Weekend Results 98-06-01

USAC INDIANAPOLIS SPEEDROME MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 28, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - Indianapolis Speedrome

FIRST HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Norm Young (#11Y Young), 2. Michael Lang (#97 Lang), 3. Mark Dismore, Jr. (#4 McClellan), 4. Dean Franklin (#42 Franklin), 5. Kevin Besecker (#2 McClellan), 6. Gregg Cory (#9 Russell), 7. Ron Hamm (#10 Hamm).

SECOND HEAT: (15 laps) 1. John Sluss (#28 Sluss), 2. Mark Longworth (#34 Longworth), 3. John Mount (#23 Mount), 4. Sean Smith (#84 Smith), 5. Jerry McPehrson (#11 McPherson), 5. Bob Nash (#8N Nash), 6. Kazuki Saito (#41 Griffith).

THIRD HEAT: (15 laps) 1. Daryl Campbell (#45 Campbell), 2. Tim Mehner (#65 Mehner), 3. Adam Nuetzel (#17 Nuetzel), 4. Mike Hurst (#12 Hurst), 5. Brad Kuhn (#12x Kuhn).

LAST CHANCE RACE: (15 laps) 1. Hurst, 2. Besecker, 3. McPherson, 4. Smith, 5. Franklin, 6. Cory, 7. Nash, 8. Kuhn, 9. Saito, 10. Hamm.

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Duane Sandy (#16 Sandy) and #98 Blondel.

FEATURE: (50 laps) 1. Lang, 2. Mount, 3. Hurst, 4. Franklin, 5. Longworth, 6. McPherson, 7. Cory, 8. Hamm, 9. Smith, 10. Young, 11. Nash, 12. Dismore, 13. Besecker, 14. Mehner, 15. Sluss, 16. Campbell, 17. Saito, 18. Nuetzel. ------------------------------------------ FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Mehner, laps 21-50 Lang. NEW SPEEDROME MIDGET POINTS: 1-Sluss-1,065; 2-Lang-1,000; 3-Franklin-700; 4-Mount-500; 5-McPherson-340; 6-Cory-300; 7-Kuhn-261; 8-David Fuhrman and Hurst-250; 10-Longworth-244. NEXT SPEEDROME MIDGET RACE: June 4

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USAC/SCCA FORMULA 2000 CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 29, 1998 -- Watkins Glen, NY - Watkins Glen International

QUALIFYING: 1. David Besnard, #13, 1:15.149; 2. Marc Antoine Camirand, #96, 1:15.599; 3. Anthony Simone, #95, 1:15.620; 5. Robby McGehee, #2, 1:15.752; 6. Andy Lally, #5, 1:15.902; 7. Mike Johnson, #8, 1:15.999; 8. Jon Herb, #77, 1:16.009; 9. Jonathan Bottoms, #28, 1:16.254; 10. Ryan Hampton, #88, 1:16.293; 11. Michael Durand, #71, 1:16.531; 12. Bobby Oergel, #52, 1:16.561; 13. Greg LeMond, #51, 1:16.629; 14. Ryan Walker, #78, 1:16.734; 15. Christian Coggins, #25, 1:16.778; 16. Ric Rushton, #15, 1:16.938; 17. George Forgeois, #18, 1:17.001; 18. Ryan Jones, #24, 1:17.065; 19. Tim Duit, #34, 1:17.160; 20. Joey Scarallo, #6, 1:17.198; 21. Rolando Quintanilla, #64, 1:17.257; 22. James Yott, #22, 1:17.368; 23. Guy Cosmo, #75, 1:17.539; 24. Jeff Smith, #33, 1:17.715; 25. Steve Rikert, #11, 1:17.925; 26. Mike Williams, #26,1:18.050; 27. Alejandro Garcia, #30, 1:18.111; 8.Larry Oberto, #66, 1:18316; 29. Howie Liebengood, #49, 1:18.349; 30. Bob Wright, #90, 1:18.633; 31. Dana LaLiberte, #9,1:19.016; 32. Dean Oppermann, #23, 1:19.262; 33. Robert Lisey, #17, 1:21.498; 34. Wilmer Valentin, #55, 1:22.677; 35. Duncan Dayton, #4, NT.

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Besnard, 2. Camirand, 3. Lally, 4. Hampton, 5. McGehee, 6. Rikert, 7. LeMond, 8. Johnson, 9. Rushton, 10. Oergel, 11. Walker, 12. Durand, 13. Scarallo, 14. Oberto, 15. Garcia, 16. Simone, 17. Jones, 18. Liebengood, 19. Smith, 20. Oppermann, 21. Williams, 22. Herb, 23. Forgeois, 24. Lisey, 25. Valentin, 26. Cosmo, 27. Coggins, 28. Wright, 29. LaLiberte, 30. Dayton, 31. Quintanilla, 32. Hornish, 33. Bottoms, 34. Yott. --------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Besnard. F2000 NATIONAL POINTS: 1-Besnard-158; 2-Hampton-110; 3-McGehee-109; 4-Lally-91; 5-Johnson-73; 6-Camirand-71; 7-Herb-69; 8-Rikert-56; 9-Quintanilla-51; 10-Rushton-50. NEXT F2000 RACE: May 30 - Watkins Glen, NY - Watkins Glen Circuit

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USAC 16TH STREET MIDGET SERIES RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1998 -- Indianapolis, Indiana - 16th Street Speedway

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Steve Knepper (#17 Brown), 2. Tony Beaber (#66 Beaber), 3. Jeff Hampton (#55 Line), 4. Dean Franklin (#42 Franklin), 5. Ralph Liguori (#6rr Liguori), 6. Sarah McCune (#16 Nowicke), 7. Bruce Adkins (#37 Eubank), 8. Tony Reed (#8R Reed), 9. Jeff McCloud (#91 McCloud). NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Ray Bull (#1 Gillespie), 2. Clay Klepper (#69 Hartman), 3. Ron Smoker (#24 Parker), 4. Michael Lang (#94 Stebbins), 5. Jeff Gass (#19 Gass), 6. John Wolfe (#95 Morgan), 7. Barry Robinson (#03 Robinson), 8. Critter Malone (#7m Malone), 9. Travis Welpott (#18 P & E). NT

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Johnny Parsons III (#25 Parsons), 2. David Bridges (#11 MB), 3. John Nervo (#21 Nervo), 4. Tray House (#8L Lambertson), 5. Dennis Mann (#16m Mann), 6. John Sluss (#28 Sluss), 7. Ted McKibben (#24x Crowe), 8. Rick Ward (#53 Ward), 9. Jason Setser (#16x Johnson). NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Andy Pierce (#3p Tag Team), 2. Rick Treadway (#2x Lawson), 3. Roy Caruthers (#15 Caruthers), 4. Mike Bramblett (#40x Bramblett), 5. Barry Walkup (#29x B & B), 6. Jimmy Drinan (#99 Drinan), 7. Ed Carpenter (#3 George). 1:48.46

FIFTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jeff Flesher (#72 Flesher), 2. Tim Mehner (#65 Mehner), 3. Jerry Zike (#97z Zike), 4. Jan Opperman, Jr. (#2J Jorgensen), 5. Barry Reed (#76 Reed), 6. A.J. Smith (#27x AJS), 7. Ed Hair (#29 Hair), 8. Jeff Titus (#40 Titus). 1:48.50

KELLY's PUB II LAST CALL SEMI #1: (10 laps) 1. Liguori, 2. Setser, 3. Gass, 4. Mann, 5. B.Reed, 6. Hair, 7. Walkup, 8. Robinson, 9. Carpenter, 10. McCloud. NT

KELLY's PUB II LAST CALL SEMI #2: (10 laps) 1. Malone, 2. T.Reed, 3. Smith, 4. Titus, 5. Ward, 6. McCune, 7. Wolfe, 8. Drinan, 9. Sluss. NT

ALSO AT THE TRACK: Troy Riley (#57R Riley)

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Smoker, 2. Knepper, 3. Bull, 4. Caruthers, 5. Flesher, 6. Pierce, 7. House, 8. Klepper, 9. Setser, 10. Treadway, 11. Franklin, 12. Malone, 13. Liguori, 14. Lang, 15. Bridges, 16. Bramblett, 17. Mehner, 18. Parsons, 19. Hampton, 20. Beaber, 21. Zike, 22. Nervo, 23. T.Reed, 24. Opperman. NT -------------------------------------------------- **Tony Reed flipped during the first heat. Malone flipped during the second heat. Setser flipped during the third heat. Walkup flipped during the first semi. Mehner flipped on the 13th lap of the feature. FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-22 Knepper, laps 23-30 Smoker. NEW 16TH STREET MIDGET POINTS: 1-Pierce-72; 2-Caruthers-69; 3-Malone-62; 4-Knepper-61; 5-Ricky Shelton-60; 6-Lang-56; 7-Donnie Beechler-55; 8-Hampton-45; 9-Smoker-40; 10-Treadway-36. NEXT 16TH STREET MIDGET RACE: June 6

