NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 Fact Sheet and Entries
1 August 1997
1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Race Facts WHAT: Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 WHERE: Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC, 0.500 paved oval WHEN: Saturday night, August 2, 1997, 8:00 p.m. DISTANCE: 200 laps (100 miles) POSTED AWARDS: $43,800 TV/RADIO: None FIELD: 34 cars. Starting positions 1-30 will be determined by time trials (2 laps). Positions 31-34 will be available to any of the top 30 eligible drivers in the current 1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Championship point standings, who have entered the event, but have not qualified for one of the original 30 starting positions. If a starting position(s) remains unfilled, then that starting position(s) will become available to the next eligible car from the qualifying procedure for the event. SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR) PROMOTER: Greenville Auto Racing, Inc. CONTACTS: Jim Noltimier, NASCAR, (770) 486-3591 Chip Gray, Greenville-Pickens Speedway, (864) 244-0597 SCHEDULE: Team Hauler Parking 9:00 a.m. Registration & Inspection 10:00 a.m. Practice 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Mandatory Drivers' Meeting 4:15 p.m. Time Trials (2 laps) 6:00 p.m. Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 8:00 p.m. approx. THE RACE: The Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 is the 13th of 20 races on the 1997 series schedule. Consisting of 200 laps, the event is the second Slim Jim All Pro Series event to be held at Greenville-Pickens Speedway this year. RECORDS: Track Qual. Record: Rick Crawford, Mobile, AL, Ford, 19.325 secs., (93.144 mph), (8/5/95) Fastest Avg. Speed: (200 lap) Mike Cope, Pinellas Park, FL, Oldsmobile, 1 hr., 20 mins., 57 secs., 74.11 mph, 8/7/93 1996 REVIEW: In one of his seven starts in 1996, 1995 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Champion Hal Goodson picked up his only win in '96. Greenville's Toby Porter was second over eventual '96 Champion Mike Cope and Scott Sutherland and Shane Hall rounded out the top five. NOTES OF INTEREST: ? 38 cars have pre-entered this 200 lap event which carries a maximum starting field of 34 racers. ? Previous winners of NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series events at Greenville-Pickens Speedway include Mike Garvey, Gary Balough, Jason Keller, Donnie Bishop, Jody Ridley (2 wins), Mike Cope (3 wins), Shane Hall, Toby Porter, Hal Goodson and Dick Anderson.a who's who of short track aces. ? There will be no repeat winner in 1997 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway. Dick Anderson, subbing for his son Wayne who was competing in a NASCAR Busch North Series event in Loudon, NH, will turn the wheel of the Porter Cable Power Tools Chevrolet back over to his son. The elder Anderson blistered the field in the spring event. STAT OF THE WEEK: MEDIA SERVICES: NASCAR Online, NASCAR's Official Internet Site on the World Wide Web can be accessed at http://www.nascar.com and offers up to the minute information on the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series and all of NASCAR's racing divisions. The NASCAR MEDIAFAX SERVICE is a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week, fax-on demand system offering results, statistics, press releases, qualifying and race reports and other information. The number to call is 201/302-RACE (media use only). HEADQUARTER MOTEL: Comfort Inn, 1804 Highway 123 South, Easley, SC 29640, Contact: Steve Alexander, Sandy Boggs, (864) 859-7520, 40 Rooms, Single or Double, $38.00 To get to Greenville-Pickens Speedway take I-85 to Exit 44, then north on Highway 25 to Highway 123 South. Then south on Highway 123 to Fairgrounds, or three miles north of headquarter motel on Highway 123. Expected Entries - Greenville-Pickens Speedway - Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 - August 9, 1997 No Driver Car ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 02 A.J. Alsup Pontiac Grand Prix 03 Ken Alexander, Central, SC Greased Lightning Cleaner Degreaser Chevrolet Monte Carlo 09 #Randy Gentry, Greenville, SC United Coatings/Quality Lift Chevrolet Monte Carlo 0 Steven Christian, Sugar Hill, GA BellSouth Chevrolet Monte Carlo 2 Steve Allison, Snellville, GA AucNet/Trammell Truck Sales/Oakbrook Homes Chevrolet 4 Ron Young, Conyers, GA Kendall Motor Oil/Hero's Hand Cleaner Monte Carlo 6 #Billy Deckman, Kansas City,MO Owens Corning Ford Thunderbird 14 Larry Raines, Cumming, GA JaniKing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 15 Carl Long, Roxboro, NC Austin Cracker Sandwiches Chevrolet Monte Carlo 16 Hal Goodson, Darlington, SC Greased Lightning Cleaner Degreaser Chevrolet Monte Carlo 17 George Ingole, Lakeland, FL Freezer Radiator Cooling Agent Chevrolet Monte Carlo 18 Joe Frasson, Spartanburg, SC Southern Insurance Agency Chevrolet Monte Carlo 19 #Steven Howard, Greer, SC Bobby Wood Chevrolet/A&R Auto Parts Chevrolet Monte Carlo 20 #David Reutimann, Zephyr Hills, FL Jiffy Lube Chevrolet Monte Carlo 21 #Steve Mendenhall, Raleigh, NC CR Racing Chevrolet Monte Carlo 24 Mike Harmon, Birmingport, AL Lonesome Pine Timber Company Chevrolet Monte Carlo 25 Wayne Anderson, Wildwood, FL Porter Cable Power Tools Chevrolet Monte Carlo 26 Keith White, Higginsville, MO Bayer Agricultural/Advantage Flea Adulticide/Perf. Corner Chevy 27 Derrick Gilchrist, Raleigh, NC Fairfield Inns/Tarheel Wood Treating Chev. Monte Carlo 28 Billy Bigley, Jr., Naples, FL Budweiser/Royal Purple/Bilstein Shocks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 30 Jeff Fultz, Milford, OH King Motorsports Chevrolet Monte Carlo 33 Conrad Burr, Concord, NC Southeastern Ind'l Plating/Burr Construction Chevrolet Monte Carlo 36 Rick Roller, Sharpsburg, GA Roller Racing Pontiac Grand Prix 38 John Crow, Concord, NC C&C Boilers/Cleaver Brooks Chevrolet Monte Carlo 40 Pete Silva, Arden, GA, Acord & Son Auctioneers Chevrolet Monte Carlo 43 #Bobby Hamilton, Jr., Mt. Juliet, TN Coastal Power Clean Pontiac Grand Prix 45 Scott Kilby Statesville, NC Arndt & Herman Windows Pontiac Grand Prix 48 Brett Oakley Middletown, OH Mar-Flex Waterproofing Systems Chevrolet Monte Carlo 72 #Dennis Southerlin, Greenville, SC Jimmy's Family Restaurant Chevrolet Monte Carlo 74 Nipper Alsup Huntersville, NC Lift Services Wire Rope Specialties Chevrolet Monte Carlo 79 #Spanks Overbeck, Cincinnati, OH Courtesy Chevrolet/Aramark Uniforms Chevrolet Monte Carlo 86 Hank Parker, Jr., Denver, NC Delco Voyager Batteries/Duragloss/NGK Chevrolet Monte Carlo 87 Kevin Prince,Wilmington, NC Mega Power Chevrolet Monte Carlo 88 David Owens Pontiac Grand Prix 91 #Kevin Horton, Suwanee, GA Wattyl Paints/Magbee Contractors Supply Chevrolet Monte Carlo 94 Collins, Charles, Arden, NC IMOCO Contractors Chevrolet Monte Carlo 96 Dan Matthews, Raleigh, NC Lacy Buffaloe Construction/John Boy & Billy Big Show Chevrolet 98 #Sean Studer, Concord, NC Old El Paso Mexican Style Foods/Bi-Lo Chevrolet Monte Carlo Total - 38 # signifies Port City Racing Rookie of the Year Candidate. For additional information contact NASCAR Public Relations at (770) 486-3591. 7/31/97 jn Point Standings after 12 Events - Last Race Date - 7/26/97 Pos Driver Points Starts Poles Wins Top 5 Top 10 Earnings 1 Jeff Fultz 1779 12 1 1 7 10 $44,375 2 Hal Goodson 1702 12 0 1 6 8 33,985 3 Ron Young 1642 12 0 1 6 7 35,770 4 #David Reutimann 1628 12 0 0 3 6 25,050 5 Nipper Alsup 1603 12 1 1 2 7 25,205 6 Mike Harmon 1558 12 0 0 5 6 25,385 7 Hank Parker, Jr. 1537 12 2 0 3 6 23,365 8 Steven Christian 1512 12 2 1 5 7 37,865 9 Derrick Gilchrist 1475 12 1 0 3 4 20,390 10 Wayne Anderson 1419 11 0 3 3 5 35,325 11 #Carl Long 1407 11 0 1 2 5 28,925 12 Scott Sutherland 1321 11 0 1 1 2 21,615 13 Steven Howard 1284 10 0 0 0 2 11,310 14 Dan Matthews 1279 11 0 0 1 3 