TURKEY NIGHT ENTRY LIST HITS 50

A field in excess of 50 USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midgets are expected for Saturday night’s 80th running of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix at California’s Ventura Raceway. (Eric Myers Photo)

By: Richie Murray – USAC Media

Ventura, California (November 23, 2021)………Two past winners highlight the 50-plus car USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget entry list for the 80^th running of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix on Saturday night, November 27, at southern California’s Ventura Raceway.

The new NASCAR Cup Series champion, Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, California), has won the TNGP on three occasions in his career, the two most recent of which came at Ventura in 2016 and 2019. He scored his first win in the event in 2012 at Perris, California and with one more victory this weekend, would become just the second driver to win the race at least four times. Ron Shuman has won the event a record eight times.

Tanner Thorson (Minden, Nevada) captured his Turkey Night Grand Prix midget victory back in 2015 at Perris, Calif. The 2016 USAC National Midget champ has won seven series events in 2021, tied with Chris Windom for the most this season.

Throughout the field there’s an extensive list of champions, including Windom, the reigning USAC National Midget Champion who is waged in a fierce battle for this year’s crown with first-time championship hopeful, Buddy Kofoid (Penngrove, California).

Logan Seavey (Sutter, California), the 2018 USAC National Midget Champion, is entered for the event as is 2020 USAC Silver Crown titleholder Justin Grant (Ione, California), 2019 USAC AMSOIL National Sprintcar Champion CJ Leary (Greenfield, Indiana) and even the 2020 NASCAR Cup Series champ, Chase Elliott (Dawsonville, Georgia) who is making his bid as a Don Basile Rookie of the Race candidate this Saturday night.

USAC feature winners are scattered all throughout the field, all of whom dream that one of their next victories includes a coveted Turkey Night score. Those include Cannon McIntosh (Bixby, Oklahoma), Kevin Thomas Jr. (Cullman, Alabama), Jason McDougal (Broken Arrow, Oklahoma), Thomas Meseraull (San Jose, California), Zach Daum (Pocahontas, Illinois), Emerson Axsom (Franklin, Indiana), Shane Golobic (Fremont, California), Zeb Wise (Angola, Indiana) and recent first-time USAC National Midget feature winner, Ryan Timms (Oklahoma City, Oklahoma).

World of Outlaws Sprintcar front runner Carson Macedo (Lemoore, California) is among the group still looking for a first career USAC National Midget feature victory as is two-time All Star Circuit of Champions runner-up Cory Eliason (Visalia, California) who has been impressive in brief USAC Midget appearances, the debut of which came just two weeks ago.

The home state of California is represented by 30 of the 51 entered drivers. Among them are regional champions with USAC, including 2021 Western States Midget champion Blake Bower (Brentwood), 2013-14 Western Classic Sprintcar titlist Ryan Bernal (Hollister), 2012 Western States Dirt Midget champ David Prickett (Fresno), plus 2018 BCRA Midget champ Maria Cofer (Macdoel).

Automotive Racing Products, the title sponsor of the 8

0th running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix, has added $15,000 to the event purse from top-to-bottom for the $10,000-to-win USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship event at Ventura on Saturday night, November 27.

Midget practice, plus USAC West Coast Sprintcar heat races, qualifiers and dash will take place on Friday, November 26 with the Sprintcar semi-feature and feature events, and the 98-lap USAC Midget season finale taking place on Saturday, November 27.

All tickets that are not reserved are $35. Reserved seats are $45 for ages 13 and older and $20 for ages 12 and under.

Race tickets are available now at www.venturaraceway.net.

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2021 TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX ENTRY LIST: (51 PRE-ENTRIES)

00 CARSON SOUSA/Red Bluff, CA (Mounce-Stout Motorsports)

00A JAKE ANDREOTTI/Castro Valley, CA (Pete Davis)

01 BRYANT WIEDEMAN/Colby, KS (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

07w MITCHEL MOLES/Raisin City, CA (Matt Wood Racing)

08 CANNON McINTOSH/Bixby, OK (Dave Mac Motorsports)

1EM DAVID PRICKETT/Fresno, CA (NP Motorsports)

1K KYLE LARSON/Elk Grove, CA (Kyle Larson Racing)

1N ®RYAN PADGETT/Anadarko, OK (NP Motorsports)

1p ®TERRY NICHOLS/Delano, CA (NP Motorsports)

2J JUSTIN GRANT/Ione, CA (RMS Racing)

5 KEVIN THOMAS JR./Cullman, AL (Petry Motorsports)

5K BEN WORTH/Coalinga, CA (Dean Alexander)

5T JASON McDOUGAL/Broken Arrow, OK (Dean Alexander)

7NZ CHASE JOHNSON/Penngrove, CA (BSL Racing)

7x THOMAS MESERAULL/San Jose, CA (RMS Racing) 1

8 RANDI PANKRATZ/Atascadero, CA (Wally Pankratz)

8w ®KALEB MONTGOMERY/Templeton, CA (Woodland Autosports)

