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LAP LEADERS in The Save Mart/Kragen 350, Sonoma (VERY Unofficial)
Jeff Gordon, +10 Points ...and the $10,000 from Gatorade for leading most laps
+ 5 Points ... Rusty Wallace (pole), Sterling Marlin, Tony Stewart, Robby Gordon, Scott Pruett (Rookie), Kenny Wallace,

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Recap of The Save Mart/Kragen 350, Sonoma (Unofficial)
GREEN, GREEN, GREEN, GO, GO, GO!!!!
Lap 4 - Sterling Marlin Passes Jeff Gordon for 4th.
Lap 6 - Tony Stewart passed Kyle Petty for 2nd.

CAUTION #1 Lap #10 (Full Coarse) - Kevin Lapage spun in turns 11 and 12 and lost power.
Just some of the field pitted.
Dale Earnhardt stalled in the pits, got started right away.

RESTART Lap #12 (after 2 laps)

CAUTION #2 Lap #14 (Full Coarse) - Rusty Wallace tapped into Brett Bodine then John Andretti wrecked and caught on fire..... Shame ..... Thank you STP for ALL the years
Wally Dallenbach goes into the garage with transmission problems. (Sorry Kriss :( )
- Bill Elliott was of VERY few to pit on this caution. He has some damage to his car due to contact ...checking to make sure traction bar is not broken. (Long pit)
- Jerry Nadeau and Johnny Benson had a track bar adjustments.
- Bill Elliott goes into the garage

RESTART Lap #17 (after 3 laps)
Lap 20 - Boris Said currently in 5th has a tire going down.
Lap 21 - Jerry Nadeau spun in the hair pin turn (11) and kept going.
Lap 22 - Jeff Burton has alot of smoke coming from the 99 car (16th position) He pits. Not sure what it was ... still smoking when he exited the pit.
Lap 23 - Jimmy Spencer got into Stacy Compton, Compton spun and is smoking. (he is in Lake Speed's Last car ... Jerry Nadeau qual'ed 3rd in this same car last year for Melling Racing....memories WOW)
Lap 26 - Boris Said wrecked and went right into the garage ... Broke control arm.
Lap 27 - Brett Bodine Spins and keeps going
Lap 30 - Michael Waltrip and Jerry Nadeau wrecked and kept going.
Lap 30 - Kenny Wallace and Steve Park made green flag pits
Lap 30 - Mark Martin is pitting, he was in 3rd, he has a miss,
Lap 31 - Elliott Sadler was tagged by Kenny Irwin and missed turn 1 and came in through the drag strip.
Lap 32 - Ricky Rudd is also pitting.
Lap 34 - The leaders Sterling Marlin and Jeff Gordon come in to pit .... Rusty Wallace retakes the lead.
Lap 36 - Rusty Wallace and Kyle Petty pit giving the lead to Tony Stewart.
Lap 37 - Dale Earnhardt pits, he was in 5th.
Lap 38 - Leader Tony Stewart pits, giving the lead to Robby Gordon. Also 3rd place Bobby Labonte pits
Lap 40 - 4th place Mike Skinner pits with a 14.9 pit!! WOW
Lap 41 - 3rd place Bobby Hamilton pits.
Lap 42 - Robby Gordon gives the lead to Scott Pruett (Rookie) as he pits. The jack man on R Gordons team tripped and almost fell.
Lap 43 - Jimmy Spencer comes in and also gets repair on his left front. Then comes out and has contact with Nadeau
Lap 43 - Dale Earnhardt Jr is pitting also has left front damage.
Lap 44 - Jeff Gordon takes the lead as Scott Pruett pits.
Lap 50 - Robert Pressley and Brian Simo spin.
Lap 54 - Mike Skinner spins.
Lap 57 - Steve Park lost his power steering. He is the last car on the lead lap in 27th position.
Lap 58 - Dale Earnhardt Jr. Spins.

CAUTION #3 Lap #58 Brain Simo, in the #90 car, broke his drive train and was stalled on the track.
- Terry Labonte got his lap back, there are now 28 cars on the lead lap
- Scott Pruett did not pit, he restarts as the leader.
- Jerry Nadeau had to pit several times due to damage to the fill hose on the gas can.
- Rusty Wallace had a problem with the lug nuts on the left front.
- Boris Said took over for Robert Pressley.
- Tony Stewart's team is looking for a relieve driver, Tony is sick (overheating)
- Scott Pruett has a possible cracked head.

