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USAC: MCI Worldcom National Midget Car Series Race Results, Hartford Michigan

16 July 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel
MCI WORLDCOM/USAC NATIONAL/DIRT REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: July 14, 2000 Hartford, Michigan - Hartford Speedway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-20.360; 2. Jerry Coons, Jr., 67, Kunz-20.445; 3. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-20.464; 4. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-20.506; 5. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-20.515; 6. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno Racing-20.556; 7. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-20.593; 8. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-20.603; 9. Jay Drake, 6, RPS-20.647; 10. Marc DeBeaumont, 17D, Hartman-20.669; 11. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG Racing-20.751; 12. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-20.892; 13. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-20.905; 14. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-21.016; 15. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-21.172; 16. Scott Hatton, 15, Huston-21.403; 17. Kevin Doty, 68, Kunz-NT; 18. Kevin Doty, 5, Sears-NT; 19. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Aaron Fike, 3. Darland, 4. Drake, 5. A.J. Fike, 6. Carpenter, 7. Klepper, 8. Hess. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hatton, 2. Coons, 3. Nervo, 4. Lewis, 5. Doty (#68), 6. DeBeaumont, 7. Franklin, 8. Scott, 9. Hines. NT

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (6 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Kahne, 3. Carpenter, 4. A.J. Fike, 5. Hess, 6. Klepper. NT

QUALIFYING RACE #2: (6 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Doty (#68), 3. Nervo, 4. DeBeaumont, 5. Scott, 6. Franklin. 2:05.69

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. Aaron Fike, 4. Jay Drake, 5. Scott Hatton, 6. Michael Lewis, 7. Kevin Doty, 8. Ed Carpenter, 9. A.J. Fike, 10. John Nervo, 11. Mike Hess, 12. Dean Franklin, 13. Donnie Lehmann, 14. Dave Darland, 15. Marc DeBeaumont, 16. Ryan Scott, 17. Clay Klepper, 18. Tracy Hines (#5). NT

**Lehmann flipped during practice. Hines flipped during the second heat race. Darland flipped in turn 1 on the 9th lap of the feature while leading.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Drake, Lap 2 Kahne, Laps 3-7 Darland, Laps 8-16 Kahne, Laps 17-25 Coons, Laps 26-29 Kahne, Lap 30 Coons.

NEW MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-447; 2-Drake-396; 3-Lewis-348; 4-Darland-341; 5-A.J. Fike-278; 6-Aaron Fike-248; 7-Carpenter-222; 8-John Heydenreich-218; 9-Hines-214; 10-Jimmy McCune-205.

NEXT MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: July 15-16 - Chicago (IL) Motor Speedway

Text provided by Dick Jordan

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