14,515 15 Larry Raines 1267 9 0 0 0 6 9,775 16 Keith White 1261 11 0 0 0 2 13,475 17 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 1239 11 0 0 0 3 12,080 18 Conrad Burr 1173 9 0 0 1 3 13,225 19 Sean Studer 1143 11 0 0 0 0 7,480 20 Kevin Horton 1104 10 0 0 0 0 8,820 21 John Crow 1025 10 1 0 0 1 7,560 22 Steve Mendenhall 1024 9 0 0 1 1 9,800 23 Ken Alexander 954 10 0 0 0 0 8,135 24 Billy Deckman 936 5 0 0 0 1 5,220 25 Spanks Overbeck 840 6 0 0 0 0 3,735 26 Steve Allison 800 7 0 0 0 2 5,355 27 Randy Gentry 795 5 0 0 1 1 3,880 28 George Ingole 649 5 0 0 0 0 3,925 29 Sean Monroe 590 5 0 0 0 0 5,450 30 John Covan 487 4 0 0 0 0 1,835 31 Bobby Hamilton, Sr. 437 3 1 0 1 2 5,200 32 Ricky Sanders 435 4 0 0 0 0 1,705 33 Billy Bigley, Jr. 389 3 0 0 0 1 3,730 34 Josh Clemons 379 4 0 0 0 0 1,905 35 Randy Ruhlman 365 2 0 0 0 0 2,025 36 Shawn Hendricks 349 3 0 0 1 1 3,460 37 Scot Walters 337 3 0 0 1 1 8,540 38 Chad Nolting 328 3 0 0 0 1 2,650 39 Steve Smith 323 1 0 0 0 0 700 40 Scott Kilby 319 2 0 0 0 0 1,300 41 Freddie Query 318 3 0 0 1 1 1,960 42 Clark Ninneman 313 2 0 0 0 0 820 43 Gary McCoy 307 2 0 0 1 1 1,945 44 Keith Gardner 292 2 0 0 0 2 2,450 45 Kevin Prince 289 2 0 0 0 0 1,825 46 Bobby Gill 286 2 0 0 1 1 3,625 47 Brett Oakley 282 1 0 0 0 0 445 48 John Metcalf 277 2 0 0 1 1 3,850 49 Joe Williamson 272 2 0 0 0 2 1,925 50 Dennis Southerlin 246 1 0 0 0 0 475 51 Rick Roller 243 2 0 0 0 0 1,050 52 Carl Hedin, Jr. 217 1 0 0 0 0 400 53 Mike Cope 202 1 1 0 0 1 2,900 54 Bill Baird 197 2 0 0 0 0 1,275 55 Jason McDowell 189 1 0 0 0 0 400 56 Mike Garvey 180 1 1 1 1 1 9,675 57 Dick Anderson 180 1 0 1 1 1 7,875 58 Charles Powell, III 173 2 0 0 0 0 960 59 Terry Harris 170 1 0 0 0 0 950 60 Skip Pannell 155 1 0 0 1 1 1,825 61 Jeep Pflum 155 1 0 0 0 0 625 62 Tony Toste 150 1 0 0 0 1 3,000 63 Jeff Klem 150 1 0 0 0 1 1,600 64 M.K. Kanke 138 1 0 0 0 1 2,350 65 Benny Gordon 135 0 0 0 0 0 0 66 John Jones 130 1 0 0 0 0 650 67 Rick Miller 127 1 0 0 0 0 1,300 68 Joe Frasson 123 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 Tracy Goodson 118 1 0 0 0 0 550 70 Mark Wilson 118 1 0 0 0 0 1,950 71 Monte English 115 1 0 0 0 0 2,566 72 Brian Smith 115 1 0 0 0 0 500 73 Todd Breedlove 112 1 0 0 0 0 490 74 Greg Biffle 109 1 0 0 0 0 2,466 75 Brad Correll 106 1 0 0 0 0 470 76 Steve Cook 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 77 Ken Weaver 104 0 0 0 0 0 0 78 Ricky Turner 103 1 0 0 0 0 460 79 Lennie LeGrande 103 1 0 0 0 0 425 80 Jerry Russell 101 1 0 0 0 0 445 81 Robert Powell 98 1 0 0 0 0 410 82 Kenny Shepherd 94 1 0 0 0 0 1,600 83 Kevin Bryant 92 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 Bob Lyon 91 1 0 0 0 0 1,575 85 Davy Lee Liniger 88 1 0 0 0 0 1,575 86 Ray Skillman 88 1 0 0 0 0 400 87 Charles Collins 86 0 0 0 0 0 0 88 Jim Inglebright 85 1 0 0 0 0 1,575 89 Ron Hornaday, Jr. 82 1 0 0 0 0 575 90 Randy Holt 82 1 0 0 0 0 400 91 Bill Holt 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 92 Danny Barrett 80 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 Chuck Winders 79 1 0 0 0 0 445 94 Rich Bickle 79 1 0 0 0 0 700 95 Robert Burroughs 73 1 0 0 0 0 650 96 Ken Bailey 73 1 0 0 0 0 2,241 97 Joe Walsh 70 1 0 0 0 0 475 98 Mark Reed 70 1 0 0 0 0 1,575 99 Brian Ball 70 1 0 0 0 0 600 100 John Cadman 67 1 0 0 0 0 575 101 Derrick Kelley 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 Roland Isascs 64 1 0 0 0 0 445 103 Casey Atwood 64 1 0 0 0 0 600 104 Junior Blankenship 61 1 0 0 0 0 445 105 Jerry Awbrey 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 106 Steven Allison 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 107 Mike Franklin 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 108 Rick Carelli 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 109 Brian Weeks 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 110 Tim Bolton 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 111 Doug Walker 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 112 Jimmy Garmon 