ROSEVILLE, Calif. — Cassidy Hinds and Dylan Zampa split the Berco Redwood NASCAR Late Model features at All American Speedway on Saturday, giving each driver their first late model triumph at the one-third mile.
Their wins were part of an eight main event card at the speedway powered by Roseville Toyota.
Hinds’ win was a come-from-behind tale during a tumultuous opening contest. A ten-car invert placed Roseville’s Lance
Halm on the pole position and the caution flew on lap three for Aidan Daniels of Fort Bragg spinning on the backstretch. Hinds was part of a three-car spin in turns one and two on lap seven which involved Colorado’s Holly Clark and Fort Bragg’s Kylie Daniels. All three restarted at the tail of the field. The caution flew again on lap nine when Hinds spun for a second time.
Halm slowed from the lead in turn four on lap 15, surrendering the top position to Zampa. The tenth starting Zampa paced the field through several cautions including an incident with Clark and Calvin Hegje on lap 20. Michael Mitchell collided with incoming points leader John Moore of Granite Bay on lap 22, bringing out the caution when Moore pounded the frontstretch wall. Both Moore and second in points Aidan Daniels failed to continue.
A red flag fell on lap 32 for J.J. Ferguson hitting the wall in turn two head on. He was uninjured. Zampa’s car would not fire after the red flag was lifted, handing the lead to Hinds. Hinds went back-and-forth with Loomis’ Chris Scribner before wrestling the lead away on the inside on the final lap, winning her first NASCAR Late Model feature. Auburn’s Thomas Martin finished third ahead of Kylie Daniels and Mitchell.
Zampa earned the pole for the second feature after an eight-car invert. A shuffle of the order allowed Michael Mitchell to use the outside to lead lap one, before Zampa led lap two. Both Martin and Japanese driver Takuya Okada passed Mitchell for third and fourth. Hinds then jumped up to fourth by lap seven.
The leaders encountered lapped traffic by the 15th lap. Hegje and Scribner collided in turn four on lap 16, with a spinning Scribner getting hit head-on by Lane Anderson to end Scribner’s race. Anderson and Aidan Daniels then had an incident in turn one for a caution, erasing a 1.7 second lead that Zampa had accumulated over the field. Zampa held the lead over a pair of restarts, including for contact between Moore and Hinds that relegated both to the rear of the field. Zampa topped Martin by 1.899 seconds followed by Okada, Halm, and Clark the top-five.
Brandon White made his first start in the Jaws Gear & Axle Modifieds count as he led all 25-laps for the victory.
Nathan Cleaver won his first F4 feature in a 25-lap main event.
Lucas Burton avoided a late race melee to win the Mini Cup/Bando feature. Josh Whitfield won his fourth Riebes Auto Parts Super Stock feature of the season.
2019 Mini Cup/Bando champion Kenna Mitchell led all 20 laps for her second Jr. Late Model win of 2021.
Alan Bridgman won his second consecutive Riebes Auto Parts Trailer Bash for $1,000 to win.
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