A LOOK BACK: 1997 USAC NATIONAL SPRINT CAR SEASON
Brian Tyler of Parma, Mich. emerged with his second consecutive Stoops Freightliner Sprint Car championship in 1997, with a balanced mix of pavement and dirt track successes in the Contos Racing Specials.
Victories in the “Robbie Stanley” and “Danny Milburn” Classics at Lawrenceburg, plus a nationally-televised win at Eldora and one at Winchester helped propel him to the title. He led the standings early in the year, then slipped behind Kevin Thomas in mid-summer, but regained the lead just prior to the Lawrenceburg “Indiana Sprint Week” opener and held on the rest of the season to beat Thomas by a healthy 289 points. The last Tyler victory came in a last-lap pass of Derek Davidson at Lawrenceburg. Tyler also repeated as the champion of “Border Wars,” the two-race series at Eldora and Winchester.
Thomas, following a flip during a disappointing “Indiana Sprint Week” for him, retired briefly but returned just in time to be able to hang on to the runner-up point spot by a single point over Davidson. Thomas’ only 1997 win came at Kokomo in June. Ironically, the final racing event of the year, at Winchester, was rained out, washing away the anticipated duel for second in the standings. Davidson’s efforts earned him the Water Solution Unlimited “Most Improved Driver” honors.
Tim Cox, despite the lack of a feature win, took fourth in the final points, ahead of True Value “Rookie of the Year” J.J. Yeley, who won the “Indiana Sprint Week” title with back-to-back victories at Kokomo and in the “Jim Hurtubise Classic” at Terre Haute. He also won the 27th “Tony Hulman Classic” at Terre Haute.
Other notable victors during 1997 included Dave Steele (6), who took the inaugural “Roger McCluskey Classic” and the “Indyana Sprint Classic” at IRP, led all 50 laps to win the “Pat O’Connor/Joe James Memorial” at Salem and added three other wins. Dave also set an all-time sprint car qualifying mark of 138.66 mph at Phoenix in April. Chet Fillip won the “Desert Star Classic” at Phoenix and a race at Winchester; Kevin Huntley won the “Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic” and a June race, both at Eldora; Doug Kalitta won the McDonald’s Oldtimers Weekend race and added a $9750 payday in August, both at Winchester and Jack Hewitt’s victories at Putnamville, Eldora (4-Crown Nationals) and Terre Haute (Terre Haute Nationals) left him tied with Pancho Carter for third on the all-time USAC list at 42.
Single victories were posted by Andy Michner (Rich Vogler Classic) at Winchester, Frankie Kerr (Eldora), Kevin Briscoe (Paragon), Dave Darland (Putnamville), and by “Indiana Sprint Week’ victors Kevin Doty and first-time USAC winners Brad Fox and Bill Rose. Donnie Adams also earned a first USAC triumph in USAC’s historic 1000th sprint race, the Emge 50 at Anderson in May.
A record 11 flips spiced the nationally-televised race at Eldora in August, Mark Cassella suffered an eye injury in a frightening flip at Terre Haute in June and Rick Beaver injured a shoulder in a flip through the billboards at IRP in May.
One of the more remarkable feats of the season was Richard Griffin’s six fast qualifying times in only six appearances – all during “Indiana Sprint Week.” He was one of a number of drivers who shared in new fast time cash and trophy awards from Turbines, Inc.
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT RACE RESULTS: March 29, 1997 -- Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - "Don Branson/Jud Larson Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Gus Wasson, 2v, Vance-15.786; 2. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.970; 3. Byron Reed, 5, B & S-16.110; 4. Kevin Huntley, 3s, Stone-16.132; 5. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-16.161; 6. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-16.223; 7. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-16.285; 8. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-16.315; 9. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.323; 10. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.342; 11. Ryan Newman, 25, Chrisman-16.356; 12. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-16.372; 13. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-16.396; 14. Jason McCord, 95, House-16.423; 15. Rusty McClure, 13, Straman-16.423; 16. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-16.462; 17. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-16.480; 18. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-16.501; 19. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.515; 20. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-16.531; 21. Jimmy Stinson, 84, Stinson-16.627; 22. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-16.628; 23. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-16.711; 24. Greg Stephens, 7, Jones-16.759; 25. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-16.765; 26. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-16.766; 27. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-16.835; 28. Jon Stanbrough, 77x, Law-16.972; 29. Jason Robbins, 34, Baker-16.997; 30. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-17.062; 31. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-17.175; 32. Jeff O'Banion, 21, O'Banion-17.298; 33. Roger Chaudion, 15c, Chaudion-17.331; 34. Cory Kruseman, 4u, Stapp-17.342; 35. Roy Caruthers, 15, Davis-17.353; 36. Corey Smith, 66, Smith-17.434; 37. Bill Knisley, 4, Knisley-17.436; 38. Bob Thomas, 320, Thomas-18.020; 39. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-18.044; 40. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-18.167; 41. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-18.832; 42. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Chaudion, 3. C. Smith, 4. Caruthers, 5. Knisley, 6. Thomas, 7. Wolters, 8. D. Smith, 9. Pool. 1:44.77
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Babb, 2. Darland, 3. Hewitt, 4. Wasson, 5. Steele, 6. Cox, 7. Robbins, 8. Kruseman, 9. Stinson. 2:13.86
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davidson, 2. Tyler, 3. Adams, 4. McCord, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Rice, 7. Chaudion, 8. Hayden, 9. Cassella. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rose, 2. Elliott, 3. McClure, 4. Reed, 5. Christian, 6. Newman, 7. C. Smith, 8. Peperak, 9. Kerr. 2:17.86
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Stanbrough, 3. K. Thomas, 4. Huntley, 5. Mosley, 6. Pletch, 7. Stephens, 8. Caruthers, 9. O'Banion. 2:16.05
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Cassella, 2. Christian, 3. Steele, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Cox, 6. Newman, 7. Hayden, 8. Pletch, 9. Stinson, 10. Stephens, 11. Mosley, 12. Peperak, 13. Rice, 14. Robbins, 15. O'Banion, 16. Kerr, 17. Caruthers, 18. Chaudion, 19. C. Smith. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Huntley, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Kevin Thomas, 4. Byron Reed, 5. Derek Davidson, 6. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7. Jack Hewitt, 8. Dave Steele, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Doug Kalitta, 11. Kent Christian, 12. Ryan Newman, 13. Bill Rose, 14. Tim Cox, 15. Mark Cassella, 16. Jason McCord, 17. Tony Elliott, 18. Jon Stanbrough, 19. Gus Wasson, 20. Rusty McClure, 21. Terry Babb, 22. Nick Adams. 8:34.71
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Cassella, Laps 5-11 K. Thomas, Laps 12-30 Huntley.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-82; 2-K.Thomas-73; 3-Davidson-69; 4-Puterbaugh-61; 5-Hewitt-61; 6-Steele-58; 7-Darland-56; 8-Kalitta-54; 9-Christian-49; 10-Rose-48.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: April 6 - Winchester (IN) Speedway - Pepsi-Cola "Rich Vogler Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 6, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway - 7th Pepsi-Cola "Rich Vogler Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-14.659; 2. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-14.776; 3. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.819; 4. Bill Tyler, 42, T & T-14.917; 5. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-14.953; 6. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.027; 7. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-15.190; 8. Gus Wasson, 2v, Vance-15.311; 9. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-15.321; 10. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-15.650; 11. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-15.847; 12. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-16.069; 13. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-16.194; 14. Rick Beaver, 62, Beaver-16.452; 15. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-16.713; 16. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.794; 17. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-16.985; 18. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-16.988; 19. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-17.071.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fillip, 2. Bill Tyler, 3. Cox, 4. Gerster, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Davidson, 7. Michner. 2:06.81
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Steele, 3. Wasson, 4. Cassella, 5. Beaver, 6. Kerr. 2:01.83
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Armstrong, 3. Thomas, 4. Elliott, 5. Clark, 6. Brian Tyler. 2:03.53
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Clark, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Beaver, 5. Davidson, 6. Brian Tyler. 2:33.41
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Andy Michner, 2. Chet Fillip, 3. Jason McCord, 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Mark Cassella, 6. Tim Cox, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Gus Wasson, 9. Rick Beaver, 10. Brad Armstrong, 11. Tony Elliott, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. Derek Davidson, 14. Dave Steele, 15. Brian Tyler, 16. Bill Tyler, 17. Tim Clark, 18. Joey Kerr, 19. Doug Kalitta. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Fillip, Laps 8-22 Michner, Laps 23-26 Fillip, Laps 27-30 Michner.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Thomas-134; 2-Brian Tyler-124; 3-McCord-115; 4-Davidson-111; 5-Cassella-109; 6-Puterbaugh-107; 7-Steele-105; 8-Cox-104; 9-Wasson-97; 10-Kalitta-95.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: April 18-20 - Phoenix (AZ) International Raceway - "Desert Star Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 19-20, 1997 -- Phoenix, Arizona -- Phoenix International Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: (April 19) 1. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-26.018; 2. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-26.054; 3. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-26.224; 4. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-26.320; 5. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-26.364; 6. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-26.364; 7. Pat Abold, 69x, Dynamics-26.365; 8. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-26.458; 9. Robby Flock, 6, Pattee-26.459; 10. Jason McCord, 95, House-26.617; 11. Jim Keeker, 1x, Morales-26.656; 12. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-26.800; 13. Rick Brown, 33, Carpenter/Brown-27.061; 14. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-27.155; 15. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-27.387; 16. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-27.476; 17. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-27.520; 18. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-27.967; 19. Cory Kruseman, 96x, Gardner-28.114; 20. Kevin Urton, 14, Pierson-28.129; 21. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-28.254; 22. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-28.369; 23. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-28.399; 24. Patrick Sallaway, 4u, Stapp-30.060.
