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The 60th Annual running of one of America's greatest short-track events - the Home Depot "Turkey Night Grand Prix" - 100 Lap Main around the Irwindale Speedway(Calif.)

Updated 11pm Race Over Stewart Wins (Thursday Nov 23rd)Irwindale Speedway Irwindale,California

Turkey Night Qualifying (Top 10)1st Jason Leffler 17.023, 2nd Aaron Fike 17.082, 3rd Tracy Hines 17.089, 4th Kasey Kahne 17.111, 5th Tony Stewart 17.111, 6th Dave Darland 17.117, 7th Josh Wise 17.123, 8th Davey Hamilton 17.190, 9th Steve Paden 17.237, 10th A.J. Fike 17.269 - Top 7 breaking last years track record of 17.156 Set by Tony Stewart in 1999

1st Last Chance Race (12 Laps Top 8 Transfer to 100 Lap Main) 1. Michael Lewis, 2. Tony Hunt, 3. Wally Pankratz, 4. Mike Roselli, 5. Ricky Shelton, 6. Matt Streeter, 7. Brad Curtis, 8. Thomas Messeraull, 9. Bud Keading, 10. Ted Hines, 11. Nick Fornoro, 12. Eric Roberts, 13. John Starks, 14. John Starks, 15. Sterling Pratz, 16. Michael Smith, 17. Danny Stratton, 18. James Baxter

8:2nd Last Chance Race (12 Laps Top 8 Transfer to 100 Lap Main) 1. Rick Hendrix, 2. Ryan Newman, 3. Marc DeBeaumont, 4. Alex Harris, 5. Clay Klepper, 6. Dave Steele, 7. Aaron Pollock, 8. Ryan Scott, 9. Danny Ebberts, 10. Brad Noffsinger, 11. Rory Price, 12. Glenn Carson, 13. Chris Oddo, 14. Mike O'Hare, 15. Shane Scully, 16. John Sarale, 17. Billy Sipe

Jay Drake just tied record for all time season USAC wins 17 national wins 2 non nationals if he wins the Midget main then he will of set a new USAC record

9:10pm 100 Lap Turkey Night Main

Lap 3- Red Flag out for the slow car of Michael Roselli was pulling off the track heading for the pitroad exit before turn 1 and then lead pack was coming around everyone looked like they were gonna miss the 98 car of Roselli pulling off the track then Thomas Meseraull hit Michael Roselli as he was attempting to pull off the track in turn 1, Meseraull clipped the left rear of Roselli and Meseraull went flyin into turn 1 lost 2 tires
Lap 7 yellow out Clay Klepper Spins in Turn 4 bringing out yellow,
Lap 14 Tracy Hines fighting for 3rd but not able to get the spot yet
Lap 16 -Josh WIse passing Dave Darland for 5th
Lap 25 Tony Stewart still leading the race
Lap 31 Yellow comes out for #37 Jose Wise spining and backing the car into Turn 1 wall, and Ryan Newman pulls into the infield under the caution, and Tracy Hines pulls infield also
lap 38 Kasey kahne becomes the new leader passing Stewart on the backstretch
lap 48 Jay Drake was running in 14th now stoped in turn 2 bringing out yellow
Lap 52 Jason Leffler spins on frontstretch makes it out ok and able to steer it straight again and going back with the pack droping back to 11th
Lap 64 Tracy Hines trying to pass Tony Stewart for 2nd
Lap 65 Brad Curtis Brings out the yellow spining on the front stretch no contact made
lap 69 John Nervo Brings out yellow spining in turn 2
Lap 74 Leffler passes Michael Lewis for 4th and Tony Stewart passes Kahne for 1st
Lap 80- Tony Stewart Holding a very good 10 car length lead over Kahne
Lap 95 Kasey Kahne closing in to several car lengths but not able to close the gap in the closing laps

Lap 100 and Tony Stewart wins the 2000 Home Depot Turkey Night with Kasey Kahne 2nd and Tracy Hines 3rd over

Lap 3 Yellow Flag laps don't count Top 10 as of lap 3- 1. Tony Stewart, 2. kasey Kahne, Jason Leffler, 4. Tracey Hines, 5. Dave Darland, 6. Davey Hamilton, 7. Josh Wise, 8. A.J. Fike, 9. Steve Paden, 10. Aaron Fike

Lap 70 run down 1. kasey Kahne, 2. Tony Stewart, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Michael Lewis, 5. Jason Leffler, 6. Rick Hendrix, 7. Steve Paden, 8. Dave Darland, 9. Aaron Pollack, 10. Bobby Boone

