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USAC: MCI WorldCom Midget Car Series Race Results, 16th Street Speedway

13 September 1999

MCI WORLDCOM USAC MIDGET CAR SERIES RESULTS: September 11, 1999 - Indianapolis, Ind. - 16th Street Speedway

QUALIFYING: 1. A.J. Fike, 69, Fike-11.864; 2. Chris Coers, 22c, Coers-11.901; 3. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-11.915; 4. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG-12.077; 5. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-12.096; 6. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-12.112; 7. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-12.143; 8. Donnie Beechler, 15, Lawson-12.168; 9. Travis Welpott, 18, P&E-12.182; 10. Andy Pierce, 3p, Pierce-12.196; 11. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-12.218; 12. Steve Knepper, 17, Brown-12.229; 13. Jason Lynch, 35, Lynch-12.238; 14. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-12.266; 15. John Sluss, 28, Pro-Motion-12.270; 16. John Wolfe, 3M, Morgan-12.271; 17. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-12.284; 18. Matt Sandy, 16x, Sandy-12.324; 19. Tim Mehner, 65, Mehner-12.338; 20. Adam Clarke, 76x, Clarke-12.357; 21. Mike Bymaster, 41, Griffith-12.360; 22. Bill Baue, 10, Baue-12.389; 23. Rick Treadway, 88, Treadway-12.395; 24. Critter Malone, 44, Mann-12.439; 25. Tim Spindler, 81, Goss-12.441; 26. Johnny Parsons III, Parsons-12.452; 27. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-12.466; 28. Barry Reed, 76, Reed-12.469; 29. Roy Caruthers, 5, Caruthers-12.476; 30. A.J. Felker, 37, Felker-12.491; 31. Rick Vaughn, 16, Nowicke-12.492; 32. Tony Reed, 8, Reed-12.531; 33. Joe Justice, 63, Dickerson-12.564; 34. Jimmy Drinan, 99, Drinan-12.591; 35. Ron Smoker, 24, Parker-12.715; 36. John Heydenreich, 6, Potter-12.724; 37. Brian Gerster, 23, Parker-13.217; 38. Dennis LaCava, 29, LaCava-13.303; 39. Kerry Edwards, 4, Carlson-13.531; 40. Matt Manners, 23x, Manners-13.541; 41. Benny Adkins, 23b, Adkins-14.311; 42. Andy Michner, 26, JS-NT

NON QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. John Heydenreich, 2. Ron Smoker, 3. Brian Gerster, 4. Andy Michner, 5. Joe Justice, 6. Dennis LaCava, 7. Matt Manners, 8. Benny Adkins, 9. Kerry Edwards. Time-NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Roy Caruthers, 4. Travis Welpott, 5. Jason Lynch, 6. A.J. Fike, 7. Dean Franklin, 8. Tim Spindler, 9. Mike Bymaster. Time-NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ron Smoker, 2. A.J. Felker, 3. Andy Pierce, 4. Bill Baue, 5. Chris Coers, 6. Matt Sandy, 7. Johnny Parsons III, 8. Michael Lang, 9. John Nervo. Time-NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Jason Leffler, 2. Rick Vaughn, 3. Brian Gerster, 4. Rick Treadway, 5. Michael Lewis, 6. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 7. Tim Mehner, 8. John Sluss, 9. Ted Hines. Time-2:13.72

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Donnie Beechler, 2. Critter Malone, 3. Adam Clarke, 4. Steve Knepper, 5. Ed Carpenter, 6. Andy Michner, 7. Tony Reed, 8. Barry Reed, 9. John Wolfe. Time-NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Ed Carpenter, 2. A.J. Fike, 3. Michael Lang, 4. John Wolfe, 5. Chris Coers, 6. Jason Lynch, 7. Andy Michner, 8. Matt Sandy, 9. Barry Reed, 10. Mike Bymaster, 11. Tony Reed, 12. Tim Spindler, 13. Michael Lewis, 14. Tim Mehner, 15. Roger McCluskey, Jr. Time-2:44.67

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Donnie Beechler, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Andy Pierce, 4. Steve Knepper, 5. John Heydenreich, 6. Roy Caruthers, 7. A.J. Fike, 8. Adam Clarke, 9. Michael Lang, 10. Brian Gerster, 11. Bill Baue, 12. Jerry Coons, Jr., 13. Ron Smoker, 14. Travis Welpott, 15. John Wolfe, 16. Rick Vaughn, 17. A.J. Felker, 18. Rick Treadway, 19. Ed Carpenter, 20. Critter Malone, 21. Andy Michner. Time-NT

* Nervo and Parsons flipped during heats, Smoker and Carpenter flipped during the feature. Nervo transported to Methodist Hospital.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Pierce, laps 20-23 Beechler, laps 24-38 Pierce, laps 39-40 Beechler

NEW MCI WORLDCOM MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Leffler-427, 2-Coons-282, 3-Ryan Newman-276, 4-Tracy Hines-181, 5-Gerster-173, 6-Fike-168, 7-Dave Darland-163, 8-Jay Drake-158, 9-Clay Klepper-154, 10-Ricky Shelton-151

NEW 16TH STREET SPEEDWAY REGIONAL STANDINGS: 1-Smoker-178, 2-Malone-173, 3-Pierce-141, 4-Wolfe-140, 5-Knepper-108, 6-Caruthers-94, 7-Leffler-82, 8-Vaughn-81, 9-Lang-72, 10-Coons-65

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE: Sept. 18, Indianapolis Raceway Park

NEXT 16TH STREET SPEEDWAY REGIONAL SERIES RACE: Sept. 18

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