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USAC: MCI WorldCom National Dirt Track Regional Midget Race Results, 'Hut 100'

4 September 2000

Posted By Terry Callahan
Motorsports Editor, The Auto Channel

USAC MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL/DIRT-TRACK REGIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 2, 2000 Putnamville, Indiana - Lincoln Park Speedway - USAC's 49th "Hut 100"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-13.205; 2. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-13.366; 3. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-13.477; 4. Ed Carpenter, 3, TG-13.486; 5. Tony Elliott, 66x, Walker/Lamers-13.504; 6. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-13.531; 7. Mike Hess, 131, Lehmann-13.555; 8. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-13.569; 9. Ted Hines, 12, Hines-13.574; 10. Brian Gerster, 23, Parker-13.618; 11. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-13.648; 12. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-13.653; 13. Michael Kendall, 1nz, Kendall-13.716; 14. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-13.732; 15. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-13.737; 16. Greg Lueckert, 01, Lueckert-13.739; 17. Sarah McCune, 58, McCune-13.746; 18. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-13.781; 19. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-13.783; 20. Michael Lang, 94, Stebbins/Davis-13.795; 21. Cole Carter, 77, Carter-13.810; 22. John Wolfe, 3m, Morgan-13.855; 23. Dean Franklin, 84, VanSteenwyk-13.901; 24. Brice Kenyon, 161, 3-K-13.903; 25. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-13.904; 26. Marc DeBeaumont, 17D, Hartman-13.913; 27. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-13.940; 28. A.J. Felker, 55, Line-13.946; 29. Chad Davenport, 43, Davenport-13.960; 30. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-13.989; 31. Chris Coers, 22c, Coers-14.005; 32. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-14.019; 33. Bill Baue, 101, Baue-14.043; 34. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-14.171; 35. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-14.199; 36. Joe Roush, 5, Sears-14.218; 37. Rick Vaughn, 16, Nowicke-14.229; 38. Andy Pierce, 3p, AMS-14.237; 39. Dennis LaCava, 29, LaCava-14.241; 40. Tim Spindler, 86, Gross-14..570; 41. James Baxter, 79, Baxter-14.775; 42. Bill Eubank, Jr., 1A, Eubank-14.888; 43. Doug Cross, 41, Griffith-15.255; 44. Jeff McCloud, 91x, McCloud-15.593; 45. Jeff Parga, 6x, Parga-15.680; 46. Travis Thompson, 49, Thompson-15.933.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (12 laps) 1. A.J. Fike, 2. Lehmann, 3. Lang, 4. Pierce, 5. Franklin, 6. Westfall, 7. Davenport, 8. McCloud, 9. DeBeaumont, 10. Scott, 11. McCune, 12. Baxter. NT

QUALIFYING RACE #2: (12 laps) 1. Carter, 2. Lewis, 3. Barth, 4. Klepper, 5. Malone, 6. Roush, 7. Baue, 8. LaCava, 9. Kenyon, 10. Eubank, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Parga. NT

QUALIFYING RACE #3: (12 laps) 1. Felker, 2. Vaughn, 3. Kendall, 4. Welpott, 5. Lueckert, 6. Wolfe, 7. Nervo, 8. Turner, 9. Cross, 10. Thompson, 11. Coers, 12. Spindler. 5:19.89

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Tony Elliott, 3. Kasey Kahne, 4. Ted Hines, 5. Aaron Fike, 6. Michael Kendall, 7. Donnie Lehmann, 8. Dean Franklin, 9. John Wolfe, 10. Ed Carpenter, 11. Matt Westfall, 12. Mike Hess, 13. Michael Lang, 14. Joe Roush, 15. A.J. Felker, 16. Steve Barth, 17. Clay Klepper, 18. Michael Lewis, 19. Critter Malone, 20. Travis Welpott, 21. Greg Lueckert, 22. Rick Vaughn, 23. Cole Carter, 24. Jerry Coons, Jr., 25. Brian Gerster, 26. Andy Pierce, 27. Dave Darland, 28. A.J. Fike. NT

**S.McCune & Scott flipped during the first qualifying race. Gerster flipped on the 47th lap of the feature. Vaughn flipped on the 61st lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-50 Kahne, Laps 51-100 Drake.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-957; 2-Drake-723; 3-Darland-678; 4-Lewis-658; 5-Tracy Hines-562; 6-A.J. Fike-542; 7-Aaron Fike-531; 8-Carpenter-510; 9-Klepper-481; 10-Scott-417.

NEW DIRT-TRACK REGIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Lang-222; 2-Coers-169; 3-Malone-166; 4-Vaughn-166; 5-Pierce-164; 6-Klepper-137; 7-Felker-136; 8-Wolfe-133; 9-Shane Cottle-128; 10-Gerster-114.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: September 16 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park

NEXT DIRT-TRACK REGIONAL MIDGET CAR RACE: September 15 - North Vernon, IN - Twin Cities Raceway Park

Text Provided By Dick Jordan

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