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USAC: Midget Results and Standings from Lincoln, Nebraska

29 July 1998

USAC NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 28, 1998 --
Lincoln, Nebraska - Eagle Raceway

	QUALIFYING: 1. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-14.334; 2. Jason
Leffler, 9, Lewis-14.442; 3. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-14.492;
4. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-14.595; 5. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7,
CED-14,654; 6. Dave Darland, 91, Lewis-14.664; 7. Clay Klepper, 69,
Hartman-14.732; Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-14.789; 19. Kevin
Doty, 26, JS-14.790; 10. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-14.797; 11.Keith
Rauch, 33, Hawley-14.821; 12. Brian Stanfill, 25, Stanfill-14.851;
13. Greg Lueckert, 01, Lueckert-14.861; 14. Brian Tyler, 6,
Potter-14.915; 15. Dennis Parker, 19, Barger-14.937; 16. Marc
DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont/Sewell-14.941; 17. Dean Billings, 96x,
Billings-14.991; 18.  Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix/Porto-14.992;
19. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-15.040; 20. Robert Dolacki, 63,
Pinkston-15.046; 21. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-15.078; 22. Rory Price,
45az, Young-15.133; 23. Donnie Lehmann, 53, Minarik-15.238; 24. Bobby
Boone, 96, Boone-15.411; 25. Danny Ebberts, 14x, Ebberts-15.500;
26. Paul Turner, 28, Turner-15.505; 27. Ron Love, 4, Hatra-15.763;
28. Robby Johnson, 24, Hatra-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Scully, 2. Welpott, 3. Coons, 4. Doty, 5.
Lueckert, 6. Ebberts, 7. Billings. 2:30.38

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hendrix, 2. Paden, 3. Darland, 4. Leffler,
5.  Tyler, 6. Price, 7. Doty. 2:29.13

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Lehmann, 3. Klepper, 4. Parker, 5.
Pankratz, 6. Love, 7. Rauch. 2:29.46

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Dolacki, 2. Stanfill, 3. Shelton,
4. Strickland, 5. DeBeaumont, 6. Boone, 7. Johnson. 2:27.19

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Lueckert, 2. Tyler, 3. Pankratz, 4. Boone,
5. Billings, 6. Ebberts, 7. Price, 8. Love, 9. DeBeaumont, 10. Turner,
11. Johnson. 2:57.88

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Shelton, 2. Strickland, 3. Drake, 4. Lueckert,
5.  Tyler, 6. Darland, 7. Stanfill, 8. Leffler, 9. Scully, 10. Doty,
11.  Dolacki, 12. Welpott, 13. Pankratz, 14. Paden, 15. Lehmann,
15. Hendrix, 17.  Coons, 18. Klepper, 19. Billings, 20. Parker,
21. Boone, 22. Ebberts. NT
	
**Shelton and Klepper flipped during qualifying.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-32 Darland, Laps 33-40 Shelton.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 
1-Drake-449
2-Leffler-432
3-Shelton-427
4-Jimmy McCune-337
5-Coons-296
6-Tracy Hines-253
7-Dave Steele-204
8-Welpott-200
9-Ronnie Johncox-190 
10-Michael Lewis-140

NEW "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 
1-Hendrix-32
2-Stanfill-293
3-Pankratz-292
4-Scully-259
5-Boone-221
6-Paden-195
7-Leffler-170
8-Klepper-165
9-Dwayne Marcum-164
10-DeBeaumont-163

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 30 - Belleville (KS) High Banks
NEXT "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE: July 30 - Belleville (KS) High Banks