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 LAKEVILLE,
IN -- Four of the five NASCAR divisions Hoosier exclusively provides
tires for were to have been in action over the past weekend, but rain
forced the NASCAR Southeast Series to postpone Saturday's running of
the "AutoZone 150" at Myrtle Beach Speedway until August
7th. In the highly competitive NASCAR Southwest Series, the first
seven events of the 2004 season have produced seven different
winners--until Saturday when Jim Pettit II won the
"StarNursery.com 125" at Madera Speedway becoming that
series' first repeat winner of the season. Ironically, Pettit's first
win of the year also came at Madera Speedway back in March. In the
NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series, Nevin George added his name to the
growing list of first-time winners this year when he captured the
"New England Dodge Dealers 150" at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway on Saturday. It was that series' seventh different winner in
nine events this year with only Tony Hirschman and Jerry Marquis
having more than one win--each with two wins apiece. In the NASCAR
Midwest Series, Justin Diercks continued his amazing season notching
his fourth win of the year winning the "Midwest Series Ohio
150" at Mansfield (OH) Motorsports Speedway. It was Diercks'
fourth win in the last five races. Steve Carlson is the other event
winner in the series with two wins.
NASCAR SOUTHWEST SERIES
MADERA, CA (July 17) -- It took eight races, but the NASCAR Southwest
Series finally has a repeat winner--Jim Pettit II. Pettit won
Saturday's "StarNursery.com 125" at Madera Speedway in
California leading the final 42 laps of the 125-lap event.
Craig Raudman won the Bud Pole Award as the fastest
qualifier circling the 1/3-mile track in 14.633 seconds. Twenty-two
cars started the race that was slowed five times for a total of 34
laps.
Drivers leading during the event were; Jeff Siefert
(1-22), Nick Lynch (23-39), Mike Mendenhall (40-73), Greg Voight
(74-83), and Jim Pettit II (84-125).
Pettit, who started 14th, collected $2,900 for the win
bringing his season total to $15,655. Pettit was followed to the line
by 20th starting Todd Souza--2.3 seconds behind the race winner.
Burney Lamar was third followed by Steve Bolletto and Nick Joanides.
Craig Raudman, who finished tenth, continues to sit
atop the NASCAR Southwest Series driver rankings with 1105 points
followed by Jim Pettit II with 1046 points. Burney Lamar lurks in
third--94 points out of first place.
The NASCAR Southwest Series will be back in action at
the end of the month, July 31st, at Stockton 99 Speedway. It will be
the ninth event on the series' 14-race schedule.
NASCAR FEATHERLITE MODIFIED SERIES
SCARBOROUGH, ME (July 17) -- Thirty-nine
cars attempted to gain entry into the 30-car starting grid for the
"New England Dodge Dealers 150" at Beech Ridge Motor
Speedway on Saturday. Donny Lia was the Bud Pole Award winner with the
fastest time in qualifying but started seventh after the
inversion.
The race began with Tommy Cravenho, Jr.
winning the battle with fellow front-row starter Eric Beers for the
race lead. Cravenho held onto his leader status until lap 20, when
third starting Nevin George moved into the lead. George led the
remainder of the event taking the checkered flag on lap 150, en route
to collecting $5,700 for the win. He was followed to the line by Donny
Lia, Zack Sylvester, Jamie Tomaino and Rick Fuller who started 24th.
Fuller also won the Powerade Power Move of the Race Award.
Jerry Marquis finished in sixth
followed by Rob Summers, Tony Hirschman, Todd Szegedy and Tommy
Cravenho, Jr. as 16 of the 30 starters finished the race on the lead
lap. The race was slowed six times for cautions for a total of 43
laps.
Eddie Flemke continues to lead the
NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series driver standings with 1400 points
followed by Tony Hirschman (1342), Jerry Marquis (1307), Ted
Christopher (1211) and Rick Fuller (1187).
The NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series
is back in action this Friday, July 23rd, at New Hampshire International
Speedway in Loudon, NH.
NASCAR MIDWEST SERIES
MANSFIELD, OH (July 18) -- Young Justin
Diercks continues his amazing run in the NASCAR Midwest Series
capturing his fourth win in the last five events in the series. After
starting fourth, the Davenport, IA driver took the lead on the eighth
lap and never looked back taking the checkered flag 143 laps later.
Diercks earned $3,565 for the win.
Following Diercks to the line was Tim
Schendel in second place--2.729 seconds behind the race winner. Steve
Carlson, the series' only other race winner with two victories,
finished in third place followed by Brian Hoppe and Bryan Roach.
The next stop on the NASCAR Midwest
Series schedule will be July 24th at Wisconsin's Lake Geneva Raceway
for the annual running of the Al Schill, Jr. Memorial 150.
Hoosier's Terry Newton is the Product
Manager for the NASCAR Midwest and Southwest Series mentioned in this
report, while Irish Saunders continues as Product Manager for the
NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series.
Our appreciation goes out to Steve
Benesh for submitting the photo of Justin Diercks for use on
www.hoosiertire.com.
The entire Hoosier organization is
proud to have been selected by NASCAR to be the exclusive tire
provider for five of their seven regional racing series.
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