USAC MIDGET RACE RESULTS: January 20, 1996 – Indianapolis, Indiana -- RCA Dome - “Thunder in the Dome XII"

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #1: (12 laps) 1. Jack Runyon (#81 Miller), 2. Michael Lang (#97 Smith), 3. Tony Stewart (#1 Martz), 4. Tony Elliott (#32 Martz), 5. Tray House (#50 Lehmann), 6. Tracy Hines (#7 Wheeler), 7. Kenneth Nichols (#16 Nowicke), 8. Chuck Leary (#30 Leary).

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #2: (12 laps) 1. Randy Tolsma (#70 No Limit), 2. Roy Caruthers (#5 Caruthers), 3. Russ Gamester (#46 Gamester), 4. Johnny Parsons (#24 Jacobs), 5. Ted Hines (#28 Heil), 6. Steve Barth (#14 Barth), 7. Dave Darland (#12 Kuhn), 8. David Bridges (#11 MB Racing).

TEAM INDIANA HEAT #3: (12 laps) 1. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr. (#60 Isenhower). 2. Brian Gerster (#66 3-K), 3. Joe Gaerte (#41 Griffith), 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr. (#4 Irwin), 5. Tony George (#82 Fuhrman). 6. Mel Kenyon (#61 3-K), 7. Brad Marvel (#96 Cross), 8. Kevin Thomas (#37 Eubank).

TEAM USA HEAT #1: (12 laps) 1. Jack Hewitt (#80 Steele), 2. Kevin Doty (#99 Beneto), 3. Danny Pens (#22 Pens), 4. Jim Hettinger (#53 Bilby). 5. Ken Schrader (#29 Seymour), 6. John Warren (#74 Riverside), 7. Doug Kalitta (#21 Kalitta), 8. Donnie Lehmann (#31 Lehmann).

TEAM USA HEAT #2: (12 laps) 1. Ryan Newman (#18 Meyers). 2. Jimmy McCune (#95 Covington), 3. Lou Cicconi, Jr. (#98 Roselli), 4. Mike Seymour (#15 Seymour), 5. Nate Law (#34 Law). 6. Bobby Seymour (#69 Seymour), 7. Mark Cassella (#44 Stapp), 8. Bob Cicconi (#94 Roselli).

TEAM USA HEAT #3: (12 laps) 1. Mike Bliss (#3 Potter), 2. J.R Parsley (#58 Parsley). 3. Kevin Olson (#10 Lamers), 4. Andy Michner (#38 Wever), 5. Davey Hamilton (#56 Rencurrel), 6. David Ward (#88 Ward), 7. Stevie Reeves (#6 Potter), 8. Ronnie Johncox (#8 Johncox).

TEAM INDIANA FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tolsma, 2. Lang, 3. Stewart, 4. Ted Hines, 5. Caruthers, 6. House, 7. Nichols, 8. Marvel. 9. Parsons, 10. Elliott. 11. Gerster, 12. Gamester. 13. Barth, 14. Darland, 15. Puterbaugh, 16. Tracy Hines, 17. Irwin, 18. George. 19. Gaerte, 20. Runyon. 21. Leary, 22. Bridges, 23. Kenyon.

TEAM USA FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Bliss, 2. Hewitt, 3. Newman, 4. Doty. 5. McCune. 6. L. Cicconi, 7. Hettinger, 8. M. Seymour, 9. Olson, 10. Schrader, 11. Warren, 12. Reeves, 13. B. Cicconi, 14. B. Seymour, 15. Johncox, 16. Ward, 17. Parsley, 18. Kalitta, 19. Pens, 20. Michner, 21. Law, 22. Hamilton, 23. Cassella.

MAIN EVENT: (100 laps): 1. Michael Lang, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Mike Seymour, 5. Brad Marvel, 6. Tray House, 7. Kenneth Nichols, 8. Jimmy McCune, 9, Roy Caruthers, 10. Randy Tolsma, 11. Mike Bliss, 12. Jack Hewitt, 13. John Warren, 14. Tony Elliott, 15. Lou Cicconi, Jr., 16. Brian Gerster, 17. Tony Stewart, 18. Stevie Reeves, 19. Kevin Olson, 20. Ryan Newman, 21. Ken Schrader, 22. Johnny Parsons, 23. Russ Gamester, 24. Jim Hettinger.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-42 Bliss, Laps 43-100 Lang.

FINAL TEAM STANDINGS: TEAM INDIANA: 167; TEAM USA: 133.

 

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SKOAL USAC NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: February 2-4, 1996 -- Phoenix. Arizona -- Phoenix International Raceway -- Skoal Bandit Racing "Copper World Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Feb. 3)1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-27.625: 2. Tony Stewart, 9x, Lewis-27.837; 3. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-27.845; 4. Billy Boat, 15. Lawson-27.904; 5. Johnny Parsons, 69, McKinnie-27.932; 6. Davey Hamilton, 7x, Shefchik-28.061; 7. Andy Michner, 48, Streicher-28.165; 8. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-28.249; 9. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-28.298: 10. Randy Tolsma, 6, Potter-28309; 11. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-28.510; 12. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-28.523; 13. Jason Leffler, 71, Leffler-28.610; 14. John Starks, 11x, Margeson-28.648; 15. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-28.717; 16. Jimmy Sills, 4, Calderwood-28.842; 17. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-28.866; 18. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-28.893; 19. Chuck Gurney, 91, Lewis-28.916; 20. J.J. Ercse, 24, Hart-28.991; 21. Rick Kraft, 8x, Kraft-29.114; 22. Jack Hewitt, 27, Murphy-29.126; 23. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-29.161; 24. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto-29.181; 25. John Heydenreich, 92, Wildgoose-29.226; 26. Paul Durant, 15x, Gerhardt-29.416; 27. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-29.925; 28. Danny Koger, 34, Flandro-30.030; 29. Rick Moss, 98x, Kieper-30.052; 30. Chad Nichols, 32x, Hemman-30.307; 31. Bill Goettsche, 96x, Goettsche-41.608; 32. Pat Bliss, 67, Zarounian-NT; 33. Ray Derby, 3x, Harkrader-NT.

FEATURE: (25 miles - Held Feb. 4) 1. Billy Boat, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Johnny Parsons, 4. Andy Michner, 5. Doug Kalitta, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Jimmy Sills, 8. Kenneth Nichols, 9. Jason Leffler, 10. Steve Barth, 11. Jimmy McCune, 12. Davey Hamilton, 13. Kevin Doty, 14. Brian Gerster, 15. John Starks, 16. Dick St. John, 17. Chad Nichols, 18, Rick Kraft, 19. Shane Scully, 20. J.J. Ercse, 21. Danny Koger, 22. Rick Moss, 23. Ray Derby, 24. Tony Stewart, 25. Dan Drinan, 26. Randy Tolsma, 27. John Heydenreich, 28. Pat Bliss, 29. Paul Durant, 30. Jack Hewitt, 31. Jeff Sands, 32. Chuck Gurney, 33. Bill Goettsche. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Stewart, Laps 2-7 Irwin, Laps 8-15 Boat, Laps 16-24 Irwin. Lap 25 Boat.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-44; 2 Parsons-35; 3-Michner-31; 4-Kalitta-29; 5-Hines-27; 6-K. Nichols-23; 7-Barth-20; 8-McCune-19; 9-Hamilton & Stewart-18.

NEW "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-44; 2-Boat-43; 3-Parsons-35; 4-Michner-31; 5-Kalitta-29; 6-Hines-27; 7-Sills-25; 8-K. Nichols-23; 9-Leffler-21; 10-Barth-20.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: March 31 - Winchester (IN) Speedway

NEXT "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE: March 9 - Bakersfield (CA) Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 11, 1996 - Clermont Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Clark Racing Series"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-21.220; 2. Kenny Irwin. Jr., 9, Lewis-21.285; 3. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-21.337; 4. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta- 21.466; 5. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-21.555; 6. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto- 21.577; 7. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.666; 8. A.J. Davis, 97, Willoughby-21.802; 9. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-21.820; 10. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-21.823; 11. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-21.882; 12. Johnny Parsons, 24, Jacobs-21.920; 13. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-21.941; 14. Michael Lang, 197, Hagans-21.959; 15. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-21.977; 16. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-21.979; 17. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-22.018; 18. Andy Pierce, 83, Pierce-22.024; 19. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-22.029; 20. Chuck Leary, 30, Leary-22.112; 21. Russ Gamester, 48, Streicher-22.269; 22. Andy Michner, 6, Potter-22.317; 23. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-22.358; 24. David Bridges, 11, MB-22.387; 25. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-22.815; 26. Tim Shutt, 26, J & S-22.866; 27. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-23.442; 28. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-25.433; 29. Ron Eden, 177, Eden-NT; 30. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton- NT; 31. Nate Law, 34, Law-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Doty, 2. Nichols, 3. Olsen, 4. Sands, 5. Michner, 6. Barth, 7. Ted Hines. 3:00.93

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Gamester, 3. Newman, 4. Pierce, 5. St. John, 6. Lang, 7. Shutt. 2:57.35

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drinan, 2. McCune, 3. Johncox, 4. Hewitt, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Domark, 7. Bridges. 3:04.02

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Leary, 2. Parsons, 3. Davis, 4. Blue, 5. Gamester, 6. Shultz, 7. Kalitta. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Lang, 4. Michner, 5. St. John, 6. Ted Hines, 7. Shutt, 8. Domark. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kenneth Nichols, 2. Brian Gerster, 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 4. Steve Barth, 5. Kevin Doty, 6. A.J. Davis, 7. Ryan Newman, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Jeff Sands, 11. Jimmy McCune, 12. Michael Lang, 13. Andy Pierce, 14. Chuck Leary, 15. Dan Drinan, 16. Dick St. John, 17. Carl Olsen, 18. Kevin Blue, 19. Johnny Parsons, 20. Ronnie Johncox, 21. Andy Michner, 22. Jack Hewitt. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Johncox, Laps 4-26 Nichols, Laps 27-29 Drinan, Lap 30 Nichols.

NEW NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-97; 2-Nichols-78; 3-Barth-69; 4-Gerster-66; 5-Doty-60; 6-Tracy Hines-58; 7-Michner-53; 8-Kalitta-52; 9-McCune-51; 10-Parsons-50.

NEXT NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE: May 25 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park - Miller Genuine Draft "Night Before the 500"

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 25, 1996 – Clermont, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park - Miller Genuine Draft "Night Before the 500"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-20.805; 2. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-20.977; 3. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-21.005; 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-21.097; 5. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto-21.135; 6. Michael Lang, 94, Hagans-21.172; 7. Chuck Leary, 30, Leary-21.202; 8. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-21.318; 9. Andy Michner, 91, Lewis-21.383; 10. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-21.392; 11. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-21.393; 12. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG TEAM-21.515; 13. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.520; 14. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-21.558; 15. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-21.605; 16. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-21.638; 17. Russ Gamester, 48, Streicher-21.639; 18. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-21.686; 19. Mel Kenyon, 61, 3-K-21.686; 20. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-21.756; 21. Mike Fedorcak, 24, Jacobs-21.805; 22. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-21.818; 23. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-21.870; 24. Nate Law, 34, Law-21.944; 25. Robby Flock, 6, Potter-22.022; 26. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-22.395; 27. Kevin Olson, 66, Lamers-22.684; 28. Ron Eden, 77, Eden-23.267; 29. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-23.525; 30. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-24.081; 31. David Bridges, 42, MB-NT.

CONSOLATION RACE #1: (10 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Leary, 3. Johncox, 4. Fedorcak, 5. Sands, 6. Gamester, 7. Scully, 8. Olson, 9. Flock, 10. Howerton, 11. Kenyon, 12. Ted Hines. NT

CONSOLATION RACE #2: (10 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Doty, 3. McCune, 4. St. John, 5. Domark, 6. Newman, 7. Pierce, 8. Shultz, 9. Law, 10. Blue, 11. Eden. NT

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Kenneth Nichols, 2. Doug Kalitta, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Mike Fedorcak, 5. Andy Michner, 6. Robby Flock, 7. Jeff Sands, 8. Chris Shultz, 9. Ryan Newman, 10. Jimmy McCune, 11. Shane Scully, 12. Steve Barth, 13. Michael Lang, 14. Chuck Leary, 15. Todd Domark, 16. Russ Gamester, 17. Andy Pierce, 18. Kevin Doty, 19. Nate Law, 20. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 21. Dick St. John, 22. Kevin Olson, 23. Ronnie Johncox, 24. Brian Gerster. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Lang, Laps 2-9 Irwin, Laps 10-11 Nichols, Laps 12-20 Barth, Laps 21-44 Nichols, Laps 45-48 Kalitta, Laps 49-50 Nichols.

