STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
July 24, 1997 - North Vernon, Indiana - Twin Cities Raceway Park 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-13.910; 2. Jason McCord, 95, House-14.297; 3. J.J. Yeley, 4J. Yeley- 14.420; 4. Bill Rose, 96x, Gardner-14.522; 5. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-14.557; 6. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-14.574; 7. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.638; 8. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-14.642; 9. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-14.751; 10. Dave Darland 69, Dynamics-14.799; 11. Tim Montgomery, 01, Cooper-14.817; 12. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-14.879; 13. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-14.907: 14. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-14.911; 15. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-14.953; 16. Mike Kirby, 6c, Geurin-14.992; 17. Mike Mann, 37, Edison-15.001; 18. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-15.032; 19. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-15.040; 20. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.054; 21. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-15.068; 22. Jason Robbins, 34, Baker-15.071: 23. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-15.O82; 24. Kenny Carmichael, 9c, Williams-15.143; 25. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-15.164; 26. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-15.168; 27. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.209; 28. Russ Gamester, 57, Hazen CED-15.219; 29. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-15.235; 30. Terry Babb, 42, Babb- 15.273; 31. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-15.289; 32. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.308; 33. Rusty McClure, 09, McClure-15.326; 34. Danny Williams, Jr., 14, P & T-15.326; 35. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-15.950; 36. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-15.361; 37. Alex Shanks, 1c, Cravens-15.380; 38. Troy Link, 49, Link-15.393; 39. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-15.403; 40. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-15.485; 41. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-15.489; 42. Richard Ott, 57R, Ott-15.545; 43. Tracy Hines, 51, Holt-15.628; 44. Allen Barr, 97, Shores- 15.790; 45. Roger Chaudion, 15C, Chaudion-16.239; 46. Tim Kelley, 1K, Lovelace-16.267; 47. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-NT; 48. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-NT; 49. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps)
1. McClure, 2. Williams, 3. Roush, 4. Billings, 5. Hines, 6. Rice, 7. Link, 8. Shanks, 9. Chaudion, 10. Wolters, 11. Barr, 12. Kelley. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Cox, 2. Mann, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Cline, 5. Griffin, 6. Davidson, 7. Kerr, 8. McClure, 9. Peperak. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Darland, 2. C.Smith, 3. Elliott, 4. McCord, 5. Hewitt, 6. Hayden, 7. Robbins, 8. Babb, 9. Williams. 2:37.02
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Kruseman, 2. Yeley, 3. Wasson, 4. D.Smith, 5. Montgomery, 6. Jarrett, 7. Miller, 8. Roush, 9. Pletch. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps)
1. Tyler, 2. Doty, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Carmichael, 5. Rose, 6. Kirby, 7. Billings, 8. Gamester, 9. Christian. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Griffin, 2. Rose, 3. Montgomery, 4. Davidson, 5. Jarrett, 6. Hayden, 7. Kerr, 8. Christian, 9. Pletch, 10. Billings, 11. Hewitt, 12. Miller, 13. Roush, 14. Robbins, 15. Peperak, 16. Gamester, 17. Kirby, 18. Babb, 19. McClure. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps)
1. Doty
2. Elliott
3. Yeley
4. Darland
5. Hayden
6. Montgomery
7. Stanbrough
8. Kruseman
9. Rose
10. C.Smith
11. Cline
12. Puterbaugh
13. Tyler
14. Jarrett
15. Cox
16. Carmichael
17. D.Smith
18. Mann
19. McCord
20. Davidson
21. Griffin
22. Wasson
NT
**Thomas flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS:
Laps 1-12 Davidson, Laps 19-16 Elliott, Laps 17-18 Doty, Laps 19-20 Elliott, Laps 21-30 Doty.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS:
l-Tyler-1,280; 2-Thomas-1,186; 3-Davidson-1,007; 4-McCord-968; 5- Dave Steele-932; 6-Cox-919; 7-Wasson-794; 8-Yeley-779; 9-Puterbaugh-727; 10-Chet Fillip-725.
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Yeley-79: 2-Elliott-75; 3-Darland-70; 4-Stanbrough-61; 5-Rose-60; 6-Hayden-53; 7- Kruseman-53; 8-Cline-52; 9-Tyler-51; 10-Kirby-37.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 25 - Bloomington (IN) Speedway