After driving back from Washington on Friday in time for this weekends Nor*Cal Posse Shootout, Australian 360 Sprint Car champion Jock Goodyer put on a clinic Sunday night, scoring his initial Placerville Speedway victory.
The Launceston, TAS, Australia wheelman piloted the Kevin Kozlowski owned Works Limited No. 57w, wrenched by Paul Silva, to an $8,000 score during the 7th running of the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood.
Sharing victory lane on Sunday night was Roseville driver Brent Steck, who earned a $5,000 win in the High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout portion of the evening.
The 35-lap Winged 360 Sprint Car feature started out with Fresno’s Caeden Steele leading the opening circuit, until Goodyer made the move under him to grab the point. At that same time Steele’s car broke loose and he looped it to a stop, bringing out a caution with one lap down.
Once out front Goodyer had his way with things and withstood multiple restarts, keeping the rest of the field at bay. He went on to accept the Ron Stahl checkered flag for his first career victory in the United States.
Placerville’s own Shane Hopkins continued his fantastic season with another strong run after starting from position number 11. The driver of the High Sierra Industries No. 21 made several precision-based moves to charge forward and grab second from Monrovia, Indiana’s Justin Peck with three laps remaining.
Hopkins closed the gap slightly but couldn’t do anything with Goodyer as the race wrapped up. Lincoln’s Tanner Carrick put together a solid run and was able to nip Peck at the line to round out the podium.
After competing with Kubota High Limit Racing on Saturday at Skagit Speedway, Peck made the 13-hour drive south to compete for owner Clayton Snow. He was rewarded with a fourth-place finish, while 14th starter Chance Grasty rounded out the podium.
Completing the top 10 were Dylan Bloomfield, Cody Key, 18th starter Colby Copeland, Sean Becker and Tony Gomes. Copeland’s run from 18th to eighth netted him the $425 Hard Charger Award in memory of Davy Thomas.
A total of 31 Winged Sprint Cars returned to cap the Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood. Caeden Steele began the evening by earning fast time with a lap of 10.714.
The High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout main event saw a very popular winner in the form of Brent Steck, who battled to the lead on lap six and withstood a late challenge by Shawn Jones.
Dylan Newberry jumped out front early and paced the opening laps until Steck was able to slice his way past. The bottom side was the preferred groove for the wingless warriors however, Shawn Jones gave it a try upstairs.
Picking off cars one by one the San Jose driver carved his way into second with six laps remaining and then took his shot on a restart. Jones blasted to the high side to grab the top-spot and lead lap 22. Jones then caught the cushion just hard enough though to turn the car sideways and send him over the banking for a yellow.
Steck then led the final few circuits to grab the triumph over Newberry, Saturday winner Shane Hopkins, Anthony Bruno and Heath Holdsclaw. Twenty-one Wingless Sprints returned on Sunday with Newberry setting fast time to begin the program.
Placerville Speedway now gears up for the penultimate championship point race of the season this Saturday September 7th. Anrak Night at the Races will feature the Thompson’s Dealerships Winged 360 Sprint Cars, the USAC Western States Midgets, BCRA Lightning Sprints and the Red Hawk Casino Pure Stocks.
Results
Placerville Speedway
Nor*Cal Posse Shootout presented by Berco Redwood Finale
High Sierra West Coast Wingless Shootout Finale
September 1, 2024
Winged Sprint Cars:
1. 57W-Jock Goodyer[2]; 2. 21-Shane Hopkins[11]; 3. 83T-Tanner Carrick[3]; 4. 17P-Justin Peck[5]; 5. 1-Chance Grasty[14]; 6. 83V-Dylan Bloomfield[12]; 7. 15-Cody Key[4]; 8. 5V-Colby Copeland[18]; 9. 35-Sean Becker[9]; 10. 7C-Tony Gomes[10]; 11. 121-Caeden Steele[1]; 12. 29-Willie Croft[15]; 13. 7-Max Mittry[19]; 14. 61-Travis Labat[21]; 15. 94-Greg Decaires V[7]; 16. 94TH-Braden Chiaramonte[6]; 17. 54X-Ryan Bernal[23]; 18. 92-Andy Forsberg[16]; 19. 25S-Seth Standley[13]; 20. 2A-Austin Wood[17]; 21. 9L-Luke Hayes[8]; 22. X1-Michael Faccinto[22]; 23. 87-Ashlyn Rodriguez[20]; 24. 1F-DJ Freitas[24]
Wingless Sprint Cars:
1. 2STX-Brent Steck[2]; 2. 63-Dylan Newberry[1]; 3. 21-Shane Hopkins[8]; 4. 9X-Anthony Bruno[9]; 5. 33-Heath Holdsclaw[3]; 6. 84-Colson Plourde[19]; 7. 21C-Cody Meyer[16]; 8. 2N-Shannon Newton[15]; 9. 18-Josh Gillis[14]; 10. 38-Tyler Cato[20]; 11. 47-Trey Walters[5]; 12. 28K-Kaden Ramos[18]; 13. 33DJ-DJ Johnson[10]; 14. 91-Cooper Marchant[12]; 15. 7EJ-Josh Young[6]; 16. 14-Shawn Jones[4]; 17. 49-Joe McCoy[17]; 18. 36-Bob Newberry[7]; 19. 31P-Eathon Lanfri[11]; 20. 7-Ryan Bernal[13]
Story by Gary Thomas. Images courtesy of D&P Photos
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