Ted Sizemore won the Turkey Night Grand Prix 100 AAA Midget race over Pat Warren, Karl Young, Andy Guthrie and Bob Ware at the Gilmore Stadium,Hollywood, CA.
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1946
Perry Grimm won the Turkey Night Grand Prix 100 AAA Midget race over Eddie Haddad, Johnny McDowell, Danny Oakes and Joe Garson at the Gilmore Stadium,Hollywood, CA.
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1957
George Amick won the Turkey Night Grand Prix 150 USAC Midget race over Johnnie Parsons, Johnnie Tolan, Joe Garson and Bob Cortner at the Gardena Stadium , Gardena, CA.
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1959
Charlie Monk won the Modified Stock Car race over Alan Clark and Rags Carter at the Hialeah Speedway , Hialeah, FL.
Fred Lorenzen won the 250-mile USAC Late Model Stock Car race at the Las Vegas Park , Las Vegas, NV.
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1963
Lee Wallard ... Died ... AAA driver from the 1940's and 50's. Lee ran the Indy 500 four times 1948 - 1951. Wallard retired from racing after being burned in a racing crash, shortly after winning the 1951 Indianapolis 500.
Mel Kenyon won the Turkey Night Grand Prix 150 USAC Midget race over Tommy Copp, Parnelli Jones, Tom Sellberg and Johnnie Tolan at the Ascot Park Speedway , Gardena, CA.
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1968
Sammy Sessions won the Turkey Night Grand Prix 150 USAC Midget race over Billy Vukovich, Mel Kenyon, George Benson and Chuck Arnold at the Ascot Park Speedway , Gardena, CA.
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1971
Wayne Heckle won the Late Model race over Jim Duke and Dale Reutimann at the Lakeland International Raceway, Lakeland, FL.
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1974
Danny McKnight won the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race over Pancho Carter, Jerry Weeks, Gary Irvin and George Snider at the Ascot Park Speedway , Gardena, CA.
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1985
Brent Kaeding won the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race over Tommy White, Tommy Astone, Jeff Hetwood and Wally Pankratz at the Ascot Park Speedway , Gardena, CA.
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1987
Bobby Davis, Jr. won the Winged Sprint Car race at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Tampa,FL. Rocky Hodges was second followed by Bobby Allen, Danny Smith and Rodney Duncan. ( Click here for the race report. )
Tom Mauser won the 14th running of the Turkey Derby Modified Stock Car race at the Wall Stadium, Wall Township, NJ. ( Click here for the race report. )
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1991
Jac Haudenschild won the Thanksgiving 50 AMRA Midget race over Eric Wilkins, Gary Faucett, John Heydenreich and Dave Strickland Jr at the Manzanita Speedway (1/2d) ,Phoenix, AZ.
Stan Fox won the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race over Chuck Gurney, Wally Pankratz, George Ito and Jimmy Sills at the Saugus Speedway , Saugus, CA.
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1992
Earl Motter... Died ... AAA/USAC driver from1955 to 1959
Robby Flock won the USAC Midget race over Lealand McSpadden, Jimmy Sills, Page Jones, Brett Horrobin and Kenny Irwin at the Imperial Valley Speedway,El Centro, CA.
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1993
Mark Passerrelli won the Midget race over Jack Yeley, J.J. Yeley, Jerry Coons Jr, and Bob Ellis at the Canyon Raceway, Phoenix,AZ.
Jeff Swindell won the World of Outlaws Sprint Car race at the Canyon Raceway ,Phoenix, AZ. Fred Rahmer was second followed by Andy Hillenburg, Kenny Jacobs, Chuck Miller and Dave Blaney.
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1996
Billy Boat won the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race over Ronnie Day, Kenny Irwin, Jordan Hermansader and Jim Keene at the Perris Auto Speedway , Perris, CA.
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2002
Tony Stewart won the Casey Diemert Classic Western States USAC Sprint Car race over Eric Butze, Scott Hansen, Rick Hendrix and Kasey Kahne at the Irwindale Speedway (1/2p) ,Irwindale,CA.
Michael Lewis won the Turkey Night Grand Prix USAC Midget race over Kasey Kahne, Dave Steele, Bobby East and J.J. Yeley at the Irwindale Speedway ,Irwindale,CA.
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