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USAC: MCI Worldcom USAC Midget Car Series Race Results, Pikes Peak

18 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM USAC MIDGET CAR SERIES: June 17-18, 2000 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colo.

QUALIFYING (June 17): 1. Ryan Newman, 39, Lewis-26.043; 2. A.J. Davis, 128, Owen-26.338; 3. Dan Drinan, 15, Lawson-26.453; 4. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-26.511; 5. Brian Gerster, 30, Cook-26.578; 6. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-26.607; 7. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-26.650; 8. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG-26.685; 9. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-26.737; 10. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-26.764; 11. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-26.792; 12. John Nervo, 21, Nervo-Coggin-26.917; 13. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-26.977; 14. Drew Pollock, 63, Pollock-26.981; 15. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-27.039; 16. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-27.062; 17. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-27.079; 18. Aaron Pollock, 64, Pollock-27.209; 19. Josh Wise, 37, Wise-27.257; 20. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix-27.327; 21. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-27.339; 22. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-27.363; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 00, MTM-27.410; 24. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-27.465; 25. Travis Johnson, 80, Johnson-27.466; 26. John Heydenreich, 62, Klatt-27.529; 27. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-27.554; 28. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-27.650; 29. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-27.701; 30. Danny Ebberts, 14, Schlater/Ebberts-27.735; 31. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-27.760; 32. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-27.772; 33. #21x, Nervo/Coggin-NT; 34. Troy Regier, 74, James-NT; 35. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-NT; (Kasey Kahne, 19, Lewis-26.580 car withdrawn); Bryan Stanfill also in car #54; Dean Franklin also in car #66

QUALIFYING RACE: (10 laps, June 18) 1. Kasey Kahne, 2. John Heydenreich, 3. Thomas Meseraull, 4. A.J. Fike, 5. Rick Hendrix, 6. Josh Wise, 7. Travis Johnson, 8. Shane Scully, 9. Troy Regier, 10. Danny Ebberts, 11. Matt Streeter, 12. Alex Harris, 13. Jimmy McCune, 14. Wally Pankratz. Time of Race: NT

FEATURE: (25 laps, June 18) 1. Ryan Newman, 2. Michael Lewis, 3. Ed Carpenter, 4. Aaron Fike, 5. Kasey Kahne, 6. Brian Gerster, 7. A.J. Davis, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Steve Paden, 10. Aaron Pollock, 11. Michael Lang, 12. Clay Klepper, 13. John Heydenreich, 14. Bobby Boone, 15. Josh Wise, 16. John Nervo, 17. Rick Hendrix, 18. Dan Drinan, 19. Thomas Meseraull, 20. Donnie Beechler (JS #66), 21. Dane Carter, 22. Ryan Scott, 23. A.J. Fike, 24. Drew Pollock. Time of Race: 11:46.10

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Aaron Fike, laps 4-25 Newman

NEW NATIONAL STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-259, 2-Jay Drake-210, 3-Darland-208, 4-Newman-192, 5-A.J. Fike-185, 6-Lewis-180, 7-Jimmy McCune-170, 8-Paden-153, 9-Heydenreich-148, 10-Scott-144

NEW WESTERN STANDINGS: 1-Boone-437, 2-Paden-379, 3-Hendrix, 4-Danny Ebberts-376, 5-Wally Pankratz-359, 6-Meseraull-358, 7-Kahne-341, 8-Scully-338, 9-Wise-306, 10-Newman-283

NEXT NATIONAL RACE: June 25, Salem (Ind.) Speedway
NEXT WESTERN RACE: June 24, Bakersfield (Calif.) Speedway

Text provided by Rob Clendening

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