USAC: Worldcom National Midget Car Race Results, 4-Crown Nationals

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

September 23, 2001

USAC WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE RESULTS: September 21-22, 2001 – Rossburg, Ohio – Eldora Speedway - 21st "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 21) 1. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-16.359; 2. J.J. Yeley, 91, Lewis-16.376; 3. Dave Darland, 19, Lewis-16.486; 4. Steve Paden, 01, Farrier-16.560; 5. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-16.567; 6. Tony Elliott, 66x, Walker/Lamers-16.716; 7. Davey Ray, 2, Kittleson-16.823; 8. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-16.834; 9. Donnie Lehmann, 169, RFMS-16.921; 10. Wayne Chinn, 171, Chinn-16.941; 11. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-16.981; 12. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-17.020; 13. Mark Freeland, 4, McKeehan-17.033; 14. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-17.035; 15. Craig Carey, 30, Carey-17.043; 16. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-17.055; 17. Travis Welpott, 21x, Roberts-17.126; 18. Jerry Coons, Jr., 23, Parker-17.134; 19. Jerry Nemire, 16, Nemire/Yager-17.197; 20. Bill Baue, 10, Baue-17.252; 21. Marc Dailey, 22, Mega Motorsports-17.257; 22. Brian Gerster, 94, Stebbins-17.262; 23. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-17.283; 24. Chad Davenport, 43, Davenport-17.513; 25. Thomas Briggs, 10x, Briggs-19.886; 26. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-20.032; 27. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-NT; 28. Jimmy Drinan, 99, Pritt-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Hines, 2. Paden, 3. Hess, 4. Freeland, 5. Gerster, 6. Ray, 7. Briggs, 8. Nemire, 9. W.Chinn. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Yeley, 2. Knepper, 3. Nervo, 4. Drake, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Aaron Fike, 7. Scott, 8. Welpott, 9. Baue. 2:11.04

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps - Held Sept. 21) 1. Darland (#19), 2. Coons, 3. Elliott, 4. Westfall, 5. Carey, 6. Dailey, 7. Lehmann, 8. Davenport. 2:12.91

SEMI: (10 laps - Held Sept. 22) 1. Lehmann, 2. Aaron Fike, 3. W.Chinn, 4. Nemire, 5. Scott, 6. Welpott, 7. Baue, 8. Davenport, 9. Briggs, 10. Dailey, 11. Ray. 2:53.76

FEATURE: (25 laps - Held Sept. 22) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Dave Darland, 3. Steve Paden, 4. Aaron Fike, 5. Matt Westfall, 6. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7. Steve Knepper, 8. Donnie Lehmann, 9. Brian Gerster, 10. A.J. Fike, 11. John Nervo, 12. Craig Carey, 13. Mike Hess, 14. Mark Freeeland, 15. Travis Welpott, 16. Bill Baue, 17. Jerry Nemire, 18. Tracy Hines, 19. Ryan Scott, 20. Jay Drake, 21. Wayne Chinn, 22. Tony Elliott. 7:07.53

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Elliott, Laps 2-11 Drake, Laps 12-25 Yeley.

WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-1,020; 2-A.J. Fike-803; 3-Hines-784; 4-Drake-742; 5-Yeley-737; 6-Aaron Fike-696; 7-Paden-569; 8-Coons-524; 9-Kasey Kahne-486; 10-Scott-454.

NEXT WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: September 29 - Anderson, IN - Anderson Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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