PLEASE NOTE EVENT HAS BEEN RESCHEDULED FOR APRIL 7TH DUE TO RAIN ON ORIGINALLY SCEHDULED DATE.
WHAT: EVERGREEN 125 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series Race No. 1 of 14
WHERE: Evergreen Speedway, Monroe, Wash. 0.646-Mile Paved Speedway
WHEN: Saturday, March 31, 2001 -- 8:30 p.m. PST
DISTANCE: 125 Laps/80.75 Miles
POSTED AWARDS: $33,475
FIELD: 40 cars possible. Fastest 31 cars through time trials with four provisional starting positions available to the top 20 drivers based on the final 2000 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series point standings, four starting positions from the top four finishers in the non-qualifiers race, and one additional starting position for a former Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series champion who participated in as a driver in 1999 and did not qualify in one of the original 31 starting positions.
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, March 31
10:30 a.m. Registration and inspection
10:45 a.m. Mandatory Crew Chief's Meeting
11:00 a.m. Drawing to determine order of qualifying
12:00 noon Mandatory Rookie Driver's Meeting
1:30 p.m. Practice to 2:30 p.m.
3:00 p.m. Practice to 3:30 p.m.
4:15 p.m. Mandatory Driver's Meeting
5:30 p.m. Time Trials (2 laps) (Fastest 31 cars earn starting
positions 1 thru 31).
7:00 p.m. 10-lap Qualifying Race (top four finishers advance to
starting positions 37 thru 40).
THE RACETRACK: Evergreen Speedway is a low-banked .646-mile paved oval.
RECORDS: Driver Date Speed Time QUALIFYING: Garrett Evans 3/25/95 104.984mph 22.152 seconds RACE: Pete Harding 7/17/99 85.400mph 56 min 44 sec
2000 TOP 10 IN THE EVENT
1. Gaylon Stewart
2. Tom Sweatman
3. Pete Harding Shane Biles
4. Garrett Evans
5. John Bender
6. Rick Allison
7. Wes Rhodes
8. Kevin Hamlin
9. Gary Lewis
10. Matt Kelley
PAST 10 RESULTS OF THIS EVENT
Winner Bud Pole:
2000 Gaylon Stewart Garrett Evans
1999 Gary Lewis None Awarded
1998 Gary Lewis Gary Lewis
1997 Pete Harding Kevin Richards
1996 Garrett Evans Rick Schultz
1995 Ron Eaton Garrett Evans
1994 Gary Lewis Garrett Evans
1993 Tobey Butler Garrett Evans
1992 Garrett Evans Garrett Evans
1991 Garrett Evans Ron Eaton
2000 RACE STATISTICS
Bud Pole:
Garrett Evans (22.327 sec/104.161 mph)
Time of Race: 1 hour, 17 minutes, 16 seconds
Average Speed: 62.705 mph
Margin of Victory: 2 feet
Caution Flags: 8 for 36 laps
Lap Leaders: Gary Lewis 1-1, Garrett Evans 2-28, John Zaretzke 29-120, Tom
Sweatman 121-124, Gaylon Stewart 125.
NOTES OF INTEREST:
- Garrett Evans started his 2000 season championship run with a fourth-place
finish at Evergreen Speedway in the season opener. He would claim the title
by one point over Gary Lewis, the closest finish in series history. Evans
also claimed the title by three points over Dan Press in 1994.
- Competitors on the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring, will
have only one tire to choose from this season. Goodyear Tires will be the
sole supplier for tires this year.
- Although he came up short in his title run last year, Gary Lewis did lead
the series in wins (6), Bud Pole Awards (10), and money won ($58,384).
- Look for three-time series champion Ron Eaton to make a run for the championship this year. In the past few years, Eaton has skipped the season opener to take himself out of the title run. He is entered in this year's Evergreen 125. Eaton will attempt to catch Garrett Evans for the most championships in series history with four.
STAT OF THE WEEK:
- Pontiac and Chevrolet have dominated the races at Evergreen Speedway. Each
