Congrats Dave Darland on Turkey Night Win
 

Congratulations to Dave Darland on his Turkey Night victory at the PAS. Two in a row for Dave out there, first the Bud Nationals in the Phillips #71P sprinter and tonight in the Ford #73 midget. Way to go Dave.

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:8::8::8:

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way to represent dave/ congratulations!

Way to do Davey D. You are the man!!!!!

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What great news to read this morning before going to work...

Congrats Dave, you are the man!

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The Old Man spanks the kids AGAIN ! Seat time trumps youth once again. Congratulations from one old man to another.:6:

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Congrats Dave on a super win. Lloyd & Gail

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Congrats Dave!

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That Dave Darland is a BAD A$$

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There is a reason my son's middle name is Dave. No better way to celebrate the boy's first Turkey Day than with yet another classic victory for the Legend. Congrats Dave!!!

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Dave Darland set one record and tied another Thursday night at Perris Speedway. At 47, he became oldest winner of the Turkey Night Grand Prix and joined Mel Kenyon and the late Stan Fox as the only drivers to have won the classic USAC midget race on pavement and dirt.

“It looked good for a while, then not so good and then we got lucky,” said Darland, referring to the fact he looked resigned to second place before leader Damion Gardner lost a wheel only three laps from the checkered flag.

“Damion got by one of those restarts and he was strong, I couldn't catch him but then he had his problem (broken wheel) and we got by him and now I'm going to go drink some beer.”

The five-time USAC champion, whose moniker as ‘The People's Champion' fits to a T because of his short-track prowess and pleasant personality, started sixth and stormed into the top spot on the cushion – passing Andrew Felker on lap 50.

Felker then had to pit when his left-rear tire shredded. From that point until lap 81, Darland used his Eldora Speedway touch to run up against the fence on the quick half mile clay and withstood several restarts until Gardner got past with a slide job on lap 82.

“The Demon” pulled away and looked like he was set to join the list of immortal open wheel racers who have conquered Turkey Night before his wheel came off exiting Turn 4 on lap 95. Darland then held off Brad Sweet to the checkered flag.

“Pretty cool to win this thing twice, once on pavement and now on the dirt where it belongs,” said the native of Lincoln, Ind. “It's also cool to think about the guys who have won this race (A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Bill Vukovich, Gary Bettenhausen, Bubby Jones and Ron Shuman to name a few) during its history.

“I've always liked this place and done well and I can't thank my owner, Keith Ford, enough for letting me drive. Hell, I'm only 47, I can do this for a few more years.”

Darland also confirmed he would be running an ARCA stock car at Daytona next February.

Overall USAC champion Bryan Clauson charged from 23rd to 10th before his engine went sour
73rd “Turkey Night Grand Prix”

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Parker Price-Miller, 9P, Ronk-16.889; 2. Andrew Felker, 11A, Felker-16.958; 3. Brad Sweet, 67z, Kahne-17.1014; 4. Taylor Ferns, 55, Ferns-17.037; 5. Caleb Armstrong, 7c, C&A-17.051; 6. Dave Darland, 73, Ford-17.119; 7. Chris Windom, 3, RFMS-17.140; 8. Darren Hagen, 56A, Hmiel-17.155; 9. Tracy Hines, 24, Parker-17.169; 10. Nick Drake, 55x, Cline-17.228; 11. Christopher Bell, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.230; 12. Dalton Armstrong, 7A, C&A-17.245; 13. Ronnie Gardner, 68, Johnson-17.265; 14. Damion Gardner, 4, Klatt-17.304; 15. Bryan Clauson, 39, Tucker/BCI/Curb-Agajanian-17.306; 16. Nic Faas, 25, Rodela-17.324; 17. Zach Daum, 5D, Daum-17.357; 18. Tanner Thorson, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.361; 19. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-17.378; 20. Rico Abreu, 67K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-17.402; 21. Mike Spencer, 51s, Fly-17.424; 22. Shannon McQueen, 7, McQueen-17.441; 23. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-17.445; 24. Jake Swanson, 05, VanDyne/Swanson-17.447; 25. Danny Stratton, 56P, Hmiel-17.454; 26. Ricky Shelton, 15, Neverlift-17.470; 27. Tyler Thomas, 91T, Thomas-17.473; 28. R.J. Johnson, 51, Martin-17.476; 29. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 72, Ford-17.487; 30. Taylor Simas, 62, Bock-17.539; 31. Shane Golobic, 26, Bock-17.588; 32. Kevin Swindell, 71x, Ronk-17.627; 33. Brad Kuhn, 10, Cook-17.643; 34. Thomas Meseraull, 0, Lamott-17.659; 35. Kyle Edwards, 39K, Edwards-17.659; 36. Nick Chivello, 27, Chivello-17.670; 37. Trey Marcham, 37, McQueen-17.679; 38. Jac Haudenschild, 73x, Ford-17.749; 39. Cody Swanson, 71s, Swanson-17.755; 40. Chris Ennis, 86, Ennis-17.897; 41. Rick Hendrix, 12, Hendrix-18.116; 42. Joey Fabozzi, 84, Fabozzi-18.158; 43. Terry Nichols, 45, Neverlift-18.202; 44. Kyle Smith, 55K, Smith-18.320; 45. Terry Goodwin, 2G, Goodwin-18.440; 46. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-18.503; 47. Tony Everhart, 55T, Everhart-18.866; 48. Danny Ebberts, 2, Boyd-NT (time of 18.326 disallowed).

