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Turkey Night Grand Prix

USAC Midget race
Ascot Park, Gardena, CA
November 27, 1965
150 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 75 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	5	Dick Atkins	3X	John Pestana	Offenhauser	150		running	4
2	3	Bob Wente	34	Walt Schweitzer	Offenhauser	150		running	30
3	7	Tommy Copp	1	Mel Kenyon	Offenhauser			running	0
4	15	Lowell Sachs	5	George Newman	Offenhauser			running	0
5	10	Larry Dickson	1X	Kenny Brenn	Offenhauser			running	0
6	8	Bill Mehner	12	Don Kischell	Offenhauser			running	0
7	17	Paul Jones	58	Glen Trainor	Offenhauser				0
8	13	Dempsey Wilson	46	Ward	Offenhauser				0
9	9	Hal Minyard	17	Leroy Kail	Offenhauser				0
10	19	Willy Swift	44	Bower	Offenhauser				0
11	6	A.J. Foyt	83	Marvin Edwards	Offenhauser	144		out of fuel	68
12	24	Bob Twitty	18	Norm Britton	Offenhauser				0
13	20	George Benson	96	Oliver Johnson	Offenhauser				0
14	18	Johnnie Tolan	50	Jim Gary	Offenhauser				0
15	16	Ned Spath	23	Harv Guttry	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
16	2	Mike McGreevy	4X	Jack London	Offenhauser			did not finish	3
17	21	Skee Redican	99	Clarence Westbrook	Offenhauser			accident	0
18	4	Bob Tattersall	4	Bob Nowicke	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
19	1	Parnelli Jones	98	Parnelli Jones	Offenhauser	69		accident	43
20	11	Roger McCluskey	7	Doug Caruthers	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
21	23	Duane Sears	80	Bob Hoff	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
22	22	Johnny Rutherford	32	Robert Weaver	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
23	12	Dickie Deis	49	Dickie Deis	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
24	14	Don Meacham	85	Myron Caves	Offenhauser			did not finish	0
25	25	Joe Garson	39	Ronnie Groves	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
26	26	Herman Hutton	98X	Shanoian	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
27	27	Billy Vukovich	72	Fred Gerhardt	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
28	28	Allen Heath	15	Chais	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
29	29	Gary Bettenhausen	54	Lindsey Hopkins	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
30	30	Bernie Schechter	78	Bernie Schechter	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
31	31	Bob Behrens	41	Bob Behrens	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
32	32	Billy Wilkerson	6X	Frank Griffo	Fiat	0		did not qualify	0
33	33	Dick Carmichael	89X	Crawford	Ford Falcon	0		did not qualify	0
34	34	Louis Stoltz	77	Louis Stoltz	Buick	0		did not qualify	0
35	35	Walt Kennedy	116	Walt Kennedy	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
36	36	George Todd	19X	George Todd	Volvo	0		did not qualify	0
		Tom Sellberg	2	Lloyd Rahn	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Bob Schell	53	Vern Dressen	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Don Staudinger	27	Don Staudinger	Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Jerry Curry	77	Bradley	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Phil Cesna	70	Fitzpatrick	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Ed Johns	52	Rodney	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Mack Terry	34X	Finley	Ford Falcon	0		did not qualify	0
		Bob Evans	56	Bob Evans	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Bob Showman	119	Bob Showman	Ford Falcon	0		did not qualify	0
		George Roberts	105	Rogers	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Jack Devitt	55	McFadden	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Grayson Harmon	61	Davison	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Chuck Lowery	129		Offenhauser	0		did not qualify	0
		Bob Peterson	76	Bob Peterson	Ford	0		did not qualify	0
		Johnny Hysinger	19	Gilmour	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Ron Hughes	34	Ron Hughes	Ford Falcon	0		did not qualify	0
		Lincoln Bolt	35JR	Lincoln Bolt	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0
		Keith Rachwitz	40	Kleinbauer	Chevrolet	0		did not qualify	0

Notes: Parnelli Jones was the fast qualifier.
Time of race: 01:01:02
Average Speed: 73.722 MPH
Pole Speed: 22.05 seconds