(Photo by Collin Markle Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – DIXON, Calif. (June 21, 2015) – Giovanni Scelzi helped test for the Panella family last Saturday at Dixon Speedway, where he competed for the first time this season.
“I was grateful for the opportunity to drive for the Panella’s and hopefully we can do it again,” he said. “Although we didn’t get the results we were aiming for it was a lot of fun.”
Scelzi opened the micro sprint race by qualifying 10th quickest around the bullring.
“We went out early in qualifying and stayed about fourth quick for a while,” he said. “Then it started taking rubber at the end. The track stayed rubbered up the rest of the night.”
Scelzi maintained second place throughout his heat race to earn a spot in the dash, which he lined up on the outside of the fourth row. He picked up one position to earn the seventh starting position for the 25-lap feature.
“I think it was whoever crashed was how you passed in the feature,” he said. “It was follow the leader. Whoever missed the rubber got passed by two or three cars.”
Scelzi was running seventh on a restart midway through the main event when he was involved in a crash that ended with him upside down.
“On the restart I ran a groove up and got next to the guy in sixth,” he said. “He ran into the guy in fifth and he made a right turn and I got over his right rear.”
Scelzi was unable to restart the race and was credited with a 17th-place result.
He will return to his family owned micro sprint July 3-4 at Plaza Park Raceway in Visalia, Calif., for the Budweiser Outlaw Nationals. Scelzi was victorious at the track twice last season.
QUICK RESULTS –
June 20 – Dixon Speedway in Dixon, Calif. – Qualifying: 10; Heat race: 2 (1); Dash: 7 (8); Feature: 17 (7).
SEASON STATS –
11 races, 1 win, 3 top fives, 4 top 10s, 4 top 15s, 9 top 20s
UP NEXT –
July 3-4 at Plaza Park Raceway in Visalia, Calif., for the Budweiser Outlaw Nationals
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.GaryScelziMotorsports.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GioScelzi
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Scelzi-Motorsports/225890834113599
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Panella Trucking
Panella Trucking, which started in 1934 as Ralph Panella Trucking, has grown to become one of the largest specialized agricultural trucking firms in the country and employs several hundred people during its busiest seasons hauling a variety of agricultural products. While the majority of its business is confined to California and Nevada, Panella Trucking also operates in Oregon, Washington and Arizona hauling for such Fortune 500 companies as Unilever (Ragu), Diamond Foods and Gilroy Foods (a division of Con Agra). For more information, visit http://www.PanellaTrucking.com.
“I want to thank everyone at Panella Trucking for all of their support for the race team as well as their great service for all of the tomato farmers,” Scelzi said.
Scelzi would also like to thank Whipple Superchargers, Fuel Delivery Services Inc., Fowler Packing, Carlucci Transport, Red Rose Transportation, AXA Equitable Insurance with Bob & Gina Estrada, Roth Motorsports, Scelzi Enterprises, Red Line Oil, Metric Cycles Racing Engines, Red Line Oil, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, K&N Filters, Schoenfeld Headers, Kaeding Performance, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Sweet Manufacturing, Blast Tech, Tim Jones, Todd Jorgensen, G&J Truck Sales, Simpson Race Products, Sparco, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems, ARP and Big & Deep Ag Development for their continued support.
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- Shawn Miller on Jun 21, 2015
- Article Date: 6/21/2015 by Inside Line Promotions