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USAC: MCI WorldCom USAC Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Madera

27 March 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: March 25, 2000 -- Madera, California - Madera Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. John Starks, 55, Starks-14.420; 2. Kasey Kahne, 9, Lewis-14.570; 3. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix-14.630; 4. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-14.680; 5. Sterling Pratz, 45, Baraldi-14.800; 6. Ryan Newman, 67, Zarounian-14.810; 7. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-14.830; 8. Brian Gerster, 74, James-14.830; 9. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-14.890; 10. Steve Paden, 63, Pinkston-14.950; 11. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.960; 12. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont-14.980; 13. Dave Darland, 29, Tomassi-15.070; 16. Rick Kraft, 33, Kraft-15.090; 17. Jimmy Sills, 4, Calderwood-15.120; 18. Josh Wise, 37, Mitchell-15.130; 19. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-15.160; 20. A.J. Fike, 50, Beal-15.170; 21. Travis Johnson, 80, Johnson-15.190; 22. Thomas Meseraull, 00, Meseraull-15.270; 23. Rory Price, 61, Crews-15.380; 24. Chris Oddo, 23, Oddo-15.490; 25. Scott DuPont, 03, DuPont-15.690; 26. Davey Hamilton, 04, Consani-15.720; 27. Billy Sipe, Jr., 42, Sipe-15.960; 28. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Starks, 2. Boone, 3. Ebberts, 4. Darland, 5. Johnson, 6. Paden, 7. Wise, 8. Oddo, 9. Sipe. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kahne, 2. Meseraull, 3. Kraft, 4. Gerster, 5. Pankratz, 6. Pratz, 7. Streeter, 8. Harris, 9. DuPont. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Price, 2. Newman, 3. DeBeaumont, 4. Fike, 5. Sills, 6. Scully, 7. Hendrix, 8. D.Hamilton. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Pratz, 2. Hendrix, 3. Paden, 4. Scully, 5. Pankratz, 6. Streeter, 7. Harris, 8. Johnson, 9. Oddo, 10. DuPont, 11. Wise, 12. Sipe, 13. Sills. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kasey Kahne, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. John Starks, 4. Bobby Boone, 5. Shane Scully, 6. Marc DeBeaumont, 7. Rick Hendrix, 8. Wally Pankratz, 9. Steve Paden, 10. Rory Price, 11. Brian Gerster, 12. Sterling Pratz, 13. Dave Darland, 14. A.J. Fike, 15. Travis Johnson, 16. Alex Harris, 17. Danny Ebberts, 18. Thomas Meseraull, 19. Matt Streeter, 20. Rick Kraft. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-28 Newman, Laps 29-30 Kahne.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-163; 2-Newman-126; 3-Boone-113; 4-Ebberts-110; 5-Paden-108; 6-Clay Klepper-102; 7-Pankratz-94; 8-Meseraull-92; 9-DeBeaumont-88; 10-Darland-87.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: March 26 - Stockton 99 (CA) Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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