RACE FACTS & NOTES OF INTEREST

WHAT: MADERA AUTO CENTER/IWX "125" Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR
Touring Race No. 10

WHERE: Madera Speedway, Madera, Calif.
1/3-Mile Paved

WHEN: Saturday, July 27, 2002 - 8:30 p.m. PST

DISTANCE: 125 Laps/41.666 Miles

POSTED
AWARDS: $38,850

FIELD: 22 cars possible. The fastest 15 cars through time trials with two provisional starting positions (16th & 17th) available to the top 30 drivers based on the current 2002 Featherlite Southwest Series point standings, who have not qualified for one of the original 15 starting
positions, provided eligible drivers attempt to qualify. The 18th and 19th starting positions are available to the highest 30 car owners in the current 2002 Featherlite Southwest Series point standings who have not qualified for one of the original 15 starting positions. The 20th starting position will be awarded to any past Featherlite Southwest Series champion who competed as a driver in 2001. The 21st and 22nd starting positions will be filled by the top two (2) highest finishing drivers from the Qualifying Race, electing to transfer.

SANCTION: National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR)

PROMOTER: Madera Speedway, Inc.

CONTACTS: Derrick Shannon, NASCAR, 208/890-7078
Madera Speedway, 559/266/7223

SCHEDULE:

Saturday, July 27
10:00 a.m.  Haulers enter
11:00 a.m.  Registration & Inspections
12:00noon   Drawing to determine Qualifying order
12:15 p.m.  Mandatory Rookie Meeting
1:00p.m.-2:00p.m.-Practice
2:15 p.m.   Mandatory driver's meeting
3:00-3:30 p.m. - Practice
4:45 p.m.   Time Trials (2 Laps). All positions
6:00 p.m.   Qualifying Race
6:30 p.m.   Trophy Dash
8:00 p.m.   Mandatory Spotters Meeting
8:30 p.m.   Madera Auto Center/IWX "125"


THE RACE TRACK: Madera Speedway is a 1/3-mile paved oval track.

RECORDS: Driver Date Speed Time
QUALIFYING: Lance Hooper 7/22/95 86.269 mph 13.91 sec.
RACE: 100-Laps Bob Lyon 9/2/00 66.852 mph 29 min. 55 sec.
RACE: 125-Laps Eric Holmes 7/28/01 63.210 mph 40 min. 11 sec.


FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES NOTES:
· Eric Holmes is the defending race winner at Madera Speedway and won his second career Featherlite Southwest Series race this past weekend at Altamont Raceway Park. Holmes looks to for two in a row at Madera, a track where he has experience.

· Craig Raudman of Bakersfield, Calif., the 2001 Featherlite Southwest Series champion, will make only his second start of the 2002 season. Raudman is rebuilding his team this season for a run at the 2003 championship.

· Two-time series runner-up and fan favorite, Auggie Vidovich Jr. will miss the Madera event, instead he will be running the RE/MAX Challenge Series event at PPIR in order to get seat time on larger tracks for a NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series ride later this year.

· Through nine 2002 races, there have been 123 drivers earning championship points. There has not been a repeat winner, and only M.K. Kanke (2) and Burney Lamar (3) have multiple Bud Pole Awards. Lamar has also led the most laps so far this season 405 out of a possible 1093 or 37% of laps run.

· Sean Woodside had his championship hopes sidelined this past week after breaking his ankle. The injury required surgery to repair which forces Woodside to sit out 4-6 weeks. No word on who will fill in for the next few races.

· Eddy McKean of Jerome, Idaho continues to lead the point standings on the strength of one win, four top-5, and six top-10 finishes.

· Brandon Whitt continues to lead the Rookie-of-the-Year standings over Modesto star Steve Belletto.

· Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company has posted award tires for all the remaining events in 2002, which include 32 tires to be distributed to eligible Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring car owners per event.

Current FSWS 2002 Point Standings     2001 Madera Speedway Top 10
1. Eddy McKean 1308                              1.  Eric Holmes
2. M.K. Kanke 1224                                 2.  Mark Reed
3. Doug McCoun 1197                              3.  Marc Groskreutz
4. Burney Lamar 1183                               4.  Bob McCoun
5. Frank Maronski Jr.1157                        5.  Craig Raudman
6. Todd Souza 1150                                  6.  Greg Pursley
7. Jim Pettit II     1130                               7.  Auggie Vidovich Jr.
8. Sean Woodside 1124                            8.  Ben Walker
9. Steve Belletto 1023                               9.  Vince Little
10. Joe Herold 1019                                 10. Mike Ledbetter

2001 RACE REVIEW:  Jason Fensler won the Bud Pole Award with a time of 14.185 and started the event in the sixth position due to the invert. Auggie Vidovich Jr. led the first 28 laps before Fensler made his way back to the front on lap 29. Fensler led until lap 33, when a hard-charging Jim Pettit II took the top spot and led laps 34-44. Crag Raudman jumped into the action and battled Pettit side-by-side to lead lap 45. Pettit took the top spot back on lap 46, only to loose it the next lap. Raudman led laps 47-107 until his rear-end started to go away and allowed Eric Holmes to close in on the lead. Holmes took the lead on lap 108 and never looked back in route to his first career Featherlite Southwest Series victory.

2001 RACE STATS
Bud Pole: Jason Fensler, 14.185/84.512 mph
Time of Race: 40 min, 11 seconds
Average Speed: 63.210 mph
Margin of Victory: .750 seconds
Caution Flags: Four for 27 Laps
Lap Leaders: Six lead changes among five drivers. Auggie Vidovich Jr. 1-28, Jason Fensler 29-33, Jim Pettit II 34-44, Crag Raudman 45, Pettit 46, Raudman 47-107, Eric Holmes 108-127.

Previous FSWS Winners at Madera Speedway
2001- Eric Holmes
2000- Bob Lyon 1999- Kurt Busch 1998- M.K. Kanke
1997- M.K. Kanke 1996- Bryan Germone 1995- Lance Hooper
1989- Dan Press 1988- Troy Beebe 1987- Rick Carelli

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