FEATURE (25 laps, April 20): 1. Chet Fillip, 2. Robby Flock, 3. Andy Michner, 4. Brian Tyler, 5. Gus Wasson, 6. Pat Abold, 7. Brian Gerster, 8. Jim Keeker, 9. Tim Cox, 10. Mark Cassella, 11. Derek Davidson, 12. J.J. Yeley, 13. Joey Kerr, 14. Kevin Thomas, 15. Cory Kruseman, 16. Kevin Urton, 17. Gordon Rodgers, 18. Tony Elliott, 19. Doug Kalitta, 20. Rick Brown, 21. Brad Armstrong, 22. Jason McCord, 23. Dave Steele, 24. Patrick Sallaway. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Armstrong, Laps 10-25 Fillip.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-193; 2-Thomas-174; 3-Wasson-160; 4-Michner-158; 5-Cassella-157; 6-Davidson-157; 7-Cox-155; 8-Fillip-154; 9-McCord-143; 10-Steele-139.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: April 27 - LaSalle, IL - LaSalle Speedway
STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: April 27, 1997 -- LaSalle, Illinois -- LaSalle Speedway
RACING PROGRAM RAINED OUT - NEW DATE TO BE ANNOUNCED WHEN CONFIRMED
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 2 - Attica (OH) Raceway Park
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 2, 1997 -- Attica, Ohio - Attica Raceway Park
RACING PROGRAM POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN: RESCHEDULED FOR FRIDAY, JUNE 20
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 3, 1997 -- Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway -- Pro Long Super Lubricants "Border Wars III"
RACING PROGRAM CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 4 - Winchester (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 4, 1997 -- Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway -- Pro Long Super Lubricants "Border Wars III"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-14.540; 2. Dave Steele, 2, Racing Team-14.582; 3. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-14.688; 4. Gary Fedewa, 42, T & T-14.833; 5. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.841; 6. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-15.022; 7. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.244; 8. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-15.463; 9. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.571; 10. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.879; 11. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-15.932; 12. Rick Beaver, 62, Beaver-16.014; 13. Jack Hewitt, 63p, Parker-16.085; 14. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-16.220; 15. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-16.509; 16. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-16.562; 17. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-16.763; 18. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-16.842; 19. Ed Kenens, 35, Blake-19.526.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Michner, 2. McCord, 3. Fedewa, 4. Hewitt, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Kerr, 7. Kenens. 2:01.59
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Cassella, 2. Thomas, 3. Tyler, 4. Steele, 5. Cox, 6. Clark. 2:05.41
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Fillip, 2. Gerster, 3. Wasson, 4. Davidson, 5. Beaver, 6. Blake. 2:02.29
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (10 laps): 1. Cox, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Beaver, 4. Kerr, 5. Clark. 2:40.50
FEATURE (30 laps): 1. Chet Fillip, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Dave Steele, 4. Gary Fedewa, 5. Jason McCord, 6. Brian Gerster, 7. Tim Cox, 8. Mark Cassella, 9. Kevin Thomas, 10. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 11. Derek Davidson, 12. Joey Kerr, 13. Jack Hewitt, 14. Andy Michner, 15. Rick Beaver, 16. Tim Clark, 17. Mike Blake, 18. Ed Kenens, 19. Gus Wasson. 7:42.46
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Tyler, Laps 9-30 Fillip.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1. Tyler-271; 2-Fillip-239; 3-Thomas-230; 4-Cassella-217; 5-Steele-216; 6-McCord-211; 7-Michner-210; 8-Davidson-206; 9-Cox-201; 10-Wasson-194.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 10 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park - Skoal Bandit Racing "Indyana Sprint Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 10, 1997 - Clermont, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Skoal Bandit Indyana Sprint Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-20.447; 2. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-20.525; 3. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-21.049; 4. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-21.137; 5. Denny England, 84, England-21.243; 6. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-21.247; 7. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-21.269; 8. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-21.275; 9. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-21.326; 10. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-21.555; 11. Jason McCord, 95, House-21.562; 12. Bill Rose, 6, Rose/Mead/Clearwaters-21.862; 13. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-22.012; 14. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-22.047; 15. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-22.141; 16. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-22.330; 17. Kenneth Nichols, 4u, Stapp-22.387; 18. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-22.513; 19. Rick Beaver, 62, Beaver-22.529; 20. Mike Blake, 81. Blake-23.592; 21. Scott Hull, 48, Hull-24.595; 22. Jamie Matthews, 0, Plummer-48.786; 23. Ed Kenens, 35, Blake-NT; 24. Rick Baker, 6p, Plummer-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Michner, 2. Davidson, 3. Steele, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Beaver, 6. Cox, 7. Cassella. 2:53.99
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Thomas, 2. Fillip, 3. Nichols, 4. Armstrong, 5. McCord, 6. England, 7. Blake. 2:57.10
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Tyler, 2. Gerster, 3. Kerr, 4. Rose, 5. Wasson, 6. Rice, 7. Hull. NT
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Wasson, 2. England, 3. McCord, 4. Cassella, 5. Cox, 6. Hull, 7. Rice, 8. Blake. 4:19.77
FEATURE (30 laps): 1. Dave Steele, 2. Andy Michner, 3. Chet Fillip, 4. Denny England, 5. Mark Cassella, 6. Brad Armstrong, 7. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 8. Brian Gerster, 9. Tim Cox, 10. Kevin Thomas, 11. Bill Rose, 12. Joey Kerr, 13. Derek Davidson, 14. Gus Wasson, 15. Jason McCord, 16. Mike Blake, 17. Robbie Rice, 18. Scott Hull, 19. Brian Tyler, 20. Kenneth Nichols. NT
**Beaver flipped over the outside wall in turn 3 during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 England, Laps 5-24 Gerster, Laps 25-30 Steele.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Fillip-318; 2-Tyler-307; 3-Steele-298; 4-Michner-294; 5-Thomas-284; 6-Cassella-281; 7-Davidson-253; 8-Cox-252; 9-McCord-251; 10-Gerster-245.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 16 - Anderson (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 16, 1997 - Anderson, Indiana - Anderson Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-11.662; 2. Gary Fedewa, 42, T & T-11.680; 3. Donnie Adams, 17, Adams-11.699; 4. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-11.745; 5. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-11.842; 6. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-11.896; 7. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-11.900; 8. Doug Saunier, 88, Fuller-11.906; 9. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-11.917; 10. Scott Hull, 48, Hull-12.005; 11. Keith Butler, 88x, Butler-12.071; 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-12.075; 13. Jason McCord, 95, House-12.087; 14. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-12.115; 15. Dave Durnwald, 19x, Durnwald-12.121; 16. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-12.157; 17. John Hotchkiss, 00, Hotchkiss-12.205; 18. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-12.262; 19. Chet Fillip, 28, Fuller-12.298; 20. Eric Gordon, 18, Conroy-12.337; 21. Bentley Warren, 20, Boles/Niebel-12.444; 22. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-12.517; 23. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-12.537; 24. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-12.546; 25. Larry Fritz, 8, Fritz-12.591; 26. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-12.742; 27. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-12.794; 28. Ron Koehler, 10, Koehler-12.987; 29. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-13.097; 30. Darrin Miller, 0, Miller-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Fritz, 2. McCord, 3. Warren, 4. Blake, 5. Steele, 6. Hotchkiss, 7. Cox, 8. Tyler. 1:39.62
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Gerster, 2. Thomas, 3. Bloom, 4. Fedewa, 5. Kerr, 6. Clark, 7. Hull. 1:37.70
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Davidson, 2. Rice, 3. Adams, 4. Durnwald, 5. Cassella, 6. Butler, 7. Fillip. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Koehler, 2. Gordon, 3. Michner, 4. Armstrong, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Wasson, 7. Saunier. 1:37.87
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Steele, 2. Cassella, 3. Tyler, 4. Cox, 5. Fillip, 6. Butler, 7. Puterbaugh, 8. Kerr, 9. Hotchkiss, 10. Wasson, 11. Clark, 12. Hull, 13. Saunier, 14. Miller. NT
FEATURE (50 laps): 1. Donnie Adams, 2. Kevin Thomas, 3. Brian Tyler, 4. Brad Armstrong, 5. Jeff Bloom, 6. Mark Cassella, 7. Andy Michner, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Jason McCord, 10. Brian Gerster, 11. Derek Davidson, 12. Dave Durnwald, 13. Bentley Warren, 14. Tim Cox, 15. Ron Koehler, 16. Robbie Rice, 17. Dave Steele, 18. Larry Fritz, 19. Gary Fedewa, 20. Mike Blake. NT
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**Fritz flipped on lap 28 of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-27 Thomas, Laps 28-50 Adams.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-380; 2-Thomas-362; 3-Michner-355; 4-Fillip-345; 5-Cassella-344; 6-Steele-342; 7-McCord-307; 8-Davidson-305; 9-Gerster-299; 10-Cox-293.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 22 - Winchester (Ind.) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 22, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway - Presented by Bill McCoy Ford/Lincoln/Mercury
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.591; 2. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-14.716; 3. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-14.804; 4. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-14.982; 5. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-15.139; 6. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-15.152; 7. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.290; 8. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.355; 9. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-15.632; 10. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-15.780; 11. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-15.973; 12. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-16.536; 13. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Tyler, 2, Fillip, 3. Thomas, 4. Cassella, 5. McCord, 6. Davidson. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps): 1. Steele, 2. Michner, 3. Armstrong, 4. Gerster, 5. Cox, 6. Kerr, 7. Wasson. NT
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Michner, 3. Cassella, 4. Steele, 5. Fillip, 6. McCord, 7. Armstrong, 8. Thomas, 9. Gerster, 10. Cox, 11. Davidson, 12. Kerr, 13. Wasson. NT
FEATURE (30 laps): 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Chet Fillip, 3. Dave Steele, 4. Andy Michner, 5. Jason McCord, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Mark Cassella, 8. Brian Gerster, 9. Tim Cox, 10. Derek Davidson, 11. Joey Kerr, 12. Brad Armstrong, 13. Gus Wasson. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 McCord, Laps 7-12 Fillip, Laps 13-30 Tyler.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-471; 2-Michner-434; 3-Fillip-426; 4-Thomas-426; 5-Steele-421; 6-Cassella-408; 7-McCord-370; 8-Gerster-357; 9-Davidson-353; 10-Cox-344.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 25 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 25, 1997 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - Pro Long Super Lubricants "Border Wars III"
RACES CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 30 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - 27th Terre Haute First National Bank "Tony Hulman Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1997 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - 27th Terre Haute First National Bank "Tony Hulman Classic"
RACES POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN - RESCHEDULED FOR JUNE 27
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: May 31 - Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - "Danny Milburn Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 31, 1997 – Lawrenceburg, Indiana -- Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - "Danny Milburn Classic"
RACES POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN - NO NEW DATE YET ESTABLISHED
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 1 - Salem (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 1, 1997 - Salem, Indiana - Salem Speedway
RACES POSTPONED DUE TO RAIN - NO NEW DATE YET ESTABLISHED
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 14 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park - "Roger McCluskey Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 14, 1997 - Clermont, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Roger McCluskey Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-20.443; 2. Andy Michner, 69, Dynamics-20.651; 3. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-20.743; 4. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-20.956; 5. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-21.029; 6. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-21.224; 7. Jason McCord, 95, House-21.226; 8. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-21.313; 9. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-21.401; 10. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-21.580; 11. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-21.730; 12. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-21.760; 13. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-22.006; 14. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-22.077; 15. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-22.204; 16. Gene Lee Gibson, 0x, Gibson-23.119; 17. Rick Baker, 6p, Plummer-23.387; 18. Dave Durnwald, 19x, Durnwald-23.920; 19. Steve Anderson, 7a, Anderson-26.110; 20. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-NT; 21. Jamie Matthews, 0, Plummer-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Steele, 3. Thomas, 4. Cassella, 5. Anderson, 6. Gibson. 2:50.97
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kerr, 2. Wasson, 3. Cox, 4. Baker, 5. Michner, 6. Gerster. 2:58.10
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fillip, 2. Tyler, 3. Yeley, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Davidson, 6. Rice, 7. Durnwald. 2:49.13
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Michner, 3. Davidson, 4. Rice, 5. Anderson, 6. Durnwald, 7. Gibson. 4:13.46
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Chet Fillip, 3. Mark Cassella, 4. Andy Michner, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. Jason McCord, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Gus Wasson, 9. J.J. Yeley, 10. Derek Davidson, 11. Tim Cox, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. Joey Kerr, 14. Steve Anderson, 15. Robbie Rice, 16. Brian Gerster, 17. Rick Baker, 18. Gene Lee Gibson, 19. Dave Durnwald, 20. Brad Armstrong. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Gerster, Laps 8-30 Steele.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-540; 2-Michner & Fillip-508; 4-Steele-507; 5-Thomas-487; 6-Cassella-483; 7-McCord-436; 8-Davidson-403; 9-Gerster-399; 10-Cox-394.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 15 – Kokomo, Indiana – Kokomo Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 15, 1997 - Kokomo, Indiana - Evans Kokomo Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-15.011; 2. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-15.017; 3. Bill Rose, 6, Mead/Rose/Clearwaters-15.036; 4. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-15.105; 5. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.197; 6. Mike Mann, 37, Edison-15.212; 7. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-15.238; 8. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-15.265; 9. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.292; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-15.329; 11. Nick Adams, 44n, Adams-15.422; 12. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-15.470; 13. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-15.506; 14. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-15.511; 15. Greg Wilson, 7c, Wilson-15.536; 16. Jeff O'Banion, 21, O'Banion-15.554; 17. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.556; 18. Jason Robbins, 34, Baker-15.580; 19. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen/CED-15.591; 20. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.623; 21. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-15.681; 22. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-15.686; 23. Tony Ploughe, 32, Ploughe-15.697; 24. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-15.698; 25. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.712; 26. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-15.714; 27. Rusty McClure, 4u, Stapp-15.714; 28. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-15.715; 29. Jim Whiteside, 171, Whiteside-15.721; 30. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-15.737; 31. Chris LaFollette, 2x, LaFollette-15.740; 32. Andy Michner, 77x, Law-15.753; 33. Vince Osman, 30, Osman-15.766; 34. Mark Clark, 11c, Clark-15.781; 35. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-15.832; 36. Ray Kenens, K9, Kenens-15.874; 37. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-15.902; 38. Chris Beaver, 9B, Roudebush-15.913; 39. Kurt Hawkins, 3H, Hawkins-15.927; 40. Ryan Newman, 25, Chrisman-15.965; 41. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-15.981; 42. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-15.998; 43. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 51, Holt-16.025; 44. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-16.257; 45. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-16.279; 46. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-16.335; 47. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-16.374; 48. Jerry Caryer, 75c, Caryer-16.397; 49. Kevin Huntley, 7H, Daugherty-16.397; 50. Roger Chaudion, 15c, Chaudion-16.657; 51. Mike Shaw, Jr., 96x, Shaw-16.704; 52. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-16.923; 53. Randy Donelson, 22D, Donelson-17.113; 54. Jay Wood, 19, Wood-NT.
