in the Featherlite Southwest Series

Madera, Calif.. (July 27, 2002) Burney Lamar of West Sacramento, Calif. made it ten different winners in ten races this season in the Featherlite Southwest Series, NASCAR Touring division. Lamar led 121 of 125-laps in route to his first career series victory worth more then $5100 and led the most laps for the fifth time this season.

Lamar took the top spot ahead of Featherlite southwest Series point leader Eddy McKean, who started the event in the 16th position. McKean scored his fifth top-five finish of the season
and lengthened his point lead to 89 markers ahead of M.K. Kanke who finished third. Eric Holmes and Steve Belletto rounded out the top five finishers.

Steve Belletto grabbed his first career Bud Pole Award earlier in the evening with a quick lap of 14.389 seconds/83.314 mph and started the event in the sixth position due to the 6-car invert. Belletto also collected Rookie-of-the-Race honors for the fifth time this season and closed the gap on Rookie point leader Brandon Whitt to within five points. Eddy McKean maintains the point lead ahead of M.K. Kanke, with Burney Lamar moving back into the third position after the victory. Doug McCoun holds down the fourth position with Todd Souza rolling back into the top-five.

The race took 37 minutes and 36 seconds to complete (new race record) and had only two caution periods lasting 15-laps. The Featherlite Southwest Series drivers will take one week off before returning to the ultra-fast marquee speedplant of Irwindale Speedway in Irwindale, Calif. on Saturday, August 10 for a 150-lap clash.

The Featherlite Southwest Series is one of eight NASCAR Touring Series that blanket the United States. NASCAR Touring brings special events to many NASCAR Weekly Racing Series tracks and some NASCAR superspeedways and road courses. NASCAR Touring Series can provide a competitor with an entire career, or they can provide valuable experience to competitors moving through the NASCAR ranks. Corporate sponsors make significant contributions to NASCAR Touring Series point funds. The sponsors include Anheuser-Busch,
Featherlite Trailers, Gatorade, Goody's Headache Powders, Raybestos Brakes, Hills Brothers Coffee, RE/MAX International, Inc., and R.J. Reynolds brand Winston.

                               FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES RACE #10
     Madera Auto Center/IWX "125"
     Madera Speedway

     Madera, Calif., July 27, 2002
     Third-Mile Paved Oval
     125-Laps, 41.666-Miles-Purse $38,850

Pos Qual Car  Driver Team Laps Points $ Won Status
1  3  33   Burney Lamar TRI-C Mfg./Waveshield/Amerisuites/DC Racing Engines Chevy 125  180  5,125
2  16  19   Eddy McKean HPS/Victory Circle/Magic Valley Pipe & Steel Pontiac125  170  2,750 
3  10  98   M.K. Kanke Community Recycling/Watkins Engines/Mechanix Wear Chevrolet 125  165  2,050
4  7  70   Eric Holmes Wayne Tuel Enterprises/Taco Bell  Chevrolet 125  1601,550
5  6  30  # Steve Belletto California Hot Wood/Ashby Const./Hill Plumbing Chevrolet 125  155  1,775
6  14  03  Jim Pettit II Hall Kinion/Career Builder/Bay Pac Racing Ford 125 150  1,225
7  13  6   Todd Souza Central Coast Cabinets Ford 125  146  1,200
8  15  10   Ron Strmiska Jr. Chez Shari's/Uncle Franks Grill/Speckles Park Chevrolet 125  142  925
9  2  11   Kenny Shepherd Save Mart/Mt. Dew/Cheetos Chevrolet 125  138  900
10  17  34   Doug McCoun Wynn's/TruLine/Marina Motor Co. Chevrolet 125  134 1,100
11  5  7   Frank Maronski Jr. Stock Building Supply/Ron Rear Ends/Grip Rite Chevrolet 124  130  1,125
12  19  61   Mike Ledbetter Pabco Gypsum/ER Vine & Sons/Bills Drywall Chevrolet 123  127  1,000
13  18  5   Joe Herold Quality Chevorlet/Nelson & Nelson Race Cars Chevrolet 123  124  950
14  12  28  # Brandon Whitt Moen Faucets/STR/Simpson Race Products Chevrolet 123  121  925
15  11  44   Bob Lyon Northridge Rentals/LTR/Ron's Rear Ends Chevrolet 122 118  975
16  10  8   Tim Stratmeyer Tri Valley Machine/Better Homes Realty Chevrolet 122  115  625
17  20  73   Scott Busby Richmond American Homes/Sheehan Construction Chevrolet 121  112  850
18  8  71   John Gaalswyk Roos Ranches/Shocks by Roos/Gaalswyk Racing Chevrolet 114  109  600  Engine
19  1  92   Joe Zampa Valley Fabrication Chevrolet 80  106  600  Accident
20  9  51   Kevin Vernon Pull A Part/Action Towing/Fast Time Signs Chevrolet 77  103  600  Overheating
21  4  67   Jeff Belletto California Hot Wood/ESSCO/ Belletto Auto Glass Chevrolet 68  100  650  Brakes
22  22  0  Jess Apodaca Valley Balancing/Cal Door Chevrolet 31  97  600 Accident

