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USAC: MCI Worldcom National Midget Series Race Results, Night before the 500

28 May 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM/USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 27, 2000 -- Indianapolis, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park - 55th Budweiser "Night Before the 500" Classic

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Ryan Newman, 39, Lewis-21.068; 2. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-21.170; 3. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-21.231; 4. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-21.237; 5. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-21.264; 6. John Heydenreich, 62, Klatt-21.310; 7. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-21.332; 8. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-21.367; 9. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-21.407; 10. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-21.409; 11. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-21.435; 12. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-21.460; 13. Brian Gerster, 67, Kunz-21.461; 14. Ricky Shelton, 68, Kunz-21.478; 15. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-21.508; 16. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-21.548; 17. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG Motorsports-21.577; 18. Tom Fedewa, 21x, Cowing-21.589; 19. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-21.600; 20. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-21.622; 21. David Gough, 61, Gough-21.622; 22. Dan Drinan, 15, Lawson-21.626; 23. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-21.650; 24. Wayne Chinn, 71W, Chinn-21.656; 25. Jason Fuller, 9F, Fuller-21.718; 26. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-21.734; 27. Jay Drake, 6, RPS-21.755; 28. Aaron Pollock, 64, Pollock-21.780; 29. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-21.791; 30. Tim Spindler, 81, Goss-21.804; 31. Michael Roselli, Jr., 98, Roselli-21.845; 32. Dave Baumgardner, 38, Baumgardner-21.877; 33. Justin Overfelt, 78, Zephyr-21.891; 34. Bobby Boone, 90, No Limit-21.948; 35. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-21.967; 36. Kevin Besecker, 2, McClellan-21.967; 37. Tim Sawyer, 59, Fast Lane-21.986; 38. Rick Treadway, 5, Treadway-21.998; 39. Aaron Pierce, 26, Pierce-22.009; 40. Sondi Eden, 3E, McClellan-22.029; 41. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-22.064; 42. Brice Kenyon, 70, Apple-22.065; 43. Jon Herb, 16, Nowicke-22.134; 44. A.J. Ernesto, 2x, Mega Motorsports-22.347; 45. Toby Alfrey, 12A, Alfrey-22.515; 46. Marc DeBeaumont, 27, Day-22.619; 47. Doug Cross, 41, Griffith-22.978; 48. John Sluss, 28, Sluss-26.210; 49. Norm Young, 80, Young-NT; 50. Chris Coers, 22, Coers-NT; 51. Drew Pollock, 63, Pollock-NT; 52. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-NT; 53. #132, RFMS-NT; 54. #21N, Nervo/Coggin-NT; 55. #19, Lewis.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (12 laps) 1. Lang, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. J.McCune, 4. Boice, 5. Gough, 6. Gerster, 7. Scott, 8. Drake, 9. S.McCune, 10. Welpott, 11. Ted Hines, 12. Roselli, 13. Overfelt, 14. Fuller, 15. Pierce, 16. Franklin, 17. Sawyer, 18. Cross, 19. Alfrey, 20. Carpenter. 4:21.64

QUALIFYING RACE #2: (12 laps) 1. Nervo, 2. Shelton, 3. Aaron Fike, 4. Drinan, 5. Fedewa, 6. A.J. Fike, 7. Davis, 8. Spindler, 9. Carter, 10. Chinn, 11. Boone, 12. Westfall, 13. Baumgardner, 14.. D.Pollock, 15. Treadway, 16. Kenyon, 17. Eden, 18. DeBeaumont, 19. A.Pollock, 20. Besecker, 21. Sluss, 22. Ernesto. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Kasey Kahne, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. Ryan Scott, 4. Michael Lewis, 5. Brian Gerster, 6. Jimmy McCune, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Jay Drake, 9. John Heydenreich, 10. Steve Paden, 11. Sarah McCune, 12. John Nervo, 13. Tom Fedewa, 14. David Gough, 15. Tim Spindler, 16. A.J. Fike, 17. Dan Drinan, 18. Dave Darland, 19. Mark Boice, 20. A.J. Davis, 21. Michael Lang, 22. Dane Carter, 23. Ricky Shelton, 24. Aaron Fike. NT

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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Heydenreich, Laps 3-9 Newman, laps 10-14 Darland, Laps 15-50 Kahne.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-151; 2-Drake-146; 3-J.McCune-138; 4-Newman-126; 5-Heydenreich-121; 6-Darland-118; 7-Lewis-116; 8-Scott-108; 9-A.J. Fike-103; 10-Paden-83.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: June 9 - Topeka, KS - Heartland Park Topeka

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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