LAST CHANCE RACE #1: (6 laps) 1. Osman, 2. Hawkins, 3. Cassella, 4. Pletch, 5. D. Smith, 6. Shaw, 7. Pool, 8. Donelson, 9. Roush, 10. Kinser. NT
LAST CHANCE RACE #2: (6 laps) 1. Beaver, 2. Clark, 3. Kerr, 4. Newman, 5. Kenens, 6. Babb, 7. Chaudion, 8. Caryer, 9. Steele. 1:35.77
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Whiteside, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Hewitt, 4. Tyler, 5. Hayden, 6. Osman, 7. Thomas, 8. Wasson, 9. McCord. 2:38.66
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jarrett, 2. Rice, 3. C. Smith, 4. Mann, 5. Mosley, 6. Davidson, 7. Hawkins, 8. Stanbrough, 9. Robbins. 2:39.25
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. LaFollette, 2. McClure, 3. Elliott, 4. Ploughe, 5. Christian, 6. Rose, 7. Adams, 8. Beaver, 9. Wilson. 2:42.46
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Stephens, 3. Fox, 4. Yeley, 5. Cox, 6. Michner, 7. Clark, 8. O'Banion, 9. Peperak. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Davidson, 3. Rose, 4. Adams, 5. O'Banion, 6. Christian, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Wilson, 9. Peperak, 10. Cox, 11. Osman, 12. Beaver, 13. Michner, 14. Clark, 15. Robbins, 16. Hawkins, 17. Hayden, 18. Mosley, 19. McCord, 20. Wasson. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Thomas, 2. Mike Mann, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Derek Davidson, 6. Bill Rose, 7. J.J. Yeley, 8. Kent Christian, 9. Nick Adams, 10. Tony Elliott, 11. Jeff O'Banion, 12. Corey Smith, 13. Brad Fox, 14. Tony Jarrett, 15. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16. Tony Ploughe, 17. Greg Stephens, 18. Jim Whiteside, 19. Chris LaFollette, 20. Robbie Rice, 21. Rusty McClure, 22. Brian Tyler. NT
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**Wood flipped during practice. Huntley flipped during qualifying. Hayden flipped during the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Mann, Laps 8-30 Thomas.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Thomas-572; 2-Tyler-571; 3-Michner-527; 4-Steele-523; 5-Chet Fillip-508; 6-Cassella-499; 7-Davidson-474; 8-McCord-454; 9-Cox-419; 10-Brian Gerster-399.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 20 - Attica (OH) Raceway Park
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 20, 1997 - Attica, Ohio - Attica Raceway Park
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-14.327; 2. Byron Reed, 5R, Reed-14.383; 3. Cary Faas, 96x, Gardner-14.399; 4. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-14.581; 5. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-14.608; 6. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-14.635; 7. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-14.638; 8. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.646; 9. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-14.650; 10. Frankie Kerr, 23s, Shoff-14.666; 11. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-14.744; 12. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-14.794; 13. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-14.881; 14. Rusty McClure, 4u, Stapp-14.961; 15. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-14.999; 16. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-15.019; 17. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.047; 18. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-15.051; 19. Jimmy Stinson, 84, Stinson-15.087; 20. Jimmy Harble, 15H, Harble-15.134; 21. Jerry Nemire, 16N, Nemire-15.174; 22. Kevin Huntley, 7H, Daugherty-15.201; 23. Jason Dukes, 99, Brown-15.235; 24. Clay Keim, 16K, Keim-15.484; 25. Matt Linder, 1x, Linder-15.513; 26. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-15.515; 27. Greg Wilson, 7c, Wilson-15.522; 28. Bobby Teeple, 8T, Teeple-15.545; 29. Brian Neeb, 2N, Neeb-15.646; 30. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.663; 31. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-15.766; 32. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-16.256; 33. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-16.280; 34. Brian Smith, 2s, Smith-16.325.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Cassella, 4. Linder, 5. Thomas, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Nemire, 8. Neeb. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kerr, 2. McCord, 3. Davidson, 4. McClure, 5. Reed, 6. Huntley, 7. Adams, 8. Steele. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wilson, 2. Wasson, 3. Faas, 4. Christian, 5. Cox, 6. Rice, 7. Stinson, 8. Dukes, 9. Wolters. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Tyler, 3. Teeple, 4. Yeley, 5. Babb, 6. Keim, 7. Clark, 8. Harble. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Reed, 2. Thomas, 3. Rice, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Huntley, 6. Stinson, 7. Babb, 8. Cox, 9. Keim, 10. Neeb, 11. Wolters, 12. Steele, 13. Harble, 14. Dukes, 15. Adams, 16. Clark, 17. Nemire. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Frankie Kerr, 2. Dave Darland, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Rusty McClure, 5. Bobby Teeple, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Kevin Huntley, 8. Derek Davidson, 9. Jason McCord, 10. Cary Faas, 11. Kent Christian, 12. Greg Wilson, 13. Mark Cassella, 14. Gus Wasson, 15. Jack Hewitt, 16. Brian Tyler, 17. Byron Reed, 18. Robbie Rice, 19. Jon Stanbrough, 20. Jimmy Stinson, 21. Matt Linder, 22. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr. NT
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**Dukes flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Davidson, Laps 4-24 Darland, Lap 25 Kerr, Laps 26-27 Darland, laps 28-30 Kerr.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Thomas-635; 2-Tyler-612; 3-Cassella-551; 4-Steele-543; 5-Davidson-533; 6-Andy Michner-527; 7-McCord-510; 8-Chet Fillip-508; 9-Cox-443; 10-Wasson-423.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 21 - Winchester (IN) Speedway
STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 21, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway
RACES CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Kevin Thomas-650; 2-Brian Tyler-627; 3-Mark Cassella-566; 4-Dave Steele-558; 5-Derek Davidson-548; 6-Andy Michner-527; 7-Jason McCord-525; 8-Chet Fillip-523; 9-Tim Cox-458; 10-Gus Wasson-438.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 22 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 22, 1997 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - Pro Long Super Lubricants "Border Wars III" Finale
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cary Faas, 96x, Gardner-16.007; 2. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-16.118; 3. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.141; 4. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-16.221; 5. Kevin Huntley, 7H, Daugherty-16.284; 6. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-16.435; 7. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen CED-16.532; 8. Frankie Kerr, 23s, Shoff-16.578; 9. Jimmy Stinson, 84, Stinson-16.691; 10. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-16.923; 11. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-16.938; 12. Johnny Parsons, 25, Chrisman-17.049; 13. Bill Rose, 6, Mead/Rose/Clearwaters-17.136; 14. Rusty McClure, 4u, Stapp-17.226; 15. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-17.317; 16. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-17.331; 17. Danny Smith, 4x, Smith-17.398; 18. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-17.419; 19. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-17.514; 20. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-17.573; 21. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-17.599; 22. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-17.621; 23. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-17.776; 24. Jeff O'Banion, 21, O'Banion-17.812; 25. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-17.819; 26. Jason McCord, 95, House-18.050; 27. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-18.097; 28. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-18.155; 29. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-18.191; 30. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-18.236; 31. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-18.284; 32. Chris Beaver, 9x, Roudebush-18.377; 33. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 51, Holt-18.415; 34. John Wolfe, 3M, Wolfe-18.615; 35. Jerry Caryer, 75c, Caryer-19.813.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Smith, 4. Hayden, 5. Stinson, 6. Rose, 7. Faas, 8. Huntley, 9. Wolfe. 2:21.22
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Darland, 3. Pletch, 4. Cassella, 5. McClure, 6. Clark, 7. Caryer, 8. Wolters, 9. Wasson. 2:27.26
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Thomas, 3. Mosley, 4. Davidson, 5. Beaver, 6. O'Banion, 7. Elliott, 8. Puterbaugh. 2:30.39
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Kinser, 3. Kerr, 4. Parsons, 5. Steele, 6. Cox, 7. Babb, 8. Yeley. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Wasson, 3. Yeley, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Elliott, 6. Huntley, 7. McClure, 8. Steele, 9. Rose, 10. Cox, 11. Caryer, 12. Wolfe, 13. Wolters, 14. Beaver, 15. Babb, 16. Stinson, 17. O'Banion. 3:52.63
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kevin Huntley, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Frankie Kerr, 5. Cary Faas, 6. Mark Cassella, 7. J.J. Yeley, 8. Kevin Thomas, 9. Brian Tyler, 10. Danny Smith, 11. Johnny Parsons, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. Derek Davidson, 14. Brian Hayden, 15. Tony Elliott, 16. Kent Christian, 17. Jon Stanbrough, 18. Aaron Mosley, 19. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 20. Terry Pletch, 21. Jason McCord, 22. Gus Wasson. NT
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NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: June 27 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - 27th "Tony Hulman Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: June 27, 1997 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - 27th Terre Haute First National Bank "Tony Hulman Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-21.123; 2. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-21.175; 3. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-21.373; 4. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-21.492; 5. Rusty McClure, 4u, Stapp-21.558; 6. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-21.622; 7. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-21.684; 8. Cary Faas, 25, Chrisman-21.734; 9. Jason McCord, 95, House-21.752; 10. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-21.798; 11. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-21.804; 12. Mark Cassella, 96, Savoy-21.855; 13. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-21.868; 14. Bill Rose, 6, Mead/Rose/Clearwaters-21.884; 15. Wil Newlin, 71, Newlin-21.895; 16. Chris Beaver, 9x, Roudebush-21.938; 17. Tony Elliott, 57, Hazen-21.944; 18. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-21.966; 19. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-22.023; 20. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-22.042; 21. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-22.092; 22. Cory Kruseman, 96x, Gardner-22.111; 23. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-22.119; 24. Al Woodall, 14, Woodall-22.174; 25. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-22.301; 26. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-22.321; 27. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-22.327; 28. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-22.378; 29. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-22.509; 30. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-22.834; 31. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-22.856; 32. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-NT; 33. Lennie Waltz, 22w, Waltz-23.284; 34. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-23.297; 35. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-23.501; 36. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-23.679; 37. Rick Hayden, 5H, Hayden-24.183; 38. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B. Hayden, 2. Hewitt, 3. McClure, 4. Steele, 5. Pletch, 6. McCord, 7. Babb, 8. Rice. 3:04.21
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Yeley, 3. Cox, 4. Peperak, 5. Darland, 6. Kerr, 7. O'Banion, 8. Newlin, 9. R. Hayden. 3:00.14
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davidson, 2. Stephens, 3. Tyler, 4. Wasson, 5. Beaver, 6. Billings, 7. Woodall, 8. Mosley, 9. Waltz. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. K. Thomas, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Christian, 5. Faas, 6. Cassella, 7. A. Thomas, 8. Booe, 9. Pool. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Faas, 3. Cassella, 4. McCord, 5. Newlin, 6. Rice, 7. Pletch, 8. Beaver, 9. Kerr, 10. Billings, 11. O'Banion, 12. Babb, 13. A. Thomas, 14. Mosley, 15. Woodall, 16. Booe, 17. Waltz, 18. R. Hayden, 19. Pool. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Kent Christian, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Mark Cassella, 8. Cary Faas, 9. Jon Stanbrough, 10. Tony Elliott, 11. Rusty McClure, 12. Tim Cox, 13. Brian Hayden, 14. Brian Tyler, 15. Jason McCord, 16. Gus Wasson, 17. Dave Steele, 18. Greg Stephens, 19. Dave Peperak, 20. Derek Davidson, 21. Robbie Rice, 22. Wil Newlin. NT
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**Davidson flipped on the front stretch on the 17th lap of the feature. Cassella flipped over the first-turn wall after the checkered flag.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Darland, Laps 12-30 Yeley.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-K.Thomas-777; 2-Tyler-728; 3-Cassella-688; 4-Davidson-631; 5-Steele-625; 6-McCord-598; 7-Cox-533; 8-Andy Michner-527; 9-Chet Fillip-523; 10-Wasson-513.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 2 - Winchester (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 2, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway - "Randolph County"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-14.530; 2. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.710; 3. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-14.790; 4. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-14.810; 5. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-14.950; 6. John Heydenreich, 96, Savoy-15.130; 7. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-15.200; 8. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-15.210; 9. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.240; 10. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.280; 11. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-15.450; 12. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-15.900; 13. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-16.000; 14. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.010; 15. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-16.070; 16. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-16.120; 17. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-16.910; 18. Gene Lee Gibson, 0, Gibson-16.910; 19. Steve Anderson, 7a, Anderson-20.030.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fillip, 2. Kalitta, 3. Armstrong, 4. Cox, 5. Kerr, 6. Anderson. 2:01.03
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steele, 2. Tyler, 3. Thomas, 4. Abold, 5. Blake, 6. Puterbaugh. 2:02.84
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Gerster, 3. Yeley, 4. Heydenreich, 5. Davidson, 6. Gibson. 2:00.72
DASH FOR CASH: (4 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Fillip, 3. Steele, 4. McCord. :58.83
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Kerr, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Davidson, 4. Gibson, 5. Blake, 6. Anderson. 2:40.00
