Scelzi Records Pair of Top 10s During Civil War Sprint Car Series Action
Inside Line Promotions – CHICO, Calif. (May 26, 2015) – Dominic Scelzi powered to a pair of top 10s last weekend with the Civil War Sprint Car Series while driving for Dan Monhoff.
Scelzi earned a fourth-place result on Saturday at Marysville Raceway in Marysville, Calif., before wrapping up the weekend with an eighth-place finish on Sunday at Silver Dollar Speedway.
“I’m really happy with the weekend,” he said. “Dan has a phenomenal race car and we’ve really been working hard to get me as comfortable as possible and work out the little flaws that we’ve struggled with. It seems like it’s close to perfect every time I get in it. I’m thankful I have such a good ride.”
The weekend opened on Saturday with Scelzi qualifying fourth quickest out of 43 cars around Marysville Raceway. He then placed fourth in a heat race to lock himself into the dash.
“We qualified strong and made it through the heat race,” he said. “That put us in the dash and on the second lap the guy behind me got into the berm and moved up and hit me. It got me way out of shape and I ended up falling to last.”
Scelzi rebounded to finish fourth in the dash to line up on the outside of the second row for the main event.
“In the main I was following Jonathan Allard for a while,” he said. “His car got upset and I was able to get under him. I stayed in third most of the race. It looked for a bit like I could challenge for second. A yellow came out with about nine laps to go and I ended up racing hard with Sean Becker for the rest of the race.”
Scelzi ended fourth to mark his fourth top five of the season with Monhoff.
The team headed to Silver Dollar Speedway for Sunday’s event, which began with Scelzi timing in sixth quickest of 43 cars during qualifying. He then placed third in a heat race.
“Lucky for me Kyle Kirst went out and won his heat race and then Andy Forsberg won his heat race, which put me in the dash,” he said. “I drew the No. 1 and led the first few laps. Kyle found the top and brought Willie Croft with him.”
Scelzi finished third in the dash to line up on the inside of the second row for the 30-lap feature.
“The track was pretty slick and wide and there was a little bit around the bottom,” he said. “I got into second behind Kyle and I felt really good. As the race progressed I got tighter and tighter. It got worse and worse as the night went. I ended up losing a lot of positions. We found out after the race the left rear shock went bad.”
Scelzi capped the race with an eighth-place result, which was his 12th top 10 of the season.
He will compete this Friday at Keller Auto Speedway in Hanford, Calif., and on Saturday for Monhoff at Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif., with the Civil War Sprint Car Series.