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USAC: Rain Halts 16th Street; Anderson Feature Resumes Wednesday

28 June 1999

Rain forced a halt to the USAC Midget Car racing program at the 16th Street Speedway in Indianapolis, Ind. Saturday night. Participants had completed qualifications, a non-qualifiers race and the first heat and were in the midst of heat number two when the rains hit the 1/4-mile dirt track. Jerry Coons, Jr. had outqualified a field of 45 cars, while Steve Arnold won the non-qualifiers race and Ronnie Day won the first heat.

Another rain-interrupted program is scheduled to be concluded this Wednesday night when the MCI WorldCom National Midget Cars return to the Anderson (Ind.) Speedway. Thirty-eight laps remain in the 40-lap feature event which was halted after two laps by rain June 16. Brian Gerster will lead the restart order on the 1/4-mile paved oval.

The next scheduled event at the 16th Street Speedway is the $140,000 Clabber Girl "Summer Sizzle '99" July 6-10, the nation's richest-ever Midget Car event.

MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS

1. Jason Leffler 158 6. Dave Steele 80
2. Ryan Newman 154 7. Jay Drake 70
3. Ricky Shelton 146 8. John Heydenreich 67
4. Tracy Hines 99 9. Ron Smoker 64
5. Jerry Coons, Jr. 90 10. Clay Klepper 63

16TH STREET SPEEDWAY USAC MIDGET CAR STANDINGS

1. Ron Smoker 96 6. Roger McCluskey, Jr. 42
2. Critter Malone 58 John Wolfe 42
3. Steve Knepper 55 8. Andy Pierce 41
4. Jerry Coons, Jr. 54 9. Roy Caruthers 40
5. Jason Leffler 49 10. Ricky Shelton 33

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