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USAC: MCI Worldcom National Midget Car Series Preliminaries, Eldora

1 October 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
MCI WORLDCOM/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 30, 2000 Rossburg, Ohio Eldora Speedway - "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held September 29) 1. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-16.381; 2. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-16.631; 3. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-16.695; 4. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-16.717; 5. Jeff Flesher, 72, Flesher-16.724; 6. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-16.755; 7. Kevin Doty, 11, Wilke-Pak-16.785; 8. Tony Elliott, 66x, Walker/Lamers-16.786; 9. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-16.788; 10. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-16.811; 11. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-16.837; 12. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-16.859; 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., V4, McNulty-16..920; 14. Aaron Fike, 32x, RFMS-16.922; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-16.952; 16. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-16.986; 17. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-17.006; 18. Tony Beaber, 66B, Beaber-17.121; 19. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-17.123; 20. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-17.126; 21. Ted Hines, 5x, Sears-17.189; 22. Rick Vaughn, 16, Nowicke-17.191; 23. A.J. Felker, 55, Line-17.207; 24. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-17.227; 25. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-17.229; 26. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-17.286; 27. Dean Erfurth, 5, Koehler-17.304; 28. Chad Davenport, 43, Davenport-17.427; 29. Wayne Chinn, 71w, Chinn-17.441; 30. Walt Stearly, 42, Stearly-17.450; 31. Kevin Besecker, 22, McClellan-17.483; 32. Bill Schemonia, 17A, Schemonia-17.506; 33. Craig Carey, 30, Carey/King-17.508; 34. A.J. Ernesto, 2x, MEGA-17.578; 35. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-17.590; 36. Steve Aplin, 22A, Aplin-17.832; 37. Kevin Bastian, 8x, Bastian-18.068; 38. Critter Malone, 86, Gross-18.235; 39. Eric Gordon, 89, Hurt-20.934; 40. Ron Bono, 007, Bono-22.365; 41. #19, Lewis-NT. (Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-18.013-Withdrawn; NOTE: J.J. Yeley also in car #32x).

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Ernesto, 2. Turner, 3. Aplin, 4. Bastian, 5. Malone, 6. Gordon, 7.Carey, 8. Bono. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Kahne, 3. Hatton, 4. Coons, 5. Flesher, 6. Barth, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Chinn. 2:20.68

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Lehmann, 3. Klepper, 4. Aaron Fike (#32x), 5. Beaber, 6. McCune, 7. Stearly, 8. Vaughn. 2:21.09

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scott, 2. Erfurth, 3. Franklin, 4. Westfall, 5. Felker, 6. Hess, 7. Besecker, 8. Doty. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Elliott, 3. A.J. Fike, 4. Lewis, 5. Nervo, 6. Davenport, 7. Welpott, 8. Schemonia. NT

Text Provided By Rob Clendening

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