Clovis, California’s Corey Day continued his torrid 2023 pace on Saturday night by claiming victory with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour at Kings Speedway in Hanford during the ninth running of the Peter Murphy Classic.
“It feels great to get another win here in Hanford tonight with the Sprint Car Challenge Tour,” Day commented after the race. “I want to give a big thank you to my entire team and everybody that supports us. This is an awesome event that Peter Murphy puts on and it’s great to see a large crowd on hand.”
The 30-lap SCCT feature started out with High Sierra Industries Dash winner Mitchell Faccinto of Hanford jumping into the lead of the race. Day wasted no time moving to the front of the field however, as he swooped to the lead with four circuits complete.
The 17-year-old pilot of the Four C’s Construction/ Elite Landscape Construction No. 41 had his way with things out front the rest of the way, en route to his third career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour presented by Abreu Vineyards victory. Aromas racer Justin Sanders found the high side to his liking and blasted around cars to earn a strong runner-up finish aboard the Dale Miller Septic No. 4sa mount.
Early race leader Faccinto crossed the stripe in third to tally his first podium effort of the SCCT season. Three-time tour champion Kyle Hirst of Butte Valley put together a solid night coming home in fourth, with Justyn Cox claiming the Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Award driving from 13th to fifth. Completing the top-10 were Chase Johnson, Dylan Bloomfield, Ryan Bernal, Kaleb Montgomery and Sean Becker.
Heat race wins during the night were pocketed by Mitchell Faccinto, Dominic Scelzi, Chase Johnson and Sean Becker. Faccinto claimed the Dash win with Dominic Gorden winning the B-main.
Corey Day began the night by earning the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award with a lap of 14.338 around the 3/8 mile clay oval.
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Kings Speedway Results – Sprint Car Challenge Tour May 13th
SCCT 360 Sprints Results - 37 Entries
A Feature 30-laps
1. 41-Corey Day[3]; 2. 4SA-Justin Sanders[9]; 3. 12R-Mitchell Faccinto[1]; 4. 94TH-Kyle Hirst[7]; 5. 42X-Justyn Cox[13]; 6. 28-Chase Johnson[4]; 7. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[11]; 8. 22-Ryan Bernal[15]; 9. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[17]; 10. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 11. 67G-Grant Duinkerken[10]; 12. 7-Jake Morgan[8]; 13. 10-Dominic Gorden[21]; 14. 5R-Ryan Rocha[12]; 15. 92-Andy Forsberg[16]; 16. 94-Greg Decaires V[19]; 17. 1-Chance Grasty[22]; 18. 14-Mariah Ede[23]; 19. (DNF) 41S-Dominic Scelzi[5]; 20. (DNF) 9L-Luke Hayes[24]; 21. (DNF) 121-Caeden Steele[6]; 22. (DNF) 17W-Shane Golobic[14]; 23. (DNF) 21X-Gauge Garcia[20]; 24. (DNF) 38N-Kyle Rasmussen[18]
B Feature 15 Laps
