USAC: Western Midget Car Race Results, Madera

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

April 23, 2001

WORLDCOM USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: April 21, 2001 – Madera, CA – Madera Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Floyd Alvis, 11x, Alvis-14.410; 2. Sleepy Tripp, 3, Tripp-14.420; 3. Thomas Meseraull, 57, TST-14.440; 4. Wally Pankratz, 1, Pankratz-14.510; 5. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-14.540; 6. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-14.550; 7. John Starks, 55, Starks-14.580; 8. Tony Hunt, 67, Zarounian-14.610; 9. Chuck Gurney, Jr., 45, Baraldi-14.610; 10. Steve Paden, 01, Farrier-14.660; 11. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-14.710; 12. Chris Oddo, 23, Oddo-14.710; 13. Glenn Carson, 26, Bock-14.740; 14. Shane Matthews, 2m, CMR-14.740; 15. Pete Davis, 00, Davis-14.870; 16. Josh Wise, 94, Wise-14.870; 17. Dan Gundo, 6, Gundo-14.870; 18. Ricky Shelton, 78, Gregg-14.910; 19. Marc DeBeaumont, 41, Rosen-14.940; 20. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-14.940; 21. John Sarale, 2, CMR-15.060; 22. Nick Geranio, 71, Haynes-15.080; 23. Rory Price, 99, Price-15.100; 24. Ken Molica, 94x, Molica-15.340; 25. Jim Silva, 19, Chandler-15.370; 26. Bill Lindsey, 61, Lindsey-15.480; 27. Michael Simpson, 911, Simpson-15.540; 28. Derrick Hearron, 27, Hearron-15.610; 29. Brian Azavedo, 59, Azavedo-15.890; 30. Mike Whitcomb, 84, Whitcomb-16.320; 31. Jim Fowler, 15, Fowler-17.050; 32. Kenny McGlashan, 40, McGlashan-NT; 33. Jim Wilcox, 20, Wilcox-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gurney, 2. Sarale, 3. Carson, 4. Alvis, 5. Silva, 6. Azavedo, 7. Harris, 8. Gundo. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ebberts, 2. Tripp, 3. Geranio, 4. Paden, 5. Matthews, 6. Lindsey, 7. Shelton, 8. Whitcomb. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Starks, 3. Price, 4. DeBeaumont, 5. Davis, 6. Streeter, 7. Simpson, 8. Fowler. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wise, 2. Scully, 3. Oddo, 4. Hunt, 5. Pankratz, 6. Molica, 7. Wilcox, 8. Hearron. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Harris, 2. Pankratz, 3. Shelton, 4. Matthews, 5. Davis, 6. Streeter, 7. Simpson, 8. Gundo, 9. Molica, 10. Silva, 11. Lindsey, 12. Wilcox, 13. Hearron, 14. Whitcomb, 15. Azavedo, 16. Fowler. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. John Starks, 2. Sleepy Tripp, 3. Danny Ebberts, 4. Wally Pankratz, 5. Chuck Gurney, Jr., 6. Steve Paden, 7. Floyd Alvis, 8. Marc DeBeaumont, 9. Josh Wise, 10. Rory Price, 11. Tony Hunt, 12. John Sarale, 13. Chris Oddo, 14. Shane Matthews, 15. Nick Geranio, 16. Thomas Meseraull, 17. Glenn Carson, 18. Shane Scully, 19. Alex Harris, 20. Ricky Shelton. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Starks.

NEW WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Ebberts-166; 2-Meseraull-156; 3-Wise-145; 4-Harris-121; 5-Scully-115; 6-Paden-114; 7-Pankratz-109; 8-DeBeaumont-107; 9-Streeter-103; 10-Gurney-90.

NEXT WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: April 28 - Bakersfield (CA) Speedway

Text Provided By Dick Jordan

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