HINES HOTTEST DRIVER GETS PEPSI WIN, BOORSE NAILS SEVENTH BADGER TITLE
SUN PRAIRIE, WI, September 2-----Tracy Hines scored his third midget win in
four days, capturing the 20th annual Pepsi Nationals Badger Midget Series
Event, Sunday Night at Angell Park Speedway.
Hines placed second to Dan Boorse in 1999, and suffered engine problems in
qualifying last year.
Hines won the USAC National Midget Event, Thursday at Route 66
Raceway (Joliet, IL), and the 50th annual Hut 100, on Saturday.

Boorse finished third, and won his seventh career Badger driving crown, a
total only exceeded by Billy Woods, eight titles. Don Boorse, captured his
fourth Car Owners championship. For Boorse it also marked his 14th career
top five Pepsi Nationals finish.

Jay Drake, Hines teammate in the Wilke/PAK stable for the event returned as
the defending champion, his second place finish allowed him to take over the
lead in the National Midget driver of the Year Point Standings.

The streak of a driver leading the opening lap of the Pepsi Nationals, and
not winning the event was stretched to twenty. Scott Hatton was the opening
lap leader, and finished fifth.

Steve Paden, the evenings quickest qualifier, was the 17th different fast
qualifier in the history of the event, and the only ever not to make the
starting feature field. 

For Hines's car owner the Wilke team, it was their sixth win in the event
previous winners
have been: Kevin Olson('83, '86, '87), Rich Vogler('85), and Stevie
Reeves('91).

Hines becomes the fourth driver to win the Pepsi, and hut 100 in the same
year others have been:
Vogler('85), Kevin Doty('94), and Drake('00). It also marked the first
one-two team finish since the 1997 event when Olson topped his Denny Lamers
Racing teammate Tony Elliott.

Aaron Fike, Hines, and Matt Westfall all flew aboard Don Fike's airplane
from the DuQuoin State Fairgounds(DuQuoin, IL) to compete in the event,
arriving after the competition of practice.

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