STOCKTON, Calif. — Fresh off a big score at the Trophy Cup Sebastopol’s Joel Myers Jr. led all 35 laps to claim his second career SCCT victory on Friday night at the Stockton Dirt Track.
Sacramento’s Austin Wood also wrapped up the Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour title to become the youngest champion in series history.
“It feels great to win the SCCT title and become the youngest champion,” Wood commented after the race. “I want to thank my family and everyone that helps us out on this 2A team. We had a consistent year and luckily, we brought home this championship.”
The 35-lap Shop Kyle Larson feature turned out to be a lengthy affair and saw Joel Myers Jr. charge into the lead early on.
Myers had his way with things out front and was perfect on virtually every restart. Aromas driver Justin Sanders carved his way into second just past the halfway point and gave chase after the leader.
With heavy lapped traffic coming into play over the waving circuits Myers had to pick his spots wisely, as Sanders hounded his rear bumper.
Myers, the Nor-Cal Posse Shootout winner, made all the right moves though and grabbed the checkered for his second career SCCT triumph.
Sanders crossed the stripe in second, followed by Dominic Gorden, Tim Kaeding and 14th starter Austin Wood.
The finish:
Feature (35 Laps): 1. 19-Joel Myers Jr[1]; 2. 17-Justin Sanders[3]; 3. 10-Dominic Gorden[4]; 4. 0-Tim Kaeding[5]; 5. 2A-Austin Wood[14]; 6. 35-Dylan Bloomfield[2]; 7. 28-Gauge Garcia[13]; 8. 92-Andy Forsberg[12]; 9. 7H-Jake Haulot[8]; 10. 25-Seth Standley[17]; 11. 55D-Dawson Hammes[24]; 12. 3-Cole Schroeder[9]; 13. X1-Chance Grasty[6]; 14. 56C-Carson Hammes[23]; 15. 17J-Josh Young[21]; 16. 38-Tyler Cato[22]; 17. 45-Jake Morgan[7]; 18. 99-Tristan Guardino[11]; 19. 2XM-Max Mittry[18]; 20. 21-Shane Hopkins[20]; 21. 02-Ashton Torgerson[15]; 22. 83T-Tanner Carrick[10]; 23. 56-Taylor Hall[19]; 24. 28K-Bryant Bell[16]
