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USAC: MCI Worldcom National Midget Car Series Race Results, IRP

26 August 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 23, 2000 Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis Raceway Park - Kroger "Mel Kenyon Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-20.800; 2. Jason Leffler, 19, Lewis-20.825; 3. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-20.967; 4. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-21.148; 5. Ryan Newman, 39, Lewis-21.322; 6. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-21.372; 7. Ed Carpenter, 21N, Nervo/Coggin-21.387; 8. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-21.468; 9. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-21.527; 10. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-21.532; 11. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-21.560; 12. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-21.563; 13. Brian Gerster, 95, Covington-21.567; 14. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-21..618; 15. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-21.628; 16. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-21.640; 17. David Gough, 65, Corrigan-21.658; 18. Jon Herb, 16, Nowicke-21.685; 19. Aaron Pollock, 64, Pollock-21.720; 20. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-21.748; 21. James Baxter II, 79, Baxter-21.839; 22. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-21.860; 23. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-21.907; 24. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-21.919; 25. Drew Pollock, 63, Pollock-21.920; 26. Matt Westfall, 53, Turner-21.956; 27. Mel Kenyon, 161, 3-K-21.958; 28. Brice Kenyon, 70, Apple-21.984; 29. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 59, Hultgren-22.023; 30. A.J. Ernesto, 2x, MEGA Motorsports-22.030; 31. Dave Baumgartner, 38, Baumgartner-22.050; 32. Wayne Chinn, 71w, Chinn-22.219; 33. Chris Rhein, 21c, Cowing-22.257; 34. Justin Overfelt, 78, Zephyr-23.312; 35. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-NT; 36. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins/Davis-NT; 37. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-NT; 38. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 59x, Hultgren-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gough, 2. Darland, 3. Newman, 4. Gerster, 5. Carter, 6. D.Pollock, 7. Baxter, 8. Rhein, 9. Fornoro. 2:52.78

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Lewis, 3. J.McCune, 4. Welpott, 5. Boice, 6. Herb, 7. Ernesto, 8. Overfelt, 9. Westfall. 2:52.65

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Carpenter, 2. A.Pollock, 3. Drake, 4. M.Kenyon, 5. Klepper, 6. Nervo, 7. S.McCune, 8. Baumgartner. 2:53.25

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Kahne, 3. Scott, 4. Chinn, 5. Pierce, 6. Davis, 7. A.J. Fike, 8. B.Kenyon. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Nervo, 2. Carter, 3. Boice, 4. S.McCune, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Davis, 7. Baxter, 8. Pierce, 9. Herb, 10. B.Kenyon, 11. Fornoro (#59x), 12. Baumgartner, 13. Rhein, 14. D.Pollock, 15. Ernesto, 16. Overfelt, 17. Westfall. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps - Halted after 23 due to rain) 1. Jason Leffler, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. Kasey Kahne, 4. Michael Lewis, 5. Ed Carpenter, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Mark Boice, 8. Brian Gerster, 9. Sarah McCune, 10. Jay Drake, 11. Jimmy McCune, 12. Aaron Pollock, 13. Travis Welpott, 14. A.J. Fike, 15. A.J. Davis, 16. Wayne Chinn, 17. Dave Darland, 18. Dane Carter, 19. Mel Kenyon, 20. John Nervo, 21. David Gough, 22. Ryan Scott. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Lewis, Laps 3-6 Hines, Laps 7-23 Leffler.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-856; 2-Drake-644; 3-Darland-604; 4-Lewis-602; 5-A.J. Fike-529; 6-Hines-502; 7-Carpenter-453; 8-Aaron Fike-431; 9-Klepper-417; 10-Scott-390.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: August 27 - Kokomo (IN) Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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