9 BLAKE BOWER/Brentwood, CA (Tony Boscacci)

9E CHASE ELLIOTT/Dawsonville, GA (Kyle Larson Racing)

9m ZACH DAUM/Pocahontas, IL (Bundy Built Motorsports)

12 JARRETT SOARES/Discovery Bay, CA (Steven Soares)

15 EMERSON AXSOM/Franklin, IN (Petry Motorsports)

15ws RON HAZELTON/Chatsworth, CA (Ron Hazelton)

15x CARSON GARRETT/Littleton, CO (Broc Garrett)

17w SHANE GOLOBIC/Fremont, CA (Matt Wood Racing)

19A CHASE RANDALL/Waco, TX (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)

19AZ HAYDEN REINBOLD/Gilbert, AZ (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)

19m ETHAN MITCHELL/Mooresville, NC (Bundy Built Motorsports)

19T TANNER THORSON/Minden, NV (Reinbold-Underwood Motorsports)

20 C.J. SARNA/Brea, CA (C.J. Sarna)

21 CARSON MACEDO/Lemoore, CA (Tarlton Motorsports)

25 LOGAN SEAVEY/Sutter, CA (Tom Malloy)

25K TAYLOR REIMER/Bixby, OK (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

25m COLBY COPELAND/Roseville, CA (Tom Malloy)

26 CORY ELIASON/Visalia, CA (Rudeen Racing)

26R CHANCE CRUM/Snohomish, WA (Rudeen Racing)

32 CADEN SARALE/Stockton, CA (Caden Sarale)

37 MATT MITCHELL/Yorba Linda, CA (J.W. Mitchell Motorsports)

37w ZEB WISE/Angola, IN (Matt Wood Racing)

51 ®BRODY FUSON/Bakersfield, CA (Rusty Carlile)

57 MARIA COFER/Macdoel, CA (Abacus Racing)

67 BUDDY KOFOID/Penngrove, CA (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

71 KAYLEE BRYSON/Muskogee, OK (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

73 ®DYLAN ITO/Ventura, CA (Josh Ford Motorsports)

73B ROBBY JOSETT/Santa Clarita, CA (Josh Ford Motorsports)

73x C.J. LEARY/Greenfield, IN (Josh Ford Motorsports)

85T RYAN TIMMS/Oklahoma City, OK (CB Industries)

86 JADE AVEDISIAN/Clovis, CA (CB Industries)

87w RYAN BERNAL/Hollister, CA (Matt Wood Racing)

89 CHRIS WINDOM/Canton, IL (CB Industries)

97 BRENHAM CROUCH/Lubbock, TX (Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports)

® represents a Don Basile Rookie of the Race candidate

TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX MIDGET WINNERS:

1934: Bob Swanson  1935: Ted Sizemore  1936: Ronney Householder

1937: Ronney Householder  1938: Bob Swanson  1939: Mel Hansen

1940: Roy Russing  1941: Roy Russing  1945: Danny Oakes

1946: Perry Grimm  1947: Johnny McDowell  1948: Bill Vukovich

1949: Perry Grimm  1950: Bill Zaring  1951: Not Held

1952: Not Held  1953: Not Held  1954: Not Held

1955: Johnnie Parsons  1956: Edgar Elder  1957: George Amick

1958: Joe Garson  1959: Tony Bettenhausen  1960: A.J. Foyt

1961: A.J. Foyt  1962: Billy Cantrell  1963: Mel Kenyon

1964: Parnelli Jones  1965: Dick Atkins  1966: Parnelli Jones

1967: Gary Bettenhausen  1968: Sammy Sessions  1969: George Benson

1970: Gary Bettenhausen  1971: Billy Engelhart  1972: Tony Simon

1973: Billy Engelhart  1974: Danny McKnight  1975: Mel Kenyon

1976: Bubby Jones  1977: Gary Patterson  1978: Rick Goudy

1979: Ron Shuman  1980: Ron Shuman  1981: Ron Shuman

1982: Ron Shuman  1983: Kevin Olson  1984: Ron Shuman

1985: Brent Kaeding  1986: Warren Mockler  1987: Ron Shuman

1988: Chuck Gurney  1989: Chuck Gurney  1990: Stan Fox

1991: Stan Fox  1992: Ron Shuman  1993: Ron Shuman

1994: Jordan Hermansader  1995: Billy Boat  1996: Billy Boat

1997: Billy Boat  1998: Jay Drake  1999: Jason Leffler

2000: Tony Stewart  2001: Dave Steele  2002: Michael Lewis

2003: Dave Steele  2004: Bobby East  2005: Jason Leffler

2006: Billy Wease  2007: Dave Darland  2008: Bobby Santos

2009: Bryan Clauson  2010: Bryan Clauson  2011: Caleb Armstrong

2012: Kyle Larson  2013: Dave Darland  2014: Christopher Bell

2015: Tanner Thorson  2016: Kyle Larson  2017: Christopher Bell

2018: Christopher Bell  2019: Kyle Larson  2020: Not Held