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Terre Haute Sprint Results

VALVOLINE USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 22, 2005 – 
Terre Haute, Indiana – Terre Haute Action Track – Valvoline “Indiana Sprint 
Week” – “Jan Opperman Classic”

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Levi Jones, 2B, 2B Racing-21.081; 2. Bud Kaeding, 
29, BK/Leffler-21.389; 3. Shane Cottle, 10E, Edison-21.524; 4. Brady Short, 
36, Short-21.580; 5. Critter Malone, 53, Fox-21.701; 6. John Wolfe, 3m, 
Botkin-21.782; 7. Justin Marvel, 47, MPHG-21.793; 8. Jay Drake, 21, 
Stewart-21.794; 9. Mat Neely, 6, K & N-21.853; 10. Matt Westfall, 54, 
Westfall-21.906; 11. Josh Wise, 20, Stewart-21.943; 12. Damion Gardner, 50, 
Chaffin-21.948; 13. Dave Darland, 11, Walker/Guiducci-21.970; 14. Jonathan 
Vennard, 4m, Miller-21.986; 15. Jimmy Laser, 8L, Laser-22.041; 16. Lee 
Boss, 8B, Boss-22.072; 17. Cory Kruseman, 67, Kunz-22.107; 18. Dickie 
Gaines, 21x, Roberts-22.184; 19. Bill Rose, 7E, Priestly-22.187; 20. Jon 
Stanbrough, 10, R & B-22.207; 21. Tony Elliott, 5G, Goacher-22.209; 22. 
Jerry Coons, Jr., 69, Dynamics-22.231; 23. Darren Hagen, 71, Kunz-22.291; 
24. Shane Hollingsworth, 11s, B & B-22.317; 25. Todd Chandler, 5c, 
Chandler-22.347; 26. Brandon Petty, 3R, Reynolds-22.392; 27. Derek O’Dell, 
11d, O’Dell-22.416; 28. Ronnie Clark, 33, Clark-22.463; 29. Bryan Clauson, 
7c, B & L-22.547; 30. Tom Hessert III, 5H, Hessert-22.673; 31. Jared 
Parsons, 35, Parsons-22.841; 32. Kenny Carmichael, Jr., 92c, C & W-23.098; 
33. Terry Pletch, 29P, Pletch-23.140; 34. Marc Jessup, 14J, Jessup-23.228; 
35. Kenny Carmichael, 92x, C & W-23.303; 36. Brad Sweet, 2J, Massey-NT; 37. 
Daron Clayton, 92, Clayton-NT.

       FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Jones, 3. Darland, 4. Neely, 5. 
Elliott, 6. Malone, 7. Pletch, 8. Clauson, 9. Chandler. 2:59.56

       SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Vennard, 2. Gaines, 3. Hessert, 4. Coons, 
5. Kaeding, 6. Jessup, 7. Westfall, 8. Petty, 9. Wolfe. 3:02.94

         THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cottle, 2. Marvel, 3. Rose, 4. Wise, 5. 
Hagen, 6. O’Dell, 7. Parsons, 8. Laser, 9. Carmichael. 3:04.76

         FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Drake, 3. Hollingsworth, 
4. Gardner, 5. Boss, 6. Clark, 7. Short, 8. Carmichael, Jr. 3:02.91

         SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kaeding, 2. Malone, 3. Wolfe, 4. Laser, 5. 
Short, 6. Hagen, 7. Clark, 8. Westfall, 9. Boss, 10. Jessup, 11. Petty, 12. 
O’Dell, 13. Pletch, 14. Chandler, 15. Parsons, 16. Carmichael, Jr., 17. 
Elliott, 18. Carmichael. 4:21.24

       FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Levi Jones, 2. Shane Cottle, 3. Dave Darland, 
4. Bud Kaeding, 5. Josh Wise, 6. Critter Malone, 7. Justin Marvel, 8. Cory 
Kruseman, 9. Mat Neely, 10. Damion Gardner, 11. Jonathan Vennard, 12. Jerry 
Coons, Jr., 13. Jay Drake, 14. Darren Hagen, 15. John Wolfe, 16. Shane 
Hollingsworth, 17. Tom Hessert III, 18. Jimmy Laser, 19. Jon Stanbrough, 
20. Brady Short, 21. Bill Rose, 22. Dickie Gaines. NT
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**Clauson and Sweet flipped during qualifying. Coons flipped during the 
second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Wolfe, Laps 6-30 Jones.

NEW VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Jones-881; 2-Darland-879; 
3-Drake-859; 4-Wise-763; 5-Kaeding-737; 6-Neely-687; 7-Stanbrough-528; 
8-Hagen-443; 9-Tracy Hines-439; 10-Marvel-435.

FINAL VALVOLINE INDIANA SPRINT WEEK STANDINGS: 1-Cory Kruseman-417; 2-Levi 
Jones-384; 3-Dave Darland-346; 4-Jay Drake-304; 5-Josh Wise-272; 6-Mat 
Neely-264; 7-Shane Cottle-262; 8-Bud Kaeding-257; 9-Tracy Hines-255; 
10-Justin Marvel-239.

NEXT VALVOLINE NATIONAL SPRINT CAR RACE: August 6 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora 
Speedway – “Mopar Thunder”