USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Kansas

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 8, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 7, 2001 – Kansas City, Kansas - Lakeside Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-17.723; 2. Bill Rose, 69, Dynamics-17.972; 3. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-18.081; 4. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-18.132; 5. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-18.230; 6. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-18.251; 7. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-18.253; 8. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-18.273; 9. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-18.310; 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 16, BWB-18.353; 11. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-18.362; 12. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-18.573; 13. Dickie Gaines, 11G, Gaines-18.624; 14. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-18.631; 15. Corey Smith, 31J, DeSalle-18.763; 16. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-18.823; 17. Clay Klepper, 71, Hartman-18.925; 18. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-19.142; 19. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-20.200.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Drake, 3. Gaines, 4. Davidson, 5. Hines, 6. Elliott, 7. Klepper, 8. Dori, 9. C.Smith, 10. Rice. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Carpenter, 3. Yeley, 4. Coons, 5. Darland, 6. Rose, 7. Vennard, 8. Dillion, 8. D.Smith. 2:35.43

SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Rose, 2. Darland, 3. Elliott, 4. Hines, D.Smith, 6. Vennard, 7. Dillion, 8. Klepper, 9. Dori, 10. Rice. 2:36.27

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Bill Rose, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Derek Davidson, 8. Robbie Rice, 9. Tony Elliott, 10. Ed Carpenter, 11. Jonathan Vennard, 12. Gfregg Dillion, 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 14. Craig Dori, 15. Jay Drake, 16. Dickie Gaines, 187. Dustin Smith, 18. Clay Klepper. NT

**Klepper flipped on the 1st lap of the feature. Carpenter and Gaines flipped on the 21st lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Yeley, Lap 12 Hines, Laps 13-20 Drake, Laps 21-30 Yeley.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-685; 2-Drake-661; 3-Yeley-627; 4-Elliott-598; 5-Hines-568; 6-Rice-503; 7-Rose-459; 8-Kaeding-445; 9-Davidson-422; 10-Jones-303.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: July 13 - Toledo (OH) Speedway - Hemelgarn Racing "Rollie Beale Night"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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