Chicagoland: Starting lineup

Blount smashes Chicagoland track record.

JOLIET IL (9-5-02) ARCA RE/MAX Series rookie Chad Blount won the Old Milwaukee Pole Award here Thursday at Chicagoland Speedway with a new 1-lap track record. Blount, in the APP Gas Dodge, blistered the 1.5-mile superspeedway with a speed of 174.633 mph earning his 5th Old Milwaukee Pole of the year.

<pre> 2002 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #19 Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet IL, 9-7-02 Official Starting Grid, ReadyHosting.com 200

STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM                                                    CAR        TIME    SPEED
1   77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN APP Gas                                         Dodge      30.922  174.633
2   46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork                   Ford       31.058  173.868
3   53 Tony Ave/Indianapolis IN Burroughs Diesel                                Ford       31.909  169.231
4   67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV                                 Chevrolet  31.924  169.152
5   05 Rick Carelli/Arvada CO RE/MAX Int'l                                      Chevrolet  31.940  169.067
6   75 Deborah Renshaw/Bowling Green KY National City Bank                      Ford       32.018  168.655
7   66 Bob Strait/Mokena IL Hendren Motorsports                                 Ford       32.069  168.387
8   04 Brent Sherman/N Barrington IL Hickory Farms-Serta Mattress               Chevrolet  32.147  167.978
9   1  Andy Belmont/Penndel PA Odoban Grease Control-AOL                        Ford       32.461  166.353
10  27 Chase Montgomery/Mt Juliet TN Montgomery Motorsports                     Chevrolet  32.680  165.239
11  25 Billy Venturini/Chicago IL Windy City Wire-ABC Auto Parts                Chevrolet  32.682  165.229
12  17 AJ Henriksen/Mooresville NC Engineered Components-Fastenal               Ford       32.859  164.339
13  91 Christi Passmore/Pryor OK Royal Trading-GAP Roofing                      Ford       32.962  163.825
14  89 Jamie Mosley/London KY Karnes Dyno-Rev Engines                           Chevrolet  32.988  163.696
15  59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Williams Brothers Lumber                           Ford       32.992  163.676
16  48 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA GoldenPalace.com                           Ford       33.325  162.041
17  85 Mel Walen/Shakopee MN Rob Totenhagen                                     Ford       33.898  159.301
18  7  Bob Aiello/Covington GA Bullett Building Services                        Ford       34.146  158.144
19  92 Eric Smith/Akron NY E&E Motorsports                                      Ford       34.201  157.890
20  28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts                            Chevrolet  34.400  156.977
21  5 Jeff Caudell/Seymour IN Tim's Body Shop-S&L Electric                      Chevrolet  34.789  155.221
22  24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company                            Chevrolet  34.968  154.427
23  2  Eric Martin/Hixson TN Holiday Inn Of Matteson IL                         Chevrolet  35.323  152.875
24  34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Basham Racing                               Chevrolet  35.354  152.741
25  21 Todd Bowsher/Springfield OH United Trailers-Collateralevaluation.com     Ford       35.453  152.314
26  23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Buffalo Wild Wings                                Chevrolet  35.461  152.280
27  6  Brian Conz/Livonia MI CARB-R-ALL Racing                                  Chevrolet  35.807  150.809
28  38 Greg Sarff/Columbus OH Beannie's Luxury Coach-Absolute Impressions       Ford       36.295  148.781
29  84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports                           Chevrolet  37.167  145.290
30  26 Brad Smith/Dearborn MI BradSmithMotorsports.com                          Ford       37.212  145.114
31  02 Dick Tracey/Columbus GA ArielGears.com                                   Chevrolet  37.234  145.029
32  72 Tony Altiere/Lecanto FL Autocrafter                                      Chevrolet  38.556  140.056
33  06 Tim Mitchell/Fayetteville TN Nealco-Reid's                               Chevrolet  Provisional
34  20 Kevin McGuire/Battle Creek MI Arby's-Woodfield                           Ford       Provisional
35  83 Jon Morley/Columbus OH Beannie's Luxury Coach-Absolute Impressions       Ford       Provisional
36  4  James Hylton/Inman SC Victory Junction Gang                              Ford       Provisional
37  01 Greg Van Alst/Anderson IN Robert Locke Concrete-Shelby Materials         Chevrolet  Provisional
38  14 Jerry Middleton/Richmond IN Cardinal Tool Company                        Chevrolet  Provisional

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