A dramatic battle for the SCCT Speedweek title came right down to the wire on Saturday, which saw Auburn’s Andy Forsberg fend off Oakley’s Dylan Bloomfield by four slim points to wrap up the championship.
Fremont’s Shane Golobic also held off a hard-charging Justin Sanders of Aromas to win a thrilling Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour main event at Placerville Speedway on Saturday night. Colfax driver Ben Wiesz brought home victory in the Nor-Cal Dwarf Car Association feature.
The 35-lap SCCT Speedweek finale showcased an entertaining contest with action all over the Placerville Speedway bullring. Golobic jumped out front at the waving of the Ron Stahl green flag, as he looked to make it three wins in a row during SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek.
The action behind him was as good as it gets however, with Andy Forsberg and Dylan Bloomfield locked into several battles while going after the overall championship. Plenty of side-by-side racing was seen and positions changed on the the regular during the main event.
The Speedweek title also switched hands on several occasions, while the race for the top-spot heated up as well. Aromas driver Justin Sanders closed in on Golobic as lapped traffic came into play. The fight for the race win and the Speedweek victory kept fans on the edge of their seats in the waning laps.
Sanders hounded Golobic and looked to find a way past but couldn’t get an opening as Golobic grabbed his third Speedweek win in a row. It marked his 16th career SCCT triumph, which ranks number one all-time. Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick had also closed in on the front duo over the closing laps and on the final corner, made the move to nip Sanders at the line for second.
Sanders, Hanford’s Michael Faccinto and High Sierra Industries Dash winner Austin Wood completed the top-five. Rounding out the top-10 were Chance Grasty, Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Sean Becker, Dylan Bloomfield, Andy Forsberg and Colby Copeland.
As the race wound down, Bloomfield looked to be in position for the SCCT Speedweek title but caught the cushion a couple times and lost just enough spots to allow Forsberg the opportunity.
When all was said and done, Forsberg brought home the $3,000 championship by just four points over Bloomfield, and 14-markers ahead of Shane Hopkins, who also gave it a valiant run all week long. Corbin Rueschenberg and Colby Copeland finished fourth and fifth respectively in the week-long race.
Dunnigan’s Luke Hayes began the evening by earning his first career Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award, pacing the 28-car field with a lap of 11.029.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will now take an extended break, before resuming things on Saturday September 21st with the annual Adobe Cup at Petaluma Speedway.
Placerville Speedway returns to action this coming Saturday July 27th with the annual Carnett Clash.
Results
Sprint Car Challenge Tour
Placerville Speedway
July 20, 2024
A Main 35 Laps | 00:33:25.802
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 2. 83T-Tanner Carrick[5]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[8]; 5. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 6. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 7. 35-Sean Becker[14]; 8. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[6]; 9. 92-Andy Forsberg[10]; 10. 5V-Colby Copeland[15]; 11. 21-Shane Hopkins[18]; 12. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[19]; 13. 61-Travis Labat[9]; 14. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[11]; 15. 93-Stephen Ingraham[22]; 16. 94-Greg Decaires V[12]; 17. 9-Dustin Freitas[17]; 18. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[21]; 19. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[13]; 20. 8-Aydan Saunders[23]; 21. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 22. 12J-John Clark[16]; 23. 51-Jake Morgan[20]; 24. 2-Cody Spencer[24]