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Doug Kalitta, 3. Brian Gerster, 4. Brad Armstrong, 5. Brian Tyler, 6. Pat Abold, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Tim Cox, 9. John Heydenreich, 10. Joey Kerr, 11. Derek Davidson, 12. Mike Blake, 13. Chet Fillip, 14. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 15. J.J. Yeley, 16. Jason McCord, 17. Gene Lee Gibson, 18. Steve Anderson, 19. Gus Wasson. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Steele.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Thomas-838; 2-Tyler-801; 3-Steele-708; 4-Mark Cassella-688; 5-Davidson-679; 6-McCord-640; 7-Cox-590; 8-Fillip-574; 9-Wasson-543; 10-Andy Michner-527.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 5 - Paragon (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 5, 1997 - Paragon, Indiana - Paragon Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-14.947; 2. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 51, Holt-15.083; 3. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-15.176; 4. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-15.178; 5. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-15.196; 6. Kevin Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-15.380; 7. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.415; 8. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.434; 9. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-15.475; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-15.481; 11. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-15.532; 12. Dennis Rose, 270, Rose-15.615; 13. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-15.634; 14. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-15.664; 15. Bryan Ruble, 38, Ruble-15.667; 16. Cary Faas, 96x, Gardner-15.696; 17. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.760; 18. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.763; 19. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-15.830; 20. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-15.867; 21. Richard Ott, 57R, Ott-15.882; 22. Rusty McClure, 25, Chrisman-15.901; 23. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.916; 24. Kenny Gentry, 18, Gentry-15.933; 25. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-15.998; 26. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-16.024; 27. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-16.062; 28. Brandon Petty, 30p, Petty-16.083; 29. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-16.178; 30. Donnie Gentry, 61, Gentry-16.217; 31. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-16.261; 32. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-16.274; 33. Leon Thickstun, 1T, Thickstun-16.310; 34. Dickie Gaines, 11x, Gaines-16.328; 35. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-16.338; 36. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-16.445; 37. Allen Barr, 97, Shores-16.475; 38. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-16.490; 39. Buddy Cunningham, 53c, Cunningham-16.552; 40. Nick Adams, 44n, Adams-16.597; 41. Rick Barlow, 26, Barlow-16.690; 42. Kenny Johnson, 5K, Johnson-16.767; 43. Jeff Heerdink, 19, Heerdink-17.002; 44. Johnny Johnson, 72J, Johnson-17.458.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 Laps) 1. Thickstun, 2. Clark, 3. Steele, 4. Booe, 5. K. Johnson, 6. Cunningham, 7. Barlow, 8. Gaines, 9. Heerdink, 10. J. Johnson, 11. Barr, 12. Adams. NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Davidson, 2. O'Banion, 3. Yeley, 4. Stephens, 5. Ott, 6. McCord, 7. Rice, 8. Kerr, 9. Thickstun. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Christian, 2. Tyler, 3. Kinser, 4. Stanbrough, 5. McClure, 6. Mosley, 7. Briscoe, 8. Clark, 9. D. Gentry. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. K. Thomas, 3. Wasson, 4. Darland, 5. Ruble, 6. Steele, 7. Wolters, 8. Pletch, 9. Babb. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Petty, 2. Faas, 3. Cox, 4. A. Thomas, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Booe, 7. Hayden, 8. K. Gentry, 9. Rose. NT
SEMI: (12 Laps) 1. Hayden, 2. Briscoe, 3. Mosley, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Rice, 6. Kerr, 7. McClure, 8. Ruble, 9. Pletch, 10. Thickstun, 11. Babb, 12. Clark, 13. D. Rose, 14. McCord, 15. Booe, 16. Wolters, 17. Ott, 18. D. Gentry, 19. K. Gentry, 20. Steele. NT
FEATURE: (30 Laps) 1. Kevin Briscoe, 2. Brian Hayden, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 8. Dave Darland, 9. Derek Davidson, 10. Tim Cox, 11. Robbie Rice, 12. Brian Tyler, 13. Jeff O'Banion, 14. Kent Christian, 15. Greg Stephens, 16. Al Thomas, 17. Brandon Petty, 18. Cary Faas, 19. Aaron Mosley, 20. Joey Kerr, 21. Jack Hewitt, 22. Gus Wasson. NT
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**Kerr flipped during the first heat. D. Gentry flipped during the second heat. Babb and Pletch flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-11 Briscoe, Laps 12-19 Kerr, laps 20-30 Briscoe.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-K.Thomas-903; 2-Tyler-850; 3-Davidson-736; 4-Steele-724; 5-Mark Cassella-688; 6-McCord-658; 7-Cox-642; 8-Wasson-575; 9-Chet Fillip-574; 10-Puterbaugh-531.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 9 - Oregon, WI - Madison International Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 9, 1997 - Oregon, Wisconsin - Madison International Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. John Heydenreich, 96, Savoy-16.908; 2. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-17.113; 3. Jason McCord, 95, House-17.126; 4. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-17.210; 5. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-17.243; 6. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-17.244; 7. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-17.278; 8. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-17.349; 9. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-17.421; 10. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-17.445; 11. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-17.590; 12. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-17.670; 13. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-17.688; 14. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-17.697; 15. Jack Hewitt, 23x, Parker-17.988; 16. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Rice, 2. Heydenreich, 3. Cox, 4. Armstrong, 5. Thomas, 6. McCord, 7. Hewitt, 8. Wasson. 2:18.66
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Abold, 3. Steele, 4. Kerr, 5. Gerster, 6. Tyler, 7. Davidson. 2:18.21
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. McCord, 3. Wasson, 4. Thomas, 5. Tyler, 6. Davidson, 7. Hewitt. 2:19.83
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Steele, 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Jason McCord, 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Pat Abold, 6. Gus Wasson, 7. Tim Cox, 8. Brian Tyler, 9. Jack Hewitt, 10. Doug Kalitta, 11. Kevin Thomas, 12. Robbie Rice, 13. Joey Kerr, 14. Derek Davidson, 15. Brad Armstrong, 16. Jeff Bloom. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Abold, Laps 22-30 Steele.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Thomas-950; 2-Tyler-904; 3-Steele-806; 4-Davidson-776; 5-McCord-734; 6-Cox-703; 7-Mark Cassella-688; 8-Wasson-637; 9-Chet Fillip-574; 10-Gerster-567.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 12 - Winchester (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 12, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway - McDonalds "Oldtimers Weekend"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.620; 2. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-14.788; 3. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-15.130; 4. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.327; 5. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-15.421; 6. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-15.429; 7. Brad Armstrong, 96, Savoy-15.446; 8. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-15.468; 9. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-15.480; 10. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-15.865; 11. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-15.899; 12. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-15.985; 13. Jack Hewitt, 23x, Parker-16.063; 14. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-NT.16.106; 15. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-16.356; 16. George Wilkins, 72, Benson-16.359; 17. Steve Anderson, 7a, Anderson-18.460; 18. Eric Gordon, 99, Armstrong-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fillip, 2. Tyler, 3. Thomas, 4. Armstrong, 5. Steele, 6. Gerster, 7. Anderson, 8. Bloom, 9. Hewitt. 2:01.03
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. McCord, 3. Kerr, 4. Abold, 5. Cox, 6. Davidson, 7. Wasson, 8. Wilkins, 9. Gordon. 2:05.57
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Wasson, 3. Davidson, 4. Cox, 5. Wilkins, 6. Steele. 2:35.91
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Pat Abold, 4. Jason McCord, 5. Chet Fillip, 6. Brian Gerster, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Tim Cox, 9. Derek Davidson, 10. Brad Armstrong, 11. Gus Wasson, 12. George Wilkins, 13. Steve Anderson, 14. Eric Gordon, 15. Dave Steele, 16. Joey Kerr, 17. Jeff Bloom, 18. Jack Hewitt. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Abold, Lap 5 Tyler, Lap 6 Kalitta, Laps 7-28 Tyler, Laps 29-30 Kalitta.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Thomas-1,011; 2-Tyler-987; 3-Steele-846; 4-Davidson-829; 5-McCord-808; 6-Cox-758; 7-Mark Cassella-688; 8-Wasson-686; 9-Fillip-643; 10-Gerster-635.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 16 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park - "Hinckley & Schmitt Sprint Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 16, 1997 - Clermont, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Hinckley & Schmitt Sprint Classic"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-20.067; 2. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-20.211; 3. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-20.475; 4. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-20.646; 5. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-20.843; 6. John Heydenreich, 96, Savoy-20.845; 7. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-20.875; 8. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-21.030; 9. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-21.148; 10. Jeff Bloom, 26, Bloom-21.163; 11. Jason McCord, 95, House-21.181; 12. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-21.246; 13. Bill Rose, 6, Mead/Rose/Clearwaters-21.280; 14. Gary Fedewa, 42, T & T-21.323; 15. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-21.373; 16. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-21.430; 17. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-21.568; 18. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-21.572; 19. George Wilkins, 72, Benson-21.895; 20. Benny Rapp, 14, Rapp-22.171; 21. Steve Anderson, 7a, Anderson-24.258; 22. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-NT; 23. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-NT; 24. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abold, 2. Steele, 3. Cox, 4. Rose, 5. Kalitta, 6. Wilkins. 2:51.96
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCord, 2. Fedewa, 3. Tyler, 4. Gerster, 5. Blake, 6. Rapp, 7. Wasson. 2:55.42
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Fillip, 2. McCune, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Davidson, 5. Rice, 6. Heydenreich, 7. Anderson. 2:48.71
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Wasson, 3. Rice, 4. Blake, 5. Rapp, 6. Anderson, 7. Wilkins, 8. Heydenreich. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Chet Fillip, 3. Brian Tyler, 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Pat Abold, 6. Jason McCord, 7. Gus Wasson, 8. Doug Kalitta, 9. Robbie Rice, 10. Gary Fedewa, 11. Tim Cox, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. Mike Blake, 14. Benny Rapp, 15. George Wilkins, 16. Bill Rose, 17. Derek Davidson, 18. Steve Anderson, 19. Jimmy McCune, 20. John Heydenreich. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-21 Abold, Laps 22-26 Fillip, Laps 27-30 Steele.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,062; 2-Thomas-1,026; 3-Steele-932; 4-McCord-874; 5-Davidson-866; 6-Cox-808; 7-Wasson-746; 8-Fillip-725; 9-Gerster-709; 10-Mark Cassella-688.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 19 - Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week" - "Danny Milburn Classic"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 19, 1997 - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - "Danny Milburn Classic" - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-12.906; 2. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-13.002; 3. Mike Kirby, 6C, Geurin-13.112; 4. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-13.209; 5. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-13.223; 6. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-13.256; 7. Cary Faas, 96x, Gardner-13.260; 8. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-13.326; 9. Bill Rose, 6, Rose/Mead/Clearwaters-13.341; 10. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-13.346; 11. Chris Beaver, 9x, Roudebush-13.353; 12. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-13.388; 13. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-13.399; 14. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 51, Holt-13.424; 15. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-13.430; 16. Rickie Gaunt, 25, Chrisman-13.435; 17. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-13.463; 18. Russ Gamester, 57, Hazen CED-13.496; 19. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-13.502; 20. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-13.519; 21. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-13.533; 22. Vince Osman, 30, Osman-13.542; 23. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-13.564; 24. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-13.579; 25. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-13.584; 26. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-13.642; 27. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-13.663; 28. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-13.672; 29. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-13.698; 30. Roger Chaudion, 15C, Chaudion-13.752; 31. Jason McCord, 95, House-13.791; 32. Kevin Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-13.822; 33. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-13.835; 34. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-13.857; 35. Dan Hurst, 90, Hurst-13.885; 36. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-13.915; 37. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-13.922; 38. Kurt Hawkins, 03, Hawkins-13.954; 39. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-13.989; 40. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-14.007; 41. Bill Knisley, 4, Knisley-14.322; 42. Jason Robbins, 34, Baker-14.478; 43. John Wolfe, 3M, Wolfe-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Jarrett, 2. Surniak, 3. Elliott, 4. D. Smith, 5. Rice, 6. Robbins, 7. Hurst, 8. Sims, 9. Knisley. 1:53.70
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Griffin, 3. Rose, 4. Hewitt, 5. Yeley, 6. Hayden, 7. C. Smith, 8. Jarrett, 9. Stephens. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Gamester, 3. Kinser, 4. Osman, 5. O'Banion, 6. Cox, 7. Cline, 8. Surniak, 9. Chaudion. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Beaver, 3. Kruseman, 4. Elliott, 5. Kirby, 6. Faas, 7. McCord, 8. Kerr, 9. Roush. 2:18.21
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Christian, 3. Davidson, 4. Peperak, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Mosley, 7. D. Smith, 8. Briscoe, 9. Gaunt. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Faas, 2. Cline, 3. Hayden, 4. Yeley, 5. Jarrett, 6. O'Banion, 7. Stephens, 8. Kerr, 9. Mosley, 10. Cox, 11. McCord, 12. Chaudion, 13. Surniak, 14. D. Smith, 15. Kirby, 16. Roush, 17. C. Smith, 18. Briscoe. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Bill Rose, 3. Chris Beaver, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Russ Gamester, 6. Brian Hayden, 7. Troy Cline, 8. J.J. Yeley, 9. Cary Faas, 10. Vince Osman, 11. Kevin Thomas, 12. Dave Darland, 13. Jeff O'Banion, 14. Tony Jarrett, 15. Kent Christian, 16. Jon Stanbrough, 17. Derek Davidson, 18. Dave Peperak, 19. Cory Kruseman, 20. Jack Hewitt, 21. Richard Griffin, 22. Sheldon Kinser, Jr. NT
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**Gaunt flipped during the fourth heat. Griffin flipped on the 6th lap of the feature. Hewitt flipped on the 10th lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Faas, Laps 10-30 Tyler.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,146; 2-Thomas-1,078; 3-Dave Steele-932; 4-Davidson-904; 5-McCord-895; 6-Cox-830; 7-Gus Wasson-746; 8-Chet Fillip-725; 9-Brian Gerster-709; 10-Mark Cassella-688.
