ELDON, Mo. — Beating out Mother Nature, twice, before having to fend off Sam Hafertepe Jr. the spoils of victory went to California’s Dominic Scelzi Sunday night as the West Coast shoe claimed his first ASCS regional victory at Lake Ozark Speedway.
Worth $4,000, Scelzi topped the showdown between the Racinboys.com ASCS Warrior Region presented by Impact Signs, Awnings and Wraps and the American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region presented by Smiley’s Racing Products.
Leading the opening 23 laps, Scelzi lost the point to Hafertepe on lap 24. Battling back to the top spot in traffic on lap 30, Scelzi held pace over the field the final 10 laps with his margin of victory advancing to 2.522 seconds.
Hafertepe held on for second with Brian Brown racing from eighth to third in the FVP/Casey’s General Store No. 21.
Making up eight positions to fourth was Parker Price-Miller with Washington’s Seth Bergman completing the top five.
The finish:
Feature (40 Laps): 1. 41-Dominic Scelzi[1]; 2. 15H-Sam Hafertepe Jr[4]; 3. 21B-Brian Brown[8]; 4. 14-Parker Price Miller[12]; 5. 23-Seth Bergman[5]; 6. 33-Austin Alumbaugh[3]; 7. 21-Miles Paulus[15]; 8. 3-Ayrton Gennetten[11]; 9. 11-Austin O’Neal[6]; 10. 1-Sean McClelland[10]; 11. 4-Evan Martin[13]; 12. 24-Garet Williamson[7]; 13. 10C-Jeremy Campbell[9]; 14. 55B-Brandon Anderson[14]; 15. 37H-Nicholas Howard[19]; 16. (DNF) 9-Chase Randall[20]; 17. (DNF) 23B-Brian Bell[17]; 18. (DNF) 7B-Ben Brown[2]; 19. (DNF) 22X-Riley Goodno[18]; 20. (DNF) 89-Todd McVay[16]