"Turkey Night" Midget Results

USAC NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE RESULTS: November 25-26, 1998 -- Bakersfield, California - Bakersfield Speedway - 58th "Turkey Night Grand Prix"

QUALIFYING: (Round 1 -November 25) 1. Jay Drake, 97, Willoughby-13.074; 2. Kasey Kahne, 7x, Shefchik-13.167; 3. Jason Leffler, 9, Lewis-13.271; 4. Donnie Beechler, 15x Lawson-13.312; 5. Ricky Shelton, 1, Willoughby-13.320; 6. John Starks, 50, Beal-13.372; 7. Dan Boorse, 6, Fiscus-13.416; 8. Ronnie Day, 15L, Lawson-13.417.

QUALIFYING: (Round 2 -November 26) 9. Dave Darland, 91, Lewis-12.653; 10. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-12.750; 11. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-12.777; 12. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-12.861; 13. Robby Flock, 24, Hart-12.875; 14. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-12.895; 15. Scott Hansen, 33, Hansen-12.897; 16. Jordan Hermansader, 91x, Hermansader-12.907; 17. Jerry Coons, Jr., 7, CED-12.914; 18. Rex Calderwood, 40, Calderwood-12.918; 19. Keith Rauch, 33x, Hanley-12.925; 20. Jimmy Sills, 4, Calderwood-12.943; 21. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-12.944; 22. Kevin Doty, 3a, Ellis-13.005; 23. Robert Dolacki, 63, Pinkston-13.026; 24. Dwayne Marcum, 31, Hogan-13.030; 25. Brian Tyler, 97x, Willoughby-13.054; 26. Aaron Fiscus, 1F, Fiscus-13.055; 27. Matt Streeter, 14e, Streeter-13.066; 28. Nick Lundgreen, 49, Lundgreen-13.077; 29. Scott Nail, 2c, Caves-13.080; 30. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix/Porto-13.119; 31. Ryan Reed, 22, Reed-13.125; 32. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, DeBeaumont/Sewell-13.131; 33. Clay Klepper, 69, Hartman-13.131; 34. Sleepy Tripp, 3, Tripp-13.136; 35. Brian Stanfill, 25, Stanfill-13.181; 36. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-13.204; 37. Greg Nelson, 17, Thurston-13.233; 38. Floyd Alvis, 5, Servetti-13.239; 39. J.J. Ercse, 92, Rueter-13.266; 40. Rick Treadway, 2x, Lawson-13.267; 41. John Sarale, 3x, DuPont-13.272; 42. Tony Elliott, 18x, Felts-13.285; 43. Kenny Lewis, 6x, Lewis-13.295; 44. J.J. Yeley, 76, Fontana-13.357; 45. Donnie Lehmann, 53, Minarik-13.384; 46. Jason Lynch, 115, Lynch-13.434; 47. Terry Tarditi, 64, T & T-13.454; 48. Stan Yockey, 47x, Tomassi-13.526; 49. Todd Carroll, 01, Carroll-13.533; 50. Jeremy Sherman, 43, Ellis-13.533; 51. Donnie VanDyke, 8x, Lee-13.543; 52. Larry Brown, 36, Brown-13.556; 53. Bob Ellis 45, Young-13.574; 54. Robbie Rice, 7H, Haynes-13.675; 55. Nick Geranio, 39, Bulfinch-13.716; 56. Cory Kruseman, 47, Bondio-13.724; 57. Randi Pankratz, 79, Marcus-13.769; 58. Luke Icke, 12x, Icke-13.781; 59. Jack Walker, 25x, Walker-13.785; 60. Darren Hillberg, 33H, Hillberg-13.787; 61. Dave Stoltz, 77x, Stoltz-13.871; 62. Kevin Ames, 24k, Hatra-14.490; 63. Tommy Spencer, 15T, Spencer-14.658; 64. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62, Klatt-20.155; 65. Travis Welpott, 18, P & E-NT; 66. Al Murie, 14, Murie-NT; 67. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts-NT; 68. #9x, Lewis-NT; 69. #15, Lawson-NT. (NOTE: Brian Harris also in Murie's Car #14)

NON-QUALIFIERS RACE: (8 laps - Held Nov. 26) 1. Elliott, 2. Yeley, 3. Lynch, 4. Lehmann, 5. Sherman, 6. Brown, 7. Ellis, 8. Rice, 9. Tarditi, 10. VanDyke, 11. Sarale, 12. Carroll, 13. K.Lewis. NT

LAST CHANCE RACE #1: (12 laps - Held Nov. 26) 1. Coons, 2. Hansen, 3. Tyler, 4. Rauch, 5. Stanfill, 6. Nail, 7. Boone, 8. Nelson, 9. Reed, 10. Streeter, 11. Klepper, 12. Ercse, 13. Elliott, 14. Dolacki. NT

LAST CHANCE RACE #2: (12 laps - Held Nov. 26) 1. Doty, 2. Hermansader, 3. Sills, 4. Hendrix, 5. Fiscus, 6. Marcum, 7. Tripp, 8. Lundgreen, 9. Alvis, 10. W.Pankratz, 11. Calderwood, 12. DeBeaumont, 13. Treadway, 14. Yeley. 2:52.19

FEATURE: (100 laps - Held Nov. 26) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Jason Leffler, 3. Jeryr Coons, Jr., 4. Dave Darland, 5. Kasey Kahne, 6. Dan Boorse, 7. Jimmy Sills, 8. Ricky Shelton, 9. Keith Rauch, 10. Brian Tyler, 11. Robby Flock, 12. Michael Lewis, 13. Ronnie Day, 14. Rick Hendrix, 15. Aaron Fiscus, 16. Dane Carter, 17. Kevin Doty, 18. Scott Hansen, 19. Steve Paden, 20. Brian Stanfill, 21. Shane Scully, 22. Jordan Hermansader, 23. John Starks, 24. Donnie Beechler. NT **Carter and Lynch flipped during Nov. 25 practice. Boone and Carroll flipped during Nov. 25 qualifying. Yockey and Ames flipped during Nov. 26 qualifying. K.Lewis flipped during the non-qualifiers race. Klepper flipped during the first last chance race. Yeley flipped during the second last chance race. Starks flipped on the 40th lap of the feature. Flock flipped on the 97th lap of the feature.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-10 Shelton, Laps 11-22 Drake, Laps 23-47 Leffler, Laps 48-100 Drake.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET POINTS: 1-Leffler-959; 2-Drake-948; 3-Shelton-828; 4-Coons-678; 5-Tracy Hines-568; 6-Jimmy McCune-539; 7-Ronnie Johncox-356; 8-Travis Welpott-347; 9-Michael Lewis-322; 10-Dane Carter-283.

NEW "WESTERN STATES" MIDGET POINTS: 1-Hendrix-572; 2-Stanfill-523; 3-W.Pankratz-494; 4-Leffler-471; 5-Scully-454; 6-Paden-384; 7-Boone-360; 8-DeBeaumont-314; 8-Klepper-300; 10-Marcum-295.

NEXT NATIONAL/"WESTERN STATES" MIDGET RACE: November 28 - Las Vegas, NV - Las Vegas Motor Speedway