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USAC: MCI Worldcom National Midget Car Series Race Results, Indianapolis Raceway Park

17 September 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
USAC MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 16, 2000 Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jason Leffler, 19, Lewis-20.700; 2. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-21.103; 3. Ryan Newman, 39, Lewis-21.156; 4. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-21.178; 5. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-21.248; 6. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-21.366; 7. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-21.368; 8. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-21.371; 9. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-21.400; 10. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-21.402; 11. John Heydenreich, 62, Klatt-21.430; 12. Aaron Pollock, 64, Pollock-21.567; 13. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-21.568; 14. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-21.569; 15. David Gough, 65, Corrigan-21.583; 16. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-21.610; 17. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-21.765;18. Brian Gerster, 95, Covington-21.817; 19. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-21.893; 20. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG-22.030; 21. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-22.038; 22. Justin Overfelt, 78, Zephyr-22.090; 23. Jeff Richardson, 5x, Richardson-22.173; 24. Mel Kenyon, 161, 3-K-22.305; 25. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-22.318; 26. James Baxter II, 79, Baxter-22.328; 27. Jon Herb, 16, Nowicke-22.376; 28. Marc DeBeaumont, 73, Ellis-22.395; 29. Sondi Eden, 34, McClellan-22.545; 30. #69x, RFMS-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Leffler, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Davis, 5. Boice, 6. Scott, 7. S.McCune, 8. Eden. 2:52.16

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Kahne, 3. Drake, 4. Klepper, 5. Overfelt, 6. Baxter, 7. Gerster. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Newman, 2. Nervo, 3. Heydenreich, 4. A.J. Fike, 5. Gough, 6. Herb, 7. Richardson. 2:54.62

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Aaron Fike, 2. Pollock, 3. DeBeaumont, 4. Carter, 5. Kenyon, 6. Franklin, 7. Carpenter. 2:55.98

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Boice, 2. Scott, 3. Gough, 4. Franklin, 5. Baxter, 6. Overfelt, 7. Kenyon, 8. Herb, 9. Eden, 10. S.McCune, 11. Carpenter. 3:37.74

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jason Leffler, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Kasey Kahne, 5. Ryan Newman, 6. Michael Lewis, 7. Aaron Fike, 8. Ryan Scott, 9. John Heydenreich, 10. Aaron Pollock, 11. John Nervo, 12. Dean Franklin, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Mark Boice, 15. Clay Klepper, 16. A.J. Davis, 17. A.J. Fike, 18. James Baxter II, 19. Dane Carter, 20. David Gough, 21. Justin Overfelt, 22. Marc DeBeaumont. 15:18.00

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Tracy Hines, Laps 2-10 Newman, Laps 11-30 Leffler.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-1,013; 2-Drake-786; 3-Darland-742; 4-Lewis-709; 5-Tracy Hines-595; 6-Aaron Fike-582; 7-A.J. Fike-564; 8-Carpenter-511; 9-Klepper-507; 10-Scott-459.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: September 30 - Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 20th "4-Crown Nationals"

Text Provided By Dick Jordan

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