Scelzi Closes All Star Ohio Speedweek with Top-10 Finish at Eldora

Inside Line Promotions – ROSSBURG, Ohio (June 27, 2016) – Dominic Scelzi capped his inaugural Ohio Speedweek with a top-10 finish during his debut at the famed Eldora Speedway last Saturday.

“To go to Eldora and get a top 10, I was really happy with that and to end Speedweek with a good finish like that was great,” he said.

The Speedweek, which had eight Arctic Cat All Star Circuit of Champions races in nine days throughout Ohio, was a learning experience for Scelzi.

“It was the toughest week of racing in my entire life, but it was so much fun to see so many tracks and race with some of the best guys in the country,” he said. “They have some of the stoutest competition in the country. It was great to learn and get an idea of what’s it like racing back in Ohio. The tracks are completely different than in California. They are very dry, dusty and definitely a new challenge that takes getting used to compared to the heavy style of tracks in California.”

Scelzi had several bright moments throughout the difficult week. His first came a week ago Monday at Wayne County Speedway in Orrville, Ohio, where Scelzi opened the night by qualifying 24th quickest overall and fastest in his group.

“We went quick time in group four,” he said. “That was huge for us. The track was so similar to (Thunderbowl Raceway in) Tulare in every aspect. I felt really, really comfortable. We went fourth to second in the heat race and I felt like we had something in the main event.

“We were up to seventh at one point in the main event. I was running in eighth and went down into turn three and hit a hole. It lifted the car up and spun me around. It was a bummer because we were so fast to run in the top 10. Luckily it didn’t tear anything up. We were able to restart and get around a few cars.”

Scelzi rebounded from the spin, which forced him to restart at the back of the field, to post a 13th-place finish.

The other Speedweek main event he advanced into came during the finale last Saturday at Eldora Speedway, where Scelzi timed in 22nd quickest and seventh in his group. He then powered from seventh to fourth place in a heat race to lock into the 15th starting position for the main event.

“It was unlike anything else I’d been to,” he said. “I felt a comfort right away in hot laps. It was one of those places that was so fast and so banked, but it had similarities to Knoxville Raceway and I-80 Speedway if they were mixed together. That was huge with me feeling comfortable quickly.

“We were able to get to eighth in the first six or seven laps of the feature. I got to racing with Kraig (Kinser) and it burned my left rear tire off so we weren’t able to move forward any further.”

Scelzi ended with a ninth-place result, which marked his ninth top 10 of the season.

Here is a video of the main event: https://youtu.be/DvtsOAuvdZ0.

He is scheduled to return to National Sprint League competition this Friday and Saturday at Knoxville Raceway in Knoxville, Iowa, where he scored a seventh-place finish during his debut earlier this month.