ANTIOCH, Calif. — Shane Golobic got by Chase Johnson on a lap 24 restart and went on to earn his 12th career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Abreu Vineyards triumph on Saturday at Antioch Speedway.
Golobic became the sixth different winner in seven SCCT events this season and did so aboard the potent Matt Wood Racing/ NOS Energy Drink/ Southern Pacific Farms No. 17w mount.
“Sometimes it’s better to be running in second but with all the yellows it never really allowed us to get in traffic,” Golobic commented on the frontstretch. “Luckily, I was able to time the restart and stay even with Chase (Johnson) and then make the pass through three and four. I want to thank my team for all their hard work.
“We haven’t won as much as we’d like too so far this year, but we’ve been heating up lately and hopefully that’s a sign of things to come.”
The main event began with High Sierra Industries Dash winner Justin Sanders climbing into the lead. He soon had to deal with a very fast Johnson, however, who eventually took over the top-spot after a handful of laps were complete. Several caution flags right as lapped traffic was coming into play created numerous opportunities at double-file restarts.
Golobic was able to make the move past Sanders to claim second around lap 10, before giving chase after the leader. A lap 24 restart set up the game-changing move when Golobic slipped to the inside of Johnson to assume the point.
Johnson stayed within striking distance, but Golobic was mistake free out front and accepted the checkered flag. By tallying his 12th career Sprint Car Challenge Tour victory Golobic adds on to his all-time leading mark.
Johnson crossed the stripe in second, followed by Sanders, points leader Justyn Cox and 16th starter Tanner Carrick rounding out the top-five.
The event was broadcast live by SPEED SPORT affiliate CaliDirt.tv.
Feature Finish (35 Laps)
1. 17W-Shane Golobic[4]; 2. 28-Chase Johnson[2]; 3. 4SA-Justin Sanders[1]; 4. 42X-Justyn Cox[10]; 5. 83T-Tanner Carrick[16]; 6. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[3]; 7. 35-Sean Becker[19]; 8. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[12]; 9. 1-Chance Grasty[17]; 10. 88-Brad Bumgarner[13]; 11. 9L-Luke Hayes[14]; 12. 12J-John Clark[9]; 13. 10-Dominic Gorden[11]; 14. 12R-Mitchell Faccinto[7]; 15. 5V-Tim Kaeding[18]; 16. 38-Colby Johnson[5]; 17. 43-Bradley Terrell[22]; 18. 87P-Jacob Tuttle[24]; 19. 222-Wyatt VanLare[21]; 20. 93-Stephen Ingraham[20]; 21. 7W-Dennis Scherer[23]; 22. 88A-Joey Ancona[15]; 23. 71W-Mike Wasina Jr[6]; 24. 41-Dominic Scelzi[8]