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USAC: MCI WorldCom National/Western Midget Car Series Race Results, 'Turkey Night', Irwindale

26 November 1999

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

USAC MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 25, 1999 -- Irwindale, California - Irwindale Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Stewart, 19, Lawson-17.156; 2. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-17.223; 3. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-17.231; 4. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-17.247; 5. A.J. Fike, 69, Fike-17.258; 6. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-17.305; 7. Jay Drake, 75, Lawson-17.317; 8. Tracy Hines, 67, Zarounian-17.319; 9. Kasey Kahne, 41, Rosen-17.328; 10. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG Racing-17.343; 11. Davey Hamilton, 44, Consani-17.357; 12. Dave Darland, 91, Lewis-17.393; 13. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-17.401; 14. Wally Pankratz, 8x, Pankratz-17.403; 15. Shane Scully, 56x, Scully-17.424; 16. Brian Gerster, 16, Nowicke-17.428; 17. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-17.431; 18. Ryan Newman, 39, Lewis-17.446; 19. Aaron Fike, 169, Fike-17.456; 20. Chuck Gurney, Jr., 74 James-17.463; 21. Rick Hendrix, 12, Porto-17.474; 22. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-17.492; 23. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont/Sewell-17.563; 24. Ryan Scott, 48, Scott-17.588; 25. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-17.592; 26. John Starks, 50, Beal-17.598; 27. Dan Drinan, 30, Cook-17.612; 28. Dave Baumgartner, 26, JS-17.639; 29. Arnie Starks, 55, Starks-17.654; 30. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-17.658; 31. Jon Herb, 56, Nowicke-17.688; 32. Dave Steele, 29, Tomassi-17.699; 33. Thomas Meseraull, 32, Dupont-17.731; 34. Jimmy Sills, 4, Calderwood-17.751; 35. Scott Hansen, 37, Felker-17.761; 36. Kenny Iirwin, 7k, Irwin-17.881; 37. John Sarale, 10, Sarale-17.890; 38. Dick St. John, 139, Lewis-18.020; 39. Rory Price, 61, Crews-18.094; 40. Dean Alexander, 1c, Caves-18.105; 41. Chris Oddo, 23, Oddo-18.133; 42. Dwayne Marcum, 5, Marcus-18.348; 43. Billy Sipe, Jr., 42, Sipe-18.468; 44. Rick Vaughn, 6, Nowicke-18.578; 45. Ricky Shelton, 2, Caves-18.585; 46. Mike English, 63, Pinkston-18.845; 47. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-NT; 48. P.J. Jones, 15, Lawson-NT; 49. Matt Westfall, 49, Fike-NT; 50. Matt Streeter, 74x, Streeter-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (12 laps) 1. Aaron Fike, 2. Lewis, 3. DeBeaumont, 4. Hendrix, 5. Ebberts, 6. Herb, 7. Drinan, 8. Hansen, 9. Price, 10. Sarale, 11. Oddo, 12. Westfall, 13. Sipe, 14. Scully, 15. Meseraull, 16. Shelton, 17. A.Starks. NT

QUALIFYING RACE #2: (12 laps) 1. Newman, 2. Boone, 3. Gerster, 4. J.Starks, 5. Gurney, 6. Steele, 7. Welpott, 8. Irwin, 9. Scott, 10. St. John, 11. Baumgartner, 12. Alexander, 13. Sills, 14. English, 15. Marcum. NT

FEATURE: (100 Laps) 1. Jason Leffler, 2. Tony Stewart, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Clay Klepper, 5. Dave Steele, 6. Marc DeBeaumont, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Ryan Newman, 8. Travis Welpott, 10. Jay Drake, 11. A.J. Fike, 12. Jon Herb, 13. Rick Hendrix, 14. Ed Carpenter, 15. Michael Lewis, 16. Dan Drinan, 17. Dane Carter, 18. Danny Ebberts, 19. Ronnie Johncox, 20. Aaron Fike, 21. Davey Hamilton, 22. Kasey Kahne, 23. Kenny Irwin, 24. Wally Pankratz, 25. Brian Gerster, 26. John Sarale, 27. Bobby Boone, 28. Scott Hansen, 29. Steve Paden, 30. John Starks, 31. Chuck Gurney, Jr., 32. Ryan Scott. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-24 Leffler, Laps 25-31 Stewart, Laps 32-37 Leffler, Laps 38-65 Stewart, Laps 66-80 Leffler, Laps 81-99 Stewart, Lap 100 Leffler.

FINAL NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Leffler-529; 2-Newman-404; 3-Coons-369; 4-Darland-281; 5-Drake-273; 6-Hines-263; 7-Lewis-240; 8-Klepper-225; 9-Gerster-204; 10-A.J. Fike-203.

FINAL WESTERN MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-DeBeaumont-563; 2-Scully-485; 3-Boone-476; 4-Alex Harris-397; 5-Pankratz-344; 6-Leffler-323; 7-Paden-291; 8-Klepper-259; 9-Drake-221; 10-Hendrix-209.

NOTE: Dan Drinan dropped oil in turn 1 during practice and P.J. Jones and Jerry Coons, Jr. spun and hit wall. Jones & Coons scratched for the night.

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