Gobble Gobble USAC RESULTS AND POINTS

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NOVEMBER 26, 2001 
Contact: DICK JORDAN USAC

STEELE TAKES 61ST "TURKEY NIGHT GRAND PRIX" 
EBBERTS WESTERN TITLIST AS RAIN FORCES LAS VEGAS CANCELLATION
 
Dave Steele of Tampa, Fla. and Danny Ebberts of Canyon Lake, Calif. shared 
the spotlight as the WorldCom National and Western Midget Car series 
concluded its 2001 campaign this past week. 
Steele won Thursday night's 100-lap 61st Annual "Turkey Night Grand Prix" 
presented by K & N Filters at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway and Ebberts 
emerged as the WorldCom Western Midget Car Champion as rain forced 
cancellation of Saturday night's scheduled series finale at the Las Vegas 
(Nev.) Motor Speedway "Bullring."
 
Driving one of only two Mopar-powered cars in the 100-lap Irwindale race, 
Steele passed Kasey Kahne on the 22nd lap and never looked back in his 
Finish Line Towing/Mopar/Penske Shocks/Northside Propane Mopar/Beast. J.J. 
Yeley finished ahead of Kahne, Michael Lewis and Aaron Fike. 

Ebberts, who finished 18th at Irwindale, finished the 2001 season with a 
65-point margin over WorldCom Western Midget Car runner-up Josh Wise. 
Bobby East of Brownsburg, Ind., who posted the fastest qualifying time for 
the "Turkey Night Grand Prix," finished 10th to earn the Don Basile "Rookie 
of the Race" award. 

USAC WORLDCOM NATIONAL MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS 
1. Dave Darland 1,113 
2. A.J. Fike 953 
3. J.J. Yeley 933 
4. Tracy Hines 890 
5. Aaron Fike 793 
6. Jay Drake 742 
7. Steve Paden 704 
8. Kasey Kahne 671 
9. Jerry Coons, Jr. 525 
10. Ryan Scott 511 

USAC WORLDCOM WESTERN MIDGET CAR SERIES STANDINGS 
1. Danny Ebberts 1,073 
2. Josh Wise 1,018 
3. Alex Harris 1,008 
4. Wally Pankratz 802 
5. Shane Scully 732 
6. Thomas Meseraull 726 
7. Robby Flock 659 
8. Matt Streeter 627 
9. Kasey Kahne 384 
10. John Sarale 370 


HUNT CAPTURES IRWINDALE & TITLE; LAS VEGAS RAINED OUT 

Thursday night's 30-lap victory at the Irwindale (Calif.) Speedway 
solidified Tony Hunt of Fair Oaks, Calif. as the 2001 USAC Western Sprint 
Car Series Champion. Rain forced cancellation of Saturday night's scheduled 
series finale at the Las Vegas (Nev.) Motor Speedway "Bullring," leaving 
Hunt with a 36-point margin in the final standings over runner-up Jeff Gardner. 
The title is Hunt's second, having previously won the 1992 USAC Russell Pro 
championship. Hunt was Thursday's fastest qualifier in the event which was 
part of Irwindale's "Turkey Night Grand Prix" program, then led the final 17 
laps of the feature in his Justice Brothers/Torco Oil/Simpson/Eibach 
Shaver/Beast after passing Troy Cline on lap 14. 

Bud Kaeding finished second in Thursday night's race and was followed by 
Jeff Gardner, Cline and Casey Mears, who was making only the second Sprint 
car appearance of his career! Damion Gardner led the opening eight laps of 
the feature before yielding to Cline. 

USAC WESTERN SPRINT CAR SERIES FINAL STANDINGS 
1. Tony Hunt 936 
2. Jeff Gardner 900 
3. Ryan Flynn 713 
4. Bryan Bullard 712 
5. Troy Cline 706 
6. Damion Gardner 589 
7. Bobby McMahan 565 
8. Shauna Hogg 500 
9. Kevin Kierce 447 
10. Scott Hansen 441 



THANKS!
-Stokes