NASCAR Slim Jim Results - Memphis Motorsports Park 100
14 May 2000
Race #5 of 17
$76,350 Memphis Motorsports Park 100
Memphis Motorsports Park - 0.750 mile oval
May 13, 2000
Millington, Tenn.
Finish Start # Driver Sponsor/Make/Model Laps Points Earnings Status
1 7 52 Scott Hansen Victor Ford Sales/AFCO Racing Products Ford Thunderbird
104 180 $11,375 running
2 4 01 Lee Tissot Brinkley Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 104 170 7750 running
3 11 19 Steven Howard Dick Brooks Automotive/Aloe Luya Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 104 165 4600 running
4 12 87 Kevin Prince Wells Transmission Service Chevrolet Monte Carlo 104
160 3550 running
5 20 34 Ken Weaver Square D/Low Bob's Discount Tobacco Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 104 155 3175 running
6 5 11 A.J. Frank Coastal Medical Associates Chevrolet Monte Carlo 104 150
2750 running
7 1 72 Benny Gordon Johnny's Haulmark Trailers Chevrolet Monte Carlo 103
146 2800 running
8 9 8 #Casey Yunick Lou Ana Cooking Oil/Orlando Action Auto Chevrolet 103
142 2450 running
9 10 00 David Reutimann Pennzoil Chevrolet Monte Carlo 103 138 2300 running
10 18 63 #Greg Pope Galloway Trucking/R.C. Retail Concepts Chevrolet 103
134 1900 running
11 2 3 Gary Terry Quality First Diecast Chevrolet Monte Carlo 101 130 1750
running
12 25 18 George Ingole Freezer Radiator Cooling Agent Chevrolet Monte Carlo
101 127 1700 running
13 8 28 Billy Bigley, Jr. Peerless Woodworking/Nevamar Decorative Surfaces
Chevrolet 97 124 2150 accident
14 6 54 Jeff Fultz Cleaver Brooks/C&C Boilers/Honeywell Chevrolet 97 121
2030 accident
15 3 20 Brian Smith Juba Glass Chevrolet Monte Carlo 97 118 1700 accident
16 14 10 #Ryan Crane Fresh Frozen Foods Chevrolet Monte Carlo 95 115 1580
ignition
17 22 37 Larry Raines Marathon Electric/Palmetto Trading Co. Chevrolet
Monte Carlo 95 112 1050 accident
18 19 98 #Kevin Bryant Bryant Trucking Chevrolet Monte Carlo 95 109 1530
engine
19 17 86 Wayne Anderson Jani-King Chevrolet Monte Carlo 82 106 1600 accident
20 15 45 Scott Kilby Arndt & Herman Windows Chevrolet Monte Carlo 71 103
950 vibration
21 24 4 Jim Brinkley, Jr. Brinkley Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 47 100 880
ignition
22 26 47 Kris Frost Lynn's Auto Parts/Carlisle's Machine Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 46 97 830 handling
23 13 75 #Billy Mills Mills Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 31 94 1280 ignition
24 21 09 Randy Gentry Carolina Painting/Milliken Cleaners Chevrolet Monte
Carlo 20 91 1340 accident
25 16 14 Josh Clemons Fuzzy's Sauces/SkySpy Chevrolet Monte Carlo 17 88 720
engine
26 23 66 Tina Gordon InLand Buildings/Line-X/Phillips 66/Enginewear
Chevrolet 1 85 1210 accident
27 27 57 Scott Carlson Advance Construction/Willie's Restaurant Chevrolet 0
82 700 did not start
Time of Race: 1 hour, 7 minutes, 6 seconds
Winner's Average Speed: 67.064 mph Margin of Victory: 0.031 seconds
Bud Pole Award: Benny Gordon, Summerville, S.C., Chevrolet, 22.294
seconds, 121.109 mph
Gatorade Front Runner Award: Lee Tissot
Caution Periods: 5 cautions for 37 laps, 3-11, 17-20, 22-28, 84-95, 98-102
Lead Changes: 5 lead changes amongst 4 drivers
Lap Leaders: Gordon 1-43, Smith 44-52, Tissot 53, Smith 54-55, Tissot
56-103, Hansen 104
Moroso Performance Parts Rookie of the Race: Casey Yunick # signifies
Rookie Contender
Jasper Engines & Transmissions Crew Chief of the Race: Craig Smokstad
NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings, and include racing
purse and cash contingency awards from participating manufacturers.
Next Event: RE/MAX Slim Jim All Pro 200, Lanier National Speedway,
Braselton, Ga., June 10, 2000
Hansen Grabs Memphis Win by A Bird's Nose
Millington, Tenn. - May 13, 2000 - That dreaded Thunderbird struck again.
