November 29, 2025 | By Richie Murray, USAC Media

DENNEY DARTS TO THE TOP OF FRIDAY’S TURKEY NIGHT PRACTICE CHART

VENTURA, Calif.—Jacob Denney posted the fastest time during Friday’s USAC NOS Energy Drink Midget National Championship practice night at California’s Ventura Raceway.

Denney recorded the fast lap during the final tune-up prior to Saturday’s 84th running of the ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix Presented by the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame.

The Galloway, Ohio native toured the 1/5-mile seaside oval in 12.180 seconds during the first of four groups in Friday’s practice session aboard his Keith Kunz/Curb-Agajanian Motorsports/JBL Audio – TRD – Mobil 1 – Curb/LynK/Speedway Toyota No. 67.

In an impressive statistical oddity, this marked the fourth consecutive year in which Denney was the fastest driver in group one of practice night at the Turkey Night Grand Prix. He was also number one in 2022-2023-2024-2025.

Overall, 44 cars took time in the session. For Saturday’s race, 50 cars are expected to compete.

Daison Pursley (12.192), Karter Sarff (12.197), defending Turkey Night winner and birthday boy Corey Day (12.219), plus USAC National Midget point leader Cannon McIntosh (12.320) rounded out the top-five.

Justin Grant, who is waged in a close championship fight with McIntosh, did not participate in Friday’s practice.

Past Turkey Night Grand Prix winners Logan Seavey and Kyle Larson also took part in practice. Seavey ranked eighth fastest while Larson laid down the 20th fastest lap.

For some, it was a rough and tumble Friday night as five different drivers flipped upside down. Daison Pursley, Kale Drake and Dalten Gabbard all got on their head during the second practice group. Meanwhile, both Preston Norbury and Buddy Kofoid also found misfortune during the fourth practice group. All drivers were okay.


USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP PRACTICE RESULTS: November 28, 2025 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – 84th ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix Presented by the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame – Golden State Invasion

PRACTICE: 1. Jacob Denney, 67, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.180; 2. Daison Pursley, 84, CBI-12.192; 3. Karter Sarff, 25, Rodela-12.197; 4. Corey Day, 4K, Kahne-12.219; 5. Cannon McIntosh, 71K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.320; 6. Jakeb Boxell, 14JB, 4 Kings-12.356; 7. Kevin Thomas Jr., 14, 4 Kings-12.365; 8. Logan Seavey, 57, Abacus-12.379; 9. Gavin Miller, 97, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.380; 10. Carson Macedo, 99AU, Dyson-12.402; 11. Kale Drake, 97K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.443; 12. Buddy Kofoid, 71, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.461; 13. Hayden Reinbold, 19AZ, Reinbold-Underwood-12.482; 14. Drake Edwards, 83, CBI-12.486; 15. Kyle Jones, 27x, Joyner-12.505; 16. Cale Coons, 63, Dooling/Curb-Agajanian-12.526; 17. T.J. Smith, 68, Six8-12.544; 18. Kaylee Bryson, 11, Abacus-12.547; 19. Brecken Reese, 20Q, Reese-12.551; 20. Kyle Larson, 1K, Larson-12.552; 21. Ty Gibbs, 86, CBI-12.570; 22. Preston Norbury, 77AZ, Norbury-12.572; 23. Mathew Radisich, 17NZ, Out & About-12.575; 24. Caden Sarale, 32, Sarale-12.610; 25. Brandon Carr, 98K, Kunz/Curb-Agajanian-12.624; 26. Jake Andreotti, 00, Davis-12.655; 27. Justin Peck, 5p, Petty/Rossi-12.716; 28. Gunnar Setser, 43, Arnold-12.723; 29. Broedy Graham, 66, BGR-12.764; 30. Michael Pickens, 31, Beilman-12.770; 31. Michael Faccinto, 14T, Streeter/Graunstadt-12.773; 32. Dalten Gabbard, 77, Gabbard-12.809; 33. Drake Cardey, 17A, Dunkel-12.841; 34. Randi Pankratz, 8, Pankratz-12.867; 35. Austin Wood, 15, Hart-12.938; 36. Jett Yantis, 4y, Carlile-12.966; 37. Bryan Drollinger, 71D, Drollinger-13.067; 38. Connor Speir, 14JR, Streeter/Graunstadt-13.086; 39. Dane Culver, 73, Alexander-13.117; 40. Kyle Hawse, 20x, Hawse-13.120; 41. Connor Lundy, 2p, Petty/Rossi-13.180; 42. Anthony Bruno, 32c, McCluney/Felkins-13.183; 43. Brody Wake, 78, BWR/Wake-13.226; 44. Cole Wakim, 55, Lambert-13.278.

**Daison Pursley, Kale Drake & Dalten Gabbard flipped during the second practice group. Preston Norbury & Buddy Kofoid flipped during the fourth practice group.

