By Dick Jordan
Thursday night’s 70th“Turkey Night Grand Prix” at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. will include competition for four 2010 USAC Ford Focus Championships in addition to the Midget and Sprint car portions of the tripleheader program.
Nick Carlson and Cody Gerhardt lead respective standings entering Thursday’s competition. Carlson is the overall Western Ford Focus leader, while Gerhardt sits atop the Pavement, Northern and Southern California points.
Garrett Peterson won last year’s “Turkey Night” Ford Focus feature but it remains to be seen if he can repeat. He ranks eighth in the Western and fourth in the pavement standings.
Carlson’s lead over Gerhardt in the Western points is 21, with 66 available. Gerhardt has a lock on the pavement title but is only 35 ahead of Kyle Edwards in the Northern California points and 55 ahead of Bobby Runyan in the Southern Calfiornia standings.
Last Saturday’s “ARP Fall Classic” at the Ventura (Calif.) Raceway was rained out and a decision is forthcoming as to the status of that event’s possible rescheduling to this Friday night. Both the Western Ford Focuses and Young Guns are involved in that program.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-794, 2-Cody Gerhardt-773, 3-Michael Daniels-731, 4-Kyle Edwards-711, 5-Bobby Runyan-699, 6-Cody Thompson-682, 7-Jet Davison-680, 8-Garrett Peterson-652, 9-Andrew Mulhearn-644, 10-Keegan Walmer-633.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS PAVEMENT POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-1,088, 2-Bobby Runyan-954, 3-Cody Thompson-682, 4-Garrett Peterson-652, 5-Keegan Walmer-633, 6-Eli Schrock-552, 7-Austin Farley-526, 8-Connor Kassik-481, 9-Shawn Buckley-439, 10-Jessica Clark-371.
USAC WESTERN FORD FOCUS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Nick Carlson-890, 2-Kyle Edwards-785, 3-Jet Davison-722, 4-Andrew Mulhearn-644, 5-Andrew Murray-594,6-Wally Pankratz-504 , 7-Zach Stout-486, 8-Tony Cinque-426, 9-Jake Blackhurst-272, 10-Kalvin Douglas-167.
USAC NORTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-687, 2-Garrett Peterson-652, 3-Cody Thompson-648, 4-Keegan Walmer-602, 5-Bobby Runyan-554, 6-Tim Skoglund-286, 7-Connor Kassik-256, 8-Courtney Atkinson-255, 9-Austin Farley-221, 10-J.R. Williams-204.
USAC SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA FORD FOCUS POINT STANDINGS
1-Cody Gerhardt-637, 2-Bobby Runyan-582, 3-Eli Schrock-552, 4-Austin Farley-526, 5-Shawn Buckley-439, 6-Jessica Clark-328, 7-Cody Thompson-324, 8-Kyle Edwards-276, 9-Keegan Walmer-275, 10-Connor Kassik-249.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS POINT STANDINGS
1-Jarid Blondel-758, 2-Brandon White-754, 3-Casey Martinez-748, 4-Alex Jacobsen-728, 5-Collin Henry-627, 6-Keegan Walmer-615, 7-Daniel Williams-586, 8-Austin Farley-566, 9-Cody Thompson-553, 10-Logan Williams-471.
USAC WESTERN FOCUS YOUNG GUNS DIRT POINT STANDINGS
1-Casey Martinez-846, 2-Jarid Blondel-834, 3-Alex Jacobsen-825, 4-Collin Henry-666, 5-Daniel Williams-586, 6-Logan Williams-471, 7-Bradley Morris-458, 8-Winn Frazin-326, 9-Tanner Kershaw-310, 10-Cole Custer-119.