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ARCA Midget Toledo Results 1999-07-16

In Toledo ARCA Midgets, it's all AJ By Don Radebaugh Toledo, Ohio, - Indianapolis, Indiana's AJ Davis, with the aid of a caution flag, chased down Sarah McCune with less than ten laps to go Friday night at Toledo Speedway, made his winning pass ...

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In Toledo ARCA Midgets, it's all AJ By Don Radebaugh

Toledo, Ohio, - Indianapolis, Indiana's AJ Davis, with the aid of a caution flag, chased down Sarah McCune with less than ten laps to go Friday night at Toledo Speedway, made his winning pass off the fourth turn and rolled his Owens Racing Stealth VW powered midget to victory lane for his first ARCA Auto Value Midget Series win of the season.

"Sarah was awful strong tonight," said Davis in victory lane. "I'm not sure we would have caught her if not for that caution. But after it went green again, my car really hooked up a lot better than before the yellow. I could tell Sarah's car was getting too tight off the corners and we finally found some room underneath there off number four. I really want to congratulate her though. She drove a heck of a race, and a very clean race because we were really racing close out there, but we never touched." McCune, who led 27 laps of the 30 lap main event, finished a strong second ahead of AJ Fike, Matt Westfall and Dave Baumgartner to complete the top five.

At the onset, the Perrysburg, Ohio driver, in her father's A-1 Auto Parts-CTC Phone Center of Indy Beast, snagged the lead from her second starting position and immediately roared out to ten length advantage over polesitter Westfall, leading ARCA Rookie contender Jason Fuller, Baumgartner and Mark Boice. Halfway in, the third generation driver and recent Indiana University graduate had opened up a full straightaway advantage over the field while Davis was busy trying to crack the top five. Then the caution flag appeared for a stalled James Anderson bunching up the field for the restart and erasing McCune's healthy lead. When racing resumed, Davis hooked up to the high side, and in less than two laps raced his way into second only to find himself ten lengths away from the leader. With time running out, the eventual winner, with his new-found handle, eliminated McCune's newly-built advantage and began poking his front bumper underneath McCune's machine. The two front-runners raced inches apart until enough room became available to the low side off the fourth turn where Davis eventually took control.

Aaron Fike finished sixth in front of defending ARCA Auto Value Midget Series champion and current point leader Gene Lee Gibson with Boice, John Nervo and JD Turner trailing in eighth, ninth and tenth.

Sarah Fisher, fresh off four consecutive midget victories, set quick time of the night at 16.170 seconds and won the B-main, but fell out on lap 14 of the main event with engine troubles. Gibson, Davis and Don Carter were heat race winners.

1999 ARCA AUTO VALUE MIDGET SERIES EVENT #8 Toledo Speedway, Toledo OH Official Results, 7-16-99

FIN STR CAR POS POS NO DRIVER/RESIDENCE TEAM & CAR LAPS STATUS

1 7 28 AJ Davis/Indianapolis IN Brayton Engineering-Panther Racing Stealth 30 Running

2 2 58 Sarah McCune/Perrysburg OH A-1 Auto Parts-CTC Phone Center of Indy Autocraft 30 Running

3 9 69 AJ Fike/Galesburg IL 30 Running

4 1 54 Matt Westfall/Ludlow Falls OH 30 Running

5 4 38 Dave Baumgartner/Ottawa Lake MI Autocraft Engines-Linne Enterprises Ford 30 Running

6 12 69 Aaron Fike/Galesburg IL 30 Running

7 14 0 Gene Lee Gibson/Richwood OH Gibson Racing Autocraft 30 Running

8 5 4 Mark Boice/Noblesville IN Warner Bodies Beast 30 Running

9 10 21 John Nervo 30 Running

10 13 53 JD Turner/Cincinnati OH Flamingo Knob-Gaerte Hawk 30 Running

11 17 26 Don Carter/Elwood IL 30 Running

12 3 9 Jason Fuller/Plymouth IN Suspension Spring-Pro Shocks-Hogue Engs Hawk 30 Running

13 11 16 Jerry Nemire/Erie MI Nemire-Yager Racing Brayton Beast 30 Running

14 18 97 Phil Rutledge/Troy MI The Vette Shop-Duggan's Irish Pub Pontiac 30 Running

15 16 3 Mike Astrauskas/Sand Lake MI Doherty Sales Autocraft Beast 29 Running

16 6 7 Brian Gerster/Indianapolis IN 21 Engine

17 20 3 Kevin Besecker Gary Mullings Motorsports 19 Engine

18 15 36 James Anderson/Joliet IL Rho-Chem/Automotive Excellence Pontiac 15 Rear End

19 8 67 Sarah Fisher/Ashville OH Mead Carbonless Paper-Esslinger Hawk 14 Engine

20 19 59 Jim Sawyer/Hamilton OH Fast Lane Pizza & Video Ellis VW 10 Overheating

FAST QUALIFIER: Sarah Fisher 16.170 seconds HEAT WINNERS: Gene Lee Gibson, Aj Davis, Don Carter B-MAIN WINNER: Sarah Fisher LAP LEADERS: McCune 1-27 (27); Davis 28-30 (3)

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