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USAC: Summer Sizzle Race Results, 16th Street Speedway

9 July 1999

USAC MIDGET CAR SPECIAL EVENT RACE RESULTS: July 7, 1999 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - 16th Street Speedway - Clabber Girl Baking Powder "Summer Sizzle '99"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-12.482; 2. Clay Klepper, 17T, Hartman-12.638; 3. Jason Lynch, 35, Lynch-12.670; 4. Rick Vaughn, 31, JTV-12.672; 5. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-12.702; 6. Michael Kendall, 1nz, Kendall-12.705; 7. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.754; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7x, CED-12.761; 9. Ricky Shelton, 32, Martz/Boles-12.810; 10. Jeff Hampton, 55, Line-12.855; 11. Andy Michner, 26, JS-12.942; 12. Steve Knepper, 17, Brown-12.968; 13. John Wolfe, 3m, Morgan-12.977; 14. John Heydenreich, 95, Covington-13.006; 15. Jack Hewitt, 23, Parker-13.021; 16. John Lucas, 5X, Lucas-13.132; 17. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG Racing-13.191; 18. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-13.212; 19. Ray Bull, 1, Gillespie-13.225; 20. David Bridges, 11, MB Racing-13.262; 21. J.D. Turner, 53, Flamingo Knob-13.395; 22. Ralph Liguori, 6rr, Liguori-13.493; 23. Joe Justice, 63, Dickerson-13.950; 24. Rick Treadway, 88T, Treadway-NT; 25. Flea Ruzic, 82c, Carey-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Shelton, 2. Drake, 3. Carpenter, 4. Welpott, 5. Wolfe, 6. Turner. 2:13.14

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Heydenreich, 2. McCluskey, 3. Kendall, 4. Klepper, 5. Liguori, 6. Hampton. 2:17.41

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Hewitt, 3. Bull, 4. Ted Hines, 5. Lynch, 6. Justice. 2:18.35

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Coons, 3. Vaughn, 4. Treadway, 5. Lucas, 6. Bridges. 2:15.72

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Wolfe, 2. Turner, 3. Liguori, 4. Lucas, 5. Justice, 6. Lynch, 7. Hampton. 2:24.06

FEATURE: (25 Laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 3. Jack Hewitt, 4. Ricky Shelton, 5. John Heydenreich, 6. Ted Hines, 7. Clay Klepper, 8. Rick Vaughn, 9. Michael Kendall, 10. Steve Knepper, 11. Ray Bull, 12. J.D. Turner, 13. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 14. John Wolfe, 15. Ed Carpenter, 16. Ralph Liguori, 17. Travis Welpott, 18. Joe Justice, 19. John Lucas, 20. Rick Treadway, 21. Andy Michner, 22. Jason Lynch, 23. David Bridges. NT

**Justice flipped on the 6th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Ted Hines, Laps 6-25 Drake.

LOCKED INTO SATURDAY NIGHT'S A MAIN: Jay Drake, Jerry Coons, Jr. and Ricky Shelton.

NEXT 16TH STREET SPEEDWAY MIDGET CAR RACE: July 8

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