2002 NASCAR WINSTON WEST SERIES RACE FACTS

WHAT:    JANIKING 200  NASCAR Winston West Series Race #6 of 10

WHERE: Irwindale Speedway, Irwindale, Calif.      .5-Mile Paved Speedway

WHEN:                        Saturday, July 27, 2002 – 8:30 p.m. PT

DISTANCE:                        200 Laps, 100 Miles 

POSTED AWARDS:                        $122,659

FIELD: 26 cars possible.  Fastest 21 cars through time trials.  Two provisional positions based on 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Championship driver point standings, two additional provisional positions based on 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Championship owner point standings, one provisional starting position to NASCAR Winston West Series Champion.

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

 PROMOTER:                        Irwindale Speedway, LLC

 CONTACTS: Doug Stokes, Irwindale Speedway, 626/358-1100

                        Kevin W. Green, NASCAR, 707/447-2743

TV: NASCAR TV on SPEED Channel (Tape Delay)

                        Air Date & Time: Aug. 26, 8 p.m. ET

SCHEDULE:  Saturday, July 27

  8:00 a.m. NWWS Team Haulers enter

  8:00 a.m. Registration & Inspection

11:00 a.m. Mandatory Rookie Drivers’ Meeting

12:00 p.m. Practice to 12:45 p.m.

  1:15 a.m. Practice to 2:00 p.m.

  3:00 p.m. Mandatory Drivers’ Meeting

  4:00 p.m. Time Trials, 2 laps (All positions)

THE RACE: Irwindale Speedway is a .5-mile paved oval with blended banking of six, nine and 12 degrees in the corners and banking of six degrees in the straights. The state-of-the-art facility has hosted eight NASCAR Winston West Series events.

RECORDS:      Driver Date Speed Time

Qualifying: Butch Gilliland June 19, 1999 100.722 mph 17.871 seconds

Race: To be established at this distance

2001 REVIEW:          Sean Woodside, who won his third consecutive Bud Pole Award, dashed into the early lead and set the pace for the first 72 circuits. Brendan Gaughan shadowed Woodside in the early stages of the event, before moving to the front with Kevin Richards in his wake. Richards challenged Gaughan for the top spot, with the pair swapping the lead back and forth. Richards ran out of fuel and dropped off the pace, however, leaving Gaughan to run out front for the majority of the remaining laps. Johnny Borneman charged to a runner-up finish, with Woodside taking third.

2001 TOP 10 IN EVENT:                        2001 STATS:

  1. Brendan Gaughan                        Bud Pole: Sean Woodside

  2. Johnny Borneman                        Time of Race: 1 hour, 25 minutes, 11 seconds

  3. Sean Woodside                            Average Speed: 88.045 mph

  4. Mike David                                 Margin of Victory: 1.175 seconds

  5. Steve Portenga                            Caution Flags: Six for 32

  6. Mark Reed Lap Leaders: Sean Woodside 1-72, Brendan Gaughan 73-111,

  7. Scott Gaylord Kevin Richards 112-115, Gaughan 116, Richards 117-118,

  8. Brandon Ash Gaughan 119-135, Troy Cline 136-139, Gaughan 140-250.

  9. Eric Norris Seven lead changes among four drivers.

10. Troy Cline 

PAST RESULTS OF THIS EVENT

          Winner                           Bud Pole

2001  Brendan Gaughan            Sean Woodside

2000  Joe Bean                        Brendan Gaughan

1999  Austin Cameron              Sammy Potashnick

PARTICIPATING AWARDS SPONSORS:

Winston, Anheuser-Busch, Auto Meter Products, Clevite Engine Parts, Competition Cams, Edelbrock Intake Manifolds, Featherlite Trailers, Ford Motor Company, Gatorade, Goodyear Belts & Hoses, Holley Carburetors, Hoosier Tires, JE Pistons, Jesel Rocker Arms, MAC Tools, Moog Chassis Parts, MSD Ignitions, Raybestos Brakes, Stage 8 Locking Fasteners, Wix Air Filters, 3M Automotive, 76 Race Gasoline.

JANIKING SUMMARY:

·         The JaniKing 200 is the sixth of 10 races on the series schedule. It is the only visit by the series to Irwindale Speedway this season.

·         Fifteen drivers in the series will share a combined $50,000 from the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., as prize money for the NASCAR Winston West Series Leader Bonus program for 2002 is to be distributed at prior to the start of the race at Irwindale.

·         Brendan Gaughan and Bobby Dotter, both running the full schedule in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series this year, dominated recent NASCAR Winston West Series competition at Irwindale. Gaughan won all three times the series visited the .5-mile track last year and Dotter won two of three races in 2000. They are the only drivers with more than one win at Irwindale. Drivers with a single victory there include Steve Portenga, Austin Cameron and Joe Bean.

·         The eight visits by the series to Irwindale have resulted in seven different drivers winning a Bud Pole Award. Sean Woodside, who set the fast-time mark in the last two visits, is the only multiple winner of the award. Those with one Bud Pole at Irwindale include Cameron, Dotter, Gaughan, Butch Gilliland, Sammy Potashnick and Mark Reed.

·         Gaughan leads many categories in series competition at Irwindale. He has the most top-five finishes, with six; the most top-10 finishes, with seven; the most money won, with $71,690; and the most laps led, running out front for 674 laps.

·         Sixty-nine different drivers have taken the green flag in the eight series races at Irwindale Speedway. Seven drivers – Cameron, Gaughan, Portenga, Potashnick, Sedgwick, Eric Norris and Kevin Richards – competed in all eight of those events.

·         A Chevrolet has been in victory lane following seven of the eight series races at Irwindale.

STATS OF THE WEEK:

·         Only one of the eight series events at Irwindale was won by a driver starting from the Bud Pole position. Dotter did it in the first visit to the track in 2000.

Series Race Winners in 2002:   Series Bud Pole Winners in 2002:

  1. Austin Cameron          2                  1. Austin Cameron     3

  2. Eric Norris                 2                   2. Eric Norris             2

  3. Brandon Ash              1

Series money winnings for 2002: Stage 8 Locking Fasteners

  1. Eric Norris                         $62,500                        Rookie-of-the-Year Standings:

  2. Austin Cameron                  51,770                          1. Mike David               45

  3. Brandon Ash                      34,280                          2. Greg Pursley              42

  4. Kevin Richards                  33,185                           3. Brett Thompson         42

  5. Mike Duncan                     28,650                           4. Scott Lynch               25

  6. Johnny Borneman               28,270                           5. G.J. Mennen Jr.         21

  7. Brett Thompson                  25,103                       

  8. Scott Gaylord                      21,845                 Series Manufacturers’ Championship

  9. Greg Pursley                      21,452                                                Points          Wins

10. Mike David                        21,284                        1. Ford                    37              3

                                                                                2. Chevrolet             36              2

                                                                                 3. Pontiac                22             0

                                                                                 4. Dodge                  3              0

Top 10 Lap Leaders:                                     Top 10 Laps Completed (763):

  1. Austin Cameron            283                    1. Kevin Richards             762

  2. Eric Norris                   122                     2. Eric Norris                   762

  3. Greg Pursley                  95                     3. Mike Duncan               753

  4. Kevin Richards              77                      4. Brandon Ash               745

  5. Mike David                    49                     5. Bobby Hillis                 722

  6. Brandon Ash                  40                     6. Mike David                 703

  7. Sean Woodside              29                      7. Greg Pursley               694

8. Mike Duncan                 27                      8. Austin Cameron          688

9. Tim Woods III               21                      9. Brett Thompson           651

10. Scott Gaylord                12                      10. Scott Gaylord              580

CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS:

2002              2001 (After five races)

Driver Points Wins          Driver Points Wins

  1. Eric Norris  834   2            1. Austin Cameron 791 0

  2. Austin Cameron 782 2       2. Mark Reed 775 1

  3. Kevin Richards  761 0        3. Brendan Gaughan 712 1

  4. Mike Duncan 745 0            4. Steve Portenga 710 1

  5. Mike David 708 0               5. Eric Norris 702 0

  6. Brandon Ash 693 1             6. Johnny Borneman 686 1

  7. Greg Pursley 690 0              7. Scott Gaylord 672 0

  8. Johnny Borneman 674 0        8. Kevin Richards 648 0

  9. Brett Thompson 658 0           9. Brandon Ash 619 0

10. Scott Gaylord 657 0               10. Joe Bean 617 0

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