[Bill Gardner]

NORTH VERNON, IN (July 22, 2002)
Twin Cities Raceway Park - North Vernon, Ind.

Valvoline "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Dick Gaines Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 69, Dynamics-14.189; 2. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-14.192; 3. Derek Davidson, 26, BWB-14.193; 4. Jonathan Vennard, 54, VRT-14.307; 5. Cory Kruseman, 67, Kunz-14.313; 6. Jared Fox, 56, Fox-14.331; 7. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-14.339; 8. Eric Roberts, 21x, Roberts-14.358; 9. Jay Drake, 62, BWB-14.407; 10. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Byram-14.455; 11. Mike Hunnicutt, 12H, Hunnicut-14.480; 12. Levi Jones, 39J, Walker-14.481; 13. Boston Reid, 2B, Davis-14.510; 14. Dave Darland, 3ac, DeSalle-14.551; 15. Dickie Gaines, 70, Gaines-14.563; 16. Bill Rose, 6B, Rose-14.582; 17. Kevin Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-14.591; 18. Jeremy Sherman, 7x, M-M-14.603; 19. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-14.632; 20. Troy Rutherford, 25, Chrisman-14.633; 21. Rick Vaughn, 22, Greyson-14.663; 22. Tony Elliott, 39, Walker-14.664; 23. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-14.690; 24. A.J. Anderson, 10x, Edison-14.718; 25. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-14.729; 26. Jerry Coons, Jr., 10, R & B-14.735; 27. Bill Baker, 2m, Dailey-14.755; 28. Jimmy Laser, 8L, Laser-14.762; 29. Tim Spindler, 31s, Spindler-14.796; 30. Jason Knoke, 77, Law-14.822; 31. Justin Marvel, 14x, Lancaster-14.841; 32. Jordan Hermansader, 14, Lancaster-14.868; 33. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-14.905; 34. Sport Allen, 88, Allen-14.951; 35. Brandon Petty, 30p, Petty-15.050; 36. A.J. Fike, 3, RFMS-15.065; 37. Todd Chandler, 5c, Chandler-15.138; 38. Rick Hayden, 5H, Hayden-15.158; 39. Bobby Stines, 88x, Stines-15.190; 40. Marc Jessup, 14J. Jessup-15.219; 41. Mike Mossi, 13, Mossi-15.497; 42. Rodney Stone, 16, Stone-15.566; 43. Brian Tyler, 6, K & D-15.785; 44. Mike Hagemier, 17H, Hagemier-16.105; 45. Kurt Gross, 48x, Gross-NT; 46. Kent Christian, 1c, Christian-NT; 47. Hud Cone, 20, Cone/Dougherty-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps) 1. Allen, 2. Pletch, 3. R.Hayden, 4. Stines, 5. Jessup, 6. Tyler, 7. Fike, 8. Chandler, 9. Hagemier, 10. Stone, 11. Petty, 12. Mossi. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Reid, 2. Kruseman, 3. Spindler, 4. Briscoe, 5. B.Hayden, 6. Allen, 7. Vaughn, 8. Hines, 9. Drake. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Coons, 3. Knoke, 4. Elliott, 5. K.Thomas, 6. Darland, 7. Sherman, 8. Fox, 9. Pletch. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shively, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Marvel, 4. Davidson, 5. Baker, 6. Hewitt, 7. Gaines, 8. R.Hayden, 9. Hunnicut. 2:33.29

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jones, 2. Anderson, 3. Hermansader, 4. Roberts, 5. Stines, 6. Rutherford, 7. Vennard, 8. Laser, 9. Rose. NT

SEMI: (12 laps - Halted after 10 due to accident) 1. Hines, 2. Vennard, 3. Darland, 4. Drake, 5. K.Thomas, 6. Gaines, 7. Rutherford, 8. Fox, 9. Sherman, 10. Allen, 11. B.Hayden, 12. Rose, 13. Pletch, 14. Vaughn, 15. R.Hayden, 16. Hunnicut, 17. Stines, 18. Baker, 19. Hewitt. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Eric Shively, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Levi Jones, 5. Jonathan Vennard, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Derek Davidson, 10. A.J. Anderson, 11. Jerry Coons, Jr., 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Tony Elliott, 14. Justin Marvel, 15. Jason Knoke, 16. A.J. Fike, 17. Jordan Hermansader, 18. Tim Spindler, 19. Jay Drake, 20. Eric Roberts, 21. Boston Reid, 22. Dickie Gaines, 23. Kevin Briscoe. NT

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Gross flipped during qualifications. Rose & Laser flipped during the fourth heat race. Hewitt flipped during the semi amd was transported to Jennings Community Hospital in North Vernon for evaluation of undisclosed injuries.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Shively, Laps 22-30 Yeley.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-1,144; 2-Yeley-1,102; 3-Davidson-908; 4-Drake-806; 5-Jones-755; 6-Darland-710; 7-Elliott-602; 8-Tyler-584; 9-Fike-518; 10-Dave Steele-480.

VALVOLINE "INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" STANDINGS: 1-Kruseman-246; 2-Shively-221; 3-Jones-214; 4-Stanbrough-206; 5-Yeley-204.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE: July 25 - Lawrenceburg, IN - Lawrenceburg Speedway - Valvoline "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Robbie Stanley Classic"