FRANK'S CHEVROLET 125 SCHEDULE & NOTES OF INTEREST

Source: NASCAR Media Relations
Date: 05/28/2001

WHAT: Frank’s Chevrolet 125
Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series Race No. 4 of 14

WHERE: Yakima Speedway, Yakima, Wash.
0.500-Mile Paved Speedway

WHEN: Saturday, June 2, 2001 -- 8:30 p.m. PDT

DISTANCE: 125 Laps/62.5 Miles

POSTED AWARDS: $27,150

FIELD: 28 cars possible. Fastest 21 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions available to the top 20 drivers based on the current 2001 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point standings, two starting positions from highest 30 car owners in the current 2001 Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring Championship point standings, one position for a former champion of the series who has not qualified in the original 21 positions, the final two positions will be filled by the top two highest finishers in the Qualifying Race.

PROMOTER: Williams Promotions, Inc.

CONTACTS AT TRACK: Tim Anderson, Yakima Speedway, 509/697-5898

SCHEDULE:
Saturday, June 2
12:00 noon Registration and inspection
2:15 p.m. Drawing to determine order of qualifying
2:30 to 5:00 p.m. Alternating practice
5:15 p.m. Mandatory Driver’s/Crew Chief Meeting
5:30 p.m. Mandatory Rookie Driver’s Meeting
6:30 p.m. Time Trials (2 Laps) All Positions
TBA Trophy Dash
TBA 15-Lap Qualifying Race
8:30 p.m. Frank’s Chevrolet 125

THE RACETRACK: Yakima Speedway is a slightly banked .500-mile paved oval.

QUALIFYING RECORD: Bill Lawrence 4/19/95 98.436 mph 18.286 seconds
RACE RECORD: Pete Harding 5/29/93 74.626 mph 50 min 15 sec

2000 TOP 10 IN THE EVENT
1. Kevin Quesnell
2. Shane Biles
3. Bill Lawrence
4. Ken Kaltschmidt
5. Ed Watson
6. Garrett Evans
7. Zach Niessner
8. Matt Kelley
9. Ray Wallace
10. Kevin Hamlin

PAST 10 RESULTS OF THIS EVENT
2000 Kevin Quesnell
1999 Pete Harding
1998 Garrett Evans
1997 Kelly Tanner
1996 Gary Lewis
1995 Ron Eaton
1994 Kirk Rogers
1993 Dan Press
1992 Dirk Stephens
1986 Garrett Evans

2000 RACE STATISTICS
Bud Pole: Gary Lewis
Time of Race: 1 hr. 0 min. 4 sec.
Average Speed: 65.427 mph
Margin of Victory: 0.5 seconds
Caution Flags: 6 for 36 laps
Lap Leaders: Harding (1-3) Lewis (4-105) Zaretzke (106-116) Quesnell (117-131)
NOTES OF INTEREST:

• Garrett Evans is the career leader at Yakima Speedway with seven victories. Ron Eaton and Pete Harding are tied for second with three victories at the famed half-mile.

• Eaton is the career leader for Bud Pole Awards at Yakima Speedway. The cagey veteran from Lakewood, Wash. has six fast time awards followed by Pete Harding with four. Evans and Gary Lewis are tied for third place in career pole awards at Yakima with three apiece.

• Roger Habich, the Totem Travel Rookie of the Year in 1995, won his first race on the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring, at Yakima Speedway. Habich finished the 1995 season in second place in that seasons points standings for the series.

• Since 1995, Habich, Jeff Krough, and defending Frank’s Chevrolet 125 winner, Kevin Quesnell, are the only first time winners produced at Yakima Speedway on the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring.

• Local favorite, Chris Hart, captured one of his two career victories at Yakima Speedway back in 1999. Hart also has two career Bud Pole Awards at his home track.

Pete Harding led the first three laps around Yakima Speedway before Gary Lewis took the point on the fourth lap. Lewis, the Bud Pole Award winner, would hold the lead for 101 laps as he captured the Gatorade Front Runner Award. John Zaretzke led laps 106 to 116. Kevin Quesnell passed fellow Yakima native, Zaretzke, on lap 117 and held off Shane Biles down the stretch to capture his first career win on the Raybestos Brakes Northwest Series, NASCAR Touring division.

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