RANKINE #1 IN “TURKEY NIGHT” FOCUSES

 


Irwindale, CA……..Ross Rankine of Willard, Ohio passed Brodie Kostecki on lap 20 and led the final 21 laps to win Thursday night’s 40-lap USAC Western Ford Focus feature at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale, Calif. The race was part of the track’s 71st “Turkey Night Grand Prix” program. Rankine piloted the National Pride Beast/Ford Focus to the win over Drake, Garett Peterson, Jim Waters and Brodie Kostecki. Drake ended up as the National titlist, while Kostecki won the Western crown and Clark claimed both the Western Pavement and Southern California titles.


 


USAC WESTERN/PAVEMENT/CALIFORNIA SOUTH FORD FOCUS RACE RESULTS: November 24, 2011 – Irwindale, California - Toyota Speedway at Irwindale – 71st “Turkey Night Grand Prix”


 


QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Nick Drake, 55, Cline-14.264; 2. Ricky Bowers, 9, Sutton-14.268; 3. Ross Rankine, 9L, Nine Racing-14.269; 4. Paul Graham, 24, Sutton-14.269; 5. Brodie Kostecki, 40, Western Speed-14.309; 6. Sheldon Didinger, 3, Sutton-14.344; 7. Garett Peterson, 31, Peterson-14.367; 8. Jarid Blondel, 98, Blondel-14.392; 9. Jessica Clark, 44, Clark-14.402; 10. Jim Waters, 28, Walton-14.525; 11.Cole Custer, 55k, Cline-14.525; 12. Brandon White, 60, Western Speed-14.578; 13. Kyle Edwards, 26, Breckenridge-14.665; 14. Austin Luttmer, 49, Burdett-14.685; 15. Shawn Buckley, 7, Buckley-14.702; 15. Daniel Williams, 98x, Blondel-14.740; 16. Winn Frazin, 59, Frazin-14.752; 17. Randi Pankratz, 32, Pankratz-14.888; 18. Michael Schuller, 25, Maier-14.900; 19. Ron Duncombe, 4, Walton-15.020; 20. J.R. Williams, 74, Williams-15.417; 21. Michael Steele, 92, Steele-15.532; 22. Cordy Horn, 14, Horn-15.969; 23. #11, Sutton-NT; 24. # 42, Sutton-NT.


 


FEATURE: (40 laps) 1. Ross Rankine, 2. Nick Drake, 3. Garett Peterson, 4. Jim Waters, 5. Brodie Kostecki, 6. Kyle Edwards, 7. Winn  Frazin, 8. Sheldon Didinger, 9. Brandon White, 10. Ron Duncombe, 11. Paul Graham, 12. Austin Luttmer, 13. Jessica Clark, 14. Shawn Buckley, 15. Michael Schuller, 16. Randi Pankratz, 17. Daniel Williams, 18. Cordy Horn, 19. Michael Steele, 20. J.R. Williams, 21. Jarid Blondel, 22. Ricky Bowers, 23. Cole Custer. NT


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FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-19 Kostecki, Laps 20-40 Rankine.


 


FINAL NATIONAL FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Drake-720; 2-Rankine-708; 3-Kostecki-702; 4-Peterson-687; 5-Jarett Andretti-687; 6-Keegan Walmer-681; 7-Chris Lamb-678; 8-Wally Pankratz-678; 9-Waters-675; 10-Scott Hunter-672.


FINAL WESTERN FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Kostecki-826; 2-Waters-807; 3-Peterson-769; 4-Wally Pankratz-768; 5-Chuck Groat-760; 6-Keegan Walmer-752; 7-Clark-747; 8-Tyler Dolacki-721; 9-Blondel-709; 10-Luttmer-708.


FINAL WESTERN PAVEMENT FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Clark-1,249; 2-Kostecki-1,088; 3-Peterson-967; 4-Keegan Walmer-902; 5-James Edens-731; 6-Tanner Long-730; 7-White-717; 8-Graham-692; 9-J.R> Williams-500; 10-Waters-441.


FINAL CALIFORNIA SOUTH FORD FOCUS SERIES STANDINGS: 1-Clark-761; 2-White-717; 3-Graham-692; 4-Kostecki-584; 5-Peterson-398; 6-Bowers-358; 7-Keegan Walmer-356; 8-Waters-304; 9-James Edens-279; 10-Tanner Long-257.