BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (March 22, 2003) Dan Holtz of Pacific Palisades, Calif. collected his second career Bud Pole Award to lead thirty-five drivers in qualifying for tonights Star Nursery.Com "200" at Mesa Marin Raceway in Bakersfield, Calif. for the NASCAR Elite Division, Featherlite Southwest Series. Holtz put down a quick lap of 19.016 seconds/94.657 mph to best former series champion Craig Raudman. Eric Homes, Doug McCoun, and JR Patton round out the top-five qualifiers.
Stan Silva Jr, Michael Price, Dennis Dyer, Chris Hines, Nathan Thiesse, and Richard Johnson will attempt to race their way into the feature race through the 15-lap non-qualifiers race scheduled to take place at 7:00pm PST this evening. Two drivers will transfer.
NASCAR Elite Division
Featherlite Southwest Series
Star Nursery.Com "200"
Mesa Marin Raceway, Bakersfield, Calif., March 22, 2003
Pos Car Driver Team Time 1 Time 2 Quick Lap MPH 1 23 Dan Holtz mynutrisource.com/Rialto Concrete Products Ford 19.016 19.141 19.016 94.657 2 2 Craig Raudman HPS Mechanical/Victory Circle Chassis Chevrolet 19.079 19.097 19.079 94.345 3 62 Eric Holmes Wild Cherry Pepsi/Taco Bell/Wayne Tuel Enterprises Chevrolet 19.140 19.383 19.140 94.044 4 34 Doug McCoun Marina Motor Co./Truline/ Chevrolet 19.270 19.162 19.162 93.936 5 97 JR Patton Twin Pine Casino/Las Cruces Motorsports Chevrolet 19.467 19.175 19.175 93.872 6 6 Todd Souza Central Coast Cabinets Ford 19.177 19.970 19.177 93.862 7 30 Steve Belletto California Hot Wood/Ashby Const./Pepsi Chevrolet 19.299 19.334 19.299 93.269 8 51 Kevin Vernon Action Towing Chevrolet 19.618 19.327 19.327 93.134 9 03 Jim Pettit II Hall Kinion/Career Builder/Bay Pac Racing Ford 19.400 19.368 19.368 92.937 10 59 Auggie Vidovich Jr. PG Series/Ransom Brothers/Creative Touch/Carquest Chevrolet 19.475 19.372 19.372 92.918 11 61 Mike Ledbetter Pabco Gypsum/ER Vine & Sons/Bills Drywall Chevrolet 19.562 19.373 19.373 92.913 12 45 Tommy Fry CenterBearings.Com Chevrolet 19.454 19.395 19.395 92.807 13 16 Burney Lamar Wide World of Maps/LTR Racing Engines/Amerisuites Chevrolet 19.398 19.806 19.398 92.793 14 28 Brandon Whitt Moen Faucets/Victory Circle/Simpson Race Products/Pontiac 19.726 19.442 19.442 92.583 15 70 Frank Deiny Jr. Star Nursery.com/LTR/Pepsi/Dr. Q's Chevrolet 19.595 19.446 19.446 92.564 16 08 Eric Schmidt Golfland/Sunsplash/Sierra Mist Chevrolet 19.666 19.497 19.497 92.322 17 94 Darrell LaMoure NAPA Auto Parts/Yerf-Dog Fun Karts Chevrolet 19.513 19.544 19.513 92.246 18 8 Ryan Arciero Arciero Bros. Construction Chevrolet 55.823 19.536 19.536 92.138 19 19 Eddy McKean Magic Valley Pipe & Steel Pontiac 19.549 20.019 19.549 92.076 20 68 Randy Nelson BCI Motorsports Ford 19.565 19.765 19.565 92.001 21 38 Tony Gomez Gatorz/Lakeside Contractors Chevrolet 19.601 20.265 19.601 91.832 22 73 Scott Busby Richmond American Homes/Sheehan Construction Chevrolet 99.999 19.691 19.691 91.412 23 89 Bryan Germone Drivetech Racing School Chevrolet 21.274 19.735 19.735 91.209 24 21 Thomas Martin Sierra Mist/PRS/Golfland Chevorlet 19.838 19.760 19.760 91.093 25 11 David Gilliland Centrifugal Technologies/Condenser & Chiller/Lukes Trans Chevrolet 20.061 19.898 19.898 90.461 26 65 Stan Silva Jr. A&S Metals/Stan Silva Jr. Trucking Chevrolet 20.188 19.953 19.953 90.212 27 3 Michael Price AMI Metals/Brem MFG Co. Chevrolet 20.582 19.954 19.954 90.207 28 09 Greg Voigt Auto Pro Racing Engines/Bilstein Shocks/Mission Linen Chevrolet 20.158 19.989 19.989 90.050 29 56 Danny Burson Great Western Electric Chevrolet 20.170 20.027 20.027 89.879 30 4 Dennis Dyer Groeniger & Company Pontiac 20.036 20.216 20.036 89.838 31 71 Greg Fowler Fowler Racing/Sunoco Race Fuels Chevrolet 20.325 20.051 20.051 89.771 32 96 Chris Hines Iron Eagle Motorcycles/Plateau Motorsports Chevrolet 20.350 20.328 20.328 88.548 33 88 Nathan Thiesse Honda Cars of Corona/The Body Shop Pontiac 26.343 99.999 26.343 68.329 34 47 Richard Johnson Auto Glass Authority Chevrolet 37.532 99.999 37.532 47.959 35 5 Joe Herold Quality Chevorlet/Ron's Rear Ends/Classic Volkswagon Chevrolet 99.999 99.999 99.999 18.000
