Colorado 'Western States' USAC Sprint Results
29 September 1998
USAC "WESTERN STATES" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: September 26-27, 1998 -- Fountain, Colorado - Pikes Peak International RacewayQUALIFYING: (Held Sept. 26) 1. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-26.339; 2. Tony Hunt, 14, Pierson-26.359; 3. Dave Fitzgerald, 32x, Fitzgerald-26.726; 4. Ray Evans, 3F, Finkenbinder-26.762; 5. Rick Williams, 6, Williams-27.290; 6. Rick Sipes, 55, Sipes-27.366; 7. Ken Hamilton, 98, Hamilton-27.594; 8. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-27.626; 9. Brian Evans, 81, Evans-27.686; 10. Billy Mentgen, 7, Mentgen-27.872; 11. Michael Smith, 21, Smith-28.509; 12. Kevin Urton, 18, Urton-28.658; 13. Richie Sherrill, 15, Sherrill-29.063; 14. Jim Diemert, 173, Diemert-29.106; 15. Jimmy Hamilton, 93, Hamilton-29.656; 16. Tyler Haylett, 22, Haylett-NT, 17. Rick Brown, 33, Carpenter-NT. (NOTE: Brown's time of 25.941 disallowed).
FEATURE: (25 laps - Held Sept. 27) 1. Hunt, 2. Gardner, 3. Williams, 4. Tony Elliott (#3F), 5. Haylett, 6. Rodgers, 7. Diemert, 8. Evans, 9. Mentgen, 10. J.Hamilton, 11. Smith, 12. Brown, 13. Fitzgerald, 14. Sherrill, 15. K.Hamilton, 16. Urton. NT (NOTE: Rick Sipes' car disqualified after finishing fourth for being underweight.)
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hunt, Laps 2-11 Gardner, Laps 12-18 Brown, Laps 19-25 Hunt.
NEW "WESTERN STATES" SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-668; 2-Williams-647; 3-Hunt-441; 4-Haylett-423; 5-Fitzgerald-299; 6-Sipes-241; 7-Monte Faccinto-212; 8-Davey Pombo-212; 9-K.Hamilton-179; 10-Ivan Worden-166.
NEXT "WESTERN STATES" SPRINT RACE: October 3 - Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway