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Tyler-22; 2-Rose-21; 3-Beaver-20; 4-Elliott-19; 5-Gamester-18; 6-Hayden-17; 7-Cline-16; 8-Yeley-15; 9-Faas-14; 10-Osman-13.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 20 - Evans Kokomo (IN) Speedway - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
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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, 4J, 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-15.507; 13. Mike Kirby, 6C, Geurin-15.518; 14. Kevin Thomas, 3, Applebee/Wise-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, 37, Edison-15.703; 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-15.786; 25. Kurt Hawkins, 03, Hawkins-15.812; 26. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 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-16.299; 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 Donelson, 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. NT
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. J.J. Yeley, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Kevin Thomas, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Mike Kirby, 8. Bill Rose, 9. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 10. Troy Cline, 11. Dave Peperak, 12. Mike Mann, 13. Tony Jarrett, 14. Joe Roush, 15. Greg Stephens, 16. Brian Tyler, 17. Dustin Smith, 18. Chris Beaver, 19. Derek Davidson, 20. Kent Christian, 21. Terry Pletch, 22. Kurt 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; 10-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"
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 23, 1997 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - “Jim Hurtubise Classic” – 10th “Indiana Sprint Week”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-20.625; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-20.774; 3. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-20.966; 4. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-21.039; 5. Troy Cline, 11, 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’Banion, 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, 2H, 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, 9x, Roudebush-21.722; 28. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-21.800; 29. Roger Chaudion, 15c, Chaudion-21.847; 30. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-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-22.075; 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, Cravens-22.545; 53. 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’Banion. NT
SECOND HEAT (10 Laps): 1. Kruseman, 2. Jarrett, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Montgomery, 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’Banion, 19. Chaudion, 20. Bobby Smith. NT
FEATURE (30 Laps): 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Mike Kirby, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Jon Stanbrough, 5. Brian Hayden, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Tim Montgomery, 8. Steve Surniak, 9. Tony Elliott, 10. Kevin Doty, 11. Brian Tyler, 12. Troy Cline, 13. Bill Rose, 14. Tony Jarrett, 15. Derek Davidson, 16. Dave Peperak, 17. Chris Beaver, 18. Richard Griffin, 19. Cary Faas, 20. Russ Gamester, 21. Jack Hewitt, 22. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr. NT
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**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 a concussion.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Kruseman, Laps 3-30 Yeley.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,232; 2-Thomas-1,171; 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 - North Vernon, IN - Twin Cities Raceway Park
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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-15.082; 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, F & T-15.326; 35. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-15.350; 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. Kevin Doty, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Brian Hayden, 6. Tim Montgomery, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Bill Rose, 10. Corey Smith, 11. Troy Cline, 12. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 13. Brian Tyler, 14. Tony Jarrett, 15. Tim Cox, 16. Kenny Carmichael, 17. Dustin Smith, 18. Mike Mann, 19. Jason McCord, 20. Derek Davidson, 21. Richard Griffin, 22. Gus Wasson. NT
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**Thomas flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Davidson, Laps 13-16 Elliott, Laps 17-18 Doty, Laps 19-20 Elliott, Laps 21-30 Doty.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-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
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 25, 1997 - Bloomington, Indiana - Bloomington Speedway - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-11.503; 2. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-11.525; 3. Mike Kirby, 6c, Geurin-11.563; 4. Tim Montgomery, 01, Cooper-11.564; 5. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-11.661; 6. Tracy Hines, 51, Holt-11.673; 7. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-11.673; 8. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-11.684; 9. J.J. Yeley-, 4J, Yeley-11.686; 10. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-11.692; 11. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-11.725; 12. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-11.746; 13. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-11.750; 14. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-11.754; 15. Bill Rose, 96x, Gardner-11.757; 16. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-11.765; 17. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-11.785; 18. Justin Marvel, 2M, Marvel-11.795; 19. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-11.813; 20. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-11.814; 21. Kevin Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-11.852; 22. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-11.871; 23. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-11.877; 24. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-11.881; 25. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-11.882; 26. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-11.882; 27. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-11.897; 28. Jason McCord, 95, House-11.902; 29. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-11.935; 30. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-11.967; 31. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-12.024; 32. Brian Black, 98, Blackhawk-12.025; 33. Danny Williams, Jr., 14, F & T-12.029; 34. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-12.029; 35. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-12.041; 36. Troy Link, 49, Link-12.058; 37. Alex Shanks, 1c, Cravens-12.070; 38. Jerry Miller, 65, Miller-12.093; 39. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-12.147; 40. Russ Gamester, 57, Hazen CED-12.222; 41. Bryan Ruble, 38, Ruble-12.260; 42. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-12.314; 43. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-12.335; 44. Bud Cunningham, 53c, Cunningham-12.364; 45. Danny Ent, 6x, Geurin-12.394; 46. Jason Robbins, 34, Baker-12.412; 47. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-12.413; 48. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-12.505; 48. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-12.549; 50. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Billings, 2. Williams, 3. Wasson, 4. Link, 5. Gamester, 6. Pletch, 7. Ruble, 8. Wolters, 9. Babb, 10. Thomas, 11. Ent, 12. B. Smith, 13. J. Miller, 14. Cunningham, 15. Shanks. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Cline, 3. Elliott, 4. Griffin, 5. Doty, 6. Hewitt, 7. Billings, 8. Briscoe, 9. Kerr. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Tyler, 3. Peperak, 4. Surniak, 5. Rice, 6. Williams, 7. Jarrett, 8. Kruseman, 9. Marvel. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davidson, 2. Rose, 3. Fox, 4. K. Miller, 5. O'Banion, 6. Puterbaugh, 7. Kirby, 8. Wasson, 9. Mosley. 2:04.17
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Christian, 3. Darland, 4. Hayden, 5. McCord, 6. Cox, 7. Black, 8. Link, 9. Montgomery. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Kruseman, 3. Jarrett, 4. Briscoe, 5. Doty, 6. Cox, 7. Hewitt, 8. O'Banion, 9. Kerr, 10. Rice, 11. McCord, 12. Puterbaugh, 13. Billings, 14. Black, 15. Marvel, 16. Wasson, 17. Link. 2:26.93
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brad Fox, 2. Tony Jarrett, 3. Derek Davidson, 4. Tony Elliott, 5. Kevin Doty, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Richard Griffin, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Tim Cox, 11. J.J. Yeley, 12. Dave Peperak, 13. Bill Rose, 14. Brian Tyler, 15. Kent Christian, 16. Jon Stanbrough, 17. Steve Surniak, 18. Mike Kirby, 19. Kevin Briscoe, 20. Troy Cline, 21. Brian Hayden, 22. Kevin Miller. NT
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**Adams flipped during qualifying.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Fox, Laps 2-14 Hines, Laps 15-18 Elliott, Laps 19-30 Fox.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,325; 2-Kevin Thomas-1,186; 3-Davidson-1,082; 4-McCord-989; 5-Cox-967; 6-Dave Steele-932; 7-Yeley-831; 8-Wasson-810; 9-Puterbaugh-747; 10-Darland-742.
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Elliott-94; 2-Yeley-91; 3-Darland-85; 4-Kruseman-70; 5-Rose-70; 6-Stanbrough-68; 7-Tyler-60; 8-Jarrett-58; 9-Cline-55; 10-Hayden-55.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 26 - Paragon (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 26, 1997 - Paragon, Indiana - Paragon Speedway - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-15.249; 2. Mike Kirby, 6C, Geurin-15.367; 3. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-15.509; 4. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-15.563; 5. Bill Rose, 96x, Gardner-15.613; 6. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-15.637; 7. Brandon Petty, 30P, Petty-15.801; 8. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-15.845; 9. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-15.992; 10. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.996; 11. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.018; 12. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-16.131; 13. Buddy Cunningham, 53C, Cunningham-16.169; 14. Terry Pletch, 29P, Pletch-16.171; 15. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-16.171; 16. Leon Thickstun, 1T, Thickstun-16.230; 17. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-16.240; 18. Dickie Gaines, 11x, Gaines-16.302; 19. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-16.365; 20. Hud Cone, 14C, Cone-16.395; 21. Brian Taulman, 7T, Taulman-16.398; 22. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-16.429; 23. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-16.434; 24. Brook Pence, 9P, Pence-16.458; 25. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-16.522; 26. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-16.525; 27. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-16.555; 28. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-16.560; 29. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-16.636; 30. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-16.640; 31. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.661; 32. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-16.675; 33. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-16.675; 34. Jason McCord, 95, House-16.695; 35. Richard Ott, 57R, Ott-16.705; 36. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-16.716; 37. Rusty McClure, 63, Hampshire-16.759; 38. Tracy Hines, 51, Holt-16.784; 39. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-16.864; 40. Bryan Ruble, 38, Ruble-16.919; 41. Danny Williams, Jr., 14, F & T-16.972; 42. Benji Koontz, 17K, Koontz-17.017; 43. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-17.028; 44. Mark Clark, 11C, Clark-17.046; 45. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-17.064; 46. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-17.086; 47. Dennis Rose, 270, Rose-17.160; 48. Rick Barlow, 26B, Barlow-17.178; 49. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-17.192; 50. Kenny Carmichael, 71, Newlin-17.200; 51. Johnny Johnson, 72J, Johnson-17.299; 52. Frank Hollingsworth, 62, Hollingsworth-17.315; 53. Greg Bugher, 14B, Bugher-17.328; 54. Allen Barr, 97, Shores-17.338; 55. Doug Williams, 9C, Carmichael/Williams-17.392; 56. John Wolfe, 3M, Wolfe-17.447; 57. Kenny Johnson, 5K, Johnson-17.869; 58. Jason Leffler, 34, Baker-19.952; 59. Randy Donelson, 22D, Donelson-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #1: (8 laps) 1. McClure, 2. Davidson, 3. Rice, 4. Peperak, 5. Ott, 6. D. Rose, 7. Thomas, 8. Williams, 9. Bugher, 10. K. Johnson, 11. Doug Williams, 12. J. Johnson. 2:21.42
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #2: (8 laps) 1. O'Banion, 2. Ruble, 3. Wolfe, 4. M. Clark, 5. Barlow, 6. McCord, 7. Booe, 8. Hollingsworth, 9. Koontz, 10. Carmichael, 11. Barr, 12. Hines, 13. Leffler. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. B. Rose, 3. Wasson, 4. Hayden, 5. Taulman, 6. McClure, 7. B. Smith, 8. Cunningham, 9. Mosley. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Tyler, 3. Pletch, 4. Billings, 5. Roush, 6. Davidson, 7. Gaines, 8. Kirby, 9. Surniak. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kerr, 2. Elliott, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Cline, 5. Darland, 6. Petty, 7. Jarrett, 8. Puterbaugh, 9. O'Banion. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Cone, 3. Thickstun, 4. Ruble, 5. Cox, 6. Pence, 7. Stephens, 8. Wolters, 9. Doty. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. Doty, 3. Surniak, 4. Darland, 5. Cunningham, 6. Roush, 7. Puterbaugh, 8. McClure, 9. Petty, 10. Jarrett, 11. M. Clark, 12. Taulman, 13. Davidson, 14. Pence, 15. B. Smith, 16. Stephens, 17. Mosley, 18. O'Banion, 19. Wolters. 3:33.90
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Bill Rose, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Kevin Doty, 5. Brian Hayden, 6. Cory Kruseman, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Troy Cline, 9. Joey Kerr, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Kent Christian, 12. Terry Pletch, 13. Tony Elliott, 14. Joe Roush, 15. Dean Billings, 16. Buddy Cunningham, 17. Mike Kirby, 18. Leon Thickstun, 19. Steve Surniak, 20. Bryan Ruble, 21. Gus Wasson, 22. Hud Cone. NT
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-8 Rose, Lap 9 Doty, Laps 10-30 Rose.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,402; 2-Kevin Thomas-1,186; 3-Davidson-1,101; 4-McCord-1,005; 5-Tim Cox-982; 6-Dave Steele-932; 7-Yeley-906; 8-Wasson-842; 9-Darland-800; 10-Puterbaugh-772.
