Golobic Shines and Kaiser Back to Victory Lane
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Golobic Shines in Sprint Cars; Kaiser Back to Winning at Marysville Raceway
MARYSVILLE, Calif., July 18, 2024…Shane Golobic made his first start of SCCT Speedweek count on Thursday night at Marysville Raceway, as he drove to his 14th career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph.
With the win the Fremont native now moves back out front all by himself as the all-time leader in SCCT victories.
“It’s nice to get a win during our first start of SCCT Speedweek here in Marysville,” Golobic said following the race. “It was a tricky track tonight, but luckily, we were able to get out front and set the pace. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into Chico tomorrow and Placerville on Saturday.”
SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek Round two and three winner Colby Copeland jumped out front at the waving of the green flag in the 35-lapper. Early on Harrisburg, Oregon driver Tyler Thompson hounded the rear of the VSR No. 5v, as he looked for his second victory of Speedweek.
Lapped traffic created some excitement during the opening stages of the feature and on lap 10, Shane Golobic went two for one, getting by both Thompson and Copeland in one fell swoop. Several yellows slowed the flow of the contest after that, but through it all, Golobic remained calm, cool and collected.
The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17w had his way with things out front and went on to cross under the Darin Stahl checkered flag for victory.
Auburn’s Andy Forsberg made a late pass to secure the runner up position and in doing so, became the brand new SCCT season long point leader. It also marked his third podium of SCCT Speedweek. Thompson, Shane Hopkins and Dylan Bloomfield rounded out the top-five.
Completing the top-10 in the main event were Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Tanner Carrick, who came from 17th to sixth over Copeland, Nick Parker, Dawson Hammes and Steel Powell.
Napa’s Matthew Kaiser won the exciting 20-lap Crate Sprint main event. Tonight’s race was a non-point race, and 10 competitors braved the heat to come out and race. The fans thoroughly enjoyed the race. Jason Ballantine jumped out to the early lead until an issue in turn four derailed his chances to win. Jason fell back to the sixth spot. This moved Kaiser into the lead. Chasing him was Caleb Ingle and Misty Castleberry.
On lap 11, Ingle stopped in turn four. Ingle restarted in sixth and didn’t give up. He would charge back around Castleberry on the final lap. Jacob Johnson drove a solid race all night. He worked his way through traffic and finished fourth. Up front Kaiser held a two-second lead at the checkered flag. Tonight was win three this season for Kaiser. Ingle won the first eight lap heat race. Castleberry won the second and final heat. Crate Sprints return July 27 and August 3.
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