WM: Lincoln, Belleville preview

LINCOLN & BELLEVILLE PRESENT CHALLENGE FOR WESTERN MIDGET POINT LEADERS This week's races at Lincoln, Neb. and Belleville, Kan. could be pivotal in the battle for the 2005 USAC Western Midget Car Championship. Four-time ...

LINCOLN & BELLEVILLE PRESENT CHALLENGE FOR WESTERN MIDGET POINT LEADERS

This week's races at Lincoln, Neb. and Belleville, Kan. could be pivotal in the battle for the 2005 USAC Western Midget Car Championship.

Four-time series champion Robby Flock of Murrieta, Calif. holds a 55-point lead over Garrett Hansen of Manhattan Beach, Calif. with a total of 216 points up for grabs in the Tuesday, Friday and Saturday events,

Tuesday's Pepsi "Mid-Summer Classic" at Eagle Raceway in Lincoln concludes with a 40-lap feature, while a 25-lap feature is on tap Friday at the Belleville High Banks and a 40-lap finale concludes the $72,000 28th Bud Racing "Belleville Midget Nationals" Saturday night.

Davey Ray won last year's Lincoln race, while Bobby East swept the 2004 Belleville features on the 1/2-mile dirt oval.

USAC WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS
1.-Robby Flock-459
2.-Garrett Hansen-404
3.-Jerome Rodela-401
4.-Tyler Brown-376
5.-Stephen Graves-363
6.-Ryan Kaplan-342
7.-Chris Rahe-304
8.-Dallen McKenney-292
9.-Shannon McQueen-250
10.-Scott Pierovich-241