USAC: Worldcom National Midget Car Race Results, Rossburg

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

June 24, 2001

USAC WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: June 22, 2001 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - "Oldtimers Weekend"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-16.767; 2. J.J. Yeley, 91, Lewis-16.813; 3. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-16.833; 4. Jerry Coons, Jr., 15, Lawson-16.962; 5. Davey Ray, 2, Kittleson-16.967; 6. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-16.977; 7. Tony Elliott, 66x, Walker/Lamers-17.001; 8. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-17.136; 9. Ted Hines, 84, VanSteenwyk-17.209; 10. Bill Baue, 10, Baue-17.237; 11. Steve Paden, 01, Farrier-17.267; 12. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-17.343; 13. Michael Lewis, 85, Beauchamp-17.346; 14. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-17.357; 15. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-17.381; 16. Derek Davidson, 7, Hartman-17.438; 17. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-17.465; 18. Jimmy Drinan, 99, Priit-17.473; 19. Scott Hatton, 1H, Huston-17.618; 20. A.J. Felker, 55, Line-17.628; 21. Aaron Fike, 169, RFMS-17.640; 22. Brian Gerster, 95, Covington-17.847; 23. Blake Chinn, 711, Chinn-17.848; 24. Kevin Myers, 45, Myers-17.866; 25. Steve Knepper, 55x, Knepper-NT; 26. Wayne Chinn, 171, Chinn-NT; 27. Thomas Briggs, 10x, Briggs-NT; 28. Derek Davidson, 17, Hartman-NT. (Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-17.303-Withdrawn).

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Lewis, 3. Elliott, 4. Drake, 5. Baue, 6. W.Chinn, 7. Gerster, 8. Davidson (#7). 2:19.52

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Paden, 2. Nervo, 3. Yeley, 4. Westfall, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Ray, 7. B.Chinn, 8. Briggs, 9. Felker. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Ted Hines, 3. Aaron Fike (#169), 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Scott, 6. Turner, 7. Myers, 8. Drinan. 2:24.23

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Tony Elliott, 4. Jerry Coons, Jr., 5. Tracy Hines, 6. J.J. Yeley, '7. Ted Hines, 8. Davey Ray, 9. Aaron Fike (#169), 10. Brian Gerster, 11. A.J. Fike, 12. Matt Westfall, 13. Michael Lewis, 14. Wayne Chinn, 15. J.D. Turner, 16. John Nervo, 17. Derek Davidson (#17), 18. Bill Baue, 19. Steve Paden, 20. Blake Chinn, 21. Jimmy Drinan, 22. Kevin Myers, 23. Thomas Briggs. NT

**Felker flipped during the second heat and was transported to Coldwater Community Hospital with a shoulder injury.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-18 Darland, Laps 19-25 Drake.

WORLDCOM MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Drake-246; 2-Darland-235; 3-A.J. Fike-226; 4-Coons-212; 5-Aaron Fike-201; 6-Yeley-191; 7-Lewis-189; 8-Kasey Kahne-171; 9-Tracy Hines-158; 10-Aaron Pollock-142.

NEXT WORLDCOM MIDGET CAR RACES: June 23 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "Oldtimers Weekend"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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