RBNWS PORTLAND INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY FACTS - SCHEDULE - NOTES

Source: RacingWest
Date: 06/22/2000

WHAT: NETXPOSURE100

Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series Race No. 9 of 16

WHERE: Portland International Raceway, Portland, Ore.

1.95-Mile Paved Roadcourse

WHEN: Saturday, June 24, 2000 -- 4:15 p.m. PDT

DISTANCE: 52 Laps/101-4 Miles

POSTED AWARDS: $72,950

FIELD: 38 cars possible. Fastest 35 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions available to the top 20 drivers based on the current 2000 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 in as a driver in 1999 and did not qualify in one of the original 35 starting positions.

SCHEDULE:

Friday, June 23

8:00 a.m. Registration and inspection

7:00 a.m. Mandatory Spotters' 8 Crew Chiefs' Meeting

8:00 a.m. Practice Session to 9:10 a.m.

1:45 p.m. Practice Session to 2:15 p.m.

4:45 p.m. European Style Qualifying

Saturday, June 24

12:00 noon Garage Opens

2:00 p.m. Mandatory Drivers Meeting

THE RACETRACK: Portland International Raceway is a 1.95-mile roadcourse with 12 turns.

RECORDS: Driver Date Speed Time

QUALIFYING: Lance Hooper 6/21/96 91.679 mph 1 min 16.433 sec

RACE: Lance Hooper 6/22/96 73.075 mph 1 hr 0 min 23 sec

PAST 10 RESULTS OF THIS EVENT

Winner Bud Pole

1999 Event not held.

1998 Rudy Revak Jim Inglebright

1997 Tom Hubert Bryan Germone

1996 Lance Hooper Lance Hooper

1995 Mark Martin Lance Hooper

1994 Event not held.

1993 Event not held.

1992 Event not held

1991 Event not held.

1990 Event not held.

LOOKING BACK AT TRI-CITY:

Dillon is the eighth different race winner in the first eight races this year on the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series. The series is on pace to break last season's record on 10 different race winners.

Kaltschmidt has moved into the points lead over Lewis. Kaltschmidt holds a 29-point lead over Lewis. Evans is third just 10 points behind Lewis.

With his podium finish, Stewart has captured the Totem Travel Rookie of the Year points lead. Matt Kelley, who suffered from overheating problems, trails by three points. John Zaretzke is a point behind Kelley.

TURNING TO PIR:

This will be the second visit for the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series to Portland International Raceway in 2000. Steve Petty gambled on the weather the first time here and won. Petty chose not to pit for fuel and tires, betting on rain showers to shorten the race. His gamble paid off as he was able to claim his first Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series win.

Don't look for Petty to be in the field for this weekend's race. He will be competing on the Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring, at Sears Point this weekend.

No former series winners at PIR are scheduled to enter the race. A new face will visit victory lane at FIR this weekend.

NASCAR Winston Cup star Mark Martin won the first series race held at PIR back in 1995.

STAT OF THE WEEK: This will be the 6' Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series event held at PIR. Of the regular stops on the series, only Kalispell (Mont.) Raceway Park and Magic Valley Speedway in Twin Falls, Idaho, have had the series visit fewer times.

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