#71 - Darren Hagen (Riverside, CA)

Chili Bowl Rookie

Hagen earned Rookie of the Year honors on both the USAC National Sprint trail and the USAC National Midget series, finishing eighth in points in both classes...Posted eight top ten finishes in USAC Sprint Car action, including his first career feature win during Oval Nationals preliminary action at Perris (CA) Auto Speedway on November 3...Top Midget outing of the '05 season was a fifth-place run during Eldora Speedway's Four Crown Nationals on September 24.

Car Owner:  Keith Kunz Motorsports

Chassis:  Bullet

Engine:  Fontana

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Photo:  Darren Hagen ready for action aboard the Kunz sprinter.  (Photo courtesy of scrafan.com)