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 Debris Brown 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 114 Ron Shephard 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 1997 NASCAR SLIM JIM ALL PRO SERIES SCHEDULE DATE EVENT/LOCATION DISTANCE March 16 Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL (1.5 m.) 75 miles Napa Auto Parts Challenge presented by Champion Spark Plugs - Nipper Alsup April 12 St. Augustine Speedway, St. Augustine, FL (.500 mile) 200 laps Winn Dixie 200 - Jeff Fultz May 3 Southern National Speedway, Kenly, NC (.400 mile) 200 laps Austin 200 - Scott Sutherland May 10 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC (.500 mile) 200 laps Domino's Pizza 200 - Dick Anderson May 18 Salem Speedway, Salem, IN (.555 mile) 250 laps Owens Corning 250 - Ron Young May 23 I-70 Speedway, Odessa, MO (.543 mile) 250 laps Rick Hendrick 250 - Mike Garvey - ESPN2 Tape Delayed June 14 Myrtle Beach Speedway, Myrtle Beach, SC (.538 mile) 250 laps 7 Up/Slim Jim 250 - Wayne Anderson June 21 Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN (.533 mile) 200 laps Pep Boys 200 - Carl Long - ESPN2 - Same Day Tape Delayed, ESPN - Tape Delayed July 3 Lanier National Speedway, Gainesville, GA (.375 mile) 200 laps Budweiser 200 - Wayne Anderson July 5 Volusia County Speedway, Barberville, FL (.500 mile) 200 laps Volusia 200 - Wayne Anderson July 11 Louisville Motor Speedway, Louisville, KY (.438 mile) 300 laps Porter Cable Professional Power Tools 300 - Hal Goodson July 26 Heartland Park Topeka, Topeka, KS (2.1 mile road course) 100 miles Coca-Cola Shootout - Steven Christian - TNN Live August 2 Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC (.500 mile) 200 laps Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 August 9 Caraway Speedway, Asheboro, NC (.455 mile) 200 laps Arndt & Herman Windows/Slim Jim 200 August 30 Lanier National Speedway, Gainesville, GA (.375 mile) 200 laps Old El Paso presents the Kroger 200 September 13 Five Flags Speedway, Pensacola, FL (.500 mile) 200 laps Pensacola 200 (rained out on July 19) September 28 Winchester Speedway, Winchester, IN (.500 mile) 400 laps Winchester 400 October 4 Concord Motorsports Park, Concord, NC (.500 mile) 200 laps Concord 200 October 19 Nashville Speedway USA, Nashville, TN (.596 mile) 400 laps 17th Annual Manheim Auto Auctions All American 400 - TNN Same Day Tape Delayed November 8 Metro-Dade Homestead Motorsports Complex, Homestead, FL (1.5 m.) 150 miles Homestead 150 - WTBS Live TENTATIVE SCHEDULE - SUBJECT TO CHANGE - 7/31/97 For further information contact NASCAR Public Relations at (770) 486-3591. jn Christian Captures First '97 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series Win TOPEKA, KS - July 26, 1997 - The 1997 NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series season has been a case of feast or famine for Sugar Hill, GA's Steven Christian. When the checkered flag waved on the $93,100 Coca-Cola Shootout at Heartland Park Topeka, Christian was ready to feast on the spoils of victory as he bested a field of 31 other drivers for his first series win of '97. Earning a career high $12,175, in front of a live TNN television audience, Christian piloted his race car to a 46.55 second victory over series points leader Jeff Fultz. In a post race press conference Christian gave praise to his crew chief Sammy Shumate who made some critical strategic calls, "We stopped during the first caution to work on our shifter and then during the second caution we came in and got as much fuel into our BellSouth Chevrolet as we could. It was enough to allow us to run to the end of the race and we finally found victory lane in '97!" Commenting on his relative lack of road course experience Christian stated, "The first 30 laps of the race were almost a practice session, I was learning the track and honing my shifting points. We only made about half the race last year when we experienced