Final Turkey Night Results

1. Tony Stewart, 2. Kasey Kahne 3. Tracy Hines 4. Jason Leffler 5.

MCI WORLDCOM USAC NATIONAL/WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 23, 2000 -- Irwindale, California - Irwindale Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Jason Leffler, 9x, Lewis-17.023; 2. Aaron Fike, 32, RFMS-17.082; 3. Tracy Hines, 66, JS-17.089; 4. Kasey Kahne, 91, Lewis-17.111; 5. Tony Stewart, 19, Lewis-17.111; 6. Dave Darland, 9, Lewis-17.117; 7. Josh Wise, 37, Wise/Mitchell-17.123; 8. Davey Hamilton, 15, Lawson-17.190; 9. Steve Paden, 0, Farrier-17.237; 10. A.J. Fike, 69, RFMS-17.269; 11. Jay Drake, 67, Kunz-17.278; 12. John Nervo, 21, Nervo/Coggin-17.279; 13. Bobby Boone, 96, Boone-17.287; 14. Dane Carter, 77, Carter-17.309; 15. Tony Hunt, 41x, Rosen-17.325; 16. Rick Hendrix, 63, Pinkston-17.366; 17. Thomas Meseraull, 00, MTM-17.374; 18. Ryan Newman, 30x, Cook-17.377; 19. Michael Lewis, 85, Lewis-17.390; 20. Brad Noffsinger, 24, Hart-17.453; 21. Brad Curtis, 12, Curtis-17.473; 22. Alex Harris, 54, Harris-17.474; 23. Michael Roselli, Jr., 98, Roselli-17.478; 24. Marc DeBeaumont, 11, Sewell-17.480; 25. Ricky Shelton, 74, James-17.493; 26. Clay Klepper, 17, Hartman-17.503; 27. Wally Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-17.517; 28. Dave Steele, 67x, Zarounian-17.549; 29. Matt Streeter, 97, Streeter-17.558; 30. Aaron Pollock, 64, Pollock-17.675; 31. John Starks, 55, Starks-17.678; 32. Rory Price, 61, Crews-17.710; 33. Nick Fornoro, Jr., 59, Hultgren-17.724; 34. Ryan Scott, 48, Ryno-17.747; 35. Ted Hines, 84, VanSteenwyk-17.800; 36. Danny Ebberts, 14, Ebberts/Schlacter-17.917; 37. Eric Roberts, 21x, Roberts-17.937; 38. Glenn Carson, 26, Bock-17.947; 39. Bud Kaeding, 29, Tomassi-17.956; 40. John Sarale, 2, Caves-17.976; 41. Sterling Pratz, 45, Baraldi-18.037; 42. Mel Kenyon, 161, 3-K-18.064; 43. Chris Rhein, 66x, JS-18.073; 44. Shane Scully, 56, Scully-18.084; 45. James Baxter II, 79, Baxter-18.427; 46. Chris Oddo, 23, Oddo-18.466; 47. Mike Smith, 5, Marcus-18.946; 48. Billy Sipe, Jr., 42, Sipe-19.104; 49. Danny Stratton, 50x, Stratton-20.003; 50. Mike O'Hare, 60, O'Hare-20.080; 51. Ron Horton, 27, Day-NT; 52. Pat Bliss, 50, Beal-NT DNQ Rear end broke.

QUALIFYING RACE #1: (12 laps) 1. Lewis, 2. Hunt, 3. Pankratz, 4. Roselli, 5. Shelton, 6. Streeter, 7. Curtis, 8. Meseraull, 9. Kaeding, 10. Ted Hines, 11. Fornoro, 12. Roberts, 13. Starks, 14. Rhein, 15. Pratz, 16. Smith, 17. Stratton, 18. Baxter. 3:27.16

QUALIFYING RACE #2: (12 laps) 1. Hendrix, 2. Newman, 3. DeBeaumont, 4. Harris, 5. Klepper, 6. Steele, 7. Pollock, 8. Scott, 9. Ebberts, 10. Noffsinger, 11. Price, 12. Carson, 13. Oddo, 14. O'Hare, 15. Scully, 16. Sarale, 17. Sipe. 3:27.94

