Midgets: 16th Street USAC Midget Race Results
13 September 1998
USAC NATIONAL/16TH STREET MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 12, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - 16th Street Speedway - "Tony Stewart Night" Presented by Coca-ColaQUALIFYING: 1. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-12.510; 2. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-12.569; 3. John Wolfe, 95, Morgan-12.893; 4. Andy Pierce, 3p, Tag Team-12.912; 5. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-12.925; 6. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-12.926; 7. Tony Reed, 8R, Reed-12.945; 6. Rick Treadway, 2x, Lawson-12.965; 9. Donnie Beechler, 15x, Lawson-12.966; 10. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-12.990; 11. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-12.997; 12. Johnny Parsons III, 25, Parsons-13.038; 13. Jimmy McCune, 2, JS-13.071; 14. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-13.079; 15. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-13.118; 16. Ron Smoker, 24, Parker-13.125; 17. Tony Elliott, 6, Potter-13.152; 18. Tim Mehner, 65, Mehner-13.167; 19. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-13.191; 20. Tracy Hines, 26, JS-13.192; 21. J.R. Armstrong, 95a, Morgan-13.243; 22. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-13.255; 23. Michael Roselli, Jr., 93, Roselli-13.258; 24. Roy Caruthers, 15, Caruthers-13.274; 25. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-13.283; 26. Ted Hines, 41, Griffith-13.284; 27. Steven Graham, 14, Graham-13.303; 28. Bill Baue, 84, VanSteenwyck-13.350; 29. David Bridges, 11, MB-13.402; 30. Jeff Dickerson, 20, Carlson-13.477; 31. Tony Stewart, 32, Martz-13.564; 32. Brad Kuhn, 24x, Crowe-13.598; 33. Steve Knepper, 17, Brown-13.603; 34. Rick Ward, 53, Ward-13.667; 35. Joe Devin, 57, Devin-13.746; 36. Bruce Adkins, 23b, Adkins-13.770; 37. John Sluss, 28, Sluss-13.834; 38. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-13.858; 39. Jeff Hampton, 55, Line-13.881; 40. Jeff Titus, 40, Titus-13.889;41. Ralph Liguori, 6rr, Liguori-14.167; 42. #91, Lewis-NT. NOTE: (Ed Carpenter also in car #6).
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Titus, 3. Sluss, 4. Devin, 5. S.McCune, 6. Liguori, 7. Ward, 8. Hampton, 9. Adkins. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Lang, 3. Shelton, 4. Beechler, 5. Bridges, 6. B.Reed, 7. J.McCune, 8. Armstrong. 2:14.27
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Drake, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Dickerson, 5. Malone, 6. Mehner, 7. McCluskey. NT
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. T.Reed, 3. Lynch, 4. Welpott, 5. Wolfe, 6. Roselli, 7. Graham, 8. Leffler. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Smoker, 3. Caruthers, 4. Kuhn, 5. Treadway, 6. Baue, 7. Parsons, 8. Pierce. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Pierce, 3. Treadway, 4. McCluskey, 5. Knepper, 6. Malone, 7. Mehner, 8. Roselli, 9. Bridges, 10. Lewis, 11. B.Reed, 12. Wolfe, 13. Graham, 14. Titus, 15. Devin, 16. J.McCune, 17. Armstrong. 2:48.30
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Donnie Beechler, 2. Andy Pierce, 3. Ron Smoker, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Rick Treadway, 7. Jason Leffler, 8. Roy Caruthers, 9. Ricky Shelton, 10. Michael Lang, 11. Tony Reed, 12. Brad Kuhn, 13. Travis Welpott, 14. Jeff Dickerson, 15. Jerry Coons, Jr., 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Tony Stewart, 18. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 19. Jason Lynch, 20. Ted Hines. NT
**Malone flipped during the second heat. Leffler flipped during the third heat. Parsons, Pierce and Baue flipped during the fourth heat. Coons flipped on the 37th lap of the feature.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 T.Reed, Laps 3-9 Drake, Laps 10-11 Pierce, Lap 12 Drake, Laps 13-17 Pierce, Laps 18-30 Beechler.
NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-770; 2-Leffler-765; 3-Shelton-700; 4-Coons-557; 5-Tracy Hines-500; 6-J.McCune-485; 7-Welpott-291; 8-Ronnie Johncox-289; 9-Lewis-249; 10-Dave Steele-243.
FINAL 16TH STREET MIDGET POINTS: 1-Lang-272; 2-Pierce-258; 3-Smoker-218; 4-Malone-202; 5-Caruthers-197; 6-Treadway-196; 7-Knepper-183; 8-T.Reed-156; 9-Bridges-155; 10-Drake-152.
NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 19 - Indianapolis, IN - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Arby's Series Finale"