# Rookie-of-the-Year Contenders
Failed to Qualify:  Chris Wadsworth, Rocky Nash, David Philpott, JR Patton,
Bob McCoun, Jeff McCoun, Greg Potts, Scott Schmidt, Vince Little, Rod
Johnson,
Danny Burson, Scott Shade
TIME OF RACE:  37 minutes, 36 seconds
AVERAGE SPEED:  66.489 mph
MARGIN OF VICTORY:  1.2 seconds
BUD POLE AWARD:  Steve Belletto, California Hot Wood Chevrolet
14.389/83.397mph
GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD:  Burney Lamar, TRI-C Mfg. Chevrolet
ROOKIE-OF-THE-RACE AWARD: Steve Belletto, California Hot Wood Chevrolet
CAUTION FLAGS:  Two for 15 laps (34-42, 83-88)
LAP LEADERS:  Joe Zampa (Start), Kenny Shepherd (1-3), Burney Lamar (4-125)

FEATHERLITE SOUTHWEST SERIES TOP 20
 POINTS (WINS)
1 Eddy McKean 1478 (1)
2 K.K. Kanke 1389 (1)
3 Burney Lamar 1363 (1)
4 Doug McCoun 1331 (1)
5 Todd Souza 1296 -
6 Frank Maronski Jr. 1287 -
7 Jim Pettit II 1280 -
8 Steve Belletto 1178 -
9 Joe Herold 1143 -
10 Brandon Whitt 1133 -
11 Sean Woodside 1124 (1)
12 Mike Ledbetter 1056 -
13 Bob Lyon 1000 -
14 Scott Busby 904 -
15 Rocky Nash 874 -
16 Nick Joanides 866 -
17 David Gilliland 839 (1)
18 Eric Holmes 836 (1)
19 Auggie Vidovich Jr. 816 -
20 Kenny Shepherd 733 -

BUD POLE AWARD STANDINGS
Name Pts
Burney Lamar 3
M.K. Kanke 2
Dan Holtz 1
Rocky Nash 1
Jim Pettit II 1
John Baker 1
Steve Belletto 1

GATORADE FRONT RUNNER AWARD
Name Pts
Burney Lamar 17
Eddy McKean 4
Craig Raudman 4
Kenny Shepherd 4
Sean Woodside 3
Ken Schrader 3
John Baker 2
M.K. Kanke 2
Dan Holtz 2
Ed Hoffman 1
Paul Menard 1
Nick Joanides 1
Ron Strminska Jr. 1
Matt Crafton 1
David Gilliland 1
Jim Inglebright 1
Paul Menard 1
Brandon Whitt 1
Doug McCoun 1
Eric Holmes  1


ROOKIE-OF-THE-YEAR STANDINGS
  1 - Brandon Whitt 87
  2 - Steve Belletto 82
  3 - David Gilliland* 31
  4 - Dan Holtz* 26
  5 - Jason Allen* 23
  6- - Greg Voigt* 17
  7 - Jason Fensler* 17
  8 - Adam Andretti* 16
  9 - Thomas Martin* 6
*Withdrawn from ROTY Program


MANUFACTURERS' CHAMPIONSHIP
POINTS WINS
Chevrolet 85 9
Pontiac 56 1
Ford 50 0