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USAC Midgets: 16th Street Midget Race Results

14 June 1998

USAC NATIONAL/16TH STREET MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 13, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - 16th Street Speedway

QUALIFYING: 1. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-12.720; 2. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-12.798; 3. Kevin Doty, 32, Martz-12.874; 4. Ron Smoker, 24, Parker-12.902; 5. Tray House, 8L, Lambertson-12.988; 6. Johnny Parsons III, 25, Parsons-13.003; .7. Donnie Beechler, 15x, Lawson-13.094; 8. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-13.182; 9. Tracy Hines, 6, Potter-13.225; 10. Brian Gerster, 26, JS-13.264; 11. David Bridges, 11, MB-13.342; 12. Steve Knepper, 55x, Knepper-13.355; 13. Jeff Flesher, 72, Flesher-13.389; 14. Ray Bull, 83, Gillespie-13.392; 15. Bryon Walters, 5w, Walters-13.394; 16. Rick Treadway, 2x, Lawson-13.434; 17. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-13.450; 18. Steven Graham, 14, Graham-13.480; 19. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-13.489; 20. Tony Reed, 8R, Reed-13.490; 21. Robby Flock, 61, HotShooz-13.506; 22. Adam Clarke, 76x, Clarke-13.542; 23. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-13.575; 24. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-13.599; 25. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-13.612; 26. Jimmy Drinan, 99, Drinan-13.639; 27. John Sluss, 28, Sluss-13.701; 28. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-13.737; 29. Jan Opperman, 2J, Jorgensen-13.764; 30. Jimmy McCune, 2, JS-13.772; 31. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-13.777; 32. Jeff Hampton, 55, Line-13.813; 33. A.J. Felker, 63, Felker-13.817; 34. Eric Gordon, 89, Ingram-13.823; 35. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-13.878; 36. Andy Pierce, 3p, Tag Team-13.887; 37. Kevin Thomas, 17, CED-13.985; 38. Tony Beaber, 66, Beaber-13.998; 39. Dean Franklin, 42, Franklin-14.017; 40. Roy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-14.058; 41. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-14.204; 42. John Wolfe, 95, Morgan-14.213; 43. Sarah McCune, 16, Nowicke-14.255; 44. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-14.358; 45. Dennis Miller, 88m, Miller-14.664; 46. Dennis Mann, 44, Mann-14.713; 47. Rick Ward, 53, Ward-14.915; 48. A.J. Smith, 27x, AJS-14.955; 49. Bill Eubank, 37, Eubank-14.971; 50. Tim McLoughlin, 27, B & K-15.872; 51. #91, Lewis-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Gordon, 2. Thomas, 3. Lewis, 4. Walters, 5. Beaber, 6. Franklin, 7. Wolfe, 8. Pierce, 9. Caruthers, 10. Mann, 11. S.McCune, 12. Ward, 13. Eubank, 14. Smith, 15. B.Reed, 16. McLoughlin, 17. Lynch. 1:48.24

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Flock, 3. Shelton, 4. Leffler, 5. Knepper, 6. House, 7. Hines, 8. Opperman. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Clarke, 2. Graham, 3. Drake, 4. J.McCune, 5. Flesher, 6. Gerster, 7. Parsons, 8. Drinan. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ellis, 2. McCluskey, 3. Sluss, 4. Beechler, 5. Bull, 6. Doty, 7. Walters, 8. Malone. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Nervo, 2. Hampton, 3. Welpott, 4. Treadway, 5. T.Reed, 6. Bridges, 7. Lang, 8. Smoker. NT

KELLY's PUB II LAST CALL SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Parsons, 3. House, 4. Hines, 5. Lang, 6. Gerster, 7. Flesher, 8. T.Reed, 9. Knepper, 10. Thomas, 11. Drinan, 12. Malone, 13. Bull, 14. Walters, 15. Lewis, 16. Opperman, 17. Gordon, 18. Felker. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ricky Shelton, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Donnie Beechler, 5. Tray House, 6. Johnny Parsons III, 7. Rick Treadway, 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 9. Jason Leffler, 10. Jimmy McCune, 11. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 12. Jeff Hampton, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Robby Flock, 15. Travis Welpott, 16. Scooter Ellis, 17. John Sluss, 18. Adam Clarke, 19. John Nervo, 20. Steven Graham. NT

**Graham flipped during practice. Ellis flipped during qualification. Malone flipped during the third heat. Smoker, Bridges and Lang flipped during the fourth heat. Gordon and Lewis flipped during the semi. Leffler and Hines flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Beechler, Laps 2-12 Parsons, Laps 13-35 Beechler, Lap 36 Doty, Laps 37-40 Shelton.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Shelton-242; 2-Drake-211; 3-Leffler-194; 4-Tracy Hines-187; 5-J.McCune-159; 6-Coons-144; 7-Ronnie Johncox-117; 8-Dave Steele-104; 9-Ted Hines-92; 10-Kevin Thomas-92.

NEW 16TH STREET MIDGET POINTS: 1-Malone-97; 2-Pierce-95; 3-Shelton-92; 4-Lang-83; 5-Caruthers-81; 6-Beechler-77; 7-Hampton-76; 8-Smoker-70; 9-Parsons-66; 10-Treadway-64.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 17 - Anderson (IN) Speedway
NEXT 16TH STREET MIDGET RACE: June 20