NEW NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Nichols-126; 2-Irwin-112; 3-Kalitta-94; 4-Barth & Tracy Hines-91; 6-Michner-82; 7-Gerster-80; 8-McCune-71; 9-Sands-68; 10-Doty-62.

NEXT NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE: June 1- Beaver Dam (WI) Raceway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 7, 1996 -- Terre Haute, Indiana -- Terre Haute Action Track -- Time-Warner "T.H.A.T. Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Randy Koch, 2K, HMK-21.643; 2. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG TEAM-21.651; 3. Tony Stewart, 9x, Lewis-21.661; 4. Dave Darland, 6, Potter-21.908; 5. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-21,967; 6. Andy Michner, 111, Wilke-22.026; 7. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-22.089; 8. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-22.240; 9. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-22.261; 10. Dan Boorse, 3, Potter-22.312; 11. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-22.348; 12. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-22.440; 13. Nate Law, 34, Law-22.455; 14. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-22.470; 15. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-22.545; 16. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-22.597; 17. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-22.623; 18. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-22.945; 19. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-22.946; 20. Jerry Zike, 97x, Zike-23.202; 21. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-23.415; 22. David Bridges, 11, Bridges-23.519; 23. Roy Caruthers, 5, Caruthers-23.583; 24. Tim Shutt, 26, J & S-23.631; 25. Ray Morgan, 73, Holderfield-23.842; 26. Jeff Hampton, 2H, Hampton-24.060; 27. Scott Weyant, 23, Finley-24.572; 28. James Tickle, 78, Tickle-25.324; 29. Jeff McCloud, 71, Eldridge-25.716; 30. Tim Siner, 151, Siner-NT; 31. Danny Frye, Jr., 7H, Hatton-NT; 32. Josh Webb, 67, Webb-NT; 33. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Hines, 3. Koch, 4. Doty, 5. Morgan, 6. McCune, 7. McCloud, 8. Law. NT 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Boorse, 3. Kalitta, 4. Newman, 5. Pierce, 6. Hampton, 7. Bridges. 3:01.16

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Stewart, 3. Knepper, 4. Barth, 5. Sands, 6. Caruthers, 7. Frye, 8. Weyant. 2:57.45

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Olsen, 2. Darland, 3. Gerster, 4. Zike, 5. Elliott, 6. Shutt, 7. Tickle. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Dave Darland, 4. Carl Olsen, 5. Randy Koch, 6. Russ Gamester, 7. Doug Kalitta, 8. Dan Boorse, 9. Ryan Newman, 10. Roy Caruthers, 11. Danny Frye, Jr., 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Andy Michner, 14. Steve Knepper, 15. Andy Pierce, 16. Brian Gerster, 17. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 18. Jeff Sands, 19. Steve Barth, 20. Jerry Zike, 21. Scott Weyant, 22. Jeff McCloud. NT

**Shutt flipped during the fourth heat. Barth flipped on lap 7 of the feature and was taken to Terre Haute Regional Hospital for a checkup. McCloud flipped on the restart of lap 6 of the feature. Pierce flipped on lap 14 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Stewart.

NEW NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-129; 2-Nichols-126; 3-Kalitta-121; 4-Hines-114; 5-Barth & Michner-104; 7-Doty-99; 8-Gerster-96; 8-McCune-81; 10-Sands-80.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: June 9- Salem (IN) Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 15, 1996 - Richmond, Virginia -- Richmond International Raceway -- USAC "Open Wheel Madness"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-21.463; 2. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-21.492; 3. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-21.505; 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-21.520; 5. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-21.542; 6. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.609; 7. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-21.696; 8. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto-21.741; 9. Michael Lang, 94, Hagans-21.821; 10. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-21.876; 11. Russ Gamester, 48, Streicher-21.889; 12. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-21.897; 13. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-21.909; 14. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-22.081; 15. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-22.149; 16. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-22.186: 17. Nate Law, 34, Law-22.423; 18. David Bridges, 11, MB-22.429; 19. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-22.446; 20. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-22.551; 21. Mark Boice, 42, MB-24.368; 22. Johnny Parsons, 24, Jacobs-NT; 23. Robby Flock, 6, Potter-NT; 24. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-NT.

LAST CHANCE RACE: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. McCune, 3. Newman, 4. Sands, 5. Shultz, 6. Bridges, 7. Olsen, 8. Law. NT

FEATURE: (34 laps**) 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 2. Tony Stewart, 3. Jimmy McCune, 4. Kenneth Nichols, 5. Michael Lang, 6. Brian Gerster, 7. Ryan Newman, 8. Steve Barth, 9. Jeff Sands, 10. Jack Hewitt, 11. Doug Kalitta, 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Andy Michner, 14. Ronnie Johncox, 15. Kevin Doty, 16. Carl Olsen, 17. Russ Gamester, 18. Nate Law, 19. Chris Shultz, 20. David Bridges, 21. Mark Boice, 22. Jeff Howerton, 23. Robby Flock. NT

**Race halted by multi-car accident on lap 13 and resumed after Silver Crown race.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-34 Irwin.

NEW NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-172; 2-Nichols-161; 3-Kalitta-146; 4-Hines-134; 5-Michner-129; 6-Barth-127; 7-Gerster-123; 8-Doty & McCune-104; 10-Stewart & Sands-101.

NEXT NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE: June 22 - Winchester (IN) Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 22, 1996 -- Winchester, Indiana -- Winchester Speedway - Pepsi/Wick's Pies "Rich Vogler Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-15.361; 2. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-15.382; 3. Tracy Hines, 30, Leary-15.398; 4. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-15.517; 5. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-15.661; 6. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto-15.716; 7. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-16.187; 8. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-16.253; 9. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-16.258; 10. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-16.357; 11. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.503; 12. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-16.571; 13. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-16.683; 14. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-16.701; 15. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-16.803; 16. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-17.634; 17. Mark Boice, 42, MB-17.927; 18. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-18.566.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Hines, 3. Michner, 4. Nichols, 5. Doty, 6. Sands, 7. St. John, 8. Bridges, 9. Dornark. 3:28.69

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Gerster, 3. Kalitta, 4. McCune, 5. Olsen, 6. Johncox, 7. Howerton, 8. Boice. 3:27.56

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Doug Kalitta, 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Andy Michner, 6. Kenneth Nichols, 7. Steve Barth, 8. Ronnie Johncox, 9. Jeff Sands, 10. Jimmy McCune, 11. Dick St. John, 12. Todd Domark, 13. Carl Olsen, 14. David Bridges, 15. Kevin Doty, 16. Mark Boice, 17. Jeff Howerton. 7:53.59

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Michner, Laps 11-25 Kalitta, Laps 26-30 Hines.

NEW MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-217; 2-Kalitta-190; 3-Nichols-189; 4-Hines-181; 5-Michner-162; 6-Barth-159; 7-Gerster-158; 8-McCune-135; 9-Doty-I29; 10-Sands-122.

NEXT MIDGET RACE: June 23 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: June 23, 1996 -- Clermont, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park - "Clark Racing Series"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-20.973; 2. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-20.996; 3. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto-21.213; 4. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-21.260; 5. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-21.283; 6. Michael Lang, 94, Hagans-21.332; 7. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-21.393; 8. Tracy Hines, 30, Leary-21.462; 9. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-21.515; 10. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-21.548; 11. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.554; 12. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-21.673; 13. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-21.903; 14. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-21.913; 15. Robby Flock, 6, Potter-21.985; 16. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-21.993; -17. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-22.085; 18. Nate Law, 3, Potter-22.140; 19. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-22.162; 20. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-22.218; 21. David Bridges, 11, MB-22.219; 22. Kevin Doty, 99, Beneto-22.272; 23. Mark Boice, 42, MB-23.003; 24. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-23.378.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Nichols, 3. Stewart, 4. Doty, 5. Olsen, 6. McCune, 7. Shultz, 8. Barth. 2:54.12 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Hines, 3. Kalitta, 4. Johncox, 5. Domark, 6. Boice, 7. St. John. 2:53.57 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Flock, 2. Newman, 3. Lang, 4. Sands, 5. Law, 6. Bridges, 7. Gerster, 8. Blue. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Gerster, 3. Shultz, 4. St. John, 5. Olsen, 6. Domark, 7. Boice, 8. Law, 9. McCune. 3:37.92

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Michael Lang, 4. Steve Barth, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Kenneth Nichols, 7. Jimmy McCune, 8. Chris Shultz, 9. Kevin Doty, 10. Mark Boice, 11. Dick St. John, 12. Tony Stewart, 13. Brian Gerster, 14. David Bridges, 15. Todd Domark, 16. Ronnie Johncox, 17. Carl Olsen, 18. Robby Flock, 19. Ryan Newman, 20. Jeff Sands, 21. Andy Michner, 22. Nate Law. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Lang, Laps 5-10 Irwin, Laps 11-30 Kalitta.

NEW MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-259; 2-Kalitta-238; 3-Nichols-219; 4-Hines-213; 5-Barth-193; 6-Gerster-179; 7-Michner-178; 8-McCune-160; 9-Doty-151; 10-Sands-135.

NEXT MIDGET RACE: July 3 - Winchester (IN) Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 3, 1996 -- Winchester, Indiana -- Winchester Speedway - "Martin Tire & Automotive"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-15.228; 2. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-15.290; 3. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-15.406; 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-15.450; 5. Tracy Hines, 30, Leary-15.512; 6. Brian Gerster, 93, Beneto-15.517; 7. Michael Lang, 94, Hagans-15.542; 8. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-15.642; 9. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-15.651; 10. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-15.701; 11. Jimmy McCune, 48, Streicher-15.749; 12. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-15.906; 13. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-15.978; 14. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-15.982; 15. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.055; 16. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-16.087; 17. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-16.102; 18. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-16.270; 19. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-16.676; 20. Mark Boice, 42, MB-16.750.

ROGER HOLDEMAN MEMORIAL "DASH FOR CASH": (6 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Gerster, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Kalitta, 5. Barth, 6. Michner, 7. Lang. 1:33.30

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Nichols, 3. Lang, 4. Olsen, 5. St. John, 6. Domark, 7. Irwin. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. McCune, 3. Michner, 4. Sands, 5. Newman, 6. Shultz, 7. Boice. 2:07.13

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Ted Hines, 3. Gerster, 4. Johncox, 5. Howerton, 6. Bridges. NT

SEMI: (8 laps) 1. Newman, 2. Irwin, 3. St. John, 4. Howerton, 5. Shultz, 6. Domark, 7. Boice. 2:06.55

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Steve Barth, 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 5. Jimmy McCune, 6. Brian Gerster, 7. Michael Lang, 8. Ryan Newman, 9. Ronnie Johncox, 10. Chris Shultz, 11. Dick St. John, 12. Jeff Sands, 13. Carl Olsen, 14. Mark Boice, 15. Ted Hines, 16. Andy Michner, 17. Kenneth Nichols, 18. Todd Domark, 19. Jeff Howerton, 20. David Bridges. NT

**Bridges flipped during the third heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Tracy Hines, Laps 5-30 Kalitta.

NEW MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-293; 2-Kalitta-290; 3-Tracy Hines-255; 4-Nichols-235; 5-Barth-234; 6-Gerster-209; 7-Michner-200; 8-McCune-192; 9-Sands-154; 10-Kevin Doty-151.

NEXT MIDGET RACE: July 6 - Louisville (KY) Motor Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 6, 1996 -- Louisville, Kentucky -- Louisville Motor Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-14.480; 2. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-14.681; 3. Michael Lang, 94, Hagans-14.748; 4. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-14.763; 5. Tracy Hines, 4, Calderwood-14.825; 6. Brian Gerster, 21, Kalitta-14.845; 7. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-14.873; 8. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-14.873; 9. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-15.292; 10. Tim Shutt, 26, J & S-15.380; 11. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-15.685; 12. David Bridges, 11, MB-15.719; 13. Mark Boice, 42, MB-16.313; 14. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-16.604; 15. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-NT.

