Visalia, Ca.
August 13, 2010
By Paul Vetter

                Friday night racing action at Giant Chevrolet Raceway at Plaza Park saw the normal three classes of open wheel micro sprint racing on the fast 1/5 mile clay oval.  Despite racing on Friday the 13th, racing progressed quite quickly and smoothly throughout the evening.
                Another clean sweep in the Junior Sprint action saw Giovanni Scelzi complete the hat trick once again.  After setting quick time over the eleven car field and winning his heat, Scelzi started sixth in the 20 lap feature event.
                In a race that can be described best as a pair of events within the feature itself, Dahne Lynn McKay led the first nine laps from her front row starting spot.  Scelzi maneuvered quickly into second before a yellow on lap four for a spinning Jared Faria slowed action.  The leading pair paced the pack on the restart before a lap nine yellow caused by Travis Talbot who found himself facing the wrong way just off the turn four infield area.
                Scelzi then grabbed the lead on the lap ten restart and paced McKay, Garrett Fine, and Ryan Delisle.  Another yellow for Faria found him headed pitside with two cautions before Josiah Ribeiro tipped onto his side in turn four on the restart.  Scelzi then led to the double checkered flags for yet another win followed by McKay, Fine, last weeks winner Michael Wagner and Austin Warmerdam.
                All twenty one entrants in the Restricted 600 field made the call for their 20 lap feature.  Fast timer Drake Galante benefited from a zero invert to start on the pole position flanked by Kyler Shaw.  Galante jumped out to lead lap one over Bryce Volpa before an errant neck brace flew from a car and a yellow was thrown to fix the safety situation.
                On the restart, Volpa and Cole Christianson chased  Galante as drivers smoothed out to some great racing with sixteen consecutive laps of green flag racing.  A red flew on lap seventeen as heat race winner Riggin Martella tipped over high in turn four.  On the red, Brayden Perry, Ryan Brown, Martella, Dalton Hill, Derek Galante and Cole Christianson all pulled out of the race in a rare situation.
                The final three laps saw D.J. Netto come from seventh starting to move into the runnerup spot.  Drake Galante ran on to the win followed by Netto, Volpa, John Collins and Seth Hancock.  Fifteen drivers finished the race with only one car lapped in the process.
                Super 600 action also had twenty one entrants.  Stan Yockey set fast time with heat race wins going to Mike Schott, Knute Mynderup and Dominic Scelzi.  A four car invert for the feature saw Garrett Netto on the pole with Richard VanderWeerd alongside.  Previous weeks winner T.J. Smith smacked the turn three wall on the opening lap to end his race with a complete restart following.
                Netto jumped out to an early lead with fourth starting Yockey booming into second ahead of R. VanderWeerd and Raio Morgan.  Some really good racing action was witnessed by fans as drivers showed great talent on the tricky track.  Koen Shaw was an early dropout followed into the infield later by Dace Taylor as the quick pace began to take its toll. 
                Lap fifteen was the most exciting as leaders Netto, Yockey and VanderWeerd came upon a slower car exiting turn four.  At the line, it was VanderWeerd the new leader over Netto and Yockey followed by Cory Eliason and Jake Hagopian.  Mynderup spun for a yellow two laps later with Trent Carter pitting and Schott and Jason Rogers tangling themselves out of the event.
                Yockey moved back into second on the restart and despite another yellow with seven laps remaining could not mount a charge to overtake VanderWeerd who took the double checkers ahead of Yockey, Netto, Scelzi and Eliason.  Rounding out the top ten were Morgan, Jace VanderWeerd, Lauryn Brown, Ben Worth and Luca Romanazzi with Hagopian dropping out on the final lap.
                A fifteen lap exhibition event for the B.L. Mini Stocks went nonstop to area racer Joe Mendonsa.  He led the first pair of laps over the six car/truck field before being overtaken by a #3N truck that pitted on lap five with overheating woes.  Mendonsa led the final laps in his truck to take the win over Landon Davis and a #49 Mustang.
                Racing continues on Friday night, August 20th. 

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RESULTS

VISALIA, CA.

AUGUST 13, 2010 

JUNIOR SPRINTS

      FAST TIME Giovanni Scelzi 13.68 seconds

      FIRST HEAT Josiah Ribeiro, Austin Warmerdam, Ryan Delisle, Garrett Fine

      SECOND HEAT Scelzi, Dahne Lynn McKay, Michael Wagner, Coleton Danell

      MAIN EVENT Scelzi, McKay, Fine, Wagner, Warmerdam, Delisle, Coleton Danell, Bryce Eames, Alex Coronado, Ribeiro, Conner Danell, Travis Talbot, Jared Faria 

RESTRICTED 600

      FAST TIME Drake Galante 11.84 seconds

      FIRST HEAT Bryce Volpa, Brayden Perry, Trent Reed, D.J. Netto

      SECOND HEAT Riggin Martella, John Collins, Kyler Shaw, Merissa Rose

      THIRD HEAT Brayden Trigueiro, Seth Hancock, Galante, Cole Christianson

      MAIN EVENT Drake Galante, Netto, Volpa, J. Collins, Hancock, Trigueiro, Sean Watts, Shaw, Riley Simmons, Rose, Brandon Collins, Cody Christianson, Brenden Warmerdam, Reed, Ethan Evans, Cole Christianson, Derek Galante, Dalton Hill, Martella, Ryan Brown, Perry 

SUPER 600

      FAST TIME Stan Yockey 10.85 seconds

      FIRST HEAT Mike Schott, Jake Hagopian, Richard VanderWeerd, Jason Rogers

      SECOND HEAT Knute Mynderup, Cory Eliason, Raio Morgan, T.J. Smith

      THIRD HEAT Dominic Scelzi, Garrett Netto, Yockey, Luca Romanazzi

      MAIN EVENT R. VanderWeerd, Yockey, Netto, Scelzi, Eliason, Morgan, Jace VanderWeerd, Lauryn Brown, Ben Worth, Romanazzi, Austin Liggett, Hagopian, Scott Parker, Mynderup, Rogers, Schott, Trent Carter, Dace Taylor, Koen Shaw, Smith, Ryan Reeves (DNS) 

B.L. MINI STOCKS

      MAIN EVENT Joe Mendonsa, Landon Davis, #49, #69, #3N, #94