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USAC: MCI Worldcom Western Midget Car Series Race Results, Bakersfield

26 June 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

MCI WORLDCOM USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 24, 2000 -- Bakersfield, California - Bakersfield Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-12.835; 2. Mike Figliomeni, 76, Fontana-12.957; 3. Jimmy Sills, 40, Calderwood-12.983; 4. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-13.028; 5. Thomas Meseraull, 00, MTM-13.055; 6. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix-13.061; 7. Robert Dolacki, 31, Hogan-13.236; 8. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-13.256; 9. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-13.260; 10. Josh Wise, 37, Wise/Mitchell-13.285; 11. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.288; 12. Tatsu Iino, 95, Iino-13.358; 13. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-13.460; 14. A.J. Johnson, 81, Johnson-13.567; 15. Larry Brown, 36, Brown-13.574; 16. Annie Coppel, 16, Coppel-13.583; 17. Bryan Stanfill, 24, Hart-13.583; 18. Chris Oddo, 23, Oddo-13.587; 19. Sleepy Tripp, 3, Tripp-13.595; 20. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-13.628; 21. Dave Stoltz, 77, Stoltz-13.727; 22. Darren Hillberg, 55, Hillberg-13.794; 23. Bryce Townsend, 5, Marcus-13.849; 24. Billy Sipe, Jr., 42, Sipe-14.400; 25. Kirk Kubik, 03, Kubik-14.458; 26. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tripp, 2. Wise, 3. Ebberts, 4. Boone, 5. Harris, 6. Hillberg, 7. Dolacki, 8. Coppel. 1:49.20

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanfill, 2. Pankratz, 3. Figliomeni, 4. Johnson, 5. Townsend, 6. Scully, 7. Meseraull. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sills, 2. Brown, 3. Stoltz, 4. Hendrix, 5. Oddo, 6. Iino, 7. Sipe, 8. Paden. 1:48.13

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Meseraull, 2. Scully, 3. Dolacki, 4. Iino, 5. Townsend, 6. Coppel, 7. Hillberg, 8. Sipe, 9. Oddo, 10. Harris, 11. Paden. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps) 1. Jimmy Sills, 2. Bryan Stanfill, 3. Mike Figliomeni, 4. Bobby Boone, 5. Danny Ebberts, 6. Robert Dolacki, 7. Wally Pankratz, 8. Shane Scully, 9. Thomas Meseraull, 10. Alex Harris (#42), 11. Larry Brown, 12. A.J. Johnson, 13. Dave Stoltz, 14. Annie Coppel, 15. Tatsu Iino, 16. Bryce Townsend, 17. Rick Hendrix, 18. Darren Hillberg, 19. Josh Wise, 20. Sleepy Tripp. NT

** Kubik flipped during qualifying. Wise & Tripp flipped at the start of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Meseraull, Laps 2-25 Sills.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Boone-497; 2-Ebberts-431; 3-Pankratz-406; 4-Meseraull-400; 5-Hendrix-399; 6-Paden-381; 7-Scully-380; 8-Stanfill-343; 9-Kasey Kahne-341; 10-Wise-326.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR RACE: July 1 - Madera (CA) Speedway

Text Provided by Dick Jordan

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