DASH FOR CASH: (6 laps) 1. McCune, 2. Irwin, 3. Lang, 4. Barth, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Johncox. 1:28.98

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. McCune, 3. Nichols, 4. Irwin, 5. Sands, 6. St. John, 7. Boice, 8. Lang. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Johncox, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Gerster, 5. Bridges, 6. Shutt, 7. Blue. 2:01.60

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Ted Hines, 3. Johncox, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Barth, 6. Gerster, 7. Nichols, 8. Sands, 9. McCune, 10. Shutt, 11. Bridges, 12. St. John, 13. Boice, 14. Blue. 2:30.64

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Irwin, 3. Nichols, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. McCune, 6. Ted Hines, 7. Shutt, 8. St. John, 9. Bridges, 10. Blue, 11. Barth, 12. Sands, 13. Boice, 14. Johncox. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Gerster.

NEW MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-338; 2-Doug Kalitta-290; 3-Tracy Hines-282; 4-Nichols-270; 5-Barth-257; 6-Gerster-251; 7-McCune-224; 8-Andy Michner-200; 9-Sands-172; 10-Doty-151.

NEXT MIDGET RACE: July 13 - Richmond (KY) Raceway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 13, 1996 - Richmond, Kentucky -- Richmond Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-15.600; 2. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-15.652; 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-15.702; 4. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-15.772; 5. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-15.816; 6. Kevin Olson, 3, Potter-15.922; 7. Brian Gerster, 21, Kalitta-15.924; 8. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-16.158; 9. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.262; 10. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-16.276; 11. Jim Davies, 97, Davies-I6.286; 12. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-16.306; 13. Mark Boice, 42, MB-16.416; 14. Jerry Zike, 97z, Zike-16.537; 15. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-16.776; 16. Mile Mason, 75, Mason-16.870; 17. Travis Welpott, 41, Griffith-16.894; 18. Bill Jorgensen, 2, Jorgensen-NT; 19. Jeff Hilbert, 16, Nowicke-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gamester, 2. Gerster, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Olsen, 5. Boice, 6. Mason. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Zike, 2. Pierce, 3. Elliott, 4. Davies, 5. Welpott, 6. Tracy Hines. NT 

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Irwin, 3. Bridges, 4. Jorgensen, 5. Sands, 6. Olson. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Andy Pierce, 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Carl Olsen, 6. Brian Gerster, 7. Jim Davies, 8. Ted Hines, 9. Steve Barth, 10. Mike Mason, 11. David Bridges, 12. Jeff Sands, 13. Jerry Zike, 14. Russ Gamester, 15. Bill Jorgensen, 16. Kevin Olson, 17. Travis Welpott, 18. Mark Boice.

**Ted Hines flipped during the first heat. Olson flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6, Olson, Laps 7-30 Elliott.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-378; 2-Tracy Hines-329; 3-Doug Kalitta-290; 4-Barth-282; 5-Gerster-271; 6-Kenneth Nichols-270; 7-Jimmy McCune-224; 8-Andy Michner-200; 9-Sands-190; 10-Olsen-165.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 17 - Indianapolis (IN) Raceway Park

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 17, 1996 -- Clermont, Indiana -- Indianapolis Raceway Park -- "Clark Racing Series"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-21.104; 2. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-21.225; 3. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-21.273; 4. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-21.310; 5. Johnny Parsons, 93, Beneto-21.416; 6. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-21.469; 7. Jimmy McCune, 48, Streicher-21.472; 8. Randy Tolsma, 661, Lamers-21.602; 9. Lou Cicconi, Jr., 175, Cicconi-21.618; 10. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-21.695; 11. Brian Gerster, 30, Leary-21.730; 12. Jeff Hunt, 6, Potter-21.754; 13. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-21.781; 14. Tim Shutt, 26, J & S-21.858; 15. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-21.883; 16. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.913; 17. Tracy Hines, 4, Calderwood-21.958; 18. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-22.005; 19. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-22.038; 20. Nate Law, 34, Law-22.050; 21. David Bridges, 11, MB-22.067; 22. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-22.250; 23. Mark Boice, 42, MB-22.362; 24. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-22.388; 25. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-22.483; 26. Roy Caruthers, 144, Young-22.719; 27. Tony Elliott, 95, Covington-22.758; 28. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-NT; 29. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-NT; 30. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-NT; 31. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Bridges, 2. Cicconi, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Parsons, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Howerton, 7. Blue, 8. Irwin. 2:58.71

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Shutt, 2. Olsen, 3. Sands, 4. Caruthers, 5. Pierce, 6. St. John, 7. Barth, 8. Michner. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Nichols, 2. McCune, 3. Stewart, 4. Newman, 5. Gerster, 6. Boice, 7. Elliott. 2:54.37

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Law, 2. Kalitta, 3. Hewitt, 4. Johncox, 5. Hunt, 6. Tolsma. 2:57.83

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Michner, 3. Tolsma, 4. Gerster, 5. Hunt, 6. Boice, 7. Pierce, 8. St. John, 9. Ted Hines, 10. Blue, 11. Howerton. 3:34.77

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Tony Stewart, 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Kenneth Nichols, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. David Bridges, 8. Ryan Newman, 9. Nate Law, 10. Andy Pierce, 11. Mark Boice, 12. Jeff Sands, 13. Andy Michner, 14. Carl Olsen, 15. Tim Shutt, 16. Jack Hewitt, 17. Johnny Parsons, 18. Randy Tolsma, 19. Jimmy McCune, 20. Ronnie Johncox, 21. Roy Caruthers, 22. Lou Cicconi, Jr. NT

**Shutt flipped on lap 29 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Kalitta.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-422; 2-Tracy Hines-358; 3-Kalitta-336; 4-Gerster-312; 5-Nichols-303; 6-Barth-293; 7-McCune-239; 8-Michner-223; 9-Sands-210; 10-Olsen-184.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: July 20 - Sumner, IL -- Red Hill Raceway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 20, 1996 -- Sumner, Illinois -- Red Hill Raceway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-16.059; 2. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-16.222; 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-16.329; 4. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-16.416; 5. Jeff Flesher, 25, Flesher-16.526; 6. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-16.577; 7. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-16.646; 8. Brian Gerster, 21, Kalitta-16.654; 9. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-16.766; 10. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.774; 11. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-16.967; 12. Kenneth Nichols, 41, Griffith-17.031; 13. Mark Boice, 42, MB-17.061; 14. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-17.070; 15. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-17.167; 16. Jim Davies, 97, Davies-17.348; 17. Kenny Brown, 17K, Brown-17.615 18. Tim Siner, 151, Siner-17.881; 19. Bryan Holderfield, 73, Holderfield-17.929; 20. Jerry Zike, 97z, Zike-18.058; 21. Joe Chetta, 24, Chetta-18.527; 22. James Tickle, 7T8, Tickle-18.550; 23. Chris England, 23, Finley-19.337; 24. Bill Jorgensen, 2, Jorgensen-19.440; 25. Patrick Bruns, 30, Lehmann-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Olsen, 2. Hines, 3. Bridges, 4. Gamester, 5. Holderfield, 6. Davies, 7. Boice, 8. England. 2:47.21

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Flesher, 3. Sands, 4. Gerster, 5. Brown, 6. Chetta, 7. Jorgensen, 8. Lehmann. 2:44.91 

THIRD HEAT: (3 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Siner, 3. Barth, 4. Nichols, 5. Knepper, 6. Tickle. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Davies, 3. Brown, 4. Chetta, 5. Holderfield, 6. Jorgensen, 7. England, 8. Lehmann, 9. Boice. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Steve Knepper, 2. Russ Gamester, 3. Jeff Flesher, 4. Carl Olsen, 5. Kenneth Nichols, 6. Mark Boice, 7. Jim Davies, 8. Steve Barth, 9. Jeff Sands, 10. Tony Stewart, 11. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 12. Tracy Hines, 13. Donnie Lehmann, 14. David Bridges, 15. Brian Gerster, 16. Tim Siner, 17. Bill Jorgensen, 18. Chris England, 19. Kenny Brown, 20. Bryan Holderfield, 21. James Tickle. NT

**Boice flipped during the semi. Gerster flipped on lap 17 of the feature. Hines flipped on the 19th lap of the feature. Bridges flipped on the lap 19 restart of the feature. Irwin flipped on lap 24 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Flesher, Lap 2 Olsen, Laps 3-22 Stewart, Laps 23-29 Olsen, Lap 30 Knepper.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-449; 2-Tracy Hines-387; 3-Doug Kalitta-336; 4-Gerster-328; 5-Nichols-323; 6-Barth-318; 7-Jimmy McCune-239; 8-Sands-233; 9-Andy Michner-223; 10-Olsen-222.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACES: July 26-27 - Lincoln, NE - Eagle Raceway

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 26, 1996 – Lincoln, Nebraska - Eagle Raceway - Pepsi "Mid-Summer Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-14.084; 2. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-14.093; 3. Dave Strickland, Jr. 62, Klatt-14.100; 4. Cory Kruseman, 111, Wilke-14.339; 5. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-14.345; 6. Scott Hansen, 33. Hansen-14.349; 7. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-14.391; 8. Jay Drake, 96, Berteto-14.441; 9. Robby Flock, 24, Hart-14.457; 10. Kevin Doty, 211, Wilke-14.463; 11. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-14.540; 12. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-14.552; 13. Keith Rauch, 511, Conklin-14.563; 14. Scott Hatton, 71, Hatton-14.580; 15. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-14.582; 16. Jason Leffler, 6, Potter-14.609; 17. Mark Boice, 42, MB-14.799; 18. Tom Eatwell, 15, Eatwell-14.953; 19. Donnie Lehmann, 78, Peachey-14.990; 20. Patrick Bruns, 30, Lehmann-15.300; 21. David Bridges, 11, MB-15.356; 22. Dennis Parker, 19, Hi-Performance-15.431; 23. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-15.656; 24. Todd Ribick, 5R, Ribick-NT; 25. #91, Lewis-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Doty, 3. Olsen, 4. Kruseman, 5. Irwin, 6. Parker, 7. Lehmann, 8. Rauch. 226-25

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Drake. 2. Hines. 3. Bruns, 4. Hatton, 5. Barth, 6. Gerster, 7. Boice, 8. Sands. 2.25.93

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Strickland, 2. Hansen, 3. Gamester, 4. Flock, 5. Knepper, 6. Eatwell, 7. Ribick, 8. Bridges. 2:24.58

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Knepper, 3. Gerster, 4. Barth, 5. Boice, 6. Lehmann, 7. Parker, 8. Sands, 9. Ribick, 10. Bridges, 11. Eatwell, 12. Rauch. 2:5128

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Dave Strickland, Jr., 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Jay Drake, 4. Scott Hansen, 5. Cory Kruseman, 6. Steve Knepper, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Kevin Doty, 9. Carl Olsen, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Steve Barth, 12. Jeff Sands, 13. Scott Hatton, 14. Patrick Bruns, 15. Keith Rauch, 16. Dennis Parker, 17. Tom Eatwell, 18. Mark Boice, 19. Robby Flock, 20. Todd Ribick, 21. Donnie Lehmann, 22. Jason Leffler, 23. Brian Gerster, 24. David Bridges. NT

**Lehmann flipped on the 19th lap of the feature. Flock and Ribick flipped on the 20th lap of the feature. 

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Hansen, Laps 3-30 Strickland.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-493; 2-Hines-421; 3-Gerster-342; 4-Barth-337; 5-Doug Kalitta-336; 6-Kenneth Nichols-323; 7-Sands-251; 8-Olsen-245; 9-Jimmy McCune-239; 10-Andy Michner-223.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Billy Boat-686; 2-Drake-641; 3-Leffler-590; 4-Hansen-537; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Jim Keene-311; 8-Wally Pankratz-279; 9-Johnny Cofer-266; 10-Larry Brown-255.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: July 27 - Lincoln, NE - Eagle Raceway