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Yeley-111; 2-Elliott-104; 3-Darland-101; 4-Rose-92; 5-Kruseman-87; 6-Tyler-81; 7-Stanbrough-81; 8-Hayden-73; 9-Doty-72; 10-Cline-70.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: July 27 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1997 - Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park Speedway - 10th "Indiana Sprint Week"
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Richard Griffin, 50, Chaffin-13.038; 2. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-13.215; 3. Cory Kruseman, 45, Willis-13.224; 4. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-13.231; 5. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-13.282; 6. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-13.331; 7. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-13.369; 8. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-13.425; 9. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-13.447; 10. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-13.564; 11. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-13.649; 12. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-13.695; 13. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-13.708; 14. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-13.777; 15. Tim Cox, 17, Newkirk-13.780; 16. Bill Rose, 96x, Gardner-13.801; 17. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-13.819; 18. Jeff O'Banion, 77x, Law-13.839; 19. Jerry Miller, 65, Miller-13.871; 20. Jason McCord, 95, House-13.897; 21. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-13.974; 22. Mike Kirby, 6c, Geurin-13.999; 23. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-14.049; 24. Danny Williams, Jr., 14, F & T-14.053; 25. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-14.055; 26. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-14.060; 27. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-14.079; 28. Eric Burns, 73x, Burns-14.083; 29. Justin Marvel, 2M, Marvel-14.204; 30. Troy Link, 49, Link-14.235; 31. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-14.368; 32. Russ Gamester, 57, Hazen CED-14.398; 33. Rick Barlow, 26, Barlow-14.406; 34. Troy Cline, 11, Cline-14.423; 35. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-14.428; 36. Rick Hayden, 5H, Hayden-14.507; 37. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-14.561; 38. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-14.637; 39. Kenny Carmichael, 71, Newlin-14.893; 40. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-18.500; 41. Tracy Hines, 51, Holt-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Cline, 2. R. Hayden, 3. Jarrett, 4. Thomas, 5. Carmichael, 6. Barlow, 7. Booe. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Fox, 2. Darland, 3. Peperak, 4. Mosley, 5. Davidson, 6. Marvel, 7. Miller, 8. Griffin, 9. Cline. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kirby, 2. O'Banion, 3. Hewitt, 4. B. Hayden, 5. Link, 6. Doty, 7. Yeley, 8. Kerr, 9. R. Hayden. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. J. Miller, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Wasson, 4. Kruseman, 5. Christian, 6. Roush, 7. Jarrett, 8. Cox, 9. Tyler. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Rose, 3. Williams, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Gamester, 6. Thomas, 7. Rice, . McCord, 9. Burns. NT
TRUE VALUE "LAST CHANCE" SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Griffin, 2. Marvel, 3. Davidson, 4. Rice, 5. Doty, 6. Roush, 7. Yeley, 8. K. Miller, 9. Kerr, 10. Link, 11. Gamester, 12. McCord, 13. Cox, 14. Cline, 15. Thomas, 16. Burns, 17. Jarrett, 18. R. Hayden, 19. Tyler, 20. Christian. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Jon Stanbrough, 4. Richard Griffin, 5. Kevin Doty, 6. Brian Hayden, 7. J.J. Yeley (#96x), 8. Brad Fox, 9. Dave Darland, 10. Robbie Rice, 11. Derek Davidson, 12. Joe Roush, 13. Danny Williams, Jr., 14. Gus Wasson, 15. Justin Marvel, 16. Jeff O'Banion, 17. Mike Kirby, 18. Bill Rose (#16), 19. Jerry Miller, Jr., 20. Dave Peperak, 21. Cory Kruseman, 22. Aaron Mosley. NT
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**Hines flipped during qualifying. McCord flipped during the fourth heat. Kruseman flipped on the 10th lap of the feature. Darland flipped on the 27th lap of the feature. Hayden flipped after the checkered flag of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Elliott, Laps 2-4 Hewitt, Laps 5-26 Darland, Laps 27-30 Hewitt.
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,418; 2-Kevin Thomas-1,186; 3-Davidson-1,149; 4-McCord-1,025; 5-Cox-1,001; 6-Yeley-978; 7-Dave Steele-932; 8-Wasson-886; 9-Darland-858; 10-Puterbaugh-792.
"INDIANA SPRINT WEEK" POINTS: 1-Yeley-142; 2-Elliott-140; 3-Darland-130; 4-Stanbrough-116; 5-Rose-112; 6-B.Hayden-105; 7-Kruseman-104; 8-Tyler-96; 9-Cline-91; 10-Doty-90.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: August 6 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 6, 1997 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. John Heydenreich, 51, Holt-15.438; 2. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.461; 3. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.597; 4. Frankie Kerr, 23s, Shoff-15.635; 5. Jason Statler, 00, Statler-15.641; 6. Byron Reed, 5, B & S-15.697; 7. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.713; 8. J.J. Yeley, 4J, Yeley-15.770; 9. Brian Gerster, 77x, Law-15.819; 10. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-15.843; 11. Terry Pletch, 29P, Pletch-15.934; 12. Bill Rose, 6, Mead/Rose/Clearwaters-15.962; 13. Jason McCord, 95, House-15.977; 14. Jimmy Stinson, 60, Stinson-16.110; 15. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.156; 16. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-16.197; 17. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-16.258; 18. Charlie Baker, 1c, Baker-16.313; 19. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-16.341; 20. Brian Hayden, 2H, Hayden-16.346; 21. Todd Kane, 96, Savoy-16.363; 22. Tim Cox, 21, Cox-16.378; 23. Eric Gordon, 34, Baker-16.379; 24. Gus Wasson, 23, Hoiles-16.393; 25. Kevin Huntley, 7H, Daugherty-16.402; 26. Kevin Thomas, 263, BWB-16.441; 27. Bill Tyler, 57, Hazen/CED-16.517; 28. Rusty McClure, 09, McClure-16.524; 29. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-16.532; 30. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-16.547; 31. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-16.554; 32. Dave Peperak, 177, Mills-16.610; 33. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-16.692; 34. Tony Jarrett, 29, Jarrett-16.796; 35. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-16.827; 36. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-16.922; 37. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-16.960; 38. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-17.046; 39. Roger Chaudion, 15c, Chaudion-17.114; 40. Buddy Cunningham, 53c, Cunningham-17.126; 41. Brandon Petty, 30P, Petty-17.147; 42. Tim Clark, 11, Clark-17.258; 43. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-17.412; 44. #25, Chrisman-NT
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE (8 laps): 1. Jarrett, 2. Mosley, 3. Stephens, 4. Chaudion, 5. J. Kerr, 6. Surniak, 7. Petty, 8. Wolters, 9. Cunningham, 10. Clark, 11. D. Smith. NT
FIRST HEAT (8 laps): 1. Huntley, 2. Heydenreich, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Kane, 5. Rice, 6. Statler, 7. McCord, 8. Gerster, 9. Jarrett. NT
SECOND HEAT (8 laps): 1. Thomas, 2. Elliott, 3. Reed, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Stinson, 6. Baker, 7. Cox, 8. Mosley, 9. C. Smith. NT
THIRD HEAT (8 laps): 1. Davidson, 2. Hewitt, 3. Darland, 4. Brian Tyler, 5. Christian, 6. Pletch, 7. Gordon, 8. Stephens, 9. Bill Tyler. 2:17.74
FOURTH HEAT (8 laps): 1. McClure, 2. F. Kerr, 3. Rose, 4. Wasson, 5. Hayden, 6. Yeley, 7. Billings, 8. Peperak, 9. Chaudion. 2:18.91
TRUE VALUE “LAST CHANCE” SEMI (12 laps): 1. Gordon, 2. Yeley, 3. Stinson, 4. Baker, 5. Billings, 6. Hayden, 7. Stephens, 8. Chaudion, 9. Rice, 10. Statler, 11. Pletch, 12. Cox, 13. Mosley, 14. Christian, 15. Peperak. NT
FEATURE (30 Laps): 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Frankie Kerr, 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. J.J. Yeley, 5. Jimmy Stinson, 6. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7. Derek Davidson, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Bill Rose, 10. Brian Hayden, 11. Kevin Thomas, 12. Tony Elliott, 13. Jon Stanbrough, 14. Dean Billings, 15. Gus Wasson, 16. Rusty McClure, 17. Byron Reed, 18. John Heydenreich, 19. Todd Kane, 20. Dave Darland, 21. Charlie Baker, 22. Kevin Huntley. NT
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**Dustin Smith, Tim Clark and Kent Wolters flipped during the Non-Qualifiers Race; Jason McCord, Tony Jarrett, Brian Gerster and Jason Statler flipped during Heat Race #1, McCord transported to the hospital in Coldwater, OH; Bill Tyler flipped during Heat Race #3, transported to hospital. Dave Peperak and Aaron Mosley flipped during the Semi. Charlie Baker flipped during the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Tyler
NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,496; 2-Thomas-1,238; 3-Davidson-1,212; 4-Yeley-1,047; 5-McCord-1,040; 6-Cox-1,021; 7-Dave Steele-932; 8-Wasson-927; 9-Darland-894; 10-Puterbaugh-860.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: August 17, 1997 - Salem, Indiana - Salem Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 17, 1997 - Salem, Indiana - Salem Speedway - “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial”
RACING PROGRAM RAINED OUT - RESCHEDULED FOR SUNDAY, AUGUST 24
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: August 23 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 23, 1997 - Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park Speedway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-12.631; 2. Brian Hayden, 263, BWB-12.682; 3. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-12.827; 4. Wil Newlin, 71, Newlin-12.844; 5. Rusty McClure, 77x, Law-12.856; 6. Kevin Miller, 21x, Miller-12.903; 7. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-12.987; 8. Kevin Thomas, 17, Newkirk-12.990; 9. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-12.993; 10. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-13.045; 11. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-13.047; 12. Brad Fox, 51, Holt-13.089; 13. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-13.102; 14. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-13.104; 15. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-13.124; 16. J.J. Yeley, 96x, Gardner-13.198; 17. Troy Link, 49, Link-13.204; 18. Justin Marvel, 2M, Marvel-13.204; 19. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-13.231; 20. Joe Roush, 36, Roush-13.267; 21. Tim Cox, 21, Cox-13.338; 22. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-13.348; 23. Mike Mann, 57, Hazen-13.349; 24. Butch Winings, 56, Winings-13.350; 25. Chris LaFollette, 34, Baker-13.423; 26. Randy Burrow, 99, Burrow-13.438; 27. Jim Whiteside, 171, Whiteside-13.442; 28. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-13.475; 29. Sheldon Kinser, Jr., 25, Chrisman-13.492; 30. Eric Burns, 3x, Booe-13.501; 31. Casey Shuman, 72, Freeland-13.523; 32. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-13.579; 33. Bill Rose, 2, Vance-13.581; 34. Brian Black, 98, Blackhawk-13.651; 35. Kenny Carmichael, 9c, Carmichael-13.651; 36. Jeff O’Banion, 21, O’Banion-13.710; 37. Brandon Petty, 30p, Petty-13.744; 38. Rick Barlow, 26, Barlow-13.791; 39. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-13.905; 40. Jason McCord, 95, House-13.924; 41. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-13.926; 42. Rick Hayden, 5H, Hayden-13.950; 43. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-14.012; 44. Benji Koontz, 17x, Koontz-14.090; 45. Jim Mills, 45, Turbines-14.268; 46. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-14.296; 47. Tom McKinney, 47, McKinney-14.436; 48. Richard Booe, 73x, Booe-14.874; 49. Jerry Miller, Jr., 65, Miller-23.022.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #1: (6 laps) 1. Rose, 2. Carmichael, 3. Petty, 4. Pool, 5. A. Thomas, 6. J. Miller, 7. McKinney, 8. Mills. 1:22.90
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE #2: (6 laps) 1. O’Banion, 2. McCord, 3. Black, 4. R. Hayden, 5. M. Booe, 6. Koontz, 7. Barlow, 8. R. Booe. 1:23.08
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Cox, 2. Link, 3. Darland, 4. McClure, 5. Peperak, 6. Davidson, 7. Rose, 8. LaFollette, 9. Kinser. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Marvel, 2. B. Hayden, 3. Stephens, 4. Kerr, 5. Rice, 6. K. Miller, 7. Burns, 8. Carmichael, 9. Burrow. 2:18.22
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Puterbaugh, 2. Tyler, 3. Christian, 4. Hewitt, 5. Whiteside, 6. O’Banion, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Mann, 9. Shuman. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. K. Thomas, 2. Yeley, 3. Fox, 4. Roush, 5. Newlin, 6. Adams, 7. McCord, 8. Sims, 9. Winings. 2:18.12
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Newlin, 2. K. Miller, 3. Rice, 4. Davidson, 5. Peperak, 6. Stanbrough, 7. Winings, 8. LaFollette, 9. Burns, 10. Burrow, 11. Rose, 12. McCord, 13. O’Banion, 14. Carmichael, 15. Sims, 16. Mann, 17. Shuman, 18. Adams. 2:49.54
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Derek Davidson, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Rusty McClure, 5. Brian Hayden, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Kent Christian, 8. Troy Link, 9. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 10. Justin Marvel, 11. Tim Cox, 12. Joe Roush, 13. Kevin Miller, 14. Brian Tyler, 15. Wil Newlin, 16. Jon Stanbrough, 17. Brad Fox, 18. Jack Hewitt, 19. Dave Peperak, 20. Greg Stephens, 21. Joey Kerr, 22. Robbie Rice. NT