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USAC/SCCA FORMULA 2000 CHAMPIONSHIP RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1998 -- Watkins Glen, NY - Watkins Glen International

QUALIFYING: (Held May 29) 1. Marc Antoine Camirand, #96, 1:14.686; 2. David Besnard, #13, 1:14.701; 3. Sam Hornish, Jr., #7, 1:14.962; 4. Anthony Simone, #95, 1:15.090; 5. Ryan Hampton, #88, 1:15.135; 6. Robby McGehee, #2, 1:15.429; 7. Mike Johnson, #8, 1:15.530; 8. Jonathan Bottoms, #28, 1:15.620; 9. Andy Lally, #5, 1:15.860; 10. Steve Rikert, #11, 1:15.970; 11. Jon Herb, #77, 1:16.009; 12. Ryan Jones, #24, 1:16.047; 13. Tim Duit, #34, 1:16.137; 14. Greg LeMond, #51, 1:16.294; 15. Duncan Dayton, #4, 1:16.439; 16. Ryan Walker, #78, 1:16.444; 17. Bobby Oergel, #52, 1:16.453; 18. Larry Oberto, #66, 1:16.516; 19. Michael Durand, #71, 1:16.531; 20. Rolando Quintanilla, #62, 1:16.703; 21. Christian Coggins, #25, 1:16.778; 22. George Forgeois, #18, 1:16.845; 23. Ric Rushton, #15, 1:16.938; 24. Joey Scarallo, #6, 1:16.942; 25. Alejandro Garcia, #30, 1:17.041; 26. Jeff Smith, #33, 1:17.202; 27. James Yott, #22, 1:17.368; 28. Mike Williams, #26, 1:17.473; 29. Guy Cosmo, #75, 1:17.539; 30. Howie Liebengood, #49, 1:17.726; 31. Dean Oppermann, #23, 1:17.766; 32. Bob Wright, #90, 1:18.160; 33. Wilmer Valentin, #55, 1:18.966; 34. Dana LaLiberte, #9, 1:19.016; 35. Robert Lisey, #17, 1:21.498.

FEATURE: (20 laps - Held May 30) 1. Hapton, 2. McGehee, 3. Lally, 4. Besnard, 5. Duit, 6. Dayton, 7. Herb, 8. Rikert, 9. Oergel, 10. Jones, 11. Bottoms, 12. Cosmo, 13. Garcia, 14. Walker, 15. Oberto, 16. Liebengood, 17. LaLiberte, 18. Simone, 19. Lisey, 20. Smith, 21. Oppermann, 22. Valentin, 23. Wright, 24. Coggins, 25. Williams, 26. Forgeois, 27. Durand, 28. Johnson, 29. Quintanilla, 30. LeMond, 31. Scarallo, 32. Yott, 33. Hornish, 34. Rushton, 35. Camirand. 38:27.912 ------------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 Besnard, Laps 5-7 Hampton, Laps 8-12 McGehee, Laps 13-20 Hampton. F2000 NATIONAL POINTS: 1-Besnard-180; 2-Hampton-142; 3-McGehee-136; 4-Lally-115; 5-Herb-88; 6-Camirand-75; 7-Johnson & Rikert-74; 9-Oergel-66; 10-Bottoms-62. NEXT F2000 RACE: June 14 - Lexington, OH - Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course

