USAC MOPAR NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 27, 2008 – Irwindale, California – Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 68th “Turkey Night Grand Prix” – “Toyota Challenge Finale”

       QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Bobby East, 4, Klatt-16.725; 2. Kody Swanson, 19, Nine Racing-16.735; 3. Dakoda Armstrong, 7A, C & A-16.748; 4. Chuck Gurney Jr., 151, Gurney-16.749; 5. Jason Leffler, 38, Leffler-16.761; 6. Davey Hamilton, 8H, Rev 1-16.761; 7. Billy Wease, 80, Western Speed-16.765; 8. Bobby Santos III, 45, Western Speed-16.767; 9. Darren Hagen, 9, Nine Racing-16.793; 10. Cole Whitt, 71, Kunz-16.822; 11. Evan Margeson, 50, Margeson-16.882; 12. Ryan Kaplan, 27, Clauson-16.897; 13. Brad Loyet, 05s, Loyet-16.906; 14. Chad Boat, 30, Boat-16.948; 15. Brad Kuhn, 07, Mentgen-16.949; 16. Scott Pierovich, 35, Pierovich-16.950; 17. Bryan Clauson, 11, DMS-16.969; 18. Brad Sweet, 49, Kahne-16.975; 19. Nic Faas, 40, Western Speed-16.990; 20. Chris Windom, 67, Kunz-17.000; 21. Ricky Ehrgott, 8, Rev 1-17.006; 22. Josh Wise, 75, Pedregon-17.010; 23. Paul Zimmerly, 60, Western Speed-17.028; 24. Matt Mitchell, 67k, Kunz-17.035; 25. Dave Steele, 91, Nine Racing-17.036; 26. Brian Olson, 77,
Olson-17.037; 27. Kasey Kahne, 67x, Zarounian-17.047; 28. Chase Scott, 14, Real Race Cars-17.062; 29. Shane Golobic, 157, Clauson-17.065; 30. Levi Jones, 20, Stewart-17.072; 31. Parker Kligerman, 44, Perona-17.077; 32. Garrett Hansen, 70, Hansen-17.085; 33. Bobby Grewohl, 10c, Eskesen-17.086; 34. Zach Daum, 33D, Daum-17.090; 35. Alison MacLeod, 04, Klatt-17.091; 36. Robby Josett, 99x, Josett-17.094; 37. Cole Carter, 7, Carter-17.108; 38. Brady Bacon, 99, Kahne-17.111; 39. Bradley Galedrige, 29, Galedrige-17.135; 40. Zach Schiff, 5, East-17.149; 41. David Byrne, 20D, Byrne-17.170; 42. Tracy Hines, 21, Stewart-17.199; 43. Chris Schmelzle, 62, Schmelzle-17.203; 44. Adam Kramer, 2, Kramer-17.207; 45. Michael Faccinto, 41, Scelzi-17.212; 46. Levi Roberts, 2x, Roberts-17.254; 47. Marco DeGeorge, 78, DeGeorge-17.283; 48. Jerome Rodela, 25, Rodela-17.322; 49. Alfred Galedrige Jr., 26, Galedrige-17.386; 50. Mike Murgoitio, 4x, Rosen-17.413; 51. Steve Mathews, 21x, DMS-17.417; 52. Mark
Atkinson, 23, Atkinson-17.458; 53. Ben Petter, 22, Petter-17.545; 54. Justin Grant, 5x, VanDyne-17.614; 55. Joe Payne Jr., 75x, Angelillo-17.666; 56. Henry Clarke, 12, Kruseman-17.684; 57. David Prickett, 15, Neverlift-17.718; 58. Danielle Dickson, 54, Perona-17.772; 59. P.J. Jones, 75p, Pedregon-22.914; 60. Caleb Armstrong, 71a, C & A-NT; 61. Caitlin Shaw, 89, Shaw-NT; 62. Shannon McQueen, 7x, McQueen-NT; 63. Daniel Bedford, 03, Bedford-NT; 64. Chase Barber, 90, Barber-NT.

       FIRST QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Clauson, 2. Steele, 3. Faas, 4. Kligerman, 5. Zimmerly, 6. Kahne, 7. Golobic, 8. B.Galedrige, 9. Byrne, 10. Faccinto, 11. Ehrgott, 12. MacLeod, 13. Payne, 14. Petter, 15. Jones, 16. Prickett, 17. Carter, 18. Kuhn, 19. A.Galedrige, 20. Schmelzle, 21. DeGeorge, 22. Grewohl, 23. Mathews. NT

       SECOND QUALIFYING RACE: (12 laps) 1. Sweet, 2. Pierovich, 3. Wise, 4. Windom, 5. Olson, 6. Mitchell, 7. Hansen, 8. Atkinson, 9. Bacon, 10. Hines, 11. Kramer, 12. Josett, 13. Roberts, 14. Grant, 15. Jones, 16. Rodela, 17. Scott, 18. Dickson, 19. Daum, 20. Clarke, 21. Schiff. NT

       FEATURE: (98 laps) 1. Bobby Santos III, 2. Davey Hamilton, 3. Darren Hagen, 4. Ryan Kaplan, 5. Jason Leffler, 6. Kody Swanson, 7. Josh Wise, 8. Dakoda Armstrong, 9. Bryan Clauson, 10. Billy Wease, 11. Cole Whitt, 12. Brad Sweet, 13. Nic Faas, 14. Dave Steele, 15. Paul Zimmerly, 16. Bobby East, 17. Robby Josett, 18. Shane Golobic, 19. Brian Olson, 20. Evan Margeson, 21. Bradley Galedrige, 22. Kasey Kahne, 23. Brad Loyet, 24. Matt Mitchell, 25. Mark Atkinson, 26. Tracy Hines, 27. Parker Kligerman, 28. Chad Boat, 29. Chuck Gurney Jr., 30. Scott Pierovich, 31. Garrett Hansen, 32. Levi Jones, 33. Chris Windom. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-5 East, Laps 6-8 Gurney, laps 9-56 Leffler, Laps 57-89 Hamilton, Laps 90-98 Santos.

FINAL MOPAR NATIONAL MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Whitt-1,196; 2-Hines-1,195; 3-Sweet-1,097; 4-East-1,084; 5-Bacon-1,041; 6-Jones-1,031; 7-Hagen-1,015; 8-Jerry Coons Jr.-834; 9-Kuhn-803; 10-Dave Darland-773.

FINAL WESTERN MIDGET CAR POINTS: 1-Faas-1,028; 2-Pierovich-881; 3-Josett-768; 4-C.J.Sarna-642; 5-McQueen-505; 6-Zimmerly-482; 7-Ernie Bartley III-471; 8-Randi Pankratz-408; 9-Daniel Bedford-377; 10-Steve Mathews-300.

2008 “TOYOTA CHALLENGE” CHAMPION: Western Speed Racing Car #45

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