Midgets: IRP USAC Midget Race Results

21 September 1998

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 19, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Arby's Season Finale"

QUALIFYING: 1. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-21.283; 2. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-21.293; 3. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-21.312; 4. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-21.339; 5. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-21.466; 6. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-21.479; 7. Tony Ave, 75, Frontier-21.482; 8. Ryan Newman, 39, Lewis-21.491; 9. Chris Shultz, 19, No Limit-21.521; 10. Ronnie Johncox, 8 Johncox-21.550; 11. Rick Treadway, 2x, Lawson-21.584; 12. Brian Gerster, 16, Nowicke-21.660; 13. Tracy Hines, 30T, Leary-21.662; 14. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-21.718; 15. Roger Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-21.767; 16. Jimmy McCune, 26, JS-21.822; 17. Steve Barth, 6, Potter-21.933; 18. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-22.026; 19. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-22.225; 20. Michael Roselli, Jr., 93, Roselli-22.306; 21. Doug Wright, 79, Wright-22.312; 22. David Bridges, 11, MB-22.328; 23. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-22.361; 24. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-22.379; 25. Chris Hayes, 43, Steele-22.385; 26. Dick St. John, 3, Mullins-22.461; 27. Kevin Blue, 51, K & R-22.549; 28. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-22.818; 29. Norm Young, 80, Young-22.930; 30. Kenneth Nichols, 95, Covington-22.944; 31. Keith Butler, 112, Hurst-22.963; 32. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-23.122; 33. Phil Rutledge, 97x, Rutledge-23.549; 34. Tracy Hines, 30, Leary-NT; 35. #91, Lewis-NT. (NOTE: Chuck Leary also in #30T)

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Shultz, 3. Elliott, 4. Lewis, 5. Carter, 6. Wright, 7. Hayes, 8. Young, 9. Rutledge. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Johncox, 3. Drake, 4. Shelton, 5. St. John, 6. Davis, 7. Bridges, 8. Nichols. 2:55.47

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Nervo, 3. Corrigan, 4. Treadway, 5. Ave, 6. Welpott, 7. Butler, 8. Blue. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Newman, 3. J.McCune, 4. Drinan, 5. Boice, 6. Roselli, 7. S.McCune, 8. Lynch. 2:56.71

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Ave, 2. Carter, 3. Davis, 4. Wright, 5. Welpott, 6. Roselli, 7. Nichols, 8. Lynch, 9. Butler, 10. Blue, 11. Young, 12. Rutledge, 13. Bridges, 14. St. John, 15. Boice, 16. Hayes, 17. S.McCune. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Ryan Newman, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Dan Drinan, 4. Ricky Shelton, 5. Ronnie Johncox, 6. Dane Carter, 7. Tony Ave, 8. Chris Shultz, 9. Brian Gerster, 10. Jimmy McCune, 11. Steve Barth, 12. A.J. Davis, 13. Rick Treadway, 14. Roger Corrigan, 15. Michael Roselli, Jr., 16. Travis Welpott, 17. John Nervo, 18. Doug Wright, 19. Michael Lewis, 20. Tracy Hines, 21. Jerry Coons, Jr., 22. Jay Drake. NT

**Lynch flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Shelton, Laps 4-18 Leffler, Laps 19-30 Newman.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Leffler-809; 2-Drake-790; 3-Shelton-733; 4-Coons-573; 5-J.McCune-507; 6-Tracy Hines-506; 7-Johncox-321; 8-Welpott-305; 9-Lewis-264; 10-Dave Steele-243.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 25-26 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - 18th Annual "4-Crown Nationals"