Final "Little 500" Quals.
Aaron Pierce of Muncie, Ind. paced final-day qualifiers for the 57th
Payless/Remy International “Little 500” USAC Special Event Sprint Car race
Friday as the 33-car field was filled and four cars were bumped. The
500-lap classic will start at 8 pm Saturday night at the 1/4-mile paved
Anderson (Ind.) Speedway.
Pierce will start 16th in the 33-car field, which will be paced by
pole-winner Tom Fedewa of Dimondale, Mich. and fellow front-row starters
Dave Steele of Tampa, Fla. and Tim Barber of San Francisco, Calif.
In the field are three former winners and nine race rookies. Former
winners include six-time defending champion Eric Gordon of Indianapolis,
Ind., who is aiming at a record fifth consecutive victory; two-time
champion Jeff Bloom of Bangor, Mich. and 1996 champ Steele.
The race offers the largest purse (over $120,000) in American
pavement sprint car racing and a three-abreast, 33-car start.
USAC SPRINT CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: May 26-28, 2005 Anderson,
Indiana - Anderson Speedway 57th PayLess/Remy International "Little 500"
QUALIFICATIONS: (Held May 26-27 - 4-Lap Times) 1. Tom Fedewa, 42,
Nosal-45.394; 2. Dave Steele, 91, Puglio-45.458; 3. Tim Barber, 14x,
Pierson-45.817; 4. Jeff Bloom, 26x, Bloom-45.866; 5. Tony Hunt, 5G,
Goacher-45.937; 6. Dorman Snyder, 99x, Stickney-45.975; 7. Levi Jones, 5,
Nolen-45.987; 8. Brian Tyler, 10, Harshbarger-46.048; 9. Eric Gordon, 2,
French-46.188; 10. Tracy Hines, 69, Dynamics-46.217; 11. Jimmy McCune, 19,
Durnwald-46.227; 12. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-46.276; 13. Mat Neely, 6, K &
N-46.320; 14. Jonathan Vennard, 26, BWB-46.391; 15. Danny Holtsclaw, 3H,
Holtsclaw-46.452; (TOP 15 ON MAY 26 LOCKED IN), 16. Aaron Pierce, 26P,
Pierce-46.371; 17. Tony Elliott, 66, Nowling-46.460; 18. Ryan Litt, 07,
Litt-46.460; 19. Jason Blonde, 61, Carman-46.534; 20. Brad Armstrong, 162,
BWB-46.574; 21. Paul White, 62, BWB-46.575; 22. Tim Cox, 40, B & D-46.596;
23. Donnie Adams, Jr., 17, Adams-46.598; 24. Dave Durnwald, 19x,
Durnwald-46.769; 25. Sondi Eden, 15, Correll-46.792; 26. Troy Underwood,
4x, Thunder-NT; 47.048; 27. Shane Butler, 10x, Rice-47.051; 28. Shauna
Hogg, 5x, Hogg-47.179; 29. Mike Ling, 55, Ling-47.208; 30. Michael Tarlton,
9, Tarlton-47.436; 31. Chris Hayes, 11, C & H-47.737; 32. Mark Hall, 2H,
Hall-47.836; 33. Ron Koehler, 10, Koehler-49.003; 34. Hud Cone, 99c,
Stewart-49.783; 35. Don Johnson, 44, Johnson-49.931; 36. Aaron Mosley, 4A,
Contos-51.226; 37. Bill Eubank, 9E, Eubank-55.172; 38. Adam Schuyler, 5H,
Hale-60.161.
ENTERED CARS POSTING NO OFFICIAL TIME: Lee Boss, 8B, Boss-NT; Marc
Jessup, 14, Jessup-NT; Donny Schatz, 15x, Schatz-NT; Bud Kaeding, 29,
BK/Leffler-NT; Jim Mills, 45, Mills-NT; Brian Gerster, 50, Ram-NT; Mike
Blake, 81, Blake-NT; John Scott, 83, Scott/Roberts-NT; Brad Armstrong, 99,
Armstrong-NT; #51, Davis/Bowman-NT.