ROSEBURG, Ore. — Washington’s Jesse Schlotfeldt turned in a dominant performance on night three of SCCT WST Speedweek at The Douglas County Dirt Track.
Schlotfeldt grabbed his first Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour victory.
The driver of the Grinders Automotive & Marine/ Shark Racing Engines No. 21s started outside the front row and never looked back in the 35-lap Shop Kyle Larson main event.
“That main event could not have gone better for us,” Schlotfeldt commented. “This car was phenomenal, and I could put it anywhere on the track. I tried to be as wise as possible through traffic and luckily, we got through it pretty well. I want to thank everybody that supports us and makes this possible.”
The initial start saw a red flag occur for Kelly Miller, who flipped onto his side in between turns one and two. He emerged okay but was done for the night. On the next attempt, Schlotfeldt shot out front and quickly distanced himself from the rest of the pack.
Schlotfeldt placed five lapped cars between himself and the rest of the field multiple times during the contest. He sat out front by a wide margin for much of it and although Burlington, Washington’s Levi Hillier did cut the gap down, there was nothing stopping Schlotfeldt on this night.
He went on to take the checkered flag for his sixth overall win of the season and initial SCCT score.
Hillier looked impressive in the feature as well, making multiple strong moves to record a runner-up finish in his Sprint Car Challenge Tour debut.
Dominic Scelzi rebounded nicely in the feature, carving his way from 13th to finish third.
Max Mittry crossed the stripe in fourth, followed by Kinzer Cox.
Schlotfeldt began the evening by earning the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award with a lap of 12.602 seconds.
SCCT Western Sprint Tour Speedweek continues Tuesday night at the Coos Bay Speedway in Coos Bay, Ore.
The finish:
Feature (35 laps): 1. 21S-Jesse Schlotfeldt[2]; 2. 26-Levi Hillier[5]; 3. 41-Dominic Scelzi[13]; 4. 2XM-Max Mittry[1]; 5. 40-Kinzer Cox[4]; 6. 75-Tony Gomes[12]; 7. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[6]; 8. 3-Cole Schroeder[20]; 9. 25-Seth Standley[7]; 10. 7X-Tyler Thompson[19]; 11. 9T-Camden Robustelli[11]; 12. 94-Greg Decaires V[14]; 13. 1-Bailey Hibbard[9]; 14. 2A-Austin Wood[10]; 15. 77-Levi Klatt[16]; 16. 8-Aydan Saunders[17]; 17. 56C-Carson Hammes[21]; 18. 38-Tyler Cato[24]; 19. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[23]; 20. 33-Kyle Alberding[15]; 21. 55D-Dawson Hammes[22]; 22. 7-Jett Barnes[3]; 23. 5D-Destry Miller[18]; 24. 2JR-Kelly Miller[8]
