Giovanni Scelzi Caught Up in Crash While Competing for Podium at Plaza Park

Inside Line Promotions – VISALIA, Calif. (Aug. 15, 2016) – Giovanni Scelzi was in contention for a podium finish last Friday at Plaza Park Raceway before he was caught up in a late-race crash.

Scelzi kicked off the micro sprint event by qualifying third quickest. He then advanced from third to second place in a heat race to make the feature inversion, which lined him up on the outside of the third row for the main event.

“We were fighting mechanical problems all night,” he said. “We were running third with about three laps to go. The guy in front of us wrecked and we were involved in it. He spun backwards and backed up the track and pinned me between him and the fence.”

The incident occurred in turn one and the damage was too much for Scelzi to resume racing. He was credited with a 15th-place finish.

“It bent the left front radius rod so the arm fell off the axle and we didn’t have any front suspension,” he said. “It was a really rough race track. It would have been pretty good to hold on for third, but sometimes that happens in racing.”