MARYSVILLE, Calif. — Shane Golobic made his first start of SCCT Speedweek count on Thursday night at Marysville Raceway.
He picked up his 14th career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour triumph.
With the win the Fremont native now moves back out front all by himself as the all-time leader in SCCT victories.
“It’s nice to get a win during our first start of SCCT Speedweek here in Marysville,” Golobic said. “It was a tricky track tonight, but luckily, we were able to get out front and set the pace. Hopefully we can carry the momentum into Chico tomorrow and Placerville on Saturday.”
SCCT Western Sprint Speedweek round two and three winner Colby Copeland jumped out front at the waving of the green flag in the 35-lapper.
Early on, Tyler Thompson hounded the rear of the VSR No. 5v, as he looked for his second victory of Speedweek.
Lapped traffic created some excitement during the opening stages of the feature and on lap 10, Golobic went two for one, getting by both Thompson and Golobic in one fell swoop.
Several yellows slowed the flow of the contest after that, but through it all, Golobic remained calm, cool and collected.
The driver of the NOS Energy Drink No. 17w had his way with things out front and went on to cross under the Darin Stahl checkered flag for victory.
Andy Forsberg made a late pass to secure the runner up position and in doing so, became the brand new SCCT season long point leader. It also marked his third podium of SCCT Speedweek.
With four rounds complete in SCCT Speedweek, Colby Copeland continues to lead the standings by 13 points over Tyler Thompson.
The Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour will continue Western Sprint Speedweek at the Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico on Friday. Watch all Speedweek events on CaliDirt.tv.
The finish:
Feature (35 laps): 1. 17W-Shane Golobic[3]; 2. 92-Andy Forsberg[9]; 3. 35KM-Tyler Thompson[2]; 4. 21-Shane Hopkins[6]; 5. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[14]; 6. 83T-Tanner Carrick[17]; 7. 5V-Colby Copeland[1]; 8. 15-Nick Parker[10]; 9. 55D-Dawson Hammes[12]; 10. 11S-Steel Powell[7]; 11. 8-William Fielding[16]; 12. 94R-Corbin Rueschenberg[21]; 13. 25S-Seth Standley[13]; 14. 61-Travis Labat[8]; 15. 88-Brad Bumgarner[20]; 16. 46-Jeremy Wilson[22]; 17. 12J-John Clark[19]; 18. 15X-Pat Harvey Jr[24]; 19. 54-Carson Hall[15]; 20. 91J-John Sullivan[23]; 21. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[4]; 22. 6W-Billy Wallace[18]; 23. X1-Michael Faccinto[5]; 24. 8JR-Brian McGahan Jr[11]