NASCAR FEATHERLITES AT IRWINDALE: SATURDAY JUNE 8
2002 FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES RACE FACTS & NOTES OF INTEREST WHAT: K & N Performance Filters “150” Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring Race No. 6 of 14 WHERE: Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, Calif. 1/2-Mile Paved WHEN: Saturday, June 8, 2002 -- 8:30 p.m. PST DISTANCE: 150 Laps/75Miles POSTED AWARDS: $44,700 TV: Speed Channel (tape delayed) Air Date- June 17, 2002 On-air Talent- Rick Benjamin, Jeff Hammond, Brett McMillan FIELD: 30 cars possible. The fastest 24 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions (25th & 26th) available to the top 30 drivers based on the current 2002 Featherlite Southwest Series drivers point standings, who have not qualified for one of the original 24 starting positions, provided eligible drivers attempt to qualify. Provisional positions 27th & 28th will be available to the highest 30 car owners in the current 2002 Featherlite Southwest Series point standings who have not qualified for the event. The 29th & 30th starting positions will be filled by the top two (2) highest finishing drivers from the Qualifying Race, electing to transfer. SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) PROMOTER: Irwindale Speedway, LLC CONTACTS: Derrick Shannon, NASCAR, 208/890-7078 Doug Stokes, Irwindale Speedway, 626/358/1100 SCHEDULE: Saturday, June 8 9:00 a.m. Haulers Enter 10:00 a.m. Registration & Inspection 12:00 noon Mandatory Rookie Meeting 12:30 p.m. Drawing for Qualifying order 1:00 p.m.-3:30 p.m. – Practice 3:45 p.m. Mandatory driver’s meeting 5:00 p.m. Time Trials (2 Laps). All positions 7:00 p.m. Trophy Dash 7:30 p.m. Qualifying Race 8:00 p.m. Mandatory Spotters Meeting 8:30 p.m. K&N Performance Filters “150” THE RACE TRACK: Irwindale Speedway is a 1/2-mile paved oval track. RECORDS: Driver Date Speed Time QUALIFYING: Bryan Germone 5/15/99 103.669 mph 17.363 sec. RACE: 100-Laps Frank Maronski Jr.7/31/99 81.569 mph 36 min 26 sec. RACE: 150-Laps M.K. Kanke 4/21/01 91.185 mph 49 min 21 sec. FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES NOTES: · Eddy McKean of Jerome, Idaho collected his first career Featherlite Southwest Series victory in the last series event at Pikes Peak Int’l Raceway May 19. McKean’s win made it five different winners in the first five events of the season. · Craig Raudman of Bakersfield, Calif. will make his 2002 return to the Featherlite Southwest Series at Irwindale after winning the series championship in 2001. Raudman won the September 2001 event. · M.K. Kanke is the only driver with more than one victory at Irwindale in 8 races held since the facility opened in 1999. Kanke scored two victories in 2001. · Drivers celebrating birthdays in June are Greg Fowler (6/2), Thomas Martin (6/4), Bob Lyon (6/6), Joe Herold (6/16), Nick Joanides (6/17), and Sean Monroe (6/24). · Doug McCoun has the longest active streak of consecutive seasons finishing in the top 10 in the final standings. McCoun has managed top 10 finishes nine straight years. · The record for most different Bud Pole Award winners in a season is 13, set in 1997 and tied in 1998. · Rookie-of-the-Year candidate, Brandon Whitt, El Cajon, Calif. leads Steve Belletto by 5 points in the ROTY battle. Whitt sits 11th in the point standings while Belletto is 12th. · Tony Toste returns to racing after more than two years away in the seat vacated by Sean Monroe. Toste finished 23rd at PPIR in his first run for Clarence Broussard in the #16 CBA Motorsports Chevrolet. Current 2002 Point Standings 6/9/01 FSWS Irwindale Speedway Top 10 1. Eddy McKean 762 1. M.K. Kanke 2. Sean Woodside 760 2. Ben Walker 3. Darrell LaMoure 758 3. Jon Nelson 4. M.K. Kanke 719 4. Greg Pursley 5. Todd Souza 677 5. Burney Lamar 6. Frank Maronski Jr 633 6. Auggie Vidovich Jr. 7. Doug McCoun 601 7. Keith Spangler 8. Jim Pettit II 590 8. Darrell LaMoure 9. Joe Herold 571 9. Craig Raudman 10. Nick Joanides 558 10. Sean Woodside 6/9/01 RACE REVIEW: John Baker grabbed the Bud Pole Award with a time of 17.711/101.632 mph and started first. Marc Groskreutz led the first 25 laps until Rookie Ben Walker pressured his way by on lap 26. M.K. Kanke would stage a spirited battle over the next 124 laps, swapping the three fives times before Kanke assumed the lead for good on lap 116. Kanke held off a determined Walker to record his fourth win of the season. 6/9/01 RACE STATS Bud Pole: John Baker 17.711/101.632 Time of Race: 55min 58 sec Average Speed: 80.405 mph Margin of Victory: .285 seconds Caution Flags: Three for 16 Laps Lap Leaders: Marc Groskreutz 1-25, Ben Walker 26-109, M.K. Kanke 110, Walker 111-115, and Kanke 116-150. Four lead changes among three drivers. Previous FSWS Winners at Irwindale Speedway 2001- Craig Raudman 2001- M.K. Kanke 2001- M.K. Kanke 2000- Rocky Nash 2000- Matt Crafton 1999- Greg Pursley 1999- Frank Maronski Jr. 1999- Kurt Busch Media Services: NASCAR Online, NASCAR’s Official Internet Site on the World Wide Web can be accessed at www.nascar.com <http://www.nascar.com> and offers up to the minute information on all NASCAR Touring divisions. -30- For further information contact: Derrick A. Shannon Media Coordinator Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring 208-890-7078 pr@derrickshannon.com <mailto:pr@derrickshannon.com> derrick.shannon@worldnet.att.net