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PEPSI 125 RACE FACTS AND NOTES -NNWS

Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring

Source — NASCAR Public Relations

Date Posted — August 26, 1999

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WHAT: PEPSI 125 - Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series Race No. 13

WHERE: South Sound Speedway, Tenino, Wash. - 0.333-Mile Paved Speedway

WHEN: Saturday, August 28, 1999 --7:30 p.m. PDT

DISTANCE: 125 Laps/41.625 Miles

POSTED AWARDS: $24,310

FIELD: 22 cars possible. Fastest 18 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions available to the top 20 drivers based on current 1999 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series point standings and two starting positions from the top two finishers in the non-qualifiers race.

1999 RAYBESTOS BRAKES NORTHWEST SERIES RACE FACTS & NOTES OF INTEREST

SCHEDULE:
Saturday. August 28
12:00 noon Registration and inspection
2:00 p.m. Mandatory Spotters� & Crew Chiefs� Meeting
2:30 p.m. Alternating Practice Sessions to 4:45
5:00 p.m. Mandatory Drivers� Meeting
7:00 p.m. Two-lap time trials

THE RACETRACK: South Sound Speedway is a high-banked .333-mile paved oval.

RECORDS:
QUALIFYING: Dan Press 6/25/94 94.537 mph 14.28 seconds
RACE: Joe Benedetti 5/22/99 65.559 mph 38 min 8 sec
PARTICIPATING SPONSORS: Raybestos Brakes, Anheuser-Busch, Edelbrock Intake Manifolds, Five Star Stock Car Bodies, Goodyear Tires, Filters, NOK Spark Plugs, Pro Shocks, Simpson Helmets, and Totem Travel. Gatorade, JE Pistons, Carrera Shocks, NAPA Racing Oil
WENATCHEE IN REVIEW:

The win at Wenatchee Valley�s Super Oval moved Tom Pinkowsky from 12th to 7th in the points race.

Every car in the field broke the old track record set in 1990 by John Dillon.

The Manufacturers Championship is the tightest in recent memory. After 12 of 15 races, Chevrolet and Pontiac are tied with 6 wins and 88 points.

Tom Pinkowsky has four Winston Racing Series championships under his belt. He has three track titles at Portland Speedway and one at South Sound Speedway.

A blown engine may have cut short Joe Constance�s bid for a series title. The resulting 21st �place finish dropped him to fourth in the standings. 151 points behind points leader Pete Harding. Before the Evans Lease 125, Constance had made his way into the top-three in points with consistent finishes and by completing the most laps on the series.

TURNING TO SOUTH SOUND:

Wes Rhodes whittled away a little more at Joe Benedetti�s points lead in the Totem Travel Rookie of the Year points chase. Rhodes now trails Benedetti by three points with three races left to go in the season. Both drivers have had success at South Sound Speedway this year. Benedetti won the first race there while Rhodes was the Bud Pole winner in the series� second visit to the oval.

Tom Sweatman continued his streak of top-five finishes. He now has five in a row. Sweatman looks to make it six in a row. He has a win and a fourth-place finish at South Sound Speedway this season.

Only 104 points separate the top-three drivers in the points race. Pete Harding leads Sweatman by 17 points. Chris Hart is third. Both Hart and Sweatman have a history qualifying well at South Sound Speedway. Harding on the other hand has had to take several provisionals to make the field at the track. Once in the field, Harding has made a habit of working his way up toward the front.

STAT OF THE WEEK:

With the next new Bud Pole winner in 1999, the series will tie the record for most different Bud Pole winners in one season. So far, there have been 10 different Bud Pole winners in 12 races. There was no Bud Pole awarded at the first race this season due to showers. Chris Hart leads the rest of the drivers in the season long race for the Bud Pole Championship with two.

RBNWS Race Winners in 1999:
1. Tom Sweatman 3
2. Pete Harding 2
3. Chris Hart 2
4 Kevin Hamlin 1
5. Joe Benedetti 1
6. Tom Pinkowsky I
7. Ron Eaton 1
8. Gary Lewis 1

RBNWS money winners for 1999:
1. Pete Harding $23,535
2. Tom Sweatman 23,410
3. Chris Hart 21,880
4. Kevin Hamlin 14,075
5. Joe Constance 13,690
6. Joe Benedetti 13,435
7. Garrett Evans 13.040
8. Tom Pinkowsky 12,630
9. Shane Biles 11,390
10. Kevin Quesnell 10,466

Joe Benedetti and Tom Sweatman have claimed checkered flags in Sound Speedway this year.

RBNWS Bud Pole Winners in 1999:
1 Chris Hart 2
2. Garrett Evans 1
3. Greg Biffle 1
4. Pete Harding 1
5. Tom Pinkowsky 1
6. Ken Kaltschmidt 1
7. Darren Shaw 1
8. Wes Rhodes 1
9. Kelly Tanner 1
10. Wilbur Bruce 1

Rookie-of-the-Year:
1. Joe Benedetti 99
2. Wes Rhodes 96
3. Ken Kaltschmidt 90
4. Harold Raczynski 80
6. Greg Bennett 70
7. Darren Shaw 65
8. Zach Niessner 64
9. Matt Daskalos 23
10. Paul Marconi 9

RBNWS Manufacturers� Championship
1. Chevrolet 88 Points 6 Wins
2. Pontiac 88 Points 6 Wins
3. Ford 46 Points 0 Wins