STOCKTON, Calif. — On Nov. 5, Northern California will crown three premier traveling sprint car series champions on the same night at the Stockton Dirt Track.
The much-anticipated show features the inaugural Nor*Cal Triple Crown featuring the NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Cars, the Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Elk Grove Ford and Abreu Vineyards and the Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Tour for the Tribute to Gary Patterson.
“We’re excited to host the first Nor*Cal Triple Crown,” commented Stockton Promoter Tony Noceti. “It’s been a tradition to crown the SCCT and NARC champions at the Tribute to Gary Patterson each season. We felt that adding in the Hunt Tour makes it a perfect trifecta. We had tried to do the Friday show but with traffic and work it was just too hard to pull off. So, we look forward to hosting an action-packed show for one night only on Nov. 5.”
Dominic Scelzi brings the NARC Fujitsu 410 Sprint Car Series point lead into the spectacle. The popular driver looks to wrap up his second consecutive Northern Auto Racing Club title in style at the Stockton Dirt Track.
Andy Forsberg brings a 36-point lead over Tony Gomes into the final Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Elk Grove Ford and Abreu Vineyards point race. If Forsberg can win the title, it would mark his 25th career championship in Northern California.
Jake Morgan sits atop the Joe Hunt Magnetos Wingless Sprint Car Tour standings heading into the Tribute to Gary Patterson. Morgan has been a dominant force with the Hunt Tour in recent years.
Known as the “Dancing Phantom from Stockton,” the “Preacher,” the “Hostile Hippie” or just simply “GP,” Gary Patterson was one of the most colorful characters of his time and captured several major wins in his career, including the Gold Cup Race of Champions, the Super Dirt Cup in Washington and the Turkey Night Grand Prix at Ascot Park among others.
Patterson lost his life in a Sprint Car crash at Calistoga Speedway on Memorial Day weekend 1983 and an event in his memory has been held every year since. “GP” moved to Stockton, California in 1957 and began his career at the Stockton 99 Speedway.