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USAC TQ MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1998 -- Lake Perris, CA - Perris Auto Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jim Styer, 41, Styer-16.710; 2. Alex Harris, 1, Harris-16.715; 3. Paul Krueger, 8, Krueger-16.779; 4. Greg Edenholm, 2, Edenholm-16.951; 5. Randi Pankratz, 11, Porzio-16.965; 6. Josh Lakatos, 83, Lakatos-17.025; 7. Joe Bishop, 16, Bishop-17.048; 8. West Evans, 36, Evans-17.055; 9. Gary Schroeder, 01, Schroeder-17.062; 10. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-17.238; 11. Steve Parke, 59, Parke-17.273; 12. Chris Hedge, 98, Hedge-17.334; 13. Ron Ahrendt, 87, Ahrendt-17.355; 14. Steve Lambert, 55, Lambert-17.460; 15. Brian Harris, 74, Harris-17.493; 16. Jim Tanner, 17, Tanner-17.607; 17. Bob Goshen, 33, Goshen-17.640; 18. Joe Finger, 09, Finger-17.667; 19. Gene Godepski, 24, Godepski-17.735; 20. Steve Davis, 77, Davis-17.798; 21. Jeff Heaton, 52, Heaton-17.920; 22. Ken Bonnema, 42, Bonnema-17.937; 23. Dave Martella, 76, Martella-18.079; 24. Linda Taylor, 75, Wood-18.443; 25. Tracy VanBlargen, 54, Slater-18.488; 26. B.J. Bates, 78, Bates-18.936; 27. Gary-Paul Congdon, 50, Congdon-19.701; 28. Jim Adams, 20, Adams-NT; 29. Bruce Tiffany, 34, Tiffany-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Schroeder, 2. Pankratz, 3. Heaton, 4. Styer, 5. Ahrendt, 6. Goshen, 7. Bates. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. A.Harris, Lambert, 3. Lakatos, 4. Finger, 5. Hunsaker, 6. Bonnema, 7. Congdon. 1:42.72

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Godepski, 2. Parke, 3. Krueger, 4. B.Harris, 5. Bishop, 6. Martella. 1:41.79

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Edenholm, 2. Evans, 3. Tanner, 4. Hedge, 5. Taylor, 6. Davis. NT

SEMI: (10 laps) 1. Bishop, 2. Hunsaker, 3. Ahrendt, 4. Goshen, 5. Davis, 6. Martella, 7. Bates, 8. Congdon, 9. Taylor, 10. Bonnema, 11. Adams. NT

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. A.Harris, 2. Pankratz, 3. Lakatos, 4. Krueger, 5. Schroeder, 6. Evans, 7. Godepski, 8. Parke, 9. Bishop, 10. Hedge, 11. B.Harris, 12. Tanner, 13. Hunsaker, 14. Lambert, 15. Ahrendt, 16. Goshen, 17. Finger, 18. Edenholm, 19. Styer, 20. Heaton. NT ----------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-6 Pankratz, Laps 7-13 Edenholm, Laps 14-20 A.Harris. NEW TQ MIDGET POINTS: 1-Harris-176; 2-Pankratz-118; 3-Lakatos-110; 4-Krueger-91; 5-Evans-77; 6-Bishop-69; 7-Godepski-68; 8-Parke-65; 9-Ahrendt-61; 10-Edenholm-60. NEXT TQ MIDGET RACE: June 13 - Ventura (CA) Raceway

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USAC "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1998 -- Tucson, Arizona - Tucson Raceway Park

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Booby Boone, 96, Boone-14.641; 2. Davey Hamilton, 7, Shefchik-14.649; 3. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.755; 4. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix/Porto-14.845; 5. Bryan Stanfill, 25, Stanfill-14.927; 6. Sleepy Tripp, 3, Tripp-15.021; 7. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont/Sewell-15.068; 8. Ryan Reed, 22, Reed-15.107; 9. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-15.109; 10. Sterling Pratz, 45, Baraldi-15.135; 11. Dwayne Marcum, 31, Hogan-15.218; 12. Billy Felts, Jr., 18, Felts-15.262; 13. Chad Nichols, 67, Zarounian-15.290; 14. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts-15.404; 15. Nick Mitchell, 37, Mitchell-15.695; 16. Dan Ruth, 52, Ruth-NT; 17. Billy Sipe, Jr., 42, Sipe-NT; 18. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-NT; 19. Shawn Calderwood, 40, Calderwood-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Stanfill, 2. DeBeaumont, 3. Nichols, 4. Boone, 5. Scully, 6. Pankratz, 7. Mitchell, 8. Marcum. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Felts, 3. Hendrix, 4. Reed, 5. Tripp, 6. Pratz, 7. Ruth, 8. Ebberts. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hendrix, 2. Hamilton, 3. Scully, 4. Boone, 5. Tripp, 6. DeBeaumont, 7. Marcum, 8. Pankratz, 9. Nichols, 10. Mitchell, 11. Felts, 12. Stanfill, 13. Ruth, 14. Reed, 15. Pratz, 16. Ebberts. NT ------------------------------------------ FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-4 DeBeaumont, Lap 5 Tripp, Laps 6-30 Hendrix. NEW WESTERN STATES MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hendrix-227; 2-Pankratz-187; 3-Stanfill-171; 4-Scully-169; 5-Boone-161; 6-Clay Klepper-161; 7-Mitchell-130; 8-Tripp-125; 9-Hamilton-112; 10-Marcum-103. NEXT WESTERN STATES MIDGET RACE: June 13 - Ventura (CA) Raceway

