By Brian Liskai

FREMONT, Ohio (June 19, 2003) - Someone finally found a way to beat J.J.
Yeley at Fremont Speedway.  Dave Darland made it two USAC feature wins in as
many nights with a victory in the midget feature, and Tracy Hines held Yeley
off to claim the sprint feature during the second night of the Buckeye
Nationals presented by Pepsi.

In the 30-lap USAC midget main, Darland took the lead from Nick Lundgreen on
lap 7 and held off a late race challenge by Bobby East to claim his second
midget feature in two nights (he won the midget feature Wednesday at Attica
Raceway Park). Yeley was running third, but spun out of turn four on the
last lap and settled for 15th. Coming into Thursday night's feature, Yeley
had raced in three feature events at Fremont, winning all three in 2002.

"The track was tricky tonight..you had to pick your way around the
corners...there were some wet spots and dry spots," said Darland of Lincoln,
Neb. "The Steve Lewis team gave me a great car and we're on a roll right
now."

Behind Darland were Brownsburg, Indiana's Bobby East, who took the USAC
midget points lead; New Castle, Indiana's Tracy Hines, who started 19th;
Ventura, California's Cory Kruseman; and Shane Cottle who started 17th.

The exciting 30-lap USAC sprint feature saw Campbell, California's Bud
Kaeding jump into the lead. Hines, who said he learned something about the
track in the midget feature, took over the top spot on lapy 13 and picked
his way expertly through lapped traffic. A yellow bunched the field up with
eight laps to go, with four lapped cars between Hines and Yeley, who started
10th. Yeley quickly disposed of the lapped machines and set his sights on
Hines. The two raced nose to tail for six laps, with Yeley pulling under
Hines as they took the white flag. Hines and Yeley raced side-by-side down
the backstretch on the last lap, with Hines taking the checkered a half a
car ahead of Yeley.

"Anytime you can beat J.J. you feel lucky...he's been winning everything,"
commented Hines on Yeley, who has won 13 USAC features so far in 2003. "The
crew of the Kroger, Tide, Pringles, Bounty Twister gave me a great race car.
Maybe this will put us on a roll...but it's tough every night with these
guys."

Behind Hines and Yeley at the checkered were Kaeding, Ludlow Falls, Ohio's
Matt Westfall (up from 17th; and Wooster, Ohio's Jac Haudenschild (up from
15th.

There will be no racing at Fremont Speedway this Saturday, but action will
resume on Saturday, June 28 with Beck Oil Night for the winged 410 sprints,
305 sprints and dirt trucks.

USAC SPRINT RESULTS:

Qualifications: 1. Jay Drake, 14.655; 2. Jon Stanbrough, 14.977; 3. Mike
Brecht, 14.987; 4. Tracy Hines, 15.043; 5. Justin Marvel, 15,193; 6. Bud
Kaeding, 15.200; 7. Jimmy laser, 15.220; 8. Levi Jones, 15.223; 9. Ryan
Howard, 15.263; 10. Matt Neely, 15.285; 11. Dickie Gaines, 15.293; 12. J.J.
Yeley, 15.315; 13. John Wolfe, 15.332; 14. Tony Elliott, 15.339; 15. Boston
Reid, 15.393; 16. Kevin Briscoe, 15.418; 17. Cory Kruseman, 15.428; 18. Jac
Haudenschild, 15.468; 19. Jerry Coons Jr., 15.497; 20. Brian Tyler, 15.503;
21. Byron Reed, 15.507; 22. John Scott, 15.512; 23. Matt Westfall, 15.515;
24. Danny Holtsclaw, 15.521; 25. Jared Fox, 15.545; 26. Mitch Wissmiller,
15.638; 27. Kris Deckard, 15.654; 28. Tim Cox, 15.662; 29. Dave Darland,
15.688; 30. A.J. Anderson, 15.722; 31. Brian Hayden, 15.729; 32. Mike
Miller, 15.765; 33. Mike Linder, 15.790; 34. Jason Curlis, 15.792; 35. Mark
Hery, 15.793; 36. Critter Malone, 15.793; 37. Rob Chaney, 15.802; 38. Steve
Simon, 15.920; 42. Rusty McClure, 15.947; 43. Kyle Wissmiller, 15.973; 44.
Tony Beaber, 15.978; 45. Mike Dussel, 15.985; 46. Duffy Smith, 15.991; 47.
Matt Alloway, 16.103; 48. Kent Wolters, 16.152; 49. Jerrid Potter, 16.155;
50. Tim Kern, 16.185; 51. Chuck Wilson, 16.370; 52. Matt Lucius, 16.424; 53.
Kelly McCann, 16.843; 54. Jack Neville, 16.905; 55. Phil Burroughs, 17.159.

