USAC: Worldcom National Midget Car Series Race Results, IRP

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

September 16, 2001

USAC WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: September 15, 2001 – Indianapolis, Indiana – Indianapolis Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 91, Lewis-21.097; 2. Steve Paden, 01, Farrier-21.181; 3. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-21.280; 4. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-21.297; 5. Tony Ave, 2, Steele-21.307; 6. Bobby East, 4, East-21.332; 7. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-21.347; 8. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-21.383; 9. Dane Carter, 17, Hartman-21.423; 10. Dave Steele, 29, Tomassi-21.477; 11. Kasey Kahne, 19, Lewis-21.522; 12. Aaron Pollock, 64, Pollock-21.556; 13. Justin Overfelt, 78, Zephyr-21.609; 14. David Gough, 65, Corrigan-21.637; 15. Jimmy Drinan, 99, Pritt-21.680; 16. Jimmy McCune, 21c, Cowing-21.712; 17. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-21.760; 18. A.J. Felker, 55, Line-21.824; 19. Sarah McCune, 3, McCune-21.867; 20. Steven Robertson, 7, Hartman-21.875; 21. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-21.894; 22. Ron Gregory, 22, Irvin-21.920; 23. Travis Welpott, 5, Richardson-21.923; 24. Chris Gabehart, 16, Nowicke-21.951; 25. Brian Gerster, 95, Covington-21.962; 26. Drew Pollock, 63, Pollock-22.036; 27. Marty Davis, 75, Reiver-22.353; 28. Sean Smith, 20, Efficient Motorsports-22.740; 29. Rick Vaughn, 79, Burch-22.968; 30. Jack Knox, 58, Reiver-24.280; 31. Dale Ballinger, 121, Ballinger-24.687; 32. Charles Judd, 75x, Judd-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nervo, 2. Yeley, 3. A.J. Fike, 4. Ave, 5. Carter, 6. Gerster, 7. Overfelt, 8. Vaughn. 2:51.06

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Felker, 2. Steele, 3. Gough, 4. D.Pollock, 5. East, 6. Gregory, 7. Paden, 8. Knox. 2:54.64

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kahne, 2. Darland, 3. Aaron Fike, 4. Drinan, 5. S.McCune, 6. Davis, 7. Welpott, 8. Ballinger. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Robertson, 3. Scott, 4. Gabehart, 5. J.McCune, 6. A.Pollock, 7. Smith. 2:52.52

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Carter, 2. Paden, 3. East, 4. A.Pollock, 5. Overfelt, 6. Gregory, 7. S.McCune, 8. Gerster, 9. Davis, 10. Vaughn, 11. Smith, 12. Ballinger, 13. Knox, 14. J.McCune. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kasey Kahne, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Bobby East, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Steve Paden, 6. Dane Carter, 7. J.J. Yeley, 8. Tony Ave, 9. Aaron Fike, 10. Aaron Pollock, 11. A.J. Fike, 12. A.J. Felker, 13. Justin Overfelt, 14. Ron Gregory, 15. Drew Pollock, 16. Dave Steele, 17. David Gough, 18. Chris Gabehart, 19. Jimmy Drinan, 20. John Nervo, 21. Ryan Scott, 22. Steven Robertson. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-29 Hines, Lap 30 Kahne.

WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-953; 2-A.J. Fike-768; 3-Hines-755; 4-Jay Drake-724; 5-Yeley-666; 6-Aaron Fike-642; 7-Paden-507; 8-Kahne-486; 9-Jerry Coons, Jr.-474; 10-Scott-439.

NEXT WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: September 21-22 - Rossburg, OH - "4-Crown Nationals"

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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