B Feature 12 Laps | 00:04:31.312
1. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[2]; 2. 93-Stephen Ingraham[3]; 3. 8-Aydan Saunders[4]; 4. 2-Cody Spencer[5]; 5. 17-Anthony Snow[1]; 6. 85-AJ Alderman[6]; 7. 75-Bill Smith[8]; 8. 81-Gauge Garcia[7]
Dash 6 Laps | 00:01:14.106
1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[5]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[6]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[4]; 7. 9L-Luke Hayes[7]; 8. X1-Michael Faccinto[8]
Heat 1 10 Laps | 00:04:03.742
1. 4SA-Justin Sanders[2]; 2. 61-Travis Labat[1]; 3. 9L-Luke Hayes[4]; 4. 12J-John Clark[5]; 5. 9-Dustin Freitas[3]; 6. 33T-Jimmy Trulli[6]; 7. 85-AJ Alderman[7]
Heat 2 10 Laps | 00:01:56.599
1. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[1]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[2]; 3. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[3]; 4. X1-Michael Faccinto[4]; 5. 21-Shane Hopkins[5]; 6. 93-Stephen Ingraham[6]; 7. 81-Gauge Garcia[7]
Heat 3 10 Laps | 00:01:59.470
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[1]; 2. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[2]; 3. 35-Sean Becker[5]; 4. 83T-Tanner Carrick[4]; 5. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[6]; 6. 17-Anthony Snow[3]; 7. 8-Aydan Saunders; 8. 75-Bill Smith[7]
Heat 4 10 Laps | 00:02:16.635
1. 2A-Austin Wood[1]; 2. 94-Greg Decaires V[2]; 3. 5V-Colby Copeland[3]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty[4]; 5. 51-Jake Morgan[5]; 6. 8-Aydan Saunders[7]; 7. 2-Cody Spencer[6]
Qualifying | 00:00:32.799
1. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:11.029[2]; 2. X1-Michael Faccinto, 00:11.071[3]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick, 00:11.092[10]; 4. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:11.107[5]; 5. 61-Travis Labat, 00:11.113[1]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:11.120[15]; 7. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:11.124[11]; 8. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:11.138[8]; 9. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:11.156[27]; 10. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:11.161[7]; 11. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.173[16]; 12. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:11.175[28]; 13. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:11.180[4]; 14. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:11.233[18]; 15. 17-Anthony Snow, 00:11.272[14]; 16. 5V-Colby Copeland, 00:11.337[6]; 17. 12J-John Clark, 00:11.412[12]; 18. 21-Shane Hopkins, 00:11.456[17]; 19. 35-Sean Becker, 00:11.510[25]; 20. 51-Jake Morgan, 00:11.565[21]; 21. 33T-Jimmy Trulli, 00:11.588[19]; 22. 93-Stephen Ingraham, 00:11.608[26]; 23. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg, 00:11.651[20]; 24. 2-Cody Spencer, 00:11.715[22]; 25. 85-AJ Alderman, 00:11.722[9]; 26. 81-Gauge Garcia, 00:11.935[13]; 27. 75-Bill Smith, 00:11.985[23]; 28. 8-Aydan Saunders, 00:11.985[24]
Dwarf Cars 24 Entries
A Feature 20 Laps | 00:28:30.073
1. 57N-Ben Wiesz[2]; 2. 31N-Dylan Shrum[6]; 3. 50N-Brenden Shrum[11]; 4. 72N-Mike Reeder[8]; 5. 42N-Isaak Geil[18]; 6. 41N-Brandon Aylesworth[15]; 7. 69N-Cody Shrum[7]; 8. 99N-Gage Meyers[13]; 9. 9N-Kevin Bender[10]; 10. 05N-Tim Dodson[20]; 11. 52N-Chuck Conover[16]; 12. 8N-Aron Mosier[14]; 13. 35R-Patrick Timmons[23]; 14. 57-Hailey Wiesz[19]; 15. 59N-Austin Struthers[1]; 16. 12N-Mike Grenert[22]; 17. 16N-Brian Quilty[5]; 18. 29N-Corey Eaton[4]; 19. 94N-Denny Hannel[17]; 20. 40N-Eric Fromong[24]; 21. 88DD-Travis Day[3]; 22. 76D-Glenn Sciarani[9]; 23. 508N-Steve Costello[21]; 24. 15N-Shawn Whitney[12]
Story by Gary Thomas. Images courtesy of Devin M Photography
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