Earl's fast qualifier 2004-08-02

8 Different Leaders in Earl's Fq Standings

Dave Steele, Levi Jones, Josh Wise, Tony Hunt, Jerome Rodela, Chris Rahe, Chase Scott and Rex Norris III are the leaders in the 2004 Earl's Plumbing fast qualifier standings as USAC participants reach the month of August.

Garrett Hansen and Johnny Rodriguez posted fast qualifying honors in last week's USAC National/Western Midget competition in America's heartland.

Earl's points this week will be up for grabs in races at Indianapolis Raceway Park (Silver Crown), Rossburg, Ohio (National Sprint), the Blossom Chevrolet Indianapolis Speedrome (National Midget), Madera, Calif. (Western Sprints), plus Ford Focus races at Hawkeye Downs in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, South Boston, Va., Madera, Calif. and Sun Prairie, Wisc.

Points are traditionally awarded at each USAC event based on an international system awarding the top-six qualifiers with points in the following scale: 1st-9, 2nd-6, 3rd-4, 4th-3, 5th-2, 6th-1.

Each USAC National, Western and Ford Focus Midget Car Earl's Plumbing FQ Champion will be honored at USAC's Champions Night ceremony in Indianapolis in December. The National and Western FQ champs will receive $5,000 each, while the Ford Focus FQ champs will each receive $1,500.

2004 Standings:

Weld Racing Silver Crown:
1-Dave Steele-31
2-Dane Carter-22
3-Bobby East-13
4-Jerry Coons, Jr.-12
5-Levi Jones-11.

Valvoline National Sprint Car:
1-Levi Jones-42
2-Josh Wise-36
3-Dave Steele-33
4-Jay Drake & Jason McCord-27.

National Midget Car:
1-Josh Wise-48
2-Bobby East-44
3-Dave Steele-34
4-Dave Darland & J.J. Yeley-28.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car:
1-Tony Hunt-48
2-Michael Lewis-35
3-Brian McClish-19
4-Greg Taylor-18
5-Chad Nichols-13.

Western Midget Car:
1-Jerome Rodela-77
2-Garrett Hansen-61
3-Steve Paden-42
4-Johnny Rodriguez-39
5-Josh Wise & Michael Lewis-17.

California Ford Focus:
1-Chris Rahe-78
2-Josh Lakatos-59
3-Bradley Galedrige-46
4-Bobby Michnowicz-26; 5-Nick Morago-24.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus:
1-Chase Scott-43
2-Sam Beam-25
3-Danny Bopp-17
4-Kevin Conway & Mike Ward-16.

Midwest Ford Focus:
1- Rex Norris III-49
2-Tate Martz-42
3-Jordan Noblitt-33
4-Ronnie Wuerdeman-27
5-Trenton Darland-24.

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