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Ron Shuman Named Grand Marshal Of Turkey Night
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The greatest driver in the history of the prestigious Turkey Night Grand Prix, Mesa, Arizona’s Ron Shuman, has been named grand marshal of the historic running of the 75th edition of the race at Perris Auto Speedway on Thanksgiving Night. The race will match the Honda USAC National and Western Midgets.
The announcement was made to an appreciative crowd last Saturday night when infield announcer Chris Holt interviewed Shuman at the USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at the famous Riverside County racing facility. About an hour earlier promoter Don Kazarian asked Shuman if he would be grand marshal while he was signing autographs in the track sports bar and the racing legend gladly accepted.
“Some of the greatest drivers in racing history have won the Turkey Night Grand Prix including A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Tony Stewart, Bill Vukovich and Kyle Larson just to name a few,” Kazarian said. “However, no driver with the exception of Ron Shuman has won it more than three times and he won it an amazing eight times. And, if it had not been for a flat tire on a last lap, he would have won it nine times. To show how impressive he was at Turkey Night, you can take all of the other drivers who won it and you cannot combine three of them to get as many wins as Ron Shuman had.”
Shuman won his first ever Turkey Night Grand Prix at J.C. Agajanian’s legendary Ascot Park in Gardena in 1979. He then proceeded to win the next three years after that as well. After a one-year hiatus from victory circle on Thanksgiving in 1983, Shuman again won at Ascot in 1984. His last win in the race at Ascot came in 1987. After Ascot closed in 1990, the Turkey Night Grand Prix hit the road at a number of different tracks and Shuman visited victory at Bakersfield in 1992 and 1993.
When Shuman presides over the Turkey Night Grand Prix on Thanksgiving, it will mark the fourth straight year the race has been back on dirt at The PAS after 13 successive years on the pavement at Irwindale. Kyle Larson, Dave Darland and Christopher Bell have won the races at The PAS since 2012. The first time the race was ever staged at The PAS in 1996, Billy Boat scored his second of three Turkey Night Grand Prix wins. With the exception of Shuman, he is the only other driver to have won the holiday classic more than two-times.
Advance tickets for the historic 75th Turkey Night Grand Prix are available 24-hours a day online at the following link http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849.
The announcement was made to an appreciative crowd last Saturday night when infield announcer Chris Holt interviewed Shuman at the USAC/CRA Sprint Car race at the famous Riverside County racing facility. About an hour earlier promoter Don Kazarian asked Shuman if he would be grand marshal while he was signing autographs in the track sports bar and the racing legend gladly accepted.
“Some of the greatest drivers in racing history have won the Turkey Night Grand Prix including A.J. Foyt, Parnelli Jones, Tony Stewart, Bill Vukovich and Kyle Larson just to name a few,” Kazarian said. “However, no driver with the exception of Ron Shuman has won it more than three times and he won it an amazing eight times. And, if it had not been for a flat tire on a last lap, he would have won it nine times. To show how impressive he was at Turkey Night, you can take all of the other drivers who won it and you cannot combine three of them to get as many wins as Ron Shuman had.”
Shuman won his first ever Turkey Night Grand Prix at J.C. Agajanian’s legendary Ascot Park in Gardena in 1979. He then proceeded to win the next three years after that as well. After a one-year hiatus from victory circle on Thanksgiving in 1983, Shuman again won at Ascot in 1984. His last win in the race at Ascot came in 1987. After Ascot closed in 1990, the Turkey Night Grand Prix hit the road at a number of different tracks and Shuman visited victory at Bakersfield in 1992 and 1993.
When Shuman presides over the Turkey Night Grand Prix on Thanksgiving, it will mark the fourth straight year the race has been back on dirt at The PAS after 13 successive years on the pavement at Irwindale. Kyle Larson, Dave Darland and Christopher Bell have won the races at The PAS since 2012. The first time the race was ever staged at The PAS in 1996, Billy Boat scored his second of three Turkey Night Grand Prix wins. With the exception of Shuman, he is the only other driver to have won the holiday classic more than two-times.
Advance tickets for the historic 75th Turkey Night Grand Prix are available 24-hours a day online at the following link http://pas.tix.com/Schedule.aspx?OrgNum=7 or by calling 1-800-595-4849.