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**Kinser flipped during the first heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 K. Miller, Laps 2-10 Darland, Laps 11-13 Davidson, Laps 14-30 Darland.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,541; 2-K.Thomas-1,304; 3-Davidson-1,285; 4-Yeley-1,121; 5-Cox-1,073; 6-McCord-1,060; 7-Darland-979; 8-Dave Steele-932; 9-Gus Wasson-927; 10-Puterbaugh-917.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: August 24 - Salem (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 24, 1997 - Salem, Indiana - Salem Speedway - 38th “Joe James/Pat O’Connor Memorial”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-15.864; 2. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-16.007; 3. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-16.055; 4. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-16.102; 5. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-16.116; 6. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-16.126; 7. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-16.153; 8. Jason McCord, 95, House-16.311; 9. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.542; 10. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-16.676; 11. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-16.753; 12. Kevin Thomas, 73, Booe-16.758; 13. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-17.155; 14. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-17.253; 15. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-17.737; 16. George Wilkins, 72, Benson-18.325.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steele, 2. Abold, 3. Fillip, 4. Kerr, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Cox, 7. Gerster, 8. Davidson. 2:17.32
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCune, 2. Tyler, 3. Kalitta, 4. Wilkins, 5. Armstrong, 6. Surniak, 7. Thomas, 8. McCord. 2:15.78
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Davidson, 4. Cox, 5. Wilkins, 6. Armstrong, 7. Kerr. 3:24.53
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Pat Abold, 3. Brian Tyler, 4. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 5. Doug Kalitta, 6. Jason McCord, 7. Derek Davidson, 8. Kevin Thomas, 9. Tim Cox, 10. George Wilkins, 11. Jimmy McCune, 12. Joey Kerr, 13. Brian Gerster, 14. Chet Fillip, 15. Steve Surniak, 16. Brad Armstrong. 18:23.25
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Steele.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,620; 2-Thomas-1,358; 3-Davidson-1,344; 4-Cox-1,125; 5-J.J. Yeley-1,121; 6-McCord-1,120; 7-Steele-1,015; 8-Puterbaugh-986; 9-Dave Darland-979; 10-Gus Wasson-927.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: August 27 - Winchester (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 27, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway - “Anchor Glass Awareness Committee”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-14.579; 2. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-14.647; 3. Brian Gerster, 19, Boles-14.708; 4. Chet Fillip, 77, Advanced Racing-14.888; 5. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-15.106; 6. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-15.204; 7. Kevin Thomas, 73, Booe-15.571; 8. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-15.733; 9. Joey Kerr, 44, Staab-15.770; 10. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-15.832; 11. Mike Blake, 81, Blake-15.963; 12. Tim Cox, 40, Cox-16.005; 13. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-16.313; 14. George Wilkins, 72, Benson-16.864; 15. Buddy Cunningham, 53c, Cunningham-17.000; 16. Dave Throckmorton, 0, Plummer-17.190; 17. Steve Anderson, 7a, Anderson-18.390; 18. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-NT; 19. Jason McCord, 95, House-NT
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Thomas, 3. Gerster, 4. Abold, 5. Kerr, 6. Blake, 7. Anderson, 8. McCune, 9. Cunningham. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steele, 2. Tyler, 3. Fillip, 4. Puterbaugh, 5. Cox, 6. Davidson, 7. Wilkins, 8. Surniak. 2:02.23
C-MAIN: (8 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Fillip, 3. Abold, 4. Davidson, 5. Kerr, 6. Puterbaugh, 7. Blake, 8. Cox, 9. Wilkins, 10. Cunningham, 11. Throckmorton, 12. Anderson. 2:00.55
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Abold, 2. Davidson, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Cox, 5. Blake, 6. Anderson, 7. Throckmorton, 8. Kerr, 9. Wilkins, 10. Cunningham, 11. McCune. 2:32.33
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Brian Tyler, 3. Dave Steele, 4. Pat Abold, 5. Brian Gerster, 6. Chet Fillip, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 9. Derek Davidson, 10. Tim Cox, 11. Mike Blake, 12. George Wilkins, 13. Joey Kerr, 14. Steve Anderson, 15. Dave Throckmorton, 16. Jimmy McCune, 17. Buddy Cunningham, 18. Steve Surniak, 19. Jason McCord. 7:31.69
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kalitta.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,702; 2-Thomas-1,405; 3-Davidson-1,398; 4-Cox-1,174; 5-McCord-1,150; 6-J.J. Yeley-1,121; 7-Steele-1,091; 8-Puterbaugh-1,045; 9-Dave Darland-979; 10-Gus Wasson-927.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: August 30 Lawrenceburg (IN) Speedway - “Robbie Stanley Classic”
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 30, 1997 - Lawrenceburg, Indiana - Lawrenceburg Speedway - “Robbie Stanley Classic”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Joey Kerr, 4u, Stapp-12.920; 2. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-13.195; 3. Eric Gordon, 34, Baker-13.291; 4. Bill Rose, 6, Rose/Mead/Clearwaters-13.317; 5. J.J. Yeley, 96x, Gardner-13.336; 6. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-13.377; 7. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-13.466; 8. Jimmy Sills, 2, Vance-13.475; 9. Jason McCord, 95, House-13.480; 10. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-13.551; 11. Jim Hawley, 96, Savoy-13.574; 12. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-13.629; 13. Brian Hayden, 263, BWB-13.682; 14. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-13.698; 15. Tim Cox, 21, Cox-13.705; 16. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-13.785; 17. Kevin Thomas, 17, Newkirk-13.794; 18. Brian Gerster, 77x, Law-13.815; 19. Danny Williams Jr., 9x, Roudebush-13.838; 20. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-13.919; 21. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-13.967; 22. Tim Kelley, 1k, Lovelace-14.409; 23. Dwayne Spille, 71, Spille-14.453.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hayden, 2. Rose, 3. Davidson, 4. Stanbrough, 5. Kerr, 6. Darland, 7. Williams, 8. Kelley. 2:17.26
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Thomas, 3. Christian, 4. Yeley, 5. Sills, 6. Spille, 7. Hawley, 8. Tyler. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Peperak, 2. Cox, 3. Gordon, 4. Pletch, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. McCord, 7. Gerster. NT
TRUE VALUE MASTER MECHANIC TOOLS “LAST CHANCE” SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Tyler, 4. McCord, 5. Sills, 6. Gerster, 7. Williams, 8. Hawley, 9. Kelley, 10. Kerr, 11. Spille. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Brian Tyler, 2. Derek Davidson, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 5. Kevin Thomas, 6. Bill Rose, 7. Brian Hayden, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. Terry Pletch, 10. Jon Stanbrough, 11. Kent Christian, 12. Jack Hewitt, 13. Dave Darland, 14. Jason McCord, 15. Jimmy Sills, 16. Joey Kerr, 17. Brian Gerster, 18. Danny Williams, Jr., 19. Jim Hawley, 20. Dave Peperak, 21. Tim Cox, 22. Tim Kelley. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Davidson, Laps 21-26 Tyler, Laps 27-29 Davidson, Lap 30 Tyler.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,784; 2-Davidson-1,474; 3-Thomas-1,473; 4-Cox-1,207; 5-Yeley-1,195; 6-McCord-1,191; 7-Puterbaugh-1,115; 8-Dave Steele-1,091; 9-Darland-1,025; 10-Gus Wasson-927.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: September 19-20 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 19-20, 1997 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 17th “4-Crown Nationals”
QUALIFYING: 1. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-15.867; 2. Derek Davidson, 17B, B & A-15.914; 3. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.995; 4. Byron Reed, 5R, B & S-16.033; 5. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-16.071; 6. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-16.118; 7. Tony Stewart, 69x, Dynamics-16.152; 8. Brian Hayden, 263, BWB-16.180; 9. Kevin Huntley, 7H, Daugherty-16.234; 10. Bill Rose, 6, Rose/Mead/Clearwaters-16.275; 11. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-16.282; 12. Kevin Thomas, 17, Newkirk-16.305; 13. John Heydenreich, 51, Holt-16.400; 14. Jimmy Stinson, 84, Stinson-16.425; 15. J.J. Yeley, 96x, Gardner-16.479; 16. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-16.489; 17. Eric Gordon, 34, Baker-16.513; 18. Brian Gerster, 77x, Law-16.528; 19. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-16.540; 20. Cary Faas, 96, Savoy-16.622; 21. Rusty McClure, 13, Straman-16.629; 22. Robby Flock, 4U, Stapp-16.705; 23. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-16.707; 24. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-16.710; 25. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-16.720; 26. Jason McCord, 95, House-16.740; 27. Dean Billings, 96B, Watson-16.740; 28. Tim Cox, 21, Cox-16.744; 29. Dave Peperak, 177, Mills-16.755; 30. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-16.833; 31. Aaron Mosley, 57, Hazen/CED-16.863; 32. Doug Kalitta, 22k, Kalitta-16.937; 33. Kent Wolters, 12, Wolters-17.205; 34. Jerry Caryer, 75c, Caryer-17.341; 35. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-17.360; 36. Scott Hull, 11, Cunningham-17.386; 37. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-18.077
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Christian, 3. Puterbaugh, 4. Gordon, 5. Tracy Hines (#51), 6. Huntley, 7. McClure, 8. Wolters, 9. Booe, 10. Peperak. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Davidson, 3. Flock, 4. Stinson, 5. Rose, 6. Stanbrough, 7. McCord, 8. Caryer. 2:20.25
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Elliott, 3. Billings, 4. Yeley, 5. Mosley, 6. Hewitt, 7. Stanbrough, 8. Stewart, 9. A. Thomas. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K. Thomas, 2. Hayden, 3. Kalitta, 4. Cox, 5. Pletch, 6. Hull, 7. Surniak, 8. Faas, 9. Reed. 2:19.52
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Rose, 2. Hewitt, 3. Huntley, 4. Hines, 5. McClure, 6. Mosley, 7. Pletch, 8. Stanbrough, 9. Faas, 10. McCord, 11. Caryer, 12. Wolters, 13. Booe, 14. A. Thomas, 15. Hull. 3:38.79
FEATURE: (30 laps - Held Sept. 20) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Derek Davidson, 6. Kevin Thomas, 7. Brian Tyler, 8. Kevin Huntley, 9. Doug Kalitta, 10. Bill Rose, 11. Brian Hayden, 12. Terry Pletch, 13. Robby Flock, 14. Jimmy Stinson, 15. J.J. Yeley, 16. Tim Cox, 17. Kent Christian, 18. Tony Elliott, 19. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 20. Jon Stanbrough, 21. Eric Gordon, 22. Dean Billings, 23. Rusty McClure, 24. Aaron Mosley. 9:27.21
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**Stewart flipped during the third heat. Reed flipped during the fourth heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Doty, Laps 23-30 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,853; 2-Davidson-1,547; 3-Thomas-1,539; 4-Cox-1,246; 5-McCord-1,213; 6-Yeley-1,181; 7-Puterbaugh-1,153; 8-Dave Darland-1,106; 9-Dave Steele-1,091; 10-Gus Wasson-927.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: October 3-4 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - “Terre Haute Nationals”
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 3-4, 1997 - Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - “Terre Haute Nationals”
QUALIFYING: 1. Derek Davidson, 17b, B & A-21.848; 2. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 16, Puterbaugh-22.065; 3. Bill Rose, 6, Rose/Mead/Clearwaters-22.177; 4. Brian Hayden, 263, BWB-22.196; 5. Greg Stephens, 7s, Jones-22.275; 6 Jeff O’Banion, 21x, O’Banion-22.341; 7. Kevin Thomas, 17, Newkirk-22.416; 8. Jack Hewitt, 63, Hampshire-22.416; 9. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-22.480; 10. Brian Gerster, 77x, Law-22.483; 11. Eric Gordon, 34, Baker-22.487; 12. J.J. Yeley, 51T, Holt-22.545; 13. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-22.595; 14. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-22.602; 15. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance-22.655; 16. Tim Montgomery, 01, Montgomery-22.684; 17. Tracy Hines, 51, Holt-22.795; 18. Tim Cox, 21, Cox-22.896; 19. Dave Peperak, 177, Turbines-22.947; 20. Gary Blum, 8, Blum-22.991; 21. Kent Christian, 26x, BWB-23.008; 22. Bryan Ruble, 38, Ruble-23.068; 23. Brian Tyler, 4c, Contos-23.084; 24. Kevin Miller, 21m, Miller-23.177; 25. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-23.202; 26. Troy Link, 49, Link-23.213; 27. Justin Marvel, 2m, Marvel-23.219; 28. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-23.272; 29. Marlon Jones, D1, Jones-23.278; 30. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-23.285; 31. George Wilkins, 37, Wilkins-23.341; 32. Brad Fox, 53, Fox-23.385; 33. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-23.429; 34. Jason McCord, 95, House-23.434; 35. Eric Burns, 3x, Booe-23.470; 26. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-23.575; 37. Wil Newlin, 71, Newlin-23.594; 38. Brett Pool, 9, Pool-23.669; 39. Bruce Sims, 15s, Sims-23.685; 40. Terry Babb, 42, Babb-23.690; 41. Roger Chaudion, 15c, Chaudion-23.782; 42. Rick Hayden, 5H, Hayden-23.842; 43. Leonard Lee, 16L, Lee-24.053; 44. Brian Black, 98, Blackhawk-24.423; 45. Kenny Carmichael, 9x, Carmichael-24.768; 46. Shawn Krockenberger, 4k, Krockenberger-24.851; 47. Richard Booe, 73x, Booe-25.361; 48. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-NT; 49. Hud Cone, 14c, Cone-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Adams, 2. Burns, 3. Carmichael, 4. McCord, 5. Newlin, 6. A. Thomas, 7. R. Hayden, 8. Sims, 9. Black, 10. R. Booe, 11. Pool, 12. Krockenberger. 2:27.34
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Davidson, 2. Darland, 3. Hines, 4. Doty, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Jones, 7. Stephens, 8. Adams, 9. Christian. 3:07.73
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Pletch, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Cox, 4. Rice, 5. O’Banion, 6. Ruble, 7. Burns, 8. Link, 9. Gerster. NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. K. Thomas, 2. Tyler, 3. Elliott, 4. Marvel, 5. Rose, 6. Gordon, 7. Carmichael, 8. Wilkins, 9. Peperak. NT.
