USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, IRP

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

September 16, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2001 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Tom Bigelow Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brian Tyler, 69, Dynamics-20.312; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-20.481; 3. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-20.483; 4. Jay Drake, 62, BWB-20.490; 5. Ed Carpenter, 11, TG Racing-20.520; 6. Tracy Hines, 19, GMS-20.568; 7. Robbie Rice, 15, Davis/Bowman-20.663; 8. Dave Steele, 66, Walker/Gratton-20.676; 9. Dave Darland, 31J, DeSalle-20.677; 10. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-20.700; 11. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-20.800; 12. Eric Gordon, 3ac, DeSalle-20.837; 13. Brian Gerster, 66m, GMS-20.900; 14. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-20.947; 15. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-20.966; 16. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-21.012; 17. Tony Elliott, 16, BWB-21.044; 18. Dude Teate, 0, Steele-21.153; 19. Kevin Feeney, 98, Hanks-21.268; 20. Jimmy McCune, 19x, Durnwald-21.293; 21. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Qualistar-21.367; 22. Rick Baker, 4B, Julian-21.428; 23. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-21.585; 24. Chris Hayes, 61, Carman-21.723; 25. Don Townsend, 77, Rebman-21.760; 26. Dave Osborn, 3x, Gibson-21.850; 27. Eric Butze, 44, Butze-21.853; 28. Tim Cox, 45, Davis-21.888; 29. Jimmy Taylor, 7R, Rebman-22.244; 30. David Lawrence, 41, Julian-23.059.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Elliott, 4. Gerster, 5. Darland, 6. Townsend, 7. Taylor, 8. Carpenter. 2:46.37

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Kaeding, 3. Yeley, 4. Aaron Fike, 5. Teate, 6. Baker, 7. Osborn, 8. Lawrence. 2:47.13

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Smith, 2. Vennard, 3. McCord, 4. Rice, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Feeney, 7. Butze. 2:51.24

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steele, 2. Davidson, 3. McCune, 4. Gordon, 5. Drake, 6. Hayes, 7. Cox. 2:49.47

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. A.J. Fike, 3. Darland, 4. Carpenter, 5. Teate, 6. Hayes, 7. Butze, 8. Feeney, 9. Baker, 10. Cox, 11. Osborn, 12. Taylor, 13. Townsend. 4:09.58

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Ed Carpenter, 4. Dave Steele, 5. Bud Kaeding, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Derek Davidson, 8. Jay Drake, 9. Jonathan Vennard, 10. Jason McCord, 11. Eric Gordon, 12. Robbie Rice, 13. Aaron Fike, 14. Jimmy McCune, 15. J.J. Yeley, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Brian Gerster, 18. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 19. Dude Teate, 20. Chris Hayes, 21. A.J. Fike, 22. Bobby Smith. 10:27.21

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Hines.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,314; 2-Drake-1,237; 3-Yeley-1,231; 4-Elliott-1,140; 5-Hines-1,052; 6-Kaeding-948; 7-Davidson-826; 8-Rice-807; 7-Tyler-772; 10-Bill Rose-647.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: September 21-22 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "4-Crown Nationals"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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