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 27, 1996 -- Lincoln, Nebraska - Eagle Raceway - Pepsi "Mid-Summer Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-14.153; 2. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-14.179; 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-14.193; 4. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-14.333; 5. Jay Drake, 96, Beneto-14.415; 6. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-14.435; 7. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-14.436; 8. Jason Leffler, 6, Potter-14.521; 9. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-14.553; 10. Robby Flock, 24, Hart-14.592; 11. Cory Kruseman, 111, Wilke-14.608; 12. Keith Rauch, 511, Conklin-14.611; 13. Scott Hatton, 71, Hatton-14.620; 14. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-14.621; 15. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-14.640; 16. Phil Heavelow, 44, Heavelow-14.689; 17. Kevin Doty, 211, Wilke-14.738; 18. Patrick Bruns, 30, Lehmann-14.839; 19. Mark Boice, 42. MB-14.844; 20. Tom Eatwell, 15, Eatwell-14.879; 21. John Heydenreich, 45, Hughes-14.897; 22. David Bridges, 11, MB-14.929; 23. Dennis Parker, 19, Hi-Performance-15.050; 24. Todd Ribick, 5R, Ribick-15.197; 25. Tim McVay, 73, McVay-15.227; 26. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-15.232; 27. Terry Holliman, 37, McLaughlin-15.839; 28. #91, Lewis-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Bridges, 2. Flock, 3. Hines, 4. Olsen, 5. Heavelow, 6. Hatton, 7. Hansen, 8. McVay, 9. Boice. 2:28.68

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Strickland, 3. Kruseman, 4. Sands, 5. Doty, 6. Drake, 7. Leffler, 8. Parker, 9. Eatwell. 2:24.89

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Gamester, 3. Heydenreich, 4. Barth, 5. Gerster, 6. Rauch, 7. Ribick, 8. Bruns. 2:27.79

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Hansen, 3. Hatton, 4. Leffler, 5. Gerster, 6. Boice, 7. Ribick, 8. McVay, 9. Eatwell, 10. Heavelow, 11. Doty, 12. Rauch, 13. Parker. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Robby Flock, 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 4. Dave Strickland, Jr., 5. Scott Hatton, 6. Scott Hansen, 7. Carl Olsen, 8. Cory Kruseman, 9. Steve Knepper, 10. Russ Gamester, 11. Phil Heavelow, 12. Jeff Sands, 13. Jason Leffler, 14. Jay Drake, 15. David Bridges, 16. Brian Gerster, 17. Steve Barth, 18. John Heydenreich, 19. Todd Ribick, 20. Tim McVay, 21. Mark Boice, 22. Tom Eatwell. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Hansen, Lap 2 Drake, Laps 3-16 Strickland, Laps 17-40 Hines.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-534; 2-Hines-471; 3-Gerster-357; 4-Barth-351; 5-Doug Kalitta-336; 6-Kenneth Nichols-323; 7-Olsen-274; 8-Sands-270; 9-Jimmy McCune-239; 10-Andy Michner-223.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Billy Boat-686; 2-Drake-659; 3-Leffler-607; 4-Hansen-564; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Jim Keene-311; 8-Wally Pankratz-279; 9-Johnny Cofer-266; 10-Larry Brown-255.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: July 30 - Sioux Falls, SD - Huset's Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: July 30, 1996 - Sioux Falls, South Dakota - Huset's Speedway -- Pepsi "Mid-Summer Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-13.923; 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-13.942; 3. Cory Kruseman, 111, Wilke-13.985; 4. Jay Drake, 96, Beneto-14.094; 5. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-14.103; 6. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-14.206; 7. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-14.210; 8. Kevin Doty, 211, Wilke-14228; 9. Keith Rauch, 5, Conklin-14.267; 10. Mark Boice, 42, Bridges-14.400; 11. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-14.537; 12. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-14.545; 13. Gary Howard, 78, Peachey-14.564; 14. Patrick Bruns, 30, Lehmann-14.617; 15. David Bridges, 11, Bridges-14.625; 16. Dennis Parker, 19, Hi-Performance-14.666; 17. Boyd Calvert, 23, Warnke-14.679; 18. John Heydenreich, 45, Hughes-14.775; 19. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-15.050; 20. #91, Lewis-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Olsen, 3. Hines, 4. Parker, 5. Boice, 6. Sands, 7. Howard. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Doty, 3. Gerster, 4. Bruns, 5. Calvert, 6. Drake. 1:58.03

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Strickland, 2. Heydenreich, 3. Bridges, 4. Kruseman, 5. Rauch, 6. Barth. 2:00.20

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Drake, 3. Rauch, 4. Boice, 5. Parker, 6. Calvert, 7. Barth, 8. Bruns, 9. Sands. 3:02.33

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 2. Kevin Doty, 3. Jay Drake, 4. Brian Gerster, 5. Tracy Hines, 6. Jeff Sands, 7. Cory Kruseman, 8. Donnie Lehmann (#30), 9. Carl Olsen, 10. Gary Howard, 11. John Heydenreich, 12. Boyd Calvert, 13. Mark Boice, 14. Scott Hansen, 15. Dave Strickland, Jr., 16. Steve Barth, 17. Keith Rauch, 18. Dennis Parker. (Bridges disqualified for failing to meet specs regarding fuel) NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-7 Olsen, Laps 8-30 Irwin.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-584; 2-Hines-510; 3-Gerster-390; 4-Barth-365; 5-Doug Kalitta-336; 6-Kenneth Nichols-323; 7-Olsen-300; 8-Sands-297; 9-Jimmy McCune-239; 10-Bridges-230.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-695; 2-Billy Boat-686; 3-Jason Leffler-607; 4-Hansen-584; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Jim Keene-311; 8-Irwin-293; 9-Wally Pankratz-279; 10-Johnny Cofer-266.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACES: August 1-3 - Belleville (KS) High Banks

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 1, 1996 --Belleville, Kansas - Belleville High Banks -- 19th Miller Genuine Draft "Belleville Midget Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Billy Boat, 1, Lawson-17.662; 2. Jason Leffler, 57, Esslinger-17.711; 3. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-17.734; 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-17.807: 5. Jay Drake, 96, Beneto-17.877; 6. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-17.885; 7. Randy Roberts, 41, Jacobs-17.914; 8. Robby Flock, 24, Hart-17.921; 9. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-18.078; 10. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-18 096; 11. Cory Kruseman, 111, Wilke-Pak-18.162; 12. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-18.176; 13. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-18.194; 14. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-18.238; 15. Mark Boice, 42, MB-18.293; 16. Kevin Doty, 211, Wilke-Pak-18.309; 17. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-18.320; 18. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-18.324; 19. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-18.380; 20. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-18.389; 21. Jordan Hermansader, 91x, Hermansader-18.459; 22. Eric Wilkins, 78, Peachey-18.516; 23. Mark Passerrelli, 01, Passerrelli-18.557; 24. David Bridges, 11, MB-18338; 25. Jon Backlund, 95, Day-19.279; 26. Bryon Walters, 50, Walters-19344; 27. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-19.528; 28. John Heydenreich, 45, Hughes-NT; 29. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-NT; 30. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71, Kunz-NT; 31. Keith Rauch, 5, Conklin-NT; 32. Donnie Lehmann, 30, Lehmann; 33. #15, Lawson-NT; 34. #91, Lewis-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (4 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Hines, 3. Leffler, 4. Boat. 1:11.15

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Gerster, 3. Drake, 4. Hewitt, 5. Hermansader, 6. Hansen, 7. Backlund. 2:26.67 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Wilkins, 3. Olsen, 4. Leffler, 5. Sands, 6. Lehmann, 7. Elliott. 2:26.61 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Roberts, 3. Passerrelli, 4. Pierce, 5. Boice, 6. Kruseman, 7. Rauch. NT 

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Newman, 3. Barth, 4. Coons, 5. Doty, 6. Flock, 7. Bridges. 2:26.45

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Flock, 3. Kruseman, 4. Doty, 5. Sands, 6. Hansen, 7. Hermansader, 8. Lehmann (#30), 9. Backlund, 10. Bridges. 3:40.80

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Randy Roberts, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Robby Flock, 6. Scott Hansen, 7. Jason Leffler, 8. Carl Olsen, 9. Tony Elliott, 10. Kevin Doty, 11. Brian Gerster, 12. Cory Kruseman, 13. Steve Barth, 14. Jordan Hermansader, 15. Jerry Coons, Jr., 16. Billy Boat, 17. Steve Knepper, 18. Mark Passerrelli, 19. Jeff Sands, 20. Andy Pierce, 21. Eric Wilkins, 22. Ryan Newman. NT

**Boice flipped during the third heat and was transported to Republic County Hospital in Belleville for treatment of a concussion.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Drake.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-627; 2-Hines-549; 3-Gerster-412; 4-Barth-384; 5-Doug Kalitta-336; 6-Olsen-325; 7-Kenneth Nichols-323; 8-Sands-309; 9-Bridges-240; 10-Jimmy McCune-239.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-739; 2-Boat-712; 3-Leffler-639; 4-Hansen-611; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Irwin-336; 8-Jim Keene-311; 9-Wally Pankratz-279; 10-Johnny Cofer-266.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: August 2 - Belleville, Kansas

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 2, 1996 -- Belleville, Kansas -- Belleville High Banks -- 19th Miller Genuine Draft "Belleville Midget Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jason Leffler, 57, Esslinger-18.267; 2. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-18.395; 3. Billy Boat, 15, Lawson-18.523; 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-18.527; 5. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-18.628; 6. Robby Flock, 24, Hart-18.666; 7. Jerry Coons, Jr., 71, Kunz-18.704; 8. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-18.734; 9. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-18.746; 10. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-18.834; 11. Kevin Doty, 211, Wilke-Pak-18.851; 12. Cory Kruseman, 111, Wilke-Pak-I8.878; 13. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-18.915; 14. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-18.947; 15. John Heydenreich, 92, Wildgoose-18.949; 16. Mark Passerrelli, 01, Passerrelli-19.021; 17. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-19.067; 18. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-19.125; 19. Jordan Hermansader, 91x, Hermansader-19.194; 20. Keith Rauch, 5, Conklin-19.206; 21. Steve Newman, 41x, MHL-19.261; 22. David Bridges, 11, MB-19.395; 23. Phil Heavelow, 44, Heavelow-19.411; 24. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-19.484; 25. Eric Wilkins, 78, Peachey-19.616; 26. Mike Minarik, 53, Minarik-19.822; 27. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-19.824; 28. Bryon Walters, 50, Walters-20.050; 29. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-NT; 30. Terry Holliman, 37, McLaughlin-NT; 31. #91, Lewis-NT; 32. #15x, Lawson-NT.

TROPHY DASH: (4 laps) 1. Leffler, 2. Elliott, 3. Hansen, 4. Sands. 1:13.25

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Wilkins, 2. Leffler, 3. Knepper, 4. Olsen, 5. R. Newman, 6. S. Newman, 7. Hansen. 2:32.34

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Flock, 2. Elliott, 3. Bridges, 4. Gerster, 5. Barth, 6. Minarik, 7. Strickland. 2:30.41

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Coons, 2. Boat, 3. Doty, 4. Heavelow, 5. Hermansader, 6. Heydenreich, 7. Lehmann. 2:28.45

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kruseman, 2. Pierce, 3. Sands, 4. Passerrelli, 5. Walters, 6. Rauch. 2:31.53

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Strickland, 3. Heydenreich, 4. Lehmann, 5. S. Newman, 6. Walters, 7. R. Newman, 8. Irwin. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jerry Coons, Jr., 2. Billy Boat, 3. Robby Flock, 4. Jason Leffler, 5. Tony Elliott, 6. Kevin Doty, 7. Carl Olsen, 8. Brian Gerster, 9. Cory Kruseman, 10. Eric Wilkins, 11. Steve Knepper, 12. Andy Pierce, 13. Steve Barth, 14. Jeff Sands, 15. Donnie Lehmann, 16. Mark Passerrelli, 17. John Heydenreich, 18. Phil Heavelow, 19. Bryon Walters, 20. Steve Newman, 21. Dave Strickland, Jr., 22. David Bridges. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Coons.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-640; 2-Hines-559; 3-Gerster-436; 4-Barth-401; 5-Olsen-351; 6-Doug Kalitta-336; 7-Sands-327; 8-Kenneth Nichols-323; 9-Bridges-254; 10-Jimmy McCune-239.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Boat-755; 2-Jay Drake-739; 3-Leffler-681; 4-Hansen-623; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Irwin-349; 8-Jim Keene-311; 9-Wally Pankratz-279; 10-Johnny Cofer-266.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: August 3 - Belleville, Kansas

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: August 3, 1996 - Belleville, Kansas - Belleville High Banks -- 19th Miller Genuine Draft "Belleville Midget Nationals"

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tony Elliott (#32 Martz), 2. Carl Olsen (#17 CED), 3. Steve Barth (#14 Barth), 4. Jordan Hermansader (#91x Hermansader), 5. Kevin Doty (#211 Wilke-Pak), 6. Phil Heavelow (#44 Heavelow), 7. Cory Kruseman (#111 Wilke-Pak), 8. Mike Minarik (#53 Minarik). NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Tony Stewart (#91 Lewis), 2. Dave Strickland, Jr. (#62 Klatt), 3. Brain Gerster (#29 Gerster), 4. Andy Pierce (#83 TAG Team), 5. Keith Rauch (#5 Conklin), 6. Steve Newman (#41x MHL), 7. Ryan Newman (#18 P & E), 8. Mark Passerrelli (#01 Passerrelli). NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Steve Knepper (#55 Knepper), 2. Scott Hansen (#33 Hansen), 3. Jeff Sands (#10 Sands), 4. Eric Wilkins (#78 Peachey), 5. Donnie Lehmann (#31 Lehmann), 6. Bryon Walters (#50 Walters), 7. David Bridges (#11 MB), 8. John Heydenreich (#92 Wildgoose). NT

SEMI: (15 laps) 1. Rauch, 2. Pierce, 3. Wilkins, 4. R. Newman, 5. Heavelow, 6. Heydenreich, 7. Lehmann, 8. Hermansader, 9. Walters. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Robby Flock (#24 Hart), 2. Jay Drake (#96 Beneto), 3. Tracy Hines (#7 Wheeler), 4. Tony Stewart, 5. Jason Leffler (#57 Esslinger), 6. Steve Knepper, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Billy Boat (#15 Lawson), 9. Kenny Irwin, Jr. (#9 Lewis), 10. Jerry Coons, Jr. (#71 Kunz), 11. Eric Wilkins, 12. Keith Rauch, 13. Andy Pierce, 14. Jeff Sands, 15. John Heydenreich, 16. Randy Roberts (#41 Jacobs), 17. Brian Gerster, 18. Ryan Newman, 19. Donnie Lehmann, 20. Steve Barth, 21. Scott Hansen, 22. Phil Heavelow, 23. Carl Olsen, 24. Dave Strickland, Jr.

