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USAC: F2000 Results 7/25/98

26 July 1998

USAC/SCCA FORMULA 2000 CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: July 25, 1998 --
Charlotte, North Carolina - Charlotte Motor Speedway

        QUALIFYING: 1. Ryan Hampton, #88, 43.970; 2. Andy Lally, #5, 44.041; 3.
Robby McGehee, #2, 44.240; 4. David Besnard, #13, 44.254; 5. Bobby Oergel,
#52, 44.408; 6. Mike Johnson, #8, 44.473; 7. Steve Rikert, #11, 44.528; 8.
Marc-Antoine Camirand, #96, 44.609; 9. Tim Duit, #34. 44.637; 10. Jonathan
Bottoms, #28, 44.672; 11. Alejandro Garcia, #30, 44.685; 12. Rolando
Quintanilla, #64, 44.702; 13. Greg LeMond, #51, 44.734; 14. Duncan Dayton,
#4, 44.756; 15. Sam Hornish, Jr., #7, 44.802; 16. Tom Wood, #99, 45.116; 17.
James Yott, #82, 45.118; 18. Ric Rushton, #15, 45,483; 19. Larry Oberto,
#66, 45.699; 20. Christian Coggins, #25, 45.710; 21. Jon Herb, #77, 45.768;
22. Joey Scarallo, #6, 45.799; 23. Jeff Smith, #33, 46.047; 24. Anthony
Simone, #95, 46.177; 25. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., #40, 46.310; 26. Ennis
Bragg, #32, 46.359; 27. Wilmer Valentin, #55, 47.168; 28. David Bleke, #87,
47.555.

        FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hampton, 2. McGehee, 3. Hornish, 4. Besnard, 5.
Oergel, 6. Rikert, 7. Camirand, 8. Duit, 9. Johnson, 10. Garcia, 11. LeMond,
12. Rushton, 13. Smith, 14. Yott, 15. Oberto, 16. Bragg, 17. Coggins, 18.
Bleke, 19. Valentin, 20. Puterbaugh, 21. Lally, 22. Wood, 23. Simone, 24.
Quintanilla, 25. Dayton, 26. Bottoms, 27. Herb. 25:27.548

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Lally, Laps 3-4 Hampton, Lap 5 McGehee, Lap 6
Hampton, Laps 7-9 Lally, Lap 10 Hampton, Laps 11-17 McGehee, Lap 18 Lally,
Laps 19-20 Hampton, Laps 21-22 McGehee, Laps 23-24 Lally, Laps 25-26
Hampton, Laps 27-28 McGehee, Laps 29-30 Hampton.

F2000 NATIONAL POINTS: 1-Besnard-273; 2-Hampton-254; 3-McGehee-183;
4-Lally-181; 5-Johnson-151; 6-Camirand-150; 7-Rikert-137; 8-Oergel-131;
9-Bottoms-126; 10-Hornish-116.

F2000 OVAL CROWN POINTS: 1-Besnard-110; 2-Hampton-101; 3-McGehee-91;
4-Lally-78; 5-Hornish-68; 6-Bottoms-60; 7-Oergel-56; 8-Johnson-53;
9-Rushton-51; 10-Yott-44.

NEXT F2000 RACE: August 8 - Lexington, Ohio - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course