USAC Midgets: National Midget Race Weekend Results
11 May 1998
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 9, 1998 -- Louisville, Kentucky - Louisville Motor SpeedwayQUALIFYING: 1. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-14.134; 2. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-14.249; 3. Tracy Hines, 6, Potter-14.283; 4. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-14.333; 5. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-14.362; 6. Sarah McCune, 16, Nowicke-14.681; 7. Ted Hines, 81, Goss-14.682; 8. Jimmy McCune, 26, JS-14.723; 9. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-14.762; 10. Kevin Thomas, 17, CED-14.844; 11. Derek Davidson, 95, Covington-14.960; 12. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-14.985; 13. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-15.037; 14. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-15.047; 15. Michael Roselli, 93, Roselli-15.279; 16. Allen Gillis, 32, Riverside Associates-15.391; 17. Joe Janowski, 41, Griffith-15.432; 18. Kenneth Nichols, 36, Wimberly-15.621; 19. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-15.810; 20. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-15.904; 21. Dean Franklin, 42, Franklin-16.462; 22. Chris Hayes, 43, Steele-16.631; 23. Dale Ballinger, 12, Ballinger-17.004; 24. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-NT; 25. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-NT; 26. A.J. Felker, 63, Felker-NT; 27. Keith Butler, 112, Hurst-NT; 28. #91, Lewis-Nt; 29. #2, JS-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ted Hines, 2. Johncox, 3. Boice, 4. Gillis, 5. Thomas, 6. Welpott, 7. Shelton, 8. Ellis. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lynch, 2. J.McCune, 3. Leffler, 4. Drake, 5. Davidson, 6. Nervo, 7. Janowski, 8. Ballinger. 2:00.09
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Nichols, 3. Coons, 4. Carter, 5. Franklin, 6. S.McCune, 7. Felker, 8. Roselli. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Shelton, 2. Thomas, 3. Davidson, 4. S.McCune, 5. Welpott, 6. Roselli, 7. Janowski, 8. Nervo, 9. Felker, 10. Hayes, 11. Franklin, 12. Ellis. 2:31.03
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Johncox, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. J.McCune, 5. Coons, 6. S.McCune, 7. Thomas, 8. Shelton, 9. Ted Hines, 10. Davidson, 11. Lynch, 12. Welpott, 13. Hayes, 14. Boice, 15. Nichols, 16. Gillis, 17. Nervo, 18. Carter, 19. Roselli, 20. Felker, 21. Janowski, 22. Drake. NT
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*Butler flipped during practice.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Leffler.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Tracy Hines-128; 2-Shelton-123; 3-Drake-115; 4-J.McCune-110; 5-Leffler-108; 6-Johncox-84; 7-Ted Hines-70; 8-Chris Shultz-66; 9-Thomas-62; 10-S.McCune-57.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: Thursday, May 21 - Indianapolis, IN - 16th Street Speedway
USAC "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 9, 1998 -- Carson City, Nevada - Silver State Raceway
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix/Porto-12.860; 2. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-12.880; 3. Sleepy Tripp, 3, Tripp-12.930; 4. Ryan reed, 22, Reed-13.020; 5. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, Sewell/DeBeaumont-13.050; 6. Nick Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-13.120; 7. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-13.160; 8. Randi Pankratz, 77, Marcus-13.210; 9. Matt Streeter, 74, Streeter-13.330; 10. Bryan Stanfill, 25, Stanfill-13.390; 11. Clay Klepper, 69, Klepper-13.500; 12. Tom DuPont, Jr., 3x, DuPont-13.520; 13. Kasey Kahne, 7x, Shefchik-13.550; 14. Chad Nichols, 67, Zarounian-13.760; 15. Nick Geranio, 25x, Bulfinch-13.820; 16. Greg Nelson, 14x, Streeter-13.910; 17. Jack Walker, 10, Walker-13.980; 18. Jim Silva, 19, Chandler-14.080; 19. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts-14.720; 20. Rex Calderwood, 40, Calderwood-NT; 21. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-NT; 22. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Reed, 2. Stanfill, 3. Scully, 4. Hendrix, 5. Kahne, 6. Ebberts. NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. DeBeaumont, 2. Nichols, 3. Klepper, 4. W.Pankratz, 5. R.Pankratz, 6. Walker. 1:43.91
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tripp, 2. Geranio, 3. Mitchell, 4. DuPont, 5. Silva, 6. Streeter, 7. Boone. NT
SEMI: (10 laps) 1. R.Pankratz, 2. Kahne, 3. Streeter, 4. Walker, 5. Silva, 6. Ebberts, 7. Boone.. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tripp, 2. W.Pankratz, 3 Scully, 4. Hendrix, 5. Klepper, 6. Kahne, 7. R.Pankratz, 8. DuPont, 9. Mitchell, 10. Streeter, 11. Walker, 12. Geranio, 13. Ebberts, 14. Silva, 15. DeBeaumont, 16. Nichols, 17. Calderwood, 18. Reed, 19. Stanfill, 20. Boone. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 DeBeaumont, Laps 25-30 Tripp.
NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hendrix-182; 2-Klepper-161; 3-W.Pankratz-160; 4-Stanfill-147; 5-Scully-136; 6-Boone-121; 7-Mitchell-110; 8-Tripp-95; 9-Jason Leffler-92; 10-Paden-90.
NEXT WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: May 30 - Tucson (AZ) Raceway Park
USAC INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDROME MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 7, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis Speedrome
RACING PROGRAM RAINED OUT
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NEXT SPEEDROME MIDGET RACE: Thursday, May 14
