Lowe's: Starting line-up

By a bumper, Kimmel edges Blount for Old Milwaukee Pole

CONCORD NC (5-16-02) Frank Kimmel, by a margin of .005 seconds, edged Chad Blount for the Old Milwaukee pole here Thursday afternoon at Lowe's Motor Speedway. Kimmel, in the Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford, qualified with a speed of 181.873 mph to earn his 23rd career RE/MAX Series pole.

<pre> 2002 ARCA RE/MAX SERIES EVENT #6 Lowe's Motor Speedway, Concord NC, 5-18-02 Official Starting Grid, EasyCare Vehicle Service Contracts 100

STR NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED

1 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork Ford 29.691 181.873 2 77 Chad Blount/Walkerton IN Braun Auto Group Dodge 29.696 181.843 3 67 Jason Jarrett/Hickory NC Biomet-Damon RV Chevrolet 30.078 179.533 4 4 Justin Labonte/Trinity NC Scherer-Cunningham Chevrolet 30.098 179.414 5 55 Jeff Fultz/Mooresville NC C&C Boiler Ford 30.166 179.009 6 75 Michael Vergers/Oxford UK BruichLaddich.com Ford 30.237 178.589 7 82 Robby Benton/Charlotte NC MAC Tools-Sunoco Ford 30.288 178.288 8 25 Billy Venturini/Charlotte NC Outdoor World-Bass Pro Shops Chevrolet 30.491 177.101 9 90 Jason Hedlesky/Clinton MI Superior Logistics Ford 30.585 176.557 10 54 Richard Mitchell/Bruceton Mills WV Coach USA-Mountaineer Gaming-WVA Tourism Pontiac 30.716 175.804 11 74 Kevin Gardner/Inman SC Gardner Motorsports Pontiac 30.727 175.741 12 41 Wally Fowler/Campobello SC The Junction Restaurant Chevrolet 30.811 175.262 13 04 Brent Sherman/N Barrington IL Serta Mattress-Hickory Farms Chevrolet 30.821 175.205 14 22 Damon Lusk/Kennewick WA One Race America-MIO Productions Chevrolet 30.956 174.441 15 53 Robert Burroughs/Laurel MS Burroughs Diesel Chevrolet 30.987 174.267 16 66 Tina Gordon/Cedar Bluff AL 3M Post-it Note Ford 31.014 174.115 17 59 Mark Gibson/Winder GA Williams Brothers Lumber Ford 31.181 173.182 18 1 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA Odoban Wheel Control Ford 31.197 173.094 19 49 Dan Shaver/Charlotte NC Petro Express-Citco Pontiac 31.255 172.772 20 81 Jerry Glanville/Dawsonville GA Loctite-Fricker's Ford 31.417 171.881 21 88 John Borneman/Lakeside CA MotorsportDirect.com-Red Line Oil Ford 31.534 171.244 22 03 Richard King/Conyers GA Dekalb Pipeline Company Chevrolet 31.549 171.162 23 85 John Hayden/Whitesville KY Premier Glass Pontiac 31.753 170.063 24 87 Andy Lombi/Loxahatchee FL Lombi Racing Chevrolet 32.096 168.245 25 64 Shelby Howard/Greenwood IN iHigh.com Chevrolet 32.257 167.406 26 28 Mike Buckley/Ann Arbor MI Midwest Mall Fronts Chevrolet 32.477 166.272 27 5 Robbie Cowart/Savannah GA JE Black Construction-SpringHill Suites Chevrolet 32.509 166.108 28 11 Wayman Wittman/Appleton WI Fast Track Driving School Ford 32.836 164.454 29 34 Darrell Basham/Henryville IN Basham Racing Chevrolet 32.983 163.721 30 48 Kevin Belmont/Feasterville PA Victory Junction Gang Ford 33.016 163.557 31 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN Buffalo Wild Wings Chevrolet 33.053 163.374 32 7 Dicky Williamson/Savannah GA JE Black Construction Ford 33.094 163.172 33 26 Brad Smith/Dearborn MI BradSmithMotorsports.com Ford 33.168 162.808 34 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool-Backgroundchecks.tv Chevrolet 33.368 161.832 35 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA Benning Motorsports Chevrolet Provisional 36 27 Chase Montgomery/Mt Juliet TN Montgomery Motorsports Chevrolet Provisional 37 38 Larry Hollenbeck/Kalamazoo MI Greg Sarff Racing Ford Provisional 38 6 Mike Harmon/Birmingport AL Jet Blast Sandblasting & Painting Chevrolet Provisional 39 56 Eric Martin/Hixson TN Comfort Inn Chevrolet Provisional 40 8 Todd Antrican/Miamisburg OH Benning Motorsports Chevrolet Provisional 41 21 Todd Bowsher/South Vienna OH Collateralevaluation.com Ford Provisional

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