USAC: Coors Silver Bullet Series Race Results, Gateway

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

August 26, 2001

USAC COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 24-25, 2001 – Madison, Illinois - Gateway International Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Aug. 24-25) 1. Dave Steele, 19, GMS-31.257; 2. J.J. Yeley, 67, Zarounian-31.524; 3. Aaron Fike, 92, Hoerner-31.629; 4. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-31.651; 5. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-31.667; 6. Brian Tyler, 69, Dynamics-31.715; 7. Mike Bliss, 11, Snider-31.718; 8. Paul White, 10, Cook-31.776; 9. Kasey Kahne, 9, East/Stewart-31.938; 10. Tracy Hines, 37, Indiana Underground-31.985; 11. Ed Carpenter, 111, Snider-32.023; 12. Jay Drake, 62, Beaver-32.040; 13. Tony Elliott, 20, Nolen-32.067; 14. Bud Kaeding, 44, Andretti/Helmling-32.156; 15. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-32.216; 16. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-32.228; 17. Jerry Coons, Jr., 35, RE-32.302; 18. A.J. Fike, 93, RFMS-32.307; 19. John Heydenreich, 90, Duda-32.344; 20. Derek Davidson, 25, BWB-32.344; 21. Rich Tobias, Jr., 74, RW-32.380; 22. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 73, Qualistar-32.408; 23. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-32.434; 24. Robby Flock, 5, Beach-32.472; 25. Dane Carter, 7, Carter-32.484; 26. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-32.497; 27. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-32.502; 28. Eric Butze, 54, Butze-32.509; 29. John Nervo, 94, Nervo/Coggin-32.530; 30. Bentley Warren, 29, S & S-32.552; 31. Billy Whittaker, 47, JP-32.596; 32. Carl Edwards, 3, 3D-32.687; 33. Eric Gordon, 99, Mucci/Matczak-32.698; 34. Tyler Walker, 52, Vance-32.717; 35. Nick Lundgreen, 0, Lundgreen-32.753; 36. Ricky Shelton, 50, Aviators-32.831; 37. P.J. Jones, 21, Dewitt-32.867; 38. Dan Drinan, 07, JP-33.132; 39. Kevin Bloomstran, 59, Westcon-33.571; 40. Dan Meservey, 58, Staas-33.796; 41. D.J. Kirn, 16, Logan-39.047; 42. Brad Noffsinger, 40, Curb/Agajanian/Paulsen/Noffsinger-NT; 43. Tyler Walker, 2, Vance-NT; 44. #135, RE-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps) NOT HELD

FEATURE: (80 laps - 100 miles - Held Aug. 25) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Mike Bliss, 4. Paul White, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. J.J. Yeley, 7. Ed Carpenter, 8. Kasey Kahne, 9. Bud Kaeding, 10. Chet Fillip, 11. Gary Hieber, 12. John Heydenreich, 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 14. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 15. Jason McCord, 16. Rich Tobias, Jr., 17. Tom Capie, 18. A.J. Fike, 19. Robby Flock, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Derek Davidson, 22. Eric Butze, 23. Jay Drake, 24. Tony Elliott, 25. Bentley Warren, 26. Michael Lewis, 27. Dane Carter, 28. John Nervo, 29. Aaron Fike, 30. Russ Gamester. 51:14.28

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-13 Darland, Laps 14-80 Steele.

COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET STANDINGS: 1-White-439; 2-Gamester-418; 3-Steele-375; 4-Yeley-355; 5-Hines-335; 6-McCord-317; 7-Carpenter-311; 8-Coons-303; 9-Tyler-301;10-Kahne-297.

NEXT COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET RACE: September 2 - DuQuoin, IL - DuQuoin State Fairgrounds

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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