-Kahne-363; 10-Hewitt-336.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE: July 15 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park - Turbines, Inc. "Indiana Sprint Classic"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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