USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Lincoln Park

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 22, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 21, 2001 – Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park Speedway - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-12.857; 2. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-12.908; 3. Bill Rose, 69, Dynamics-13.041; 4. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-13.046; 5. Brian Hayden, 2H, MPHG-13.081; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-13.093; 7. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-13.110; 8. Eric Burns, 86, Britt-13.150; 9. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-13.199; 10. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-13.242; 11. Mike English, 7c, Priestly-13.272; 12. Kevin Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-13.281; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 16, BWB-13.282; 14. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-13.322; 15. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-13.329; 16. Justin Marvel, 7, Booe-13.350; 17. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-13.366; 18. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-13.370; 19. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-13.391; 20. A.J. Anderson, 10, Edison-13.409; 21. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-13.411; 22. Ande Possman, 12x, Uhrick-13.419; 23. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-13.462; 24. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Reynolds/Byram-13.469; 25. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-13.476; 26. Jason Knoke, 77, Law-13.515; 27. Derek Scheffel, 21s, Scheffel-13.516; 28. Kenny Carmichael, 92, C & W-13.530; 29. Troy Rutherford, 18, Gorman-13.539; 30. Jared Fox, 56, Fox-13.543; 31. Critter Malone, 44, Staab-13.560; 32. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-13.606; 33. Mike Martin, 16A, Martin-13.659; 34. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-13.681; 35. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-13.752; 36. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-13.805; 37. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-13.838; 38. Jeremy Sherman, 11x, Ellis-13.876; 39. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-13.883; 40. Lance Hayden, 8H, Hayden-13.907; 41. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-13.928; 42. Corey Smith, 66c, Smith-14.008; 43. Chris Gurley, 35, CG-14.040; 44. Josh Cunningham, 63, Cunningham-14.045; 45. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-14.053; 46. Mitch Cunningham, 43, Cunningham-14.123; 47. Mike Hagemeir, 17H, Hagemeir-14.150; 48. Dave Peperak, 77x, Ram-14.157; 49. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-14.247; 50. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-14.342; 51. Dennis Veach, 13, Veach-14.449; 52. Brad Noffsinger, 6, K & D-14.486; 53. Jeff Martin, 26x, Martin-14.547; 54. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-14.591; 55. Jimmy Laser, 8L, Laser-NT; 56. Jeremy Sherman, 21c, Ellis-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE #1 (6 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Rice, 3. Gurley, 4. Tyler, 5. Orr, 6. Surniak, 7. Veach, 8. B.Smith, 9. J.Martin, 10. Hagemeir, 11. M.Martin, 12. Laser. 1:24.01

QUALIFYING RACE #2 (6 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Kaeding, 3. Sherman (#11x), 4. Hewitt, 5. L.Hayden, 6. M.Cunningham, 7. C.Smith, 8. A.Thomas, 9. Noffsinger, 10. J.Cunningham, 11. Peperak. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Mann, 3. Rutherford, 4. Petty, 5. Darland, 6. B.Hayden, 7. Pletch, 8. Coons, 9. L.Jones. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Possman, 2. Elliott, 3. Kruseman, 4. Knoke, 5. Rice, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Fox, 8. Gaines, 9. Carpenter. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Davidson, 3. Scheffel, 4. Dillion, 5. English, 6. Rose, 7. K.Miller, 8. Malone, 9. Christian. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Carmichael, 2. Anderson, 3. Shively, 4. Drake, 5. Kaeding, 6. Marvel, 7. Burns, 8. K.Thomas, 9. Briscoe. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. L.Jones, 2. B.Hayden, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Darland, 5. Pletch, 6. Rose, 7. Carpenter, 8. Briscoe, 9. Coons, 10. Rice, 11. Christian, 12. K.Miller, 13. Marvel, 14. Gaines, 15. Burns, 16. English, 17. Fox, 18. Kaeding. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jon Stanbrough, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Brian Hayden, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Terry Pletch, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. J.J. Yeley, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Jason Knoke, 12. Ande Possman, 13. Mike Mann, 14. Derek Davidson, 15. Troy Rutherford, 16. Eric Shively, 17. Gregg Dillion, 18. Kenny Carmichael, 19. Brandon Petty, 20. Derek Scheffel, 21. A.J. Anderson, 22. Tracy Hines. NT

**Christian flipped during the third heat. Marvel flipped during the semi. Anderson flipped on the 20th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 B.Hayden, Laps 11-15 Stanbrough, Lap 16 Darland, Laps 17-18 Stanbrough, Laps 19-27 Darland, Lap 28 Stanbrough, Lap 29 Darland, Lap 30 Stanbrough.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-814; 2-Drake-803; 3-Yeley-755; 4-Hines-705; 5-Elliott-664; 6-Davidson-549; 7-Rice-536; 8-Kaeding-514; 9-Rose-512; 10-Brian Tyler-407.

PENNZOIL "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" STANDINGS: 1-Stanbrough-63; 2-B.Hayden-59; 3-Darland-58; 4-Drake-57; 5-Kruseman-57; 6-Rose-49; 7-Elliott-44; 8-Jones-43; 9-Yeley-42; 10-Pletch-42.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: July 22 - Haubstadt, Indiana - Tri-State Speedway - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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