Kanke claims 27th career Featherlite

Southwest Series Bud Pole Award

Sonoma, Calif. - M.K. Kanke of Frazier Park, Calif. returned to the site that ended his 2001 season and took one back as he claimed his 27th career Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring Bud Pole Award at Sears Point Raceway Thursday afternoon. Kanke led two-time defending race winner Jim Inglebright in qualifying as the only two drivers in the 93 mph range. Rounding out the top five qualifiers were Todd Souza, Kevin Harvick, and
Kenny Shepherd.

Other notable qualifiers were Boris Said in the Ken Schrader owned Federated Auto Parts Chevrolet qualifying 11th, and 1997 Featherlite Southwest Series  champion, Bryan Germone, qualifying 15th. Failing to make it in on time and who will have use the Non-Qualifiers race to get in the show is NASCAR Winston Cup regular Jeff Green.

Twenty-eight drivers qualified on time with Scott Lynch of Burley, Idaho squeezing in the field with the 28th final qualifying spot. Frank Maronski Jr., Joe Herold, Nick Joanides, Steve Belletto, Bob Lyon, and Ed Watson all made the starting grid via the use of provisonals.

The final eight starting positions for the 42-car field will be set by those drivers that transfer from the 10-lap Non-Qualifiers race that is scheduled to take the green flag at 8:30 am Friday morning.

Forty-two drivers will make the grid for the Snap-On Tools/Jelly Belly "200" on Saturday. The event is the seventh of fourteen scheduled events for the Featherlite Southwest Series, and is the third race of the season that will air on the SPEED Channel.

Featherlite Southwest Series
a part of the NASCAR Touring Division
Snap-On Tools/Jelly Belly "200"
Sears Point Raceway, Sonoma, Calif., June 22, 2002


