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Midgets: Sleepy's 102nd USAC Midget Win!

21 September 1998

USAC "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 19, 1998 -- Madera, California - Madera Speedway (Co-sanctoioned by BCRA)

QUALIFYING: 1. Chad Nichols, 67, Zarounian-14.110; 2. Sleepy Tripp, 3, Tripp-14.270; 3. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-14.300; 4. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont/Sewell-14.300; 5. Kasey Kahne, 7, Shefchik-14.330; 6. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix/Porto-14.440; 7. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-14.470; 8. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-14.480; 9. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.500; 10. Nick Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-14.510; 11. Chuck West, 7x, Haines-14.570; 12. Jimmy Screeton, 3x, DuPont-14.600; 13. Terry Tarditi, 64, T & T-14.610; 14. Matt Streeter, 14e, Streeter-14.680; 15. Randi Pankratz, 79, Marcus-14.730; 16. Floyd Alvis, 18, Alvis-14.760; 17. Scott Nail, 2c, Russell-14.780; 18. Dwayne Marcum, 31, Hogan-14.800; 19. Nick Geranio, 25x, Bulfinch-14.810; 20. Rex Calderwood, 40, Calderwood-14.820; 21. Sterling Pratz, 45, Baraldi-14.830; 22. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts-14.830; 23. Bryan Stanfill, 25, Stanfill-14.950; 24. Ryan Reed, 22, Reed-15.140; 25. Don VanDyke, 8x, Lee-15.270; 26. Dan Gundo, 6, Gundo-15.380; 27. Darrell Marlin, 14x, Marlin-15.720; 28. Bill Lindsey, 61, Lindsey-15.890.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Pratz, 2. Tarditi, 3. Nichols, 4. Kahne, 5. W.Pankratz, 6. Nail, 7. DanVyke. 1:55.34

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Streeter, 2. Marcum, 3. Hendrix, 4. Mitchell, 5. Ebberts, 6. Gundo, 7. Tripp. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Geranio, 2. West, 3. R.Pankratz, 4. Stanfill, 5. Paden, 6. Marlin, 7. Boone. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. DeBeaumont, 2. Calderwood, 3. Alvis, 4. Screeton, 5. Scully, 6. Reed, 7. Lindsey. 1:57.42

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Tripp, 2. Scully, 3. W.Pankratz, 4. Paden, 5. Ebberts, 6. Reed, 7. Gundo, 8. VanDyke, 9. Marlin, 10. Lindsey. 2:50.27

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tripp, 2. Kahne, 3. Nichols, 4. W.Pankratz, 5. Scully, 6. Hendrix, 7. Tarditi, 8. Streeter, 9. West, 10. Screeton, 11. Geranio, 12. Alvis, 13. Mitchell, 14. Calderwood, 15. Stanfill, 16. Paden, 17. Marcum, 18. Pratz, 19. DeBeaumont, 20. R.Pankratz. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Kahne, Laps 25-30 Tripp.

NEW "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hendrix-436; 2-W.Pankratz-371; 3-Stanfill-367; 4-Scully-335; 5-Paden-287; 6-Boone-281; 7-Jason Leffler-266; 8-DeBeaumont-224; 9-Marcum-211; 10-Tripp-200.

NEXT "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE: September 30 - Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway