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Darland leads veteran charge at Turkey Night
Veteran USAC Midget Series racer Dave Darland
took the lead from pole-sitter
Kody Swanson on lap
3 and never flinched for the remainder of Turkey Night's
98 laps in a convincing win Thursday night.
NASCAR Sprint Cup driver Kasey Kahne, making a
cameo appearance with his homegrown Kasey Kahne Racing
team, finished second in a muscle-flexing of sorts for
veteran open-wheel racers.
Ford development driver
Bobby East placed
third;
Bryan Clauson
(sixth), 2006 Turkey Night winner
Billy Wease
(ninth), and former USAC Ford Focus champ
Chase Scott (tenth)
landed top finishes among a barrel-full of up-and-coming
drivers.
Swanson, driving as a teammate to Darland with
Toyota-backed Nine Racing, qualified on the pole with a
lap of 16.940 before finishing 26th.
Unofficial Finishing Order:
1. Dave Darland, 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. Bobby East, 4. Mike
Murgoitio, 5. Garrett Hansen, 6. Bryan Clauson, 7. Jason
Leffler, 8. Evan Margeson, 9. Billy Wease, 10. Chase
Scott, 11. Paul Zimmerly, 12. Dave Steele, 13. Brad
Sweet, 14. Darren Hagen, 15. Chris Windom, 16. Ricky
Erghott, 17. Dakoda Armstrong, 18. Brad Kuhn, 19. Cole
Whitt, 20. Michael Faccinto, 21. Jerry Coons, 22. Bobby
Santos, 23. Tracy Hines, 24. Josh Wise, 25. Justin
Melton, 26. Kody Swanson, 27. Levi Jones, 28. Zach
Schiff, 29. Ricky Stenhouse Jr., 30. Ron Gregory, 31.
Stephanie Mockler, 32. Matt Mitchell, 33. Bradley
Galedrige, 34. Johnny Rodriguez, 35. Brad Loyet.
Civali, Santos pick up weekend victories
Bobby Santos got
around
Cole Whitt with
eight laps to go and held off the talented Alpine,
California native for the win in the 40-lap USAC Western
Sprint feature at Irwindale Speedway on Thursday night.
The win was the first for Toyota power plants in their
sprint car debut.
Five-star prospect
James Civali
captured a Thanksgiving win of his own with a dominating
showing at Wall Township Speedway (NJ) on Saturday
night, leading all 100 laps in the Tour-type Modified
event.
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