**Kruseman flipped during the first heat and was transported to Republic County Hospital for a precautionary check.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Boat, Laps 10-31 Drake, Laps 32-40 Flock.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-641; 2-Hines-572; 3-Gerster-431: 4-Barth-395; 5-Olsen-346; 6-Doug ICalitta-336; 7-Sands-325; 8-Kenneth Nichols-323; 9-Bridges-244; 10-Jinuny McCune-239.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-765; 2-Boat-758; 3-Leffler-690; 4-Hansen-618; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Irwin-350; 8-Jim Keene-311; 9-Wally Pankratz-279; 10-Johnny Cofer-266.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: August 9 - Kansas City, Kansas - Lakeside Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 9, 1996 - Kansas City, Kansas - Lakeside Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-17.020; 2. Andy Michner, 93, Beneto-17.054; 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-17.131; 4. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-17.172; 5. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-17.198; 6. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-17.374; 7. Pat Bliss, 67, Zarounian-17.406; 8. Brian Gerster, 30, Leary-17.460; 9. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-17.493; 10. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-17.532; 11. Jeff Hunt, 6, Potter-17.550; 12. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-17.562; 13. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-17.570; 14. Scott Hansen, 33x, Hansen-17.600; 15. Nate Law, 34, Law-17.623; 16. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-17.685; 17. Phil Heavelow, 44, Heavelow-17.746; 18. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-17.810; 19. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-17.882; 20. Tracy Hines, 4. Calderwood-17.900; 21. Jay Drake, 96, Beneto-18.020; 22. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-18.487.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ted Hines, 2. Olsen, 3. Kalitta, 4. Bliss, 5. Barth, 6. Sands, 7. Howerton, 8. Ellis. NT 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Michner, 3. Hansen, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Gerster, 6. Heavelow, 7. Hunt NT 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. McCune, 2. Law, 3. Drake, 4. Irwin, 5. Drinan, 6. St. John, 7. Nichols. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Barth, 3. Gerster, 4. Bliss, 5. Tracy Hines. 6. Hunt, 7. St. John, 8. Heavelow, 9. Drinan, 10. Howerton, 11. Sands. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Andy Michner, 4. Jimmy McCune, 5. Kenneth Nichols, 6. Scott Hansen, 7. Dan Drinan, 8. Jeff Hunt, 9. Ted Hines, 10. Jay Drake, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Jeff Sands, 13. Nate Law, 14. Dick St. John, 15. Phil Heavelow, 16. Carl Olsen, 17. Mike Bliss, 18. Doug Kalitta, 19. Steve Barth, 20. Brian Gerster, 21. Scooter Ellis, 22. Jeff Howerton. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Barth, Laps 3-15 Irwin, Laps 16-30 Stewart.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-682; 2-Tracy Hines-592; 3-Gerster-443; 4-Barth-410; 5-Olsen-363; 6-Kalitta-358; 7-Nichols-352; 8-Sands-343; 9-McCune-275; 10-Michner & Kevin Doty-265.

NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-787; 2-Billy Boat-758; 3-Jason Leffler-690; 4-Hansen-647; 5-Rick Hendrix-470; 6-Shane Scully-395; 7-Irwin-391; 8-Jim Keene-311; 9-Wally Pankratz-279; 10-Johnny Cofer-266.

NEXT NATIONAL/WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: August 10 - Odessa, MO - I-70 Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 14, 1996 -- Clermont, Indiana - Indianapolis Raceway Park -- "Mel Kenyon Classic"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-20.928; 2. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-20.975; 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-21.217; 4. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-21.265; 5. Nate Law, 34, Law-21.280; 6. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-21.288; 7. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-21.292; 8. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-21360; 9. Brian Gerster, 30, Leary-21.395; 10. Jimmy McCune, 48, Streicher-21.518; 11. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-21.520; 12. Tracy Hines, 4, Calderwood-21.530; 13. Johnny Parsons, 93, Beneto-21.557; 14. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-21.571; 15. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-21.628; 16. Jeff Hunt, 6, Potter-21.630; 17. Mel Kenyon, 61, 3-K-21.730; 18. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-21.836; 19. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-21.875; 20. Scott Hansen, 33x, Hansen-21.900; 21. Tim Shutt, 26, J & S-21.925; 22. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-21.944; 23. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-21.960; 24. Todd Domark, 5, Domark-22.081; 25. Tony Elliott, 95, Covington-22.250; 26. Pat Bliss, 67, Zarounian-22.438; 27. Roy Caruthers, 144, Young-22.527; 28. Brian Bormet, 76, Bormet-22.546; 29. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-22.933; 30. Scooter Ellis, 73, Ellis-23.051; 31. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-25.069; 32. #30x, Leary-NT.

JACK'S TOOL RENTAL "RACE OF CHAMPIONS": (10 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. McCune, 3. Gerster, 4. Irwin, 5. Kalitta, 6. Michner, 7. Nichols, 8. Sands, 9. Barth, 10. Hines. NT

POLAR ICE LAST CHANCE RACE #1: (12 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Gerster, 3. Parsons, 4. Olsen, 5. Kenyon, 6. Sands, 7. Shutt, 8. Newman, 9. Howerton, 10. Shultz, 11. Elliott, 12. Blue, 13. Caruthers. 4:19.56

POLAR ICE LAST CHANCE RACE #2: (12 laps) 1. Stewart, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. McCune, 4. St. John, 5. Hunt, 6. Domark, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Hansen, 9. Johncox, 10. Bonnet, 11. Ellis, 12. Bliss. 4:18.49

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Doug Kalitta, 3. Andy Michner, 4. Dan Drinan, 5. Jimmy McCune, 6. Tracy Hines, 7. Kenneth Nichols, 8. Johnny Parsons, 9. Nate Law, 10. Dick St. John, 11. Jeff Hunt, 12. Tim Shutt, 13. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 14. Carl Olsen, 15. Ryan Newman, 16. Todd Domark, 17. Mel Kenyon, 18. Jeff Sands, 19. Scott Hansen, 20. Ronnie Johncox, 21. Brian Gerster, 22. Ted Hines, 23. Jeff Howerton, 24. Steve Barth. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Law, Laps 2-19 Drinan, Laps 20-40 Stewart.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-703; 2-Tracy Hines-619; 3-Gerster-455; 4-Barth-423; 5-Kalitta-402; 6-Nichols-380; 7-Olsen-379; 8-Sands-355; 9-McCune-304; 10-Stewart-299.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 16 - Macon (IL) Speedway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 16, 1996 -- Macon, Illinois -- Macon Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Steve Knepper, 55, Knepper-11.140; 2. Scott Hatton, 7H, Hatton-11.142; 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-11.142; 4. Kevin Newton, X, Newton-11.167; 5. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-11.197; 6. Andy Michner, 26, J & S-11.313; 7. David Bridges, 11, MB-11.324; 8. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-11.370; 9. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-11.380; 10. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-11.385; 11. Brian Gerster, 15H, Huston-11.399; 12. Randy Koch, 2K, HMK-11.449; 13. Jeff Flesher, 25, Flesher-11.467; 14. Scott Hansen, 33x, Hansen-11.469; 15. Kenneth Nichols, 41, Griffith-11.493; 16. Dean Billings, 96, Gapinski-11.502; 17. Danny Frye, Jr., 7x, Hatton-11.527; 18. Patrick Bruns, 30, Lehmann-11.530; 19. John Crawford, 1c, Crawford-11.532; 20. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-11.551; 21. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-11.576; 22. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-11.599; 23. Tim Siner, 151, Siner-11.651; 24. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-11.674; 25. Bruce Donaldson, Jr., 4D, Donaldson-11.693; 26. Rich Camfield, 63, Camfield-11.775; 27. Nick Lundgreen, 44, Lundgreen-11.785; 28. Scott Weyant, 23, Finley-11.808; 29. Allen Gillis, 34, Riverside-11.811; 30. Jim Davies, 97, Davies-11.850; 31. Kenny Brown, 17x, Brown-11.892; 32. Kurt Mayhew, 21K, Mayhew-11.961; 33. David Camfield, 86, Camfield-11.968; 34. Joe Chetta, 24, Chetta-12.186; 35. Ralph Carmichael, 81, Motorsports Unlimited-12.233; 36. James Tickle, 78, Tickle-12.245; 37. R.D. Mueller, 94, Wilson-12.377; 38. Jim Squires, Hy5, Rowdberry-12.438; 39. Tim Muehlfarth, 45, Muehlfarth-12.457; 40. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-14.624; 41. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-NT; 42. Jeff Hilbert, 16, Nowicke-NT; 43. Tracy Peuler, 33E, Ellis-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Muehlfarth, 3. D. Camfield, 4. Chetta, 5. Carmichael, 6. Tickle, 7. Mueller, 8. Squires. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Donaldson, 2. Frye, 3. Gamester, 4. Pierce, 5. Gillis, 6. Sands, 7. Flesher, 8. Knepper. NT 

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Newman, 2. Hansen, 3. Davies, 4. Hatton, 5. R. Camfield, 6. Bruns, 7. Michner, 8. Olsen. NT 

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Gerster, 2. Irwin, 3. Lundgreen, 4. Bridges, 5. Nichols, 6. Crawford, 7. Siner, 8. Brown. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Elliott, 2. Koch, 3. Weyant, 4. Newton, 5. Lehmann, 6. Billings, 7. Mayhew, 8. Barth. 2:02.32

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Michner, 3. Nichols, 4. Billings, 5. Olsen, 6. Lehmann, 7. Crawford, 8. Siner, 9. R. Camfield, 10. Mayhew, 11. Gillis, 12. Muehlfarth, 13. Brown, 14. Sands, 15. Hewitt, 16. Bruns, 17. Flesher, 18. Barth. NT

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Randy Koch, 2. Brian Gerster, 3. Andy Michner, 4. Dean Billings, 5. Scott Hatton, 6. Steve Knepper, 7. Tony Elliott, 8. Russ Gamester, 9. Andy Pierce, 10. David Bridges, 11. Carl Olsen, 12. Nick Lundgreen, 13. Scott Weyant, 14. Jim Davies, 15. Bruce Donaldson, 16. Danny Frye, Jr., 17. Kenneth Nichols, 18. Ryan Newman, 19. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 20. Donnie Lehmann, 21. Kevin Newton, 22. Scott Hansen. NT

**Flesher flipped during the first heat. Bruns and Sands flipped during the semi. Newman, Irwin and Lehmann flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Irwin, Laps 21-40 Koch.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-722; 2-Tracy Hines-629; 3-Gerster-495; 4-Barth-433; 5-Kalitta-402; 6-Olsen-398; 7-Nichols-393; 8-Sands-365; 9-Michner-322; 10-McCune-304.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 17 – Springfield, Illinois – Illinois State Fairgrounds

