USAC Midgets: Sixteenth Street Speedway Race Results
31 May 1998
USAC 16TH STREET MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - 16th Street SpeedwayFIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Knepper (#17 Brown), 2. Tony Beaber (#66 Beaber), 3. Jeff Hampton (#55 Line), 4. Dean Franklin (#42 Franklin), 5. Ralph Liguori (#6rr Liguori), 6. Sarah McCune (#16 Nowicke), 7. Bruce Adkins (#37 Eubank), 8. Tony Reed (#8R Reed), 9. Jeff McCloud (#91 McCloud). NT
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ray Bull (#1 Gillespie), 2. Clay Klepper (#69 Hartman), 3. Ron Smoker (#24 Parker), 4. Michael Lang (#94 Stebbins), 5. Jeff Gass (#19 Gass), 6. John Wolfe (#95 Morgan), 7. Barry Robinson (#03 Robinson), 8. Critter Malone (#7m Malone), 9. Travis Welpott (#18 P & E). NT
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnny Parsons III (#25 Parsons), 2. David Bridges (#11 MB), 3. John Nervo (#21 Nervo), 4. Tray House (#8L Lambertson), 5. Dennis Mann (#16m Mann), 6. John Sluss (#28 Sluss), 7. Ted McKibben (#24x Crowe), 8. Rick Ward (#53 Ward), 9. Jason Setser (#16x Johnson). NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andy Pierce (#3p Tag Team), 2. Rick Treadway (#2x Lawson), 3. Roy Caruthers (#15 Caruthers), 4. Mike Bramblett (#40x Bramblett), 5. Barry Walkup (#29x B & B), 6. Jimmy Drinan (#99 Drinan), 7. Ed Carpenter (#3 George). 1:48.46
FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeff Flesher (#72 Flesher), 2. Tim Mehner (#65 Mehner), 3. Jerry Zike (#97z Zike), 4. Jan Opperman, Jr. (#2J Jorgensen), 5. Barry Reed (#76 Reed), 6. A.J. Smith (#27x AJS), 7. Ed Hair (#29 Hair), 8. Jeff Titus (#40 Titus). 1:48.50
KELLY's PUB II LAST CALL SEMI #1: (10 laps) 1. Liguori, 2. Setser, 3. Gass, 4. Mann, 5. B.Reed, 6. Hair, 7. Walkup, 8. Robinson, 9. Carpenter, 10. McCloud. NT
KELLY's PUB II LAST CALL SEMI #2: (10 laps) 1. Malone, 2. T.Reed, 3. Smith, 4. Titus, 5. Ward, 6.. McCune, 7. Wolfe, 8. Drinan, 9. Sluss. NT
ALSO AT THE TRACK: Troy Riley (#57R Riley)
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Smoker, 2. Knepper, 3. Bull, 4. Caruthers, 5. Flesher, 6. Pierce, 7. House, 8. Klepper, 9. Setser, 10. Treadway, 11. Franklin, 12. Malone, 13. Liguori, 14. Lang, 15. Bridges, 16. Bramblett, 17. Mehner, 18. Parsons, 19. Hampton, 20. Beaber, 21. Zike, 22. Nervo, 23. T.Reed, 24. Opperman. NT
**Tony Reed flipped during the first heat. Malone flipped during the second heat. Setser flipped during the third heat. Walkup flipped during the first semi. Mehner flipped on the 13th lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Knepper, laps 23-30 Smoker.
NEW 16TH STREET MIDGET POINTS: 1-Pierce-72; 2-Caruthers-69; 3-Malone-62; 4-Knepper-61; 5-Ricky Shelton-60; 6-Lang-56; 7-Donnie Beechler-55; 8-Hampton-45; 9-Smoker-40; 10-Treadway-36.
NEXT 16TH STREET MIDGET RACE: June 6
