PLACERVILLE, Calif. — Landon Brooks pocketed the richest winged 360 sprint car victory in Placerville Speedway history on Saturday, while Tony Gomes captured his initial track championship when all was said and done.
In the $10,085-to-win winged sprint car feature it was polesitter Landon Brooks who jumped out front early and kept the rest of the field at bay throughout. The 21-year-old racer won the Forni-Humphreys Classic a couple years ago and showed that he was poised to do so again.
Eyes were also fixed on the battle for the championship with Tony Gomes leading Austin Wood by seven points and Andy Forsberg by 11 going into the main event. Gomes started from position number three and never fell out of the top five in a fantastic championship drive.
Up front Brooks would pull away to a large lead after each restart and easily claim the checkered for the big win aboard the Hamilton Racing No. 21L mount.
Justyn Cox continued his excellent late season run to make a late pass of Shane Golobic to secure a runner-up finish. Cox in fact finished first or second in three of the final four races. Golobic came home third, while young Jett Barnes put on another impressive performance to claim fourth.
Gomes crossed the stripe in fifth and was good enough to give him and C&M Motorsports their first Placerville Speedway championship. Gomes ended the season with a pair of wins and nine finishes in the top five during the 12 races contested.
Nick Baldwin also grabbed the main event win and his seventh championship with the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks at the Forni-Humphreys Classic. It marked his 39th career triumph, tying him for second on the all-time list with Dan Jinkerson.
Rod Oliver wrapped up the Kings Meats Ltd. Late Model title, while Ray Trimble won the feature. With the Mountain Democrat Mini Trucks, it was Kevin Jinkerson winning the race and Howard Miller scooping up the title.
The finish:
- 21L-Landon Brooks[1]; 2. 42X-Justyn Cox[4]; 3. 17W-Shane Golobic[2]; 4. 7-Jett Barnes[5]; 5. 7C-Tony Gomes[3]; 6. 2XM-Max Mittry[9]; 7. 83T-Tanner Carrick[7]; 8. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[14]; 9. 35-Sean Becker[15]; 10. 92-Andy Forsberg[6]; 11. 2A-Austin Wood[13]; 12. 21-Shane Hopkins[19]; 13. 17J-Josh Young[18]; 14. 12J-John Clark[20]; 15. 3-Cole Schroeder[11]; 16. 94-Greg Decaires V[10]; 17. 9L-Luke Hayes[17]; 18. X1-Chance Grasty[8]; 19. 15S-Michael Sellers[12]; 20. 25-Seth Standley[16]