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS; August 28, 1996 - Winchester, Indiana - Winchester Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-14.959; 2. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-15.216; 3. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-15.682; 4. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-15.742; 5. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-15.802; 6. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-15.815; 7. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-15.873; 8. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-15.884; 9. Tracy Hines, 30, Leary-16.012; 10. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-16.026; 11. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-16.058; 12. Jimmy McCune, 48, Streicher-16.080; 13. Nate Law, 34, Law-16.119; 14. Jeff Hunt, 6, Potter-16.164; 15. Jeff Howerton, 22, Howerton-16.299; 16. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-16.316; 17. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-16.458; 18. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.492; 19. Mark Boice, 42, MB-17.249; 20. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-17.964; 21. Brian Gerster, 3x, Leary-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drinan, 2. Irwin, 3. Olsen, 4. Shultz, 5. Ted Hines, 6. Boice, 7. Law. 2:05.49

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Hunt, 3. Sands, 4. Johncox, 5. Newman, 6. Blue. 2:03.61 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Barth, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. McCune, 4. Michner, 5. Bridges, 6. Howerton. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Michner, 2. Shultz, 3. Newman, 4. Johncox, S. Ted Hines, 6. Law, 7. Howerton, 8. Bridges, 9. Blue, 10. Nichols. 2:38.60

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Dan Drinan, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 5. Andy Michner, 6. Jimmy McCune, 7. Steve Barth, 8. Chris Shultz, 9. Nate Law, 10. Carl Olsen, 11. Jeff Hunt, 12. David Bridges, 13. Jeff Sands, 14. Ronnie Johncox, 15. Jeff Howerton, 16. Ted Hines, 17. Ryan Newman, 18. Kevin Blue, 19. Kenneth Nichols, 20. Mark Boice. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Newman, Lap 3 Michner, Laps 4-5 Drinan, Laps 6-13 Kalitta, Laps 14-22 Drinan, Laps 23-30 Kalitta.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-766; 2-Tracy Hines-675; 3-Gerster-515; 4-Barth-476; 5-Kalitta-452; 6-Olsen-430; 7-Nichols-415; 8-Sands-384; 9-Michner-343; 10-McCune-333.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: August 31- Beaver Dam (WI) Raceway

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: August 31, 1996 - Beaver Dam, Wisconsin - Beaver Dam Raceway - "Badgerland Triple Crown"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-15.504; 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-15.610; 3. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-15.647; 4. Donnie Beechler, 1ST, McKinnie-15.671; 5. Dan Boorse, 66x, Lamers-15.782; 6. Randy Koch, 2K, HMK-15.790; 7. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-15.792; 8. Steve Knepper, 211, Wilke-Pak-15.792; 9. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-15.798; 10. Jason Leffler, 97, Willoughby-15.813; 11. Scott Hatton, 7H, Hatton-15.841; 12. Kevin Olson, 661, Lamers-15.842; 13. Nate Law, 34, Law-15.897; 14. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-I5.923; 15. Todd Thelen, 21, Thelen-15.937; 16. Dean Erfurth, V4, McNulty-15.967; 17. Dean Billings, 96, Gapinski-16.059; 18. Jimmy Kite, 57, TJ-16.120; 19. Aaron Fiscus, 6A, Fiscus-16.135; 20. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-16.147; 21. Roger Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-16.157; 22. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.160; 23. Boyd Calvert, 23, Warnke-16.213; 24. Mike Fell, 3F, Fillner-16.307; 25. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-16.308; 26. Mark Boice, 42, MB-16.367; 27. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-16.387; 28. Bryon Walters, 5, Walters-16.416; 29. Johnny Crawford, 1x, Crawford-16.540; 30. Rick Labrosse, 93, Labrosse-16.565; 31. Bill Ripp, 18x, Komppa-16.985; 32. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-17.025; 33. Jim Keller, 77, Kater-17.984.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Billings, 2. Pierce, 3. Sands, 4. Law, 5. Boorse, 6. Gerster, 7. Crawford, 8. Keller, 9. Corrigan. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Koch, 2. Doty, 3. Leffler, 4. Bridges, 5. Kite, 6. Boice, 7. Irwin. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hatton, 2. Lehmann, 3. Thelen, 4. Barth, 5. Fiscus, 6. Calvert, 7. Ripp, 8. Hines. 2:46.27

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Olson, 2. Erfurth, 3. Knepper, 4. Beechler, 5. Olsen, 6. Fell, 7. Nichols, 8. Walters. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hines, 2. Irwin, 3. Fiscus, 4. Calvert, 5. Corrigan, 6. Olsen, 7. Fell, 8. Ripp, 9. Nichols, 10. Walters, 11. Crawford, 12. Gerster, 13. Boorse, 14. Keller. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Donnie Beechler, 2. Steve Knepper, 3. Kevin Doty, 4. Dean Billings, 5. Andy Pierce, 6. Randy Koch, 7. Donnie Lehmann, 8. Kevin Olson, 9. Nate Law, 10. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 11. Roger Corrigan, 12. Scott Hatton, 13. Steve Barth, 14. Jeff Sands, 15. David Bridges, 16. Carl Olsen, 17. Jason Leffler, 18. Dean Erfurth, 19. Tracy Hines, 20. Aaron Fiscus, 21. Boyd Calvert, 22. Todd Thelen. NT

**Bake and Kite flipped during the second heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Knepper, Laps 2-30 Beechler.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-792; 2-Hines-691; 3-Gerster-533; 4-Barth-494; 5-Doug Kalitta-452; 6-Olsen-444; 7-Nichols-425; 8-Sands-402; 9-Andy Michner-343; 10-Jimmy McCune-333.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 4 - Terre Haute (IN) Action Track - 44th Hoosier Lottery "Hut Hundred"

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 4, 1996 -- Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - 44th Hoosier Lottery "Hut Hundred"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Tony Stewart, 91, Lewis-22.745; 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-22.899; 3, Jason Leffler, 97, Willoughby-22.915; 4. Robby Flock, 1ST, McKinnie-22.929; 5. Dave Darland, 6, Potter-23.125; 6. Billy Boat, 93, Beneto-23.236; 7. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-23.243; 8. Roger Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-23.301; 9. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-23.344; 10. Dan Boorse, 88, Boorse-23.371; 11. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-23.381; 12. Cory Kruseman, 3, Potter-23.413; 13. Steve Knepper, 48, Streicher-23.430; 14. Randy Koch, 2K, HMK-23.521; 15. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-23.522; 16. Kevin Newton, 67, Newton-23.535; 17. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-23.540; 18. Kevin Thomas, 211, Wilke-Pak-23.584; 19. Nate Law, 34, Law-23.602; 20. Kevin Olson, 661, Lamers-23.606; 21. Andy Michner, 26, J & S-23.639; 22. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-23.666; 23. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-23.673; 24. Jim Davies, 97, Davies-23.718; 25. Bruce Donaldson, Jr., 4DQ, Donaldson-23.748; 26. Dean Billings, 96, Gapinski-23.751; 27. Marty Davis, 76, Davis-23.753; 28. Dan Drinan, 40, Calderwood-23.778; 29. David Bridges, 11, MB-23.789; 30. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-23.816; 31. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-23.820; 32. Jeff Flesher, 25, Flesher-23.839; 33. Jimmy Kite, 57, Black-23.864; 34. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-23.883; 35. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-23.923; 36. Nick Lundgreen, 44, Lundgreen-23.996; 37. Tony Elliott, 32, Martz-24.054; 38. Todd Thelen, 21, Thelen-24.073; 39. Jimmy McCune, 95, Covington-24.248; 40. Aaron Fiscus, 6A, Hovey-24.299; 41. Tim Dietz, 86, Dietz-24307; 42. Donnie Branson, 72, Branson-24.377; 43. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-24.544; 44. Travis Welpott, 41, Griffith-24.603; 45. Tim Siner, 151. Siner-24.680; 46. John Warren, 1w, Warren-24.810; 47. Ralph Carmichael, 81, Carmichael-24.876; 48. Tim Muehlfarth, 45, Muehlfarth-24.888; 49. Scott Weyant, 23, Finley-25.093; 50. Rich Akins, 7A, Akins-25.640; 51. James Tickle, 78, Tickle-26.027; 52. John Heydenreich, 33AZ, Heydenreich-NT; 53. Josh Webb, 67w, Webb-NT; 54. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-NT.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (10 laps) 1. Koch, 2. Kruseman, 3. Olson, 4. Lehmann, 5. Thomas, 6. Boone, 7. Drinan, 8. Pierce, 9. Gerster, 10. Billings, 11. Thelen, 12. Davies, 13. Branson, 14. Welpott, 15. Fiscus, 16. Fiesher, 17. Lundgreen, 18. Muehlfarth, 19. Akins, 20. Warren, 21. Newton. 3:56.76

QUALIFYING RACE #2: (10 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Hines, 3. Olsen, 4. Law, S. Newman, 6. Kite, 7. McCluskey, 8. Donaldson, 9. Davis, 10. Bridges, 11. Barth, 12. Carmichael, 13. Dietz, 14. Tickle, 15. Michner, 16. McCune, 17. Elliott, 18. Nichols, 19. Siner, 20. Hewitt, 21. Weyant. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Kevin Olson, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Donnie Lehmann, 5. Andy Pierce, 6. Billy Boat, 7. Steve Knepper, 8. Kevin Thomas, 9. Ryan Newman, 10. Robby Flock, 11. Bruce Donaldson, Jr., 12. Marty Davis, 13. Jim Davies, 14. Russ Gamester, 15. Todd Thelen, 16. Brian Gerster, 17. David Bridges, 18. Dean Billings, 19. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 20. Randy Koch, 21. Carl Olsen, 22. Ralph Carmichael, 23. Jimmy Kite, 24. Dan Boorse, 25. Nate Law, 26. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 27. Tony Stewart, 28. Roger Corrigan, 29. Steve Barth, 30. Dave Darland, 31. Dan Drinan, 32. Cory Kruseman, 33. Kevin Doty. NT

**Sands flipped during qualifying. Barth flipped on lap 31 of the feature. Corrigan flipped on lap 49 of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Lap 1 Stewart, Laps 2-13 Flock, Laps 14-15 Leffler, Lap 16 Stewart, Laps 17-22 Leffler, Laps 23-55 Stewart, Laps 56-88 Leffler, Laps 89-95 Koch, Laps 96-100 Olson.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-810; 2-Hines-724; 3-Gerster-547; 4-Barth-506; 5-Olsen-456; 6-Doug Kalitta-452; 7-Nichols-435; 8-Sands-412; 9-Michner-353; 10-McCune-343.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 14, 1996 - Springfield, Illinois - Illinois State Fairgrounds - "Rex Easton Memorial"

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 14, 1996 - Springfield, Illinois - Illinois State Fairgrounds - "Rex Easton Memorial"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-31.816; 2. Jason Leffler, 97, Willoughby-32.319; 3. Donnie Beechler, 93, Beneto-32.572; 4. Dan Drinan, 40, Calderwood-32,627; 5. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-32.686; 6. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-32.688; 7. Andy Michner, 26, J & S-32.855; 8. Robby Rock, 1ST, McKinnie-33.072; 9. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-33.100; 10. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-33.137; 11. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-33.155; 12. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-33.298; 13. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-33.326; 14. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-33.408; 15. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-33.499; 16. Scott Hatton, 7H, Hatton-33.527; 17. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-33.614; 18. Randy Koch, 2K, HMK-33.781; 19. Ronnie Johncox, 8, Johncox-33.800; 20. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-33 926; 21. Nick Lundgreen, 144, Lundgreen-34.006; 22. Roger Corrigan, 65, Corrigan-34.134; 23. Scott Weyant, 23, Finley-35.490; 24. George Aimone, 76, Rediehs-35.754; 25. Bill Baue, 44, Baue-NT.