RESTART Lap -#62 (5 laps)
- Tony Stewart is Trying to hang in, but John Andretti is standing by to take over for Tony.
he radioed in and said to his Crew "You never gave up on me, I am not giving up on you"
Lap 66 - Scott Pruett gets into the current leader Tony Stewart, Stewart spins as he was attempting to take the lead
Lap 66 - Scott Pruett spins after hitting the brakes hard and Jeff Gordon tapped him and losses the lead.

CAUTION #4 Lap #70 Scott Pruett had a tire go down and hit the tire barrier, the grass under the car caught fire. He hit hard, moved a concrete barrier also....this will be a longer caution than normal.
- Jeff Burtons now back on the lead lap.
- John Andretti is taking Tony Stewart's place in the 20 car. The car stalled leaving the pit.
- Bobby Hamilton took fuel only.
- Kenny Wallace, Mike Skinner and Ward Burton did not pit.
- Still 28 cars on the lead lap.

RESTART Lap #74 (4 Laps)
- Stacy Compton and Sterling Marlin get together.
Lap 72 - Rusty Wallace Spun, that puts him way back into 28th, last car on the lead lap.
Lap 74 - Mike Skinner pits for fuel and 4 tires.
Tony Stewart is in the infield hosp getting IV and fluids. Intestinal Flu.
Lap 87 - Jeff Gordon Takes the lead from Mike Wallace, but Gordon is being told he MIGHT Not make it on gas.
Lap 88 - Kenny Wallace pits.
Lap 88 - Kenny Irwin and Steve Park both spin in turn 11.
Lap 88 - Rusty Wallace pits a 14.8!
Lap 97 - Robby Gordon in 5th pace ,,, pitted.
((Coming down to a gas race))
Lap 104 - Mark Martin goes around Ricky Rudd for third....Jeff Gordon and many others are sweating out the gas ..... Jerry Nadeau is up in 8th!!!! Sorry Had to mention him! :)
Lap 107 - Rusty Wallace spins and hits the tire wall in turn 11.
Everyone made it on gas!

With a margin of victory of 4.1 seconds and prob no gas left ... Jeff Gordon wins his SIXTH consecutive road coarse race, 3rd consecutive win at Sears Point .... Jeff's 51st career win!

John Andretti did A GREAT job in the #2
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UNOFFICIAL Stats
Time of Race: 2 hours, 46 mins, 37 seconds
Leaders: 7
Lead Changes: 8
# of Cautions: 4
Laps Under Caution: 14
Laps Completed:

Winston Cup - Save Mart/Kragen 350 , # 16 of 34 Race Info Searspoint Raceway  TRACK: 1.949 miles road course Track Turns: 11 turns Track Straight: No Straights Race Length: 218 miles Distance: 112 laps TV: Sunday- ESPN 4:00pm (live) Announcers: Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons and Ned Jarrett Pit Reporters: Jerry Punch, Bill Weber and John Kernan Radio: PRN 4:00pm (live) Defending Champion: Jeff Gordon 1999 Pole Sitter: Jeff Gordon, 98.519mph Track Qualifying Record: Jeff Gordon, June 1998, 98.711mph (current layout) Ernie Irvan 81.413 mph 2:17:26 June 7, 1992 (old layout) Track Race Record: Jeff Gordon, 1998, 72.387mph (current layout) Total Purse: $2,899,652 Entry List  HAPPY HOUR 1 43 John Andretti STP/Cheerios Pontiac 26 72.510 96.765 2 32 Scott Pruett Tide Ford 27 72.530 96.738 3 6 Mark Martin Valvoline/Cummins Ford 33 72.799 96.380 4 13 Robby Gordon Turtle Wax/Team Menard Ford 17 72.824 96.347 5 75 Wally Dallenbach TBS Dinner & A Movie Ford 21 72.926 96.213 6 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford 32 72.934 96.202 7 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Auto. Finishes Chevrolet 27 72.938 96.197 8 23 Boris Said Spencer Motorsports Ford 18 72.990 96.128 9 20 Tony Stewart Home Depot Pontiac 34 73.020 96.089 10 55 Kenny Wallace Square D Chevrolet 19 73.068 96.026

