By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (June 21) - Like an old western bank robber, Phoenix, Arizona's J.J. Yeley rode into Fremont Thursday night and stole all the loot during the second leg of the inaugural United States Auto Club Buckeye Nationals.

In the USAC National Midget feature, Yeley powered his Steve Lewis Ford powered Beat into the lead at the drop of the green and never looked back.

In the Stoops Freightliner sprint car main, Yeley overtook early race leader Boston Reid on lap four, and threaded his way through lapped traffic perfectly to take the checkered in his GT Racing ABC Sand & Rock - Red Line Oil Twister chassis.

"The track got hard...I wished it would have laid rubber because it made it a little slick. I had to use a lot of patience," said Yeley of his two wins. "Both crews gave me excellent race cars. I really like coming to these little tracks. Fremont has such a great racing crowd. I hope we do this again next year."

In the 30-lap midget feature - the first ever USAC midget race at Fremont Speedway - while Yeley was overpowering the field, the youth movement was making its way through the pack. Sixteen-year-old Bobby East took to the high side of the track while everyone else was running around the bottom, and moved from his 20th starting spot to a second place finish in his Klatt Enterprises Beast. Not to be outdone, 17-year-old Shane Hollingsworth drove his Concrete Connection sponsored Stealth from sixth starting position to a solid third place finish.

Rounding out the top five were current USAC midget point leader Dave Darland, who drove his Steve Lewis Beast up from 14th starting spot, and James Chesson, who started 19th.

In the sprint car feature, Yeley used the middle grove of the smooth surface to easily cruise to the victory over Tracy Hines, who started 12th; 13th starting Troy Rutherford; Jay Drake; and Kevin Brisco, who started 14th in the main.

With his two feature victories, Yeley moved 34 points of Dave Darland for the USAC midget point lead, and to within 97 points of Tracy Hines in the sprint point battle.

Fremont Speedway will be back in action Saturday, June 22 for Burger King Night with its regular weekly divisions of 410 winged sprints; 305 winged sprints; and dirt trucks.

USAC NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2002 - Fremont, Ohio
-Fremont Speedway - "Buckeye Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Shane Hollingsworth, 85, Hollingsworth-15.992; 2. Jay
Drake, 67, Kunz-16.143; 3. John Wolfe, 3m, Morgan-16.228; 4. Tracy Hines,
110, Wilke/Pak-16.290; 5. Matt Westfall, 73, Ellis-16.313; 6. Ron Gregory,
22, Irvin-16.330; 7. Rick Vaughn, 31, Trusty-16.332; 8. J.J. Yeley, 91,
Lewis-16.368; 9. Mike Hess, 51, Hess-16.377; 10. J.D. Turner, 53,
Turner-16.390; 11. Brian Gerster, 94, Stebbins/Davis-16.437; 12. A.J. Fike,
69, RFMS-16.447; 13. Ted Hines, 84, VanSteenwyk-16.449; 14. Travis Miniea,
1x, Mico-16.462; 15. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-16.482; 16. Ryan Scott, 17,
Hartman-16.487; 17. Teddy Beach, 125, Beach-16.490; 18. Dan Boorse, 88,
Boorse-16.493; 19. Tom Hessert, 5, Hessert-16.499; 20. Matt Riemenschneider,
17x, Rieder-16.538; 21. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-16.543; 22. Steve Buckwalter,
25, Venture-16.550; 23. Danny Ebberts, 44, Schlachter/Ebberts-16.550; 24.
John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-16.555; 25. Murt Mayhew, 21k, Mayhew-16.580;
26. John Toth, 10, Moore-16.686; 27. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-16.723; 28.
James Chesson, 76, Chesson-16.750; 29. Dave Strickland, Jr., 62,
Klatt-16.750; 30. Critter Malone, 7m, Malone-16.788; 31. Bobby East, 4,
Klatt-16.888; 32. Joe Little, 57, Little-16.968; 33. Marc Dailey, 2x,
Mega-17.040; 34. Chad Davenport, 43, Davenport-17.162; 35. Matt Brun, 28,
Brun-17.306; 36. Marc Dailey, 2m, Mega-NT; 37. #19, Lewis-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Beach, 2. Mayhew, 3. Ted Hines, 4. Darland, 5.
Hollingsworth, 6. Westfall, 7. Strickland, 8. Hess, 9. Dailey (#2x).

