Tony Gomes surges to 2nd career SCCT win on Wednesday at Cottage Grove Speedway

Tony Gomes held off the relentless challenges of Dominic Scelzi over the closing laps at Cottage Grove Speedway to net his second career Elk Grove Ford Sprint Car Challenge Tour victory on Wednesday.

The Modesto, CA driver piloted the Menne Motorsports/ North Forty Films Sprint Car to the big win on night five of SCCT Western Sprint Tour Speedweek. Gomes’ previous tour win also came aboard the same No. 75 mount in 2022 at Petaluma Speedway.

“It feels great to rebound here tonight after the tough luck we have had so far during Speedweek,” said Gomes, who lost a right rear tire while leading late during the opening round in Chico. “Dominic Scelzi gave me everything I could handle there in the feature, but luckily, I picked the right spots in traffic. I want to send a huge thanks to the Menne family for allowing me to drive this car.”

Cottage Grove Speedway favorite Kinzer Cox charged out to the early lead in the Shop Kyle Larson 35-lap main event. A lap five restart, however, saw Gomes get a great jump down low to snag the lead and move out front.

Fans were treated to some fantastic racing on the quarter mile bullring with a fast and frenetic pace set by the leaders. Action was seen all throughout the field, as several drivers diced it up in exciting fashion. Battling in lapped traffic Cox was able to take back the lead on lap 14, just prior to a caution period.

On the ensuing restart Gomes once again got a great launch from the bottom to scoop up the lead. Tuesday night winner Dominic Scelzi of Fresno would soon move into second following another restart on lap 17. The final half of the feature saw Scelzi hound Gomes in lapped traffic. The duo raced closely together and certainly gave fans on hand their monies worth.

Over the final couple of circuits Cox also closed back in the top two as well. Gomes hit his marks on the final lap though and edged out Scelzi, with Cox coming home not far behind in third. Speedweek point leader Braden Chiaramonte crossed the stripe in fourth with 13^th starter Camden Robustelli in fifth.

Max Mittry claimed the Pit Stop USA Hard Charger Award by carving his way from 17^th to sixth. He was followed across the stripe by Seth Standley, 16^th starting Bubba Decaires, Jett Barnes and Levi Klatt.

A total of 26 cars competed on night five of Speedweek. Dominic Scelzi began the evening by setting the Sierra Foothills Wine Services Fast Time Award with a lap of 11.204 around the Cottage Grove Speedway.

SCCT Western Sprint Tour Speedweek resumes on Friday at Skagit Speedway with opening night of the Fred Brownfield 360 Nationals presented by Bob’s Burgers and Brew.

Results

Sprint Car Challenge Tour

Cottage Grove Speedway

July 23, 2025

A Feature 35 Laps

1. 75-Tony Gomes[1]; 2. 41-Dominic Scelzi[3]; 3. 40-Kinzer Cox[2]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[4]; 5. 9T-Camden Robustelli[13]; 6. 2XM-Max Mittry[17]; 7. 25S-Seth Standley[7]; 8. 94-Greg Decaires V[16]; 9. 7-Jett Barnes[9]; 10. 77-Levi Klatt[10]; 11. 33-Kyle Alberding[5]; 12. 7X-Tyler Thompson[11]; 13. 2A-Austin Wood[14]; 14. 3-Cole Schroeder[18]; 15. 8-Aydan Saunders[21]; 16. 20K-Kai Dixon[19]; 17. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[6]; 18. 56C-Carson Hammes[20]; 19. 55D-Dawson Hammes[24]; 20. 51-Dustin Gehring[15]; 21. (DNF) 5D-Destry Miller[23]; 22. (DNF) 2JR-Kelly Miller[12]; 23. (DNF) 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[22]; 24. (DNS) 26-Levi Hillier

B Feature 12 Laps

1. 8-Aydan Saunders[1]; 2. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[3]; 3. 5D-Destry Miller[5]; 4. 55D-Dawson Hammes[4]; 5. 24M-Ian Myers[2]; 6. 38-Tyler Cato[6]

Dash 6 Laps

1. 75-Tony Gomes[2]; 2. 40-Kinzer Cox[1]; 3. 41-Dominic Scelzi[4]; 4. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[5]; 5. 33-Kyle Alberding[3]; 6. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[8]; 7. 25S-Seth Standley[7]; 8. (DNF) 26-Levi Hillier[6]

Heat 1 8 Laps

1. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[1]; 2. 7-Jett Barnes[2]; 3. 41-Dominic Scelzi[4]; 4. 2A-Austin Wood[5]; 5. 3-Cole Schroeder[3]; 6. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt[6]; 7. 38-Tyler Cato[7]

Heat 2 8 Laps

1. 9-Adrianna DeMartini[2]; 2. 40-Kinzer Cox[4]; 3. 2JR-Kelly Miller[1]; 4. 51-Dustin Gehring[6]; 5. 20K-Kai Dixon[7]; 6. 24M-Ian Myers[5]; 7. 8-Aydan Saunders[3]

Heat 3 8 Laps

1. 26-Levi Hillier[2]; 2. 77-Levi Klatt[1]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley[4]; 4. 94-Greg Decaires V[3]; 5. 56C-Carson Hammes[6]; 6. 55D-Dawson Hammes[5]

Heat 4 8 Laps

1. 75-Tony Gomes[3]; 2. 7X-Tyler Thompson[1]; 3. 9T-Camden Robustelli[2]; 4. 2XM-Max Mittry[5]; 5. 33-Kyle Alberding[4]; 6. 5D-Destry Miller[6]

Qualifying

1. 41-Dominic Scelzi, 00:11.204[11]; 2. 40-Kinzer Cox, 00:11.238[16]; 3. 25S-Seth Standley, 00:11.249[13]; 4. 33-Kyle Alberding, 00:11.325[5]; 5. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte, 00:11.348[3]; 6. 2JR-Kelly Miller, 00:11.373[9]; 7. 77-Levi Klatt, 00:11.395[23]; 8. 7X-Tyler Thompson, 00:11.402[6]; 9. 7-Jett Barnes, 00:11.406[2]; 10. 9-Adrianna DeMartini, 00:11.415[7]; 11. 26-Levi Hillier, 00:11.427[12]; 12. 9T-Camden Robustelli, 00:11.427[14]; 13. 3-Cole Schroeder, 00:11.462[4]; 14. 8-Aydan Saunders, 00:11.463[21]; 15. 94-Greg Decaires V, 00:11.515[15]; 16. 75-Tony Gomes, 00:11.565[19]; 17. 2A-Austin Wood, 00:11.578[26]; 18. 24M-Ian Myers, 00:11.604[8]; 19. 55D-Dawson Hammes, 00:11.612[10]; 20. 2XM-Max Mittry, 00:11.624[25]; 21. 21-Jesse Schlotfeldt, 00:11.630[22]; 22. 51-Dustin Gehring, 00:11.856[1]; 23. 56C-Carson Hammes, 00:11.868[18]; 24. 5D-Destry Miller, 00:11.926[17]; 25. 38-Tyler Cato, 00:12.052[20]; 26. 20K-Kai Dixon, 00:12.218[24]