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 BRET EMRICK

DAY ONE RESULTS FROM "PITTSBURGHER 100"

Pittsburgh,PA 9-18-99

Qualifying: 1)#17 Lance Elson 19.107; 2)#1C Lynn Geisler 19.285; 3)#68 Tim Hitt 19.672; 4)#28B Dick Barton 19.689; 5)#42 Todd Andrews 19.770; 6)#19 Gary Stuhler 19.889; 7)#93X John Flinner 19.890; 8)#E1 Mike Balzano 19.947;9)#76 Dave Wade 19.990; 10)#1* Chub Frank 20.028; 11)#4 Ed Ferree 20.078;12)#75 Bart Hartman 20.108; 13)#T8 Mark Banal 20.156; 14)#99 Donnie Moran 20.175; 15)#1U Matt Urban 20.196; 16)#99M Ben Miley 20.246; 17)#00 Booper Bare 20.275; 18)#5 Lou Bradich 20.300; 19)#30 Steve Shaver 20.306; 20)#49 Brian Ruhlman 20.340; 21)#14 Jack Pencil 20.346; 22)#72 John Mason 20.380; 23)#61 Dan Armbruster 20.381; 24)#2J Mike Johnson 20.387; 25)#71R Rod Conley 20.391; 26)#8 Dennis Curry 20.395; 27)#1K Jim Kutas 20.404; 28)#D2 Nolan Dalton 20.410; 29)#75M Mel Minnick Jr. 20.421; 30)#79J Davey Johnson 20.460; 31)#RG3 Bob Salathe 20.507; 32)#6 Jim Lepro 20.534; 33)#82 Andy Fries 20.615; 34)#67 Rick Dawson 20.638; 35)#29K Ken Schaltenbrand 20.644; 36)#84B Steve Baker 20.669; 37)#9C Doug Crawford 20.678; 38)#04D Doug   Dodd 20.690; 39)#31 Denny Chamberlain 20.709; 40)#99T Ricky Thomas
 20.745;41)#4X Alex Ferree 20.751; 42)#33 Aaron Scott 20.772; 43)#32L Greg Lucas
20.812; 44)#84 Rodney Sweitzer 20.818; 45)#1T Travis Geisler 20.823; 46)#1Z Jim Zarin 20.826; 47)#880 Todd Ritchey 20.842; 48)#0 Rodney Combs 20.846;49)#J7 Jeff Henry 20.860; 50)#75G John Gill 20.943; 51)#18 John Britsky 20.944; 52)#59 Bill Cunningham 20.961; 53)#54 Chris Angelicchio 20.963;54)#W7 Thomas Ware 20.965; 55)#83R Scott Rhodes 20.999; 56)#71C R.J. Conley 21.057; 57)#12 Cortney Clewell 21.085; 58)#29 Darrell Lanigan 21.126; 59)#21 Frank Poniatowski 21.129; 60)#09 Bob Wearing Sr. 21.315; 61)#35 Mike Cecere 21.374; 62)#11 Pete Loria 21.380; 63)#7 Dave Troutman 21.428; 64)#80 Bryan Durig 21.459; 65)#84S Jim Stephans 21.461; 66)#04 Bob Close 21.471;67)#14W John Watson 21.486; 68)#55 Bill Knepper 21.493; 69)#07R Brent Rhebergen 21.541; 70)#8S Tom Schirnhofer 21.577; 71)#87R Chad Ruhlman 21.607; 72)#25 Len Doborosielki 21.656; 73)#34 Bobby Bertges 21.849; 74)#44 Mark Moats 21.943; 75)#77 Rick Heim 22.116; 76)#21M Matt Sherlock 22.123; 77)#7A Bill Adler 22.226; 78)#64 Drew Koteles 22.330; 79)#2 Brian Laraway 22.362; 80)#5K George Kowatic NT

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #1: 1. (1) Shaver; 2. (2) Banal; 3. (6) Salathe; 4. (5)Rd. Conley; 5. (11) Cecere; 6. (4) Elson; 7. (10) Rhodes; 8. (3) Flinner; 9. (7) Crawford; 10. (12) Watson; 11. (13) Bertges; 12. (8) Lucas; 13. (9) Henry; 14. (14) Laraway (Top 3 advance to feature)

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #2: 1. (2) Moran; 2. (4) L. Geisler; 3. (10) R.J.Conley; 4. (7) Dodd; 5. (9) Gill; 6. (5) Curry; 7. (12) Knepper; 8. (1) B. Ruhlman; 9. (6) Lepro; 10. (8) Sweitzer; 11. (11) Loria; 12. (13) Moats; 13 (3) Balzano; 14. NS-Kowatic (Top 3 advance to feature)

BORLA EXHAUST/SCOTT PERFORMANCE WIRE Heat #3: 1. (4) Hitt;2. (1) Pencil; 3. (5) Kutas; 4. (2) Urban; 5. (6) Fries; 6. (10) Clewell;7. (12) Rhebergen; 8. (3) Wade; 9. (7) Chamberlain; 10. (9) Britsky; 11. (8) T. Geisler; 12. (13) Heim; 13. (11) Troutman (Top 3 advance to feature)

