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USAC: MCI Worldcom National/Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield

20 November 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 18, 2000 -- Bakersfield, California - Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-12.715; 2. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-12.831; 3. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-12.901; 4. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-12.908; 5. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-12.919; 6. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-12.920; 7. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-12.955; 8. Ronnie Day, 15, Lawson-12.955; 9. Marc DeBeaumont, 17D, Hartman-13.030; 10. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-13.034; 11. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-13.077; 12. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-13.083; 13. Bryan Stanfill, 24, Hart-13.142; 14. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-13.161; 15. Cole Carter, 77, Carter-13.181; 16. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.200; 17. Bud Kaeding, 29, Tomassi-13.223; 18. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-13.225; 19. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-13.230; 20. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-13.269; 21. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-13.296; 22. Rick Hendrix, 63, Pinkston-13.302; 23. Tony Rossi, 14x, Rossi-13.326; 24. Thomas Meseraull, 00, MTM-13.364; 25. Jimmy Sills, 40, Calderwood-13.379; 26. Jimmy Christian, 12x, Christian-13.380; 27. Scott Hansen, 37, Wise/Mitchell-13.464; 28. A.J. Johnson, 81, Johnson-13.483; 29. Dwayne Marcum, 10, Walker-13.483; 30. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-13.522; 31. Keith Rauch, 71x, Hanley-13.531; 32. Derrick Hearron, 27, Hearron-13.557; 33. Bobby Boone, 4, Calderwood-13.573; 34. Chris Oddo, 23, Oddo-13.822; 35. Eric Roberts, 41, Griffith-13.848; 36. Tatsu Iino, 95, Iino-13.890; 37. Mike Whitcomb, 84, Whitcomb-13.920; 38. Terry Tarditi, 64, T & T-13.997; 39. Art Azevedo, 59, Davison-14.147; 40. Jason Small, 10x, Walker-14.541; 41. Kirk Kubik, 03, Kubik-14.743; 42. John Sarale, 2, Caves-22.610; 43. Chuck Gurney, Jr., 88, Arata-NT; 44. Scott Nail, 71, Haynes-NT. (Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-13.524-withdrawn).

QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Oddo, 2. Iino, 3. Tarditi, 4, Whitcomb, 5. Roberts, 6. Small, 7. Azevedo, 8. Kubik, 9. Boone (#4), 10. Sarale. NT

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kahne, 2. Sills, 3. DeBeaumont, 4. Kaeding, 5. McCune, 6. Marcum, 7. Klepper, 8. Oddo, 9. Stanfill. 1:46.64

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Christian, 2. Nervo, 3. Darland, 4. Hendrix, 5. Paden, 6. Aaron Fike, 7. Ebberts, 8. Harris, 9. Iino. 1:45.78

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Hines, 3. Hansen, 4. Rauch, 5. Streeter, 6. Rossi, 7. Tarditi, 8. Scott, 9. Carter. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Hearron, 3. Day, 4. Johnson, 5. Scully, 6. A.J. Fike, 7. Meseraull, 8. Whitcomb, 9. Pankratz. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Aaron Fike, 2. McCune, 3. Stanfill, 4. Meseraull, 5. Paden, 6. Scully, 7. McCune, 8. Marcum, 9. Iino, 10. Harris, 11. Streeter, 12. Oddo, 13. Ebberts, 14. A.J. Fike, 15. Carter, 16. Rossi, 17. Tarditi, 18. Pankratz, 19. Klepper, 20. Whitcomb. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. Aaron Fike, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Ronnie Day, 6. Bud Kaeding, 7. Thomas Meseraull, 8. Steve Paden, 9. Keith Rauch, 10. Bryan Stanfill, 11. Jimmy Sills, 12. John Nervo, 13. Jimmy Christian, 14. Dwayne Marcum, 15. A.J. Johnson, 16. Sarah McCune, 17. Derrick Hearron, 18. Ryan Scott, 19. Wally Pankratz (#37), 20. Rick Hendrix, 21. Dave Darland, 22. Marc DeBeaumont, 23. Shane Scully, 24. Michael Lewis. NT

**Kaeding flipped during the first heat. Carter flipped during the third heat. Pankratz flipped during the fourth heat. Tarditi, A.J. Fike and Streeter flipped during the semi. Hendrix flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-15 Kahne, Laps 16-50 Drake.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-1,188; 2-Drake-969; 3-Darland-877; 4-Lewis-836; 5-Hines-774; 6-Aaron Fike-685; 7-A.J. Fike-618; 8-Klepper-573; 9-Ed Carpenter-557; 10-Scott-515.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Pankratz-988; 2-Boone-961; 3-Ebberts-924; 4-Meseraull-874; 5-Paden-808; 6-Stanfill-751; 7-Scully-745; 8-Hendrix-652; 9-Streeter-614; 10-Kahne-609.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: November 23 - Irwindale (CA) Speedway - 60th Home Depot "Turkey Night Grand Prix"

Text Provided By Dick Jordan

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