Austin Cameron, making a triumphant return to the Winston West Series and put his No. 12 AC Motorsports Monte Carlo on the pole for the Home Depot 300 at Irwindale Speedway. Cameron paced the 1/2 mile in 18.1 with a speed of 99.448. Second quick was NASCAR Southwest Touring Series champion, Matt Crafton in his first-ever Winston West start. Tim Woods III was third quick, also in his first Series start. David Gilliland, two-time winner at the track in the Super Late Model Series was fourth followed by the driver that will win the 2000 Championship, Brendan Gaughan.
1) 12 Austin Cameron
2) 21 Matt Crafton
3) 51 Tim Woods
4) 43 David Gilliland
5) 16 Brendan Gaughan
6) 77 Joe Bean
7) 83 Rick Bogart
8) 8 Bill Sedgwick
9) 18 Bobby Dotter
10) 9 Mike Duncan
11) 32 Eric Norris
12) 57 John Metcalf
13) 14 Jason Small
14) 00 Scott Gaylord
15) 85 Kevin Richards
16) 3 Steve Portenga
17) 45 Sean Woodside
18) 49 Tony Schmidt
20) 76 Jeff Davis
21) 11 Troy Cline
22) 95 Jeff Jefferson
23) 71 Sammy Potashnick
24) Jack Sellers
25) 87 Gene Christiansen
26) 44 Tim Buckley
27) 57 Davy Lee Liniger
28) 08 Scott Lynch
