KANKE QUICKEST IN SOUTHWEST QUALIFYING

Source: NASCAR Public Relations
Date: 06/20/2002

SONOMA, Calif. -- M.K. Kanke of Frazier Park, Calif. returned to the site that ended his 2001 season and took one back as he claimed his 27th career Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring Bud Pole Award at Sears Point Raceway Thursday afternoon. Kanke led two-time defending race winner Jim Inglebright in qualifying as the only two drivers in the 93 mph range. Rounding out the top five qualifiers were Todd Souza, Kevin Harvick, and Kenny Shepherd.

Other notable qualifiers were Boris Said in the Ken Schrader owned Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet qualifying 11th, and 1997 Featherlite Southwest Series champion, Bryan Germone, qualifying 15th. Failing to make it in on time and who will have use the Non-Qualifiers race to get in the show is NASCAR Winston Cup regular Jeff Green.

Twenty-eight drivers qualified on time with Scott Lynch of Burley, Idaho squeezing in the field with the 28th final qualifying spot. Frank Maronski Jr., Joe Herold, Nick Joanides, Steve Belletto, Bob Lyon, and Ed Watson all made the starting grid via the use of provisonals.

The final eight starting positions for the 42-car field will be set by those drivers that transfer from the 10-lap Non-Qualifiers race that is scheduled to take the green flag at 8:30 am Friday morning.

Forty-two drivers will make the grid for the Snap-On Tools/Jelly Belly "200" on Saturday. The event is the seventh of fourteen scheduled events for the Featherlite Southwest Series, and is the third race of the season that will air on the SPEED Channel.

Featherlite Southwest Series a part of the NASCAR Touring Division Snap-On Tools/Jelly Belly "200" Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, Calif., June 22, 2002

Pos Car Driver Team Time 1 Time 2 Quick Lap MPH 1 98 M.K. Kanke Community Recycling/Watkins Engines/Mechanix Wear Chevrolet 76.761 99.999 76.761 93.329

2 20 Jim Inglebright Jelly Belly/Wunder Bar/Golds Gym Chevrolet 76.889 99.999 76.889 93.173

3 6 Todd Souza Central Coast Cabinets Ford 77.301 99.999 77.301 92.677

4 29 Kevin Harvick Snap-On Tools Chevrolet 77.404 99.999 77.404 92.553

5 9 Kenny Shepherd Save Mart/Mt. Dew Chevrolet 77.473 99.999 77.473 92.471

6 33 Burney Lamar TRI-C Mfg./Waveshield/Amerisuites/DC Racing Engines Chevy 77.475 99.999 77.475 92.469

7 70 Greg Pursley Star Nursery.com/LTR/Victory Circle Chevrolet 77.732 99.999 77.732 92.163

8 13 Paul Menard Menards/Pittsburg Paints/Conseco Chevrolet 77.743 99.999 77.743 92.150

9 28 Brandon Whitt Moen Faucets/STR/Simpson Race Products Chevrolet 77.828 99.999 77.828 92.049

10 34 Doug McCoun Wynn's/TruLine/Marina Motor Co. Chevrolet 77.897 99.999 77.897 91.968

11 99 Boris Said Federated Auto Parts/Valvoline/Budweiser/Penda Chevrolet 77.939 99.999 77.939 91.918

12 71 Troy Ermish Big B Lumber Chevrolet 77.955 99.999 77.955 91.899

13 45 Sean Woodside Lucas Oil/Ron's Rear End Chevrolet 77.962 99.999 77.962 91.891

14 21 Thomas Martin Snap-on Tools/NAPA/Strickly Toy-Ondas Chevorlet 77.971 99.990 77.971 91.880

15 89 Bryan Germone Viansa Vineyards Chevrolet 78.010 99.999 78.010 91.834

16 62 Eric Holmes Taco Bell/Wayne Tuel Enterprises Chevrolet 78.232 99.999 78.232 91.574

17 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless/Big O Tires Pontiac 78.354 99.999 78.354 91.431

18 59 Auggie Vidovich Jr. PG Series/Ransom Brothers/Staggs Chili/Carquest Chevrolet 78.613 99.999 78.613 91.130

