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NASCAR TOURING: Raudman Hangs on for Third Place Finish

25 October 2000

Rancho Santa Margarita, California (October 25, 2000) - Craig Raudman,
driver of the #2 Yerf-dog Fun Karts/ITPS Chevrolet in the Featherlite
Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring and NASCAR Winston West Series, worked
most of the night to turn his second place spot into a win in Saturday's
Terry Lumber 200 during Mesa Marin's October Classic.  

During the laps that counted most, however, Raudman's car developed handling
problems, and he just managed to hang on for a third place finish. 

Raudman started the race from the outside pole position, which he claimed
with a qualifying lap time of 18.202 seconds.  

Auggie Vidovich, Jr. shot ahead at the start and paced the race from nearly
beginning to end, but Raudman was on his bumper all the way.  Other's
tried to work their way to the front, but Raudman was a contender for
the win until the handling on his car began to fade in the last twenty
laps of the event.

Raudman battled the car to keep it on the track until the end of the race.
Even though he was clearly backing up, he held on to his positioning,
and crossed the stripe in third place.

"The car was just fading on me," Raudman said.  "It started getting real
loose, and the right rear tire wore down.  Once it got to that point,
and with it being so late in the race, there wasn't anything we could
do to help the situation.  We're just glad we were able to stay in third
until the end of the race."

Raudman won Friday night's Big O Tire 200 NASCAR Weekly Racing Series
Late Model Stock Cars race.  He was running second in Sunday's NASCAR
Weekly Racing Series Race of Champions Invitational until another driver
cut down on him midway through the event, causing the right front tire
to flatten and putting him out of the race.

Dave Reed Racing operates NASCAR Winston West and Featherlite Southwest
Series, NASCAR Touring teams featuring Craig Raudman as driver.  His results
for his limited schedule in the 2000 season to date include one win, two
top five finish and one Bud Pole Award.  Raudman finished in the top five
in final points standings in four of his past five full NASCAR Featherlite
Southwest Series seasons.