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Northfield, OH --- Aaron Merriman, the 2015 North American dash winner, has continued his winning ways into 2016. After posting three wins on Friday (Jan. 1), Merriman had a monster night on Saturday (Jan. 2) at Northfield Park by posting eight wins on the 15-race program.


Merriman’s triumphs were with Lady Ideal ($2.10) in race three, King Richard ($9.20) (sired by Royal Mattjesty) in race six, Talbotcreek Armani ($3.80) in race eight, Bob N Tony ($3.00) in race nine, Giddy Up Blackfly ($3.00) in race 10, Viewlander ($2.10) in race 11, Love You Bad ($11.20) (sired by Badlands Hanover & Winbak graduate) in race 14 and Blessing Stone (2.40) in race 15.


Merriman garnered 873 victories in 2015, which placed him 41 wins in front of any other driver in North America. Aaron is also the winningest driver in the history of Northfield Park, where he became the youngest inductee to the track’s Wall of Fame in 2013 at age 36.


Merriman has been driving since 1998. He is nearing 8,000 career wins and has more than $45 million in purse earnings.