Tony Stewart Wins Charlotte USAC Midget Race
25 July 1998
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 24, 1998 --Charlotte, NorthCarolina -
Charlotte Motor Speedway
QUALIFYING: 1. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-14.867; 2. Tony Stewart, 9x, Lewis-14.879; 3. Jim Hettinger, 71H, Smith-15.067; 4. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-15.080; 5. Dane Carer, 77, Carter-15.130; 6. Brian Gerster, 16, Nowicke-15.135; 7. Michael Lang, 97x, Lang-15.160; 8. Jimmy McCune, 26, JS-15.183; 9. Ryan Newman, 3, Pierson-15.185; 10. Rick Treadway, 2x, Lawson-15.211; 11. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-15.246; 12. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-15.300; 13. John Sluss, 28, Sluss-15.306; 14. Dave Steele, 91, Lewis-15.357; 15. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-15.385; 16. Brian Tyler, 6, Potter-15.438; 17. Michael Roselli, Jr., 98, Roselli-15.447; 18. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-15.459; 19. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-15.462; 20. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-15.473; 21. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-15.487; 22. Chris Hayes, 43, Steele-15.498; 23. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-15.500; 24. Keith Butler, 12, Hurst-15.536;25. David Bridges, 11, MB-15.578; 26. Ed Carpenter, 3x, George-15.589; 27. Jimmy Kite, 95, Covington-15.601; 28. Ronne Johncox, 8, Johncox-15.663; 29. John Herb, 16t, Nowicke-15.685; 30. Robby Flock, 61, HotShooz-15.815; 31. Robbie Ott, 57, RAO-15.826; 32. Brian Stanfill, 10, Walker-15.865; 33. Brandon Hartsell, 111, Hartsell-15.954; 34. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-16.065; 35. Jeff Snelling, 70, No Limit-16.232; 36. Jerry Kobza, 16x, Walker-16.535; 37. Frank Fiore, Jr., 1x, Fiore-17.457; 38. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. J.McCune 3. Bridges, 4. Leffler, 5. Tyler, 6. Carter, 7. Reed, 8. Herb. 2:33.02
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Snelling, 3. Carpenter, 4. Gerster, 5. Newman, 6. Sluss, 7. Roselli, 8. Welpott. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Flock, 2. Shelton, 3. Steele, 4. Treadway, 5. Hettinger, 6. Lang, 7. Kite, 8. Hayes. 2:33.18
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Davis, 2. Johncox, 3. Drake, 4. S.McCune, 5. Ellis, 6. Ott, 7. Barth, 8. Butler. 2:31.93
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hettinger, 2. Carter, 3. Lang, 4. Newman, 5. Ellis, 6. Tyler, 7. Barth, 8. Boice, 9. Kite, 10. Hartsell, 11. Ott, 12. Roselli, 13. Welpott, 14. Butler, 15. Stanfill, 16. Hayes, 17. Reed, 18. Kobza, 19. Sluss, 20. Nervo, 21. Fiore, 22. Herb. NT
FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. Jimmy McCune, 4. Dave Steele, 5. A.J. Davis, 6. Dane Carter, 7. Jerry Coons, Jr., 8. Scooter Ellis, 9. Michael Lang, 10. Jay Drake, 11. Ronnie Johncox, 12. David Bridges, 13. Steve Barth, 14. Ricky Shelton, 15. Ed Carpenter, 16. Brian Gerster, 17. Jason Leffler, 18. Sarah McCune, 19. Mark Boice, 20. Rick Treadway, 21. Jeff Snelling, 22. Brian Tyler, 23. Jim Hettinger, 24. Robby Flock. NT
**Herb flipped at the start of the semi.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Stewart.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-408; 2-Leffler-402; 3-Shelton-382; 4-J.McCune-337; 5-Coons-279; 6-Tracy Hines-253; 7-Steele-204; 8-Johncox-190; 9-Welpott-179; 10-Lang-139.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 28 - Lincoln, NE - Eagle Raceway