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| Jessica Helberg Earns Top-Five Finish in 66th Annual Turkey Night Sprint Car Feature at Irwindale Speedway |
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November 28, 2006...
19
year-old Jessica Helberg returned to her home state to pilot the family owned,
Helberg Motorsports Beast Chevy 360 USAC Sprint to an impressive fifth place
finish at the 66th annual running of Turkey Night Grand Prix at
Irwindale Speedway on Thanksgiving night.
A
strong qualifying run resulting fourth in the field of 36 placed Jessica
second row, inside after a six-car inversion. Lap seven found Jessica turning
the third fastest lap of all the competitors in the 30-lap shortened event.
She crossed the finish line a mere 0.132 seconds behind fourth place finisher
Bradley Galedridge.
Other
entrants in the sprint car event were famed drivers including NASCAR cup
driver, Casey Mears, NASCAR Craftsman Truck and Busch driver, Tracy Hines, and
five-time USAC Champion Tony Hunt.
In
2005, Helberg earned fifth in points overall in the California Sprint Car
Association, CASA. After competing and being selected by Access Marketing’s
Drive for Diversity in conjunction with Frank Pedregon Racing, Jessica has
spent the last seven months in
“I’ve learned quite a bit while in
Jessica’s
top-five finish at Turkey Night may be just the incentive her team needed to
travel east in December to participate in the sprint and midget classic during
the annual PRI show.
While
Jessica looks to race select USAC Western Sprint shows in 2007 in the family
owned Helberg Motorsports Beast Chevy, she is spending the off-season actively
pursuing support dollars to expand her ability to run more races.
About
Helberg Motorsports: Owned by former late-model stock car driver Joe Helberg,
the USAC 360 sprint car team hails from
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