USAC: MCI Worldcom National/Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Topeka
10 June 2000
Posted By Terry CallahanMotorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
MCI WORLDCOM/USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 9, 2000 -- Topeka, Kansas - Heartland Park Topeka
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-18.206; 2. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-18.405; 3. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-18.421; 4. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-18.437; 5. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-18.557; 6. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-18.691; 7. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-18.719; 8. Jeff Flesher, 72, Flesher-18.732; 9. Jay Drake, 6, RPS-18.739; 10. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-18.753; 11. Greg Lueckert, 01, Lueckert-18.767; 12. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-18.772; 13. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-18.801; 14. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-18.851; 15. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-18.927; 16. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-18.957; 17. Jeremiah Sillman, 52, Klatt-18.961; 18. Phil Heavelow, 44, Heavelow-19.010; 19. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-19.011; 20. Josh Wise, 37, Wise/Mitchell-19.071; 21. Danny Ebberts, 14x, Schlacter/Ebberts-19.107; 22. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-19.121; 23. Doc Parsons, 11p, Parsons-19.143; 24. Marc DeBeaumont, 17D, Hartman-19.167; 25. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-19.207; 26. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-19.264; 27. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-19.279; 28. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-19.285; 29. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG-19.354; 30. Rick Hendrix, 12x, Hendrix-19.396; 31. Steve Aplin, 22A, Aplin-19.419; 32. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-19.431; 33. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-19.475; 34. Keith Rauch, 71, Schaefer-19.497; 35. Tommy Spencer, 55T, Spencer-19.531; 36. Doug White, 56L, White-19.598; 37. Tony Beaber, 66B, Beaber-19.687; 38. Bill Allen, 03, Allen-19.993; 39. Phil Shapel, 84s, Shapel-20.354; 40. Rick Jackson, 0x, Jackson-20.627; 41. John Helm, 5, Harleman-20.909; 42. Bryon Hartley, 77, Hoffman-21.270; 43. Kelley Creekmore, 61, Creekmore-NT; 44. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-NT; 45. Tim Spindler, 81, Goss-NT; 46. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-NT.
NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (6 laps) 1. Rauch, 2. S.McCune, 3. Aaron Fike, 4. Shapel, 5. White, 6. Jackson, 7. Spencer, 8. Helm, 9. Allen. NT
FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. A.J. Fike, 2. Rauch, 3. Ebberts, 4. Pankratz, 5. Lewis, 6. Hess, 7. Carpenter, 8. Drake, 9. Sillman. NT
SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Darland, 2. J.McCune, 3. Heavelow, 4. Hines, 5. Westfall, 6. Strickland, 7. Knepper, 8. S.McCune, 9. Hendrix. 3:21.32
THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Kahne, 2. Paden, 3. Welpott, 4. Lueckert, 5. Scott, 6. Parsons, 7. Aplin, 8. Aaron Fike, 9. Boone. NT
FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Lehmann, 2. Franklin, 3. DeBeaumont, 4. Wise, 5. Klepper, 6. Flesher, 7. Streeter, 8. Shapel, 9. Scully. NT
SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Westfall, 3. Klepper, 4. Hess, 5. Scott, 6. Aaron Fike, 7. Lewis, 8. Hendrix, 9. Streeter, 10. Sillman, 11. Shapel, 12. Aplin, 13. Carpenter, 14. S.McCune, 15. Flesher, 16. Strickland. NT
FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. A.J. Fike, 3. Kasey Kahne, 4. Phil Heavelow, 5. Travis Welpott, 6. Dave Darland, 7. Matt Westfall, 8. Danny Ebberts, 9. Dean Franklin, 10. Keith Rauch, 11. Josh Wise, 12. Steve Paden, 13. Jimmy McCune, 14. Wally Pankratz, 15. Ryan Scott, 16. Donnie Lehmann, 17. Marc DeBeaumont, 18. Tracy Hines, 19. Clay Klepper, 20. Mike Hess, 21. Greg Lueckert, 22. Aaron Fike. NT
**Nervo flipped during practice.
FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 Drake, laps 6-27 A.J. Fike, Laps 28-30 Drake.
NEW MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-211; 2-Drake-210; 3-A.J. Fike-172; 4-J.McCune-170; 5-Darland-169; 6-Scott-131; 7-Ryan newman-126; 8-John Heydenreich-121; 9-Lewis-120; 10-Paden-117.
NEW MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Boone-412; 2-Ebberts-376; 3-Pankratz-359; 4-Hendrix-357; 5-Paden-343; 6-Thomas Meseraull-343; 7-Scully-338; 8-Kahne-293; 9-Wise-283; 10-Bryan Stanfill-280.
NEXT MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: June 17-18 - Fountain, CO - Pikes Peak International Raceway
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