Non-qualifiers race 1: (top 2 to heats) 1. Mike Linder; 2. Rob Chaney; 3.
Kyle Wissmiller; 4. David Harrison; 5. Mike Dussell; 6. Mark Hery; 7. Chuck
Wilson; 8. Kelly McCann; 9. Jerrid Potter; 10. Phil Burroughs; 11. Dustine
Smith; 12. Matt Alloway.

Non-qualifiers race 2: (top 2 to heats): 1. Critter Malone; 2. Jason Curlis;
3. Tim Kern; 4. Matt Lucius; 5. Jack Neville; 6. Steve Simon; 7. Lee Potter;
8. Rusty McClure; 9. Tony Beaber

Heat 1 (top 4 to A): 1. Cory Kruseman; 2. Ryan Howard; 3. Jay Drake; 4. Dave
Darland; 5. Byron Reed

Heat 2 (top 4 to A): 1. Matt Neely; 2. Jon Stanbrough; 3. John Scott; 4.
Tony Elliott; 5. Bud Kaeding

Heat 3 (top 4 to A): 1. Boston Reid; 2. Brian Hayden; 3. Jimmy Laser; 4.
Matt Westfall; 5. Jerry Coons Jr.

Heat 4 (top 4 to A): 1. J.J. Yeley; 2. Tracy Hines; 3. Kevin Briscoe; 4.
Mike Miller; 5. Levi Jones

B-Main (top 6 to A): 1. Bud Kaeding; 2. Jac Haudenschild; 3. Mitch
Wissmiller; 4. Rob Chaney; 5. Justin Marvel; 6. Levi Jones; 7. John Wolfe;
8. Jerry Coons Jr.; 9. Brian Tyler; 10. Critter Malone; 11. Jared Fox; 12.
A.J. Anderson; 13. Tim Cox; 14. Jason Curliss; 15. Dickie Gaines; 16. Byron
Reed.

A-Main (30 laps): 1. Tracy Hines; 2. J.J. Yeley; 3. Bud Kaeding; 4. Matt
Westfall; 5. Jac Haudenschild; 6. Boston Reid; 7. Cory Kruseman; 8. Mike
Miller; 9. Kevin Briscoe; 10. Jay Drake; 11. Jimmy Laser; 12. Jon
Stanbrough; 13. Tony Elliott; 14. Rob Chaney; 15. Brian Tyler; 16. Mitch
Wissmiller; 17. Justin Marvel; 18. Dave Darland; 19. Matt Neely; 20. John
Scott; 21. Brian Hayden; 22. Levi Jones; 23. Ryan Howard.

USAC MIDGET RESULTS:

Heat 1: 1. Aaron Fike; 2. Bobby East; 3. Davey Ray; 4. Steve Buckwalter; 5.
Shane Hollingsworth

Heat 2: 1. J.J. Yeley; 2. Nick Lundgreen; 3. Critter Malone; 4. Dan Boorse;
5. Travis Welpott

Heat 3: 1. Jay Drake; 2. Cory Kruseman; 3. A.J. Fike; 4. Cole Carter; 5.
Ryan Scott

Heat 4: 1. Dave Darland; 2. BrandoN Waelti; 3. Teddy Beach; 4. Shane Cottle;
5. Jerry Coons Jr.

B-Main (top 6 to A): 1. Brad Kuhn; 2. Jerry Coons Jr.; 3. Tracy Hines; 4.
Shane Hollingsworth; 5. Billy Wease; 6. Tom Hessert; 7. Mike Hess; 8. Matt
Brun; 9. Ryan Durst; 10. Cody Brewer; 11. Chad Davenport; 12. J.D. Turner;
13. Kurt Mayhew; 14. Travis Welpott; 15. Clay Klepper; 16. Sarah McCune; 17.
Aaron Fiscus; 18. Travis Miniea; 19. Ryan Scott; 20. Rex Norris III; 21.
Doug Cross

A-Main (30 laps); 1. Dave Darland; 2. Bobby East; 3. Tracy Hines; 4. Cory
Kruseman; 5. Shane Cottle; 6. Aaron Fike; 7. Jay Drake; 8. BrandoN Waelti;
9. Critter Malone; 10. Billy Wease; 11. Teddy Beach; 12. Nick Lundgreen; 13.
Shane Hollingsworth; 14. Brad Kuhn; 15. J.J. Yeley; 16. Steve Buckwalter;
17. Tom Hessert; 18. Davey Ray; 19. Ryan Durst; 20. Dan Boorse; 21. Cole
Carter; 22. A.J. Fike; 23. Jerry Coons Jr.