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USA International Speedway, Lakeland, Florida
2001 ASA Event 3 of 20 » March 23-24
EVENT FACTS
Race Title: Florida 200 Presented By Jani-King
Track Locale: Lakeland is located just off I-4, 33 miles east of Tampa, 59 miles west of Orlando
Track Size: 5/8-mile asphalt oval
Track Record: 21.009 seconds/ 128.516 mph (Scott Hansen, Feb. 1996)
Note: Established prior to GM Vortec ASA motor program
Weather Forecast:
Friday, High 76, Low 57, Partly Cloudy
Saturday, High 78, Low 57, Partly Cloudy
EVENT SCHEDULE
Friday, March 23 (all times Eastern)
10:00 am - Registration and Tech Line Open
11:30 am - Drivers' Meeting
12:00 pm- Spectator Gates Open
12:00 pm - Practice (50 mins.)
12:50 pm - Lunch (30 mins.)
1:20 pm - Practice (50 mins.)
2:10 pm - Break (20 mins.)
2:30 pm - Practice (50 mins.)
3:20 pm - Practice Ends
4:00 pm - Safety Meeting
5:00 pm - Qualifications/ Time Trials (2 Laps)
6:30 pm - Registration Closes
6:45 pm - Spotters' Meeting
7:00 pm - Cars On Grid
7:15 pm - Driver Introductions
7:30 pm - Qualifier Race (100 laps/ for cars not making starting grid through time trials)
Saturday, March 24 (all times Eastern)
2:00 pm - Registration and Tech Line Open
4:30 pm - Drivers' Meeting
5:00 pm - Spectator Gates Open
5:15 pm - Victory Chapel
6:00 pm - Scorers' Meeting
6:30 pm - Cars On Grid
7:00 pm - Autograph Session Begins (1 hr.)
7:15 pm - Crew Chiefs' Meeting
7:30 pm - Spotters' Meeting
7:45 pm- Safety Meeting
8:00 pm - Autograph Session Ends
8:00 pm- Registration Closes
8:15 pm - Special Guests & Awards
8:30 pm - Driver Introductions
8:50 pm - Invocation / National Anthem
9:04 pm - Command to Start Engines
9:11 pm - Florida 200 Presented By Jani-King
Schedule Subject To Change Without Notice
FRASER QUALIFIES FIFTH AT LAKELAND
LAKELAND, FLA - Scott Fraser was the fifth-fastest car in qualifying time trials for the American Speed Association Florida 200, set for Saturday night at 9 p.m. EST at USA International Speedway in Lakeland.
"We've got a good car," said Fraser, from Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. "We had an early draw for the time trials and the track cooled down later. I am happy with where we're starting."
Fraser was fast all day in practice sessions. Practice 1 showed him eighth quick, Practice 2 fifth quick and Practice 3 showed fourth overall. 47 cars were attemtping to make the 36-car starting grid.
Butch Miller from Michigan was the fast car and will start from the number one spot.
Fraser's qualifying run will place his No. 00 King Freight Lines Chevrolet fifth on the starting grid for the Florida 200, to be telecast live on TNN at 9 p.m. EST.
ANOTHER TOP FIVE FOR FRASER
LAKELAND, Fla. (March 24) - Scott Fraser scored his second top five finish in the American Speed Association's (ASA) young 2001 season with a fifth-place in the Florida 200 at USA International Speedway in Lakeland on Saturday night. By virtue of being the only rookie of 15 in the field to finish on the lead lap, he will move into the ASA Rookie of the Year point standing lead.
"We were real tight the whole race," said Fraser, from Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia. "We tried adjusting the panhard bar in our pit stop but it didn't make much difference."
Fraser's No. 00 King Freight Lines/ King Racing Chevrolet started the race in the fifth spot and never ran lower than seventh in the 36-car field. His strong run earned him three of 10 post-race contingency program awards: Penske Shocks, VP/ Pat Schauer Memorial Rookie of the Race and top rookie for the ATI Performace Products Award.
Mike Garvey, from Minnesota, was the winner of the event, followed by Butch Miller, Coopersville Michigan, Toby Porter, Greenville, South Carolina and Joey Clanton, Stockbridge, Georgia.
Fraser holds onto ninth-place in national ASA point standings but closes the gap on those ahead of him, just 18 markers out of fifth spot and 106 behind the leader, Butch Miller.
Fraser and the series move to South Boston Speedway in South Boston, Virginia on April 7 for event four of 20.
2001 ASA ACDELCO SERIES POINT STANDINGS (After three of 20 events)
1. Butch Miller, 535
2. Scott Hansen, 515
3. Joey Clanton, 465
4. Mike Garvey, 451
5. Kevin Cywinski, 451
6. Gary St. Amant, 446
7. Mike Miller, 441
8. Mark Dismore, Jr. 440
9. *Scott Fraser, 429
10. Tim Taylor, 417
* Pat Schauer Memorial Rookie of the Year Candidate
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