USAC: Worldcom National Midget Car Race Results, Rossburg

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

June 24, 2001

USAC WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: June 23, 2001 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - "Oldtimers Weekend"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-17.386; 2. J.J. Yeley, 91, Lewis-17.520; 3. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-17.669; 4. Tony Elliott, 66x, Walker/Lamers-17.784; 5. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-17.792; 6. Ted Hines, 84, VanSteenwyk-17.866; 7. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-17.891; 8. Michael Lewis, 85, Beauchamp-17.902; 9. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-17.915; 10. Jerry Coons, Jr., 15, Lawson-18.085; 11. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-18.086; 12. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-18.207; 13. Derek Davidson, 17, Hartman-18.218; 14. John Wolfe, 3m, Morgan-18.253; 15. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-18.288; 16. Steve Paden, 01, Farrier-18.333; 17. Davey Ray, 2, Kittleson-18.398; 18. Scott Hatton, 1H, Huston-18.415; 19. Brian Gerster, 95, Covington-18.631; 20. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-18.731; 21. Bill Baue, 10, Baue-18.993; 22. Kevin Myers, 45, Myers-19.181; 23. Thomas Briggs, 10x, Briggs-19.260; 24. Blake Chinn, 711, Chinn-19.361; 25. Wayne Chinn, 171, Chinn-NT; 26. #169, RFMS-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Drake, 3. Elliott, 4. Davidson, 5. Gerster, 6. Paden, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Myers. 2:27.13

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Yeley, 3. Turner, 4. Ray, 5. Aaron Fike, 6. Wolfe, 7. Nervo, 8. Briggs. 2:27.96

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Westfall, 3. Hatton, 4. Ted Hines, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Baue, 7. B.Chinn, 8. Scott. 2:29.07

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. J.J. Yeley, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Aaron Fike, 6. Jerry Coons, jr., 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Matt Westfall, 9. Davey Ray, 10. Steve Paden, 11. Derek Davidson, 12. John nervo, 13. A.J. Fike, 14. Ted Hines, 15. Brian Gerster, 16. Scott Hatton, 17. John Wolfe, 18. Blake Chinn, 19. Bill Baue, 20. Thomas Briggs, 21. Michael Lewis, 22. J.D. Turner, 23. Kevin Myers, 24. Wayne Chinn. NT

**Lewis flipped on the 23rd lap of the feature and was transported to Coldwater Community Hospital for observation.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Darland, Lap 21 Yeley, Laps 22-25 Darland.

WORLDCOM MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Drake-311; 2-Darland-305; 3-Coons-263; 4-Yeley-258; 5-A.J. Fike-255; 6-Aaron Fike-253; 7-Hines-209; 8-Lewis-208; 9-Kasey Kahne-171; 10-Aaron Pollock-142.

NEXT WORLDCOM MIDGET CAR RACES: July 6-7 - Kansas City, KS - Lakeside Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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