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USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Terre Haute

17 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 15, 2000 -- Terre Haute, Indiana -- Terre Haute Action Track - "Terre Haute National Open" Presented by Dr. Pepper

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-21.002; 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 25, Chrisman-21.242; 3. Mike Kirby, 5c, Guerin-21.322; 4. Tony Jones, 48, Jones-21.389; 5. Steve Ostling, 12c, Pratt-21.408; 6. Rip Williams, 3, Jory-21.451; 7. Eric Burns, 86, Britt-21.507; 8. Brad Noffsinger, 93, Gardner-21.544; 9. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-21.563; 10. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-21.603; 11. A.J. Anderson, 34x, Anderson-21.741; 12. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-21.755; 13. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-21.774; 14. Mike English, 10, Priestly-21.995; 15. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-22.003; 16. Troy Rutherford, 6c, Gardner-22.009; 17. John Scott, 83, Scott-22.103; 18. Wil Newlin, 71, Newlin-22.132; 19. Bob Burkle, 21B, Burkle-22.138; 20. Danny Smith, 34, Baker-22.147; 21. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-22.202; 22. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-22.326; 23. Derek Davidson, 9R, Roudebush-22.371; 24. Jim Mills, 45, Turbines-22.411; 25. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-22.498; 26. Jason Robbins, 96, Payne-22.499; 27. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-22.576; 28. Rick Hinrichsen, 22c, Lake Motorsports-22.647; 29. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-22.715; 30. Mike Brecht, 97, Seeling-22.745; 31. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-22.766; 32. Brian Tyler, 17, Newkirk-22.944; 33. Kenny Lacey, 18, Lacey-23.201; 34. Michael Smith, 29c, Fischer-23.436; 35. Randy Brown, 21x, Brown-24.359; 36. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-NT; 37. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Drake, 3. Scott, 4. K.Miller, 5. Ostling, 6. Shively, 7. Lacey, 8. Vennard, 9. Hines. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Newlin, 2. Williams, 3. Coons, 4. Robbins, 5. English, 6. Petty, 7. Darland, 8. M.Smith, 9. Brecht. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Burns, 2. Davidson, 3. Kirby, 4. Rose, 5. Fox, 6. B.Smith, 7. Anderson, 8. Burkle. 3:42.73

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Hewitt, 3. Tyler, 4. D.Smith, 5. Rutherford, 6. Noffsinger, 7. Hinrichsen, 8. Hayden, 9. Mills. NT

TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Noffsinger, 2. Darland, 3. Ostling, 4. Hines, 5. English, 6. Burkle, 7. Fox, 8. Vennard, 9. Petty, 10. Shively, 11. Brecht, 12. Anderson, 13. Mills, 14. M.Smith, 15. Hinrichsen, 16. Lacey, 17. Hayden, 18. Rutherford. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Steve Ostling, 4. Danny Smith, 5. Rip Williams, 6. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7. Brad Noffsinger, 8. Brian Tyler, 9. Derek Davidson, 10. Jack Hewitt, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Bill Rose, 13. Kevin Miller, 14. John Scott, 15. Wil Newlin, 16. Terry Pletch, 17. Jason Robbins, 18. Eric Burns, 19. Dave Darland, 20. Tony Jones. NT

**Jones flipped on the 3rd lap of the feature. Darland flipped on the 7th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Jones, Lap 2 Ostling, Laps 3-20 Drake.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE: June 16 - Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute Action Track - "Terre Haute National Open" Presented by Dr. Pepper

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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