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USAC: MCI Worldcom National Midget Car Series Race Results, '4-Crown Nationals'

1 October 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 29-30, 2000 Rossburg, Ohio Eldora Speedway - 20th "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 (Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-18.013-Withdrawn; NOTE: J.J. Yeley also in car #32x).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

SEMI: (12 laps - Held September 30) 1. Flesher, 2. McCune, 3. Doty, 4. Nervo, 5. Beaber, 6. Welpott, 7. Barth, 8. Stearly, 9. Davenport, 10. Ernesto, 11. Schemonia, 12. Turner, 13. Felker, 14. Vaughn, 15. Besecker, 16. Ted Hines, 17. Hess, 18. Aplin. 3:30.03

FEATURE: (25 laps - Held September 30) 1. Kasey Kahne, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Michael Lewis, 6. Jeff Flesher, 7. Kevin Doty, 8. Tony Elliott, 9. A.J. Fike, 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 11. Sarah McCune, 12. Dean Franklin, 13. Donnie Lehmann, 14. Aaron Fike (#32x), 15. Ryan Scott, 16. Scott Hatton, 17. Matt Westfall, 18. Travis Welpott, 19. Tony Beaber, 20. John Nervo, 21. Dean Erfurth, 22. Clay Klepper. 7:05.68

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 McCune, Laps 5-25 Kahne.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-1,084; 2-Drake-843; 3-Darland-810; 4-Lewis-763; 5-Tracy Hines-655; 6-Aaron Fike-610; 7-A.J. Fike-604; 8-Klepper-524; 9-Ed Carpenter-511; 10-Scott-488.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: October 22 - Winchester, IN - Winchester Speedway - "Sammy Sessions Memorial"

Text Provided By Rob Clendening

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