WHAT: Ray Judy "150" Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring Race No. 16 of 16
WHERE: Tucson Raceway Park, Tucson, Ariz. 3/8-Mile Paved
WHEN: Saturday, November 3, 2001 - 2:30 p.m.
DISTANCE: 150 Laps/56.25 Miles
POSTED AWARDS: $36,800
FIELD: 24 cars possible. The fastest 18 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions (19th & 20th) available to the top 30 drivers based on the current 2001 Featherlite Southwest Series point standings, who have not qualified for one of the original 18 starting positions, provided eligible drivers attempt to qualify. The 21st and 22nd starting positions are available to the highest 30 car owners in the current 2001 Featherlite Southwest Series point standings who have not qualified for one of the original 18 starting positions. Provisional starting positions (23rd and 24th) will be filled by the top two (2) highest finishing drivers in the Qualifying race electing to transfer.
SCHEDULE:
Saturday, November 3
6:30 a.m. Haulers enter
7:00 Registration and Inspection
8:30 a.m. Mandatory Rookie Meeting
8:30 a.m. Drawing for Qualifying order
9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Practice
10:15-11:00 a.m. Practice
11:15 a.m. Mandatory Drivers Meeting
12:15 p.m. Time Trials (2) laps
TBA Qualifying Race
TBA Trophy Dash
2:30 p.m. Ray Judy "150"
THE RACE TRACK: Tucson Raceway Park is a 3/8 paved oval track.
RECORDS: Driver Date Speed Time
QUALIFYING: Jim Inglebright 9/25/93 93.529 mph 14.434 sec.
RACE: 125-laps Steve Portenga 9/20/97 69.359 mph 40 min, 33 sec
RACE: 150-laps M.K. Kanke 1/5/97 60.592 mph 55 min, 42 sec
RACE: 200-laps Derrick Gilchrist 1/18/98 69.749 mph 1 hr, 4 min, 31 sec
FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES NOTES:
- Craig Raudman clichéd his first FSWS title by finishing 30th in the last
FSWS event at Phoenix last week.
- Craig Raudman of Bakersfield, Calif. has set the record for consecutive
Bud Pole awards at five and is fast approaching Lance Hooper's 1995 mark of
nine Bud Poles in a season. Raudman has eight Bud Pole Awards this season
after the last event a Mesa Marin Raceway.
- Eddy McKean of Jerome, Idaho was the FSWS Rookie-of-the-Race at Phoenix.
McKean finished 2nd to record his fourth top five finish of the season.
Meanwhile, Scott Brandt only leads Burney Lamar by only one point in the
Rookie-of-the-Year race going into the TRP event.
- Since 1994, there have been 15 different winners in 18 events at TRP.
- Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has posted award tires for all events in 2001, which include 32 tires to be distributed to eligible Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring car owners per event.
May 6, 2000 RACE REVIEW: M.K. Kanke won the Bud Pole Award with a time of 14.985 seconds and started the event from the sixth position due to the invert. Auggie Vidovich Jr. got the jump on the field and led lap one. Vidovich would go on to lead every lap of the 125-lap contest.
May 6, 2000 RACE STATS
Bud Pole: M.K. Kanke 14.985/92.218 mph
Time of Race: 43 min, 48 sec
Average Speed: 66.267 mph
Margin of Victory: .1.28 seconds
Lap Leaders: Auggie Vidovich Jr. led all laps 1-125.
Previous FSWS Winners at Tucson Raceway Park
2000- Auggie Vidovich Jr. NASCAR Winter Heat Events 1994-1998
1999- Tom Sweatman 1998- Ron Eaton
1998- M.K. Kanke 1997- Kelly Tanner
1998- Derrick Gilchrist 1996- Chris Raudman
1997- Steve Portenga 1995- Ron Hornaday Jr.
1997- M.K. Kanke 1995- Garrett Evans
1996- Bryan Germone 1994- Ron Hornaday
1996- Ron Eaton
1995- Kevin Harvick
1994- Rick Carelli
1993- Jim Inglebright
1993- Bob Lyon
