USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Rossburg

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

June 24, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2001 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - "Oldtimers Weekend"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-18.454; 2. Troy Rutherford, 4, Gardner-18.598; 3. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-18.618; 4. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-18.765; 5. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-18.931; 6. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-18.945; 7. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-19.053; 8. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-19.058; 9. Tyler Walker, 16x, Witherill-19.084; 10. Dickie Gaines, 11G, Gaines-19.118; 11. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-19.158; 12. Tony Jones, 61, Witherill-19.207; 13. Kevin Doty, 6, K & D-19.239; 14. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-19.240; 15. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-19.260; 16. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-19.331; 17. Bill Rose, 69, Dynamics-19.341; 18. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-19.402; 19. Donnie Jeschke, 2, Jeschke-19.415; 20. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-19.446; 21. John Wolfe, 3m, McGuire-19.511; 22. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-19.563; 23. Jerry Coons, Jr., 31J, DeSalle-19.573; 24. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-19.633; 25. Corey Smith, 66c, CS Motorsports-19.773; 26. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-19.842; 27. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-19.848; 28. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-19.857; 29. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-19.901; 30. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-20.048; 31. Chris Gurley, 35, CG Motorsports-20.054; 32. Mike Mossi, 13, Mossi-20.459; 33. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-20.810; 34. Steve Wilmot, 73, Wilmot-20.964.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Doty, 3. Rose, 4. Walker, 5. Turner, 6. Wolfe, 7. C.Smith, 8. Dori, 9. Hewitt. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rice, 2. Yeley, 3. Griffin, 4. Rutherford, 5. Orr, 6. Gaines, 7. Elliott, 8. Vennard, 9. Wilmot. 2:35.05

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Dillion, 3. Coons, 4. Hines, 5. Pletch, 6. Carpenter, 7. Jeschke, 8. Gurley. 2:33.68

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Tyler, 3. L.Jones, 4. Holtsclaw, 5. T.Jones, 6. Mossi, 7. D.Smith, 8. Davidson. 2:37.65

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Pletch, 3. Gaines, 4. Elliott, 5. Carpenter, 6. Orr, 7. Davidson, 8. T.Jones, 9. D.Smith, 10. Turner, 11. C.Smith, 12. Mossi, 13. Dori, 14. Wilmot, 15. Wolfe, 16. Vennard. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Jay Drake, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Tyler Walker, 5. Ed Carpenter, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Troy Rutherford, 8. Richard Griffin, 9. Tony Elliott, 10. Brian Tyler, 11. Scott Orr, 12. Bill Rose, 13. Terry Pletch, 14. Jack Hewitt, 15. Robbie Rice, 16. Kevin Doty, 17. Gregg Dillion, 18. Levi Jones, 18. Jerry Coons, Jr., 20. Bud Kaeding, 21. Dickie Gaines, 22. Danny Holtsclaw. NT

**Kaeding and Gaines flipped on the fourth lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Yeley.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-589; 2-Drake-566; 3-Yeley-517; 4-Elliott-491; 5-Hines-483; 6-Rice-406; 7-Kaeding-353; 8-Rose-345; 9-Davidson-336; 10-Tyler-273.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACES: July 6-7 - Kansas City, KS - Lakeside Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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