RESULTS FRANKS 125 - YAKIMA

Source: NASCAR Media Relations
Date: 06/03/2001

RAYBESTOS BRAKES NORTHWEST SERIES RACE #4

Frank's Chevrolet 125

Yakima Speedway

Yakima, Wash.-June 2,2001

0.500 mile Paved Oval

62.5 Miles, 125 Laps-Purse $27,150

Pos Qual Car Driver Team Laps Points $ Won Status

1 3 7 Ron Eaton Lake's Body Shop Chevrolet 125 180 4,300 Running

2 5 2 Joe Benedetti Support MRO Pontiac 125 170 2,330 Running

3 7 33 Kevin Hamlin American Dream Motorsports Chevrolet 125 165 1,820 Running

4 1 39 Pete Harding LP Body Shop Chevrolet 125 160 1,325 Running

5 15 50 Mel Shenyer OST Chevrolet 125 155 1,075 Running

6 12 18 #John Bender B&B Excavation/Roger Dick Chevrolet 125 150 1,025 Running

7 17 34 Ray Wallace Race World/Harbor Freight Chevrolet 125 146 925 Running

8 22 26 Zach Niessner Leap Batteries/Tower Records Chevrolet 125 142 875 Running

9 9 64 Garrett Evans Leonard Evans Used Car Superstore Chevrolet 125 138 825 Running

10 6 5 Chris Hart Holtzinger Fruit/Speck Chevrolet 124 134 800 Running

11 19 6 Wes Rhodes Lumberman's/Knight Fire Protection Chevrolet 124 130 775 Running

12 18 40 Rick Suran Eastside Paving/Hanson's Auto Body Pontiac 124 127 575 Running

13 16 75 #Ralph Hubbert TSTR/Gemini Automotive Center Chevrolet 123 124 575 Running

14 2 73 Gary Lewis The Sign Factory USA/Jones Soda Co. Pontiac 123 121 725 Running

15 20 20 #Howard Ford Lucky 7 Casino/Del Norte Disposal Chevrolet 122 118 525 Running

16 23 22 Chris Rothfus Original Lines/Collision 1 Pontiac 122 115 425 Running

17 25 99 #Takuma Koga PSPInc.com/OvalMagic.com Chevrolet 121 112 400 Running

18 8 95 Jeff Jefferson D&G Bodyworks/Owens Enterprise Ford 119 109 390 Running

19 13 51 John Zaretzke Keg n Cue/Innovations Ford 115 106 375 Running

20 24 28 #Matt Hall NSF Resources Chevrolet 114 103 670 Running

21 4 69 Bryan Wiener Budweiser/TSTR Chevrolet 98 100 360 Tire

22 21 98 Greg Bennett Toyz Digital Graphics/Whitman Engines Chevrolet 88 97 525 Running

23 14 8 Steven Howard B&R Plumbing/Quality Inn of Yakima Chevrolet 83 94 525 Accident

24 11 16 #Troy Conrad Painter Logging/Canyon Auto Painting Chevrolet 46 91 600 Oil Leak

25 10 31 Shane Biles Angel Racing/Performance Machine Ford 44 88 88 525 Valve

# Rookie-of-the-Year Contenders

Failed to Qualify: None

TIME OF RACE: 51 Minutes, 13 Seconds

AVERAGE SPEED: 73.218 MPH

MARGIN OF VICTORY: .5 second

BUD POLE AWARD: Bryan Wiener, Budweiser/TSTR Chevrolet (18.444/97.587 mph,)

GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD: Ron Eaton, Lake’s Body Shop Chevrolet

TOTEM TRAVEL ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR AWARD: John Bender, B&B Excavation Chevrolet

CAUTION FLAGS: 3 for 20 laps (46-53), (85-91), (101-105)

LAP LEADERS: Lewis (1-4), Harding (5-12), Eaton (13-125) There were two lead changes among three drivers.

RAYBESTOS BRAKES NORTHWEST SERIES TOP 20

POINTS (WINS)

1 Ron Eaton 685 (2)

2 Kevin Hamlin 642 (1)

3 John Bender 602 -

4 Pete Harding 578 -

5 Gary Lewis 566 (1)

6 Joe Benedetti 566 -

7 Troy Conrad 544 -

8 Ray Wallace 538 -

9 Garrett Evans 518 -

10 Chris Hart 516 -

11 Wes Rhodes 505 -

12 Steven Howard 495 -

13 Zach Niessner 478 -

14 Shane Biles 448 -

15 Rick Suran 437 -

16 Howard Ford 424 -

17 Greg Bennett 397 -

18 Chris Rothfus 382 -

19 Tom Sweatman 368 -

20 Roger Habich 350 -

BUD POLE AWARD STANDINGS

Name Pts

John Bender 1

Ken Kaltschmidt 1

Ron Eaton 1

Bryan Wiener 1

GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD

Name Pts

Ron Eaton 7

Joe Benedetti 4

Kevin Hamlin 3

Gary Lewis 2

Tom Sweatman 2

Chris Hart 1

Garrett Evans 1

Pete Harding 1

TOTEM TRAVEL ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

1 – John Bender 38

2 – Troy Conrad 33

3 – Howard Ford 23

4 – Ralph Hubbert 17

5 – Takuma Koga 13

MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP

POINTS WINS

Chevrolet 33 3

Pontiac 27 1

Ford 16 0

NEXT EVENT: June 9,2001 – Oasis Waterworks 125 – W. Richland, Wash. – 62.5 M 125 L $26,050

NOTE: The above figures are based on team winnings and include racing purse and cash contingency awards by participating manufacturers. (6/2/01dp)

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