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 22, 2001 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - "Oldtimers Weekend"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-17.414; 2. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-17.530; 3. Bill Rose, 69, Dynamics-17.580; 4. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-17.841; 5. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-17.921; 6. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-17.938; 7. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-17.971; 8. Dickie Gaines, 11G, Gaines-18.017; 9. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-18.037; 10. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-18.037; 11. Chris Gurley, 35, CG Motorsports-18.060; 12. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-18.081; 13. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-18.320; 14. Troy Rutherford, 4, Gardner-18.323; 15. Tyler Walker, 16x, Witherill-18.345; 16. Corey Smith, 66c, CS Motorsports-18.400; 17. Donnie Jeschke, 2, Jeschke-18.421; 18. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-18.443; 19. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-18.448; 20. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-18.459; 21. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-18.496; 22. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-18.511; 23. Tony Jones, 61, Witherill-18.572; 24. Kevin Doty, 6, K & D-18.582; 25. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-18.635; 26. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-18.752; 27. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-19.060; 28. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-19.167; 29. Dwayne Spille, 71, Spille-19.421; 30. Steve Wilmot, 73, Wilmot-21.372; 31. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-NT; 32. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-NT; 33. Brandon Ferguson, 15, Stinger-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. L.Jones, 2. Davidson, 3. Pletch, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Hines, 6. Jeschke, 7. Holtsclaw, 8. Spille. 2:28.09

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Drake, 3. Rutherford, 4. Hewitt, 5. Elliott, 6. Turner, 7. Rice, 8. Wilmot. 2:29.02

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Rose, 3. Walker, 4. T.Jones, 5. Vennard, 6. Gurley, 7. Kaeding. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Doty, 3. Gaines, 4. Griffin, 5. C.Smith, 6. Dori, 7. Carpenter. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Turner, 3. Hines, 4. C.Smith, 5. Rice, 6. Vennard, 7. Carpenter, 8. D.Smith, 9. Elliott, 10. Jeschke, 11. Spille, 12. Dori, 13. Holtsclaw, 14. Gurley, 15. Wilmot. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Bill Rose, 4. Jack Hewitt, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. Robbie Rice, 7. Bud Kaeding, 8. Dickie Gaines, 9. Terry Pletch, 10. Derek Davidson, 11. Troy Rutherford, 12. Jonathan Vennard, 13. J.D. Turner, 14. Tracy Hines, 15. Corey Smith, 16. Levi Jones, 17. Tony Jones, 18. Tyler Walker, 19. J.J. Yeley, 20. Richard Griffin, 21. Jon Stanbrough, '22. Kevin Doty. NT

**Yeley and Stanbrough flipped in turn 1 at the start of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-23 Hewitt, Laps 24-27 Darland, Laps 28-30 Drake. STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-523; 2-Drake-499; 3-Elliott-454; 4-Yeley-451; 5-Hines-435; 6-Rice-377; 7-Davidson-332; 8-Kaeding-331; 9-Rose-312; 10-Tyler-235.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: June 23 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "Oldtimers Weekend"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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