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USAC: Stoops Freightliner/USAC Sprint Car Series Race Results, Granite City

7 May 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 6, 2000 -- Granite City, Illinois -- Tri-City Speedway - "Heroes of Sprint Car Racing Classic" presented by the Knoxville National Sprint Car Hall of Fame & Museum

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-21.080; 2. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Lamers-21.356; 3. Kasey Kahne, 23, Kahne-21.568; 4. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-21.622; 5. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-21.645; 6. Derek Davidson, 9R, Roudebush-21.725; 7. J.J. Yeley, 76x, GT Racing-21.762; 8. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-21.905; 9. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-21.908; 10. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-21.987; 11. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-22.002; 12. Danny Smith, 34, Baker-22.008; 13. Bud Kaeding, 129, BK Racing-22.020; 14. Jim Moughan, 1m, M & L-22.085; 15. Brian Tyler, 17, Newkirk-22.092; 16. Alex Shanks, 83, Northrop-22.142; 17. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-22.230; 18. Ricky Shelton, 4u, Stapp-22.390; 19. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Puterbaugh-22.391; 20. Kevin Thomas, 3B, Booe-22.455; 21. Eric Gordon, 3ac, DeSalle-22.525; 22. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-22.691; 23. Dave Peperak, 177, Ram-23.042; 24. Randy Bateman, 51, Bateman-23.140; 25. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-NT; 26. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-NT; 27. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Hines, 3. Gordon, 4. B.Smith, 5. Rose, 6. Kaeding. 3:02.46

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Petty, 3. Davidson, 4. Shelton, 5. Moughan, 6. A.Thomas. 3:00.48

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Jones, 3. Tyler, 4. Kahne, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Peperak. 3:08.86

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. D.Smith, 2. Vennard, 3. Hewitt, 4. K.Thomas, 5. Shanks, 6. Darland (#51). NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Tony Elliott, 4. Kasey Kahne, 5. Danny Smith, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Jonathan Vennard, 8. J.J. Yeley, 9. Bud Kaeding, 10. Brian Tyler, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Derek Davidson, 13. Levi Jones, 14. Eric Gordon, 15. Jim Moughan, 16. Dave Darland (#51), 17. Bobby Smith, 18. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 19. Al Thomas, 20. Alex Shanks, 21. Brandon Petty, 22. Ricky Shelton, 23. Dave Peperak, 24. Kevin Thomas. NT

**Darland flipped during practice. Doty flipped during practice.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Rose, Laps 16-30 Drake.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Elliott-252; 2-Davidson-249; 3-Gordon-228; 4-Yeley-225; 5-Darland-209; 6-Drake-202; 7-Hewitt-200; 8-Hines-199; 9-Tyler-185; 10-Vennard-172.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE: May 12 - Cedar Rapids, IA - Hawkeye Downs

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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