SECOND HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Buckwalter, 2. Gregory, 3. Boorse, 4. Miniea, 5.
Malone, 6. Davenport, 7. Toth, 8. Turner, 9. Drake, 2:21.51`

THIRD HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Aaron Fike, 2. Hessert, 3. Ebberts, 4. East, 5.
Gerster, 6. Wolfe, 7. Paden, 8. Brun, 9. Vaughn. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (8 laps) 1. Little, 2. Riemenschneider, 3. Hines, 4. Chesson,
5. Yeley, 6. A.J. Fike, 7. Nervo, 8. Scott. NT

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Hollingsworth, 2. Davenport, 3. Yeley, 4. Wolfe, 5.
Hess, 6. Paden, 7. Malone, 8. A.J. Fike, 9. Westfall, 10. Brun, 11. Nervo,
12. Dailey, 13. Scott, 14. Vaughn, 15. Toth, 16. Turner, 17. Gerster, 18.
Strickland. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Bobby East, 3. Shane Hollingsworth, 4.
Dave Darland, 5. James Chesson, 6. Mike Hess, 7. Tracy Hines, 8. Travis
Miniea, 9. Steve Paden, 10. Aaron Fike, 11. Dan Boorse, 12. Tom Hessert, 13.
Teddy Beach, 14. Matt Riemenschneider, 15. Chad Davenport, 16. John Nervo,
17. John Wolfe, 18. Ted Hines, 19. Joe Little, 20. Ron Gregory, 21. Kurt
Mayhew, 22. Steve Buckwalter, 23. Danny Ebberts. NT
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**Drake flipped during the second heat. Strickland flipped during the semi.

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-30 Yeley.

NEW NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Darland-462; 2-Yeley-428; 3-Aaron
Fike-375; 4-Chesson-308; 5-East-306; 6-Dave Steele-299; 7-Gregory-271;
8-Hines-257; 9-Beach-240; 10-Michael Lewis-236.

USAC STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: June 20, 2002 -
Fremont, Ohio - The New Fremont Speedway - "Buckeye Nationals"

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Yeley, 76, GT-15.768; 2. Jay Drake, 62, BWB-15.818;
3. Rusty McClure, 9x, SC-15.831; 4. Boston Reid, 2B, Davis-15.900; 5. Tony
Elliott, 39, Walker-15.943; 6. Kevin Thomas, 3R, Byram-15.969; 7. Cory
Kruseman, 67, Kunz-16.030; 8. Eric Shively, 55, Shively-16.095; 9. Mike
Miller, 82, Miller-16.110; 10. Byron Reed, 5R, B & S-16.111; 11. Dustin
Smith, 77s, Smith-16.122; 12. Brian Tyler, 6, K & D-16.156; 13. Jerry Coons,
Jr., 10, R & B-16.159; 14. Matt Westfall, 54, Westfall-16.162; 15. Tracy
Hines, 69, Dynamics-16.175; 16. Troy Rutherford, 2, Reid-16.224; 17. Kevin
Briscoe, 5, Briscoe-16.238; 18. Tony Beaber, 66, Beaber-16.258; 19. Dickie
Gaines, 70, Hawkins-16.261; 20. Jack Hewitt, 31, Kaser-16.303; 21. A.J.
Fike, 3, RFMS-16.366; 22. Levi Jones, 39J, Walker-16.375; 23. Greg Wilson,
63, Hampshire-16.430; 24. Scott Orr, 88, Orr-16.436; 25. Gary Howard, 16,
BWB-16.461; 26. Brian Smith, 16x, Burmeister-16.473; 27. Derek Davidson, 26,
BWB-16.516; 28. Rob Chaney, 29c, Pullins-16.583; 29. Zac Osborn, 11,
Osborn-16.620; 30. J.D. Turner, 53, Turner-16.625; 31. Jerrid Potter, 88x,
Potter-16.723; 32. A.J. Anderson, 10x, Edison-16.729; 33. Cory Seeling, 97,
Seeling-16.740; 34. Jeremy Keegan, 24J, Keegan-16.771; 35. Jon Stanbrough,
57H, Hazen-16.774; 36. Mike Linder, 3L, James/Brewer-16.803; 37. Joe Keegan,
K5, Dagg-16.803; 38. Bill Rose, 6B, Rose-16.816; 39. Jimmy Laser, 8L,
Laser-16.840; 40. Donnie Jeschke, 2J, Jeschke-16.871; 41. Dustin Keegan,
17x, Keegan-16.908; 42. John Ivy, 72, James/Brewer-16.919; 43. Chuck Wilson,
31x, Wilson-16.925; 44. Marc Jessup, 14J, Jessup-16.948; 45. Dave Darland,
3ac, DeSalle-16.952; 46. Mike Brecht, 20, Hammons-16.978; 47. Mark Hery, 40,
Hery-17.222; 48. Lee Potter, 28, Potter-17.278; 49. Jeremy Durst, 2x,
Megget-17.350; 50. Craig Mintz, 09, Mintz-17.457; 51. Scott Kraylek, 21,
Kraylek-17.483; 52. Matt Karbler, 44, Hemerick-17.498; 53. Jared Fox, 56,
Fox-17.795.