Green Bay, Wis.'s Scott Hansen came out on the winning end of a
green-white-checkered dash to the start/finish line to win the Slim Jim All
Pro Series, NASCAR Touring Memphis Motorsports Park 100 on Saturday
afternoon. The late model veteran, a threat to win wherever and whenever
he shows up, earned $11,375 of the $76,350 race purse.
"If it hadn't been for that last caution Lee (Tissot) had everyone covered
today. We just bided our time today and the race came to us there at the
end. I can't say enough about this Victor Ford team. They gave me a good
car all weekend long and we were fortunate enough to end up in victory
lane," stated Hansen.
For the fifth time in five races a new 2000 Bud Pole winner was honored in
pre-race ceremonies. This time the award went to Summerville, S.C.'s Benny
Gordon. Gordon, driver of the Johnny's Haulmark Trailers Chevrolet Monte
Carlo, bested 26 other drivers to earn his first career pole start in Slim
Jim All Pro Series competition. He drove around the 0.750-mile oval in
22.294 seconds at an average speed of 121.109 mph to earn the top starting
spot. Gordon became the 63rd different pole winner since the Series'
inception in 1991. For the second race in a row St. Joseph, Mich.'s Gary
Terry planted his Quality First Diecast Chevrolet on the outside of the
front row.
Gordon had a strong mount when the green flag dropped. He immediately
took command of the race and proceeded to lead the first 43 laps. On lap
44 Mooresville, N.C.'s Brian Smith managed to run down Gordon and moved
into the lead at the wheel of his Juba Glass Chevrolet Monte Carlo. His
lead didn't last as long as Gordon's. Smith led until lap 53 when
Asheville, N.C.'s Lee Tissot edged ahead of Smith. The duo raced side by
side for three more laps with Smith leading the next two circuits.
Then, on lap 56 Tissot took sole possession of the lead and appeared
to be enroute to his second career Slim Jim All Pro Series win.
Hansen, lurking back just outside of the top five, began to make his
charge toward the front just after the race's halfway point. At lap 65 he
was hooked up in a fierce battle with Smith and Gordon for the fourth
position and moved past Gordon for that spot on lap 66. He then motored by
Smith on lap 73 to grab the third spot.
Two late race cautions interrupted Tissot's run to the checkers. On lap
84 the fourth caution of the race was displayed when defending Series
Champion Wayne Anderson and David Reutimann got together coming out of turn
two. The two wound up against the backstretch wall. Reutimann was able to
limp away while Anderson's car sustained heavy front end damage, ending his
day prematurely.
When the green flag waved to restart the race on lap 96 Tissot again sped
away with the checkered flag in sight. Points leader Billy Bigley, Jr. was
in second, followed by Hansen. Hansen got by Bigley on lap 97, with Smith
and Jeff Fultz attempting to do the same. While racing for the same piece
of real estate, Bigley, Smith and Fultz banged together coming down the
frontstretch, ultimately sending all three drivers into the outside
retaining wall and ending their day two laps short of the finish.
This set up a final mad dash to the checkers. As the field came out of
turn four on the white flag lap Hansen nosed under Tissot and ultimately
crossed the stripe 0.031 seconds ahead of Tissot, just barely the length of
the nose on Hansen's Ford Thunderbird. Greer, S.C.'s Steven Howard, after
starting 11th, trailed the lead duo to finish third while Kevin Prince and
Ken Weaver finished fourth and fifth respectively, each notching their top
career Slim Jim All Pro Series finishes. A.J. Frank wound up sixth, the
last car on the lead lap, and polesitter Gordon, Casey Yunick, Reutimann
and Greg Pope rounded out the top 10.
The 100 lap, 75 mile race was run in one hour, seven minutes and six
seconds. Hansen's winning average speed was 67.064 mph. The race was
slowed by five caution periods for 37 laps. There were a total of five
lead changes amongst four drivers.
Bigley's accident proved very costly in the points chase. His 13th place
finish enabled him to keep the points lead but he now leads Frank by just
four points, one top 10 finishing position. Frank leads Tissot by four
points while Howard trails Tissot by two points. Fultz is three points
behind Howard while Reutimann is just one marker behind Fultz. The current
point spread from first to sixth place is a mere 14 points after five races.
Tissot led twice for 49 laps and earned the $500 Gatorade Front Runner
Award for his efforts. In the annual chase for the year-end Gatorade Front
Runner Award Bigley leads Hansen and Smith by three points.
Hansen's second Series win of the year also earned his crew chief, Craig
Smokstad, his second $300 Jasper Engines & Transmissions
Crew-Chief-of-the-Race Award. After five races Smokstad is tied with
Bigley's head wrench Adam Heckelman for the lead in this category.