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #4: 1. (2) Miley; 2. (3) Frank; 3. (10) Lanigan; 4.(1) Mason; 5. (4) Barton; 6. (5) Dawson; 7. (7) Zarin; 8. (6) Thomas; 9.(8) Cunningham; 10. (12) Sherlock; 11. (11) Schirnhofer; 12. (10) Durig; 13. NS-Dalton (Top 3 advance to feature)

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #5: 1. (1) Armbruster; 2. (2) Bare; 3. (4) Andrews;4. (3) E. Ferree; 5. (7) A. Ferree; 6. (5) Minnick Jr.; 7. (8) Ritchey; 8. (6) Schaltenbrand; 9. (11) Stephans; 10. (13) Adler; 11. (10) Poniatowski; 12. (9) Angelicchio; 13. (12) C. Ruhlman (Top 3 advance to feature)

BORLA EXHAUST Heat #6: 1. (1) M. Johnson; 2. (2) Bradich; 3. (5) D. Johnson; 4. (6) Baker; 5. (11) Close; 6. (3) Hartman; 7. (7) Scott; 8. (8) Combs; 9. (10) Wearing Sr.; 10. (9) Ware; 11. (12) Doborosielki; 12. (13) Koteles; 13. (4) Stuhler (Top 3 advance to feature)

NOTES:

Warm-Ups - Lucas and Kowatic both collect the wall during practice. Lucas repairs car and continues, Kowatic scratches with heavy damage to right front.

Time Trials - Track picks up speed as time trials continue. Fastest six are in the second half of the field to qualify. Elson sets quick time as 73rd to qualify; Geisler 2nd quick, 60th to qualify; Hitt 3rd quick, 46th to qualify; Barton 4th quick, 77th to qualify; Andrews 5th quick, 72nd to qualify and Stuhler 6th quick, 42nd to qualify. Dalton backs hard into turn three wall on his second lap demolishing the rear clip of his car. Fuel cell splits with small fire erupting which is quickly extinguished. Dalton is not hurt.

Heat #1: Flinner spins on opening lap collecting Lucas. Shaver dominates by  nearly a straightaway for the win. Elson doesn't advance but has a provisional spot coming.

Heat #2: Moran runs away by a straightaway for the win. Balzano and Curry make contact while battling for third just before halfway when the nose of Balzano's car is ripped off by Curry's rear-end. Balzano loses allaerodynamics falls to rear of field and pulls pitside but has a provisional start coming. R.J. Conley makes the biggest charge using the bottom of the track to take final transfer spot with four to go.

Heat #3: Hitt grabs lead after one lap from fourth and pulls away for a strong win.

Heat #4: Miley charges into the lead and takes a popular win. Lanigan methodically works his way to the front taking third from Mason with five to go in the 15 lapper.

Heat #5: Armbruster and Bare pull away from the field and run one-two while Andrews falls to sixth early but rebounds to grab third.

Heat #6: M. Johnson leads all the way taking the win by 20 car lengths. Stuhler drops out on lap one when he loses the fuel pump and power steering drive. With six to go, Hartman and D. Johnson make contact on the frontchute while battling for third allowing Baker to move into the final transfer spot in turn one. Johnson regains his car takes third back from Baker in turn four while Hartman falls to sixth at the finish.

ISKY RACING CAMS Dash Line-Up: 6 Laps

Row 1: Moran-Banal

Row 2: Frank-Andrews

Row 3: Hitt-L. Geisler

(Finish determines first three rows of feature)

PRO SHOCKS "B" Main #1: 20 Laps-Top 2 Advance

Row 1: Rd. Conley-Mason

Row 2: Cecere-Barton

Row 3: Elson-Dawson

Row 4: Rhodes-Zarin

Row 5: Flinner-Thomas

Row 6: Crawford-Cunningham

Row 7: Watson-Sherlock

Row 8: Bertges-Schirnhofer

Row 9: Lucas-Durig

Row 10: Henry-Dalton

Row 11: Laraway

PRO SHOCKS "B" Main #2: 20 Laps-Top 2 Advance

Row 1: Dodd-E. Ferree

Row 2: Gill-A. Ferree

Row 3: Curry-Minnick Jr.

Row 4: Knepper-Ritchey

Row 5: B. Ruhlman-Schaltenbrand

Row 6: Lepro-Stephans

Row 7: Sweitzer-Adler

Row 8: Loria-Poniatowski

Row 9: Moats-Angelicchio

Row 10: Balzano-C. Ruhlman

Row 11: Kowatic

PRO SHOCKS "B" Main #3: 20 Laps-Top 2 Advance

Row 1: Urban-Baker

Row 2: Fries-Close

Row 3: Clewell-Hartman

Row 4: Rhebergen-Scott

Row 5: Wade-Combs

Row 6: Chamberlain-Wearing Sr.

Row 7: Britsky-Ware

Row 8: T. Geisler-Doborosielki

Row 9: Heim-Koteles

Row 10: Troutman-Stuhler