USAC Midget Results from Putnamville
7 September 1998
USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 5, 1998 -- Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park SpeedwayQUALIFYING: 1. Dave Darland, 91, Lewis-13.094; 2. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-13.121; 3. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-13.143; 4. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-13.167; 5. Bill Baue, 84, VanSteenwyck-13.256; 6. Tracy Hines, 26, JS-13.283; 7. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-13.323; 8. Tony Elliott, 17x, Brown-13.365; 9. John Heydenreich, 95, Covengton-13.405; 10. Brian Tyler, 6, Potter-13.422; 11. Jimmy McCune, 2, JS-13.441; 12. Clay Klepper, 69x, Hartman-13.486; 13. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-13.495; 14. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-13.511; 15. Ron Smoker, 24, Parker-13.525; 16. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-13.533; 17. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-13.534; 18. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-13.575; 19. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-13.592; 20 Ted Hines, 41, Griffith-13.628; 21. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-13.725; 22. Tony Reed, 8R, Reed-13.754; 23. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-13.759; 24. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-13.804; 25. John Sluss, 28, Sluss-13.816; 26. Jeff Flesher, 72, Flesher-13.833; 27. John Lucas, 5, Lucas-13.844; 28. Tim Siner, 45, Muehlfarth-13.904; 29. Roy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-13.914; 30. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-13.922; 31. David Bridges, 11, MB-13.934; 32. Johnny Parsons III, 25, Parsons-13.961; 33. Carl Olsen, 21x, Olsen-14.034; 34. Andy Pierce, 3p, Tag Team-14.057; 35. John Wolfe, 95x, Morgan-14.224; 36. Bruce Adkins, 2J, Jorgensen-14.254; 37. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-14.277; 38. Barry Walkup, 29, B & B-14.336; 39. Jeff Gass, 19, Gass-14.386; 40. Joe Devin, 57, Devin-14.407; 41. Jerry McPherson, 11v, McPherson-14.475; 42. Chad Davenport, 143, Davenport-14.518; 43. Rick Vaughn, 31, JTV-14.714; 44. Dennis Mann, 44, Mann-15.026; 45. A.J. Smith, 27x, AJS-15.053; 46. Jeff McCloud, 92x, McCloud-15.395; 47. A.J. Fike, 69, Fike-NT; 48. #9x, Lewis-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Olsen, 2. Wolfe, 3. Fike, 4. Gass, 5. Walkup, 6. McPherson, 7. Mann, 8. Vaughn, 9. B.Reed, 10. McCloud, 11. Devin, 12. Adkins, 13. Smith, 14. Davenport. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Darland, 3. Caruthers, 4. Lang, 5. Baue, 6. Westfall, 7. Heydenreich, 8. Sluss. 2:17.34
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Knepper, 4. Drake, 5. Barth, 6. McCluskey, 7. Flesher, 8. T.Reed. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Lynch, 3. Welpott, 4. Smoker, 5. S.McCune, 6. J.McCune, 7. Bridges, 8. Lucas. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Shelton, 3. Parsons, 4. Malone, 5. Klepper, 6. Lewis, 7. T.Siner, 8. Ted Hines. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. J.McCune, 2. Klepper, 3. Baue, 4. Westfall, 5. Wolfe, 6. S.McCune, 7. Olsen, 8. McCluskey, 9. Barth, 10. Ted Hines, 11. Lewis, 12. Siner, 13. Lucas, 14. Heydenreich. NT
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Drake, 4. Tyler, 5. Shelton, 6. Smoker, 7. Knepper, 8. Coons, 9. Malone, 10. Leffler, 11. Caruthers, 12. J.McCune, 13. Klepper, 14. Westfall, 15. Parsons, 16. Baue, 17. Wolfe, 18. Lang, 19. Lynch, 20. Darland, 21. S.McCune, 22. Welpott. NT
**Bridges and Smoker flipped during the third heat.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Tracy Hines, Laps 11-19 Darland, laps 20-40 Elliott/
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Leffler-740; 2-Drake-730; 3-Shelton-667; 4-Coons-538; 5-J.McCune-475; 6-Tracy Hines-467; 7-Ronnie Johncox-289; 8-Welpott-273; 9-Dave Steele-243; 10-Lewis-239.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 12 - Indianapolis, IN - 16th Street Speedway - "Tony Stewart Night"
