USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Race Results, 4-Crown Nationals

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

September 23, 2001

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 22, 2001 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - 21st "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 21) 1. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-16.013; 2. Bud Kaeding, 29k, BK-16.342; 3. Rob Chaney, 22, Elden-16.392; 4. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-16.406; 5. Brian Tyler, 25, Chrisman-16.425; 6. Greg Wilson, 63, Hampshire-16.518; 7. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Gratton-16.530; 8. Bill Rose, 6x, Rose-16.566; 9. Jay Drake, 18, P & E-16.621; 10. Jac Haudenschild, 92, Ashworth-16.650; 11. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-16.653; 12. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-16.687; 13. Mike Brecht, 97, Seeling-; 16.781; 14. Ed Carpenter, 6, K & D-16.793; 15. Robbie Rice, 12, R & B-16.849; 16. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-16.861; 17. Levi Jones, 69, Dynamics-16.870; 18. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-16.886; 19. Sport Allen, 29x, Pletch-16.928; 20. Kevin Thomas, 3r, Reynolds-Byram-16.946; 21. Nick Naber, 6n, Naber-16.959; 22. Travis Welpott, 21x, Roberts-16.984; 23. Kent Wolters, 12x, Wolters-17.093; 24. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-17.108; 25. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-17.124; 26. John Heydenreich, 44, Stabb-17.142; 27. Kent Christian;1c, Christian-17.159; 28. Kevin Huntley, 60, Huddle-17.191; 29. Aaron Mosely, 8L, Lambertson-17.217; 30. Matt Westfall, 99, Brown-17.228; 31. John Wolfe, 3m, McGuire-17.243; 32. Eric Gordon, 31J, DeSalle-17.244; 33. Dean Franklin;16, BWB-17.245; 34. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-17.259; 35. Rick Hayden, 5h, Hayden-17.306; 36. Hud Cone, 14, Cone-17.368; 37. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-17.374; 38. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-17.387; 39. Corey Smith, 66c, CS Motorsports-17.389; 40. Aaron Fike, 3, Potter-17.410; 41. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-17.433; 42. Jerry Nemire, 61, Popejoy-17.680; 43. Jeff Martin, 26x, Martin-17.682; 44. Paul White, 62x, BWB-17.692; 45. Cory Seeling, 97s, Seeling-17.732; 46. Tony Beaber, 3t, Toth-17.812; 47. Gregg Dillion, 68, Britt-17.862; 48. Jonathan Vennard, 54; Vennard-17.872; 49. Brandon Ferguson, 15, Stinger-18.058; 50. Mike Mossi, 13, Mossi-18.361.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (6 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Franklin, 2. D. Smith, 3. Hayden, 4. Orr, 5. Dillion, 6. C. Smith, 7. Martin, 8. Ferguson, 9. Seeling. 1:40.29

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (6 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1.Vennard, 2. White, 3. Cone, 4. Pletch, 5. Beaber, 6. Dori, 7. Nemire, 8. Mossi, 9. Aaron Fike. 1:41.59

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Drake, 2. Yeley, 3. Davidson, 4. Jones, 5. Brecht, 6. Tyler, 7. Naber , 8. Franklin, 9. Mosley. 2:10.00

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Kaeding, 2. Gaines, 3. Heydenreich, 4. Wilson, 5. D. Smith, 6. Welpott, 7. Westfall, 8. Carpenter, 9. Haudenschild. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Christian, 2. Allen., 3. Elliott, 4. Rice, 5. Vennard, 6. Wolfe, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Chaney, 9. Wolters. 2:17.09

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Hines, 2. Thomas, 3. Darland, 4. Hewitt, 5. Huntley, 6. Gordon, 7. Rose, 8. Petty, 9. White. 2:13.87

SEMI: (12 laps - Held Sept. 22) 1. Chaney, 2. Tyler, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Rose, 5. Petty, 6. Brecht, 7. Naber, 8. Carpenter, 9. Vennard, 10. Wolters, 11. Huntley, 12. White, 13. Gordon, 14. D. Smith, 15. Franklin, 16. Wolfe, 17. Welpott, 18. Westfall, 19. Mosley. 3:14.59

FEATURE: (30 laps - Held Sept. 22) 1. Bud Kaeding, 2. J.J. Yeley, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Greg Wilson, 5. Bill Rose, 6. Jon Stanbrough, 7. Robbie Rice, 8. Derek Davidson, 9. Mike Brecht, 10. Rob Chaney, 11. Levi Jones, 12. Brian Tyler, 13. Ed Carpenter, 14. John Heydenreich, 15. Brandon Petty, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Kent Christian, 18. Sport Allen, 19. Tracy Hines, 20. Dickie Gaines, 21. Nick Naber, 22. Dave Darland, 23. Kevin Thomas, 24. Jack Hewitt,

**Mike Brecht flipped during qualifying. Jac Haudenschild flipped during heat two. Jack Hewitt and Derek Davidson flipped on lap 14 of the feature. Nick Naber, Kevin Thomas, Dickie Gaines, Dave Darland and Mike Brecht flipped on lap 16 of the feature. Darland was transported to Coldwater Hospital. Sport Allen flipped on lap 20 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15, Wilson. Laps 16-30, Kaeding.

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1334; 2-Yeley-1299; 3-Drake-1297; 4-Elliott-1165; 5-Hines-1073; 6-Kaeding-1022; 7-Davidson-869; 8-Rice-852; 9-Tyler-806; 10-Rose-696.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: October 6 - Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track - "Fall Harvest Classic"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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