1. 10-Dominic Gorden[1]; 2. 1-Chance Grasty[2]; 3. 14-Mariah Ede[4]; 4. 9L-Luke Hayes[5]; 5. 21-Michael Ing[3]; 6. 3QC-Michael Pombo[6]; 7. 23T-George Tristao Jr[9]; 8. 18-Grant Champlin[7]; 9. 77-Ryan Lippincott[12]; 10. 09S-Geoffrey Strole[8]; 11. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[16]; 12. 15-Cody Key[13]; 13. 31H-Phil Heynen[14]; 14. (DNF) 88V-Jace VanderWeerd[11]; 15. (DNS) 9-Dustin Freitas; 16. (DNS) 25S-Seth Standley
Dash 6 Laps
1. 12R-Mitchell Faccinto[2]; 2. 7B-Sean Becker[1]; 3. 41-Corey Day[6]; 4. 28-Chase Johnson[4]; 5. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[3]; 6. 121-Caeden Steele[8]; 7. 94TH-Kyle Hirst[5]; 8. 7-Jake Morgan[7]
Heat 1 8 Laps
1. 12R-Mitchell Faccinto[1]; 2. 4SA-Justin Sanders[3]; 3. 42X-Justyn Cox[2]; 4. 121-Caeden Steele[4]; 5. 21X-Gauge Garcia[10]; 6. 14-Mariah Ede[5]; 7. 18-Grant Champlin[7]; 8. 88V-Jace VanderWeerd[6]; 9. 25S-Seth Standley[9]; 10. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[8]
Heat 2 8 Laps
1. 41S-Dominic Scelzi[4]; 2. 7-Jake Morgan[1]; 3. 5R-Ryan Rocha[2]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg[3]; 5. 38N-Kyle Rasmussen[6]; 6. 21-Michael Ing[7]; 7. 3QC-Michael Pombo[5]; 8. 77-Ryan Lippincott[9]; 9. 15-Cody Key[8]
Heat 3 8 Laps
1. 28-Chase Johnson[3]; 2. 94TH-Kyle Hirst[4]; 3. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[2]; 4. 22-Ryan Bernal[5]; 5. 94-Greg Decaires V[7]; 6. 10-Dominic Gorden[1]; 7. 09S-Geoffrey Strole[8]; 8. (DNF) 9-Dustin Freitas[6]
Heat 4 8 Laps
1. 7B-Sean Becker[2]; 2. 41-Corey Day[4]; 3. 67G-Grant Duinkerken[3]; 4. 17W-Shane Golobic[5]; 5. 3-Kaleb Montgomery[1]; 6. 1-Chance Grasty[8]; 7. 9L-Luke Hayes[6]; 8. 23T-George Tristao Jr[7]; 9. (DNF) 31H-Phil Heynen[9]
Qualifying 1
1. 121-Caeden Steele, 00:14.926[6]; 2. 12R-Mitchell Faccinto, 00:14.929[10]; 3. 42X-Justyn Cox, 00:15.183[2]; 4. 4SA-Justin Sanders, 00:15.351[3]; 5. 14-Mariah Ede, 00:15.575[9]; 6. 88V-Jace VanderWeerd, 00:15.635[5]; 7. 18-Grant Champlin, 00:15.706[4]; 8. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez, 00:15.726[7]; 9. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:16.167[8]; 10. 21X-Gauge Garcia, 00:16.356[1]
Qualifying 2
1. 41S-Dominic Scelzi, 00:14.829[8]; 2. 7-Jake Morgan, 00:15.012[2]; 3. 5R-Ryan Rocha, 00:15.162[1]; 4. 92-Andy Forsberg, 00:15.307[4]; 5. 3QC-Michael Pombo, 00:15.402[5]; 6. 38N-Kyle Rasmussen, 00:15.404[9]; 7. 21-Michael Ing, 00:15.426[7]; 8. 15-Cody Key, 00:15.472[3]; 9. 77-Ryan Lippincott, 00:15.642[6]
Qualifying 3
1. 94TH-Kyle Hirst, 00:14.720[3]; 2. 10-Dominic Gorden, 00:14.754[4]; 3. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield, 00:14.849[5]; 4. 28-Chase Johnson, 00:14.925[8]; 5. 22-Ryan Bernal, 00:15.059[1]; 6. 9-Dustin Freitas, 00:15.264[7]; 7. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:15.475[9]; 8. 09S-Geoffrey Strole, 00:16.088[2]; 9. (DNS) 7X-Steven Kent, 00:16.089
Qualifying 4
1. 41-Corey Day, 00:14.338[4]; 2. 3-Kaleb Montgomery, 00:14.681[9]; 3. 7B-Sean Becker, 00:14.728[8]; 4. 67G-Grant Duinkerken, 00:14.739[1]; 5. 17W-Shane Golobic, 00:14.918[2]; 6. 9L-Luke Hayes, 00:15.014[6]; 7. 23T-George Tristao Jr, 00:15.059[5]; 8. 1-Chance Grasty, 00:15.167[7]; 9. 31H-Phil Heynen, 00:15.967[3]
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