NEXT USAC NOS ENERGY DRINK MIDGET NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RACE: November 29, 2025 – Ventura Raceway – Ventura, California – 1/5-Mile Dirt Oval – 84th ARP Turkey Night Grand Prix Presented by the West Coast Stock Car/Motorsports Hall of Fame – Golden State Invasion


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Ultimate Sprint Car Series

A Feature (30 Laps): 1. 86-Daison Pursley[2]; 2. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[6]; 3. 21-Carson Macedo[10]; 4. 17-Kevin Thomas Jr[1]; 5. 41-Ricky Lewis[9]; 6. 21B-AJ Bender[12]; 7. 21T-Cole Macedo[18]; 8. 10M-Mitchel Moles[5]; 9. 18-David Gasper[8]; 10. 36-Bob Newberry[13]; 11. 8M-Jake Andreotti[4]; 12. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[24]; 13. 22-Bryan Whitley[16]; 14. 2-Austin Wood[14]; 15. 5K-Blaine Cory[22]; 16. 71-Brent Owens[15]; 17. 9C-Connor Wakim[21]; 18. 1-Nate Schank[20]; 19. 28K-Bryant Bell[23]; 20. 17V-Danny Faria Jr[17]; 21. 6-Logan Calderwood[7]; 22. 87-Hunter Maddox[19]; 23. 22S-Grant Sexton[11]; 24. 17X-Jake Swanson[3]

B Feature 1 (12 Laps): 1. 22-Bryan Whitley[1]; 2. 21T-Cole Macedo[5]; 3. 1-Nate Schank[3]; 4. 5K-Blaine Cory[2]; 5. 3F-Blake Bower[11]; 6. 29T-Ryan Timmons[10]; 7. 04-Brody Sim[13]; 8. 75-Josh Young[20]; 9. 58-Mark Henry[14]; 10. 86E-TJ Smith[16]; 11. 5E-Elexa Herrera[15]; 12. 78-Brody Wake[7]; 13. 39-Kyle Edwards[9]; 14. 41H-Blake Hendricks[18]; 15. 11-Tyler Cato[4]; 16. 6M-Matt Meredith[12]; 17. 3FF-Kyle Shipley[6]; 18. 57-Connor Speir[8]; 19. 21P-Daylin Perreira[17]; 20. (DNS) 11C-Austin Cato; 21. (DNS) 71D-Bryan Drollinger

B Feature 2 (12 Laps): 1. 17V-Danny Faria Jr[1]; 2. 87-Hunter Maddox[2]; 3. 9C-Connor Wakim[4]; 4. 28K-Bryant Bell[6]; 5. 8J-Justen McConville[9]; 6. 72C-Cody Majors[14]; 7. 10-Jeremy Stout[17]; 8. 29C-Camie Bell[18]; 9. 2STX-Brent Steck[5]; 10. 72T-Trenten Shelton[10]; 11. 86JR-Logan Mitchell[13]; 12. 63D-Jon DeWees[16]; 13. 29-Brent Yarnal[19]; 14. 18J-Josh Gillis[15]; 15. 13M-McGarren Butler[12]; 16. 72-Jeff Shelton[7]; 17. 17J-Jeff Fillingame[3]; 18. 44-Brent Sexton[8]; 19. (DNS) 87P-Jacob Tuttle; 20. (DNS) 73C-Cole Wakim

Heat 1 (8 Laps): 1. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[3]; 2. 6-Logan Calderwood[4]; 3. 22S-Grant Sexton[2]; 4. 21T-Cole Macedo[8]; 5. 87-Hunter Maddox[5]; 6. 1-Nate Schank[1]; 7. 04-Brody Sim[11]; 8. 72C-Cody Majors[10]; 9. 13M-McGarren Butler[6]; 10. 29-Brent Yarnal[12]; 11. 21P-Daylin Perreira[7]; 12. 71D-Bryan Drollinger[9]

Heat 2 (8 Laps): 1. 17X-Jake Swanson[3]; 2. 86-Daison Pursley[4]; 3. 21B-AJ Bender[2]; 4. 22-Bryan Whitley[1]; 5. 17J-Jeff Fillingame[6]; 6. 44-Brent Sexton[7]; 7. 72-Jeff Shelton[5]; 8. 86JR-Logan Mitchell[9]; 9. 10-Jeremy Stout[10]; 10. 29C-Camie Bell[11]; 11. 41H-Blake Hendricks[8]

Heat 3 (8 Laps): 1. 21-Carson Macedo[4]; 2. 41-Ricky Lewis[1]; 3. 36-Bob Newberry[7]; 4. 17V-Danny Faria Jr[5]; 5. 11-Tyler Cato[6]; 6. 72T-Trenten Shelton[8]; 7. 9C-Connor Wakim[2]; 8. 5E-Elexa Herrera[10]; 9. 18J-Josh Gillis[9]; 10. 3F-Blake Bower[3]; 11. 75-Josh Young[11]

