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MCI WORLDCOM MIDGET CARS, TQs SHARE IRWINDALE SPOTLIGHT

Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway plays host to Saturday night's MCI WorldCom USAC Midget Car/TQ Midget Car "doubleheader" and series point leaders Marc DeBeaumont and Randi Pankratz are anxious to extend their respective leads. DeBeaumont, of Clayton, Calif., has won twice this season, at Irwindale on April 17 and at Stockton, Calif. on May 15. Pankratz, bidding to become USAC's first female driving champion, has yet to taste victory despite "top-five" finishes in all six of her 1999 starts! Irwindale has produced three different feature winners in three 1999 races, so Saturday might be Randi's night. A 20-lap TQ Midget Car and 30-lap Western Midget Car feature cap the complete program of MCI WorldCom racing on Irwindale's two ovals. The TQs will race on the 1/3-mile and the Midget Cars will take to the 1/2-mile.

MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS

1.        Marc DeBeaumont        322                6.        Steve Paden        141
2.        Shane Scully        266                7.        Jason Leffler        133
3.        Alex Harris        252                8.        Rick Hendrix        126
4.        Wally Pankratz        173                9.        Jimmy Sills        117
5.        Bobby Boone        164                10.        Billy Felts, Jr. 115

MCI WORLDCOM TQ MIDGET CAR STANDINGS

1.        Randi Pankratz        142                6.        Todd Hunsaker        85
2.        Joshua Wise        118                7.        Gene Godepski        83
3.        Greg Edenholm        115                8.        Tony Villelli        73
4.        Walt Johnson        112                9.        West Evans        66
5.        Ron Wade        86                10.        Kevin Wybenga        59