On Thanksgiving evening Thursday, November 27 with the 68th Running of the Turkey Night Grand Prix presented by Agajanian Promotions will take place at Toyota Speedway at Irwindale. The last major event of the season on the United States Motorsports and Toyota Speedway calendars, the Turkey Night Grand Prix is one of the highlights of the racing season for local racing fans and for those fans traveling from all over the country to attend the event as evidenced by the number of motor homes parked at the Speedway the week of the event. The event is expected to attract USAC’s top Midget and Sprint car drivers as well as guest drivers from NASCAR [Bobby East, Btyan Clauson, Jason Leffler, Bobby Santos, Kasey Kahne, Josh Wise, P.J. Jones, ]. More info at Toyotaspeedwayatirwindale.com. Wall Turkey Derby XXXV on for Nov. 28-29: There will be a Turkey Derby XXXV at Wall Township Speedway Nov. 28-29. WTS’s General Partners have made a agreement with its Operations Manager, Jim Morton, to reopen the 57-year-old banked paved one-third-mile oval for as many as six dates in November. The first three dates are for practice sessions leading up to the post-Thanksgiving Day classic with Nov. 30 set aside as a rain date. Turkey Derby XXXV format, racing divisions and other details are to be posted on www.wallspeedway.com Sept. 7. The agreement allows a modified stock car racing tradition that Thomas and Jeannie Nicol started in 1974. Some of the best modified stock car drivers in the country have since competed against the local NASCAR Whelen All-American Series stars on the banked paved one-third mile oval. Turkey Derby XXXV is the first event on ‘Big Wall’ since Turkey Derby XXXIV was held Nov. 23-24, 2007. Details on wallspeedway.com.(PR)(11-26-2008)
