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USAC: Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car Series Race Results, Indianapolis Raceway Park

17 September 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 16, 2000 Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 19, GMS-20.359; 2. Jay Drake, 62, BWB-20.483; 3. Ryan Newman, 1x, Vance-20.687; 4. Ted Hines, 16, BWB-20.714; 5. Dave Steele, 91, GMS-20.760; 6. Russ Gamester, 26, BWB-20.785; 7. Brian Tyler, 73, Booe-20.802; 8. Eric Gordon, 3ac, DeSalle-20.843; 9. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Puterbaugh-20.908; 10. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-20.924; 11. Tony Ave, 3, Frontier-20.935; 12. Jimmy McCune, 2, Vance-20.940; 13. J.J. Yeley, 47, Davis/Marvel-20.955; 14. Robbie Rice, 22, Rice-20.963; 15. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-20.969; 16. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Lamers-20.973; 17. Jason McCord, 4, Contos-21.002; 18. Derek Davidson, 9R, Roudebush-21.087; 19. Bud Kaeding, 129, BK-21.135; 20. Brad Armstrong, 98, B & D-21.294; 21. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-21.320; 22. Brett Pool, 21, Miller-21.338; 23. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-21.367; 24. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-21.370; 25. Charlie Schultz, 9s, Schultz-21.395; 26. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-21.445; 27. Scott Hull, 24, Davis-21.567; 28. Bob Adamson, 2a, Adamson-21.641; 29. Eric Butze, 44, Butze-21.690; 30. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-21.705; 31. Dude Teate, 0, Teate-21.723; 32. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-21.804; 33. Jim Mills, 45, Turbines-22.100; 34. Derek Scheffel, 75, Tyler-22.926; 35. Ed Kenens, 35, Kenens-23.754; 36. Ted McKibben, 38, Mckibben-NT; 37. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-NT. NOTE: (Justin Marvel also in #47)

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley (#47), 2. Steele, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Surniak, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Schultz, 7. McCord, 8. Butze, 9. Mills. 2:49.43

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davidson, 2. Vennard, 3. Rice, 4. Gamester, 5. Pool, 6. Rodgers, 7. Jones, 8. Drake, 9. Scheffel. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Newman, 2. Darland, 3. Ave, 4. Tyler, 5. Smith, 6. Teate, 7. Hull, 8. Kaeding, 9. Kenens. 2:51.51

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. J.McCune, 2. Armstrong, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Elliott, 5. Gordon, 6. Petty, 7. Blake, 8. Adamson. NT

TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gordon, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Pool, 4. Kaeding, 5. Smith, 6. Hull, 7. Petty, 8. Schultz, 9. Teate, 10. Adamson, 11. Mills, 12. Blake, 13. Rodgers, 14. Butze, 15. Kenens, 16. Scheffel. 4:14.04

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. Eric Gordon, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Tony Ave, 6. Dave Steele, 7. Jimmy McCune, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Brian Tyler, 10. Dave Darland, 11. Ted Hines, 12. Steve Surniak, 13. Derek Davidson, 14. Robbie Rice, 15. Tony Elliott, 16. Jay Drake (#7), 17. Bud Kaeding, 18. Jonathan Vennard, 19. Brad Armstrong, 20. Brett Pool, 21. Bobby Smith, 22. Scott Hull. 10:33.71

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Tyler, Laps 3-10 Steele, Laps 11-16 Newman, Laps 17-30 Tracy Hines.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Elliott-1,245; 2-Drake-1,222; 3-Tracy Hines-1,078; 4-Yeley-1,031; 5-Davidson-999; 6-Darland-887; 7-Kaeding-852; 8-Gordon-813; 9-Tyler-727; 10-Vennard-628.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE: September 30 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 20th "4-Crown Nationals"

Text Provided By Dick Jordan

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