4/26/2021
Inside Line Promotions
Dominic Scelzi Earns Fifth-Place Result in Return to Ocean Speedway
(Photo by Devin M. Photography)
Inside Line Promotions – WATSONVILLE, Calif. (April 26, 2021) – Dominic Scelzi improved his feature finish during a pair of visits to Ocean Speedway the last two weekends.
Scelzi invaded the bullring for Ocean Sprints presented by Taco Bravo action, scoring a sixth-place showing during his season debut on April 16 before topping that with a fifth-place run last Friday.
“We want to run there three times before the NARC Series goes there so we have a good game plan,” he said. “They have changed the shape of the track and cut some banking out of it. I was expecting it to be a little different, but it was a lot different. We had really good speed and the car felt good last Friday so that’s a positive.”
Scelzi qualified 11th quickest and won a heat race before he placed fifth in the dash on April 16. That lined him up on the inside of the third row for the main event. He battled for a top five throughout the feature before ending sixth, which was his 12th top 10 in 13 races to start the season.
“We weren’t very good in qualifying, but that started us on the front row in our heat race,” he said. “We won that to get into the dash, but we weren’t very good in the dash or in the feature. The track was hooked up and rough. We went back this week to try to get ourselves a little better and we were a lot better.”
Scelzi qualified sixth quickest to open the program on Friday.
“We went out pretty early and the track still had some grease so that hurt us a little,” he said. “We finished third in our heat race and that lined us up 10th for the feature. We just worked our way forward throughout the race. We were all over second, third and fourth at the end. It was really hard to pass. I felt like pretty much every yellow fell at the wrong time for us. We’d get by someone and the yellow would come out. There wasn’t room to get by guys until late in the feature. We were pleased to make the progress we did.”
The fifth-place outing was Scelzi’s ninth top five of the season.
The team plans on heading to Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif., this weekend for the Spring Nationals Bill Brownell Memorial on Friday and the David Tarter Memorial on Saturday with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour.
“I wasn’t there all of last year so I’m not sure if the track has changed,” Scelzi said. “It’s good to see these places for the first time with Jimmy (Carr). We’re also racing there a couple of times with the NARC Series this year so we want to get dialed in before those races.”
QUICK RESULTS –
April 16 – Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. – Qualifying: 11; Heat race: 1 (2); Dash: 5 (6); Feature: 6 (5).
April 23 – Ocean Speedway in Watsonville, Calif. – Qualifying: 6; Heat race: 3 (3); Feature: 5 (10).
SEASON STATS –
14 races, 4 wins, 9 top fives, 13 top 10s, 13 top 15s, 13 top 20s
UP NEXT –
Friday and Saturday at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico, Calif., for the Spring Nationals Bill Brownell Memorial and David Tarter Memorial with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour
MEDIA LINKS –
Website: http://www.GaryScelziMotorsports.com
Twitter: https://twitter.com/DominicScelzi41
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Scelzi41
SPONSOR SPOTLIGHT – Scelzi Enterprises
Scelzi Enterprises builds the finest utility truck bodies in the USA, including flatbed bodies, water truck bodies, custom truck bodies, service truck bodies and more. After nearly 40 years in business Scelzi Enterprises occupies 20 acres in South Fresno with additional pool and assembly locations in Oregon, Washington, and Southern California. For more information, visit http://www.SEInc.com.
“Scelzi Enterprises is a family business that has been around far before I was born,” Scelzi said. “Now I have a role there. It’s my daily job and something I really enjoy being a part of. It gives me a lot of pride to represent our family business on the side of our race cars.”
Scelzi would like to thank Red Rose Transportation, Inc., Whipple Superchargers, Red Line Oil, Fuel Delivery Services, Inc., Roth Motorsports, FK Rod Ends, NAPA Auto Parts, Todd Jorgensen, Schoenfeld Headers, Brown & Miller Racing Solutions, Auto Meter, K&N Filters, Sparco, Allstar Performance, Meridian Steel, Kenny’s Components and Worldwide Bearings for their continued support.
INSIDE LINE PROMOTIONS –
Inside Line Promotions specializes in affordable public relations and media management for motor sports drivers, teams, sponsors, tracks, series, events, organizations and manufacturers. ILP Founder Shawn Miller leverages professional journalism with new media technologies and social networking to improve your exposure and the return on investment for your sponsors.
To meet the media relations needs of your program by joining Team ILP, contact Shawn at 541-510-3663 or Shawn@InsideLinePromotions.com. For more information on Inside Line Promotions, visit http://www.InsideLinePromotions.com.
Article Credit: Inside Line Promotions
Submitted By: Shawn Miller