FEATURE: (25 Miles) 1. Brian Gerster, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Andy Michner, 4. Tracy Hines, 5. Randy Koch, 6. Dave Strickland, Jr., 7. Carl Olsen, 8. Ryan Newman, 9. Donnie Lehmann, 10. Kenneth Nichols, 11. Steve Barth, 12. Ronnie Johncox, 13. Nick Lundgreen, 14. Ted Hines, 15. Donnie Beechler, 16. Roger Corrigan, 17. Dan Drinan, 18. George Aimone, 19. Scott Weyant, 20. Jason Leffler, 21. Russ Gamester, 22. Robby Flock, 23. Scott Hatton, 24. Jeff Sands. NT

**Flock flipped during the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Gerster, Lap 4 Tracy Hines, Laps 5-25 Gerster.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-844; 2-Tracy Hines-747; 3-Gerster-578; 4-Barth-515; 5-Olsen-471; 6-Doug Kalitta-452; 7-Nichols-445; 8-Sands-424; 9-Michner-376; 10-Jimmy McCune-343.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: September 20-21 - Rossburg, OH - Eldora Speedway - "4-Crown Nationals"

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: September 20-28, 1996 -- Rossburg, Ohio - Eldora Speedway - 16th "4-Crown Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Sept. 20) 1. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-17.294; 2. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-17.354; 3. Tony Elliott, 17x, CED-17.372; 4. Dan Drinan, 40, Calderwood-17.403; 5. Andy Pierce, 83, TAG Team-17.436; 6. Jason Leffler, 97, Willoughby-17.478; 7. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-17.498; 8. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-17.513; 9. Steve Knepper, 48, Streicher-17.514; 10. Cory Kruseman, 3, Potter-17.552; 11. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-17.572; 12. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-17.593; 13. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-17.607; 14. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-17.648; 15. Nate Law, 34, Law-17.670; 16. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-17.703; 17. Dean Erfurth, 78, Peachey-17.766; 18. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-17.779; 19. David Bridges, 11, MB-17.835: 20. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-17.851; 21. Walt Stearly, 42w, Stearly-17.941; 22. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-17.994; 23. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-18.012; 24. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-18.098; 25. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-18.149; 26. Mark Freeland, 4, McKeehan-18.232; 27. Duane Mausteller, 25, Mausteller-18.609; 28. Tom Fedorczyk, 61F, Fedorczyk-18.610; 29. George Aimone, 76, Rediehs-18.627; 30. John Heydenreich, 21x, Mausteller-18.713; 31. Jerry Nemire, 16x, Nemire-18-980; 32. Dean Billings, 96, Gapinski-NT; 33. #41, Griffith-NT; 34. #91, Lewis-NT. (John Heydenreich, 33, Mausteller-18.341-withdrawn).

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Knepper, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Hewitt, 4. Lehmann, 5. Steady, 6. Erfurth, 7. Aimone, 8. Pierce. NT 

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Sands, 2. Kruseman, 3. Leffler, 4. Gamester, 5. Doty, 6. Kalitta, 7. Heydenreich, 8. Freeland. NT 

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Law, 3. Elliott, 4. Newman, 5. Mausteller, 6. Barth, 7. Nemire, 8. Bridges. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ted Hines, 2. Olsen, 3. Drinan, 4. McCluskey, 5. Nichols, 6. Fedorczyk. 2:27.17

SEMI: (12 laps-Held Sept. 28) 1. Doty, 2. Nichols, 3. Erfurth, 4. Barth, 5. Kalitta, 6. Stearly, 7. Bridges, 8. Freeland, 9. Pierce, 10. Nemire, 11. Heydenreich, 12. Billings. NT

FEATURE: (25 laps-Held Sept. 28) 1. Tracy Hines, 2. Cory Kruseman, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 5. Carl Olsen, 6. Doug Kalitta, 7. Kenneth Nichols, 8. Walt Stearly, 9. Donnie Lehmann, 10. Dan Drinan, 11. Russ Gamester, 12. Jack Hewitt, 13. Jeff Sands, 14. Kevin Doty, 15. Nate Law, 16. Tony Elliott, 17. Jason Leffler, 18. Steve Barth, 19. Dean Erfurth, 20. Ryan Newman, 21. Roger McCluskey, 22. Steve Knepper. NT

*Fedorczyk flipped at the start of the fourth heat.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-9 Irwin, Laps 10-25 Tracy Hines.

NEW MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-879; 2-Tracy Hines-798; 3-Gerster-588; 4-Barth-517; 5-Olsen-503; 6-Kalitta-479; 7-Nichols-470; 8-Sands-445; 9-Andy Michner-376; 10-Jimmy McCune-343.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 4-5 - Terre Haute, IN - Terre Haute "Nationals"

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 4-5, 1996 -- Terre Haute, Indiana - Terre Haute Action Track - "Terre Haute Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: (Held Oct. 4) 1. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-22.442; 2. Kevin Doty, 50, Doty-22.539; 3. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-22.559; 4. Tony Elliott, 17x, CED-22.565; 5. Jason Leffler, 97, Willoughby-22.594; 6. Donnie Beechler, 1ST, McKinnie-22.647; 7. Dave Darland, 3, Potter-22.880; 8. Andy Michner, 26, J & S-22.885; 9. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-22.944; 10. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-23.034; 11. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 111, McCluskey-23.035; 12. Randy Koch, 2K, HMK-23.073; 13. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-23.080; 14. Nate Law, 34, Law-23.090; 15. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-23.206; 16. Bruce Donaldson, Jr., 4DQ, Donaldson-23.228; 17. David Bridges, 11, MB-23.283; 18. Donnie Lehmann, 31, Lehmann-23.394; 19. John Heydenreich, 33AZ, Heydenreich-23.643; 20. Russ Gamester, 46, Gamester-23.714; 21. Donnie Branson, 72, Branson-23.752; 22. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-23.765; 23. Duane Mausteller, 25, Mausteller-23.805; 24. Rich Camfield, 63, Camfield-23.841; 25. Dean Erfurth, 78, Peachey-23.855; 26. Jack Hewitt, 121, Murphy-23.876; 27. Bill Baue, 44, Baue-23.970; 28. Mike Ford, 11x, Ford-24.272; 29. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-24.397; 30. Jerry Nemire, 16x, Nemire-24.408; 31. Jason Lynch, 15L, Lynch-24.564; 32. Kevin Blue, 51, Blue-24.794; 33. Tracy Hines, 6, Potter-25.872; 34. Scott Hatton, 7H, Hatton-NT; 35. Kevin Newton, 67, Newton-NT; 36. Dan Drinan, 40, Calderwood-NT; 37. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-NT; 38. #91, Lewis-NT. (Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-22.626 - withdrawn).

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Irwin, 2. Barth, 3. Leffler, 4. Sands, 5. Hewitt, 6. Tracy Hines (#6), 7. Branson, 8. Erfurth, 9. Bridges. 3:04.52

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Beechler, 3. Doty, 4. Nichols, 5. Law, 6. Lehmann, 7. Nemire, 8. Olsen, 9. Drinan. 3:09.75

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Darland, 2. Gerster, 3. Heydenreich, 4. McCluskey, 5. Baue, 6. Lynch, 7. Ted Hines, 8. Mausteller. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Koch, 2. Elliott, 3. Michner, 4. Donaldson, 5. Camfield, 6. Ford, 7. Blue, 8. Gamester. NT

MIDGET CHALLENGE RACE: (25 laps) 1. Koch, 2. Darland, 3. Beechler, 4. Hewitt, 5. Lehmann, 6. Heydenreich 7. Doty, 8. Michner, 9. Erfurth, 10. Kalitta, 11. Ted Hines, 12. Law, 13. Mausteller, 14. Bridges, 15. Elliott, 16. Branson, 17. Drinan, 18. McCluskey, 19. Leffler, 20. Camfield, 21. Sands, 22. Nichols, 23. Gerster, 24. Irwin. NT

SEMI: (10 laps-Held Oct. 5) 1. Ted Hines, 2. Law, 3. Kalitta, 4. Olsen, 5. Newman, 6. Drinan, 7. Bridges, 8. Lehmann, 9. Mausteller, 10. Baue, 11. Erfurth, 12. Nemire, 13. Tracy Hines (#6), 14. Blue, 15. Lynch. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps-Held Oct. 5) 1. Tony Elliott, 2. Donnie Beechler, 3. Doug Kalitta, 4. Dan Drinan, 5. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 6. Donnie Lehmann, 7. Kevin Doty, 8. Randy Koch, 9. John Heydenreich, 10. Nate Law, 11. Dave Darland, 12. Brian Gerster, 13. Ted Hines, 14. Carl Olsen, 15. Steve Barth, 16. Roger McCluskey, Jr., 17. Kenneth Nichols, 18. Jason Leffler, 19. Brucec Donaldson, Jr., 20. Jack Hewitt, 21. David Bridges, 22. Jeff Sands, 23. Ryan Newman, 24. Andy Michner. NT

**Tracy Hines flipped over the guardrail in turn four during qualifying.

CHALLENGE RACE LEADERS: Lap 1 Branson, Laps 2-10 Lehmann, Laps 11-25 Koch.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Beechler, Laps 3-30 Elliott.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-920; 2-Tracy Hines-809; 3-Gerster-613; 4-Barth-535; 5-Olsen-519; 6-Kalitta-512; 7-Nichols-484; 8-Sands-458; 9-Michner-380; 10-Jimmy McCune-343.

NEXT NATIONAL MIDGET RACE: October 27 - Winchester (IN) Speedway - 23rd PayLess Supermarkets "Sammy Sessions Memorial"

 

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USAC NATIONAL SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: October 27, 1996 -- Winchester, Indiana -- Winchester Speedway -- 23rd PayLess Supermarkets "Sammy Sessions Memorial"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Dan Drinan, 33, Drinan-14.786; 2. Doug Kalitta, 21, Kalitta-15.028; 3. Ronnie Johncox, 24, Jacobs-15.309; 4. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-15.405; 5. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-15.501; 6. Chris Shultz, 70, No Limit-15.557; 7. Carl Olsen, 17, CED-15.613; 8. Andy Michner, 2, Curry-15.772; 9. Jimmy McCune, 48, Streicher-15.791; 10. Nate Law, 34, Law-15.811; 11. Kenneth Nichols, 16, Nowicke-15.831; 12. Tracy Hines, 211, Wilke-Pak-15.837; 13. Jeff Hunt, 3, Potter-15.887; 14. Brian Gerster, 29, Gerster-15.904; 15. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-15.990; 16. David Bridges, 11, MB-16.063; 17. Larry Gibson, 5, Myers-16.091; 18. Ryan Newman, 18, P & E-16.183; 19. Chuck Leary, 30, Leary-16.231; 20. Dave Baumgartner, 51, Mullins-17.564; 21. Jeff Sands, 10, Sands-NT; 22. Dick St. John, 41, Griffith-NT; 23. Jimmy Kite, 68, Deppe-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Drinan, 2. Law, 3. Hunt, 4. Barth, 5. Bridges. 6. Olsen. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Kalitta, 2. Michner, 3. Nichols, 4. Gerster, 5. Irwin, 6. Baumgartner, 7. Gibson. NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ted Hines, 2. McCune, 3. Johncox, 4. Newman, 5. Shultz, 6. Tracy Hines. NT

FEATURE: (33 laps) 1. Doug Kalitta, 2. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 3. Steve Barth, 4. Ronnie Johncox, 5. Jeff Hunt, 6. Jimmy McCune, 7. Ted Hines. 8. Carl Olsen. 9. Dick St. John, 10. David Bridges, 11. Nate Law, 12. Brian Gerster, 13. Kenneth Nichols, 14. Dan Drinan, 15. Dave Baumgartner. 16. Tracy Hines, 17. Andy Michner, 18. Ryan Newman, 19. Chris Shultz, 20. Chuck Leary. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-2 Irwin, Laps 3-33 Kalitta.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-958; 2-Tracy Hines-822; 3-Gerster-632; 4-Barth-572; 5-Kalitta-562; 6-Olsen-542; 7-Nichols-503; 8-Sands-468; 9-Michner-386; 10-McCune-373.

