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USAC: MCI Worldcom Nattional Midget Car Series Race Results, Salem

26 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI Worldcom usac national midget car series: June 25, 2000 Salem Speedway Salem, Ind.

QUALIFYING: 1. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-16.234; 2. Jay Drake, 6, RPS-16.490; 3. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-16.523; 4. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-16.545; 5. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG-16.561; 6. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins-16.592; 7. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-16.660; 8. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-16.688; 9. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-16.697; 10. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-16.706; 11. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-16.721; 12. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-16.785; 13. Tim Spindler, 81, Goss-16.800; 14. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-16.842; 15. John Heydenreich, 62, Klatt-17.015; 16. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-17.083; 17. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-17.115; 18. Mark Boice, 4, Boice-17.243; 19. Sondi Eden, 3E, McClellan-17.917; 20. Kevin Besecker, 2, McClellan-17.970; 21. Todd Thomas, 70, Pritt-17.987; 22. Ric Burdine, 68, Burdine-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.J. Fike, 2. Tim Spindler, 3. Sarah McCune, 4. Dane Carter, 5. John Nervo, 6. Ryan Scott, 7. Sondi Eden. Time of Race: 2:19.64

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Clay Klepper, 2. Jay Drake, 3. Aaron Fike, 4. Jimmy McCune, 5. Ed Carpenter, 6. Kasey Kahne, 7. Kevin Besecker. Time of Race: 2:13.59 (new record)

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. John Heydenreich, 2. Michael Lewis, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Michael Lang, 6. Mark Boice, 7. Todd Thomas. Time of Race: 2:14.93

SEMI-FEATURE: (10 laps) 1. Ed Carpenter, 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. Mark Boice, 4. John Nervo, 5. Michael Lang, 6. Kevin Besecker, 7. Ryan Scott, 8. Todd Thomas, 9. Sondi Eden. Time of Race-NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Ed Carpenter, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Dave Darland, 5. Sarah McCune, 6. Kasey Kahne, 7. Michael Lewis, 8. Aaron Fike, 9. Clay Klepper, 10. John Nervo, 11. Jimmy McCune, 12. Todd Thomas, 13. Tim Spindler, 14. Mark Boice, 15. A.J. Fike, 16. John Heydenreich, 17. Kevin Besecker, 18. Ryan Scott, 19. Michael Lang, 20. Sondi Eden, 21. Dane Carter, 22. Ric Burdine. Time of Race-NT

* Kevin Besecker and Ryan Scott flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Carpenter, laps 10-21 Hines, laps 22-30 Drake

NEW STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-307, 2-Drake-280, 3-Darland-262, 4-Lewis-227, 5-A.J. Fike-214, 6-J. McCune-204, 7-Ryan Newman-192, 8-Heydenreich-175, 9-Carpenter-162, 10-Scott-161

NEXT RACE: June 30, Anderson (Ind.) Speedway

Text provided by Rob Clendening

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