Starting Line-up 1 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 70.652 99.309  2 44 Kyle Petty Pontiac 71.132 98.639  3 18 Bobby Labonte Pontiac 71.146 98.620  4 20 Tony Stewart Pontiac 71.201 98.544  5 24 Jeff Gordon Chevy 71.207 98.535  6 40 Sterling Marlin Chevy 71.236 98.495  7 6 Mark Martin Ford 71.257 98.466  8 94 Bill Elliott Ford 71.307 98.397  9 32 Scott Pruett Ford 71.361 98.323  10 28 Ricky Rudd Ford 71.425 98.235  11 13 Robby Gordon Ford 71.488 98.148  12 26 Jimmy Spencer Ford 71.529 98.092  13 31 Mike Skinner Chevy 71.574 98.030  14 4 Bobby Hamilton Chevy 71.617 97.971  15 1 Steve Park Chevy 71.619 97.968  16 43 John Andretti Pontiac 71.718 97.833  17 55 Kenny Wallace Chevy 71.750 97.790  18 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 71.763 97.772  19 33 Joe Nemechek Chevy 71.771 97.761  20 25 Jerry Nadeau Chevy 71.794 97.730  21 36 Ken Schrader Pontiac 71.809 97.709  22 11 Brett Bodine Ford 71.834 97.675  23 23 Boris Said Ford 71.922 97.556  24 16 Kevin Lepage Ford 72.070 97.355  25 5 Terry Labonte Chevy 72.160 97.234  26 75 Wally Dallenbach Ford 71.776 97.754  27 27 Mike Bliss Pontiac 71.825 97.687  28 7 Michael Waltrip Chevy 71.885 97.606  29 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevy 72.086 97.334  30 99 Jeff Burton Ford 72.139 97.262  31 8 Dale Earnhardt Jr. Chevy 72.214 97.161  32 21 Elliott Sadler Ford 72.232 97.137  33 66 Darrell Waltrip Ford 72.270 97.086  34 90 Brian Simo Ford 72.389 96.926  35 10 Johnny Benson Pontiac 72.414 96.893  36 9 Stacy Compton Ford 72.486 96.797  Provisionals 37 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 72.624 96.613  38 17 Matt Kenseth Ford 73.193 95.862  39 12 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 72.516 96.757  40 97 Chad Little Ford 73.285 95.741  41 77 Mark Simo Ford 73.050 96.049  42 42 Kenny Irwin Jr. Chevy 72.554 96.706  43 93 Dave Blaney Pontiac 72.990 96.128  Did Not Qualify 60 Geoffrey Bodine Chevy 72.783 96.402  14 Rick Mast Pontiac 72.576 96.677  71 R.K. Smith Chevy 72.862 96.297

Dallenbach Fastest in Second-Round Qualifying for Save Mart/Kragen 350
Wally Dallenbach posted a run of 96.754 miles an hour in a Ford Saturday for the fastest speed of second-round qualifying for today's Save Mart/Kragen 350 NASCAR Winston Cup race at Sears Point Raceway. Dallenbach, the final qualifier of the day, just nipped Mike Bliss' run of 97.687 to nail down the 26th starting spot. Michael Waltrip was next at 97.606, followed by seven-time Winston Cup champion Dale Earnhardt at 97.334, good for 29th in the line-up.


BGN Cars and Trucks are at : Watkins Glen International

RhynoxRacing RaceDay Weather Watkins Glen  
Saturday - Partly sunny. High 80 to 85. South wind around 10 mph.
Saturday Night - Becoming mostly cloudy and muggy. A 30 percent chance of a shower or thunderstorm after midnight. Low in the mid 60s.
Sunday - Partly sunny and humid with a chance of showers and thunderstorms. High in the mid 80s. Chance of rain 40 percent. 

BGN, The LYSOL 200 #17 of 32 TRACK: 2.45 mile road course Track Turns: 11 Turns Track Straight: No straights Race Length: 82 Laps Distance: 200.9 Miles TV: Sunday- Sunday, 6/25/00 @12:00p.m. on ESPN (LIVE!) Announcers: Marty Reid and Jeremy Dale Pit Reporters: Dave Burns and Amy East Radio: Sunday, 6/25/00 @ 12:00p.m. on MRN Defending Champion: Dale Earnhardt Jr. 1999 Pole Sitter: Ron Fellows Track Qualifying Record: Boris Said 74.952 seconds 117.675 mph 6/27/98 Track Race Record: Terry Labonte, 84.186 mph June 30, 1996 Total Purse: $674,144 Entry List  Point Standings Postion Car Driver Points Points Behind 1 10 Jeff Green 2627 0 2 66 Todd Bodine 2354 -273 3 57 Jason Keller 2158 -469 4 2 Kevin Harvick 2155 -472 5 98 Elton Sawyer 2063 -564 6 3 Ron Hornaday 2050 -577 7 1 Randy LaJoie 1992 -635 8 34 David Green 1848 -779 9 27 Casey Atwood 1820 -807 10 17 Matt Kenseth 1788 -839 2000 Busch Grand National money leaders 1. Jeff Green $562,625 2. Matt Kenseth $448,185 3. Jason Keller $374,635 4. Randy Lajoie $364,375 5. Elton Sawyer $346,700 6. Ron Hornaday, Jr. $339,780 7. Todd Bodine $335,795 8. Mark Martin $334,250 9. Casey Atwood $322,640 10. David Green $304,505

