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USAC: Worldcom National Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Belleville

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

August 4, 2001

WORLDCOM/USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 3, 2001 – Belleville, Kansas - Belleville High Banks - "Belleville Midget Nationals" - "Stan Fox Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kasey Kahne, 19, Lewis-17.937; 2. J.J. Yeley, 91, Lewis-17.953; 3. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-17.990; 4. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-18.041; 5. Michael Lewis, 85, Beauchamp-18.046; 6. Jay Drake, 11, Wilke-Pak-18.123; 7. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-18.138; 8. Keith Rauch, 23, Minarik-18.148; 9. John Heydenreich, 52, Klatt-18.173; 10. Casey Slocum, 97x, Mitchell-18.233; 11. Jerry Coons, Jr., 15L, Lawson-18.244; 12. Matt Westfall, 17, Hartman-18.406; 13. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-18.512; 14. Rik Forbes, 95, Forbes-18.633; 15. Matt Hummel, 57x, TST-18.656; 16. Rich Camfield, 87, Camfield-19.035; 17. Derrick Hearron, 27, Hearron-19.135; 18. Kevin Olson, 55, Knepper-19.445; 19. Dean Franklin, 5, Meents-19.664; 20. Phil Shapel, 84s, Shapel-20.006; 21. Al Murie, 3R Murie-22.982; 22. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-NT; 23. #3k Murie-NT; 24. #11w, Wilke-Pak-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Camfield, 2. Aaron Fike, 3. Strickland, 4. Kahne, 5. Hess, 6. Slocum, 7. Franklin. 2:27.22

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Lewis, 3. Rauch, 4. Forbes, 5. Hearron, 6. Coons, 7. Shapel. 2:24.86

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Westfall, 3. Heydenreich, 4. Darland, 5. Hummel, 2:27.72

QUALIFYING DASH: (6 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Darland, 3. Yeley, 4. Kahne, 5. Strickland, 6. Camfield. 1:49.50

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Slocum, 2. Hummel, 3. Hearron, 4. Franklin, 5. Murie, 6. Hines. 1:52.83

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. J.J. Yeley, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Aaron Fike, 7. John Heydenreich, 8. Derrick Hearron, 9. Rik Forbes, 10. Keith Rauch, 11. Michael Lewis, 12. Rich Camfield, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Dave Strickland, Jr., 15. Dean Franklin, 16. Casey Slocum, 17. Matt Hummel, 18. Al Murie. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-25 Darland.

NEW WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Dave Darland-617; 2-Jay Drake-602; 3-A.J. Fike-525; 4-Tracy Hines-470; 5-Aaron Fike-460; 6-J.J. Yeley-448; 7-Jerry Coons, Jr.-428; 8-Kasey Kahne-357; 9-Michael Lewis-272; 10-Ryan Scott-271.

NEW WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Alex Harris-714; 2-Danny Ebberts-703; 3-Josh Wise-594; 4-Thomas Meseraull-543; 5-Wally Pankratz-530; 6-Matt Streeter-462; 7-Shane Scully-461; 8-Robby Flock-383; 9-Derrick Hearron-310; 10-Danny Stratton-299.

NEXT WORLDCOM NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: August 4 - Belleville, KS - Belleville High Banks

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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