 

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USAC NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" SKOAL MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 28, 1996 - Perris, California -- Perris Auto Speedway -56th "Turkey Night Grand Prix"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Billy Boat, 15, Lawson-17.037; 2. Jason Leffler, 71, Leffler-17.117; 3. Jay Drake, 96, Beneto-17.120; 4. Johnny Cofer, 57, Esslinger-17.177; 5. Donnie Beechler, 91, Lewis-17.225; 6. Richard Griffin, 15x, Lawson-17.237; 7. J.J. Yeley, 17, CED-17.315; 8. Ricky Shelton, 75, Shelton-17.315; 9. Jimmy Sills, 4, Calderwood-17.362; 10. Larry Brown, 36, Brown-17.386; 11. Brian Tuey, 93, Tuey-17.420; 12. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 9, Lewis-17.447; 13. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-17.466; 14. Tracy Hines, 7, Wheeler-17.483; 15. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-17.485; 16. Wally Pankratz, 31, Croteau-17.518; 17. Cory Kruseman, 71x, Ellis-17.520; 18. Ron Marshall, 8x, Marshall-17.532; 19. Robby Rock, 124, Hart-17.533; 20. Jim Keene, 36x, Brown-17.540; 21. Tony Elliott, 61, Cameron-17.562; 22. George Ito, 73, Ito-17.565; 23. Ron Shuman, 72, Schuck-17.587; 24. Eric Edenholm, 7x, Edenholm-17.588; 25. Robert Dolacki, 63, Pinkston-17.592; 26. Gary Howard, 24, Hart-17.606; 27. Brian Gerster, 41x, Ellis-17.654; 28. J.D. Vance, 33x, Stewart-17.726; 29. Rip Williams, 9x, Lewis-17.745; 30. James Clapp, 29, Rueter-17.748; 31. Ronnie Day, 2, Caves-17.751; 32. Dwayne Marcum, 77, Marcus-17.803; 33. Jordan Hermansader, 91x, Hermansader-17.812; 34. Shawn Calderwood, 40, Calderwood-17.885; 35. Nick Mitchell, 37x, Mitchell-17.898; 36. Clay Klepper, 69, Klepper-17.936; 37. Steve Barth, 14, Barth-17.972; 38. Jimmy May, 47, Lambert-18.042; 39. John Starks, 55, Starks-18.122; 40. Troy Cline, 35, Cline-18.137; 41. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-18.173; 42. Tom Boune, 39, Bulfinch-18.186; 43. Donny Oliver, 41, Oliver-18.244; 44. Terry Holliman, 37, McLaughlin-18.254; 45. Greg Edenholm, 25, Edenholm-18.527; 46. Jet Davison, 59, Davison-18.671; 47. Cliff Servetti, 83, Servetti-18.700; 48. Richard McCormick, 21, McCormick-19.110; 49. Adam Young, 46, Young-19.153; 50. Jeremy Sherman, 3, Ellis-19.409; 51. Doug Ingraham, 8, Pankratz-19.502; 52. Chris George, 90, George-19.719; 53. Todd Carroll, 01, C & H-19.785; 54. Billy Cruce, 29, Cruce-20.300; 55. Ken Simonson, 95, Simonson-21.417; 56. Mike O'Hare, 61, O'Hare-NT; 57. Ted Hines, 28, Heil-NT; 58. #115, Lawson-NT.

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps) 1. Boune, 2. Paden, 3. Holliman, 4. Davison, 5. Servetti, 6. Young, 7. Oliver, 8. G. Edenholm, 9. George, 10. Cruce, 11. Carroll. NT

LAST CHANCE RACE #1: (15 laps) 1. Hansen, 2. Scully, 3. Kruseman, 4. Shuman, 5. Day, 6. Flock, 7. Hermansader, 8. Starks, 9. Mitchell, 10. Boune, 11. Gerster, 12. Elliott, 13. Barth, 14. Dolacki, 15. Tuey, 16. Williams. NT

LAST CHANCE RACE #2: (15 laps) 1. Ito, 2. Irwin, 3. Pankratz, 4. Keene, 5. Marcum, 6. Howard, 7. Klepper, 8. E. Edenholm, 9. Tracy Hines, 10. Marshall, 11. Clapp, 12. Vance, 13. Calderwood, 14. May, 15. Cline, 16. Paden. NT

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Billy Boat, 2. Ronnie Day, 3. Kenny Irwin, Jr., 4. Jordan Hermansader, 5. Jim Keene, 6. Shane Scully, 7. Jason Leffler, 8. Jay Drake, 9. George Ito, 10. Larry Brown, 11. Jimmy Sills, 12. John Starks, 13. Richard Griffin, 14. Johnny Cofer, 15. Donnie Beechler, 16. Wally Pankratz, 17. Scott Hansen, 18. Dwayne Marcum, 19. Cory Kruseman, 20. J.J. Yeley, 21. Gary Howard, 22. Clay Klepper, 23. Ricky Shelton. (Car #124, Robby Rock, disqualified for failing to pass post-race technical inspection after finishing 2nd.) NT

**Calderwood flipped during the second "last chance" race. Marshall flipped during the second "last chance" race. Griffin flipped on lap 66 of the feature and was taken to Riverside General Hospital for x-rays. Starks flipped on the 76th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-100 Boat.

FINAL NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Irwin-991; 2-Tracy Hines-832; 3-Gerster-642; 4-Barth-582; 5-Doug Kalitta-562; 6-Carl Olsen-542; 7-Kenneth Nichols-503; 8-Jeff Sands-468; 9-Andy Michner-386; 10-Jimmy McCune-373.

FINAL "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Drake-1,208; 2-Boat-1,185; 3-Leffler-933; 4-Hansen-929; 5-Scully-694; 6-Cofer-527; 7-Irwin-492; 8-Rick Hendrix-470; 9-Pankratz-442; 10-Brown-431.

 

1996 USAC National Midget Driver Points

POS.      PTS.       DRIVER

1            991         Kenny Irwin, Jr., Indianapolis, Ind.

2            832         Tracy Hines, New Castle, Ind.

3            642         Brian Gerster, Indianapolis, Ind.

4            582         Steve Barth, Alexandria, Ind.

5            562         Doug Kalitta, Ann Arbor, Mich.

6            542         Carl Olsen, Auckland, N.Z.

7            503         Kenneth Nichols, Odon, Ind.

8            468         Jeff Sands, Brook, Ind.

9            386         Andy Michner, Grass Lake, Mich.

10          373         Jimmy McCune, Toledo, Ohio

11          351         David Bridges, Indianapolis, Ind.

12          338         Kevin Doty, Milan, Ill.

13          319         Tony Stewart, Rushville, Ind.

14          312         Ryan Newman, South Bend, Ind.

15          291         Ted Hines, Indianapolis, Ind.

16          261         Russ Gamester, Peru, Ind.

17          253         Steve Knepper, Belleville, Ill.

18          229         Nate Law, Hendersonville, Tenn.

19          222         Ronnie Johncox, Jackson, Mich.

20          220         Donnie Lehmann, Springfield, Ill.

21          219         Robby Flock, Temecula, Calif.

22          215         Tony Elliott, Kokomo, Ind.

23          210         Mark Boice, Noblesville, Ind.

24          177         Dick St. John, Milwaukee, Wis.

25          171         Danny Drinan, Scottsdale, Ariz.

26          140         Andy Pierce, Bartlesville, Okla.

27          132         Michael Lang, Indianapolis, Ind.

28          118         Chris Shultz, Indianapolis, Ind.

29          106         Jeff Howerton, Indianapolis, Ind.

30          95           Todd Domark, Plainfield, Ill.

31          89           Johnny Parsons, Indianapolis, Ind.

32          79           John Heydenreich, Bloomsburg, Pa.

33          78           Jack Hewitt, Troy, Ohio

34          75           Jeff Hunt, Indianapolis, Ind.

35          59           Patrick Bruns, Lincoln, Ill.

36          58           Chuck Leary, Greenfield, Ind.

37          58           Shane Scully, Encino, Calif.

38          47           Tim Siner, Dupo, Ill.

39          45           Kevin Blue, Wanamaker, Ind.

40          39           A.J. Davis, Spartanburg, S.C.

41          34           Randy Tolsma, Meridian, Idaho

42          32           Tim Shutt, Speedway, Ind.

43          30           Dan Boorse, Milwaukee, Wis.

44          26           Kevin Newton, Terre Haute, Ind.

45          25           Roger Corrigan, Loves Park, Ill.

46          24           Todd Ribick, Omaha, Neb.

47          23           Mel Kenyon, Lebanon, Ind.

48          21           Mike Fedorcak, Ft. Wayne, Ind.

49          20           Mike Mason, Wilmington, Ohio

50          20           Jeff Hilbert, Louisville, Ky.

51          20           Roger McCluskey, Jr., Tucson, Ariz.

52          19           Davey Hamilton, Boise, Idaho

53          13           Roy Caruthers, Indianapolis, Ind.

54          12           Scooter Ellis, Seattle, Wash.

55          9             Bill Jorgensen, Springfield, Ill.

56          5             Lou Cicconi, Jr., Aston, Pa.

57          2             Jimmy Kite, Stockbridge, Ga.

 

1996 USAC National Midget Entrant Points

POS.      PTS.       ENTRANT, TEAM LOCATION

1            991         Steve Lewis, Laguna Beach, Calif. (#9)

2            650         Kalitta Flying Service, Ypsilanti, Mich. (#21)

3            582         Bobby Barth, Alexandria, Ind. (#14)

4            554         CED Motorsports, West Monroe, La. (#17)

5            548         Corky Wheeler, Beaumont, Texas (#7)

6            480         Mike Nowicke, Louisville, Ky. (#16)

7            468         Jeff Sands, Brook, Ind. (#10)

8            382         Steve Lewis, Laguna Beach, Calif. (#91)

9            341         MB Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#11)

10          312         P & E Trucking, Columbus, Ohio (#18)

11          291         Steve Beneto, West Sacramento, Calif. (#93)

12          291         Bill Heil, Cincinnati, Ohio (#28)

13          258         Jerry Covington, Muncie, Ind. (#95)

14          254         Streicher Racing, Findlay, Ohio (#48)

15          253         Eddie Griffith, Brownsburg, Ind. (#41)

16          250         Charles Leary, Greenfield, Ind. (#30)

17          249         Ralph Potter, Indianapolis, Ind. (#6)

18          246         Bill Gerster, Indianapolis, Ind. (#29)

19          227         J. Michael Law, Hendersonville, Tenn. (#34)

20          224         Gamester Racing, Peru, Ind. (#46)

21          210         MB Racing, Indianapolis, Ind. (#42)

22          189         Wilke-Pak Motorsports, Milwaukee, Wis. (#211)

23          185         Ronald Johncox, Clarklake, Mich. (#8)

24          185         Lehmann Racing, Springfield, Ill. (#31)

25          184         Walter Knepper, Belleville, Ill. (#55)

26          183         Martz Racing, Rushville, Ind. (#32)

27          179         Curry Motorsports, Indianapolis, Ind. (#2)

28          161         Rich & Carol Hart, Glendale, Calif. (#124)

29          151         Steve Beneto, West Sacramento, Calif. (#99)

30          140         Tag Team Racing, Avon, Ind. (#83)

31          137         David Calderwood, Bakersfield, Calif. (#4)

32          128         Ralph Potter, Indianapolis, Ind. (#3)

33          127         Drinan Racing Products, Indianapolis, Ind. (#33)

34          124         Matthew Hagans, Indianapolis, Ind. (#94)

35          124         Pete Willoughby, Columbus, Ind. (#97)

36          118         No Limit Racing, Speedway, Ind. (#70)

37          106         Jeff Howerton, Indianapolis, Ind. (#22)

38          103         Cliff Jacobs, Cincinnati, Ohio (#24)

39          95           Domark Racing, Plainfield, Ill. (#5)

40          81           Lamers Motor Racing, Appleton, Wis. (#66)

41          78           Don Murphy, Chesterfield, Ind. (#121)

42          65           Joe Finley, Kingsport, Ill. (#23)

43          61           J & S Distributing, Jackson, Mich. (#26)

44          60           Rusty Kunz, Springfield, Ill. (#71)

45          58           Rodney Scully, Encino, Calif. (#56)

46          47           James Siner, Dupo, Ill. (#151)

47          46           Ron Hughes, Conroe, Texas (#45)

48          45           Kevin Blue, Wanamaker, Ind. (#51)

49          35           Katy Brown McKinnie, Peoria, Ill. (#69)

50          32           Tim Shutt, Speedway, Ind. (#26)

51          30           Wild Goose Racing, Allentown, Pa. (#92)

52          30           John McLaughlin, , Indianapolis, Ind. (#37wy)

53          26           Steve Newton, Terre Haute, Ind. (#67)

54          25           Lyle Corrigan, Rockford, Ill. (#65)

55          23           3-K Racing, Lebanon, Ind. (#61)

56          20           Mike Mason, Wilmington, Ohio (#75)

57          12           John Kieper, Portland, Ore. (#98x)

58          12           Scooter Ellis, Seattle, Wash. (#73)

59          5             Lou Cicconi, Jr., Aston, Pa. (#175)

60          3             Edgar Young, Doylestown, Pa. (#144)