John Dillon won the $26,200 Hall Chevrolet at the Tri-City Raceway. Dillon took over the lead on lap 41 and there was no stopping him. Following him to the stripe in the NASCAR Northwest Tour event was Chris Hart, Gaylon Stewart, Ken Kalschmidt and Wes Rhodes.
The race was slowed by three caution flags. There were four different leaders with three lead changes among two drivers. Lewis won the Bud Pole Award with a 17.760. Kaltschmidt took over the points lead with 1208. Point leader going into the race, Gary Lewis has 1179 points with Garrett Evans at 1169.
RACE RESULTS
Hall Chevrolet 125 Tri-City Raceway, June 17, 2000
125 Laps, 62.5 Miles on 0.500-mile Paved Oval, Purse: $26,200
Finishing position, starting position, driver, car, laps completed, reason
out, money won.
1. (7) John Dillon, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $4,175;
2. (3) Chris Hart, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $2,400;
3. (11) Gaylon Stewart, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,650;
4. (9) Ken Kaltschmidt, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,400;
5. (16) Wes Rhodes, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,225;
6. (20) Mel Shenyer, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $800;
7. (1) Garrett Evans, Chevrolet, 125, Running, $1,000;
8. (17) Steven Howard, Chevrolet, 124, Running, $775;
9. (5) Bill Lawrence, Chevrolet, 122, Running, $725;
10. (8) Kevin Hamlin, Chevrolet, 122, Running, $675;
11. (14) Ray Wallace, Chevrolet, 122, Running, $650;
12. (2) Joe Benedetti, Pontiac, 122, Running, $775;
13. (13) Pete Harding, Chevrolet, 121, Running, $700;
14. (18) Harold Raczynski, Chevrolet, 119, Running, $400;
15. (4) Gary Lewis, Pontiac, 117, Running, $1,165;
16. (19) Matt Hall, Chevrolet, 116, Running, $430;
17. (15) John Zaretzke, Ford, 116, Running, $595;
18. (6) Zach Niessner, Chevrolet, 115, Running, $535;
19. (12) Matt Kelley, Chevrolet, 106, Overheating, $525;
20. (10) Chris Cunningham, Chevrolet, 106, Oil Pump, $340;
TIME OF RACE: 48 Minutes, 35 Seconds
AVERAGE SPEED: 77.187 MPH
MARGIN OF VICTORY: 2 seconds
BUD POLE AWARD: Gary Lewis, Sign Factory Pontiac (17.760 seconds/ 101.351
MPH)
GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD: John Dillon, Lubegard/Dillon Auto Salvage
Chevrolet
TOTEM TRAVEL ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR AWARD: Gaylon Stewart, Signature
Packaging/PAC Personnel Chevrolet
CAUTION FLAGS: 3 for 19 laps (52-55), (60-66), (101-108).
LAP LEADERS: Evans (Pole), Benedetti (1-36), Hart (37-40), Dillon (41-125).
There were two lead changes among three drivers.
Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring, Top 20 Points
1 Ken Kaltschmidt 1208
2 Gary Lewis 1179
3 Garrett Evans 1169
4 Gaylon Stewart 1095
5 Kevin Hamlin 1076
6 Matt Kelley 1044
7 Chris Hart 1018
8 Wes Rhodes 1013
9 Pete Harding 1006
10 Bill Lawrence 999