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. B. Hayden, 2. Yeley, 3. Hewitt, 4. Fox, 5. Montgomery, 6. McCord, 7. M. Booe, 8. Blum, 9. Miller. NT
BOWEN OLDS DASH FOR CASH: (6 laps) 1. B. Hayden, 2. Rose, 3. Davidson, 4. Stephens, 5. Puterbaugh. 2:20.16
TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps - Held Oct. 4) 1. Stephens, 2. Rose, 3. Gordon, 4. Montgomery, 5. Peperak, 6. Blum, 7. Christian, 8. O’Banion, 9. Burns, 10. Stanbrough, 11. McCord, 12. Ruble, 13. Jones, 14. M. Booe, 15. Wilkins, 16. Carmichael, 17. Cone, 18. R. Hayden. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps - Held Oct. 4) 1. Jack Hewitt, 2. Kevin Thomas, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Brian Hayden, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7. Derek Davidson, 8. Kevin Doty, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Brian Tyler, 11. Tim Montgomery, 12. Kent Christian, 13. Tony Elliott, 14. Eric Gordon, 15. Brad Fox, 16. Dave Peperak, 17. Tim Cox, 18. Robbie Rice, 19. Gary Blum, 20. Jeff O’Banion, 21. Greg Stephens, 22. Justin Marvel, 23. Bill Rose, 24. Terry Pletch. NT
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**Gerster flipped during the second heat. Pletch flipped on the second lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hewitt, Laps 2-28 K. Thomas, Laps 29-40 Hewitt.
NEW SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-Tyler-1,906; 2-K.Thomas-1,617; 3-Davidson-1,616; 4-Cox-1,284; 5-Yeley-1,272; 6-McCord-1,234; 7-Puterbaugh-1,223; 8-Darland-1,174; 9-Dave Steele-1,091; 10-Hewitt-990.
NEXT SPRINT CAR RACE: October 26 - Winchester (IN) Speedway
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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: October 26, 1997 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway - PayLess Super Markets “Sammy Sessions Memorial”
RACES CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN
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FINAL SPRINT CAR POINTS: Brian Tyler-1,906; 2-Kevin Thomas-1,617; 3-Derek Davidson-1,616; 4-Tim Cox-1,284; 5-J.J. Yeley-1,272; 6-Jason McCord-1,234; 7-Billy Puterbaugh, Jr.-1,223; 8-Dave Darland-1,174; 9-Dave Steele-1,091; 10-Jack Hewitt-990.
1997 USAC National Sprint Car Driver Points
POS. PTS. DRIVER
1 1906 Brian Tyler, Parma, Mich.
2 1617 Kevin Thomas, Danville, Ind.
3 1616 Derek Davidson, Lafayette, Ind.
4 1284 Tim Cox, Park City, Ill.
5 1272 J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Ariz. (R)
6 1234 Jason McCord, Anderson, Ind.
7 1223 Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.
8 1174 Dave Darland, Lincoln, Ind.
9 1091 Dave Steele, Tampa, Fla.
10 990 Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio
11 927 Gus Wasson, Bloomdale, Ohio
12 909 Brian Gerster, Indianapolis, Ind.
13 875 Tony Elliott, Kokomo, Ind.
14 868 Joey Kerr, Sayler Park, Ohio
15 863 Jon Stanbrough, Danville, Ind.
16 836 Chet Fillip, San Angelo, Texas
17 771 Bill Rose, Plainfield, Ind.
18 753 Kent Christian, Plainfield, Ind.
19 688 Mark Cassella, Weirton, W.Va.
20 633 Doug Kalitta, Ann Arbor, Mich.
21 588 Robbie Rice, Brownsburg, Ind.
22 527 Andy Michner, Grass Lake, Mich.
23 525 Brad Armstrong, New Palestine, Ind.
24 451 Cory Kruseman, Ventura, Calif.
25 450 Pat Abold, Pennellville, N.Y.
26 446 Dave Peperak, Clinton, Ind.
27 388 Rusty McClure, Ashland, Ohio
28 308 Cary Faas, Yorba Linda, Calif.
29 289 Jeff O'Banion, Hurst, Texas
30 285 Richard Griffin, Silver City, N.M.
31 275 Greg Stephens, Kokomo, Ind.
32 230 Terry Pletch, Frankfort, Ind.
33 197 Terry Babb, Decatur, Ill.
34 194 Nick Adams, Indianapolis, Ind.
35 183 Dean Billings, Greenfield, Wis.
36 163 Justin Marvel, Brownsburg, Ind.
37 158 Brad Fox, Indianapolis, Ind.
38 149 George Wilkins, Indianapolis, Ind.
39 143 Steve Surniak, Carlisle, Pa.
40 141 Steve Anderson, Indianapolis, Ind.
41 103 Sheldon Kinser, Jr., Kirklin, Ind.
42 100 Jason Robbins, Pittsboro, Ind.
43 92 Rick Beaver, Noblesville, Ind.
44 78 Jimmy McCune, Toledo, Ohio
45 77 Bryan Ruble, Petersburg, Ind.
46 67 Al Thomas, Ludlow, Ill.
47 66 Kent Wolters, Tipp City, Ohio
48 62 Kevin Miller, Crawfordsville, Ind.
49 56 Tim Clark, Troy, Ohio
50 45 Ryan Newman, South Bend, Ind.
51 44 Ron Koehler, South Bend, Ind.
52 44 Bill Tyler, Parma, Mich.
53 44 Matt Booe, Clay City, Ind.
54 37 Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio
55 34 Roger Chaudion, Kirklin, Ind.
56 34 Johnny Parsons, Indianapolis, Ind.
57 19 Brett Pool, Crawfordsville, Ind.
58 17 Kenneth Nichols, Odon, Ind.
59 16 Roy Caruthers, Indianapolis, Ind.
60 15 Tony Stewart, Rushville, Ind.
61 14 Kurt Hawkins, Kokomo, Ind.
62 10 Brandon Petty, Alexandria, Ind.
63 5 Bobby Smith, Martinsville, Ind.
64 1 Jim Mills, Marshall, Ill.
1997 USAC National Sprint Car Entrant Points
POS. PTS. ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION
1 2132 Dynamics, Inc., Milford, Ohio (#69)
2 1906 Contos Racing, Anderson, Ind. (#4c)
3 1761 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2)
4 1616 David Bayless, Brownsburg, Ind. (#17B)
5 1240 Bill Puterbaugh, Brownsburg, Ind. (#16)
6 1234 Tray House, Middletown, Ind. (#95)
7 1186 Applebee & Wise, Quincy, Ind. (#3)
8 1007 J.J. Yeley, Phoenix, Ariz. (#4J)
9 992 Savoy Products, Northfield, Ohio (#96)
10 886 Bob Hampshire, Findlay, Ohio (#63)
11 842 John Davis, Indianapolis, Ind. (#15)
12 830 Boles Chevrolet, Pendleton, Ind. (#19)
13 830 Chris Hoiles Motorsports, Bloomdale, Ohio (#23)
14 826 Greg Staab, Cincinnati, Ohio (#44)
15 809 Advanced Racing Suspensions, Indianapolis, Ind. (#77)
16 753 BWB Racing, Terre Haute, Ind. (#26x)
17 742 Jack Gardner, Orange, Calif. (#96x)
18 701 Steve Chrisman Racing, Edinburgh, Ind. (#25)
19 693 Tim Cox, Park City, Ill. (#40)
20 687 Dick Newkirk, Bloomington, Ind. (#17)
21 633 Kalitta Flying Service, Ypsilanti, Mich. (#22K)
22 542 Rose/Mead/Clearwaters Racing, Kokomo, Ind. (#6)
23 514 Howard Armstrong, New Palestine, Ind. (#99)
24 488 Hazen/CED Motorsports, Columbia City, Ind. (#57)
25 446 Turbines, Inc., Terre Haute, Ind. (#177)
26 443 Roger Law, Commiskey, Ind. (#77x)
27 337 Holt Muffler, Carmel, Ind. (#51)
28 333 John Baker, Brownsburg, Ind. (#34)
29 313 Stapp Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#4u)
30 185 Larry Roudebush, Noblesville, Ind. (#9x)
31 183 Michael Watson, Madison, Wis. (#96B)
32 145 Matt Booe, Clay City, Ind. (#73)
33 143 Joe Surniak, Carlisle, Pa. (#1ST)
34 141 Sheila Anderson, Indianapolis, Ind. (#7A)
35 97 Johnny Vance Racing Team, Dayton, Ohio (#2v)
36 67 Al Thomas, Ludlow, Ill. (#72)
37 66 Kent Wolters, Tipp City, Ohio (#12)
38 56 Tim Clark, West Milton, Ohio (#11)
39 46 Boles Chevrolet, Pendleton, Ind. (#20)
40 44 Ron Koehler, South Bend, Ind. (#10)
41 37 Gene Lee Gibson, Richwood, Ohio (#0)
42 33 Roger Chaudion, Kirklin, Ind. (#15c)
43 27 Standards Testing Labs, Massillon, Ohio (#28)
44 19 Dan Pool, Crawfordsville, Ind. (#9)
45 14 Kurt Hawkins, Kokomo, Ind. (#03)
46 5 Epperson Painting, Indianapolis, Ind. (#8)
47 1 Turbines, Inc., Terre Haute, Ind. (#45)