Pos Car Driver Team Time 1 Time 2 Quick Lap MPH
1 98 M.K. Kanke Community Recycling/Watkins Engines/Mechanix Wear
Chevrolet 76.761 99.999 76.761 93.329
2 20 Jim Inglebright Jelly Belly/Wunder Bar/Golds Gym Chevrolet 76.889
99.999 76.889 93.173
3 6 Todd Souza Central Coast Cabinets Ford 77.301 99.999 77.301
92.677
4 29 Kevin Harvick Snap-On Tools Chevrolet 77.404 99.999 77.404
92.553
5 9 Kenny Shepherd Save Mart/Mt. Dew Chevrolet 77.473 99.999 77.473
92.471
6 33 Burney Lamar TRI-C Mfg./Waveshield/Amerisuites/DC Racing Engines
Chevy 77.475 99.999 77.475 92.469
7 70 Greg Pursley Star Nursery.com/LTR/Victory Circle Chevrolet 77.732
99.999 77.732 92.163
8 13 Paul Menard Menards/Pittsburg Paints/Conseco Chevrolet 77.743
99.999 77.743 92.150
9 28 Brandon Whitt Moen Faucets/STR/Simpson Race Products Chevrolet
77.828 99.999 77.828 92.049
10 34 Doug McCoun Wynn's/TruLine/Marina Motor Co. Chevrolet 77.897
99.999 77.897 91.968
11 99 Boris Said Federated Auto Parts/Valvoline/Budweiser/Penda
Chevrolet 77.939 99.999 77.939 91.918
12 71 Troy Ermish Big B Lumber Chevrolet 77.955 99.999 77.955 91.899
13 45 Sean Woodside Lucas Oil/Ron's Rear End Chevrolet 77.962 99.999
77.962 91.891
14 21 Thomas Martin Snap-on Tools/NAPA/Strickly Toy-Ondas Chevorlet
77.971 99.990 77.971 91.880
15 89 Bryan Germone Viansa Vineyards Chevrolet 78.010 99.999 78.010
91.834
16 62 Eric Holmes Taco Bell/Wayne Tuel Enterprises Chevrolet 78.232
99.999 78.232 91.574
17 31 Robby Gordon Cingular Wireless/Big O Tires Pontiac 78.354 99.999
78.354 91.431
18 59 Auggie Vidovich Jr. PG Series/Ransom Brothers/Staggs
Chili/Carquest Chevrolet 78.613 99.999 78.613 91.130
19 61 Mike Ledbetter Pabco Gypsum/ER Vine & Sons/Bills Drywall Chevrolet
78.704 99.999 78.704 91.025
20 19 Eddy McKean HPS/Victory Circle/Magic Valley Pipe & Steel Pontiac
78.888 99.999 78.888 90.812
21 74 Jason Allen Sky Blue Environmental/Buzards Eye Inst/EZ Up Canopies
Pontiac 79.076 99.999 79.076 90.596
22 16 Tony Toste CBA Motorsports/LTR Racing Engines Chevrolet 79.183
99.999 79.183 90.474
23 03 Jim Pettit II Hall Kinion/Career Builder/Bay Pac Racing Ford 79.243
99.999 79.243 90.405
24 3 Wes Banks Orco Construction Supply/Lamar Tool & Die Chevrolet
79.322 99.999 79.322 90.315
25 60 Chris Cook Boundarant Chevrolet 79.335 99.999 79.335 90.301
26 78 Dave Clark Neo Synthetic Racing Oils/LTR Chevrolet 79.360 99.999
79.360 90.272
27 75 Vince Little DBP Enterprises/Elite Landscape Chevrolet 79.388
99.999 79.388 90.240
28 81 Scott Lynch Yerf-Dog Fun Karts/Mr. Gas Chevrolet 79.419 99.999
79.419 90.205
29 86 Adam Andretti Dwight Yoakam's Bisquits/Countryman Motorsports
Chevrolet 79.445 99.999 79.445 90.176
30 23 Dan Holtz Rialto Concrete Products/Thompson Motorsports Ford
79.541 99.999 79.541 90.067
31 01 Jeff Green Color Fast Chevrolet 79.563 99.999 79.563 90.042
32 10 Nick Joanides Colorfast/Jackson Race Cars Chevrolet 79.742 99.999
79.742 89.840
33 68 Chuck Billington Foster Farms/Save Mart Chevrolet 79.767 99.999
79.767 89.812
34 44 Bob Lyon Northridge Rentals/LTR Chevrolet 79.782 99.999 79.782
89.795
35 0 Brandon Kraus SL Sign Factory /Ettore Squeege Roger Kraus Racing
Chevrolet 79.840 99.999 79.840 89.729
36 88 Rocky Nash Honda Cars of Corona/The Body Shop Pontiac 79.910
99.999 79.910 89.651
37 52 John Metcalf RE/MAX International Chevrolet 80.011 99.999 80.011
89.538
38 49 Jesse Rhodes Hall Kinion/Career Builder/Silicon Valley Chevrolet
80.020 99.999 80.020 89.528
39 7 Frank Maronski Jr. Stock Building Supply/Ron Rear Ends/Grip Rite
Chevrolet 80.240 99.999 80.240 89.282
40 30 Steve Belletto California Hot Wood/Ashby Const./Hill Plumbing
Chevrolet 80.264 99.999 80.264 89.255
41 17 Dave Byrd Righetti Ent/Millers Auto/California Properties
Chevrolet 80.343 99.999 80.343 89.168
42 73 Scott Busby Richmond American Homes/Sheehan Construction
Chevrolet 80.510 99.999 80.510 88.983
43 66 Steve Carvajal Carvajal Motorsports Chevrolet 80.512 99.999
80.512 88.981
44 5 Joe Herold Quality Chevorlet/Nelson & Nelson Race Cars Chevrolet
80.596 99.999 80.596 88.888
45 50 Matt Reilly Groeniger & Company Chevrolet 80.643 99.999 80.643
88.836
46 25 Paul Hansen West Builders/Floor Trends Chevrolet 80.875 99.999
80.875 88.581
47 11 Jimmy White Centrifugal Technologies/Condenser & Chiller/So Cal
Bolt Chevy 80.879 99.999 80.879 88.577
48 97 JR Patton Patricks Carpets/Las Cruces Motorsports Pontiac 81.081
99.999 81.081 88.356
49 72 Michelle Nagai T.O.E./Redline Oil/Berkley Jet Dry Chevrolet 81.364
99.999 81.364 88.049
50 2 Nick Lynch Mr. Gas/Yerf-Dog Chevrolet 81.812 99.999 81.812
87.567
51 55 Ed Watson Creekside Retirement Community Chevrolet 999.999
999.999 999.999 7.164