Peterson Wins Focus Midget Feature at Turkey Night

From Dick Jordan

Garrett Peterson won the USAC Ford Focus midget car feature during the 69th Lucas Oil Turkey Night Grand Prix at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. Taylor Ferns, Michael J. Lewis, Nik Romano, and Shawn Buckley rounded out the top five.

USAC CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Keegan Walmer, 9, Sutton-14.524; 2. Cody Gerhardt, 40, Western Speed-14.605; 3. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-14.622; 4. Nik Romano, 42, Sutton-14.623; 5. Michael J. Lewis, 60, Western Speed-14.666; 6. Garrett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.683; 7. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.717; 8. Zach Stout, 95, Stout-14.774; 9. Jake Blackhurst, 25, Blackhurst-14.795; 10. Michael Daniels, 87, Remick-14.850; 11. Greg Paul, 70, Paul-14.917; 12. Austin Luttmer, 49, James-14.977; 13. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-14.979; 14. Dennis Simunovich, 5, Simunovich-15.028; 15. Jessica Clark, 38, Clark-15.083; 16. Brody Roa, 91, Roa-15.101; 17. Kyle Neveau, 32, Pankratz-15.153; 18. Kyle Cline, 35, Boyd-15.190; 19. Connor Kassik, 26, Kassik-15.196; 20. Bob Brewer, 5x, Brewer-15.223; 21. Henry Steele III, 92, Steele-15.224; 22. Gordy Edwards, 12, Edwards-15.389; 23. Gregg Fuette, 15, Fuette-15.400; 24. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.461; 25. Kyle Edwards, 39, Edwards-15.535.

FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Garrett Peterson, 2. Taylor Ferns, 3. Michael J. Lewis, 4. Nik Romano, 5. Shawn Buckley, 6. Jake Blackhurst, 7. Zach Stout, 8. Michael Daniels, 9. Brody Roa, 10. Cody Gerhardt, 11. Greg Paul, 12. Bob Brewer, 13. Randi Pankratz, 14. Kyle Edwards, 15. Kyle Neveau, 16. Keegan Walmer, 17. Connor Kassik, 18. Kyle Cline, 19. Gregg Fuette, 20. Henry Steele III, 21. J.R. Williams, 22. Austin Luttmer, 23. Gordy Edwards, 24. Dennis Simunovich. 15:09.58
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Peterson.

FINAL CALIFORNIA PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Romano-1,050; 2-Gerhardt-967; 3-Stout-758; 4-Lewis-564; 5-Jeff Oleen-541; 6-Eric Gunderson-481; 7-Peterson-478; 8-Kassik-441; 9-Williams-437; 10-Walmer-360.