The NASCAR Busch Series Race Results 1 1 87 Ron Fellows Chevy 82 185 2 7 30 Butch Leitzinger Chevy 82 175 3 9 2 Kevin Harvick Chevy 82 165 4 6 66 Todd Bodine Chevy 82 160 5 5 48 Mike McLaughlin Chevy 82 155 6 2 36 Tim Fedewa Chevy 82 150 7 3 98 Elton Sawyer Ford 82 146 8 21 43 Jay Sauter Chevy 82 142 9 4 19 PJ Jones Chevy 82 143 10 10 10 Jeff Green Chevy 82 134 11 8 57 Jason Keller Chevy 82 130 12 17 27 Casey Atwood Chevy 82 127 13 15 81 Blaise Alexander Chevy 82 124 14 23 33 Tony Raines Chevy 82 121 15 35 1 Randy LaJoie Chevy 82 118 16 31 82 Anthony Lazzaro Chevy 82 115 17 16 4 Curtis Markham Pontiac 82 112 18 40 63 Mark Green Chevy 82 109 19 26 21 Mike Dillon Chevy 82 106 20 37 00 Buckshot Jones Pontiac 82 103 21 38 26 Bobby Hamilton Jr. Chevy 82 100 22 29 17 Jason Schuler Chevy 82 97 23 25 46 Ashton Lewis, Jr Chevy 82 94 24 18 37 Kevin Grubb Chevy 82 91 25 36 59 Phil Parsons Chevy 82 88 26 28 73 Bryan Wall Ford 82 85 27 19 25 Andy Santerre Chevy 82 82 28 32 18 Jason Leffler Pontiac 81 79 29 20 8 Bobby Hillin Jr. Chevy 81 76 30 22 7 Ted Christopher Chevy 81 73 31 33 90 Mike Stefanik Chevy 81 70 32 34 11 Jason Jarrett Pontiac 81 67 33 41 44 Justin Labonte Chevy 81 64 34 44 67 Jamie Aube Chevy 80 61 35 43 86 Dennis Demers Chevy 79 58 36 24 3 Ron Hornaday Chevy 73 60 37 14 20 Tom Hubert Pontiac 68 57 38 11 35 Lyndon Amick Chevy 67 49 39 30 53 Hank Parker Jr. Chevy 64 46 40 39 5 Dick Trickle Chevy 63 43 41 27 77 Mike Wallace Ford 56 40 42 42 61 Mike Olsen Chevy 52 37 43 12 92 Jimmie Johnson Chevy 45 34 44 13 34 David Green Chevy 38 31

Craftsman Truck Series, The Bully Hill Vineyards 150 #13 of 24 TRUCKS were at : Watkins Glen International RhynoxRacing RaceDay Weather Watkins Glen   TRACK: 2.45 mile road course Track Turns: 11 Turns Track Straight: No straights Race Length: 62 Laps Distance: 151.9 Miles TV: Saturday, 6/24/00 @ 1:30p.m. on ESPN Announcers: Marty Reid and Jeremy Dale Pit Reporters: Dave Burns and Amy East Radio:Saturday, 6/24/00 @ 1:00p.m. on MRN - LIVE! Defending Champion: Ron Fellows 1999 Pole Sitter: Ron Fellows Track Qualifying Record: Ron Fellows 117.476 mph 1 min. 15.079 sec. 5/22/98 Track Race Record: Ron Fellows 97.790 mph 1 hr. 33 min. 12 sec. 8/24/97 Total Purse: $438,537 Entry List Sue's Store Shop for all your NASCAR Needs