For the second race in a row Holly Hill, Fla.'s Casey Yunick emerged as
the Moroso Performance Products Rookie-of-the-Race. As such he also now
owns sole possession of the points lead in the Rookie-of-the-Year battle.
Yunick leads Kevin Bryant by four points while Pope is just two points
behind Bryant after Pope drove to Rookie-of-the-Race runnerup honors.
On June 10 the Slim Jim All Pro Series drivers will return to action at
Lanier National Speedway in Braselton, Ga.. The RE/MAX Slim Jim All Pro
Series 200 will be contested on Lanier's 0.375-mile oval and will represent
the only series race in Georgia in 2000.
2000 Point Standings (thru 5/13/00)
Slim Jim All Pro Series, NASCAR Touring
Car
Pos # Driver Points Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 Earnings
1 28 Billy Bigley, Jr. 734 5 1 2 2 3 $26,275.00
2 11 A.J. Frank 730 5 1 0 2 4 $13,460.00
3 01 Lee Tissot 726 5 0 0 2 4 $17,495.00
4 19 Steven Howard 724 5 0 0 3 3 $13,375.00
5 54 Jeff Fultz 721 5 0 1 2 3 $17,885.00
6 00 David Reutimann 720 5 0 0 1 4 $10,950.00
7 72 Benny Gordon 658 5 1 0 1 3 $14,150.00
8 8 #Casey Yunick 634 5 0 0 1 3 $7,640.00
9 20 Brian Smith 617 4 1 0 2 2 $14,195.00
10 86 Wayne Anderson 602 5 0 0 0 2 $10,100.00
11 63 #Greg Pope 595 5 0 0 0 2 $5,905.00
12 3 Gary Terry 590 5 0 0 0 1 $5,915.00
13 09 Randy Gentry 584 5 0 0 1 1 $7,870.00
14 98 #Kevin Bryant 580 5 0 0 0 1 $5,510.00
15 10 #Ryan Crane 572 5 0 0 0 0 $4,970.00
16 34 Ken Weaver 567 5 0 0 1 1 $7,865.00
17 18 George Ingole 566 5 0 0 0 0 $5,050.00
18 75 #Billy Mills 563 5 0 0 1 1 $6,125.00
19 87 Kevin Prince 524 4 0 0 1 3 $6,040.00
20 35 #David Stremme 514 4 0 0 1 1 $6,460.00
21 66 Tina Gordon 503 5 0 0 0 0 $5,620.00
22 38 Shane Sieg 416 4 0 0 0 1 $4,580.00
23 62 #John Gerstner 406 4 0 0 0 0 $3,455.00
24 57 #Scott Carlson 362 2 0 0 0 2 $4,150.00
25 52 Scott Hansen 360 2 1 2 2 2 $26,000.00
26 24 Shane Sawyer 355 3 0 0 1 1 $2,940.00
27 45 Scott Kilby 268 2 0 0 1 1 $3,900.00
28 7 Mike Franklin 233 2 0 0 0 0 $2,925.00
29 33 Conrad Burr 223 2 0 0 0 1 $3,115.00
30 37 Larry Raines 191 2 0 0 0 0 $1,595.00
31 32 Robbie Ferguson 170 2 0 0 0 0 $1,055.00
32 96 Jeremy Thompson 170 2 0 0 0 0 $1,015.00
33 84 Jody Lavender 112 1 0 0 0 0 $600.00
34 50 Joe Aremendia 106 1 0 0 0 0 $580.00
35 2 Slick Yoemans 106 1 0 0 0 0 $575.00
36 21 Derrick Kelley 103 1 0 0 0 0 $650.00
37 4 Jim Brinkley, Jr. 100 1 0 0 0 0 $880.00
38 47 Kris Frost 97 1 0 0 0 0 $830.00
39 21 Steve Mendenhall 94 1 0 0 0 0 $935.00
40 14 Josh Clemons 88 1 0 0 0 0 $720.00
41 31 Ronnie Burkett 85 1 0 0 0 0 $1,540.00
42 99 Jeff Myers 82 1 0 0 0 0 $500.00
43 77 Chad Bland 82 1 0 0 0 0 $1,430.00
44 80 Toby Porter 79 1 0 0 0 0 $500.00
45 47 Chip Rutherford 76 1 0 0 0 0 $500.00
46 9 Patrick Lawler 76 1 0 0 0 0 $1,510.00
47 64 #Bobby Newling 73 1 0 0 0 0 $900.00
48 71 Ray Skillman 70 0 0 0 0 0 $890.00
# denotes Rookie of the Year candidate. $281,125.00