19 61 Mike Ledbetter Pabco Gypsum/ER Vine & Sons/Bills Drywall Chevrolet 78.704 99.999 78.704 91.025

20 19 Eddy McKean HPS/Victory Circle/Magic Valley Pipe & Steel Pontiac 78.888 99.999 78.888 90.812

21 74 Jason Allen Sky Blue Environmental/Buzards Eye Inst/EZ Up Canopies Pontiac 79.076 99.999 79.076 90.596

22 16 Tony Toste CBA Motorsports/LTR Racing Engines Chevrolet 79.183 99.999 79.183 90.474

23 03 Jim Pettit II Hall Kinion/Career Builder/Bay Pac Racing Ford 79.243 99.999 79.243 90.405

24 3 Wes Banks Orco Construction Supply/Lamar Tool & Die Chevrolet 79.322 99.999 79.322 90.315

25 60 Chris Cook Boundarant Chevrolet 79.335 99.999 79.335 90.301

26 78 Dave Clark Neo Synthetic Racing Oils/LTR Chevrolet 79.360 99.999 79.360 90.272

27 75 Vince Little DBP Enterprises/Elite Landscape Chevrolet 79.388 99.999 79.388 90.240

28 81 Scott Lynch Yerf-Dog Fun Karts/Mr. Gas Chevrolet 79.419 99.999 79.419 90.205

29 86 Adam Andretti Dwight Yoakam's Bisquits/Countryman Motorsports Chevrolet 79.445 99.999 79.445 90.176

30 23 Dan Holtz Rialto Concrete Products/Thompson Motorsports Ford 79.541 99.999 79.541 90.067

31 01 Jeff Green Color Fast Chevrolet 79.563 99.999 79.563 90.042

32 10 Nick Joanides Colorfast/Jackson Race Cars Chevrolet 79.742 99.999 79.742 89.840

33 68 Chuck Billington Foster Farms/Save Mart Chevrolet 79.767 99.999 79.767 89.812

34 44 Bob Lyon Northridge Rentals/LTR Chevrolet 79.782 99.999 79.782 89.795

35 0 Brandon Kraus SL Sign Factory /Ettore Squeege Roger Kraus Racing Chevrolet 79.840 99.999 79.840 89.729

36 88 Rocky Nash Honda Cars of Corona/The Body Shop Pontiac 79.910 99.999 79.910 89.651

37 52 John Metcalf RE/MAX International Chevrolet 80.011 99.999 80.011 89.538

38 49 Jesse Rhodes Hall Kinion/Career Builder/Silicon Valley Chevrolet 80.020 99.999 80.020 89.528

39 7 Frank Maronski Jr. Stock Building Supply/Ron Rear Ends/Grip Rite Chevrolet 80.240 99.999 80.240 89.282

40 30 Steve Belletto California Hot Wood/Ashby Const./Hill Plumbing Chevrolet 80.264 99.999 80.264 89.255

41 17 Dave Byrd Righetti Ent/Millers Auto/California Properties Chevrolet 80.343 99.999 80.343 89.168

42 73 Scott Busby Richmond American Homes/Sheehan Construction Chevrolet 80.510 99.999 80.510 88.983

43 66 Steve Carvajal Carvajal Motorsports Chevrolet 80.512 99.999 80.512 88.981

44 5 Joe Herold Quality Chevorlet/Nelson & Nelson Race Cars Chevrolet 80.596 99.999 80.596 88.888

45 50 Matt Reilly Groeniger & Company Chevrolet 80.643 99.999 80.643 88.836

46 25 Paul Hansen West Builders/Floor Trends Chevrolet 80.875 99.999 80.875 88.581

47 11 Jimmy White Centrifugal Technologies/Condenser & Chiller/So Cal Bolt Chevy 80.879 99.999 80.879 88.577

48 97 JR Patton Patricks Carpets/Las Cruces Motorsports Pontiac 81.081 99.999 81.081 88.356

49 72 Michelle Nagai T.O.E./Redline Oil/Berkley Jet Dry Chevrolet 81.364 99.999 81.364 88.049

50 2 Nick Lynch Mr. Gas/Yerf-Dog Chevrolet 81.812 99.999 81.812 87.567

51 55 Ed Watson Creekside Retirement Community Chevrolet 999.999 999.999 999.999 7.164

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