TULARE, Calif. — Former Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour champion and current point leader Justyn Cox led all 30 laps at Thunderbowl Raceway, en route to victory during KRC Safety Night at the Races on Saturday.
It marked the second Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph of the season for Cox and came during a fast paced, non-stop Shop Kyle Larson feature aboard the Josh Bates Racing No. 42x machine.
Cox got the jump at the waving of the green flag and held a steady advantage throughout the contest, until Hanford’s DJ Netto closed the gap while racing by lapped cars.
The driver of the Netto AG No. 88n got a couple of big runs coming at the leader, but each time Cox got by traffic at just the right moments.
The Clarksburg, CA driver scooted away to accept the checkered flag for his third career SCCT win. It also marked his second career Thunderbowl Raceway triumph after winning the Dennis Roth Classic in 2023.
Netto crossed the stripe in second with 14-year-old Cole Croft in third. It was an impressive debut for Croft who suffered a fractured leg last weekend and raced through the injury on Saturday night.
Riverdale’s Grant Duinkerken made his first SCCT start of the year and claimed a fine fourth place finish with Roseville’s Colby Copeland rounding out the top five.
The finish:
Feature (30 laps): 1. 42X-Justyn Cox[1]; 2. 88N-DJ Netto[4]; 3. 29-Cole Croft[2]; 4. 67-Grant Duinkerken[3]; 5. 7C-Colby Copeland[5]; 6. 26-Corbin Rueschenberg[9]; 7. 56C-Carson Hammes[6]; 8. 2D-Luke Hayes[10]; 9. 4-Jett Yantis[11]; 10. 5-Aiden Larimer[8]; 11. 51-Jake Morgan[13]; 12. 55D-Dawson Hammes[12]; 13. 7P-Jake Andreotti[7]; 14. 9-Dustin Freitas[15]; 15. 15-Pat Harvey Jr[14]
