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USAC: 4-Crown National Midget Results, Eldora

27 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. Ray Bull, #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

SEMI: (12 laps - Held Sept. 26) 1. Ted Hines, 2. Baue, 3. J.J. Yeley (#32 Martz), 4. Leary, 5. Klepper, 6. Freeland, 7. Davis, 8. Newton, 9. J.McCune, 10. Roselli, 11. Stimely, 12. Franklin, 13. Nichols, 14. Nervo, 15. Borger, 16. Welpott, 17. T.Beaber, 18. J.Beaber, 19. Lynch, 20. Bridges, 21. Alfrey, 22. Bull. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps - Held Sept. 26) 1. Hewitt, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Darland, 4. Elliott, 5. Drake, 6. Sills, 7. Tyler, 8. Leffler, 9. Coons, 10. Westfall, 11. Heydenreich, 12. Baue, 13. Flock, 14. Klepper, 15. Leary, 16. Freeland, 17. Nemire, 18. Myers, 19. Davidson, 20. Ted Hines, 21. Shelton, 22. Yeley (#32). NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Flock, Laps 2-17 Tracy Hines, Laps 18-25 Hewitt.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Leffler-843; 2-Drake-824; 3-Shelton-748; 4-Coons-597; 5-Tracy Hines-552; 6-J.McCune-517; 7-Ronnie Johncox-321; 8-Welpott-315; 9-Michael Lewis-264; 10-S.McCune-246.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 25 - Winchester (Ind.) Speedway