Jesse Colwell made his very first USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget start at Ventura Raceway one year ago.

One year later, he’s gotten his 79^th Turkey Night Grand Prix off to a hot start by recording the fastest time in Wednesday’s practice at the 1/5-mile southern California dirt oval in preparation for Thursday’s 98-lap event.

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Colwell, of Red Bluff, Calif., who finished 12^th in the 2019 Turkey Night Grand Prix midget feature, set the fast time during the first of three practice sessions on Wednesday at a lap of 12.912 sec. in his Keith Kunz-Curb-Agajanian/IWX – TRD – Curb Records/Bullet by Spike/Speedway Toyota.

USAC Western States Midget point leader Robert Dalby (Anaheim, Calif.) was second in practice.  He leads the standings by 29 points entering Thursday’s finale.  Reigning USAC NOS Energy Drink National Midget champ Logan Seavey (Sutter, Calif.) was third, 2012 and 2016 Turkey Night winner Kyle Larson (Elk Grove, Calif.) was fourth and Jason McDougal (Broken Arrow, Okla.) rounded out the top-five.

Check out the full results here!