Heat 4 (8 Laps): 1. 10M-Mitchel Moles[3]; 2. 8M-Jake Andreotti[4]; 3. 2-Austin Wood[6]; 4. 5K-Blaine Cory[5]; 5. 8J-Justen McConville[9]; 6. 39-Kyle Edwards[7]; 7. 28K-Bryant Bell[1]; 8. 57-Connor Speir[2]; 9. 58-Mark Henry[8]; 10. (DNS) 11C-Austin Cato; 11. (DNS) 73C-Cole Wakim

Heat 5 (8 Laps): 1. 17-Kevin Thomas Jr[2]; 2. 18-David Gasper[3]; 3. 71-Brent Owens[10]; 4. 3FF-Kyle Shipley[8]; 5. 78-Brody Wake[7]; 6. 2STX-Brent Steck[5]; 7. 6M-Matt Meredith[9]; 8. 63D-Jon DeWees[11]; 9. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[1]; 10. 29T-Ryan Timmons[4]; 11. 86E-TJ Smith[6]

Qualifying 1 (3 Laps): 1. 6-Logan Calderwood, 00:12.050[11]; 2. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 00:12.336[4]; 3. 22S-Grant Sexton, 00:12.378[12]; 4. 1-Nate Schank, 00:12.397[5]; 5. 87-Hunter Maddox, 00:12.524[1]; 6. 13M-McGarren Butler, 00:12.555[6]; 7. 21P-Daylin Perreira, 00:12.647[8]; 8. 21T-Cole Macedo, 00:12.842[3]; 9. 71D-Bryan Drollinger, 00:12.849[10]; 10. 72C-Cody Majors, 00:12.933[2]; 11. 04-Brody Sim, 00:12.968[9]; 12. 29-Brent Yarnal, 00:13.492[7]

Qualifying 2 (3 Laps): 1. 86-Daison Pursley, 00:12.152[6]; 2. 17X-Jake Swanson, 00:12.379[3]; 3. 21B-AJ Bender, 00:12.459[7]; 4. 22-Bryan Whitley, 00:12.616[1]; 5. 72-Jeff Shelton, 00:12.783[5]; 6. 17J-Jeff Fillingame, 00:12.837[2]; 7. 44-Brent Sexton, 00:12.840[9]; 8. 41H-Blake Hendricks, 00:12.925[8]; 9. 86JR-Logan Mitchell, 00:13.447[11]; 10. 10-Jeremy Stout, 00:13.563[4]; 11. 29C-Camie Bell, 00:13.719[10]

Qualifying 3 (3 Laps): 1. 21-Carson Macedo, 00:12.357[9]; 2. 3F-Blake Bower, 00:12.539[5]; 3. 9C-Connor Wakim, 00:12.675[2]; 4. 41-Ricky Lewis, 00:12.686[3]; 5. 17V-Danny Faria Jr, 00:12.863[1]; 6. 11-Tyler Cato, 00:13.087[6]; 7. 36-Bob Newberry, 00:13.148[11]; 8. 72T-Trenten Shelton, 00:13.212[10]; 9. 18J-Josh Gillis, 00:13.605[4]; 10. 5E-Elexa Herrera, 00:13.823[8]; 11. (DNF) 75-Josh Young[7]

Qualifying 4 (3 Laps): 1. 8M-Jake Andreotti, 00:12.525[4]; 2. 10M-Mitchel Moles, 00:12.536[5]; 3. 57-Connor Speir, 00:12.617[7]; 4. 28K-Bryant Bell, 00:12.725[6]; 5. 5K-Blaine Cory, 00:12.818[3]; 6. 2-Austin Wood, 00:12.867[2]; 7. 39-Kyle Edwards, 00:13.057[10]; 8. 58-Mark Henry, 00:13.567[8]; 9. 8J-Justen McConville, 00:13.854[1]; 10. 73C-Cole Wakim, 00:13.854[11]; 11. 11C-Austin Cato, 00:13.854[9]

Qualifying 5 (3 Laps): 1. 29T-Ryan Timmons, 00:12.392[3]; 2. 18-David Gasper, 00:12.461[10]; 3. 17-Kevin Thomas Jr, 00:12.549[9]; 4. 87P-Jacob Tuttle, 00:12.830[4]; 5. 2STX-Brent Steck, 00:12.931[1]; 6. 86E-TJ Smith, 00:13.046[8]; 7. 78-Brody Wake, 00:13.140[11]; 8. 3FF-Kyle Shipley, 00:13.205[5]; 9. 6M-Matt Meredith, 00:13.322[6]; 10. 71-Brent Owens, 00:13.604[7]; 11. 63D-Jon DeWees, 00:13.706[2]