STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS:
July 23, 1997 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track "Jim Hurtubise Classic" - Round 3 of "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-20.625; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-20.774; 3. J.J. Yeley, 41, Yeley-20.966; 4. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-21.039: 5. Troy Cline, 1lc, Cline-21.071; 6. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-21.105; 7. Mike Kirby, 6c, Guerin-21.144; 8. Cary Faas, 96x, Gardner-21.154; 9. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-21.201; 10. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos- 21.272: 11. Jason McCord, 95, House-21.302; 12. Bill Rose, 6, Mead/Rose/Clearwaters-21.343; 13. Jeff O'Bannion, 77x, Law- 21.377; 14. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-21.428; 15. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-21.479; 16. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-21.497; 17. John Scott, 51, Holt-21.502; 18. Brian Hayden, 2R, Hayden-21.526; 19. Russ Gamester, 57, Hazen CED-21.535; 20. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-21.606; 21. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-21.619; 22. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-21.620; 23. Terry Pletch, 29P, Pletch-21.670: 24. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-21.700; 25. Billy Puterbaugh Jr, 16, Puterbaugh-21.702; 26. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice- 21.718; 27. Chris Beaver, 4B, Roudebush-21.722; 28. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-21.800; 29. Roger Chaudion, 15c, Chaudion- 21.847; 30. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarreyt-21.848; 31. Dave Peperak. 177, Mills-21.909: 32. Danny Williams, Jr., 14, F & T-21.954; 33. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-21.984; 34. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-22.041; 35. Dave Feese, 83, Northrop-22.041; 36. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-22.091; 37. Brian Black, 98, Blackhawk-22.168; 38. Rusty McClure, 09, McClure-22.193; 39. Wil Newlin, 71, Newlin-22.197; 40. Rickie Gaunt, 4u, Stapp-22.218; 41. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-22.227; 42. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-22.242; 43. Tim Montgomery, 01, Cooper-22.316; 44. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-22.335; 45. Justin Marvel, 2m, Marvel-22.351: 46. Casey Shuman, 45x, Willis-22.355; 47. Corey Smith. 66s, Smith-22.414; 48. Jason Robbins, 34, Baker-22.456; 49. Kenny Carmichael, 9c, Williams-22.464; 50. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-22.489: 51. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-22.543; 52. Alex Shanks, 1c, Cravans-22.545; 59. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-22.869; 54. Greg Wilson, 7C, Lotz-22.927; 55. Lennie Waltz, 22w, Waltz-22.981; 56. Bryan Ruble, 38, Ruble-23.077; 57. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-23.097; 58. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-NT, 59. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-NT
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #1 (6 LAPS):
1. Feese, 2. Montgomery, 3. Corey Smith, 4. Wasson, 5. Carmichael, 6. Marvel, 7. Dustin Smith, 8. Black, 9. Newlin, 10. Waltz, 11. Wolters, 12. Booe. NT
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #2 (6 LAPS):
1. Thomas, 2. Bobby Smith, 3. McClure, 4. Roush, 5. Gaunt, 6. Robbins, 7. Shuman, 8. Wilson, 9. Shanks, 10. Ruble, 11. Babb, 12. Miller. 2:13.23
FIRST HEAT (10 LAPS):
1. Griffin, 2. Elliott, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Surniak, 5. Cline, 6. Feese, 7. Chaudion, 8. Scott, 9. O'Bannion. NT
SECOND HEAT (10 LAPS):
1. Kruseman. 2. Jarrett. 3. Stanbrough, 4. Monrgomery, 5. Tyler, 6. Christian, 7. Hayden, 8. Rice, 9. Billings. NT
THIRD HEAT (10 LAPS):
1. Beaver, 2. Peperak, 3. Yeley, 4. Kirby, 5. Thomas, 6. McCord, 7. Pletch, 8. Gamester, 9. Mosley. 3:47.60
FOURTH HEAT (10 LAPS):
1. Rose, 2. Darland, 3. Hewitt, 4. Doty, 5. Faas, 6. Davidson, 7. Cox, 8. Bobby Smith, 9. Williams. 3:48.92
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI (12 LAPS):
1. Faas, 2. Cline, 3. Tyler, 4. Davidson, 5. Gamester, 6. Hayden, 7. Mosley, 8. Thomas, 9. Cox. 10. Billings, 11. Christian, 12. Feese, 13. Pletch, 14. Rice, 15. McCord, 16. Williams. 17. Scott, 18. O'Bannion, 19. Chaudion, 20. Bobby Smith. NT
FEATURE (30 LAPS):
1. Yeley
2. Kirby
3. Darland
4. Stanbrough
5. Hayden
6. Kruseman
7. Montgomery
8. Surniak
9.Elliott
1O.Doty
11.Tyler
12. Cline
13. Rose
14. Jarrett
15. Davidson
l6. Peperak
17. Beaver
18. Griffin
19. Faas
20. Gamester
21. Hewitt
22. Puterbaugh
NT
Greg Stephens flipped during practice, Wil Newlin's hand injured by debris during non qualifiers race #1, released from Terre Haute Regional Hospital; Chris Beaver flipped during the feature, and received a broken arm and concussion.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Kruseman, laps 3-30 Yeley
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS:
1. Tyler-1232, 2. Thomas-1171, 3. Davidson-976, 4. Dave Steele-932, 5. McCord-930, 6. Cox-875, 7. Wasson-762, 8. Chet Fillip-725, 9. Brian Gerster-709, 10. Yeley-703
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS:
1. Yeley-59, 2. Elliott-54, 3. Darland-51, 4. Rose-46, 5. Stanbrough-45, 6. Tyler-41, 7. Cline-40, 8. Kruseman-38, 9. Kirby-37, 10. Hayden-35.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 24, 1997 - North Vernon, Indiana - Twin Cities Raceway Park