Inside Line Promotions – CHICO, Calif. (May 26, 2025) – Dominic Scelzi earned a pair of podium results at Silver Dollar Speedway last weekend during the Silver Dollar Fair.
The two third-place finishes doubled his season total of podium outings from two to four.
“We changed a lot on the race car and it had a different feel, but we qualified where we have been,” Scelzi said. “But racing-wise, I think we’re really good.”
Scelzi opened Friday’s competition by qualifying 11 th quickest. He then won a heat race from the third starting position to garner the pole position for the main event.
“The bottom got reworked before the feature,” he said. “I ran around the bottom and when I moved up it was a lap too late. (Justin) Sanders had a big run and was able to get around me. I followed him around for 10 or 12 laps. Then I hit a little bit of the hole into turn one and (Shane) Golobic got by me.”
Scelzi’s third-place finish put him in a good position entering Saturday’s event finale. He won a heat race to advance into the dash. A seventh-place result in the dash lined Scelzi up on the inside of the fourth row in the A Main.
“We had a really good race car and ran ourselves up to third,” he said. “We weren’t bad to start. Everyone else faded and we just didn’t. The longer the race went the better we got.”
Scelzi’s third-place outing marked his fifth top five of the season.
“We are racing really good,” he said. “We know what we need to focus on. We know where we need to get better. Qualifying has been our hinderance. We made a lot of changes last weekend in Chico and will continue to work hard at it.”
Scelzi plans to head to Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif., this Friday for the Davy Thomas Memorial with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour and Saturday for the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series.
“We’ve raced good there over the last few years consistently,” he said. “It’ll come down to qualifying. We have to be able to qualify well to put ourselves in position. If we can do that I have no doubt we can race for wins.”
QUICK RESULTS –
May 23 – Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. – Qualifying: 11; Heat race: 1 (3); Feature: 3 (1).
May 24 – Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif. – Heat race: 1 (1); Dash: 7 (7); Feature: 3 (7).
SEASON STATS –
18 races, 1 win, 5 top fives, 14 top 10s, 18 top 15s, 18 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Placerville Speedway in Placerville, Calif., for the Davy Thomas Memorial with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour and the Dave Bradway Jr. Memorial with the NARC 410 Sprint Car Series
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