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Giovanni Scelzi Earns Top Five During Season Debut at Delta Speedway

(Photo by Bryan Lugo Photography)

Inside Line Promotions – STOCKTON, Calif. (March 1, 2015) – Giovanni Scelzi registered a top five during his first micro sprint race since scoring a Golden Driller in January.

Scelzi powered to a fifth-place result out of 25 competitors on a fast track Saturday at Delta Speedway, where he kicked off his outdoor season following the biggest win of his career two months ago.

“It was really fun,” he said. “We were trying some different things with bars and trying a few new things. It rained that morning and the track had a lot of grip in it. With what we did the car had a lot of drive, almost too much drive. It was driving so hard off the left rear it was so tight it didn’t want to turn.”

Scelzi qualified 11th quickest because of the early setup issue.

“That started us behind the eight ball,” he said. “We made some changes and it was better in the heat race. By the main event we were really good.”

Scelzi won his heat race from the pole, which locked him into the 11th starting position for the main event.

“The track was really, really narrow so you had to get everything you could on the starts,” he said. “There wasn’t much passing.”

Scelzi took advantage of the cars being bunched together on the initial start and restarts to pick up a half-dozen positions en route to a fifth-place finish.

“I’m really happy with it,” he said. “I just wish we could have started in the top three or four rows. But when you qualify bad that’s going to happen. I think we learned some valuable lessons. I think we have quite a few things figured out.”

He is scheduled to return to action on March 20 at Delta Speedway.

QUICK RESULTS –

Feb. 28 – Delta Speedway in Stockton, Calif. (Outlaw winged) – Qualifying: 11; Heat race: 1 (1); Feature: 5 (11).

SEASON STATS –

5 races, 1 win, 2 top fives, 3 top 10s, 3 top 15s, 3 top 20s

UP NEXT –

March 20 at Delta Speedway in Stockton, Calif.

MEDIA LINKS –

Website: http://www.GaryScelziMotorsports.com

Twitter: https://twitter.com/GioScelzi

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Gary-Scelzi-Motorsports/225890834113599

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Scelzi would also like to thank Whipple Superchargers, Fowler Packing, Fuel Delivery Services Inc., Carlucci Transport, Panella Trucking, Red Rose Transportation, AXA Equitable Insurance with Bob & Gina Estrada, Red Line Oil, Roth Motorsports, Scelzi Enterprises, Metric Cycles Racing Engines, FK Rod Ends, Weld Wheels, Schoenfeld Headers, K&N Filters, Kaeding Performance, Brown and Miller Racing Solutions, Sweet Manufacturing, Blast Tech, Tim Jones, G&J Truck Sales, Simpson Race Products, Sparco, ButlerBuilt Professional Seat Systems and ARP for their continued support.

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