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USAC Sprint Race Results from Terre Haute

16 August 1998

STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: August 14, 1998 -- Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - Wabash Valley Homes "Jim Hurtubise Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 2J, Yeley-20.766; 2. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-20.818; 3. Jay Drake, 21, Booe-21.003; 4. Rusty McClure, 77x, Law-21.006; 5. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance/Walker-21.011; 6. Robbie Rice, 22R, Rice-21.168; 7. Aaron Mosley, 27, Mosley-21.197; 8. Kevin Thomas, 17, Newkirk-21.213; 9. Dave Steele, 2x, Vance/Walker-21.236; 10. John Heydenreich, 96, Savoy-21.288; 11. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-21.306; 12. Derek Davidson, 62, BWB-21.309; 13. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-21.317; 14. Jason McCord, 4c, Contos-21.373; 15. Brian Gerster, 34, Baker-21.391;16. Wil Newlin, 70, New Spirit-21.428; 17. Kevin Miller, 21m, Miller-21.453; 18. Kent Christian, 9R, Roudebush-21.477; 19. Tim Cox, 40, Cox/Foreman-21.515; 20. Al Woodall, 21x, Woodall-21.603; 21. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-21.627; 22. Justin Marvel, 47, Mills-21.634; 23. Mike Mann, 4x, Pletch-21.684; 24. Bobby Smith, 8, Smith-21.721; 25. Dave Feese, 83, Walker-21.850; 26. A.J. Anderson, 34x, Anderson-21.857; 27. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-21.911; 28. Ron Smoker, 21H, Hajduk-21.921; 29. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-21.956; 30. Tim Montgomery, 32, Montgomery-21.963; 31. Tracy Hines, 51, Holt-21.965; 32. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Puterbaugh-22.006; 33. Hud Cone, 14, Cone-22.012; 34. Matt Jewell, 18, Jewell-22.020; 35. Brian Hayden, 26, BWB-22.132; 36. Levi Jones, 2L, Jones-22.156; 37. Kenny Carmichael, 92, C & W-22.272; 38. Eric Burns, 10, Burns-22.284; 39. Nick Adams, 44N, Adams-22.325; 40. Rick Hayden, 5h, Hayden-22.669; 41. Troy Link, 49, Link-22.775; 42. Dave Peperak, 177, Mills-22.778; 43. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-22.784; 44. Jim Mills, 45, Mills-23.996; 45. Casey Shuman, 33, Booe-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Jewell, 2. Carmichael, 3. B.Hayden, 4. Jones, 5. Adams, 6. R.Hayden, 7. Link, 8. Booe, 9. Peperak, 10. Mills, 11. Burns. 2:14.76

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Montgomery, 3. Anderson, 4. Elliott, 5. Marvel, 6. Steele, 7. Rose, 8. Miller, 9. Jewell. 2:56.39

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Hines, 3. Christian, 4. Rice, 5. Stanbrough, 6. Heydenreich, 7. Mann, 8. McCord, 9. Carmichael. 2:55.82

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Puterbaugh, 3. Smoker, 4. Cox, 5. Drake, 6. B.Hayden, 7. Gerster, 8. Smith, 9. Mosley. 2:56.46

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Thomas, 3. Davidson, 4. Feese, 5. McClure, 6. Pletch, 7. Newlin, 8. Cone, 9. Jones. 2:57.77

TRUE VALUE SEMI: (12 laps) 1. McClure, 2. Rose, 3. Stanbrough, 4. McCord, 5. Miller, 6. B.Hayden, 7. Newlin, 8. Steele, 9. Mann, 10. Jewell, 11. Gerster, 12. Mosley, 13. Jones, 14. Heydenreich, 15. Cone, 16. Carmichael, 17. Smith, 18. Marvel. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Kevin Thomas, 4. Derek Davidson, 5. Rusty McClure, 6. Robbie Rice, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Jack Hewitt, 9. Tim Cox, 10. Kent Christian, 11. Tim Montgomery, 12. Jason McCord, 13. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 14. Ron Smoker, 15. A.J. Anderson, 16. J.J. Yeley, 17. Kevin Doty, 18. Bill Rose, 19. Brian Hayden, 20. Dave Feese, 21. Tracy Hines, 22. Kevin Miller. NT

**Woodall flipped over the guardrail in turn 1 during qualifying and was taken to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for a precautionary check. Drake flipped at the end of the third heat and was taken to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for a precautionary check. Steele flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Thomas, Laps 2-30 Elliott.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT POINTS: 1-Thomas-1,449; 2-Elliott-1,408; 3-Davidson-1,154; 4-Yeley-1,110; 5-Darland-1,038; 6-Cox-1,035; 7-Doty-992; 8-McCord-962; 9-Brian Tyler-902; 10-B.Hayden-859.

NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT RACE: August 15 - Putnamville, IN - Lincoln Park Speedway