USAC: Worldcom Western Midget Car Race Results, Bakersfield

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

July 23, 2001

WORLDCOM USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: July 21, 2001 – Bakersfield, California – Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Thomas Meseraull, 57, TST-13.061; 2. Dallen McKenney, 88, McKenney-13.107; 3. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-13.125; 4. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-13.172; 5. Bryan Stanfill, 52, Stanfill-13.205; 6. Bobby Boone, 31, Croteau-13.230; 7. Larry Brown, 36, Brown-13.233; 8. Josh Wise, 94, Wise-13.251; 9. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-13.266; 10. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-13.320; 11. Jimmy Christian, 72, Christian-13.323; 12. Wally Pankratz, 1, Pankratz-13.330; 13. Shain Matthews, 02, Matthews-13.354; 14. Derrick Hearron, 27, Hearron-13.361; 15. Danny Stratton, 50, Stratton-13.406; 16. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-13.428; 17. Danny Olmstead, 21, Olmstead-13.428; 18. Michael Simpson, 911, Simpson-13.540; 19. Robby Flock, 76, Fontana-13.549; 20. John Sarale, 2, Caves-13.552; 21. Chris Edwards, 4, Edwards-13.716; 22. Timothy Barber, 2x, Caves-13.784; 23. Randi Pankratz, 63, Pinkston-14.062; 24. Billy Lawless, 17, Horton-15.125; 25. Mike O'Hare, 60, O'Hare-15.533.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Scully, 2. Matthews, 3. Harris, 4. Meseraull, 5. Brown, 6. Streeter, 7. Barber, 8. O'Hare, 9. Flock. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sarale, 2. R.Pankratz, 3. Olmstead, 4. Wise, 5. Christian, 6. McKenney, 7. Hearron, 8. Stanfill. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Simpson, 2. Stratton, 3. W.Pankratz, 4. Ebberts, 5. Edwards, 6. Rodela, 7. Lawless, 8. Boone. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Boone, 2.Brown, 3. Streeter, 4. Stanfill, 5. Rodela, 6. Barber, 7. Lawless, 8. McKenney, 9. Christian, 10. Hearron, 11. Flock, 12. Edwards, 13. O'Hare. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Larry Brown, 2. Danny Ebberts, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. Danny Stratton, 5. Shane Scully, 6. Alex Harris, 7. Matt Streeter, 8. John Sarale, 9. Timothy Barber, 10. Michael Simpson, 11. Jerome Rodela, 12. Danny Olmstead, 13. Bryan Stanfill, 14. Bobby Boone, 15. Wally Pankratz, 16. Billy Lawless, 17. Josh Wise, 18. Shain Matthews, 19. Randi Pankratz. NT

**Boone flipped during the third heat. Christian flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Brown.

WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Ebberts-623; 2-Harris-616; 3-Wise-526; 4-Meseraull-488; 5-W.Pankratz-481; 6-Scully-446; 7-Streeter-426; 8-Flock-340; 9-Stratton-299; 10-Hearron-269.

NEXT WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: July 31 - Lincoln, NE - Eagle Raceway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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