USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Kokomo

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 31, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 29, 2001 – Kokomo, Indiana - Kokomo Speedway - "Vince Osman Classic" - Pennzoil "Indiana Sprint Week"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-14.722; 2. Tracy Hines, 16, BWB-14.773; 3. Jeremy Sherman, 21c, Ellis-14.868; 4. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-14.878; 5. A.J. Anderson, 10, Edison-14.911; 6. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-14.960; 7. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-14.976; 8. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-15.048; 9. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Reynolds/Byram-15.093; 10. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-15.110; 11. Jason Knoke, 77, Law-15.111; 12. Kevin Briscoe, 69, Dynamics-15.124; 13. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-15.169; 14. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-15.220; 15. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-15.246; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-15.248; 17. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-15.264; 18. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-15.278; 19. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-15.314; 20. Brian Hayden, 2H, MPHG-15.331; 21. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-15.365; 22. Mike English, 7c, Priestly-15.374; 23. Dickie Gaines, 70x, Gaines-15.392; 24. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-15.421; 25. Corey Smith, 66c, CS-15.451; 26. Kent Christian, 9R, Christian-15.465; 27. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-15.501; 28. Mike Mann, 37m, Mann-15.567; 29. Mark Clark, 11c, Clark-15.629; 30. Chris Gurley, 35, CG-15.664; 31. Greggie Vogel, 4, Vogel-15.669; 32. Randy Donelson, 22, Donelson-15.688; 33. Travis Welpott, 18, Gorman-15.745; 34. Jerry Coons, Jr., 31J, DeSalle-15.869; 35. Dennis Veach, 13, Veach-15.999; 36. Thomas Davies, 44D, Davies-17.278; 37. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-NT; 38. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-NT. (Dean Franklin also in car #16)

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. C.Smith, 2. Clark, 3. Jones, 4. Shively, 5. Elliott, 6. Carpenter, 7. K.Thomas, 8. Anderson, 9. Welpott. 2:34.78

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Christian, 3. Tyler, 4. English, 5. Drake, 6. Hines (#16), 7. Gurley, 8. Pletch, 9. Coons. 2:32.84

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gaines, 2. Sherman, 3. D.Smith, 4. Rose, 5. Kaeding, 6. Vogel, 7. Veach, 8. Knoke, 9. Rice. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Mann, s. Yeley, 3. Hewitt, 4. Briscoe, 5. Hayden, 6. Davidson, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Donelson, 9. Davies. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Drake, 3. Elliott, 4. Kaeding, 5. K.Thomas, 6. Davidson, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Anderson, 9. Veach, 10. Carpenter, 11. Pletch, 12. B.Hayden, 13. Donelson, 14. Coons, 15. Welpott, 16. Vogel. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Jeremy Sherman, 3. Bud Kaeding, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Kevin Briscoe, 9. Eric Shively, 10. Bill Rose, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Dickie Gaines, 13. Mike English, 14. Kent Christian, 15. Mike Mann, 16. Jack Hewitt, 17. Corey Smith, 18. Mark Clark, 19. Dustin Smith, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Derek Davidson, 22. Jay Drake. NT

**Knoke flipped during the third heat. Davies flipped during the fourth heat. B.Hayden and Pletch flipped during the semi. Hayden was transported to St. Joseph's Hospital in Kokomo for treatment of undisclosed injuries. He was awake and alert.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Kaeding, Lap 7 Tyler, Laps 8-14 Kaeding, Laps 15-28 Elliott, lap 29 Sherman, Lap 30 Elliott.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,077; 2-Drake-1,017; 3-Yeley-977; 4-Elliott-908; 5-Hines-780; 6-Kaeding-724; 7-Rose-647; 8-Davidson-628; 9-Rice-615; 10-L.Jones-571.

FINAL PENNZOIL "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" STANDINGS: 1-Darland-321; 2-Elliott-288; 3-Drake-271; 4-Yeley-264; 5-Levi Jones-255; 6-Bud Kaeding-211; 7-Kevin Thomas-185; 8-Bill Rose-184; 9-Dickie Gaines-172; 10-Terry Pletch-171.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: August 11 - Salem, Indiana - Salem Speedway - "Joe James/Pat O'Connor Classic"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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