From Dick Jordan, photo courtesy of Jim Fisher/FSC Pictorial
Cole Whitt won the USAC Western Sprint Car feature at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale during the 69th Lucas Oil Turkey Night Grand Prix. Kody Swanson, Scott Pierovich, Tanner Swanson, and Bobby East rounded out the top five.
USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 26, 2009 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 69th Lucas Oil “Turkey Night Grand Prix”
QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Kody Swanson, 75, TK-16.487; 2. Audra Sasselli, 77, Sasselli-16.519; 3. Tanner Swanson, 17, TK-16.558; 4. Scott Pierovich, 14, Pierson-16.661; 5. Cole Whitt, 29w, CW-16.672; 6. Ryan Kaplan, 20, Kaplan-16.717; 7. Bobby East, 5, Klatt-16.744; 8. JoJo Helberg, 7, Helberg-16.828; 9. Davey Hamilton, 40, Western Speed-16.877; 10. Luis Ramos III, 21, Kaplan-16.922; 11. Tracy Hines, 3F, Finkenbinder-16.935; 12. Tim Skoglund, 16, Harvest Supply-16.944; 13. Bryan Warf, 91, Warf-16.981; 14. Tony Hunt, 56, Phulps-16.987; 15. Rick Hendrix, 97, Hendrix-17.000; 16. Brian McClish, 4B, McClish-17.071; 17. Jeff Bird, 51, McClouski-17.118; 18. Mike Murgoitio, 80, Murgoitio-17.174; 19. Jim Waters, 24, Ault-17.228; 20. Troy DeCaire, 19x, Riddell-17.246; 21. Chris Schmelzle, 25z, Zema-17.305; 22. Ryan Burdett, 36, Burdett-17.309; 23. Randy Bauer, 50, Goetz-17.313; 24. Matt Mansell, 14m, Rendle-17.384; 25. Eric Barlow, 89, Waters-17.446; 26. Jimmy Riddell, 19, Riddell-17.753; 27.
Drew Church, 28, Church-17.803; 28. Marvin Mitchell, 68, Mitchell-19.437.
FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Cole Whitt, 2. Kody Swanson, 3. Scott Pierovich, 4. Tanner Swanson, 5. Bobby East, 6. Ryan Kaplan, 7. Audra Sasselli, 8. JoJo Helberg, 9. Tony Hunt, 10. Mike Murgoitio, 11. Luis Ramos III, 12. Rick Hendrix, 13. Tracy Hines, 14. Davey Hamilton, 15. Bryan Warf, 16. Jeff Bird, 17. Brian McClish, 18. Tim Skoglund, 19. Troy DeCaire, 20. Ryan Burdett, 21. Jim Waters, 22. Chris Schmelzle, 23. Randy Bauer, 24. Eric Barlow, 25. Matt Mansell, 26. Drew Church, 27. Marvin Mitchell, 28. Jimmy Riddell. 19:34.98
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-40 Whitt.
FINAL USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR POINTS: 1-T.Swanson-845; 2-Helberg-679; 3-Hunt-679; 4-K.Swanson-651; 5-McClish-604; 6-Sasselli-590; 7-Eric Humphries-503; 8-Shauna Hogg-496; 9-Riddell-304; 10-Murgoitio-301.