Craftsman Truck Series Race Results 1 1 50 Greg Biffle Ford 62 185 2 7 99 Kurt Busch Ford 62 175 3 26 7 Ron Fellows Chevy 62 170 4 4 2 Mike Wallace Ford 62 160 5 3 24 Jack Sprague Chevy 62 160 6 15 60 Andy Houston Chevy 62 150 7 8 1 Dennis Setzer Dodge 62 146 8 6 12 Carlos Contreras Dodge 62 147 9 10 14 Rick Crawford Ford 62 138 10 13 25 Randy Tolsma Dodge 62 134 11 2 88 Terry Cook Chevy 62 135 12 18 43 Steve Grissom Dodge 62 127 13 9 3 Bryan Reffner Chevy 62 124 14 14 16 Jimmy Hensley Chevy 62 121 15 5 18 Joe Ruttman Dodge 62 118 16 21 57 Andy Santerre Ford 62 115 17 19 75 Marty Houston Chevy 62 117 18 23 47 Charles Morgan, Jr. Ford 62 109 19 20 10 Tom Carey Dodge 61 106 20 24 72 Randy MacDonald Chevy 61 103 21 29 41 Randy Renfrow Dodge 61 100 22 33 51 Rick Ware Chevy 61 97 23 17 90 Lance Norick Chevy 61 94 24 25 86 Scott Riggs Dodge 60 91 25 32 9 Tom Boston Ford 57 88 26 11 46 Rob Morgan Ford 55 85 27 34 93 Wayne Edwards Chevy 55 82 28 28 27 Jeff Beck Ford 53 79 29 27 03 Steve Prescott Chevy 52 76 30 16 40 Brad Bennett Chevy 34 73 31 22 20 JD Gibbs Chevy 24 70 32 12 66 Rick Carelli Ford 13 67 33 30 73 B.A. Wilson Chevy 4 64 34 31 00 Ryan McGlynn Chevy 1 61

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The following is from Hubby Dave .....
BGN
The Race Results with (starting position) & money earned:
1. (1) Ron Fellows $31,575
2. (7) Butch Leitzinger $23,750
3. (9) Kevin Harvick $25,000
4. (6) Todd Bodine $20,200
5. (5) Mike McLaughlin $22,725
6. (2) Tim Fedewa $14,675
7. (3) Elton Sawyer $18,350
8. (21) Jay Sauter $13,275
9. (4) P.J. Jones $8,900
10. (10) Jeff Green $20,275

BGN (Unoffical) Point standings after Watkins Glen:
1. Jeff Green 2627
2. Todd Bodine 2354
3. Jason Keller 2158
4. Kevin Harvick 2155
5. Elton Sawyer 2063
6. Ron Hornaday 2055
7. Randy LaJoie 1992
8. Casey Atwood 1865
9. David Green 1827
10.Tony Raines 1827

It took Ron Fellows 2 hours, 13 minutes, and 4 seconds to win the race with a margin of victory of .901 seconds over Butch Leitzinger. The race's average speed was 90.586 mph.

The race had 5 cautions for 11 laps.

The race had 6 lead changes among 5 drivers: Ron Fellows 1-13, P.J. Jones 14-20, Tom Hubert 21-35, Fellows 36-47, Ron Hornaday 48-58, Butch Leitzinger 59-71, Fellows 72-82.
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Trucks
The Race Results with (starting position) & money earned:
1. (1) Greg Biffle $44,590.
2. (7) Kurt Busch $26,455.
3. (26) Ron Fellows $19,525.
4. (4) Mike Wallace $13,145.
5. (3) Jack Sprague $13,575.
6. (15) Andy Houston $11,595.
7. (8) Dennis Setzer $10,795.
8. (6) Carlos Contreras $9,395.
9. (10) Rick Crawford $10,995.
10. (13) Randy Tolsma $11,295.

NCTS (Unoffical) Point standings after Watkins Glen:
1. Greg Biffle 2,077
2. Jack Sprague 2,023
3. Mike Wallace 1,998
4. Andy Houston 1,948
5. Kurt Busch 1,842
6. Dennis Setzer 1,768
7. Randy Tolsma 1,730
8. Steve Grissom 1,721
9. Bryan Reffner 1,708
10. Rick Crawford 1,688

The race took 1 hour, 46 minutes,and 55 seconds to complete. The average speed was 85.244 mph,with a margin of victory of 1.498 seconds over Jack Sprague.

They had 5 cautions for 10 laps.

There were 9 lead changes among 7 drivers: Greg Biffle 1-16,Jeff Beck 17, Biffle 18-20, Kurt Busch 21-27, Terry Cook 28-29, Jack Sprague 30-33, Biffle 34-36, Marty Houston 37-48, Biffle 49-62.

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