Sprint

WTQMA Hawkeye results 2001-04-22

Blue Grass, IA (April 22, 2001) - Jeff Mallonee of Davenport, IA, held off a late race charge by Robbie Ray, also of Davenport, IA, to win his first race at Hawkeye Raceway since a crash that destroyed his car there last October. Ironically, ...

Edited: Apr 15, 2002, 11:45 PM

Copy link

Share on Viber

Add as a preferred source

Blue Grass, IA (April 22, 2001) - Jeff Mallonee of Davenport, IA, held off a late race charge by Robbie Ray, also of Davenport, IA, to win his first race at Hawkeye Raceway since a crash that destroyed his car there last October. Ironically, the same man that fields the defending champion's car, also was the engine builder that supplied the horsepower that muscled Mallonee to the win.

Mark Ray, the owner of MLR Competition Engines, and father and team owner the series defending championship team, following the race was pleased with the one - two finish, "It's always great to see engines you've built run up front" proclaimed Ray, "but to see them finish first and second is very rewarding."

The heat races went to Bart Andrews, who was sporting a new blue and silver number nine paint job for 2001, and Ray, also sporting a new number one after winning the championship in 2000.

Andrews took off from his outside row two starting position to lead every lap and win the first heat. Mallonee followed in second position after battling with Shawn Scripter early in the race.

Ray took the second heat race winning from his outside pole starting position. Coming in second was Kip Anderson, who was subbing for Mike Raymond in the number four Kehoe entry.

The feature event of the night was a hard fought battle between Mallonee and Andrews before Andrews stopped on the track with three laps to go bringing out the first and only caution of the race. On the restart Mallonee got the jump on Ray and took a two car length lead. Mallonee was able to hold on and take the win.

Results

Heat Race #1 (10 laps): 1. Andrews, 2. Mallonee, 3. K. Lane, 4. Bradley, 5. Scripter

Heat Race #2 (10 laps): 1. Ray, 2. Anderson, 3. Thompson, 4. D. Lane , 5. Baker, 6. Chris Sevey

Feature Race (15 laps): 1. Jeff Mallonee (#98 Signs of the Times, Jeff's Car Corner, Mallonee Racing), 2. Robbie Ray, 3. Kip Anderson, 4. Rod Thompson, 5. Dennis Lane, 6. Chris Sevey, 7. Shawn Scripter, 8. Bart Andrews, 9. Baker

Lap Leaders: Jeff Mallonee 1-15

- Robbie Ray

We want your opinion!

What would you like to see on Motorsport.com?

Take our 5 minute survey.

- The Motorsport.com Team

Read and post comments

Share Or Save This Story

Copy link

Share on Viber

Previous article SWS: Irwindale results

Next article BUSCH: Harvick Fontana preview

Top Comments

There are no comments at the moment. Would you like to write one?

View More & Comment

Latest news

Joe Gibbs Racing moves to resolve one portion of Spire countersuit

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup 1 h

Joe Gibbs Racing moves to resolve one portion of Spire countersuit

Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Homestead-Miami

10 h

Alex Bowman hits out at critics in snarky post, shooting down early exit rumors

Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss

NASCAR Cup

NAS NASCAR Cup

Homestead-Miami

11 h

Ryan Blaney gets sweet redemption after 'nightmares' following 2024 Homestead loss

IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing

IndyCar

Indy IndyCar 11 h

IndyCar 2026 season review: Dale Coyne Racing

Subscribe and access Motorsport.com with your ad-blocker.

From Formula 1 to MotoGP we report straight from the paddock because we love our sport, just like you. In order to keep delivering our expert journalism, our website uses advertising. Still, we want to give you the opportunity to enjoy an ad-free and tracker-free website and to continue using your adblocker.

You have 2 options:

Become a subscriber.
Disable your adblocker.

Subscribe now Already subscribed? Sign in here

Already disabled your adblocker?
Reload page

Manage Alerts