QUALIFYING RACE: (8 laps) 1. Linder, 2. Stanbrough, 3. Jessup, 4. Brecht,
5. Joe Keegan, 6. Ivy, 7. Laser, 8. C.Wilson, 9. L.Potter, 10. D.Keegan, 11.
Darland, 12. Karbler, 13. Hery, 14. Seeling, 15. Mintz, 16. Kraylek, 17.
Jeremy Keegan, 18. Durst, 19. Jeschke. NT

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Yeley, 2. Coons, 3. Miller, 4. A.J. Fike, 5.
Howard, 6. Elliott, 7. Briscoe, 8. Osborn, 9. Linder. NT

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Stanbrough, 2. Turner, 3. Jones, 4. Westfall, 5.
Drake, 6. B.Smith, 7. Reed, 8. Thomas, 9. Beaber. NT

THIRD HEAT: (10 laps) 1. G.Wilson, 2. Hines, 3. D.Smith, 4. Kruseman, 5.
J.Potter, 6. Gaines, 7. Jessup, 8. McClure, 9. Davidson. NT

FOURTH HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Hewitt, 2. Anderson, 3. Chaney, 4. Tyler, 5.
Shively, 6. Rutherford, 7. Reid, 8. Orr, 9. Brecht. 2:58.51

SEMI: (12 laps) 1. Drake, 2. Reid, 3. Briscoe, 4. Rutherford, 5. McClure,
6. Reed, 7. Beaber, 8. Linder, 9. Gaines, 10. Osborn, 11. Howard, 12.
J.Potter, 13. Brecht, 14. Jessup, 15. Elliott, 16. B.Smith, 17. Thomas, 18.
Shively, 19. Orr. NT

FEATURE: (30 laps) 1. J.J. Yeley, 2. Tracy Hines, 3. Troy Rutherford, 4.
Jay Drake, 5. Kevin Briscoe, 6. Brian Tyler, 7. Jon Stanbrough, 8. Greg
Wilson, 9. Rob Chaney, 10. Mike Miller, 11. Cory Kruseman, 12. Matt
Westfall, 13. Jerry Coons, Jr., 14. A.J. Anderson, 15. Boston Reid, 16. Jack
Hewitt, 17. Levi Jones, 18. A.J. Fike, 19. J.D. Turner, 20. Derek Davidson,
21. Dustin Smith, 22. Rusty McClure, 23. Byron Reed. NT
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-3 Reid, Laps 4-30 Yeley.

NEW STOOPS FREIGHTLINER SPRINT CAR STANDINGS: 1-Hines-626; 2-Yeley-529;
3-Drake-490; 4-Davidson-482; 5-Darland-337; 6-A.J. Fike-323; 7-Jones-309;
8-Tyler-307; 9-Jason McCord-291; 10-Elliott-277.