Inside Line Promotions – WEST FARGO, N.D. (Aug. 24, 2020) – Dominic Scelzi posted his season-best World of Outlaws NOS Energy Drink Sprint Car Series result last Saturday during the Red River Rumble.

Scelzi capped a two-race weekend with ‘The Greatest Show on Dirt’ in North Dakota by placing ninth at Red River Valley Speedway. It was his 23 ^rd overall top 10 of the season and second with the World of Outlaws.

“We were really, really good,” he said. “The guys in front of me were equally as good. It was about track position.”

Scelzi qualified ninth quickest and he finished fourth in a heat race to give him the 12^th starting spot for the main event.

“We went out really late and qualified ninth, which was really good,” he said. “Then in the heat race we had a run at Kyle (Larson) and I should have followed him instead of raced him. We lost a spot there. My whole game plan was if I could slide him and slow him down I knew (David) Gravel was behind me. If he and Gravel could get to racing maybe I could hold onto a dash spot. Unfortunately it didn’t work out, but you have to take the shot.

“In the feature I ran the bottom a little bit, but mostly focused around the top. It was so far around up there. Guys that could sneak around the bottom could make up more time. But if they missed it a little we were right there to capitalize. Sixth to 10^th place were all right there bumper to bumper. It was really good racing and we ended up ninth.”

The weekend began on Friday at River Cities Speedway in Grand Forks during the Second Leg of the Northern Tour. Scelzi timed in 17^th quickest and he gained a position in a heat race to place fifth. He continued to move forward in the A Main, advancing from 14^th to 11^th.

“I think it was pretty good,” he said. “We didn’t time in well and that was frustrating. We were okay in the heat and we were decent in the main event. I felt like we could have run anywhere between eighth and 12^th. I think we were a little on the free side. In the heat we were too snug and we tried to not go overboard and stay on the free side. It might have hurt us a little, but I don’t think we were bad.”

Two more World of Outlaws shows are on the horizon this weekend. Scelzi will make his debut at U.S. 36 Raceway in Osborn, Mo., on Saturday before he returns to I-80 Speedway in Greenwood, Neb., on Sunday for the first time since his debut in 2015. He placed eighth and third, respectively, during a doubleheader at the high-banked oval.