FEATURE: (100 laps) 1. Tony Stewart, 2. Kasey Kahne, 3. Tracy Hines, 4. Jason Leffler, 5. Michael Lewis, 6. Bobby Boone, 7. Aaron Pollock, 8. Steve Paden, 9. Marc DeBeaumont, 10. Aaron Fike, 11. Dane Carter, 12. Matt Streeter, 13. Dave Darland, 14. Bud Kaeding, 15. Davey Hamilton, 16. Wally Pankratz, 17. Ryan Scott, 18. Ted Hines, 19. Brad Curtis, 20. Rick Hendrix, 21. John Nervo, 22. Alex Harris, 23. Ricky Shelton, 24. Jay Drake, 25. Ryan Newman, 26. Tony Hunt, 27. Josh Wise, 28. Dave Steele, 29. A.J. Fike, 30. Danny Ebberts, 31. Mel Kenyon, 32. Clay Klepper, 33. Thomas Meseraull, 34. Michael Roselli, Jr. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-38 Stewart, Laps 39-74 Kahne, Laps 75-100 Stewart.

FINAL MCI WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Kahne-1,248; 2-Drake-982; 3-Darland-905; 4-Lewis-884; 5-Tracy Bhines-832; 6-Aaron Fike-723; 7-A.J. Fike-631; 8-Klepper-585 9-Ed Carpenter-557; 10-Scott-534.

FINAL MCI WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Pankratz-1,008; 2-Boone-1,006; 3-Ebberts-937; 4-Meseraull-887; 5-Paden-847; 6-Bryan Stanfill-751; 7-Scully-745; 8-Kahne-669; 9-Hendrix-665; 10-Streeter-643.

MCI WORLDCOM USAC TQ MIDGET CAR SERIES RACE RESULTS: November 23, 2000 --Irwindale, California - Irwindale Speedway

QUALIFICATIONS: 1. J.J. Ercse, 18, Barber-14.110; 2. Randi Pankratz, 11, Dranginis-14.366; 3. Todd Hunsaker, 6, Hunsaker-14.408; 4. Walt Johnson, 15, Welcomer-14.410; 5. Jay Drake, 16, Hart-14.471; 6. Greg Edenholm, 2, Edenholm-14.619; 7. Joe Finger, 13, Finger-14.730; 8. Michael Bliffen, 3, Barber-14.756; 9. Josh Lakatos, 2x, Edenholm-14.901; 10. Steve Lambert, 55, Lambert-15.179; 11. Ron Ahrendt, 87, Ahrendt-15.194; 12. West Evans, 36, Evans-15.243; 13. Bobby Owens, 54, Owens-15.326; 14. Steve Parke, 59, Parke-15.550; 15. Jim Adams, 88, Wade-16.458; 16. Matt Sharon, 76, Sharon-16.537; 17. Roland Smith, 78x, Smith-18.320; 18. Heather Davis, 44, Davis-18.345; 19. Gene Godepski, 24, Godepski-NT; 20. Steve Davis, 77, Davis-NT.

FIRST HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Ercse, 2. Hunsaker, 3. Drake, 4. Ahrendt, 5. Lakatos, 6. Finger, 7. Parke, 8. Sharon, 9. H.Davis, 10.S.Davis. 2:25.60

SECOND HEAT: (10 laps) 1. Johnson, 2. Lambert, 3. Pankratz, 4. Edenholm, 5. Bliffen, 6. Godepski, 7. Adams, 8. Smith, 9. Owens, 10. Evans. 2.27.44

FEATURE: (20 laps) 1. Jay Drake, 2. Walt Johnson, 3. J.J. Ercse, 4. Todd Hunsaker, 5. Randi Pankratz, 6. Steve Lambert, 7. Michael Bliffen, 8. Ron Ahrendt, 9. Gene Godepski, 10. Steve Davis, 11. Greg Edenholm, 12. Joe Finger, 13. Josh Lakatos, 14. Jim Adams, 15. Steve Parke, 16. Roland Smith, 17. Heather Davis, 18. Matt Sharon. NT

FEATURE LAP LEADERS: Laps 1-20 Drake.

FINAL MCI WORLDCOM TQ MIDGET CAR STANDINGS: 1-Ercse-804; 2-Johnson-802; 3-Edenholm-719; 4-Hunsaker-702; 5-Evans-613; 6-Godepski-492; 7-Parke-474; 8-Ahrendt-458; 9-Pankratz-421; 10-S.Davis-397.

The 60th Home Depot "Turkey Night Grand Prix" will be featured on ESPN2's popular "Thunder" series on Sunday night, November 26, at 9:30 pm (ET) 6:30 Pacific and re-air at 3 am the next morning.

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