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21-Year-Old NASCAR Driver Pursues Dreams in SCV
| Sunday, Nov 15, 2015
ariel biggs

A young NASCAR driver recently moved to Santa Clarita to continue pursuing her dream of racing in the NASCAR premier Sprint Cup Series.

Ariel Biggs, a 21-year-old professional race driver, has brought her pursuit of the series from the Pacific Northwest to Southern California late 2015 to take on two of the West Coast’s most challenging racing series on dirt and asphalt.

Her team plans to kick off their dirt series tour by running the historic 75th Turkey Night Grand Prix at Perris Speedway on Thanksgiving Day.

Coming off the 2015 season, where she earning the first female feature win in the 69 year history of the Washington Midget Racing Association as well as her K&N West license, Biggs looks forward to what 2016 has to bring.

With plans to run the Lucas Oil Modified series, which runs in four states on eight tracks, and the Western States Midget Car Series, which features some of the highest horsepower to weight ratio cars in the world, Biggs expects the 2016 season to be extremely rewarding.

“Kicking-off our 2016 Southern California series with the 75th Turkey Night Grand Prix will set the stage for next season and put our name in with the biggest names in West Coast dirt open-wheel racing,” said Biggs.

Turkey Night is one of the oldest running midget car races in the world, starting 33 cars on the massive half-mile track in Perris, California. The 1,100 pound cars will reach speeds of over 130 miles per hour.

The race brings together some of the best race car drivers in the country. Past participants include Parnelli Jones, Tony Stewart and Kyle Larson.

“If you want to be the best you have to compete with the best,” said Biggs, “and that’s exactly what we want to accomplish with Turkey Night.”

 
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26 Comments

  1. Ann Hustis says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Welcome

    Reply
  2. Amanda Moulton says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Caught in the act :)

    Reply
  3. Candice De Long says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Rich DeLong III

    Reply
  4. Dominic Landowski says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Is she single? Ahaha

    Reply
  5. Sarrah Cina says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Misty Knight did you race with her? Name sounds familiar lol

    Reply
  6. George Saldivar Jr. says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    well she has come to the right city…there are some pretty fast drivers on these streets!!

    Reply
  7. Misty Knight says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    No I don’t but I would like too! Haha

    Reply
  8. Ralph Green says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Well our average speed limit of 50 mph everywhere is nice

    Reply
  9. Guy Woodward says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Lived out here my whole life and have never got coverage like this…..

    Reply
  10. Danny Fascovicz says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Rich DeLong III

    Reply
  11. Chris Taylor says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Probably better than Danica

    Reply
  12. Cory Rubin says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Saugus Speedway may be gone, but Santa Clarita has a rich heritage in racing from Greg Pursley to Rich Delong III to Connor Cantrell to Rod Johnson and R.J. Johnson and that’s just a few of the names.

    Reply
    • Adam Ranger says:
      Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

      R.J. Johnson was a good friend of mine in High School. We used to hang out and play Nascar on PS2 constantly. That kid lived and breathed racing. Glad to see him and his dad getting some recognition.

      Reply
  13. Summer Roberts says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    David Jimenez

    Reply
  14. Jeff Shmed says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Rick Cochrane

    Reply
  15. Nicole Lee Cruz says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Sandy Shanafelt

    Reply
  16. Giuseppe Marchesin says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Brave and beautiful !!!

    Reply
  17. Mayra Barajas Diggins says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    ?

    Reply
  18. Wayne Frost says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Macie Potter

    Reply
  19. Shirley Vercelli says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Just don’t be racing on our streets, but welcome.???

    Reply
  20. Cheyenne Hegge says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Nick Kato

    Reply
  21. Jason Webber says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Come over to CC & I’ll show you how to drive…

    Reply
  22. Michael Parr says:
    Monday, Nov 16, 2015 at

    Eric Hamilton

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