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USAC "WESTERN STATES" SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 30, 1998 -- Tucson, Arizona - Tucson Raceway Park

QUALIFYING: 1. Tony Hunt, 14, Pierson-14.459; 2. Davey Hamilton, 3F, Finkenbinder-14.717; 3. Curtis Brown, 47, Brown-14.737; 4. Jeff Gardner, 51, Gardner-14.783; 5. Rick Williams, 6, Williams-14.864; 6. Rick Sipe, 55, Sipe-14.913; 7. Tyler Haylett, 22, Haylett-14.943; 8. Richie Sherrill, 15, Sherrill-15.394; 9. Andy Forsberg, 18, Paniagua-15.454; 10. Chuck McCain, 17, McCain-15.742; 11. Don Sike, 5, Morales-16.262; 12. Jeff Stetson, 28, Stetson-18.157.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Hamilton, 2. Sipe, 3. Gardner, 4. Sherrill, 5. McCain, 6. Stetson. NT

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Williams, 2. Brown, 3. Hunt, 4. Forsberg, 5. Haylett, 6. Sike. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. Hunt, 2. Williams, 3. Hamilton, 4. Sipe, 5. Brown, 6. Gardner, 7. Sherrill, 8. Sike, 9. Haylett, 10. Forsberg, 11. Stetson, 12. McCain. NT ---------------------------------------- FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Williams, Laps 4-11 Brown, Laps 12-30 Hunt. NEW "WESTERN STATES" SPRINT POINTS: 1-Gardner-316; 2-Williams-239; 3-Kirk Wartman-151; 4-Hunt-141; 5-Dave Fitzgerald-118; 6-Monte Faccinto-110; 7-Ray Evans-110; 8-Kevin Urton-105; 9-Davey Pombo-93; 10-Ken Hamilton-91. NEXT "WESTERN STATES" SPRINT RACE: June 27 - Hanford, CA - Kings Speedway

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STOOPS FREIGHTLINER/USAC SPRINT CAR RACE RESULTS: May 31, 1998 -- Salem, Indiana - Salem Speedway - "Six Sigma Open Wheel Spectacular"

QUALIFYING: 1. Brian Tyler, 21, Booe-15.684; 2. Dave Steele, 2, Vance-15.989; 3. Brad Armstrong, 99, Armstrong-16.154; 4. Kevin Thomas, 51, Holt-16.214; 5. Jason McCord, 4c, Contos-16.563; 6. Pat Abold, 69, Dynamics-16.564; 7. Brian Hayden, 26, BWB-16.607; 8. Billy Puterbaugh, Jr., 7, Puterbaugh-16.651; 9. Eddie Kelley, 80, Cimco-16.858; 10. Tim Cox, 40, Cox/Foreman-17.209; 11. Derek Davidson, 62, BWB-17.534; 12. Scott Hull, 48, Hull-17.580; 13. Steve Surniak, 1st, Surniak-17.580; 14. Matt Jewell, 18, Jewell-17.593; 15. Gordon Rodgers, 94, Rodgers-17.636; 16. Jimmy McCune, 88, McCune-17.982; 17. Steve Anderson, 4, Anderson-18.291; 18. John Plummer, 17, Plummer-18.682.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Tyler, 2. Thomas, 3. Cox, 4. Hayden, 5. McCune, 6. Surniak. 2:14.64

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Jewell, 2. Steele, 3. McCord, 4. Davidson, 5. Puterbaugh, 6. Anderson. 2:17.53

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Abold, 2. Armstrong, 3. Kelley, 4. Rodgers, 5. Hull, 6. Plummer. 2:14.73

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. RAINED OUT & RESCHEDULED AS THE FIRST EVENT OF THE AUGUST 23 "JOE JAMES/PAT O'CONNOR CLASSIC" USAC PROGRAM ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT POINTS: 1-Thomas-652; 2-Tyler-589; 3-Tony Elliott-555; 4-Cox-553; 5-J.J. Yeley-515; 6-McCord-505; 7-Davidson-494; 8-Steele-429; 9-Kevin Doty-399; 10-Chet Fillip-354. NEXT STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT RACE: June 3 - Winchester (IN) Speedway