Clauson Wins Turkey Night Grand Prix

From Dick Jordan

Bryan Clauson won the 69th Lucas Oil Turkey Night Grand Prix at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Levi Roberts, Josh Wise, Jerome Rodela, and Tanner Swanson rounded out the top five.

USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Josh Wise, 11, Wilke-Pak-16.705; 2. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-16.728; 3. Levi Roberts, 2D, DeBeaumont-16.738; 4. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.742; 5. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-16.749; 6. Ryan Kaplan, 20k, Kaplan/Gennuso-16.775; 7. Bryan Clauson, 11D, DeBeaumont-16.790; 8. Jason Leffler, 45, Western Speed-16.809; 9. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-16.844; 10. Darren Hagen, 3, RFMS-16.853; 11. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-16.857; 12. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne/Curb-16.881; 13. Brad Kuhn, 17B, RW-16.898; 14. Cole Whitt, 1, Kunz-16.901; 15. Kody Swanson, 40, Western Speed-16.911; 16. Davey Hamilton, 8, Rev 1-16.940; 17. Cale Conley, 3c, Conley-16.989; 18. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-17.004; 19. Tanner Swanson, 51, DeBeaumont-17.012; 20. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-17.014; 21. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-17.017; 22. Bobby Santos III, 98, Santos-17.019; 23. Thomas Meseraull, 38, McGerigle-17.027; 24. Alex Bowman, 55, Specialty Racing-17.075; 25. Tracy Hines, 05H, Loyet-17.091; 26. Mike Murgoitio, 10, Murgoitio-17.098; 27. Dave Darland, 12k, Kruseman-17.101; 28. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-17.103; 29. Shane Hmiel, 97, Kunz-17.115; 30. Cole Carter, 15, Neverlift-17.120; 31. Tony Hunt, 4x, Rosen-17.133; 32. Brad Loyet, 05, Loyet-17.180; 33. Alex Schutte, 21D, DeBeaumont-17.233; 34. Bobby Grewohl, 10c, Eskesen-17.271; 35. Henry Clarke, 67, Kunz-17.276; 36. Nick Wagner, 93, Wagner-17.475; 37. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C & A-17.528; 38. Cody Swanson, 5, VanDyne-17.532; 39. Austin Mero, 14k, Kruseman-17.766; 40. Nick Chivello, 27B, Chivello-17.798; 41. #80, Western Speed-NT.

FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. K.Swanson, 2. Hines, 3. T.Swanson, 4. Darland, 5. Pierovich, 6. Schutte, 7. Hmiel, 8. C.Armstrong, 9. Meseraull, 10. Clarke, 11. Conley, 12. Hunt, 13. Mero. NT

SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Boat, 2. Santos, 3. Hamilton, 4. Kramer, 5. Margeson, 6. Carter, 7. Bowman, 8. Murgoitio, 9. Loyet, 10. Grewohl, 11. C.Swanson, 12. Wagner, 13. Chivello. 3:26.03

FEATURE: (98 laps) 1. Bryan Clauson, 2. Levi Roberts, 3. Josh Wise, 4.Jerome Rodela, 5. Tanner Swanson, 6. Brad Sweet, 7. Garrett Hansen, 8. Alex Bowman, 9. Davey Hamilton, 10. Dakoda Armstrong, 11. Kody Swanson, 12. Caleb Armstrong, 13. Bobby East, 14. Zach Daum, 15. Henry Clarke, 16. Dave Darland, 17. Cole Whitt, 18. Chad Boat, 19. Adam Kramer, 20. Alex Schutte, 21. Evan Margeson, 22. Cole Carter, 23. Ryan Kaplan, 24. Bobby Santos III, 25. Shane Hmiel, 26. Tracy Hines, 27. Mike Murgoitio, 28. Brad Kuhn, 29. Scott Pierovich, 30. Brad Loyet, 31. Jason Leffler, 32. Darren Hagen. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-41 Wise, Laps 42-98 Clauson.

FINAL MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Kuhn-1,239; 2-Sweet-1,231; 3-Hagen-1,186; 4-Jerry Coons Jr.-1,103; 5-East-1,023; 6-Whitt-1,022; 7-Hines-958; 8-Clauson-900; 9-Boat-765; 10-Daum-544.

FINAL WESTERN MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Hansen-1,123; 2-Rodela-1,000; 3-Schutte-973; 4-T.Swanson-767; 5-David Prickett-699; 6-Pierovich-640; 7-Shannon McQueen-583; 8-Josh Ford-501; 9-Bowman-501; 10-Roberts-424.