rear end trouble." Busch Pole qualifying was conducted European style with four groups of 11 cars taking to the 2.1 mile road course, each attempting to secure a timed lap that would qualify them for the 32 car starting field. NASCAR Winston Cup Series star Bobby Hamilton captured his first career Busch Pole in NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series competition, and became the ninth different pole sitter in 12 series events, as he clicked off a lap of 86.369 seconds which equated to 87.531 mph. The event served as an invitational event for drivers from the NASCAR Featherlite Southwest and Reb-Co Northwest Tours with drivers from those respective series capturing the next four of five starting positions. Northwest Tour driver Greg Biffle earned the outside front row starting position while Fairfield, CA's Jim Inglebright qualified third in front of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series standout Ron Hornaday, Jr. The third row was made up of John Metcalf and M.K. Kanke, two more regulars on the Featherlite Southwest Tour. Only one lap had been completed when the first full course caution was displayed after the Wattyl Paints Chevrolet of Toronto, Ontario, Canada's John Cadman experienced engine problems and came to rest in a precarious position just off of the race course. When green flag racing resumed Hamilton took advantage of his top starting position and quickly moved back around Biffle after the Spokane, WA driver led the first lap. Hamilton paced the field until lap nine when Biffle once again displayed his road course prowess and regained the lead. The race's second and final caution period occurred on lap 12 when several cars got off the track at several locations as a result of oil on the racing surface. It was during this extended caution that Shumate made the call for Christian to pit, change tires and top off the fuel. It proved to be a winning choice as Shumate's strategy paid off for the BellSouth team. As other drivers pitted at later stages in the race Christian continued his climb to the top spot, eventually taking over on lap 35 and staying out front until the checkered flag waved. Milford, OH's Fultz led once for nine laps in his King Motorsports Chevrolet enroute to a second place finish in his first ever road race and Roxboro, NC's Carl Long drove his Austin Cracker Sandwiches Chevrolet to a third place finish. Rounding out the top five were polesitter Hamilton and Hank Parker, Jr., in Parker's first ever road course start as well. Rounding out the top 10 were Tony Toste, Ron Young, Sean Monroe, Kanke and Hal Goodson. With his second place finish Fultz extended his points lead to 77 over Goodson while Young displaced David Reutimann for the third spot with Reutimann dropping to fourth. Nipper Alsup maintained the fifth spot in the Slim Jim All Pro Series point standings. With his win Christian moved from ninth to eighth in the annual points dash. Long's weekend proved to be very successful as he was the top qualifying Slim Jim All Pro Series regular, then, by virtue of his third place finish, earned the Port City Racing Rookie of the Race honors for the third time this year. Reutimann, who earned Rookie of the Race Runner-Up honors, now leads Long by 32 points in the season long rookie battle. Shumate picked up $300 as his crack decisions propelled his driver to victory lane and earned himself the Jasper Engines and Transmissions Crew Chief Challenge Award. Shumate now trails the triumvirate of Michael Williams, Larry Rapp and Jimmy King who guide the team efforts for Wayne Anderson, Young and Fultz respectively. Shumate is just four points behind the trio. The next event for the NASCAR Slim Jim All Pro Series will take place at Greenville-Pickens Speedway in Greenville, SC. The Bi-Lo Bonuscard 200 is scheduled for Saturday night, August 2. -30- For further information contact NASCAR Public Relations at (770) 486-3591.