Pocono qualifying results

Long Pond PA, 6-15-00 - 7 time ARCA Pocono winner Tim Steele, who hasn't raced on the 2.5 mile Pocono International Raceway since July of '98, apparently hasn't missed a beat. With thick fog encompassing the Pocono superspeedway triangle, Steele shattered the 1-lap ARCA track record here Thursday with a speed of 167.380 mph. The old track record was set just last year by Blaise Alexander at 164.796.

2000 ARCA Bondo/Mar-Hyde Series Event #8 Pocono Int'l Raceway, Long Pond PA, 6-17-00 Official First Round Qualifying, Pocono ARCA 200

NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR TIME SPEED

1 16 Tim Steele/Coopersville MI HS Die-Softech Ford 53.77 167.38 2 42 Dan Pardus/Port Orange FL Coastal Auctions Chevrolet 54.248 165.905 3 22 Mike Swaim Jr/High Point NC Xlerator Pontiac 54.744 164.402 4 71 AJ Henriksen/Mooresville NC Engineered Components Ford 55.204 163.032 5 2 Kerry Earnhardt/Mooresville NC Teresa Earnhardt Chevrolet 55.531 162.072 6 3 Kirk Shelmerdine/Welcome NC Schaeffer's Harley Davidson Chevrolet 55.57 161.958 7 25 Billy Venturini/Concord NC Permatex Chevrolet 55.687 161.618 8 75 Bob Schacht/Mooresville NC Racing for Christ Ministries Ford 55.695 161.594 9 66 Bob Strait/Mokena IL Midway Islands Ford 55.701 161.577 10 38 Damon Lusk/Inman SC United Pipe & Supply Ford 55.712 161.545 11 19 Cavin Councilor/Naples FL Target Saws & Blades-Earthlink Chevrolet 55.749 161.438 12 46 Frank Kimmel/Jeffersonville IN Advance Auto Parts-Pork White Meat Chevrolet 55.917 160.953 13 23 Ron Cox/Soddy Daisy TN John Dunn Trucking Chevrolet 56.048 160.577 14 59 Mark Gibson/Auburn GA Cornwell Quality Tools Chevrolet 56.155 160.271 15 95 David Keith/Nashville TN Shoney's Inn Ford 56.166 160.239 16 80 Morgan Shepherd/Hickory NC Stan Hover Racing Ford 56.245 160.014 17 5 Bobby Gerhart/Lebanon PA Gerhart Racing Chevrolet 56.437 159.47 18 0 Tom Eriksen/Hesston PA Eriksen H20 Well Drilling Chevrolet 56.59 159.039 19 72 AJ Alsup/Mooresville NC Track Scan Chevrolet 56.607 158.991 20 49 Matt Mullins/Harrisburg NC Ther-A-Pedic Sleep Products Pontiac 56.753 158.582 21 51 Joe Cooksey/Centralia IL Maurtco Motorsports Chevrolet 56.968 157.983 22 4 Marc Brenner/Trussville AL Zep Chevrolet 57.014 157.856 23 48 Jim Lamoreaux/Sweet Valley PA Reliance Tool & Manufacturing Chevrolet 57.458 156.636 24 74 David Adcock/York PA Manheim Auto Auctions Pontiac 57.492 156.544 25 24 Chuck Weber/Mesquite TX Cardinal Tool Company Chevrolet 57.56 156.359 26 32 Mark Stahl/Savannah GA AutoBell Carwash-Keystone Ford 57.698 155.985 27 84 Norm Benning/Pittsburgh PA SoBe Healthy Refreshment Chevrolet 57.789 155.739 28 99 Mike Potter/Johnson City TN Sharon Supermarket-Ruffies Trash Bags Ford 57.985 155.213 29 28 CW Smith/Williamsport PA Shop Vac Chevrolet 58.279 154.43 30 21 Tim Bainey/Osceola Mills PA Falcone Ford 59.471 151.334 31 7 Jerry Hill/Marlboro MD Chris Watt Racing Ford 60.224 149.442 32 10 Rick Skinner/Medford NJ Digital Arts & Graphics Ford 63.672 141.349

1 Matt Hutter/Chardon OH Phoenix Construction Chevrolet DNF 47 Jon Herb/Indianapolis IN Invincible Sportswear Ford DNF 79 Kevin Ray/Eastaboga AL Gizmo Fahooji Chevrolet DNF 6 Mike Harmon/Birmingport AL World War II Veterans Memorial Pontiac DNS

8 Shawna Robinson/Des Moines IA Kmart Kids Race Against Drugs Ford DNS 26 Brad Smith/Dearborn MI FME-VSE Ford DNS 30 Mark Voigt/Marine IL Team Stealth Chevrolet DNS 50 Andy Belmont/Penndel PA AOL-York Heating & AC Ford DNS 53 Robert Burroughs/Laurel MS Burroughs Diesel Pontiac DNS 67 Brian Ross/Plymouth IN Invisible Glass-Stoner Car Care Products Chevy DNS 76 Grant Andrews/Albrightsville PA A&R Fire Protection Chevrolet DNS