USAC: National/Western States Midget Race Results, July 31
1 August 1998
USAC NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 31, 1998 --Belleville, Kansas - "Miller Genuine Draft" Belleville Midget Nationals
QUALIFYING: 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-18.151; 2. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-18.238; 3. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-18.294; 4. Dave Darland, 91, Lewis-18.343; 5. Ronnie Day, 15L, Lawson-18.383; 6. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-18.399; 7. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-18.545; 8. Adam Clarke, 76, Clarke-18.578; 9. Kevin Doty, 26, JS-18.638; 10. Brian Tyler, 6, Potter-18.654; 11. Robby Flock, 61, HotShooz-18.666; 12. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-18.730; 13. Bryan Stanfill, 25, Stanfill-18.922; 14. Clay Klepper, 69x, Hartman-18.956; 15. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-18.961; 16. Bryon Walters, 5w, Walters-19.051; 17. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-19.061; 18. Robert Dolacki, 63, Pinkston-19.086; 19. Scott Hatton, 57, Hatton-19.113; 20. Casey Slocum, 97x, Slocum-19.128; 21. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont/Sewell-19.140; 22. Tony Elliott, 66, Lamers-19.141; 23. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-19.300; 24. Donnie Lehmann, 53, Minarik-19.322; 25. Jeremy Farmer, 36, Farmer-19.366; 26. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-19.429; 27. Jeff Lowery, 24, Hatra-19.649; 28. Scooter Ellis, 17, CED-19.851; 29. Phil Shapel, 84, Shapel-19.914; 30. Dean Franklin, 1p, Putnam-19.925; 31. Danny Ebberts, 14x, Ebberts-20.351; 32. Kevin Ames, 4, Hatra-20.855; 33. Paul Turner, 28, Turner-21.341; 34. Al Murie, 14, Murie-21.534; 35. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix/Porto-NT; 36. Rory Price, 45az, Young-NT; 37. A.J. Felker, 63, Felker-NT.
FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanfill, 2. Day, 3. Coons, 4. DeBeaumont, 5. Doty, 6. Pankratz, 7. Farmer, 8. Shapel, 9. Turner. 2:34.03
SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Drake, 3. Elliott, 4. Shelton, 5. Paden, 6. Dolacki, 7. Klepper, 8. Franklin. 2:34.75
THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Flock, 2. Leffler, 3. Hatton, 4. Welpott, 5. Scully, 6. Ebberts, 7. Lowery, 8. Strickland. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Boone, 3. Clarke, 4. Walters, 5. Lehmann, 6. Felker, 7. Ames, 8. Slocum. 2:32.38
TROPHY DASH: (6 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Coons, 3. Tyler, 4. Flock, 5. Shelton, 6. Stanfill. 2:14.56
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Pankratz, 3. Strickland, 4. Klepper, 5. Paden, 6. Scully, 7. Lehmann, 8. Ames, 9. Shapel, 10. Farmer, 11. Ebberts, 12. Felker, 13. Franklin. NT
FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. Robby Flock, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Ronnie Day, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Brian Tyler, 7. Jason Leffler, 8. Ricky Shelton, 9. Kevin Doty, 10. Tony Elliott, 11. Dave Strickland, 12. Bryon Walters, 13. Scott Hatton, 14. Wally Pankratz, 15. Bobby Boone, 16. Bryan Stanfill, 17. Adam Clarke, 18. Marc DeBeaumont, 19. Clay Klepper, 20. Travis Welpott, 21. Shane Scully, 22. Steve Paden. 8:05.28
**Lowery flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Coons.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-520; 2-Leffler-498; 3-Shelton-492; 4-Coons-357; 5-Jimmy McCune-337; 6-Tracy Hines-253; 7-Welpott-213; 8-Dave Steele-204; 9-Ronnie Johncox-190; 10-Michael Lewis-140.
NEW "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hendrix-353; 2-Pankratz-317; 3-Stanfill-315; 4-Scully-271; 5-Boone-250; 6-Leffler-236; 7-Paden-213; 8-Klepper-187; 9-DeBeaumont-186; 10-Shelton-178.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 1 - Belleville (KS) High Banks
NEXT "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE: August 1 - Belleville (KS) High Banks