Nascar Slim Jim Myrtle Beach Preview
7 June 1999
1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring, Race Facts WHAT: 7 Up 250 WHERE: Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach, S.C., 0.538-mile oval WHEN: Saturday, June 12, 8:00 p.m. DISTANCE: 250 laps (134.5 miles) POSTED AWARDS: $46,100 (including $2,900 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point fund money.) TV/RADIO: None FIELD: 30 cars. Starting positions 1-25 will be determined by time trials (2 laps), positions 26-29 will be available to any of the top 30 eligible drivers in the 1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point standings, who have entered the event, but have not qualified for one of the original 25 starting positions. The 30th starting position will be assigned to any Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Champion driver who participated as a driver in the 1998 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring and who did not qualify for one of the original 25 starting positions, provided eligible driver attempts to qualify. If a starting position(s) remains unfilled, then that starting position(s) will become available to the next eligible car from the qualifying procedure for this event. SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) PROMOTER: Speedway of South Carolina, Inc. CONTACTS: Jim Noltimier, NASCAR, (770) 486-3591 Roy Gore, Myrtle Beach Speedway, (843) 236-0500 SCHEDULE: Team Hauler Parking 8:00 a.m. Registration Opens 8:00 a.m. Inspection 9:00 a.m. Mandatory Rookie Drivers' Meeting 12:00 p.m. Practice 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Mandatory Drivers' Meeting 3:15 p.m. Time Trials (2 laps, all positions) 6:00 p.m. 7 Up 250 8:00 p.m. THE RACE: The 7 Up 250 is the eighth of 16 races on the 1999 Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring schedule, representing the completion of one half of the 1999 season. This event is always a thorough test of a Slim Jim All Pro Series team's mettle as endurance, pit strategy and racing luck all come into play. 1998 REVIEW: Eventual 1998 Slim Jim All Pro Series National Champion Freddie Query earned a hard-fought victory over Hal Goodson. Query inherited the lead on lap 196 when leader Ron Young was collected by the spinning car of Conrad Burr. In addition to Query and Young, Steve Mendenhall led the race and there were four drivers on the lead lap at the checkered flag. Goodson settled for second ahead of Bobby Gill, David Reutimann and Mardy Lindley. Query also grabbed the Bud Pole Award. Nineteen of the 30 starters were running at the end of the race while a whopping 44 cars attempted to make the starting field. RECORDS Qual. Record: Steve Holzhausen, Bangor, Wisc., Chevrolet, 19.013 secs., 101.867 mph, 4/13/91 Fastest Avg. Speed: Ron Young, Conyers, Ga., Chevy, 1 hr., 48 mins., 18 secs., 74.510 mph, 7/20/96 NOTES OF INTEREST · Jody Ridley, Bobby Gill, Purvis, Mike Cope, Toby Porter, Gary St. Amant, Billy Bigley, Jr., Freddie Query, Ron Young and Wayne Anderson have all won Slim Jim All Pro Series events at the 0.538-mile oval, with Ridley and Query having notched two wins each. Of these previous race winners only Cope, Bigley, Young and Anderson have filed entries for this event. · Steve Holzhausen, Robert Powell, the late Casey Elliott, Bobby Gill, Eddie Goodson, Ron Barfield, Toby Porter, Nipper Alsup and Freddie Query have all notched Bud Pole Awards at Myrtle Beach. Powell, a former NASCAR Winston Racing Series National Champion, has sat on the pole four times at Myrtle Beach. · For the third consecutive year Slim Jim All Pro Series teams will place their race cars on display on Friday, June 11at the NASCAR Café and will sign autographs from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. · Coupling Hal Goodson's 16th place finish at Bristol with Wayne Anderson's runner-up finish Anderson now leads the series point standings, a position he has not held since his season-opening win at Lakeland, Fla. STAT OF THE WEEK: Despite the fact that he considers it his "home track," Darlington, S.C.'s Hal Goodson has never won a Slim Jim All Pro Series race at Myrtle Beach. He does however have four top five finishes, including a second place finish in 1998. POINT FUND SPONSORS: Slim Jim, Anheuser-Busch, Inc., Ford, Gatorade, Hoosier Tires, Jasper Engines, STP Corporation, 76 Race Gasoline QUALIFYING AND SPECIAL AWARD SPONSORS: Carrera Shocks, Eibach Springs, Fel-Pro Gaskets, Ford Motor Company, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, Gatorade, Holley Carburetors, Jasper Engines, Moroso Blue Max Ignition Wires, Moroso Oil Pans, MSD Ignitions, NGK Spark Plugs, Pro Shocks, Scott Performance Wire, Stef's Oil Pans, Tilton Engineering. HEADQUARTERS MOTEL: Sleep Inn, 108 Waccamaw Pines Drive, Myrtle Beach, SC 29579, Contact: Lynda Bridges, (843) 236-0102, (843) 236-7456 FAX, 60 rooms, singles & doubles, $90 + tax Track is located five miles west of Myrtle Beach on US 501