USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Bloomington

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 29, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 27, 2001 – Bloomington, Indiana - - "Larry Rice Classic" - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-11.775; 2. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-11.843; 3. A.J. Anderson, 10, Edison-11.907; 4. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-11.925; 5. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-12.003; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-12.058; 7. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-12.062; 8. Ande Possman, 12x, Uhrick-12.098; 9. Jared Fox, 56, Fox-12.129; 10. Mike English, 7c, Priestly-12.147; 11. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-12.153; 12. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-12.170; 13. Kevin Briscoe, 69, Dynamics-12.198; 14. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-12.222; 15. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-12.229; 16. Jimmy Laser, 8L, Laser-12.238; 17. Dave Peperak, 77x, Ram-12.239; 18. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-12.249; 19. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-12.259; 20. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-12.270; 21. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-12.273; 22. Derek Scheffel, 21s, Scheffel-12.275; 23. Dickie Gaines, 70x, Gaines-12.309; 24. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-12.322; 25. Critter Malone, 44, Staab-12.358; 26. J.T. Stapp, 74, Stapp-12.369; 27. Kevin Chambers, 8c, DC-12.370; 28. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Reynolds/Byram-12.380; 29. Dennis Veach, 13, Veach-12.425; 30. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-12.436; 31. Alex Shanks, 1x, Cravens-12.456; 32. Jeremy Sherman, 21c, Ellis-12.457; 33. Jason Robbins, 96, Payne-12.463; 34. Jerry Coons, Jr., 16, BWB-12.465; 35. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-12.476; 36. Kent Christian, 9R, Christian-12.499; 37. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-12.506; 38. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-12.506; 39. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-12.519; 40. Kenny Carmichael, 92, C & W-12.520; 41. Bobby Smith, 8, Smith-12.526; 42. Brian Hayden, 2H, MPHG-12.543; 43. Josh Cunningham, 43, Cunningham-12.581; 44. Bill Boggs, 53x, Stapp-12.588; 45. Troy Rutherford, 18, Gorman-12.608; 46. Jason Knoke, 77, Law-12.639; 47. Chris Gurley, 35, CG-12.687; 48. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-12.696; 49. Wil Newlin, 4u, Stapp-12.716; 50. Eric Roberts, 21x, Roberts-12.771; 51. Eric Burns, 86, Britt-12.778; 52. Justin Marvel, 7, Booe-12.831; 53. Danny Holtsclaw, 3, Holtsclaw-12.839; 54. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-12.875; 55. Corey Smith, 66c, CS-12.959; 56. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-13.006; 57. Bill Baker, 99, Baker-13.033; 58. Jim Mills, 70, Turbines-13.040.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. Robbins, 2. Davidson, 3. Shively, 4. Rutherford, 5. Holtsclaw, 6. Gurley, 7. Burns, 8. B. Smith, 9. Newlin, 10. J.Cunningham, 11. C. Smith, 12. Baker, 13. Tyler. 1.39:57 QUALIFYING RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Carpenter, 3. Knoke, 4. Hines, 5. Carmichael, 6. Roberts, 7. A.Thomas, 8. Boggs, 9. Mills, 10. Christian, 11. B.Hayden, 12. Dillion, 13. Marvel. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Briscoe, 3. Yeley, 4. Malone, 5. Elliott, 6. Veach, 7. Robbins, 8. Fox, 9. Peperak. 2:04.49

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Miller, 2. Rice, 3. Stapp, 4. Scheffel, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Vennard, 7. English, 8. Rose, 9. Davidson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shanks, 2. Gaines, 3. Drake, 4. Chambers, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding, 7. Anderson, 8. Petty, 9. Coons. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K.Thomas, 2. Sherman, 3. L.Jones, 4. Kruseman, 5. Carpenter, 6. Laser, 7. Hewitt, 8. Orr, 9. Possman. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Rose, 3. Anderson, 4. Possman, 5. Darland, 6. Kaeding, 7. Veach, 8. Orr, 9. Vennard, 10. Fox, 11. Stanbrough, 12. English, 13. Carpenter, 14. Peperak, 15. Petty, 16. Laser, 17. Hewitt, 18. Robbins, 19. Davidson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. A.J. Anderson, 2. J.J. Yeley, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Levi Jones, 7. Terry Pletch, 8. Kevin Briscoe, 9. Kevin Thomas, 10. Bill Rose, 11. Dickie Gaines, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Ande Possman, 14. Derek Scheffel, 15. Kevin Chambers, 16. Jeremy Sherman, 17. Critter Malone, 18. Kevin Miller, 19. Robbie Rice, 20. Cory Kruseman, 21. Stapp, 22. Shanks. 6:57.79

**Hewitt flipped during the semi. Laser flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Drake, Laps 25-30 Anderson.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,025; 2-Drake-993; 3-Yeley-912; 4-Elliott-830; 5-Tracy Hines-751; 6-Kaeding-663; 7-Rice-614; 8-Davidson-611; 9-Rose-607; 10-Jones-530.

PENNZOIL "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" STANDINGS: 1-Darland-269; 2-Drake-247; 3-Jones-214; 4-Elliott-210; 5-Yeley-199; 6-Pletch-170; 7-Hayden-155; 8-Kaeding-150; 9-Rose-144; 10-K.Thomas-143.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: July 28 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - "Jan Opperman Classic" - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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