Earl's Fast Qualifier 2004-10-18

Jones Now 6 Ahead of Wise in Sprint FQ Points

Levi Jones extended his Earl's Plumbing Fast Qualifying point lead over Josh Wise to six points last week, qualifying fifth at Charlotte, N.C. Wednesday night. He'll try to protect that lead when the series visits Perris (Calif.) Auto Speedway October 28-30 for the Budweiser Oval Nationals.

Earl's fast qualifiers last week included Jay Drake (National Sprints at Charlotte, NC) and Davey Ray (National Sprints at Woodstock, Ga.), plus Tony Hunt (Western Sprints at Las Vegas, Nev.), Michael Lewis (Western Midgets at Las Vegas) and Chris Rahe (Ford Focuses at Las Vegas).

Earl's points will also be distributed this week in races at Bakersfield, Calif. (California Ford Focuses) and South Boston, Va.(Carolina/Virginia Ford Focuses).

Points are traditionally awarded at each USAC event based on an international system awarding the top-six qualifiers with points in the following scale: 1st-9, 2nd-6, 3rd-4, 4th-3, 5th-2, 6th-1.

Each USAC National, Western and Ford Focus Midget Car Earl's Plumbing FQ Champion will be honored at USAC's Champions Night ceremony in Indianapolis in December. The National and Western FQ champs will receive $5,000 each, while the Ford Focus FQ champs will each receive $1,500.

2004 Standings:

Weld Racing Silver Crown:
1-Dave Steele-40
2-Tyler Walker-36
3-Jay Drake & Jerry Coons, Jr.-30
5-Dane Carter-27.

Valvoline National Sprint Car:
1-Levi Jones-63
2-Josh Wise-57
3-Jay Drake-52
4-Dave Steele-49
5-Bud Kaeding-43.

National Midget Car:
1-Bobby East-70
2-Josh Wise-65
3-Dave Steele-56
4-Dave Darland-31
5-J.J. Yeley-28.

Valvoline Western Sprint Car:
1-Tony Hunt-93
2-Michael Lewis-83
3-Brian McClish-38
4-Brad Bumgarner-26
5-Tim Barber-20.

Western Midget Car:
1-Jerome Rodela-87
2-Garrett Hansen-65
3-Steve Paden-60
4-Johnny Rodriguez-46
5-Michael Lewis-35.

California Ford Focus:
1-Chris Rahe-128
2-Josh Lakatos-86
3-Bradley Galedrige-72
4-Nick Morago-39
5-Bobby McGowan-38.

Carolina/Virginia Ford Focus:
1-Chase Scott-85
2-Sam Beam-32
3-Aron Oakley-30
4-Danny Bopp-27
5-Mike Ward & Robbie Ray-21.

Midwest Ford Focus:
1- Rex Norris III-54
2-Jordan Noblitt-49
3-Tate Martz-44
4-Brad Loyet-32
5-Ryan Litt-31.

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