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

Kevin Thomas Jr and Markus Niemelä next Thursday at the Oval Nationals in Perris!

November 6^th, 7^th and 8^th

2014 Budweiser Oval Nationals
USAC West Coast 360’s & USAC CRA 410’s
Perris Auto Speedway - Perris, Ca

Next week will be the 19^th Annual Budweiser Oval Nationals at the PAS with $5,000 to win the prelim night and the finale on Saturday night pays $20,000 to win! This is an incredible event with the best sprint car drivers this sport has to offer in attendance. The event will be televised on MAVTV! Last year’s winner Dave Darland will be defending as well as signing copies of his book, “The Peoples, Champ,” for sale at the signing.

Markus Niemelä, Rauma Finland will be wheeling the King Racing Products / Berry Pack / A&A Precision CNC Machine 360 Sprint #73 on Thursday November 6^th. Niemelä is a talented, consistent driver and has run the 360 for us pretty much all season. Markus is solidly 2^nd in the points for the West Coast Sprint Car Series with this being the last point’s race of 2014 for the 360’s. Niemelä is 28 points out of the lead behind Yorba Linda’s Matt Mitchell.

Kevin Thomas Jr out of Indy will pilot the 360 #73x on Thursday and the #73 410 on Friday and Saturday.^th  KT has driven the CRA for JFM the later part of this season grabbing 4 top 5 and 2 second place finishes! Thomas runs the AMSOIL National Sprints where he is 12 overall as well as National Midget Dirt.

73 Car Images - Tear-Off Heaven Fotos

FULL SCHEDULE for the Oval Nationals 2014

Come to the track and follow the race here!

@JFM_Racing | @markusniemela | @kevinthomasjr

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.

JFM and Jon Stanbrough at the 18th Annual BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS

18th Annual BUDWEISER OVAL NATIONALS | Perris Auto Speedway | Perris, CA

Three exciting days of racing at PAS for JFM and Jon Stanbrough!

October 31st, November 1st and November 2^nd
Thursday - "USAC Grudge Series" USAC Western Sprint Car Series vs USAC Southwest Sprint Car Series
Friday & Saturday - USAC National & CRA Sprint Cars

The first day Stanbrough put in some solid racing, qualifying well and finishing strong, taking home 5^th for the 360 Sprints in the ‘Grudge Series’.

Qualified – 4^th
Heat 4 – NT (6^th)
Semi – WINS (1^st)
Feature – 5^th (17^th)

On Friday night, with 53 National and CRA 410’s, all vying for points to put them in position for the Saturday night finale, Stanbrough, again the consistent veteran put together a good night’s racing.

Qualified – 25^th (17.138)
Heat 4 – 4th (2^nd)
Semi – WINS (1^st)
Feature – 13^th (22^nd)

Saturday night’s finale to the Budweiser Oval Nationals was electric all through from qualifying to the final lap of the Feature!! We had Ryan Bernal driving Jon’s back up 73x and both cars performed well throughout the evening. Bernal’s ride from the previous evening had engine problems that could not be reconciled for Saturday’s race. Stanbrough claimed 8^th in the Feature and Bernal just missed the transfer in the B Main #1.

- Jon Stanbrough -

Qualified – 10^th (16.865)
Heat 2 – WINS (2^nd) – 10 Laps
Feature – 8^th (9^th) – 40 Laps

- Ryan Bernal -

Qualified – 21st (17.038)
Heat 1 – 4th (6^th) – 10 Laps
B Main #1 – 6^th (16^th) – 12 Laps

Up NEXT for JFM:
Nov 14 | USAC WWS & MIDGET | Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZNov 15 | USAC WWS & MIDGET | Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZ
Nov 16 | USAC WWS & MIDGET | Canyon Speedway Park | Peoria, AZ