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USAC Sprints/Midgets: '4-Crown' Preliminary Results, Eldora

26 September 1998

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: September 25-26, 1998 -- Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 18th "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFYING: (Held Sept. 25) 1. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-16.231; 2. Tracy Hines, 97x, Willoughby-16.451; 3. Dave Darland, 91, Lewis-16.513; 4. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-16.634; 5. Robby Flock, 61, HotShooz-16.645; 6. Ricky Shelton, 71, Willoughby-16.652; 7. Derek Davidson, 17, CED-16.702; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-16.749; 9. Kevin Doty, 32, Martz-16.894; 10. John Heydenreich, 94, Courtwright-16.934; 11. Brian Tyler, 6, Potter-16.967; 12. Jack Hewitt, 24, Parker-16.973; 13. Tony Elliott, 1L, Lamers-16.975; 14. Jimmy Sills, 26, JS-17.008; 15. Ted Hines, 41, Griffith-17.053; 16. Bill Baue, 84, VanSteenwyck-17.058; 17. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-17.102; 18. Chuck Leary, 30, Leary-17.177; 19. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-17.198; 20. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-17.313; 21. Clay Klepper, 69x, Hartman-17.321; 22. Kevin Newton, 14, Newton-17.352; 23. Mark Freeland, 4, McKeehan-17.413; 24. Michael Roselli, Jr., 98, Roselli-17.473; 25. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Yeager-17.478; 26. David Bridges, 11, MB-17.522; 27. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-17.551; 28. Kevin Myers, 45, Myers-17.590; 29. Kenneth Nichols, 95, Covington-17.648; 30. Douglas Borger, 74, Borger-17.794; 31. Jimmy McCune, 2, JS-17.859; 32. Dean Franklin, 42, Franklin-17.875; 33. John Beaber, 66B, Beaber-17.923; 34. Ed Stimely, Jr., 6x, Yetter-17.959; 35. Tony Beaber, 66, Beaber-18.215; 36. Toby Alfrey, 82, Alfrey-18.385; 37. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-NT; 38. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-NT; 39. #9x, Lewis-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Leffler, 3. Flock, 4. Nemire, 5. Nichols, 6. Klepper, 7. Lynch, 8. S.McCune, 9. J.Beaber. 2:21.48

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Heydenreich, 3. Shelton, 4. Sills, 5. Bridges, 6. Leary, 7. Newton, 8. Stimely, 9. Borger, 10. Welpott. 2:20.95

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Tyler, 3. Davidson, 4. Westfall, 5. Nervo, 6. Freeland, 7. J.McCune, 8. Ted Hines, 9. T.Beaber. 2:19.41

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Coons, 3. Drake, 4. Myers, 5. Franklin, 6. Baue, 7. Roselli, 8. Davis, 9. Alfrey. 2:21.35

NOTE: Remainder of program scheduled for September 26.


STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 25-26, 1998 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway - 18th "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFYING: (Held Sept. 25) 1. Dave Darland, 69, Dynamics-15.720; 2. John Heydenreich, 1m, Mahoney-15.995; 3. Jimmy Sills, 2x, Vance/Walker-16.005; 4. Tony Elliott, 2, Vance/Walker-16.010; 5. Derek Davidson, 62, BWB-16.025; 6. Kevin Huntley, 7, Daugherty-16.044; 7. Kevin Doty, 25, Chrisman-16.086; 8. Kevin Thomas, 17, Newkirk-16.174; 9. Rob Chaney, 157, TBI-16.187; 10. Brian Tyler, 21, Booe-16.187; 11. Jack Hewitt, 16, BWB-16.224; 12. Brian Hayden, 26, BWB-16.226; 13. Tracy Hines, 51h, Holt-16.230; 14. Kent Christian, 9r, Roudebush-16.245; 15. J.J. Yeley, 51, Holt-16.304; 16. Rusty McClure, 77x, Law-16.328; 17. Todd Kane, 78, Kane-16.365; 18. Kevin Miller, 21m, Miller-16.425; 19. Bill Rose, 6, Rose-16.556; 20. Greg Wilson, 63, Hampshire-16.579; 21. Robbie Rice, 22r, Whiteside-16.587; 22. Jon Stanbrough, 15, Davis-16.651; 23. Brandon Petty, 30p, Petty-16.659; 24. Brian Gerster, 34, Baker-16.696; 25. Tim Cox, 40, Cox/Foreman-16.833; 26. Jim Stinson, 84, Stinson-16.834; 27. Eric Gordon, 44, Staab-16.853; 28. Terry Babb, 88, Babb-16.861; 29. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-16.900; 30. Nick Naber, 6x, Naber-16.916; 31. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-17.036; 32. Jeff O'Banion, 66, O'Banion-17.051; 33. Jason McCord, 4c, Contos-17.090; 34. Mike Mann, 37, Kearns-17.109; 35. Matt Booe, 73, Booe-17.163; 36. Matt Jewell, 18, Jewell-17.181; 37. Dustin Smith, 77s, Smith-17.264; 38. Al Thomas, 72, Thomas-17.429; 39. Corey Smith, 66s, Smith-17.446; 40. Tim Clark, 126, Clark-17.555; 41. Bryon Walters, 7w, Walters-17.702; 42. Bobby Teeple, 8t, Teeple-17.715; 43. Terry Pletch, 29p, Pletch-17.917; 44. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-18.224; 45. Thomas Davies, 44d, Davies-19.594

