GMAC Financial Services
100
Presented By GM Visa Card
Fred Campbell Completes Second Clean
Sweep Of The Season With A Win At IRP
Indianapolis, IN (August 16, 2003) – Battle
Creek, Michigan’s Fred Campbell got his second “clean sweep” of the Sunoco
Super Series season in Saturday nights GMAC Financial Services 100
Presented By GM Visa Card at Indianapolis Raceway Park, during the UAW
Family Night. Just like at Toledo Speedway on July 20th,
Campbell was the Yockey Motorsports Marketing Fast Qualifier, breaking the
Sunoco Super Series qualifying record in the process. Then starting from
his 4th starting position, worked his way to the front to get
the win in the GMAC Financial Services 100 Presented By GM Visa Card,
which earned him his second Spray Power Clean Sweep Award of the season,
which paid Campbell a $300 bonus. Campbell won the only other Spray Power
Bonus awarded this season at Toledo Speedway on July 20th.
Just like at Toledo Speedway, Campbell had to battle
early leader Jeff Lane for the first 33 laps before taking the lead for
good on lap 34. The Sunoco Super Series ran the first 46 laps without a
caution after a first lap caution, when Tom Gray hit the backstretch
retaining wall, which caused a complete restart of the race. Campbell
fought off the challenges of Lane and then Ray Skillman on each restart to
take the victory.
“This is a great win for my team,” remarked Campbell
in victory lane. “We came here last year for the first time and really
liked it. This is my kind of racetrack, it’s great to win a race here
especially in front of this huge crowd! This has got to be the largest
crowd I have ever raced in front of!
The Annual UAW Family Night drew another capacity
crowd of close to 20,000 UAW race fans that filled the grandstands at
Indianapolis Raceway Park. Indianapolis businessman Ray Skillman from
nearby Greenwood, Indiana, put on a good show for his hometown fans.
Skillman started from the outside pole and was in the lead battle through
out the event. Skillman could catch Campbell, but didn’t have enough to
make a pass and had to settle for second.
Scott Hantz, winner of the Sunoco Super Series event
last October at IRP, finished 3rd. Hantz was able to gain
several points on series points leaders Junior Hanley and Bobby Parsley as
they finished twelfth and eleventh respectively. Jeff Lane led the first
33 laps until his car started to go away. Lane was in a tough battle with
Eddie Hoffman during the last portion of the race, but Lane was able to
hold off Hoffman for fourth with Hoffman finishing fifth.
Don Finkbeiner, Crew Chief for Fred Campbell, was the
Gladiator GarageWorks Crew Chief Of The Race. Keith Gardner was the Lane
Automotive / ISKY Racing Cams Hardcharger Award winner. Gardner finished
13th from his 26th place starting position. Tom
Hernly Jr. was the Hubler Automotive Group/Blake Carburetion Rookie Of The
Race. Fred Campbell and Dave Jackson earned Goodyear Performance Awards.
Fred Campbell got the Kingen Interstate Express Halfway Bonus. Jeff Lane
received the Sweet Manufacturing Sweet Move Of The Race Award for two
spectacular saves of what looked like for sure spins on lap 91. Bobby
Parsley and Jeff Stith were the winners of the two Impact Racing Last
Chance Races.
The next Sunoco Super Series event will be the 2nd
Annual Big Bash on Sunday, August 24th at Baer Field Speedway
in Fort Wayne, Indiana. For more information on that event go
here.
Official Results
Last Chance Race Results
Bobby Parsley wins the
first Last Chance Race with Bull Baker second and Chris Tomasik
finishing third to make the feature from this race.
Jeff Stith took off from
the front row to lead all from flag to flag and win the second Last
Chance Race. Rick Turner ran second and Keith Gardner ran third to
make the feature.
Feature
Race Line-up
Qualifying Results
Fred Campbell sets a new
track record averaging 113.503 miles per hour on the IRP oval.
With over 40 cars at the track, there will be two last chance races with
3 cars from each moving to the feature.
Last
Chance Race Lineups
The top 20 qualifiers
automatically are in the feature. The final 10 spots will come 6 from
the Last Chance Races, 2 from highest points of cars not in the race and
2 prompter choices.
