Largest Turkey Night Grand Prix Entry List Containing Some Heavy Hitters At Ventura

[CIRF]

Turkey Night Grand Prix is the second oldest continuing open wheel event in the country, second only to The Indianapolis 500!





LARGEST TURKEY NIGHT FIELD IN 20 YEARS SET FOR THURSDAY AT VENTURA

Ventura, California (November 19, 2018)………The largest field of drivers for the “Turkey Night Grand Prix” since 1998 is ready to go for the 78th installment of the prestigious Thanksgiving night race this Thursday, November 22, at California’s Ventura Raceway.

Among the 67 expected entries for the USAC P1 National National Midgets and Light Up The World Beverages USAC Western States Midgets is a stacked driver lineup featuring the best-of-the best from a variety of racing disciplines, including past “Turkey Night” winners Kyle Larson (2012 & 2016), Christopher Bell (2014 & 2017) and 2015 winner Tanner Thorson heading the list.

Also entered is 2018 USAC National Midget champ Logan Seavey, 2014 champion Rico Abreu, plus 2018 feature winners Tyler Courtney, Justin Grant, Chad Boat, Spencer Bayston, Zeb Wise and Brady Bacon as well as Western States winners Alex Schutte, Michael Faccinto, Damion Gardner, Shane Golobic and Jake Swanson along with USAC Triple Crown champ Jerry Coons, Jr., USAC/CRA's winningest sprint car driver Damion Gardner and past Western States Dirt champ David Prickett among many others.

Sheldon Haudenschild and Carson Macedo are studs in the winged sprint car world who will hop in a midget for their USAC Midget season debuts.

Interestingly, 33 of the 67 entered drivers are eligible to win the Don Basile “Turkey Night” Rookie of the Race honors. Wise was the top Rookie in 2017, finishing 5th.

Turkey Night actually kicks off a night earlier with practice on Wednesday, November 21. USAC West Coast/VRA Sprints will be on the card both nights.

The race will be streamed live on http://www.SpeedShiftTV.com/ with live audio available on the USAC app.



2018 “TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX” MIDGET ENTRY LIST:

1 Kyle Larson/Elk Grove, CA

1K Brayton Lynch/Springfield, IL

1p (R) Ricky Lewis/Oxnard, CA

1x Johnathon Henry/Stockton, CA

2D (R) Kevin Woody, Jr./Victor, NY

3c Tanner Thorson/Minden, NV

3F (R) Geoff Ensign/Sebastapol, CA

4D Robert Dalby/Anaheim, CA

4M (R) Michelle Decker/Guthrie, OK

5 (R) Sterling Cling/Tempe, AZ

7BC Tyler Courtney/Indianapolis, IN

7u (R) Grady Chandler/Piedmont, OK

8 Randi Pankratz/Atascadero, CA

9D Michael Faccinto/Hanford, CA

9F Frankie Guerrini/San Rafael, CA

10 (R) Lance Bennett/Aurora, CO

10B (R) Blaze Bennett/Parker, CO

15 (R) Jason McDougal/Broken Arrow, OK

15c (R) Carson Garrett/Littleton, CO

15x Ashley Hazelton-Heredia/Chatsworth, CA

17BC (R) Cole Bodine/Rossville, IN

17G (R) Dustin Golobic/Fremont, CA

17s (R) Sheldon Haudenschild/Wooster, OH

17w Shane Golobic/Fremont, CA

20 (R) C.J. Sarna/Long Beach, CA

21 Christopher Bell/Norman, OK

24x David Prickett/Fresno, CA

25 Jerry Coons, Jr./Tucson, AZ

25x Damion Gardner/Concord, CA

27 Tucker Klaasmeyer/Paola, KS

28 Alex Schutte/Redding, CA

31 (R) Kyle Beilman/Santa Monica, CA

33P (R) Mike Leach/Foothill Ranch, CA

35 (R) Holley Hollan/Broken Arrow, OK

39BC Zeb Wise/Angola, IN

55 (R) C.J. Leary/Greenfield, IN

55T (R) Tony Everhart/El Cajon, CA

57 Maria Cofer/Macdoel, CA

67 Logan Seavey/Sutter, CA

67K Holly Shelton/Sacramento, CA

67x (R) Austin Liggett/Tracy, CA

67z Michael Pickens/Auckland, NZ

68 Robby Josett/Santa Clarita, CA

68w Jake Swanson/Anaheim, CA

71 Ryan Robinson/Foresthill, CA

71D (R) Bryan Drollinger/Lomita, CA

71K Tanner Carrick/Lincoln, CA

71R (R) Chase Johnson/Penngrove, CA

71s Cody Swanson/Covina, CA

71x (R) Jesse Colwell/Red Bluff, CA

72 (R) Sam Johnson/St. Peters, MO

73 (R) Dylan Ito/Newbury Park, CA

73K (R) Buddy Kofoid/Penngrove, CA

73T Ryan Bernal/Hollister, CA

73x Carson Macedo/Lemoore, CA

76E Justin Grant/Ione, CA

76M Brady Bacon/Broken Arrow, OK

77 (R) Daniel Anderson/Riverside, CA

77B (R) Olivia Bennett/Aurora, CO

84 Chad Boat/Phoenix, AZ

85 (R) McKenna Haase/Des Moines, IA

87 (R) Colby Copeland/Roseville, CA

91 (R) Chris Sheil/Aurora, CO

97 Spencer Bayston/Lebanon, IN

97F (R) Jesse Fernandez/Parker, CO

97K Rico Abreu/St. Helena, CA

99 (R) Colton Heath/Marysville, WA

(R) = Don Basile Rookie of the Race Can

[CageFaraday]

Ooo! Geoff Ensign is tough in Cali, wing & non-wing, but I've never seen him in a midget. He's known as the, "Human Highlight Reel". I'll be pulling for him and of course, Justin Grant, but I imagine Logan Seavey, Rico Abreau and Tanner Thorson will have something to say about it.

[CIRF]

Ooo! Geoff Ensign is tough in Cali, wing & non-wing, but I've never seen him in a midget. He's known as the, "Human Highlight Reel". I'll be pulling for him and of course, Justin Grant, but I imagine Logan Seavey, Rico Abreau and Tanner Thorson will have something to say about it.

CBell and Larson will make their presence known, as well.

We were fortunate enough to make the trip west for Turkey Night back in 2012. It was held at Perris back then. Larson won his first of 2 TNGP's on Thanksgiving Night 2012. It was at that point that I became a true believer in just how great Larson is. In March of 2012 we went to Ventura for opening night and found that place to be the coolest dirt track in existence. The turn #1 grandstands can't be more than a couple of hundred yards from the Pacific Ocean. We were all set up to go to Turkey Night at Ventura a couple of years ago and had some things come up that prevented us from going. Maybe next year.

We'll definitely be watching the SpeedshiftTV internet PPV broadcast both Wednesday and Thursday nights all the time wishing we were there!!