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Matt Jewell, 2. Jason McCord, 3. Mike Mann, 4. Terry Pletch, 5. Matt Booe, 6. Al Thomas, 7. Corey Smith, 8. Bobby Teeple, 9. Bryon Walters, 10. Tim Clark, 11. Brad Armstrong, 12. Thomas Davies, 13. Dustin Smith. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Tim Cox, 3. Steve Surniak, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Todd Kane, 6. Derek Davidson, 7. Rob Chaney, 8. Matt Jewell, 9. Robbie Rice. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kevin Huntley, 2. Nick Naber, 3. John Heydenreich, 4. Brian Tyler, 5. Jon Stanbrough, 6. Kevin Miller, 7. Jim Stinson, 8. Jason McCord, 9. Kent Christian. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Eric Gordon, 2. Jack Hewitt, 3. J.J.. Yeley, 4. Bill Rose, 5. Jimmy Sills, 6. Brandon Petty, 7. Mike Mann, 8. Aaron Mosley. Time - 2:20.54

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Brian Hayden, 2. Rusty McClure, 3. Greg Wilson, 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Terry Babb, 7. Kevin Thomas, 8. Jeff O'Banion, 9. Terry Pletch. Time - 2:21.70

NOTE: Remainder of program scheduled for September 26.


USAC SILVER CROWN CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: September 25-26, 1998 -- Rossburg, Ohio -- Eldora Speedway - 18th "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 25) 1. Jimmy Sills, 75, Mopar-16.391; 2. Jack Hewitt, 23, Parker-16.412; 3. Dave Darland, 56, Foxco-16.536; 4. J.J. Yeley, 67, Zarounian-16.580; 5. Robby Flock, 61, Howard-16.678; 6. Brian Tyler, 94, Hart-16.693; 7. Derek Davidson, 62, Beaver-16.811; 8. Jay Drake, 11, Snider-16.833; 9. Kevin Huntley, 34, D & D-16.839; 10. John Heydenreich, 37, Riggs-16.863; 11. Russ Gamester, 51, Gamester-16.882; 12. Rusty McClure, 31, Mataka-17.072; 13. Tracy Hines, 30, Leary-17.073; 14. Kevin Thomas, 73, Dickson-17.093; 15. Aaron Mosley, 27, Jones-17.102; 16. Ryan Newman, 14, M & L-17.117; 17. Jerry Coons, Jr., 6, Potter-17.157; 18. Ricky Shelton, 50, Aviators-17.300; 19. Jason Leffler, 9, Goetz-17.311; 20. Todd Kane, 24, LeFevre-17.324; 21. Greg Wilson, 63, Hampshire-17.342; 22. Kenneth Nichols, 72, Brown-17.422; 23. Dean Erfurth, 81, Peachey-17.483; 24. Mike Mosley, Jr., 33, Faurote-17.597; 25. Tony Elliott, 20, Nolen-17.613; 26. Al Thomas, 172, Thomas-17.654; 27. Donnie Beechler, 16, Logan-17.792; 28. Terry Babb, 49, Babb-17.805; 29. Marvin Pifer, 211, Morton-17.929; 30. Bill Baue, 78, B & G-17.932; 31. Jimmy Stinson, 76, Westfall-17.973. (NOTE: Kevin Doty also in car #37).

NOTE: Remainder of program scheduled for September 26.