Eldora Sprints 2000-04-29

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: April 29, 2000 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway - Stoops "Border Wars VI"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-15.232; 2. Jonathan Vennard, 54, Vennard-15.618; 3. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.668; 4. Derek Davidson, 9R, Roudebush-15.671; 5. Tony Elliott, 66, Walker/Lamers-15.733; 6. Brandon Petty, 30, Petty-15.824; 7. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT Racing-15.844; 8. Levi Jones, 2J, Jones-15.862; 9. Tracy Hines, 62, BWB-16.040; 10. Jon Stanbrough, 57H, Hazen-16.045; 11. Brian Tyler, 17, Newkirk-16.056; 12. Rusty McClure, 77, Law-16.059; 13. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Puterbaugh-16.130; 14. Justin Marvel, 47, Davis/Marvel-16.139; 15. Kevin Miller, 21, Miller-16.141; 16. Terry Pletch, 29, Pletch-16.264; 17. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-16.385; 18. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-16.386; 19. Kevin Thomas, 3B, Booe-16.401; 20. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-16.450; 21. Ande Possman, 12, Ulrick-16.472; 22. Eric Gordon, 3ac, DeSalle-16.485; 23. Bud Kaeding, 129, BK Racing-16.500; 24. Jim Mills, 45, Turbines-16.607; 25. Dickie Gaines, 11, Gaines-16.676; 26. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-16.687; 27. Mike Miller, 82, Miller-16.827; 28. Bobby Smith, 8, Epperson-16.952; 29. Chris Simon, 24c, Cross-Eyed-16.971; 30. A.J. Anderson, 320, Kissel-17.112; 31. Tim Clark, 9, Frazier-17.177; 32. Mike Brecht, 87, Seeling-17.221; 33. Dwayne Spille, 71, Spille-18.340; 34. Bryon Walters, 7w, Walters-NT; 35. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Drake, 3. C.Smith, 4. Gaines, 5. Elliott, 6. Simon, 7. Puterbaugh, 8. Spille, 9. Possman. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gordon, 2. Marvel, 3. D.Smith, 4. Doty, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Vennard, 7. Petty, 8. Anderson. 2:15.77

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Yeley, 3. K.Thomas, 4. K.Miller, 5. Kaeding, 6. M.Miller, 7. Clark, 8. Tyler. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Davidson, 3. B.Smith, 4. Jones, 5. Brecht, 6. McClure, 7. Mills, 8. Pletch. NT

TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Vennard, 3. Stanbrough, 4. Tyler, 5. Petty, 6. Kaeding, 7. Puterbaugh, 8. Brecht, 9. Simon, 10. Possman, 11. Spille. 3:31.62

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Derek Davidson, 4. Brian Tyler, 5. Jay Drake, 6. Jonathan Vennard, 7. Jack hewitt, 8. Eric Gordon, 9. J.J. Yeley, 10. Justin Marvel, 11. Brandon Petty, 12. Bud Kaeding, 13. Dickie Gaines, 14. Levi Jones, 15. Kevin Thomas, 16. Jon Stanbrough, 17. Kevin Miller, 18. Kevin Doty, 19. Dustin Smith, 20. Bobby Smith, 21. Corey Smith, 22. Tracy Hines. NT

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**Shively flipped during practice. Clark flipped during the third heat. Mills flipped during the fourth heat. Pletch & McClure flipped during the fourth heat. McClure was transported to Coldwater (Ohio) Hospital and then flown by helicopter to Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio for treatment of multiple fractures and head trauma.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Elliott, Laps 2-12 Darland, Laps 13-26 Drake, Laps 27-30 Darland.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Davidson-170; 2-Elliott-155; 3-Darland-152; 4-Gordon-142; 5-Yeley-137; 6-Drake-130; 7-Hewitt-121; 8-Kaeding-105; 9-Hines-97; 10-Vennard-93.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR RACE: April 30 - Winchester Speedway - Winchester, IN - Stoops "Border Wars VI"