SCHEDULE, RACE FACTS, NOTES OF INTEREST - BUDWEISER 125

Source: NASCAR Media Relations
Date: 06/30/2001

WHAT: Budweiser 125 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series Race No. 7 of 14

WHERE: Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval, Wenatchee, Wash. 0.250-Mile Paved Speedway

WHEN: Saturday, July 7, 2001 -- 9:00 p.m. PDT

DISTANCE: 125 Laps/31.25 Miles

POSTED AWARDS: $27,150

FIELD: 22 cars possible. Fastest 17 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions available to the top 20 drivers based on the current 2001 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series point standings, two provisional starting positions available to the top 20 car owners based on the current 2001 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series point standings, two starting positions from the top two finishers in the non-qualifiers race, and one additional starting position for a former Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series champion who participated as a driver in 2000 and did not qualify in one of the original 17 starting positions.

SCHEDULE:
Saturday, July 7
12:00 noon Registration and inspection
1:00 p.m. Mandatory Crew Chief Meeting
1:15 p.m. Drawing to qualifying order
2:30 to 3:15 p.m. Practice
4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Practice
5:00 p.m. Mandatory Driver’s/Crew Chief Meeting
5:15 p.m. Mandatory Rookie Driver’s Meeting
5:45 p.m. Time Trials (2 Laps) All Positions
TBA Trophy Dash
7:00 p.m. 15-Lap Qualifying Race
9 p.m. Budweiser 125

THE RACETRACK: Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval is a slightly banked .250-mile paved oval.

QUALIFYING RECORD: Pete Harding 5/27/00 73.777 mph 12.199 seconds

RACE RECORD: Kevin Hamlin 5/26/01 61.275 mph 30 min 36 sec

PAST 10 RESULTS OF THIS EVENT
2000 Event Not Held
1999 Event Not Held
1998 Wilber Bruce
1997 Kelly Tanner
1996 Garrett Evans
1995 Gary Smith
1994 Garrett Evans
1993 Kelly Tanner
1992 Dirk Stephens
1991 Monte English

NOTES OF INTEREST:

• Kevin Hamlin picked up his second career Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring victory on May 26, 2001 at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval. Hamlin stayed within the top-3 on the track until he made a pass on Garrett Evans for the lead on lap 56.
• Hamlin set two records at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval in route to his impressive victory. The race was the quickest ever at the .250-mile facility with a time of 30 minutes, 36 seconds. The average speed set a new record at 61.275 mph.
• The last time the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series ran more than one race at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval, Wilber Bruce picked up his first career victory on the series. Bruce won on August 22, 1998 as he marched towards the Totem Travel Rookie of the Year Award and a third place finish in the final points standings.
• Garrett Evans leads the series with seven Bud Pole Awards at Wenatchee Valley. The series only back-to-back champion, Kelly Tanner, is next with five poles. Ron Eaton, who is second in career pole awards on the series, picked up the Bud Pole Award at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval on May 26, 2001. Eaton’s lap of 12.425 seconds at 72.435 mph, was the Lakewood, Wash. natives first pole ever at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval
• The series career leaders in overall wins have done quite well at Wenatchee Valley’s Super Oval. Garrett Evans and Ron Eaton have four wins apiece while Gary Lewis and Kelly Tanner have three.

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