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USAC Midgets: Night "After" 500 Results

25 May 1998

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 24, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - 53rd Budweiser "Night Before the 500" Classic

QUALIFYING: 1. Dave Steele, 91, Lewis-21.195; 2. Ryan Newman, 39, C.E. Lewis-21.313; 3. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-21.355; 4. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-21.360; 5. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.405; 6. Tracy Hines, 17, CED-21.450; 7. Tracy Hines, 6, Potter-21.450; 8. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-21.475; 9. Tony Ave, 75, Ave-21.593; 10. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-21.640; 11. Chris Shultz, 90, No Limit-21.655; 12. John Heydenreich, 62, Klatt-21.742; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-21.745; 14. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-21.800; 15. Kenneth Nichols, 36, Wimberly-21.860; 16. Robby Flock, 61, Howard-21.993; 17. Jimmy McCune, 26, JS Distributing-21.995; 18. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-22.083; 19. Dick St. John, 12x, Mullins-22.139; 20. Jeff Snelling, 70, Snelling-22.228; 21. Ron Sallman, 74, Sallman-22.286; 22. Chris Hayes, 43, Steele-22.290; 23. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-22.405; 24. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-22.423; 25. David Bridges, 11, Bridges-22.478; 26. Clay Klepper, 69, Hartman-22.638; 27. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 59, Hultgren-22.672; 28. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-22.707; 29. Keith Butler, 112, Hurst-22.840; 30. Travis Welpott, 18, P&E-22.957; 31. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-22.980; 32. AJ Davis, 128, Owen-23.280; 33. A.J. Felker, 5, Felker-23.328; 34. Norm Young, 80, Young-23.487; 35. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-23.544; 36. Dave Baumgartner, 98, Linne-23.632; 37. Joe Janowski, 41, Griffith-23.669; 38. Jim Cook, 30x, Cook-26.232; 39. Chad Davenport, 143, Davenport-36.466; 40. Stan Hansen, 99, Linne-39.707; 41. John Capps, 95, Covington-NT; 42. Doug Wright, 19, Wright-NT; 43. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-NT; 44. Michael Roselli, Jr., 93, Roselli-NT; 45. Sarah McCune, 16, Nowicke-NT; 46. 6, Potter-NT; 47. Lou Cicconi, Jr., 75x, Cicconi-NT

FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Shelton, 2. Lewis, 3. Heydenreich, 4. Carter, 5. Flock, 6. Fornoro, Jr., 7. Ted Hines, 8. Nervo, 9. Butler, 10. Sallman, 11. St. John, 12. Ellis, 13. Felker, 14. Janowski, 15. Davenport, 16. Reed, 17. Bridges. NT

SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Shultz, 2. Nichols, 3. Ave, 4. Coons, Jr., 5. Jimmy McCune, 6. Barth, 7. Snelling, 8. Hayes, 9. Boice, 10. Klepper, 11. Lynch, 12. Davis, 13. Welpott. 4:15.94

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Dave Steele, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Ronnie Johncox, 5. Ricky Shelton, 6. Michael Lewis, 7. Jerry Coons, Jr., 8. Tony Ave, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. John Heydenreich, 11. Chris Hayes, 12. Jimmy McCune, 13. Keith Butler, 14. Chris Shultz, 15. John Nervo, 16. Nick Fornor, Jr., 17. Robby Flock, 18. Steve Barth, 19. Ted Hines, 20. Ryan Newman, 21. Jeff Snelling, 22. Dane Carter, 23. Kenneth Nichols, 24. Mark Boice. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-14 Leffler, laps 15-50 Steele

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Shelton-200, 2-Drake-170, 3-Tracy Hines-170, 4-Leffler-164, 5-Jimmy McCune-138, 6-Johncox-117, 7-Coons, Jr.-117, 8-Steele-104, 9-Ted Hines-92, 10-Shultz-82

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 13 - Indianapolis, Ind. - 16th Street Speedway