By Devin Mayo
It was open wheel madness at Petaluma Speedway Saturday Night featuring the season opener for the Joe Hunt Magneto Wingless Sprints and would have 17 cars sign into the pits. It was to no surprise Klint Simpson would set quick time of the night. Terry Schank Jr. and Barry Pries would pick up heat race victories. A 6 car dash saw Schank lead flag to flag and would lead the field to green during the A Main. A mix up of yellows and short green flag runs saw the lead change multiple times between Nick Larson, Simpson, Schank, and Shayna Silvia. Simpson would use a late race pass on Larson and hold off Silvia to win the Hunt Series season opener with Silvia and Pries rounding out the top 3.
The BCRA midgets made their season debut at the Adobe 3/8th’s with 15 midgets signing in. Alex Schutte set quick time and would also win the 1st heat race of the evening with Taylor Simas winning the 2nd heat race of the evening. Robert Dalby would lead the field to green for 30 laps. Dalby would lead to halfway before Schutte would make the pass for the lead in traffic. Schutte would go on to win the main event with Dalby in 2nd and Britton Bock in 3rd. The non-stop 30-laps took just 7:30 to complete.
Petaluma Speedway returns this Saturday with the first of two appearances of the Civil War Sprint Car Series with Dwarfs, and 600’s. For more information, please visit http://www.petaluma-speedway.com.
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