STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
July 20, 1997 - Kokomo, Indiana
Evans Kokomo Speedway - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-14.977; 2. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-15.110; 3. Tony Elliott, 2: Vance- 15.153: 4. Cary Faas, 96x, Gardner-15.269; 5. Vince Osman, 30, Osman-15.279; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-15.291; 7. J.J. Yeley, 41, Yeley-15.368; 8. Dave Darland 69. Dynamics-15.430: 9. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-15.460; 10. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.473; 11. Mark Clark, 11C, Clark-15.505; 12. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-15.907; 13. Mike Kirby, 6C, Guerin- 15.518; 14. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wisc-15.526; 15. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-15.563; 16. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB- 15.647; 17. Bill Rose, 6, Rose/Mead/Clearwaters-15.660; 18. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-15.661; 19. Mike Mann, 27, Edison-l5.703; 20. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-15.708; 21. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-15.716; 22. Chris Beaver, 9x, Roudebush-15.744; 23. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.751; 24. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-l5.786; 25. Kurt Hawkins, 03, Hawkins-15.812; 26. Sheldon Kinser, 51, Holt-15.816; 27. Justin Marvel, 2M, Marvel-15.873: 28. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-15.881; 29. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-15.886; 30. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-15.917; 31. Wil Newlin, 71, Newlin-15.925; 32. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-15.932; 33. Roger Chaudion, 15C, Chaudion- 15.934; 34. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-15.958; 35. Jim Whiteside, 171, Whiteside-15.983; 36. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-16.083; 37. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-16.090; 38. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-16.135; 39. Russ Gamester, 57, Hazen CED-16.223; 40. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-16.293; 41. Jason McCord, 95, House-l6.299; 42. Tony Ploughe, 32, Ploughe-16.302; 43. Terry Babb, 42, Babb- 16.322; 44. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-16.420; 45. Terry Starks, 18T, Starks-16.721; 46. Randy Donleson, 22D, Donelson-16.825; 47. Tom Davies, 44D, Davies-17.663; 48. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #1: (8 laps)
1. Davidson, 2. McCord 3. Chaudion, 4. Gamester, 5. Babb, 6. Starks, 7. Davies. 2:10.55
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #2: (8 laps)
1. C.Smith, 2. Ploughe, 3. Surniak, 4. B.Smith, 5. Donelson, 6. Rice. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Kirby, 2. Jarrett, 3. Rose, 4. Stephens, 5. Griffin, 6. Osman 7. Davidson, 8. Hawkins, 9. D.Smith.
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Thomas, 2. Beaver, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Cline, 5. Kinser, 6. Hayden, 7. Cox, 8. McCord, 9. Stanbrough. 2:42.87
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Mann, 2. Yeley, 3. Elliott, 4. Peperak, 5. Marvel, 6. Tyler, 7. Newlin, 8. Clark, 9. C. Smith. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Roush, 2. Christian, 3. D.Smith, 4. Pletch, 5. Ploughe, 6. Kruseman, 7. Kerr, 8. Darland, 9. Faas. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Darland, 3. Tyler, 4. Kruseman, 5. Hawkins, 6. Davidson, 7. Hayden, 8. Osman 9. Kinser, 10. Cox, 11. Ploughe, 12. Clark, 13. Marvel, 14. McCord, 15. Newlin, 16. Griffin, 17. C.Smith, 18. Kerr, 19. Sims. NT
FEATURE: (30 Laps)
1. Yeley, 2. Elliott, 3. Darland, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Thomas, 6. Kruseman, 7. Kirby, 8. Rose, 9. Puterbaugh, 10. Cline, 11. Peperak, 12. Mann, 13. Jarrett, 14. Roush, 15. Stephens, 16. Tyler, 17. D.Smith, 18. Beaver, 19. Davidson, 20. Christian, 21. Pletch, 22. Hawkins. 8:34.95
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Darland, Laps 3-30 Yeley.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,184; 2-Thomas-1,147; 3-Davidson-934; 4-Dave Steele-932; 5-McCord-913; 6-Cox-852; 7-Gus Wasson-746; 8-Chet Fillip-725; 9-Brian Gerster-709; 1O-Mark Cassella-688.
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Elliott-40; 2-Yeley-37; 3-Rose-36; 4-Darland-31; 5-Thomas-30; 6-Cline-29; 7-Tyler- 29; 8-Stanbrough-26; 9-Beaver-25; 10-Kruseman-21.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 23 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - Wabash Valley Homes "Jim Hurtubise Classic" - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"