USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Route 66

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

September 2, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 31, 2001 – Joliet, Illinois - Route 66 Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-17.848; 2. Levi Jones, 69, Dynamics-17.996; 3. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-17.998; 4. Jay Drake, 18, Gorman-18.005; 5. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-18.049; 6. Aaron Fike, 3, Potter-18.179; 7. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-18.223; 8. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-18.309; 9. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-18.381; 10. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-18.466; 11. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-18.473; 12. Dean Franklin, 16, BWB-18.529; 13. Ed Carpenter, 6, K & D-18.561; 14. Tim Cox, 320, Kissel-18.605; 15. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-18.684; 16. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-18.717; 17. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Reynolds/Byram-18.724; 18. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-18.764; 19. Johnny Parsons, 95, Parsons-18.945; 20. Dave Peperak, 77x, Ram-19.033; 21. Ricky Shelton, 32, Kazmark-19.115; 22. Kurt Winker, 10w, Winker-19.798; 23. Daniel Owings, 19k, Owings-21.546.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Yeley, 3. Davidson, 4. Rice, 5. Drake, 6. Carpenter, 7. Parsons, 8. Winker. 2:29.83

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Hines, 3. Jones, 4. Thomas, 5. Cox, 6. Owings, 7. Hewitt. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Gaines, 3. Tyler, 4. Dillion, 5. Shelton, 6. Franklin, 7. Aaron Fike. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Hewitt, 3. Carpenter, 4. Cox, 5. Shelton, 6. Parsons, 7. Winker, 8. Peperak, 9. Owings. 3:09.19

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. J.J. Yeley, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Dickie Gaines, 7. Jack Hewitt, 8. Brian Tyler, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Levi Jones, 11. Kevin Thomas, 12. Robbie Rice, 13. Ed Carpenter, 14. Tim Cox, 15. Dean Franklin, 16. Kurt Winker, 17. Ricky Shelton, 18. Gregg Dillion, 19. Dave Peperak, 20. Daniel Owings, 21. Derek Davidson, 22. Johnny Parsons. NT

**Shelton flipped on the 24th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kaeding.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER USAC SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Darland-1,240; 2-Drake-1,158; 3-Yeley-1,156; 4-Elliott-1,070; 5-Hines-931; 6-Kaeding-861; 7-Davidson-740; 8-Rice-739; 9-Bill Rose-647; 10-Tyler-641.

NEXT USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: September 9 - Cedar Rapids, IA - Hawkeye Downs

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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