Noble Notches 5,000th Career Win

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Published: March 25, 2018 03:37 pm EDT

Driver Dan Noble wasted no time accomplishing his mission on Sunday afternoon (March 25) at Miami Valley Raceway, as he registered his 5,000th career victory in the matinee’s opening race.

The 35-year-old reinsman, on the heels of a driving triple on Saturday night, urged Storyboard to the front of the field of $5,000 claiming mares in Sunday’s ‘lid-lifter.’

After having crossed over to the lead just prior to the quarter mile marker, Noble was able to keep the five-year-old daughter of Art Official on the point throughout the remainder of the 1:58 mile. It was the tenth lifetime triumph for Storyboard, who is trained by Greg Luther and owned by Black Magic Racing LLC.

Noble was greeted in the winner’s circle to commemorate his 5,000th win by his wife of 11 days, Christi; his mother, Debbie; brother, Sam IV; sister, Meredith; his maternal grandparents; the newest Ohio State Racing Commissioner, Greg Simpson; OHHA track rep, Brett Merkle; and track officials Helen Carlo and Gregg Keidel.


A shot of the winner’s circle after Noble’s 5,000th career driving victory (Conrad Photo)

Noble is a former national dash-winning champion, as he won 773 races in 2011 to lead all drivers in North America. The 2017 season was Noble’s highest earnings campaign to date, as he steered his mounts to over $4 million in purse earnings.

Dan is the son of the late-great Ohio Hall Of Famer Sam ‘Chip’ Noble III. Dan and Chip’s career racing statistics are remarkably similar at this point. In an era with less racing opportunities and smaller purses, Chip amassed 5,105 victories, good for $28.4 million in purse earnings. Dan’s 5,000 wins have lead to $27.8 million in purse deposits.

Dan is a fourth-generation Noble training out of the same barn at the Xenia, Ohio fairgrounds for decades.

It didn’t take Noble long to get started on his next 5,000 wins as he scored two more wins, with Laughing Matters and Sports Sinner, in the first five races on the program.

(Miami Valley Raceway)

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