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NASCAR SJAPS: 2000 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Race Facts

7 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
  • WHAT: Jasper Engines & Transmissions 200
  • WHERE: Montgomery Motor Speedway, Montgomery, Ala., 0.500-mile oval
  • WHEN: Saturday, July 8, 9:00 p.m.
  • DISTANCE: 200 laps (100 miles)
  • POSTED AWARDS: $48,350 (including $3,000 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point fund money.)

FIELD: 32 cars. Fastest 27 cars through time trials (2 laps). Five provisional starting positions, including either four or five based on the current Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring point standings and possibly one provisional position for a former champion of the series who will have also raced in a series points event in 1999..

SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR)

PROMOTER: HMS, LLC.

CONTACTS: Jim Noltimier, NASCAR, (770) 486-3591 Tim Myers, Montgomery Motor Speedway, (334) 263-3267

SCHEDULE:

  • Hauler Parking & Registration 8:00 a.m.
  • Gates Open & Inspection Begins 9:00 a.m.
  • Mandatory Rookie Drivers' Meeting 12:00 p.m.
  • Practice 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.
  • Mandatory Drivers' Meeting 3:15 p.m.
  • Bud Pole Qualifying, 2 laps, all positions 6:00 p.m.
  • Jasper Engines & Transmissions 200 9:00 p.m.

THE RACE: The Jasper Engines & Transmissions 200 is the eighth race on the 17-race 2000 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring schedule. This race will represent the first time since 1996 that the series will race in the state of Alabama. It's been even longer since the series has raced at this speedway, the last time was in 1994.

RECORDS Qualifying: Jeff Purvis, Clarksville, Tenn., Chevrolet, 19.039 secs., 94.543 mph, April 18, 1992 200 lap: Mike Cope, Pinellas Park, Fla., Olds., 1 hr., 24 mins., 36 secs., 70.92 mph, Sept 11, 1993

NOTES OF INTEREST

From 1991 through 1994 five series races were contested at Montgomery. Jason Keller, Clay Brown and Hal Goodson each won one race while Mike Cope won two.

Of today's current roster of Slim Jim All Pro Series drivers, only 2000 points leader Billy Bigley, Jr. has registered a top five finish at Montgomery. The Naples, Fla. driver has earned a second, two thirds and one fourth place finish. This could make for a long night for his competitors on Saturday.

This race is the first of four consecutive races over the next four weekends. Following Montgomery the series will race at Louisville (Ky.) Motor Speedway, Myrtle Beach (S.C.) Speedway and Caraway (N.C.) Speedway.

STAT OF THE WEEK: Having never before secured a top five finish in Slim Jim All Pro Series competition, Mishawaka, Ind.'s Ken Weaver has three top five finishes in the last three races.

POINT FUND SPONSORS: Slim Jim, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Gatorade, Hoosier Tires, Jasper Engines, Moroso Performance Products Rookie of the Year, 76 Race Gasoline

QUALIFYING AND SPECIAL AWARD SPONSORS: Budweiser, Carrera Shocks, Eibach Springs, Ford Motor Company, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, Gatorade, Holley Carburetors, Hoosier Tires, Jasper Engines, Moroso Blue Max Ignition Wires, Moroso Oil Pans, Moroso Performance Products Rookie of the Race, MSD Ignitions, NGK Spark Plugs, Scott Performance Wire, Tilton Engineering, Wiseco Pistons

DIRECTIONS TO TRACK: 4.7 miles west of West Blvd. (Alt. 31) on CR 54, then north on Booth Road. 480 Booth Road

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