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USAC: Coors Light Silver Bullet Series Race Results, Springfield

20 August 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
USAC COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 19, 2000 Springfield, Illinois - Illinois State Fairgrounds - "Tony Bettenhausen 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Elliott, 20, Nolen-30.221; 2. Jay Drake, 6, RPS-30.752; 3. Tracy Hines, 37, Indiana Underground-30.881; 4. Bud Kaeding, 44, Helmling-31.127; 5. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-31.245; 6. Ed Carpenter, 7, Snider-31.383; 7. Robby Flock, 80, Beach-31.444; 8. Jack Hewitt, 23, Dewitt-31.448 ;9. Gary Hieber, 66, EWH-31.578; 10. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-31.620; 11. J.J. Yeley, 11, Snider/Foyt-31.642; 12. Bill Rose, 62, Beaver-31.674; 13. Kasey Kahne, 67, Zarounian-31.831; 14. Johnny Parsons, 43, Nix-31.868; 15. Brian Tyler, 69, Dynamics-31.904; 16. Jerry Coons, Jr., 135, R.E. Technologies-32.039; 17. John Heydenreich, 99, Mucci/Matczak-32.064; 18. Donnie Beechler, 16, Logan-32.107; 19. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-32.130; 20. Ryan Newman, 1, Vance-32.194; 21. Jimmy Sills, 175, Stanton-32.225; 22. Terry Pletch, 79, Pletch-32.380; 23. Eric Gordon, 41, Bowen-32.542; 24. Brad Noffsinger, 40, Curb/Agajanian-32.561; 25. Rich Tobias, Jr., 74, RW-32.672; 26. Tom Capie, 153, Capie-32.692; 27. Rob Chaney, 97, SC Racing-32.709; 28. Chuck Gurney, 9, East/Stewart-32.712; 29. Rod Holshouser, 12, Galas-32.783; 30. Dean Franklin, 83, Sohm-32.850; 31. Paul White, 100, Cook-33.022; 32. Randy Bateman, 55, Bateman-33.466; 33. Steve Sheppard, Jr., 95, Burmeister-33.664; 34. Jerry Nemire, 76, Nemire-34.017; 35. Donnie Lehmann, 82, Barrick-34.372; 36. Craig Dori, 38, Shoestring-34.704; 37. Bill Schemonia, 64, Schemonia-34.848; 38. Dana LaLiberte, 70, LaLiberte-34.954; 39. Chris Peterson, 98, Maples-35.754; 40. Tad Roach, 116, Logan-36.362; 41. Thomas Davies, 168, Davies-39.292; 42. Ricky Shelton, 50, Aviators-NT; 43. Donnie Lehmann, 46, Lehmann-NT; 44. Joe McCarthy, 89, Peachey-NT. (NOTE: John Barrick also in car #82).

QUALIFYING RACE: (15 laps) 1. Sills, 2. Capie, 2. Gurney, 4. Noffsinger, 5. White, 6. Gordon, 7. Holshouser, 8. Pletch, 9. Sheppard, 10. Bateman, 11. Nemire, 12. Chaney, 13. LaLiberte, 14. Peterson, 15. Lehmann (#82), 16. Dori, 17. Franklin, 18. Schemonia, 19. Davies. NT

FEATURE: (100 miles) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Bud Kaeding, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Robby Flock, 7. Brian Tyler, 8. John Heydenreich, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Ed Carpenter, 11. Donnie Beechler, 12. Kasey Kahne, 13. Johnny Parsons, 14. Tom Capie, 15. Paul White, 16. Jimmy Sills, 17. Brad Noffsinger, 18. Jerry Coons, Jr., 19. Gary Hieber, 20. Rod Holshouser, 21. Brad Fox, 22. Eric Gordon, 23. Chris Peterson, 24. Ryan Newman, 25. J.J. Yeley, 26. Chuck Gurney, 27. Russ Gamester, 28. Bill Rose, 29. Randy Bateman, 30. Terry Pletch. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Elliott, Laps 7-85 Kaeding, Laps 86-100 Hewitt.

NEW SILVER CROWN STANDINGS: 1-Tyler-344; 2-Darland-305; 3-Hines-294; 4-Noffsinger-280; 5-Heydenreich-260; 6-Newman-251; 7-Yeley-250; 8-Jason Leffler-237; 9-Hewitt-235; 10-Drake-223.

NEXT COORS LIGHT SILVER BULLET RACE: September 4 - DuQuoin, Illinois - DuQuoin State Fairgrounds - "DuQuoin Century"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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