Geoff Bodine will start on the pole in tomorrow's ASA Transcontinental Series Free State 500 after turning the fastest lap on the Phakisa 1.5-mile oval. Marc Davis was 2nd fastest the race is dedicated to his father, Harry Davis), Chris Wimmer 3rd, The top-three were interviewed by the international press following the race. All spoke highly of both the race and South Africa.
John Mickel 4th and rounding out the top five fastest qualifiers was Russ Blakeley. Toni McCray was the fastest of the two women in the field. NASCAR/ASA Northwest Tour champion, Gary Lewis was 13th, after taking but one lap. His team is hard at work changing a motor that went sour.
1. 8 Geoff Bodine 36.015
2. 96 Marc Davis 36.282
3. 52 Chris Wimmer 36.506
4. 09 John Mickel 36.643
5. F22 Russ Blakeley 36.934
6. Toni McCray 37.094
7. f66 Steve Carlson 37.058
8. 19 Tiffany Daniels 37.086
9. 11 Jaco Correia 37.475
10. 97 Mark Ebert 37.790
11. 22 Johan Cronje 37.868
12. 98 Shaun Richardson 37.972
13 73 Gary Lewis 38.148
14. 68 Danie Correia 38.252
15. 55 Greg Barnhart
16. 80 Mark Shaffer 39.747
17. 41 Ron Norman 39.831
18. 85 Lance Fenton 40.081
19. 20 Gugu Zulu 40.295
20. 61 Tim Olson 40.977
21. 900 Johan Spies 41.332
22. 31 Dustin Dudley/Don UHlir 42.119
23. 00 Johan Coetzer 42.571
24. 08 Rick McCray No Time
25. Ron Barfield No Time
