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USAC Belleville Midget Nationals Final Results

2 August 1998

USAC NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 1, 1998 --
Belleville, Kansas - 21st "Miller Genuine Draft" Belleville Midget Nationals

        FIRST HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Tony Stewart (#9x Lewis), 2. Marc DeBeaumont (#11
DeBeaumont/Sewell), 3. Brian Tyler (#6 Potter), 4. Scott Hatton (#57
Hatton), 5. Travis Welpott (#18 P & E), 6. Wally Pankratz (#8 Pankratz), 7.
Kevin Ames (#24 Hatra), 8. Tony Elliott (#66 Lamers). 2:32.84

        SECOND HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Bryan Stanfill (#25 Stanfill), 2. Rick Hendrix
(#12 Hendrix/Porto), 3. Robert Dolacki (#63x Pinkston), 4. Jeremy Farmer
(#36 Farmer), 5. A.J. Felker (#63 Felker), 6. Phil Shapel (#84 Shapel), 7.
Bryon Walters (#5w Walters). 2:34.13

        THIRD HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Steve Paden (#0 Farrier), 2. Adam Clarke (#76
Clarke), 3. Danny Ebberts (#14x Ebberts), 4. Mike Minarik (#53 Minarik), 5.
Al Murie (#14 Murie), 6. Shane Scully (#56 Scully). 2:31.66

        FOURTH HEAT: (8 Laps) 1. Dave Strickland, Jr. (# 62 Klatt), 2. Kevin Doty
(#26 JS), 3. Clay Klepper (#69x Hartman), 4. Tony Elliott (#66x Lamers), 5.
Bobby Boone (#96 Boone), 6. Paul Turner (#28 Turner), 7. Rory Price (#45az
Young), 2:32.34

        FIFTH HEAT: (10 Laps) 1. Jason Leffler (#9 Lewis), 2. Steve Knepper (#15
Lawson), 3. Dave Darland (#91 Lewis, 4. Ronnie Day (#15L Lawson), 5. Jerry
Coons, Jr. (#7 CED), 6. Ricky Shelton (#71 Willoughby), 7. Robby Flock (#61
HotShooz), 8. Jay Drake (#97 Willoughby). 3:04.22

        SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Hatton, 2. Elliott (#66x), 3. Farmer, 4. Boone, 5.
Welpott, 6. Pankratz, 7. Walters, 8. Minarik, 9. Shapel, 10. Murie, 11.
Ames. 4:44.84

        ALSO AT THE TRACK: Dean Billings (#96x Lothe/Billings). NOTE: Kevin Olson
also drove #66x.

        FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Steve Knepper, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Jerry Coons, Jr.,
4. Tony Stewart, 5. Ricky Shelton, 6. Brian Tyler, 7. Steve Paden, 8. Robby
Flock, 9. Tony Elliott, 10. Scott Hatton, 11. Kevin Doty, 12. Jay Drake, 13.
Adam Clarke, 14. Marc DeBeaumont, 15. Bryan Stanfill, 16. Clay Klepper, 17.
Rick Hendrix, 18. Robert Dolacki, 19. Dave Strickland, Jr., 20. Dave
Darland, 21. Bobby Boone, 22. Danny Ebberts, 23. Jeremy Farmer, 24. Ronnie
Day. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Knepper.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake & Leffler-528; 3-Shelton-511;
4-Coons-380; 5-Jimmy McCune-337; 6-Tracy Hines-253; 7-Travis Welpott-213;
8-Dave Steele-204; 9-Ronnie Johncox-190; 10-Flock-180.
NEW "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hendrix-359; 2-Stanfill-324;
3-Pankratz-317; 4-Scully-271; 5-Leffler-266; 6-Boone-252; 7-Paden-232;
8-Shelton-197; 9-DeBeaumont-195; 10-Klepper-193.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 7 - Kansas City, KS - Lakeside Speedway
NEXT "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE: August 29 - Tucson (AZ) Raceway