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USAC: National/16th Street Midget Race Results, 21 May

22 May 1998

QUALIFYING: 1. Tracy Hines, 6, Potter-12.913; 2. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-12.977; 3. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-13.034; 4. Dave Darland, 32, Martz-13.082; 5. Robby Flock, 61, Hotshooz-13.110; 6. Andy Pierce, 3P, Tag Team-13.142; 7. Ed Carpenter, 3, George-13.237; 8. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-13.308; 9. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-13.422; 10. Jimmy Sills, 15L, Lawson-13.463; 11. Tony Reed, 8R, Reed-13.488; 12. Johnny Parsons III, 25, Parsons-13.494; 13. David Bridges, 11, MB-13.543; 14. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-13.547; 15. Randy Koch, 2k, Krueger-13.596; 16. Jack Hewitt, 26, JS-13.661; 17. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-13.675; 18. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-13.719; 19. Jimmy McCune, 2, JS-13.789; 20. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-13.789; 21. Ted Hines, 81, Goff-13.819; 22. Tray House, 8L, Lambertson-13.823; 23. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-13.825; 24. Ron Smoker, 24, Parker-13.904; 25. Donnie Beechler, 15x, Lawson-13.972; 26. Dean Franklin, 42, Franklin-13.974; 27. Roy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-14.000; 28. Kevin Thomas, 17, CED-14.054; 29. Tony Beaber, 66, Beaber-14.083; 30. Jan Opperman, Jr., 2J, Jorgensen-14.121; 31. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-14.161; 332. Marty Davis, 76x, Davis-14.253; 33. John Sluss, 28, Sluss-14.299; 34. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-14.333; 35. A.J. Felker, 5, Felker-14.371; 36. Bruce Adkins, 37, Eubank-14.410; 37. Lou Cicconi, Jr., 75, Cicconi-14.410; 38. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-14.469; 39. Jeff Hampton, 55, Line-14.527; 40. Rick Treadway, 2x, Lawson-14.535; 41. Denny Miller, 88m, Miller-14.539; 42. John Wolfe, 95, Morgan-14.567; 43. A.J. Fike, 69, Fike-14.648; 44. Ralph Liguori, 6RR, Liguori-14.980; 45. Jeff Titus, 40, Titus-15.034; 46. A.J. Smith, 27x, AJS-15.176; 47. Ed Hair, 29, Hair-15.309; 48. Sarah McCune, 16, Nowicke-16.047; 49. Michael Roselli, Jr., 93, Roselli-NT; 50. Mike Bymaster, 27, Bymaster-NT; 51. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-NT; 52. Dennis Mann, 16m, Mann-NT; 53. #91, Lewis-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hampton, 2. Cicconi, 3. Davis, 4. Ellis, 5. Sluss, 6. Wolfe, 7. Felker, 8. Roselli, 9. Adkins, 10. Fike, 11. S.McCune, 12. Miller, 13. B.Reed, 14. Smith, 15. Hair, 16. Treadway, 17. Titus. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Thomas, 2. Leffler, 3. Sills, 4. Drake, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Pierce, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Smoker. 2:15.14

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Beechler, 2. House, 3. Koch, 4. Beaber, 5. T.Reed, 6. Carpenter, 7. Welpott, 8. Lang. 2:14.40

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shelton, 2. Lewis, 3. Hewitt, 4. Malone, 5. Parsons, 6. J.McCune, 7. Franklin, 8. Opperman. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Caruthers, 3. Coons, 4. Flock, 5. Bridges, 6. Nervo, 7. Bymaster, 8. McCluskey. NT

KELLY's PUB II LAST CALL SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Lang, 3. Pierce, 4. Parsons, 5. Welpott, 6. T.Reed, 7. Nervo, 8. J.McCune, 9. Ted Hines, 10. Bridges, 11. Cicconi, 12. Bymaster, 13. Franklin, 14. Carpenter, 15. Hampton, 16. Opperman, 17. Smoker. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ricky Shelton, 2. Robby Flock, 3. Michael Lang, 4. Jimmy Sills, 5. Donnie Beechler, 6. Tray House, 7. Dave Darland, 8. Andy Pierce, 9. Johnny Parsons III, 10. Jerry Coons, jr., 11. Randy Koch, 12. Jay Drake, 13. Roy Caruthers, 14. Kevin Thomas, 15. Michael Lewis, 16. Critter Malone, 17. Jason Leffler, 18. Tony Beaber, 19. Jack Hewitt, 20. Tracy Hines. NT

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**Roselli and Bymaster flipped during qualifying. Treadway flipped during the non-qualifiers race. Lang flipped during the second heat. McCluskey flipped during the fourth heat. Carpenter & Bymaster flipped during the semi. Tracy Hines flipped on the 2nd lap of the feature. Jack Hewitt flipped on the 3rd lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-12 Malone, Laps 13-40 Shelton.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Shelton-171; 2-Tracy hines-148; 3-Drake-134; 4-Leffler-124; 5-J.McCune-120; 6-Ronnie Johncox-84; 7-Thomas-82; *-Ted Hines-80; 9-Coons-76; 10-S.McCune-67.

NEW 16TH STREET MIDGET POINTS: 1-Shelton-60; 2-Beechler-55; 3-Malone-54; 4-Pierce-51; 5-Lang-49; 6-Caruthers-47; 7-Hampton-41; 8-Coons-35; 9-Drake & Tracy Hines-34.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: May 23 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park - 53rd Budweiser "Night Before the 500" Classic NEXT 16TH STREET MIDGET RACE: May 30