FIRST B MAIN : (12 laps) 1. Daum, 2. Pierovich, 3. T. Thomas, 4. Stratton, 5. Spencer, 6. Clauson, 7. C. Swanson, 8. K. Thomas, 9. Marcham, 10. Golobic, 11. Edwards, 12. Goodwin, 13. Kuhn, 14. Blondel, 15. Hendrix, 16. Nichols, 17. Everhart.

SECOND B MAIN : (12 laps) 1. Abreu, 2. McQueen, 3. Thorson, 4. Faas, 5. J. Swanson, 6. Swindell, 7. Haudenschild, 8. Meseraull, 9. Simas, 10. Johnson, 11. Chivello, 12. Ennis, 13. Fabozzi, 14. Ebberts, 15. Smith, 16. Pankratz, 17. Shelton.

FEATURE: (98 laps) 1. Dave Darland, 2. Brad Sweet, 3. Caleb Armstrong, 4. Zach Daum, 5. Ronnie Gardner, 6. Nic Faas, 7. Jake Swanson, 8. Rico Abreu, 9. Mike Spencer, 10. Tanner Thorson, 11. Tracy Hines, 12. Damion Gardner, 13. Brad Kuhn, 14. Tyler Thomas, 15. Kevin Thomas, Jr., 16. Nick Drake, 17. Danny Stratton, 18. Parker Price-Miller, 19. Dalton Armstrong, 20. Trey Marcham, 21. Christopher Bell, 22. Andrew Felker, 23. Taylor Ferns, 24. Darren Hagen, 25. Shannon McQueen, 26. Cody Swanson, 27. Kevin Swindell, 28. Jac Haudenschild, 29. Chris Windom, 30. Scott Pierovich, 31. Bryan Clauson, 32. Thomas Meseraull, 33. Randi Pankratz.
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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-49 Felker, Laps 50-81 Darland, Laps 82-94 D.Gardner, Laps 95-98 Darland.

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Good drive Dave. Way to go.
Lyndon.

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Was he the oldest in the field???

Jason Dull
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haud is older I believe

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TOTALLY AWESOME DUDE!!!!! Woohoooo!!!!!:3::8::22:

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Originally Posted by jdull99:
Was he the oldest in the field???

Jason Dull
815 494 6002
jdull99@hotmail.com
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Age is only a number...talent is real...Good job Dave! Hope you make it in ARCA in Florida.:8:

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Does anybody know what Turkey Night paid to win??

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Congratulations on another great win. What a season. Hope next season will be even better.

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Wes Stafford

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Congrats Dave on another big and popular win.

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Haud was the oldest. In his 50's.
Great win Darland!

Best Regards,
John

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Dave Darland is the man!! Unreal amount of talent behind the wheel. Congrats!:6::6:

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Was he the oldest in the field???

Jason Dull



Haud is 55, Dave is 47,

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Wes Stafford

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Don't have Dave try doing donuts out west here he will tip it over and he did in turn 4! That damp clay will bite you. :5::6: After 98 laps.

Congrats to DD.

Joe

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I guess youtube won't let me post the 73 Turkey night race highlights.

On youtube type this in ( 73rd Turkey Night Grand Prix Highlights from Perris Auto Speedway )

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It seems to have been removed from face book too. I can't watch it any more! :(
Thank you for trying to share!

Thank you all for the Congrats, it was awesome.
Dave

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Nice clip from Racer. Racer is more of an F1, IndyCar, Sports Car magazine/site (good read if you follow that stuff). Good to see RM cover some dirt for them.

http://www.racer.com/video-dave-darl...rticle/324246/

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Thank you for sharing!! :8::22: