Turkey Night at Perris Auto Speedway this Thursday!

Turkey Night Grand Prix 2014

We have last year’s ‘TNGP Winner’ Dave Darland and last year’s ‘Rookie of the Year’ Trey Marcham!

Thursday, November 27, 2014
74^th Annual Turkey Night Grand Prix
USAC Western Midgets and National Midgets
Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, CA

In 2013, ‘The People’s Champ Dave Darland wheeled the King Racing Products / Berry Pack JFM #73 to the Winner’s Circle right here at Perris Auto Speedway!

In 2014, Dave will once again saddle into the #73 car to go for a repeat. Darland is one of only three drivers to ever win this famed event on both pavement and dirt and could be the only driver to win this three times with a win Thursday night. He won here last year on dirt and in 2007 took the win in Irwindale.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma’s Trey Marcham brought his Rookie of the Year status to JFM and has run with us all of 2014. Trey did not disappoint, taking 3 wins and 9 top ten finishes. Marcham is currently 2^nd in the Western Midget Dirt and overall Western Midget in the chase for the championship. Last Friday stymied his outlook on winning it all this year, though his talents behind the wheel are without question.

Trey will pilot the Berry Pack / King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC #73x.

A 98 lap feature race at The PAS will conclude both the National and Western States midget seasons. At post time, Kyle Larson, Bryan Clauson, Christopher Bell, Tracy Hines, Damion Gardner, Mike Spencer, Kevin Thomas Jr and Michael Pickens to name a few of the drivers that will be competing in this celebrated race.

Come to the track down in sunny SoCal and follow the race as it happens right here.

@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32 | @DaveDarland

Western World Championships are tomorrow with Marcham and Darland!!

We will have Western Midget Series championship contender Trey Marcham and ‘The People’s Champ’ Dave Darland all three nights of sprint car racing!!

November 20^th – November 22^nd
47^th Annual Western World Championships
Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC South West and USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park in Peoria

Tomorrow night will kick off the first of the three day event with the final races for the West Coast Sprint Car Series being played out at the infamous 1/3 mile oval in Peoria.  

Heading in to the weekend’s 3 day, co-sanctioned event, Trey Marcham out of Oklahoma City is just 36 points behind point leader Ronnie Gardner with the next contender well back. Trey will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine TCR #73 Midget. Rookie of the Year in 2013, Marcham, has two Fast Time Awards, two heat race victories and nine top-10 finishes including three wins and three runner-up finishes this year!

Dave Darland has run for JFM many times over the years. This WWC Dave will pilot the Berry Pack / King Racing Products Spike #73 Sprint. Darland, Atlanta IN, needs little introduction. With 30+ years racing, the Hoosier Auto Racing Fans Hall of Fame inductee is a 53 time USAC National Sprint Car winner, three time Indiana Sprint Week Champion and so many more accolades. Darland just claimed 3^rd this year in the Amsoil National Sprint Series that wrapped up last weekend here at Canyon.

Front gates open at 4:00pm and racing scheduled to start at 7:00pm.

See www.canyonspeedwaypark.com for further details.

We are looking forward to an EXCITING 3 day racing event! Come to the track and follow us on Twitter and Facebook throughout the weekend.

@JFM_Racing | @TreyMarcham32 | @DaveDarland

Turkey Night Grand Prix 2013!! 98 Lap Feature Race!!

November 28th, 2013

Perris Auto Speedway – Perris, CA
USAC National and Western Midgets

Josh Ford Motorsports looks to continue the Turkey Night tradition with another strong showing for the final race of 2013! Last year we placed 3^rd and 4^th with Ryan Bernal and Nic Fass. This year we have got Dave Darland, Kevin Thomas Jr., and Jac Haudenschild!

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FROM Perris Auto Speedway – www.perrisautospeedway.com

Spectator gates will open at 2:00 PM, qualifying will begin at 6:00 and the first race will take the green flag at 7:15.

“It is going to be a full day of racing and fun for the entire family,” longtime Perris Auto Speedway promoter Don Kazarian said on Monday. “There will be autograph sessions for early arriving fans, a live band and, of course, the best racers in the nation competing for Midget racing’s most prestigious title and a chance to kiss the Agie trophy. We also hope a lot of fans come out early in the day to tailgate in the spectator parking lot.”

There will be two autograph sessions before the race. The first one will be from 2:30 – 3:30 on the front straightaway of the famous Riverside County clay oval featuring all of the drivers and cars entered in this year’s race. From 3:30 to 4:30 there will be another autograph session in the track’s sports bar featuring some of the legends of the Turkey Night Grand Prix including this year’s Grand Marshal Sleepy Tripp, past Turkey Night winners Rick Goudy (1978), Kevin Olsen (1983), Chuck Gurney (1988 & 1989) and Jordan Hermansador (1994).

In the racing portion of the show, the fastest 14 cars in qualifying will be locked in to the 98-lap main event. All of the other cars will contest a pair of qualifying races with the top eight from each of those gaining their tickets into the feature. Those who do not proceed to the main event from qualifying or the qualifying races and who have a provisional, will be eligible to join the main event as well.

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Follow @JFM_Racing throughout the race for updates.

Josh Ford Motorsports and the 73rd Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix

Josh Ford Motorsports will have a stellar line up of incredibly talented drivers for the 73^rd Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix!

Agajanian Promotions and Perris Auto Speedway
The 73rd Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix
USAC National and Western Midgets
November 28^th, 2013

JFM is happy to announce the drivers we will have for Turkey Night! 

Lincoln, Indiana’s Dave Darland will be wheeling the Jimmy May tuned King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack Midget Spike/Fontana #73. Dave won the 18^th Annual Oval Nationals right here just earlier this month on November 2^nd. Darland has had an incredible year, once again… “Anytime Dave Darland is on the racetrack, he is a potential winner,” Perris promoter Don Kazarian said. “He is one of the greatest open wheel drivers of all time and on top of that, he is one of the nicest guys in all of racing. A true winner and a class act all the way.” We are thrilled to have Dave for this race!

Also running for JFM this Turkey Night, will be Kevin Thomas Jr. out of Cullman, Alabama. Thomas, 22, tied champion Bryan Clauson and Darland for the most wins in the USAC National Sprint Car Series with 7 in 2013. Kevin has placed in the top 10 every one of his last 10 races, winning at Tri-State Speedway in Haubstadt, IN.

And, we will have the “Wild Child” Jac Haudenschild from Wooster, Ohio. Jac has won 3 of his last 10 races, has strong roots in Southern California and has been racing and winning since 1974.

All of us at JFM are excited to have such talent running for us on Turkey Night! We hope to see everyone at the track.

Follow us throughout the race @JFM_Racing

This is the third and final day of WWC! Darland and JFM are locked in to the top 8 for both the Sprints and Midgets!!

Canyon Speedway Park – Peoria, AZ – 11/16/2013 – Day 3

Honda USAC National Midgets 46th Annual ‘Western World Championships’
Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars

Day 2 of Western World is complete. All the Sprint qualifying is done. Clauson took the Sprint checkered flag as Hagen edges out Bacon for the Midgets. It all comes down to what happens tonight! Third and final day of WWC is on the horizon.

MIDGETS - Cars locked into Saturday’s dash to line up the first four rows of the “Western World Championship” feature midget race are Bell, Hagen, Bacon, Abreu, Armstrong, Darland, Clauson, and Tracy Hines. All other cars will run heat races during Saturday’s championship program. Darland is tied for 6^th we believe, with 295 points, the leader Bell has 329.

Last night, Darland and JFM put in some solid racing.

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MIDGETS –Day 2

Heat 1 – 5^th – 8 Laps
First Qualifier – WINS (2^nd) – 8 Laps
Feature – 4^th (5^th) – 30 Laps

SPRINTS – As Dave Darland wheeling the JFM #73 Sprint took 4^th on Thursday and the top four from each preliminary night (Thursday and Friday) “A” Main event will lock into Saturday’s finale.  Those eight will engage in a Revenge Draw during Saturday’s opening ceremonies to determine the Dash lineup.  The Dash finish will determine the alignment of the front four rows of the main event.

The balance of the field will be lined straight up according to preliminary night point totals in twin “B” Mains (as well as a “C” Main if necessary) to set the balance of the “A” Main starting lineup.

It’s going to be an exciting finish and we are right in this with both the Sprints and Midgets!

Come to the track and follow Darland and JFM @JFM_Racing

Day 2 of Western World is happening now!

Canyon Speedway Park – Peoria, AZ – 11/15/2013

Honda USAC National Midgets 46th Annual ‘Western World Championships’

Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
Canyon Speedway Park – Peoria, AZ – 11/15/2013

Last night Dave Darland, driving the Josh Ford Motorsports King Racing Products / A&A Precision CNC Machine / Berry Pack Midget #73 for the Sprints, locked us into the Top 8 for Saturday nights finale with a 4^th place finish in the 30 lap Feature!

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Heat 1 – 5^th – 8 Laps
First Qualifier – WINS (2^nd) – 8 Laps
Feature – 4^th (5^th) – 30 Laps

Dave also put together a solid start for the three night Midget event. Darland qualified well and finished 8^th in the Feature. We are 7^th in points so far for the weekend for the midgets. We are at 144 with the leader, Christopher Bell at 165. Hopefully the points will update here http://www.canyonspeedwaypark.com/results/ as they are tallied.

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Qualified – 8^th (14.129)
Heat 4 – 6^th – 8 Laps
B Main – 2^nd (3^rd) – 12 Laps
Feature – 8^th (9^th) – 30 Laps

Tonight we will only be running the Midgets as the Sprints were split in two parts for the qualifying.

Follow Darland and JFM throughout the night @JFM_Racing!!

Darland and JFM at WWC 2013 at Canyon Speedway Park!!

The illustrious Dave Darland will drive for Josh Ford Motorsports this weekend for the Western World Championships!!

46th Annual Western World Championships
Honda USAC National Midgets
USAC Southwest vs. USAC West Coast Sprint Cars
November 14^th, 15^th and 16^th
Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZ

Dave Darland, out of Walton, Indiana, has had a phenomenal year to go along with his incredible career. Dave is coming off a $15,000 payday just last weekend at the Budweiser Oval Nationals. It should go without saying the caliber of this driver, anyone who knows Sprint Car racing knows the seemingly unending list of accomplishments this talented driver has racked up over the years. Some of the Highlights include 3x H.A.R.F. Driver of the year (1994-1997-1999), 1995 Buckeye Auto Racing Fan Club Driver of the Year, 3x Arnie Knepper Memorial award recipient, 15x I.S.W. Feature Winner (puts him #1 on The All Time Indiana Sprint Week win list) and so, so much more over his more than two decade storied career.

This year Dave claimed second behind Bryan Clauson in the National Sprint Car Series, though as mentioned earlier, he won over Clauson just last week in the 2013 Bud Nationals. Last year Dave finished just 5 points behind Clauson for the same series! Darland has placed in the top 10 in nearly every race he has been in and has won at least eight this year alone!

JFM, Jimmy May and the Team, our partners and everyone involved is excited to have Dave Darland wheeling the A&A Precision CNC Machine / King Racing Products / Berry Pack / CAM2 Blue Blood Racing Oils #73.

Darland will run both the Midget and the non-winged Sprint classes on all three nights of this national level racing in Peoria this coming Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Come out to the track and support JFM and Dave Darland. Follow the full weekend of racing as it happens! @JFM_Racing